Three Colors of Haki! Three-Color Qi Infant

"Qi Body Origin Flow."

"Your comprehension is heaven-defying. Through Zefa's explanation and with the Haki Supreme Art as its foundation, you planted the Three Colors of Haki in the upper, middle, and lower dantian, transforming them into the Armament Haki Infant, Observation Haki Infant, and Conqueror's Haki Infant."

"Without the need for battle, the Three-Color Qi Infant will continuously cultivate Haki, increasing the strength of all three types on its own."

After digesting the information that had surged into his mind, a sharp glint flashed through Rosen's eyes.

His heaven-defying comprehension had exceeded even his own expectations.

Originally, he had wanted to derive a method that could improve Haki through both cultivation and battle. He had never expected to derive a Haki version of the Qi Body Origin Flow instead.

Not only could it be used with Observation Haki and Armament Haki, it even worked on Conqueror's Haki, which could normally only be controlled and not cultivated.

Once the Three Colors of Haki transformed into Qi Infants, they could not only increase their strength through battle, but also cultivate themselves to grow stronger.

From this moment on, even if Rosen did not follow Monkey D. Luffy's path of growing through battle, merely staying in Marine Headquarters every day would allow the Three-Color Qi Infant to train all three types of Haki to their limits.

As for how strong those limits would be, even he did not know.

He could only guess.

At the very least, his Armament Haki would likely rival Garp's, his Observation Haki Katakuri's, and his Conqueror's Haki Roger's and Red-Haired's.

As for whether the Qi Body Origin Flow had other uses, he would only know after practicing it.

After all.

Rosen had only just derived this Haki cultivation method. Even he himself had never practiced it.

"Come with me."

Seeing that Rosen seemed to have finished thinking, Zefa directly pulled him aside.

"Speak."

"Did you brat just comprehend another Haki technique?"

Perhaps because Rosen's comprehension was too heaven-defying and he had too many prior offenses, when Zefa mentioned comprehending a Haki technique, he directly used the word "another."

"It isn't much of a technique."

"I just happened to comprehend a method that can improve Haki strength through cultivation."

"But like Still Blood Armor, it only works for me. If anyone else tries to practice it, they'll only train themselves to death."

Before Zefa, Rosen did not hide much and revealed a portion of the Qi Body Origin Flow's effects.

Sengoku personally coming to teach him Conqueror's Haki Coating yesterday had already proven enough: as long as he was outstanding enough, there was no such thing as the tallest tree in the forest being toppled by the wind within Marine Headquarters.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he remained firmly on the side of justice.

"I knew it."

Zefa's expression was a little numb.

He had just said that Haki techniques were trained and Haki strength was fought for, yet not long afterward, Rosen had shattered that claim.

Not only techniques—even Haki strength could be trained.

"Do not tell a third person about this besides me."

"Not even Sengoku or Garp."

"They can be trusted, but people outside Marine Headquarters cannot."

Zefa forcefully suppressed the shock in his heart and pointed upward.

Rosen understood at once.

Mary Geoise, standing atop the Red Line.

In other words, the World Government.

By Zefa's meaning, Rosen could show off as much as he wanted within Marine Headquarters, but he absolutely could not show off to the point of making the World Government lose sleep over him.

"Since you've comprehended this method, continue practicing it, but don't neglect battle either."

"Just as you said, relying solely on fighting or solely on training is not efficient enough for increasing Haki strength."

"Using both together is the most suitable approach for you."

Seeing that Rosen understood him, Zefa did not forget to remind him.

He should not gain the Qi Body Origin Flow and then think of relying only on cultivation while abandoning battle.

After all.

Besides increasing Haki strength, battle could also hone Haki techniques and improve experience, awareness, and physical fitness.

"I want both battle and training."

Rosen nodded.

Hadn't he derived the Qi Body Origin Flow because he felt that relying solely on battle to improve Haki strength was too inefficient?

Now that he had comprehended the Qi Body Origin Flow, of course he would not abandon battle as a way to increase Haki strength.

"I'm relieved that you think that way."

Zefa smiled approvingly, then brought Rosen back to their original spot and continued the lesson.

"Back to the previous topic."

"Only real combat can take Haki strength to the next level."

"So today's lesson is very simple: the two of you will fight Rosen."

He said this to the three people before him.

"Teacher Zefa."

"Although it was wrong for Rosen to zone out during class just now, you don't need to punish him like this."

"Putting aside whether it's fair for Gion and me to team up against him, this isn't real combat at all. It's a beating."

Tokikake gave Rosen a look as though saying, I'm a good friend, right?

"Teacher Zefa."

"Improvement through real combat also requires evenly matched opponents, doesn't it?"

"Will two against one really help us improve?"

Gion spoke up as well.

She had come to Navy School to improve herself, not to suppress others.

Indeed, Rosen was more outstanding than she was, but that did not mean she would be jealous of him.

"Are you underestimating Rosen too much, or overestimating yourselves too much?"

"Having the two of you fight one is the greatest fairness I can give you."

"Only two against one can prevent you from being beaten one-sidedly by Rosen and failing to achieve any real combat training."

Zefa sneered.

"How is that possible?"

"Teacher Zefa, I admit that Rosen is indeed slightly ahead of Gion and me in Haki cultivation, and he has even mastered Intermediate Conqueror's Haki. But that kind of thing can only be used to clear out fodder."

"For experts at Gion's and my level, it cannot achieve any substantial effect at all."

Tokikake felt that he was being underestimated and strongly refused to accept it.

"Experts?"

"Fine, I'll reluctantly acknowledge that description."

"But who told you that Rosen is only slightly ahead of you, Tokikake, in Haki cultivation?"

Hearing this, Zefa could not help but laugh in anger.

To be fair, he did favor Rosen personally, but in education, he had absolutely never shown favoritism.

Two against one truly was for Tokikake's and Gion's sake.

Only this way could all three students grow in this lesson.

"As for Armament Haki, everyone only knows Coating Hardening. If that's not slightly ahead, what is?"

"Oh, right."

"And that slight lead only counts because we're including Rosen's Conqueror's Haki."

Tokikake's argument was well-founded.

"Sengoku and I gave Rosen a total of two lessons yesterday."

"In the first lesson, he learned Armament Haki's Coating Hardening, Flowing Emission, and Internal Destruction. He even created a fifth Armament Haki technique along the way."

"During the break, he awakened Conqueror's Haki on his own and entered the level of Intermediate Conqueror's Haki."

"As for the second lesson, he learned Conqueror's Haki Coating and Observation Haki."

Zefa raised two fingers, while also enjoying Tokikake's dramatic change in expression.

"One sentence."

"In two lessons, Rosen learned all three types of Haki and every technique."

"Tell me, is the gap between you two merely slight?"

As soon as he said that.

Both Tokikake and Gion were stunned.

Only two lessons.

How had Rosen managed to learn all three types of Haki, along with a whole pile of Haki techniques, in such a short time?

Not only had he learned them all, he had even created a new Armament Haki technique.

So I hadn't kept up with him. I could only barely see his back.

Gion recalled running into Rosen in the dormitory corridor last night, and for the first time, she felt a hint of bitterness and powerlessness in her heart.

She had even been smug before, thinking that she had kept pace with the man before her.

She had never expected it.

She could barely even see his taillights anymore.