Preparations Before Leaving

After Mosen mastered Observation Haki, he immediately asked Paddy to teach him Armament Haki.

Compared to Observation Haki, Armament Haki, in a sense, can directly enhance an individual's combat power.

Firstly, when Armament Haki is used, it can strengthen defense, like covering oneself with an invisible layer of armor.

Next, Armament Haki can evolve into an offensive method, allowing one to contend with Devil Fruit users, and even touch the physical bodies of Logia-type Devil Fruit users.

In addition, Armament Haki can be imbued into objects, enhancing their attack power.

Of course, Armament Haki is not invincible; it can only touch the physical bodies of ability users and cannot prevent them from using their powers like Seastone.

Furthermore, Logia-type Devil Fruit users can dodge attacks imbued with Armament Haki by elementalizing in advance.

But regardless, in the world of Pirates, the importance of Armament Haki is no less than that of Devil Fruits.

Mosen was proficient in the Six Powers, especially skilled in Tekkai.

The principle of Tekkai is to accelerate blood flow, speeding up muscle movement, and through training, making the muscles as hard as iron, impenetrable even to ordinary bullets and blades.

The characteristic of Tekkai and the hardening of Armament Haki are remarkably similar, and the most common and basic way to use Armament Haki is hardening.

Hardening, in simple terms, is covering the body with Armament Haki, making the body harder than steel.

Paddy, who had mastered advanced Armament Haki techniques, naturally knew this.

When she taught Mosen the techniques for using Armament Haki, she started with hardening.

Paddy's teaching method was to guide Mosen to discover his potential.

The method of guidance was simple: Mosen had to maintain the Tekkai state continuously, and then Mia would attack.

Mia could sense the weak points in Mosen's Tekkai defense, and to compensate for these weaknesses, Mosen had to constantly accelerate his blood flow using Life Return to enhance the defense in those areas.

Thus, Mosen, while being hit and sensing the latent Armament Haki within him, successfully guided it out and achieved hardening. This process took only a week.

"Mosen, your foundation is truly solid. You awakened Armament Haki in just a week.

However, hardening is the simplest and most common of the four techniques for using Armament Haki. Mastering hardening isn't too difficult; if a person's physical quality is strong enough, Armament Haki hardening is easy to learn.

The next technique, 'Coating,' is not as simple. Coating involves wrapping Armament Haki around the outside of the body, such as fists, feet, or other body parts, and it can also be coated onto weapons, or even onto projectiles like bullets for a limited time.

Coating can be used in conjunction with hardening, enhancing both the defense and attack power of the hardened state.

There are two conditions for learning Coating: first, the amount of Armament Haki, and second, the control over Armament Haki," Paddy said.

"How can these two aspects be improved?" Mosen asked.

"Armament Haki can be learned and strengthened through training. It is also consumed during use, with the consumption rate varying depending on the intensity and amount used. After consumption, it can be restored through rest.

Therefore, the simplest way to increase the amount of Armament Haki is to continuously consume and then restore it. This stimulates the body's potential to increase the amount of Armament Haki in the shortest possible time."

Mosen understood at this point. He had mastered Armament Haki hardening, and hardening was the only way he could consume Armament Haki.

And how could Armament Haki be consumed faster during hardening?

"Bang~" Paddy's fist landed heavily on Mosen's arms.

At this moment, Mosen's arms were crossed, with the dual defense of Armament Haki and Tekkai, yet he still felt intense pain.

On the other hand, Paddy didn't use Armament Haki, yet her casual strike possessed such power; she was like a monster.

Under Paddy's rigorous training, Mosen's amount of Armament Haki steadily increased.

From being able to harden only one fist when he first awakened it, he could now cover both his arms.

Paddy also stated that this amount was sufficient to learn Armament Haki Coating.

However, things did not go as planned. Before Mosen could learn Armament Haki Coating, he received another call from Dragon.

"Mosen, I'm heading to Ohara soon."

"Mr. Dragon, didn't you say it would be more than a month before you went? Why the sudden change?" Mosen asked, confused.

"I received news that the World Government is planning to take action against Ohara."

"What? So soon?"

"Yes, Mosen, hurry over! Ohara is in the West Blue, and it's quite a distance from Impel Down to Ohara."

"Alright, I'll request leave and head over immediately."

"Be careful on the way, and stay safe." Dragon hung up after saying this.

"Sigh! It seems my training plan has to be interrupted!" Mosen muttered to himself as he put away his phone.

Afterward, Mosen went out and found Mia and the other three. After spending some time together, Mosen had a basic understanding of their personalities.

As the saying goes, mountains and rivers may change, but a person's nature is hard to alter. No matter how well someone disguises themselves, they will always reveal flaws in small details.

However, Mosen had secretly tested the four of them multiple times, and they had not shown any behavior that crossed the line.

This indicated that they were not truly vicious Pirates and had their own bottom lines. Especially the One-eyed Pirate Michael, who used to be in the Navy and still carried that aura about him; he was clearly a righteous person.

Such individuals could be recruited into the Revolutionary Army.

Mosen estimated that his absence would be at least a month. Without food or shelter for a month, and being ostracized by other Pirates, the four of them might encounter unforeseen circumstances.

Trust is paramount; if you decide to trust someone, you should do so fully. Since he had decided to trust them, Mosen decided to hand over the key to the cabin and leave the remaining food inside for them.

"Mia."

"I'm here, Lord Jailer. Is there something you need?"

"Take this." With that, Mosen tossed the key to the small hut to Mia.

Mia instinctively caught the key. "This… this is…"

"That's right, it's the key to this hut. I need to take some time off, so I'm leaving this hut in your care for now. I've also left the food inside for you.

However, there isn't much food left, so you'll have to ration it," Mosen said.

"Mosen, you're leaving? You haven't learned to imbue your attacks with Armament Haki yet," Paddy said.

"I'll learn it when I get back! Take care of yourselves. I hope you're all still lively and kicking when I return," Mosen said with a smile.

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