I Don't Believe I Can't Beat You

Huo Shaoshan tossed the half-broken wooden stick in his hand into the Great Sea, completely disregarding environmental damage. He turned and walked towards the Storage Room. When he emerged, he held a wooden stick as thick as a bowl's mouth, a Cigar clenched between his lips. "I don't believe it."

He twisted his waist, struck a golf-like pose, and then... BANG, Rono's head smashed directly into a room, only his head.

Rono was jolted awake from his Meditation. He pulled his head out, tore off the black cloth, and roared at Huo Shaoshan, "Bastard! Are you trying to kill me?"

"Ah, this little Wound won't be anything to you, right?" Looking at Rono's already healed wound, then at the crack on the wooden stick in his hand, Huo Shaoshan muttered, "Looks like I need to switch again."

"Hey! I heard that! You're going to switch to a bigger one! Ahhh, you're definitely getting revenge on me!" Rono bared his teeth.

"I'm not getting revenge. Without the danger of injury, how can your Observation Haki develop?" Huo Shaoshan said righteously. Maybe a little, he thought to himself.

Rono calmed himself down. "Fine, bring it on." Rono's expression of resigned sacrifice was not worth mentioning.

"Mhm, I'll go prepare. You continue," Huo Shaoshan tossed the wooden stick into the Sea again and took an evil step towards the Storage Room.

Five minutes later, Huo Shaoshan wiped away a bead of Fictitious sweat and muttered, "This should be about right."

Rono was still in a state of Meditation. Huo Shaoshan pulled out a Solid Iron Rod, 10 centimeters in diameter, from behind him. He chuckled and swung the rod.

Rono felt a tremor in his heart and instinctively flinched. "Whoosh—" The sound of the rod breaking through the air reached his ears. "BANG," Huo Shaoshan backhanded Rono, sending him sprawling to the ground.

"Continue," Huo Shaoshan's voice was calm. Rono gritted his teeth and sat up. Just as he got up, he heard, "Here I come!" He reflexively flinched, but this time Huo Shaoshan swung upwards from below. "BANG." Huo Shaoshan had tested the force of the previous few swings and roughly knew how much strength would hurt Rono without causing significant damage.

"Get up."

"Damn it!"

"BANG"

"Continue."

"Whoosh—"

He dodged!

"BANG"

"Too careless. Does this make you proud?"

"I..."

"BANG"

At the Dining Table, Rono shook his head. He didn't even feel like it was his own head anymore. Nima, he just kept hitting his head. Would it kill him to hit somewhere else? If he damaged my Wise brain, could you afford to compensate me?

He grabbed a piece of meat and took a bite. CRUNCH, the bone in the meat shattered.

The crowd "..."

"What, I just like eating bones, so what?" Rono spat out the bones and patted his head, glaring at everyone.

"..." The Sunglasses Man ignored Rono and continued to eat his dinner elegantly. If one didn't look at the stack of empty plates beside him, he would be a standard Noble.

The others followed suit, eating their dinners on their own. The dining hall fell into an eerie silence.

Rono got no reaction, pouted, and swallowed the meat and bones together.

At night, Rono returned to his room to continue his Afternoon meditation.

On the Deck, the Sunglasses Man stopped Vice Admiral Huo Shaoshan. "He's my person now. Watch your boundaries." It wasn't a request, but an order.

"Ah, it's a bit difficult at first," Huo Shaoshan lit a Cigar. "Besides, with his recovery ability, he'll be bouncing around again by tomorrow morning." He exhaled a smoke ring. "You want to recruit him into CP0?"

"He's still got a long way to go," the Sunglasses Man said disdainfully.

"Haha, looks like I guessed right. I'm leaving." Huo Shaoshan flicked the ash and chuckled.

"Mind your own business, Marines."

Huo Shaoshan shrugged, walked around the Sunglasses Man, and returned to his room.

After Vice Admiral Huo Shaoshan returned to his room, the Sunglasses Man touched his chest. The dull ache in his heart told him his remaining lifespan was not much.

"Damn Whitebeard, I'll kill you sooner or later."

With that, he also turned and went back to his room.

Rono opened his eyes and withdrew from his meditation state. "System, this meditation is really useful. I don't feel tired at all."

"Of course. Do you know who I am? This is a system buff." After boasting, the system opened the daily Character Panel. All attributes remained unchanged. Next was the nightly Simulation Training.

It was still that pitch-black space, but this time it didn't change. Instead, a Black Rod appeared, almost blending into the space.

"Beep, Observation Haki training begins."

As soon as the voice fell, the Black Rod smashed into Rono's head. Rono gritted his teeth in pain. It was almost as hard as an iron rod.

"Beep, first attempt, failed." The cold Electronic Sound rang out.

"Starting the second attempt."

Pitch black. He couldn't see with his eyes, couldn't hear with his ears. Rono had no power to fight back.

Moreover, the Black Rod didn't just attack his head. His neck, abdomen, arms, thighs, back, waist... everything except his little thing was hit.

"Beep, 176th attempt, failed."

"Beep, 266th time, unqualified."

"Beep, 537th time, unqualified."

"Beep, training time is over. Host, return to the space."

"Beep, due to the host's mental fatigue, electrotherapy will be administered."

"..., Nima! Electrotherapy! System, were you made by Yang Yongxin! Absolutely! All electricity! Electric shocks before, electrotherapy now!" A string of exclamation marks showed Rono's agitated emotions.

However, the system "dutifully" activated the electrotherapy mode.

"Ahhhhh~" Rono's screams were so soul-stirring. "Huh? Why doesn't it hurt? Mommy, it feels so. good. comfortable!"

System: "Nima, the scream sounds so real, I almost believed it."

The electrotherapy felt like a pair of small hands gently stroking Rono's body, with a slight tingling sensation. Rono felt incredibly good. Then, he quietly fell asleep.

When Rono started snoring, the system popped out again.

"Observation Haki analysis... analysis rate 1%, being recorded into the database... recording complete."

The next day, early in the morning, Rono, full of energy, started his training. His boisterousness woke up more than half of the people. The remaining half were on night shift or had just finished their shifts and hadn't slept yet.

"Wolf Rono! You bastard, I'll cut you down sooner or later!" a swordsman sergeant roared. For a moment, a cacophony of curses filled the entire ship.

"Ara ara, the year's plan starts in spring, and the day's plan starts in the morning!"

Rono replied with a grin.

"Alright, everyone go back to sleep!" Vice Admiral Huo Shaoshan stepped forward and spoke. They had no choice but to obey, and one by one, they lay back down on their beds to catch up on sleep.

"Kid, keep it down!" Vice Admiral Huo Shaoshan admonished Rono again, then slammed the door shut.

"Caw, caw." A News Bird flew by and landed next to the food box specially prepared for News Birds on the warship. It began to eat happily. Rono's eyes lit up at the sight. He walked over to the News Bird, stroking its soft neck. The News Bird paid him no mind. Rono reflexively hugged the News Bird, preparing to perform a "Hug Bird Kill" that he hadn't used in a long time, when a voice rang out, "Oh, do you like small animals too?" Rono froze, then changed his action to stroking the News Bird's feathers. He turned back and smiled at the newcomer, "Of course! I am Rono, known as the Animal Lover Little Angel!"

"Sugoi, I like animals too! But they're all afraid of me..."