"Acquaintance?" Buggy looked in the direction of the lighthouse with doubtful eyes until the two of them walked out side by side.
One is Crocus, the ship's doctor from Pirate King, and the other is wearing a loose cloak and a Wano Country bamboo hat on his head, which covers his pale hair tied into a bundle. He wears a pair of round sunglasses on his face that can barely block his eyes. His skin looks a bit saggy and he is very old.
"You..." Buggy was startled. This man's face was very familiar, and he was suddenly startled, "Mr. Gaban..."
"Not bad, it seems you can still recognize me, Buggy." Gaban laughed, "It's been a long time!"
"So it's you, how could I not recognize you..." Buggy smiled coquettishly, but there were constant surprises in his eyes.
Pirate King Roger's right-hand man, one is the right-hand Silbaz Rayleigh, and the other is the left-arm Spark Gaban. The two are equally powerful and both are legendary figures.
"But..." Buggy asked, "Why did Mr. Gaban appear here?"
Gaban smiled, "I'm going to go from Reverse Mountain to South Blue."
"In this case..." Buggy rolled his eyes, "It's not easy to meet him. Mr. Gaban shouldn't be in a hurry to leave."
After finishing speaking, he said to Shuma who was still on the deck, "Shuma, bring up a few cans of East Blue's good wine."
"These are your partners, they are all good!" Gaban looked at Cabaji and Mohji who were climbing up next to Buggy, and the conversation suddenly changed, "But if you want to treat me to a drink, have you come up with some ideas? On the Roger ship, you and Shanks were quite tossing!"
"Okay, let's sit down and talk again. Why are you standing here all the time?" Crocus interjected.
Buggy kindly pulled Gaban to sit on the chair and said in a sincere tone, "I know I can't hide it from Mr. Gaban. There are indeed some things I want to ask of you."
"What do you need help from, a bad old man like me?"
"Mr. Gaban is not an old man." Buggy took the wine handed over by Shuma, poured a glass for Gaban enthusiastically, and bluntly revealed his purpose, "I want to learn from Haki!"
Gaban picked up the fragrant cup and was about to drink it. Hearing what Buggy said, he put the wine cup back on the wooden table. "When we were on the ship, I asked you to learn Haki. Didn't you also say, 'As long as you have the ability of Devil Fruit, that's enough.' Why have you figured it out now?"
That's not what I said at all... Buggy secretly thought in his stomach, smiling awkwardly on his face. He couldn't help it. Who is Buggy in the original work? He has an arrogant personality. He is obviously a crew member of Pirate King and has a unique environment, but he has not even learned the basic Haki. It is simply a waste of resources!
Looking at Buggy's frustrated face, Gaban said seriously, "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. Haki is the power that every creature in the world is born with. However, most people cannot realize this potential, and this cannot be learned overnight. If you really want to learn Haki, wait until I come back from South Blue, and then I will teach you."
Buggy asked, "How long will it take for Mr. Gaban to come back from South Blue?"
"It could take a few months at the fastest, or a year at the slowest." Gaban then slowly picked up the wine glass, drank it clean, and smacked his lips, "East Blue's wine is still very tasty."
Buggy looked at the people behind him and shook his head, "I'm afraid we can't wait such a long time."
Gaban said, "Then there's no other way... it's not that I'm hiding something and don't want to teach you."
Buggy asked, "Well... by the way, how does Mr. Gaban plan to pass Reverse Mountain?"
The sea currents of Reverse Mountain have always followed the east, west, north, and south seas to the canal in the middle of Grand Line. Although Buggy definitely has a way in and out, I am still curious about how to get in and out.
"I have lived here for so many years, so let me explain." Crocus interrupted and explained slowly.
"Reverse Mountain is a winter island on the surface, so the sea currents will rush into the seabed from the sea surface along the four seas, bringing the currents to Reverse Mountain. However, this 'winter island phenomenon' is cyclical. After each cycle, the heat inside Red Line will expand, and the sea currents will no longer move in the direction of Reverse Mountain, but will return to the original downward direction."
Gaban nodded. "Yes, just like Crocus said, after a cycle, the ocean current of Reverse Mountain will flow back."
"So, how many days will the next cycle be?" Buggy asked.
Crocus said, "In two days, it should be two days later, the sea current will return to the direction of the sea for a day or so."
"Two days..." Buggy rolled his eyes cunningly, and then pleaded to Gaban, "Then Mr. Gaban can teach us something about Haki in these two days?"
You have to hug your thighs when they need to be hugged. Buggy doesn't want to miss such a good opportunity.
"Haha, you are so motivated that you are worthy of becoming a pirate of Grand Line. Let's do this. I will try my best to teach you some things in the past two days. If you still don't understand anything, you can always ask me."
"As expected of Mr. Gaban." Buggy was overjoyed, and then said to Mohji, Cabaji and others behind him, "You all come here too, this gentleman is a living legend, and the experience he has accumulated can benefit you a lot throughout your life!"
"Okay, don't flatter me, I will simply teach you some basic knowledge about Haki so that you can contact and learn in the future." Gaban held the bamboo hat on the armrest and sat up straight.
"Haki is the potential possessed by all living things in this world, not just human beings. It can be interchanged with 'vigor', 'momentum', 'voice' and 'deterrence' to a certain extent. In other words, it is a kind of 'faith', the power of faith that comes from the heart."
As he spoke, he pointed at Cabaji, "Swordsman, attack me with all your strength."
Cabaji looked at Buggy hesitantly, who nodded and said, "Do as Mr. Gaban said. If you can hurt him, I will twist off his head and let you kick it as a ball."
"Then I would be rude." Cabaji put his right hand on the scabbard and suddenly drew out the knife and stabbed it.
"On the right." Before Cabaji took out the knife, Gaban had already said it out loud. Immediately, his head casually tilted, and his right hand reached out towards Cabaji like a spiritual snake., in the latter's astonishment, Sakura Blizzard, which was easily held in Cabaji's hand, grabbed it, then stretched out his finger and flicked the blade lightly, and the long blade made a clear buzzing sound.
"There are three types of Haki, and this is Observation Haki." Gaban threw Sakura Blizzard back to Cabaji and commented, "Your action just now was not bad, but it was not decisive enough. You should have just stepped into your own swordsmanship. Keep going, and you may be able to grow into a swordsman who is not weak to others in the future."
"Yes, I have learned a lesson!" Cabaji put away the knife, thoughtfully.
"That boy, hit me with all your strength. I won't hide this time." Gaban pointed at Mohji and said.
"Me?" Mohji pointed at himself, turned his right fist into a windmill, stored power, and slammed towards Gaban with a sound of breaking through the air, "Then you have to be careful!"
Gaban just opened one hand and calmly blocked Mohji's fist.
Bang--
There was a sound like metal hitting, Mohji's face changed drastically, he immediately retracted his fist, covered it with his other hand and moved around, grinning and crying out in pain.
"This is the second type of Haki, Armament Haki." Gaban nodded to Mohji, "It seems you are also Devil Fruit User, Devil Fruit has never been divided into strong and weak. The key is how you use it. There are many strong people with Devil Fruit ability in this sea. I hope you can become one of them."
Mohji blew into his red and swollen right hand, tears streaming down his face, "Yes, yes, the old gentleman is so powerful, but he was too cruel..."
Gaban said seriously, "Okay, next is the last Haki, Conqueror's Haki!"
Spark. Gaban, the character who appears in Chapter 0 and memories, is the copper among the gold, silver and copper of Pirate King, but he has not actually appeared in the main story. Personally, he prefers to appear on the title page of the comic. The person who drank with Crocus and wore a hat. As for Red Line being "Winter Island" and Nami's original words, the subsequent reflux is my personal guess.