Kenbunshoku Haki Awakens

One hour.

Two hours.

Three—no, not three hours, because by then, Gray's legs had fallen asleep!

"Whew." Opening his eyes, Gray wore an expression that was hard to define as either good or bad.

Standing up to stretch his body, Gray recalled the state of his magnetic field rotation, intending to analyze and summarize the details to figure out exactly where he had gone wrong.

Gray's attempt to rotate his soul's magnetic field this time was a success—or perhaps it could be said it was a failure.

The specific situation was this: the soul's magnetic field had indeed rotated, but it lacked the effect Gray had envisioned of absorbing external energy to strengthen the field.

This was a massive failure!

Although there was no strengthening effect, Gray had gained a tremendous harvest in another aspect during this rotation of his soul's magnetic field.

His already powerful spiritual energy had dispersed along with the rotation of the magnetic field.

Even though Gray's eyes had been closed at the time, he had clearly seen the scene outside his small courtyard.

It was because of this that, after trying a few more times, Gray finally confirmed that he had awakened Observation Haki.

With the awakening of Observation Haki, this attempt at ability development wasn't a total loss. Ability development could be done at any time; if it didn't succeed this time, he would just continue next time.

After all, failure is the mother of success!

And as for the awakening of Observation Haki, naturally, the sooner, the better.

In this world, to borrow a phrase from Teacher Kaido: Haki is the power that reigns supreme over all else.

There are three types of Haki:

First: Armament Haki, which can touch Logia users and enhance both attack and defense.

Second: Observation Haki, which allows one to anticipate the enemy's moves.

Third: Conqueror's Haki, which only one in a million can awaken.

It is said that Conqueror's Haki is innate, and only those with firm beliefs and indomitable wills can awaken it.

Gray wasn't delusional enough to aim for Conqueror's Haki for the time being, but he knew one thing: if he kept developing his magnetic field rotation, he could pierce through this world.

He would create the first precedent in history: piercing through everything with his ability.

"Damn it!" Even if he didn't say it out loud, deep down, thinking about how cool Conqueror's Haki was, Gray was still green with envy.

Soon, Gray adjusted his mood. "Well! Since I've awakened Observation Haki, I have to put training it on the schedule."

"At least I need to be able to switch it on and off at will when I'm not using my ability." Currently, Gray was unfamiliar with the sensation of releasing Observation Haki and could only passively disperse it while rotating his soul's magnetic field.

"To train Observation Haki, the first point is: use it!"

"Use it relentlessly! Through consumption and recovery, I will naturally become familiar with the application of Observation Haki."

"As for the second step, I can also take a page from Fujitora's book." Of course, Gray wasn't stupid enough to poke his own eyes out; instead, he planned to cover his eyes and live his life using Observation Haki.

By integrating Observation Haki into his daily life, even if he couldn't reach the pinnacle of foreseeing the future, he could at least reach a top-tier level, no weaker than the three Admirals.

Thinking it, he did it immediately. Gray closed his eyes and continuously rotated his soul's magnetic field, letting his Observation Haki passively disperse.

With his spiritual power, he observed a different world.

Gray didn't know what others saw with their Observation Haki, but his situation was a bit special.

Because his Observation Haki was driven by the rotation of his soul's magnetic field, it could be considered his own exclusive development.

Just like Enel, who combined his Observation Haki with the electrical waves of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to cover the entire Sky Island, Gray's Observation Haki could clearly see the previously blurry magnetic fields—whether they belonged to stones, animals, or the island itself.

This not only allowed Gray to clearly perceive the magnetic field intensity of various objects but also prevented certain Devil Fruit users from playing the fool to catch him off guard.

Beyond that, there was another important point: Gray felt he could integrate his Observation Haki into the magnetic field to expand or shrink his coverage area.

For example, his own soul's magnetic field allowed Gray to clearly see a color image within a hundred-meter radius.

But once he integrated into the island's magnetic field, what he saw was like a snowy television screen—intermittent and very annoying, not to mention the high consumption.

This Observation Haki was like a security camera. Currently, Gray only had a hundred cameras installed in his hundred-square-meter house, so naturally, he could see every move clearly.

But if those hundred cameras were installed across the entire town, how could he possibly see anything clearly?

"Ah! Is it that short?" After maintaining his Observation Haki for less than half an hour, Gray felt mentally exhausted.

"Low capacity, short duration—well, for a man, it's understandable at the start!" Finding an excuse for himself, Gray opened the switch on his wheelchair to turn it into a single bed, preparing for a nap to accelerate the recovery of his Observation Haki through sleep.

"Gray-sama! Gray-sama!"

Drowsily, Gray heard Baby-5 calling him. "Ah! What is it, Baby-5?"

"It's time for dinner!"

Gray: Huh?

Gray looked up at the sky; the sun had completely dipped below the horizon, and the dim veil of night began to descend.

"Alright! I didn't expect to sleep until evening." He held the little girl on his lap and turned his wheelchair toward the cafeteria.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Gray noticed that the way Trafalgar Law looked at Corazon had changed.

Of course, this wasn't a friendly shift; just like in the original story, Corazon had been beating Law to prevent him from joining the Donquixote Family, earning him Law's resentment.

After all, who would thank someone for beating them up? Consequently, Law had spent the entire afternoon in a state of combat.

If he couldn't win at one o'clock, he would fight at two; if he couldn't win at two, he would fight at three, remaining in a constant state of battle.

He was defeated repeatedly, yet he fought repeatedly.

This led to a situation where Trafalgar Law himself probably didn't even realize that destroying the world had become his secondary goal, while his primary goal had shifted to killing Corazon.

"How interesting!" This live-action version was far more entertaining than watching it on a screen.

As a thrill-seeker, the instinct to enjoy watching the chaos was carved into his very soul.

When he was exhausted from his daily training, watching these amusing events to soothe his mind was a great pleasure.

Gray had no interest in Trafalgar Law, nor would he be like some protagonists who built relationships early on to recruit them later.

For Gray, there was no room for other men on his ship; having one lecher like himself on board was quite enough.

As for his own crew, he would try his best to collect all the beautiful girls from the original story. As for the male members he valued, he would relegate them to the position of division commanders.

As for Law, they were not on the same path, so there was no need to invite him. Those who valued Law did so not only for his talent but, most importantly, for the Op-Op Fruit.

The Op-Op Fruit, along with other powerful Devil Fruit users, would all be his targets for hunting in the future.

Before he perfected his Devil Fruit rebirth experiment, these users with great abilities were merely caretakers keeping the Devil Fruits safe for him.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to use those Devil Fruits to upgrade his own crew members when the time came?

For example: Nojiko with the Slippery-Slippery Fruit, Nami with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Kaya with the Op-Op Fruit, and so on.

By then, he would abduct Yamato, win over Hancock to join the ship, and add the Baby-5 he had raised since childhood; wouldn't that give him his own version of the Three Sweet Commanders and the Three Disasters?

His core crew alone would be enough to rival a Yonko, and if he added some powerful division commanders—

Like Douglas Bullet or Zoro, a single Yonko might not even be enough to fight them.

Please keep reading! Please keep reading! Please keep reading!

I fully understand the feeling of wanting to save up chapters to binge-read, but the new author phase is like this; I can only post two chapters a day, and I must meet the reading targets to get recommended.

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