Garp Takes a Fancy to Him, Armament Haki Comes Calling!

Garp wanted to see him?

Roya's first reaction was, of course, surprise.

After all, Garp was the legendary strongest Marine!

Rather than rack his brains here trying to figure out how to stimulate his Conqueror's Haki, he might as well go meet Garp.

Perhaps Garp might even become an opportunity for him to improve his Conqueror's Haki?

"Alright, I'll be right there." With that thought, Roya agreed without hesitation, pushed open the door, and walked out. Led by the Marine who had come to deliver the message, he quickly arrived at the Marine Headquarters hall.

Inside the hall.

Dozens of Marines stood in neat ranks, making for quite an imposing sight.

At the center stood Garp, his head full of white hair, eating from a bag of rice crackers. Two young men stood beside him.

"Hahahaha."

"You're Roya, right? I heard you've awakened Conqueror's Haki and even learned the Six Powers?"

Garp walked toward Roya while eating rice crackers, grinning broadly.

Don't let Garp's current carefree, unserious appearance fool you.

Roya could still sense a certain pressure from him.

Perhaps this was the aura that the strong were born with!

"Yes, Vice Admiral Garp!" Roya did not hide anything and answered with a crisp salute.

"Very good. You really are promising." Garp circled Roya, gave him a thorough once-over, then nodded with a satisfied smile.

Before Roya could speak, Garp declared decisively, "Roya, come aboard my ship. I happen to be short a captain!"

The moment Garp said that.

Every Marine in the hall was stunned and immediately began discussing it among themselves. After all, Vice Admiral Garp had extremely high standards when selecting subordinates.

Moreover, many who had joined Garp's ranks had gone on to become famous. Even Aokiji, now an admiral at Marine Headquarters, had once been Garp's subordinate.

"No way, Vice Admiral Garp is directly recruiting him as a captain?"

"This is truly rare!"

"That kid is ridiculously lucky!"

"..."

Yet Roya was so young, and Garp had taken a liking to him, directly promoting him to major and captain aboard his ship. His future was bound to be limitless. Aside from jealousy, the Marines felt even more envy and admiration.

Even Roya himself was stunned.

At that moment, the system's voice rang out as well.

[ Ding! The host has caught the eye of Garp, the Navy's legendary hero. His reputation has soared, and Armament Haki has come seeking him out!]

[ Congratulations, host, on unlocking the Armament Haki automatic training program!]

Hearing the system prompt, Roya was instantly overjoyed.

"So abilities can come seeking me out too? It's just like famous generals pledging themselves to their lord in the Three Kingdoms!"

Just as expected! Garp was an opportunity.

Although he had not obtained automatic training for Conqueror's Haki, he had unexpectedly unlocked the Armament Haki training program. This was absolutely an unexpected delight.

"Thank you for recognizing my potential, Vice Admiral Garp!" Immersed in joy, Roya did not forget to salute Garp in thanks.

Suddenly.

"Wait!"

One of the young men who had been standing beside Garp walked over.

"Vice Admiral Garp, isn't this against the rules? Is he really that impressive? Koby and I aren't bad either, so why promote him directly?" The young man glanced at Roya before turning to question Garp.

"Helmeppo!"

"Can you stop making trouble?"

The other young man hurried over to dissuade him and apologized to Garp as well. "Sorry, Vice Admiral Garp. Helmeppo is just joking. Please don't take him seriously."

These two were Koby and Helmeppo.

"What do you mean, joking? Vice Admiral Garp, I'm serious. I don't believe he's really that strong. I want to spar with him!" Helmeppo pressed aggressively. Even after training under Garp for some time, he still could not shake the arrogant, overbearing nature of a spoiled rich kid.

After saying that, Helmeppo immediately turned to Roya and mocked, "Well? Do you dare to compete with me?"

"Fine, I accept."

Without giving Vice Admiral Garp a chance to discipline Helmeppo, Roya agreed directly.

It was the perfect opportunity. He had yet to truly use the Six Powers and Conqueror's Haki he had mastered in actual combat. He could test his strength, and at the same time, use that strength to win everyone's approval.

"Fine, then the two of you can spar. Helmeppo, let me see the results of your training." Seeing the fighting spirit in the two young men, Garp decided to grant their request.

"Don't worry, Vice Admiral Garp!"

"Hmph!"

"Let me tell you, I've undergone Vice Admiral Garp's devilish training!"

"Take this!"

Helmeppo snorted coldly, then drew two kukri blades from behind his back and charged at Roya with confidence.

Six Powers, Iron Body!

Facing Helmeppo's attack, Roya was completely confident. He had no intention of dodging and directly used Iron Body, one of the Six Powers.

Clang!

With a crisp ring, the two kukri blades struck as though they had hit solid steel.

After all, under the system's tenfold automatic training, Roya's Six Powers had all reached the intermediate level. How could someone like Helmeppo, who could not even use Armament Haki, possibly harm Roya while he was using Iron Body?

"What? Impossible! Your Iron Body has reached this level?" Helmeppo's face was full of disbelief.

Six Powers, Finger Pistol!

Roya did not waste words with him. He unleashed Finger Pistol again, directly piercing through Helmeppo's left arm without mercy. A streak of blood sprayed out.

Clang!

As the two kukri blades fell to the ground, Helmeppo clutched his bleeding left arm and dropped to his knees, howling in pain.

At this moment.

Every Marine watching had gone from envying Roya to being utterly shocked.

They all stared wide-eyed at the scene before them. None of them had expected Roya's strength to be so terrifying. With just one Finger Pistol, he had brought down his opponent.

As for Garp, he was still leisurely eating his rice crackers, clearly not surprised by the outcome in the slightest.

After all, Helmeppo was his own student. Garp knew full well that Helmeppo had not even mastered the Six Powers, much less Armament Haki. How could he possibly be a match for Roya, who had mastered the Six Powers and even Conqueror's Haki?

"As expected, the system is awesome!"

"These intermediate Six Powers, gained through tenfold automatic training, are already this powerful."

"What a shame. This kind of small fry can't stimulate me at all, so the system won't trigger any rewards."

Roya muttered to himself.

"Helmeppo!"

Koby rushed over at once to support Helmeppo, then shouted at Roya, "What did you do to my friend, you bastard?"

"Don't worry. He won't die." Roya did not take it seriously at all and casually waved a hand.

"Damn it, you bastard! You injured my friend so badly, and that's your attitude? Vice Admiral Garp, I request a spar with him." Enraged by Roya's attitude, Koby shouted.

Upon hearing this, Garp not only did not stop him, but nodded in tacit approval.