I Think Hasshoken Is Pretty Simple

It wasn't hard to tell from the Trait's description.

What "Spy" wanted to grant Jogo was the ability to rapidly imitate an important person, allowing for efficient disguise and swift infiltration.

According to Jogo's tests,

while equipped with both "Otherworldly Soul" and "Spy," if he focused his Observation Haki on a single target,

he could precisely imitate that target's tone, movements, and behavior patterns in at most one minute.

Of course, if that were all there was to it, "Spy" would merely be a fairly useful Trait in certain situations.

What truly caught Jogo's attention was that this "imitation" had no upper limit!

In other words, the longer he observed and the more meticulous his observations became, the deeper the imitation would go... perhaps even reaching 100%!

Under normal circumstances, reaching that level was nearly impossible.

After all, it required far too much time.

But Jogo had "Historian"!

It could replay information recorded in Jogo's mind countless times!

Combined with "Spy," it meant observing the same target and the same set of movements an unlimited number of times!

In other words,

even if Jogo knew nothing whatsoever about how to train in Hasshoken, he could forcefully unleash Hasshoken's power by raising his imitation rate to 100%!

What did it mean when your mind didn't understand, but your body had already learned?

Although the Hasshoken learned through this method could only trigger its vibration-controlling power when he performed moves exactly identical to those in the "recording,"

once he had broken through from zero to one, was comprehending the true essence of Hasshoken really that far away?

Other members of the Chinjao family needed decades just to get started, and who knew how long it would take them to reach Sai's level of proficiency.

But he could first reach Sai's level, then slowly work backward to study how to get started.

With such a commanding view, how could he not improve quickly?!

Whoosh!

Jogo's fists moved faster and faster. Though he was only repeating the same few moves, his motions gradually began to feel increasingly smooth and natural.

The only drawback was that his mind was a little chaotic.

—After "Otherworldly Soul" was unequipped, countless jumbled sounds, images, smells... became active in his mind again.

The sleepy breathing of the guard outside, the faint smell of urine hidden beneath the stench of blood, the image of Hina's long, snowy-white thighs rubbing together in the darkness...

All of it seriously interfered with his observation of the recording.

I need to master Observation Haki as soon as possible!

he muttered to himself.

But for now, he could only endure the onslaught of chaotic information and continue training.

Just then, Hina's voice suddenly "exploded" in his mind.

"Jogo, do you want to shed your status as a slave and leave the Happo Navy?"

Clang!!!

Jogo punched the cage.

It startled Hina.

"Why are you hitting the cage? Even if you can't learn it, you can't take it out on Hina's cage! Hina is very angry!"

Jogo shut off his Observation Haki, crouched down, and looked at Hina.

"Don't get angry yet. Tell me, what's your plan?"

Hina glared at him, pouted, and somehow produced a tiny Watch Den Den Mushi, holding it in her palm.

"Hina has always stayed in contact with the major!"

"The Marine Branch in the West Blue has always been very interested in intelligence on the Happo Navy!"

"And?"

"So, if you can help Hina obtain the Happo Navy's operation plans, the West Blue Marine Branch might organize a major campaign to wipe out the Happo Navy!"

"Then the two of us can escape in the chaos!"

This mad dog just wants to earn another merit!

No wonder she got herself captured so obediently before!

Jogo did not say any of that aloud. Instead, he stroked his chin and put on a thoughtful expression.

Seeing that he did not agree immediately, Hina became somewhat anxious.

"Hina knows this is difficult, but you're the only one on this ship who can move around freely now."

"Hina originally wanted to slowly gain their trust and extract intelligence from them."

"But Hina doesn't know how long that would take."

"You want to leave this place as soon as possible too, don't you?"

Jogo raised his head and carefully examined Hina's pretty but somewhat haggard face.

He knew Hina had left some things unsaid.

For example, after the Happo Navy had achieved its goal of humiliating the Marines, they would most likely release her.

And if she failed to obtain concrete intelligence on the Happo Navy before then, her surrender and all those days of imprisonment would have been for nothing.

So, wanting to earn merit was the main reason Hina was willing to trust him again.

As for how much of the rest was because of their relationship and how much was because she was thinking of him, that was hard to say.

"What a mad dog..."

"Still, it's a good thing that she can trust me again."

Jogo muttered inwardly. Ever since he had gone to sea, she was the Devil Fruit user whose favorability he had raised the highest.

There was a very good chance of obtaining a gold-quality Devil Fruit Trait!

Thinking that, Jogo said to Hina,

"It's not really that difficult."

"That's not what I'm thinking about."

That isn't difficult?

You're a slave hated by everyone on the ship right now!

Hina did not expose Jogo's boasting. She leaned closer and asked,

"Then what are you thinking about?"

Jogo leaned closer as well and looked seriously at Hina.

"When you boarded the ship, didn't the Happo Navy search you?"

"Where did you hide this Mini Den Den Mushi to bring it aboard?"

Separated by the iron bars, their eyes met in the darkness.

Before Jogo's gaze could drift downward, Hina's furious cry rang out from inside the cage.

"Pervert!!"

Jogo narrowed his eyes and lay down on the cold, hard, damp floor of the prison cell to rest for a while.

Soon, someone came to urge him back to work.

So he picked up the bucket and mop and went out again.

As he left, Hina was still sulking. Watching Jogo's back disappear behind the wooden door along with the light, she could not help muttering softly.

"What are you bragging for? Who would tell you any intelligence now?"

"And practicing punches... Hina already said it was impossible for you to learn it!"

"You actually don't believe Hina..."

Perhaps recalling the hateful way someone had seriously teased her, Hina reluctantly raised her hand, weakly clenched it into a fist, and struck the spot where Jogo's fist had landed earlier.

As if she were punching Jogo.

Clang~

It was only a light sound.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

Under Hina's stunned gaze, flakes of iron filings fell like snow.

???

Hina stared blankly at the iron filings on the floor for a long while, then laboriously raised her hand again and tapped the iron bar beside it.

Clang~

Nothing happened.

She blinked, then hurriedly tapped every bar of the cage.

A few minutes later, drenched in sweat, she leaned against the cage and stared blankly at the bar Jogo had struck. Nothing remained in her eyes but disbelief.

"Was that really... Hasshoken?"

Only Hasshoken could produce such a powerful vibration effect!

But...

"How is that possible?"

Even if Jogo had been practicing genuine Hasshoken... it had been less than an hour!

In less than an hour, he had gone from being clumsy even at throwing punches to entering the gates of Hasshoken...

"Has Hina gone crazy, or has this world gone crazy?"

Hina could not help recalling the indifferent expression on Jogo's face when she had tried to discourage him earlier.

"...I think Hasshoken is pretty simple."

Jogo's voice echoed through her mind once again.

Her mouth gradually fell open.