Ancient Conqueror's Haki, Awakening

Lin Nuo's figure swept over the town.

Below, the chaotic crowd in the streets was gradually gathering.

He could vaguely hear cries of "Old Tom," "Association," and "explosion," but he had no mind to spare for them.

As he flew, he sorted through the information he had just seized from Gerlo's memories, information he had yet to digest.

Intelligence... objectives... combat memories...

The memories transmitted by the Memory Seahorse clearly revealed the purpose of the World Government's operation.

Their primary objective was to retrieve his Lineage Factor; their secondary objective was to capture Kuma alive.

As for the operatives, aside from the now-dead Gerlo, the other key figure was Fera.

A Paramecia Door-Door Fruit user responsible for covert operations, imprisonment, and transportation.

Kuma, Ginny, Ivankov, and the historian Milan were all imprisoned in a separate space created by his ability.

What concerned Lin Nuo most, however, were the vast number of combat and training memories that belonged to Gerlo himself.

They were a treasure accumulated over many years by a top World Government agent.

The various advanced applications of the Six Powers, Armament Haki from hardening to flow, and all manner of Observation Haki sensing and prediction techniques.

Swordsmanship, as well as strategies for dealing with all kinds of ability users...

Those memories were not directly implanted into him, so they could not let Lin Nuo master them instantly.

But it was like personally witnessing countless high-level lessons and real battles.

Especially some of the insights regarding the "nature of Haki" and the "flow of power."

They resonated with the vague understanding he had gained from witnessing Rocks, Roger, and other peak powerhouses battle at God Valley.

He felt that, in terms of his understanding of Haki, he was already standing before a great door.

All he lacked was the