Copy It All with the Sharingan

"Garp was a famous powerhouse in this world, no matter what. He had to be at least admiral or Four Emperors level, right? Even if his strength had declined somewhat with age, he shouldn't have only given me a Body Flicker Technique!"

"Was the gap between him and Shanks really that huge?"

Brando was deeply puzzled as to why the rewards differed so greatly.

"Was it based on how thoroughly I got under their skin?"

"Other than taking a jab at his status as the Hero of the Marines, I don't think Garp was truly angry at me for mocking Luffy's dream of becoming a pirate."

"And physically, I probably didn't get under his skin either..."

After thinking it over for a while, Brando came to that conclusion.

When he had provoked Shanks with Haki, that guy had nearly been unable to hold back from attacking. He had genuinely wanted to kill him. Garp, on the other hand, had attacked, but without any killing intent.

He was probably just treating it as playing around and bullying a child.

Brando couldn't possibly get serious either and use Amaterasu directly. If things got out of hand, he would be the one in trouble.

In the end, Brando figured that the reward was determined by the target's emotional fluctuations after being provoked. Garp's emotional response this time had been low, which was why he had received such an ordinary-looking reward.

"Still, Shisui's Body Flicker Technique is already very powerful. Over short distances, it should be second only to the Raikage's Body Flicker and Minato's Flying Raijin."

Brando didn't think the reward was bad.

A skill that let him kite opponents was the key to pulling off flashy moves. All he lacked now was an aerial-launching skill that specifically countered living second-generation heirs.

"Hey, Brando, did Grandpa's punch knock you stupid?"

Luffy came over and tugged at Brando's clothes.

Although Luffy had disliked Brando a little after being intimidated by him earlier, Brando had later come to save him.

So Luffy changed his mind. He thought Brando's brain was broken, but that he was still a good person.

He was afraid that his grandfather had beaten Brando's brain even worse.

"You're the stupid one."

Brando knocked Luffy on the head too.

But Luffy felt nothing, since his rubber body did not fear pain.

"This kid really does look kind of dumb."

After listening to Woop Slap's explanation, Garp also confirmed it.

He had clearly been sent flying by Garp's punch, yet he had suddenly stood there without moving for ages.

He looked as though his brain had short-circuited.

Besides, this guy was born and raised in Foosha Village. When Red-Hair had been around, he had cursed at Red-Hair too.

Given that, Garp no longer felt like teaching Brando a lesson.

"Also, that hat of yours is pretty unique. Why aren't you wearing that poop hat anymore?"

Garp asked.

"That kid made this for me, and the sun's out now. This one suits me better."

Village chief Woop Slap pressed down the brim of his straw hat. For some reason, it felt pretty stylish.

The two old men immediately began catching up.

Seeing that, Brando did not continue provoking Garp. He had personally seen a crack appear in his own skeleton from Garp's punch just now.

That was without Garp going all out. His abilities still weren't enough to overcome Garp's raw stats.

"Still, the Sharingan is amazing. I couldn't catch his figure, but I recorded every movement from the moment Soru began!"

Brando had gained something else as well.

The Sharingan really was unfairly strong!

He prepared to find a place to start practicing Soru. He wanted to see if he could combine the Body Flicker Technique with Soru and achieve an even faster burst of speed.

When Brando ran off, Luffy wanted to follow him.

But before he had taken more than two steps, Garp grabbed him, leaving him no chance to escape.

Looking at the Straw Hat on Luffy's back, Garp's expression became complicated.

Meanwhile, Brando had already begun training. He first tried out the Body Flicker Technique he had just acquired. It was extremely easy to use, and with the Sharingan, he could control it with incredible precision.

"Within ten meters, this Body Flicker is already faster than Garp was just now."

Using the Sharingan for comparison, Brando confirmed that.

Of course, he knew Garp had not been moving at full speed earlier.

Because of his current chakra reserves and physical fitness, he could not bring this Body Flicker Technique to its limits. It could also create afterimages to deceive opponents, giving it a wider range of uses.

However, Brando felt that those afterimages were completely countered by Observation Haki. They probably would not be enough against truly powerful opponents.

"Next up... Soru!"

This was not a skill granted by the system. Brando had to learn it himself, just like the Rasengan.

He closed his eyes and broke down Garp's movements from earlier into frame-by-frame images.

Then Brando instantly stomped the ground at high speed with both feet, leaving a crater in the dirt.

Bang!

Brando slammed directly into a tree trunk.

He had moved too fast and failed to control himself, shooting forward in a straight line.

Unlike the Body Flicker Technique, which came with experience granted by the system, he was extremely unfamiliar with this freely controlled move. He did not even have time midway through to alter his approach and use the Body Flicker Technique to change position.

"Looks like training won't be finished overnight."

"And I need to improve my control over my strength too."

A large red patch had appeared on Brando's face, as though someone had brushed it with a paint-soaked brush.

He looked at the crater he had stomped into the ground, then compared it to the ground beneath Garp when he had used Soru earlier.

Despite being such a muscle-bound brute, Garp had used nearly all his strength to propel himself forward without causing any damage to the ground.

The physical techniques of the pirate world were still well worth learning. Brando did not intend to give up. He would use the Sharingan to copy everything he could.

Even if he did not use them, they would make dealing with them easier in the future. He would treat them as stored data.

"I'll keep rolling the ball for now. It feels like I'm almost there."

Brando felt that he would probably be able to use the Rasengan properly within two or three days at most.

After all, he knew the trick. If not for his insufficient chakra preventing him from training properly, Brando felt that he would have learned the Rasengan long ago.

This area was basically occupied by Brando alone. Many of the surrounding trees had been cut down while he practiced Iai Slash, leaving the area wide open.

There were also many craters of varying sizes, created while he practiced the Rasengan.

The feeling of making progress every day was truly exhilarating for Brando!

"You brat, from now on, you'll live here!"

"Hmph! You won't be allowed to leave until you change your mind!"

After personally educating Luffy for two days, Garp found that the boy would not yield to either soft or hard methods. He stubbornly insisted on becoming the One Piece.

In a fit of anger, Garp brought Luffy to the mountain bandit Dadan and prepared to have him live with Ace.

He wanted Luffy to experience what it felt like to be a criminal, torment him properly, and make him give up on becoming a pirate.

"Ace, this guy is your little brother."

"If he doesn't behave, beat him hard for me!"

Garp found Ace wandering around outside and introduced Luffy to him.

Ace was still afraid of Garp, and he also deeply longed for this relative of his.

But he looked down on Luffy, thinking he would only drag him down.