Everyone Trains Hard

Sky God Kingdom.

As Yake's plans progressed, the Sky God Kingdom developed in an orderly fashion. Judge's research team in particular produced new results every day.

Today, Judge had called Yake over to inspect the latest results of Sky Shell weapon technology.

Yake arrived at the shooting range with a strangely shaped weapon in hand.

It resembled an ordinary rifle overall, but its stock was made from an Impact Dial, and various shells could be fitted onto the front as needed.

Yake was currently using an Impact Dial paired with a Breath Dial. According to Judge, this was their most powerful sniper rifle. Even its barrel had been cast from specially made materials, or it would easily burst.

Yake pressed the stock against his shoulder and aimed at the Sky Sharks that occasionally poked their heads out from the sea of clouds ahead.

He did not apply Armament Haki, using only Observation Haki to assist his aim. As he pulled the trigger, Yake could clearly feel the powerful recoil and the force of the Breath Dial's wind.

A Sky Shark in the sea of clouds let out a miserable cry. Yake's shot struck it in the eye, and the bullet's powerful impact pulverized its brain. The enormous Sky Shark fell into the sea and was then devoured by its own kind.

"Not bad, but the recoil is a little strong." There was no need to test it with Armament Haki. For experts capable of coating bullets with Armament Haki, it only raised the weapon's upper limit. What Yake needed was a weapon with a high lower limit.

That bullet had traveled at least several thousand meters and still retained tremendous momentum. Pirate world black technology truly lived up to its name.

"There's no avoiding the heavy recoil. We can install an Impact Dial onto our soldiers' combat suits to absorb the gun's impact. Once it is fully charged, it can also be used to replace the Impact Dial on the weapon. Two birds with one stone," Judge explained.

"Not bad. Keep it up. How is the research on automatic weapons going?" Yake valued automatic weapons more. Those were the real killing machines.

"Of course we have results. Your idea was simply genius. This is the first-generation automatic rifle named after you, the ARK-1. Lord Yake, give it a try." Judge beckoned for one of his subordinates to bring over a rifle.

"I never thought I'd get to play with an AK in the pirate world too. Woohoo!" Yake grinned the moment he saw it. Judge had really recreated it.

"Not only does this rifle have outstanding performance, its cost is low and it is highly adaptable. It can be called a perfect weapon." Judge was clearly very satisfied with it, enthusiastically listing its advantages without pause.

Yake fondly handled the rifle, then aimed at a tree and held down the trigger.

Rat-a-tat-tat!

This time, Yake also applied Armament Haki. The bullets became even more powerful, and after one burst of fire, the large tree was snapped in half.

"Judge, your research results are good. Keep working hard. From now on, this gun will be called the AK-47, and every soldier will be equipped with one." After satisfying his urge to handle it, Yake returned the rifle to Judge, told him to develop electromagnetic weapons as soon as possible, and then left.

When he arrived on Amazon Lily, Hancock was leading Robin and the others in training.

After Skypiea's development got on track, Yake had Robin and Reiju each train people to take over their work. Now, they only needed to occasionally inspect the progress.

So Yake gathered them all on Amazon Lily to train together. Hancock, who had mastered all Three Haki Colors, became both their instructor and close friend. Yake's plan was a great success.

"Hello, beautiful ladies. How's the training going?" Yake sat cross-legged on the grass and watched everyone train.

"You make it sound so easy. Why don't you come train?" Robin said irritably before seriously returning to her training. She wanted to become stronger too, so she could help Yake better.

"Darling, you're here!" Hancock greeted Yake affectionately, openly showering everyone with PDA.

When she had first met Yake's crew a few days ago, she had even thought he had fallen for someone else. She had automatically imagined all sorts of tacky romance-drama scenarios, only relaxing after Yake asked her to train his crew. She then eagerly accepted the task he gave her.

"Keep training. I came to watch balls—no, I came to watch you train." Yake nearly blurted out his true thoughts, but the curves were simply too perfect. He was more engrossed in watching them than they were in training.

Taking advantage of this rare moment of leisure, Yake decided to draw his rewards. He could not keep them saved up anyway.

After collecting Skypiea's Poneglyphs, he had received five rewards for completing the second-stage mission and ten for the main mission. Yake was preparing for fifteen draws at once to see whether he could get something good.

"Start the draw."

"Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained 1.5 billion Beli, Infinite KFC Family Bucket, never-wearing-out underwear, indestructible beach shorts, indestructible T-shirt, never-wearing-out ronin robes, Marine Six Powers Mastery Card ×1, Armament Haki Enhancement Card ×1, never-ending cotton candy ×1, thank you for participating ×4."

Good lord, Yake could only call it incredible. His luck today was absolutely insane. He would never have to worry about the awkwardness of changing from dragon form into human form again. Previously, he had always made clothes out of lightning to ease the embarrassment, much like Caesar's gas coat. Now, his mother would never have to worry about his clothes exploding again.

"By the way, can the Marine Six Powers Mastery Card be used on someone else?" Yake asked. This thing was completely useless to him.

"Ding! Skill-type enhancement cards can be used on others, provided they have learned the corresponding skill."

Yake understood. If he wanted to use the Marine Six Powers Mastery Card on someone else, she first had to learn the Marine Six Powers. He had used one himself before, but he had not cared much because he already knew the Marine Six Powers. Still, the technique he used most was Return of Life, which he used with Hancock... ahem, to improve his endurance.

After giving it some thought, Yake decided to give both the Haki Enhancement Card and the Marine Six Powers Mastery Card to Reiju. Reiju was already on the verge of awakening Armament Haki, so she could make good use of them.

Among his crew, Reiju had the strongest physical abilities, so she would awaken Armament Haki the fastest. However, she was also one of only two people without Devil Fruit abilities. With Armament Haki, she would become even stronger.

As for Anna, the other person without Devil Fruit abilities, she could just serve as the mascot. Yake would thank the heavens if she could learn Observation Haki and avoid danger in advance. Anna could fight using static electricity, but its current was only strong enough to scratch an itch—or at least, only Yake thought it was that weak.

"Everyone, stop for a moment. I have something to announce. Starting tomorrow, your captain will personally teach you the Marine Six Powers. Everyone must learn them. They will be a great help in mastering the power of Haki." Yake stood up as he spoke.

"Ah... Captain, no! My Negative Hollow is enough!" Perona pleaded pitifully.

"Denied. Everyone must master them, or your captain will throw you straight off Skypiea and let you experience the thrill of falling from ten thousand meters in the air!" Yake put on a vicious expression and glared at Perona. This little rascal had become somewhat overconfident after relying on her Negative Hollow to become unbeatable throughout Skypiea.

Just wait until you meet Usopp. Let's see how you cry!