Garp did not stay in Foosha Village for long. After all, he was still a Marine Vice Admiral, and however exceptional his standing might be, he still had work of his own to do.
So after settling the specifics of his trade with Xie Wen, Garp merely had a meal at Dadan's place with his two grandsons before leaving in a hurry.
Before leaving, however, he said he would have a News Coo deliver the things Xie Wen needed later.
"Xie Wen! Hurry up and teach me that Haki stuff!"
As soon as Garp left, Luffy grabbed Xie Wen and begged him for lessons. Ace said nothing, but he too stared fixedly at Xie Wen.
"Hm?"
Xie Wen froze briefly, then quickly guessed what had happened.
He had only kept quiet before because he thought Garp had some special arrangement in mind, and it would not be right for an outsider like him to interfere. But now that the cats had let it slip, there was no need to keep hiding it.
Still...
"It's a little too early for you two to start training in Haki," Xie Wen told them, drawing on his own experience. "Ace might awaken Armament Haki after training for a while longer, but your physical conditioning is still quite a way off, Luffy. As for Observation Haki... you could start laying the groundwork."
By laying the groundwork, he naturally meant the training method Chinjao had used on him back then. Meow Jūshirō and Hua Mei Meow were also using this method, but their talent in this area seemed rather ordinary. They could not pick it up as quickly as Sanji Meow, let alone compare to Klee Meow.
Over the next few days, aside from physical training and Observation Haki practice, Xie Wen also arranged for the