Hancock's Favor

"This kid is really..." Peony thought with a headache, "Does he have to be so stubborn?"

She refused to eat the things she specifically requested.

I insist on eating meat like Rayleigh!

Can you compare to Rayleigh?

"..." Hancock also cast a hesitant glance at him.

"What's wrong?"

Junichi noticed their gazes and looked over in confusion.

Peony and Hancock didn't know how to start the conversation.

But gradually, they realized that something seemed wrong.

Click click click!

Zhun chewed the meat in big bites, like a meat grinder, and in the blink of an eye, he had devoured the bucket-thick leg of meat clean.

Gudong!

He swallowed the meat casually.

His stomach remained unchanged, as if he had only swallowed a mouthful of air.

"this!?"

Peony and Hancock's expressions changed immediately.

Something is wrong!

Didn't Zhunyi fail in his cultivation?

How come you have such a big appetite?

"Hahaha..." Rayleigh laughed from the side and interjected, "It's obvious you've misunderstood."

He laughed loudly and looked at Zhun Yi: "Zhun Yi, show them what you've got!"

"No problem." Junichi smiled gently.

He then realized what Peony and Hancock had misunderstood.

He immediately raised his hand.

Swish!

The power of Armament Haki surged forth, covering his entire arm.

On the surface, the arm appears unchanged.

But Peony, who possessed Observation Haki, immediately changed her expression, looking at Junichi with utter astonishment: "Armament Haki?"

"Armament Haki!?" Hancock looked equally surprised.

Although she hadn't awakened her domineering aura yet, she could feel a dangerous aura emanating from Junichi's arm that made her hair stand on end.

Faced with the surprised looks of the two people.

Junichi nodded slowly and said, "Thanks to Mr. Rayleigh's teachings, I successfully grasped the power of Haki."

"Stop flattering me. I haven't taught you anything. It's your talent that's abnormal." Rayleigh quickly waved his hand.

Peony and Hancock looked even more shocked.

Seven days.

Junichi went to train and mastered Armament Haki in just seven days?

What an abnormal talent!

Peony gasped, her expression slightly embarrassed: "Sorry you came back early, I thought..."

"Did you think I failed in my cultivation?" Junichi added.

Peony nodded shyly, "Sorry."

Hancock also lowered her head.

"It's alright. My situation is indeed unusual. It's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up," Junichi said nonchalantly.

Peony and Hancock finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a misunderstanding.

But it's good that things were explained clearly, and the result was good.

Click, click...

Next, it's time to peacefully enjoy dinner.

Zhunyi wolfed down his food, devouring twenty times more than usual in a whirlwind.

After mastering the dual-color Haki.

His body seemed to have broken free of a constraint, unleashing even greater potential.

Simultaneously.

Consuming high-energy sea monsters daily further stimulated the body to become stronger, as if it were riding a rocket to rapidly improve.

In just one week.

Junichi's physical fitness has caught up with the average level of 15-year-old boys who go to sea.

Placed in the Naruto world.

He claimed to be a member of the Thousand Hands clan, and no one doubted him.

……

After the meal.

After a hearty meal, Hancock quietly beckoned to Jun.

"?"

Junichi walked over with a puzzled look and followed Hancock upstairs.

The two went up to the rooftop.

"Junichi, I haven't thanked you yet for saving us." Hancock bowed deeply, her clear black and white eyes revealing deep gratitude and affection.

Zhunyi raised an eyebrow immediately.

A bad feeling welled up inside me.

No way?

The hero saves the damsel in distress trope is so cliché!

"Don't mention it, Kuja has already paid me." Junichi replied casually, as if they had already settled the score.

But Hancock disagreed, shaking her head vigorously: "Kujaku paid me, but I haven't!"

"This is a thank-you gift for you, please accept it!"

She took a brand new notebook out of her pocket.

It looks newly bought.

Hancock slipped the notebook into Junichi's hand, glanced around cautiously, and whispered, "Go back and read it quietly, don't let anyone else know."

After saying that, he jogged away.

Junichi remained, looking curiously at the notebook in his hand.

I need to clarify something here.

This book isn't the kind of book you might think of; it's just a regular standalone book.

Don't misunderstand.

"What is it that needs to be looked at secretly, without anyone knowing?" Junichi walked to the corner of the rooftop and curiously opened it.

Snapped!

He only glanced at it a few times before closing it in one swift motion.

His eyes twitched violently: "This child actually wrote down the secret manual for cultivating domineering qi on Nine Serpent Island and gave it to me."

"No wonder you made me peek..."

"If this gets out, she'll definitely get a beating from the Nine Serpents."

But this is just a minor issue.

Hanging someone up and beating them will only cause them suffering, not death.

The key point is Hancock's behavior.

"Giving me the Kuja Techniques—you can imagine what Hancock's motives are, but she's only 12 years old!"

"I don't do brothel work!"

"Besides, it would be too unambitious to live a life without having a harem."

Junichi's expression gradually showed signs of a headache.

He thought for a moment and decided to throw the question back to Amazon Lily.

I turned around and went downstairs.

Junichi arrived at the first floor of the tavern.

The tableware had already been cleared away, and Peony and Rayleigh were chatting and drinking at the bar.

Rayleigh's eyes lit up slightly when he saw Zhunyi come down.

"See, I told you so." He turned to look at Peony and said with a smile, "The boy who's about to become a top student will definitely come looking for you."

"Tsk." Peony clicked her tongue in displeasure.

The two seem to be making a bet against Junichi.

Junichi walked over with a dark expression and placed the notebook on the bar counter. "Since Miss Peony already knew, you shouldn't have let Hancock give this to me."

"I don't want to be hunted down by Amazon Lily."

"I only read the first few sentences, I didn't read the rest."

But the peony's reaction was beyond his expectations.

"Why not finish watching it?"

"Huh?" Junichi was a little dumbfounded.

"This is a rare opportunity!" Peony said without a hint of shame, but rather with pride. "If it were me, I would definitely watch it all before making a decision!"

Zhunyi was speechless.

"This thing isn't really that valuable. It's used to train people who don't have talent. At most, it might offer some inspiration to you," Peony explained, shaking her head.

The imposing presence of Snake Island is widespread.

Even among ordinary female warriors, 50% have mastered Armament Haki.

but.

This kind of specialized, domineering development technique comes at the cost of overdrawing one's potential, resulting in a lifetime of stagnation.

Their amount of armor-colored clothing was pitifully small.

It can only cover one fist, or wrap around the arrowhead.

That's all we can do.

"You've already grasped the power of dominance, so you don't need the awakening methods within it, but some of the enhancement techniques are still quite valuable," Peony concluded.

Strengthening techniques?

Junichi looked at the notebook again, somewhat puzzled.

The most powerful techniques are simply covering, entangling, releasing outwards, and destroying from within.

Is there something deeper to learn?