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CHAPTER 51
Kreegan disembarked and introduced Lex to the villagers, spent some time with them, and then set off for the dojo. The news must have reached the dojo that Zoro was running at full speed down the path of the dojo and was shouting from the top of his lungs.
"Kreegan, fight me!"
Zoro drew all three swords, put one in his mouth, and dashed towards Kreegan. Kreegan slightly unsheathed his sword and deflected Zoro's attack with one swift move. Then he moved behind him with a fluid motion and hammered him at the top of his head.
"Guaaa!"
"What did you call me, you little shit! It looks like you missed my fists of love."
When Zoro was punched on the top of his head, he dropped the sword in his mouth and began rubbing his head in pain. Hearing what Kreegan said, he began to scream, crawling on the floor in panic as he tried to get away from Kreegan.
"Wait, I was wrong. Aniki, I didn't mean to call you by name. Aniki, please forgive ME!!!"
Zoro had a few giant red bumps on his head when they reached the dojo. He tearfully turned to Kreegan and mustered up all his courage, and shouted.
"After beating Kuina, I am going to beat you too"
When he had finished his words, he remembered that he had forgotten to say something and added hastily.
"...Aniki"
After hearing what he had to say, Kreegan smiled at him and said,
"If you cannot strengthen your jaw like a steel trap, did I not tell you to stop this idiotic three-sword style? You couldn't even keep your trap shut against a weak punch. What are you going to do against a full-swing sword."
Zoro grits his teeth angrily but doesn't say anything yet.
"Kııı!"
"I know you can do better, but this is not enough. Either use dual-wield like a normal human being or become a monster capable of chewing steel. Even then, your third sword will always be a weak point for you."
Zoro couldn't stand it and finally said
"Everyone has weaknesses!"
" This is not about having a weakness; this is about closing and hiding that weakness as much as possible. As long as you use three sword style, this is going to be your weakness."
Kreegan teases Zoro as much as he can to make him even more impassionate about the sword, so he works harder. Even though Kreegan was giving him shit, Zoro was impressive already. Even if it was for a little bit, he made Kreegan pull his sword. Kreegan wouldn't be able to stop that strike without a sword or buffs. Zoro had already become a level 1, even though he was a gray level 1. He had become a level one nonetheless.
This world was clearly a bit different, especially since the age of the characters were a bit different, but when Kreegan was in the Goa Kingdom, he had seen Ace and Luffy. There should still be around five to seven years until Luffy sets sail. Zoro most likely set sail in 3-4 years.
Koushirou and Old Man Kozaburo were sitting in the dojo's engawa when Kreegan and Lex entered the dojo's garden. Kreegan first bowed respectfully before them, then, while smiling, said,
"Old man, you didn't croak yet."
Kozaburo turned red and angrily said,
"Are you cursing me? You, snot-faced brat; I will live long enough to bury you!"
"Good, you should live long."
"Give me your swords."
Kreegan took off both of his swords from his belt and gave them off to Kozaburo. He started to study them. He picked up Yubashiri and said,
"So, you picked up a Skillful Grade sword. If I remember right, this should be Yubashiri."
"You are right."
"Of course, I am. I was being modest. I am a master swordsmith."
The corner of Kreegan's mouth had twitched; because of Kozaburo's arrogance, Kreegan was a bit annoyed, and then he smirked at Kreegan and said,
"You couldn't even make a Great Grade sword yet."
This old fart was doing the same thing Kreegan did to Zoro. He was giving him shit so he would work harder. Kreegan acted like he was frustrated. Kozaburo picked up Ichinami, and he was surprised. He took the sword from its sheath, swung it a little, and then held it straight and examined its edge.
"Something is different with this sword. What did you do? It feels like my swings have more weight behind them."
"I had an inspiration and reforged it."
Kozaburo was trying not to be obvious, but he was amazed because this sword had intent in it. It wasn't like his magnum opus Enma, it was more primitive, but there was definitely an intent in it. The only thing this sword was missing was a character, a personality. Even if he didn't see him forge this, it was apparent to a master swordsmith this was an inspirational piece. The swordsmith made this without any thought and with only instincts.
He evaluated this blade as one of the top 5 Skillful Grades, but he was never going to say that out loud. He couldn't allow Kreegan to be satisfied with what he had made. Kozaburo needed him to be hungrier for success.
"Brat, did you even make another Skillful Grade?"
Kreegan mumbled and said with a whispering voice,
"I made ...a ... Gr... one."
"Speak up, boy. I might be a MASTER swordsmith but still an old man. I can't hear you."
"I made a Graded one."
"Are you not ashamed of yourself while saying that."
"The garden hoe I made would be a Graded one, and as my disciple, you are proud to make a Graded one."
Kreegan annoyedly scratched his head and said,
"No, I am not. I just didn't have time when I tried to make one in the sea. It is too hard because of all the shaking and swaying."
Meanwhile, Lex interrupted,
"I have a solution for that; I forgot to tell you. As a thank you, I made a suspended room inside the ship. It will not shake and sway as long as we are not in a storm. It will be like you are on the land."
"Why didn't you tell me before, and how did you make it?"
"If I told you the scientific explanation, would you understand it."
"Maybe."
This guy's genius amazed Kreegan every time. On Earth, he had heard that people could create boats like those with modern tech, but he made it himself, even if it was one room.
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CHAPTER 52
"It is a gyroscopic self-leveling room, so I called it the suspended room. It is a thank-you gift for helping me achieve my revenge. I saw you were searching for a blacksmith every time we docked, and I built that while fixing the wing system."
After that revelation, Zoro, Kuina, and every other child in the dojo came, and then they talked about their adventure in the sea.
...
A few hours later, everyone had gone back to their routine. Kreegan followed after Kuina and left the dojo. She had already passed the age she "fell down the stairs." Maybe their constant talk about the vast world and the many miraculous powers gave her hope for the future.
"How are you, Kuina?"
She looked a bit depressed but not as much as she used to be. She was now a young girl, and her body was developing. She was fit like a pro athlete, but the boys were catching up to her. Before Kreegan left, she had beaten some bandits, but she was having a tough time beating boys the same age as her in the dojo. If the man was an amateur with a sword like a bandit, her talent was so vast it was able to close the gap, but if they were dojo students and knew what they were doing, she was having such a hard time.
When Kreegan was in the dojo, he could always see her frustration. Her face always said I could beat them easily if I didn't have this body. That is why Kreegan always tried to elevate her spirit with their talks, and now he had come with the cure. He would have loved to teach her haki rather than giving her a devil fruit, but he still didn't know how to train and awaken them fully.
"I am trying to be good, but Kreegan, it is too hard. Seeing people, you could easily crush be at your level just because of their physical prowess."
"I have come back for that reason."
He acted like he was pulling the fruit from his coat's pocket and using his item box. Seeing the fruit, Kuina didn't know what to say momentarily.
"What a strange banana. I've never seen one like this before."
"That is not a banana."
Now, Kuina was thoroughly confused, and after some thought, a light flashed in her eyes. In a voice that couldn't believe what she was seeing,
"Is that..."
"Yes, it is a devil fruit."
"But you said they were rare, and someone couldn't buy one even with billions."
"It is all about luck or having a giant network, and I was lucky. Now you have two choices you could eat it and get its power, or you could wait for me, and when I learn how to awaken Haki, I will come back and teach it to you."
Kuina wanted to be a swordswoman all her life and go on an adventure like Kreegan, but her father never allowed it saying she was not strong enough. This fruit could give her the life she wanted; she hesitated a bit because if she took this, she would be something more than a swordswoman. For 10 minutes, she didn't do anything but stare at the fruit in her hands.
After a heavy sigh, she took a bite. She didn't have the courage to hold on anymore, and she didn't know when Kreegan would be back, was it going to take 2 or 10 years for him to come back? She didn't think she could hold out even for two months. The fruit tasted like the foulest thing she had ever tasted. She started to transform into an animal and a feline one at that.
When her transformation was over, tabby fur surrounded her body, and a lashing, striped tail came out of her back. Her head had transformed into a half-cat-like face. Even her ears had turned into a cat's ears, but it was not on top of her head like an anime cat girl. She looked more like a leopard, but her body wasn't that muscular. It was too lean for a wild cat; the most important clue was her face. It looked cute more than wild, like a domestic cat.
At that moment, one cat comes into Kreegan's mind: A Bengal cat. She looked just like a Bengal cat. Kreegan thought, in the manga, we had only seen wild cats and never a domestic one, but we had seen domestic dogs as devil fruit. It was logical for there to be domestic cat fruits too. Should he call her fruit neko-neko no mi model: Bengal cat?
They sat down and started talking about fruits and their weaknesses, and her biggest problem was her claws. They were making it awkward for her to grab the sword. The claws were digging into her palm.
"Cats have retractable claws; you need to learn how to use them."
"I can't make them go in."
"You are not going to learn how to control your body just yet. Even if you call your claws in, your body is so much faster and stronger than before. It is going to take some time for you to get used to it."
When Kreegan looked at her head, he saw a yellow two on top of her head. This was only her body's power, but her real power came from the sword. Kreegan guessed she would be white or yellow level 3 when she got used to her body.
"Until you get used to your body, you shouldn't let your father see you. You know he is too overprotective of you."
...
After a week of rest and doing what he had to do, Kreegan was preparing to leave the island. At that moment, Kozaburo came to Kreegan's room and told him to follow him. Kreegan followed Kozaburo, and they reached his workshop. Kozaburo took a sword and stood at the door.
"You can't leave this room until you make another Skillful Grade blade. If you want to leave, you have to cut me down. Kreegan, I am dead serious. You cannot leave here without killing me or making a Skillful blade."
He didn't call him "boy" and called him by his first name. This showed how serious he was, but there was another big clue. His power level head becomes a gray level 4.
Kozaburo was not going to let this boy squander his great talent. Even if he had to die today, he was going to hone him. Either with regret brought by his dead or by obedience, he was going to temper him.
This was the problem with people with more than one talent. They would always neglect one of them. Hell needed to freeze over before he would let Kreegan squander his smithing talent. he stood at the door, ready to die. He was so old, and he wasn' even able to manifest his haki anymore.
"I will, but with one condition."
"What is it."
"You have to teach me how to use haki. I know you can use it."
"No, that can never happen. I know you are not stupid. After seeing the rest of the East Blue, you must have guessed we are too different from them. Our clothes and custom are too different. Why do you think I didn't teach it to my son, or no one from my generation left any disciples? The moment someone in East Blue shows the power of haki. The Marines and the world government will start an investigation. It won't take long for them to find us. But if no one knows what even haki is, we can pass ourselves as ronins or civilians. For something to remain truly hidden, it needs to die. For our families to be safe, our knowledge needs to die. It was a big gamble even when I passed my knowledge to you. But I couldn't 't do it. It was selfish on my part, but I had to let you learn it."
He took a deep breath and continued.
"I don't know how you know about haki, but I cannot teach you that. You need to learn that in the Grand Line. No conditions. Are you going to do it, or should I die while trying to stop you?"
"You crazy old fart, okay, I am going to do it."
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