บท 180: Reaching Water 7

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Sitting on top of the bow of the knight pirates' ship, Yuki was enjoying the sea breeze while eating a few desserts Mashiro made for him with the help of Kayle before she climbed the mast with Dariun and started painting happily…

'Having friends to travel with isn't that bad…' Thought Yuki with a slight smile on his face before a different sweet smell reached his nose and a soft voice soon followed after it

"Can I have a moment with you?" Rize spoke with a hesitant look on her face that turned into slight confusion when she saw Yuki stare at her with his face stuffed in chocolate cake…

"Sure, munch munch wassap" He replied casually and Rize couldn't help but find him cute but she shook her head slightly and bowed before saying "Thank you for helping me and Kaneki-kun…"

"That little brat huh… I wonder if he followed my advice or not" Yuki muttered slightly as he recalled the night before when he decided to use his dimensional link on Kaneki just in case because he need someone to go back to that world, and Ryushi wasn't that reliable…

Flashback

"Kaneki-kun, what do you plan to do now?" Yuki asked the shocked Kaneki after the link between them was established.

It took Kaneki a while to recover his composure from witnessing Yuki's magical power, but then he remembered that it was still a long way for him before he could evolve and survive as a normal human so he couldn't help but frown and reply "I don't know…"

Yuki's eyes flickered slightly before he said "There's a coffee shop that's run by ghouls called Anteiku… Go there, you might find the right path to follow"

"Eh? That shop is managed by ghouls?" Kaneki's face suddenly turned pale since that place wasn't far from where he lived and it was actually his and Rize's favorite place to meet…

"It seems like you already know it, well that makes things easier, I'm sure they will take care of you, and if not, you can always ask Suzuno or Ashiya for help, they will be here taking care of the house while I'm gone"

Kaneki's eyes teared up slightly when he heard this and he couldn't help but start crying and said "Thank you, I will never forget your kindness"

"It's fine, If you ever need help, you can call me as well with the link we have now" Replied Yuki with a smile before patting the innocent boy slightly and wondered 'Will you end up on the same path, or will you go a different path now that you have my Evolution brand… I can't wait to see what the future has in store for you…'

That day, Kaneki left back home alone, and the next day, he decided to visit the Anteiku coffee shop.

However, he noticed a buffed guy sitting at the counter with a dark look on his face while old man Yoshimura appeared to be preparing coffee for him.

"Oh Kaneki-kun, you are here" A waitress with short black hair approached him with an indifferent look on her face, clearly she wasn't the smiley type.

However, before she could take his order, the giant man sitting on the counter suddenly turned around and stared right into Kaneki's eyes before he said "You! Why do you have Rize's smell on you?"

"Hm?" Yoshimura turned around with a slight frown on his face and shot Kaneki a look before he whispered something into Shachi's ears which made his eyes widen slightly…

'So, this is the brat that was experimented on using Rize's Kakuhou huh? no wonder he has her scent stuck to him' Shachi thought silently before he beckoned for Kaneki to sit beside him.

"How can I help you, sir?" Kaneki asked politely and Shachi simply asked "Tell me about the time you spent with Rize..."

'Is this guy related to Rize somehow?' Kaneki was curious before he started talking with Shachi…

Meanwhile, Yomo who was also in the coffee suddenly frowned and thought 'Why does Kaneki have the scent of those people on him? Does he know where Rize is right now? I will have to ask him alone or Shachi might just kill him…'

Flashback ends

"Well, just make sure you don't make me regret my decision" Yuki replied calmly to Rize which earned a nod from her before she left to start training since she discovered that she can grow stronger in this world

'Well, I guess I already benefited from this girl already by gaining 4 item upgrade points…' Yuki thought before he continued watching the giant and endless sea.

…

However, his peace didn't last that long as Leon suddenly approached him and asked "Can you tell me what you meant with Haki during our fight?"

"Hmm, well I guess it's not that widespread in this part of the sea compared to the new world huh, a paradise it is indeed… Hmm, wait a second"

"Sure" Replied Leon finding it a bit surprising that Yuki was actually willing to show him how to grow stronger…

"Oy Kayle, gather everyone for me please, I have something important to tell them if they want to grow stronger quickly in this world" Yuki yelled, and not long after, Kayle came dragging all of his 8 cremates including Mashiro…

"Why did you call us, Yuki?" Asked Emilia whose whole body was covered in sweat, both her, Maou and Yurei were being trained by Shizue and she was excited by the way she was gradually growing stronger physically!

"I called you here to teach you a few important things about this world and its powers" Yuki spoke sternly with his arms crossed making Mashiro's eyes light up slightly and she couldn't wait to go back to her room and paint him…

"Please elaborate more, Yuki-sama" Kayle spoke elegantly as he always does so Yuki started explaining "There are 4 factors to a person's strength in this world and they are, Haki (Spirit), Body, Skill, and Devil fruit powers"

"Devil fruit power?" Dariun asked with his head slightly tilted while Maou's eyes flickered slightly before he asked "Haki huh? so that's what it's called"

'This guy and his weird eyes' Yuki felt slightly creeped out by Maou but he eventually ignored it and said

"The body is simple to explain, you train, you grow stronger. Skills however are different, they allow the user to perform techniques beyond what normal humans can imagine which will highly increase their strength, I'm sure you guys already saw Leon's Light sword style…"

Yuki made Leon show them his sword style since he felt that it would be suitable for Shizue and Emilia and he was right as they both liked it…

Seeing that everyone was nodding at him and listening attentively, he started explaining the more complicated powers

"Devil fruits are just as the name implies, fruits, and they grant the user a special ability at the expense of depriving them of the ability to swim"

"I wonder if I can copyright strike them for the name and make some money out of it" Maou said with a weird grin on his face but it simply earned him a hateful glare from Emilia before she started muttering "Why are there no angle or hero fruits…"

'These two… Just how old are you…' Yuki thought with a wry smile before he let out a sigh and continued his explanation

"There are three types of devil fruits, Logia that can allow the user to turn into one of the elements granting them intangibility and control over that element, Zoan that could turn the user into a beast, and finally Paramecia, they are the most common of the devil fruits and they can give their user all kinds of superpowers from transmuting their body into a different substance or object to manipulating waves and sound, etc..."

"Amazing…. So that's why you said I'm a Zoan huh?" Dariun muttered to himself prompting a slight nod from Yuki. Although he said to pretend to be a zoan as his true form is actually a giant wind eagle...

But Shizue suddenly asked "How are we supposed to fight someone that can turn into an element? aren't they invincible this way?"

Yuki nodded at her question before he said "That brings me to the last power category, Haki… There are three types of Haki, Armament, Observation, and Conquerors Haki"

Then Yuki started explaining each type to them in detail and told them how armament is the key to fighting intangible opponents which got Emilia excited about training

"Please teach me how to train in them" Leon suddenly asked out of the blue but Yuki simply shrugged and said "Sure, but I suggest you don't train with these monsters, they will break your heart"

"What do you mean?" Leon asked suddenly, but Yuki simply smiled and said "You will find out in the future"

…

For the next few days, Yuki started teaching them how to learn Haki, and with no surprise, Two people quickly learned how to use Armament Haki, they were Kayle and Shizue. The rest either didn't have their experience or their bodies were simply too weak... And Leon finally understood why Yuki advised him to avoid training with them...

As for observation Haki, surprisingly quite a lot learned it quickly, Maou was the first one and his quickly rising mastery with it scared Yuki slightly, as for the others that learned it, they were Yurei, Kayle, and Shizue again.

Rize and Dariun had great senses but for some reason, they lacked the experience the others had so it was going to take them a while…

However, they had to put their training on wait as Dariun's voice suddenly echoed from the top of the ship's mast

"There's an island up ahead!"

"Hm? I can't see anything" Marcus, the vice-captain of knight pirates couldn't help but frown as he could only see water far into the horizon…

"That's good to hear Dariun" Yuki replied with a smile and four hours later, they finally reached Water seven and the knight pirates had the same thought in their heads when they stared at the cute Dariun…

'This kid actually caught sight of the island from such a long distance, what kind of a monster is this…'

However, Yuki didn't care about all of this as he said "Oy Emilia, take Dariun and Maou with you and search for a place for us to stay, I'm going to go look around the island with Kayle and Mashiro for a good shipwright, Rize, Yurei and Shizue, go collect any relevant information around here"

"Why do I have to go with this bastard, tsk at least Dariun-kun is tagging along" Emilia replied with a dissatisfied look before she left with the helpless Maou…

'Now then, I wonder if Franky is going to act tough with me or not…'