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In the eyes of Nico Robin, among the three girls, Vivi was the shyest, her face completely turned red. On the other hand, Nojiko and Nami, although their faces were a little flushed, did not show any displeasure.
'This Ikki seems to be quite trusted by these two ladies,' Nico Robin thought.
"I am indeed more interested in mature ladies," Ikki said. "But it doesn't mean that I will deny the beauty of young girls. Some scenes are quite memorable." He chuckled, quickly took the drawings from Nami's hand and put them back in the bedside table.
"Haha, it seems that the Berry I asked Captain Ikki for was too little," Nami said. "You must have a lot of private pictures of us on your bedside table. You have to give me more Berry." Nami stood up, put one hand on her hip, pointed at Ikki, and said seriously.
"What money? The pictures I paint are the scenes you show yourselves in front of me. And compared to Berry, didn't I just give you something more precious?" Ikki waved his hand. "It's getting late now. If you three ladies don't want to see me sleeping, you should go back to your own rooms."
"What do you mean we show ourselves? You didn't say you wanted to paint at that time," Nami pouted, obviously not satisfied with Ikki's answer.
"Here's this for you, okay," Ikki shook his head, pulled out some Berry and offered it to Nami.
"That's right. Captain Ikki, if you still want to record my beauty in the future, you can let me be your model. My fee is very reasonable." Nami kissed the Berry and walked out of the captain's cabin with Nojiko, satisfied.
"Captain Ikki, does this person need to be assigned to our room?" Nojiko looked at Nico Robin and asked.
"She can do whatever she wants. My Observation Haki can sense the presence of people on the entire ship. I won't lose track of her wherever she sleeps," Ikki said casually.
"Can Observation Haki sense the aura of everyone on the ship?" Nami asked. "Captain Ikki, you shouldn't be spying on us while we're sleeping,right?" After hearing this, Nami immediately extended her hand to Ikki again, looking like she wouldn't give up until he gave her more Berry.
"Observation Haki can only feel the breath, but cannot see the specific appearance of a person. So you'd better take back your greedy hands, Nami." Seeing Nami's behavior, Ikki couldn't help but feel speechless.
"That's it, Nami, it's time for us to leave. And you also have to determine the ship's course at night, don't you?" Nojiko patted Nami on the shoulder and walked out of the captain's room first.
Seeing this, Nami gave up asking Ikki for more Berry, turned around and followed Nojiko's footsteps.
Vivi looked at Ikki, then at the backs of Nami and the others. "Well, I'm leaving too, Captain Ikki." After saying that, Vivi quickly followed Nami and the others.
Ikki shook his head, and after checking that there were enough berries in the box next to him specifically used to feed Nami's greed, he looked at Nico Robin who was still standing beside him.
"Robin, go find your room and rest."
"If Mr. Ikki doesn't mind, I'd better rest here. Anyway, Mr. Ikki can see me anywhere on the ship, right?" Robin smiled and walked to the desk nearby.
After Ikki and Vivi left the bathhouse, she had figured it out. Since there was no way to bring out enough chips that Ikki was interested in, now she could only hope that Ikki would keep his promise and let her see the Poneglyph.
Ikki glanced at Robin, who was flipping through the 'Demon Slayer' comic book on the desk, and with a sudden thought, he opened a new piece of white paper and began to record Robin's current appearance on the drawing board.
When the painting was finished, Ikki covered the sheet with satisfaction and closed his eyes.
Robin looked back at Ikki, who seemed to be sleeping. She thought of the Observation Haki that Ikki had mentioned before, and seeing Ikki's confident look, she did not dare to act rashly.
'Demon Slayer, the person who appeared in the sword room before was named Giyu Tomioka. Is Ikki creating a story with swordsmanship and characters? Or is he just recording real events of the past in comic books? If this is really the case, then this is history.' Thinking of this, Robin couldn't help but become more interested in the comic book in front of her.
A few days later.
[Ding! Host successfully helped his partner Vivi raise her life force level to A, and the Host was given a special reward of an 'Intermediate Armament Haki Fragment'.]
[Note: Three 'Intermediate Armament Haki Fragments' can be synthesized into 'Intermediate Armament Haki Awakening Potion'.]
[It has been detected that the Host has three 'Intermediate Armament Haki Fragments'. Synthesize the Intermediate Armament Haki Awakening Potion?]
'Yes!'
Following Ikki's voice, the next moment a system prompt sounded in his mind that the synthesis was successful.
Ikki directly opened the system space, took out the newly synthesized potion and drank it.
Feeling the improvement in the armament within his body, Ikki calmed down and opened the personal attributes panel.
[Host: Ikki Kurogane]
[Life force: 10150, level A]
[The Realm of Swordsmanship: Sky-Cutting Realm]
[Haki: Intermediate Armament Haki, Intermediate Observation Haki, Intermediate Conqueror's Haki]
[Swordsmanship School: Demon Slayer Breathing Technique]
[Props: E-level nutritional potion x4, D-level nutritional potion x3, Zoro Challenge Permission x1]
'My Armament Haki has finally improved,' Ikki thought. 'Strange that the system gives a Haki fragment instead of a life force potion when a partner goes from B to A level. The way these Haki fragments are distributed makes no sense. When they went from C to B level, the system just gave the Primary Armament Haki Awakening Potion directly.'
Ikki complained in his mind, then shook his head and walked towards Vivi who had just finished her workout.
"Captain Ikki," Vivi said politely when she saw Ikki walk in. Because of the excitement brought about by the increase in strength, Vivi no longer even cared about being seen by Ikki. At this moment, her white shirt had become a little transparent due to sweat.
"Thank you for your hard work, Vivi. Drink this," Ikki handed her a potion. "It helps you awaken the Primary Armament Haki. With the power of Armament Haki, you attacks can deal damage Crocodile even without using the Breath of Water sword technique."
Hearing this, Vivi's eyes lit up. Of course, Vivi knew about Armament Haki and the potion in Ikki's hand that could awaken it. Not long ago, Ikki had given the same Primary Armament Haki Awakening Potion to Nami and Nojiko. She had also seen the power of Armament Haki demonstrated by Nami and Nojiko.
What she didn't know was that Nami and Nojiko's "Primary Armament Haki Awakening Potion" was also obtained by Ikki from the system when their life force realm progressed from C to B. Because Ikki already had Primary Armament Haki at the time, he naturally did not need to take such a potion.
Vivi originally thought that Ikki had not prepared the 'Primary Armament Haki Awakening Potion' for her. Only now did she realize that she had misunderstood Ikki.
"Thank you, Captain Ikki." After taking the potion and feeling the new strength in her body, Vivi couldn't help but hug Ikki.
"Okay, hurry up and try your strength. It shouldn't be too long now until we reach Alabasta," Ikki patted Vivi on the back and said.
Hearing this, Vivi immediately nodded and drew the sword Sode no Shirayuki from her waist.
"Armed!" Vivi took a deep breath, and the Armament Haki in her body traveled along her arm to her sword. The blade of Sode no Shirayuki, which was not in its Shikai state, began to turn black at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Ikki nodded with satisfaction and checked the property panels of Nami, Nojiko, and Vivi.
[Name: Nami]
[Life force: 10010, level A]
[Haki: Primary Armament Haki]
[Name: Nojiko]
[Life force: 10008, level A]
[Haki: Primary Armament Haki]
[Name: Nefeltari Vivi]
[Weapon: Sode no Shirayuki]
[Life force: 10006, Level A]
[Haki: Primary Armament Haki]
'With such power, maybe just Vivi and the other two can bring considerable trouble to Crocodile.' Thinking of Crocodile's possible expression after meeting three people who looked fragile but possessed the power of Armament Haki in the first half of the Grand Line, Ikki suddenly wanted to see Crocodile as soon as possible.
"So Vivi has also mastered Armament Haki. Mr. Ikki, how did you let your partners master Armament Haki so quickly?" At this time, Robin's voice sounded behind Ikki.
Ikki turned around to see Robin standing in the gym doorway, her eyes fixed on Vivi's blackened blade. Robin had learned about Armament Haki by watching Nami and Nojiko train. Though they never meant to reveal it to her, Robin's Devil Fruit powers let her spy on their practice sessions. Ikki knew about this but hadn't bothered to stop her. Armament Haki wasn't exactly a secret technique in the Grand Line anyway.
"You know I won't tell you, Robin," Ikki shook his head and said. Robin was not a partner, and Ikki certainly did not intend to reveal the various strengthening potions to her.
"Sure enough, that's the answer," Robin shook her head. "Although I don't know how Mr. Ikki did it, I am now certain that you do have the power to defeat Crocodile. By the way, we have arrived at the coast of Alabasta, Mr. Ikki and Princess Vivi."
Princess Vivi heard this and immediately stopped waving her sword and looked up.