Chapter 68 - The Meeting

A month had passed since Soren had entered the world of One Piece, Shanks and his crew were soon going to meet White beard. Over the course of this month Soren had been practicing to release his Sealed skills, and so far all he had managed to release was Haki, but it was different, when Soren opened the system he noticed a change.

[Sakura, can you show me my Skills list from stats]: soren

{DING!... SHOWING HOST STATUS… OPENING SKILLS}

Skills-

Assassination: {Shadow Step - Killers Aura - Body Manipulation - Rhythm Echo}

Resistantes: {Poison - Fire - Electric - Physical}

Enhancements: {Super Stamina}

Prowess: {Spatial Travel (Sealed) - Genjutsu - Shikai (Sealed) - Bankai (Sealed) - Spirit Control - Flying Sword Slash}

God Skills: {Monkey Steals Banana - Hakai (Sealed)}

Haki of Gods: {Armament - Observation - King's}

[Holy shit! Haki has evolved into a new form… It must be due to being in the world that the skill originated in… I wonder if my Haki could get even stronger now]: soren

Soren had these thoughts and at that moment Shanks walked into Soren's cabin, when Soren turned towards Shanks he spoke with a bit of arrogance.

[Don't you ever knock?... I was busy, what do you need? Do I need to chase you around the ship again?]: soren

Shanks then looked as if he was reminiscing about the happenings a month ago, after he realized that he almost lost his life due to a banana peel that was left on the ground having his slip and fall down he broke the silence and spoke to Soren.

[We will be reaching White Beards ship in like 5 days, I was wanting to know if you wanted to be by my side when I go to talk with him]: shanks

Soren thought about it for a bit before he spoke, Soren wanted to meet White Beard but knew that if White Beard found anything he didn't like about Soren he would complain. After Soren thought about it he agreed and then quickly gave a condition.

[I will… But!... I want you to help me raise my Haki as high as I can before then]: soren

Shanks was happy to hear Soren agree, but when he heard Soren talk about Haki he froze and then spoke.

[You know Haki?... What Haki can you use?]: shanks

[Armament, Observation and King's Haki, I have most of them down to the basics and just need to train more]: soren

Shanks was surprised to find out that this man before him was not only strong but could use all 3 types of Haki, he then spoke.

[Having Armament and Observation Haki is common, but having King's Haki is rare as it is, and to have all 3 is even more rare]: shanks

[What Haki do you have?]: soren

Soren already knew that Shanks used all 3 Haki as well but hid that fact.

[I can use all 3 Haki myself as well]: shanks

When Shanks said that he put his hands on his waist and propped his head up in the air looking away from Soren as if saying "Yes I know, I am a rare genius… Praise me, and keep praising me Hahaha!" but he never got that response from Soren, instead Soren spoke as if he didn't care.

[So you can use all 3 as well, it must not be that rare then if even an idiot captain can use all 3 types of Haki as well… is there a way to get rid of Haki? I don't want to be associated as being an idiot for having all 3 like you]: soren

Soren said this in a joking manner but made it seem as if he didn't want to be associated with or have the same power as Shanks, Shanks was no longer in that "Praise me" pose and was now on his knees crying and saying stuff like.

[Why would you call me idiot captain? Do you not like me? Are you mad at me for something?]: shanks

Soren then got up from his bed that he was sitting down no and walked up to Shanks, when Soren was around 2 feet away from Shanks he raised his left are and placed it on Shanks only arm and spoke.

[I just don't want to be associated with an idiot captain like you that's all… It's not me… It's you, now if you will excuse me I will got out to the main deck, meet me there in 10 minutes so we can start training]: soren

Shanks felt like his heart shattered when he heard a cheesy line come from Soren, he then said in a choked voice from fake crying.

[You got it wrong… The saying is "It's not you… It's me"]: shanks

When Shanks said that he could hear from the distance Soren shout something back.

[I didn't get anything wrong… It's not me… It's you]: soren

When Shanks heard this he was on his way to the door, in that next second he fell to the ground from shock, Shanks then quickly got up and started heading towards the main deck.

Soren was now stretching his body to keep it from cramping later on when Shanks would spar with him. After 10 minutes Soren was waiting for Shanks to arrive, and soon after that Shanks started to walk out from the lower deck and spoke to Soren in a jolly voice.

[I'm ready to train you now… I would have been here sooner but I had to go drink a bit to forget about those hurtful words you said]: shanks

Soren wasn't buying his bullshit, he quickly retorted and shouted.

[Bullshit! You just wanted a reason to get yourself a drink… Anyway, let's get to work. There are 5 days until I will accompany you when talking with White Beard]: soren

Soren and Shanks then trained with Observation Haki first, after about a day and a half Soren could see all the attacks coming at him from multiple people with his eyes closed.

[Great!... Even my best men and me combined couldn't even touch you, I think if you work even harder you could soon see a few seconds into the future]: shanks

[Thanks but I still have work to improve on, Can we get everyone on the ship to come at me?]: soren

[Sure!... All Men at the ready! All of us will attack at Soren to make him progress further in his Haki… Attack to kill until he says otherwise]: shanks

At the end of the day Soren was dodging every single attack that came his way blindfolded. At first he was gaining some scarring from the blade attacks but after he used all 6 senses to feel out the blade he furthered his progress to the max.

[I think this is as far as we can take you in this path, do you want to work on Armament Haki next?]: shanks

[Yeah… How will we train it?]: soren

[I will attack you and you will have to cover the places I attack with Armament Haki, the faster I attack the quicker you have to defend]: shanks

After a whole day, Soren was able to quickly cover certain parts of his body that was under attack, he could even cover his whole body if he wanted to but in doing so it would weaken the sturdiness of his Armament Haki. Soren then quickly went into training his King's Haki, and after the remaining 2 days passed he felt that he was ready to fight in the world with the big fish.

[Wow! You really are a talent… Just after 5 days you could even surpass a couple of the 7 WarLords… And just in time for our meeting with White Beard]: shanks

[Thanks idiot cap-... I mean Captain]: soren

After a couple of minutes Shanks ship had reached its destination in a land of Ice, and it was soon time for Soren to meet with White Beard.

[Let's go Soren… Everyone else stay here,we'll be back... Hopefully]: shanks