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"Ikki, I... can I really use these two swords? I'm just a newcomer." Kalifa raised her hand tremblingly, hesitating whether to accept Katen Kyōkotsu.
Before watching Katen Kyōkotsu's demonstration, she was able to accept these two swords calmly. But after watching it, she deeply understood the preciousness of these two swords.
Such a powerful sword was already comparable to the Ancient Weapon Pluton that their CP9 agents once wanted to obtain.
She believed that if the secret of Katen Kyōkotsu was known to the World Government, they would definitely send many World Government agents to take away Katen Kyōkotsu. Not just Katen Kyōkotsu, but also Ikki and their swords!
Kalifa looked at the long swords on the waists of Ikki, Nami and the others. At this time, she thought of the black sword Ikki held when fighting Golden Lion Shiki, who had become famous in the newspaper, and Nami's thunder blade that seemed to command the lightning.
The total number of swords in Ikki's possession was enough to make the World Government take action.
"The time has come, so don't refuse. As long as you can train well and strive to master Katen Kyōkotsu as soon as possible, it will be the best reward for me." Ikki put Katen Kyōkotsu into Kalifa's hands and patted her shoulder with a smile on his face.
After hearing how to use Katen Kyōkotsu's Shikai, and even its Bankai, Kalifa swallowed her saliva and looked at Ikki with eyes that were no longer filled with gratitude when she was rescued by him at the beginning, but with respect from the bottom of her heart.
Ikki gave her Katen Kyōkotsu, previous swordsmanship experience, and potions to strengthen her life force, which was enough for Kalifa to think that Ikki really regarded her as a partner.
"Speaking of which, you should change your clothes. Nojiko, please give her some of your clothes to change into." Ikki looked at Nojiko and said.
Hearing this, Kalifa lowered her head and noticed that she was still wearing the clothes she wore when she was hunted down by World Government agents.
"Okay, Ikki. Kalifa, please come with me." With a smile on her lips, Nojiko took Kalifa's hand and walked toward her quarters.
After the two women left, Nami and Vivi also left one after another. Ikki left the Sword Enlightenment Room and headed toward the bathhouse area of the training room.
As for Kalifa's portion of the 'nutritional potion', Ikki planned to wait until they arrived at Water 7 to give it to her.
"There you are, Ikki." Feeling the familiar footsteps, Gion opened her eyes after soaking in the water and smiled gently at Ikki.
"You are really impatient. We just took a bath two hours ago, and you can't wait to take a bath with me again?"
Hearing this, Ikki couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Although they were bathing together, he did have an appreciation for Gion's body, and even made a lot of related paintings. But he would stay in the pool with Gion, after all, to help her obtain the innate Demon Slayer Mark.
"It won't happen this time..." Ikki shook his head and was about to tell Gion that they were about to land at Water 7.
Gion interrupted him with a smile. "Ara, it's really sad. Is Ikki tired of my body now? Sure enough, young and beautiful girls like Nami and Princess Vivi are more attractive to you."
As she spoke, Gion raised her hand and gently touched the corners of her eyes, pretending to be wiping her tears.
This scene made Ikki's cheeks twitch.
"You have a well-deserved charm ability. Aren't you afraid, Gion, that my wild side will show up and I will really do something to you?" Ikki squatted down on the shore, raised his hand to rub Gion's chin, and said with a smile:
"Although Nami and Vivi are indeed young and beautiful, you should know that I prefer ripe fruits like Miss Gion."
"Really, but... I never felt that Ikki had any intention of taking action against me."
"Vice Admiral Gion, do you want to see me take action against you?"
"Well... Ikki is such an outstanding man, and you have a debt of gratitude to me for teaching and saving my life. If you want it, I won't deny it to you."
"That's it, I understand." The corner of Ikki's mouth rose, and he sighed in his heart that Gion was indeed the Momousagi Vice Admiral who was rumored to be able to seduce pirates with her charm.
Slowly he moved his face closer to Gion's cheek, so that the two of them could feel each other's breath. Gion's eyes widened slightly, and she smiled nervously.
Seeing Ikki's lips getting closer and closer to her own, Gion's face had a rare blush.
"Mm!" Gion suddenly used force and broke away from Ikki's hand that was holding her chin, and looked away with a blush.
Ikki, on the other hand, laughed with a triumphant look on his face.
"Hahaha, the shy-looking Vice Admiral Gion? I have obtained another good painting material."
When Gion heard this, she sighed slightly. After calming down a little, she raised her head and asked Ikki:
"If you're not here to bathe with me, do you have other reasons for coming here?"
"Yep!" Ikki nodded and said: "Next I plan to land at Water 7, and then I will buy a bigger ship. After all, there are more partners on the ship now. At that time, I will temporarily close the training room and Sword Enlightenment Room. You can't stay here any longer."
"When I attach my ability to the new ship, everything here will be restored, and you can come back here when everything is ready. In addition, I may need to stay in Water 7 for a while later, and you may not be able to see me and Nami for a while."
Hearing this, Gion nodded clearly. "I see. Ikki, I will disembark with you. Sister Tsuru left a Den Den Mushi behind when she left. She told me that Vice Admiral Garp is now in Water 7."
"Because you don't want to go to Marine Headquarters to collect the bounty from Golden Lion Shiki and others, and the general Marine branch cannot afford such a large bounty, Fleet Admiral Sengoku asked Vice Admiral Garp, who happened to be going to Water 7, to come here with enough Berry."
As Gion spoke, she stood up from the water, exposing her white shoulders.