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"Don't worry, Ikki. I know what's going on and I won't mess around," Kalifa said with a slight nod, speaking seriously.
"Good. Go to Water 7 with Nami and the others to buy some clothes that suit you. That black stocking secretary uniform that got torn before - you can buy two more sets," Ikki said with a laugh.
Kalifa pushed up her glasses, but this time she didn't say anything about Ikki's harassment. She just looked at him with some inexplicable emotions flickering in her eyes.
"Ikki, are you staying because you want to spend some alone time with Gion? You're really something - wanting to take a bath with Gion before she leaves," Nico Robin said, holding her chin with one hand and looking at Ikki and Gion with interest.
Hearing Robin's words, Nojiko and the others also looked over curiously. Kalifa's eyes especially flashed with an inexplicable light when she looked at Ikki.
As a new crew member, she didn't know what Ikki had experienced with Gion before. Now that she heard Ikki seemed to often bathe with Gion, she was naturally quite curious.
"It's not wrong if you put it that way," Ikki smiled and continued. "After this, Gion will leave the Explorer and return to Marine Headquarters. Before that, she wanted to ask me about swordsmanship and spar with me again. As for why she's in the bathroom now, she naturally wants to fully recover her physical fitness before discussing sword-related matters with me."
After hearing this explanation, Robin and the others nodded and each left the deck, walking toward Water 7.
What they thought in their hearts and whether they believed Ikki's statement - only they themselves knew.
Seeing everyone leave, Ikki also walked into the cabin of the new Explorer. After calling out the door to the training room on the wall of the captain's quarters, Ikki stepped inside, came to the arena, sat down cross-legged, and waited quietly for Gion's arrival.
Half an hour later, Gion, who had changed back into her Marine uniform and showed off her long, slender legs, walked into the sword training room and came to Ikki's side.
"I'm ready," Ikki opened his eyes and looked at Gion.
"Yeah." Gion raised the corner of her mouth, drew the long sword from her waist and pointed it at Ikki. "Then I'll be counting on you, Ikki."
Ikki nodded slightly, stood up from the floor and drew Zangetsu from his waist.
"Gion, if you want to learn Transparent World, I can teach you. I've already told you the method to master it. Next, it depends on you to truly activate the power of this Demon Slayer Mark. I'll fight you using the state of seeing through the world and the swordsmanship of Moon Breathing. Try to understand it yourself."
As he spoke, Ikki's blade became entangled with several crescent-shaped air currents, clearly using the breathing method of Moon Breathing.
In guiding Gion to unlock the power of the 'Transparent World', Ikki was being careful. Now that he had gained considerable trust from Gion, Ikki didn't mind strengthening this trust even more.
One day in the future, Ikki felt he might be able to use this trust and friendship. Not only the power of 'Transparent World' - if Gion could master it, Ikki even planned to let her try to defeat Gion's sword shadow in the future to obtain the swordsmanship of the 'Mountain-Cutting Realm'.
This way, the favor would be even greater. Ikki felt that based on his understanding of Gion's character these past days, even if he did have a conflict with the Marines in the future, Gion would help him to some extent depending on the situation.
"I'll take this seriously, Ikki." Gion took a deep breath and fully activated her Observation Haki, completely covering Ikki's body.
After sensing Ikki's body state, which seemed completely shielded from emotions, she suddenly rushed toward him.
"Moon Breathing, First Form: Dark Moon, Evening Palace!"
Because he wanted to show Gion the power of seeing through the world, Ikki deliberately slowed down his attack, executing the sword techniques of Moon Breathing in perfect harmony with Gion's rhythm.
To Ikki's surprise, only ten minutes had passed when Gion actually began to gradually enter the 'Transparent World'.
As someone who had mastered the power of 'Transparent World' and superior Observation Haki, Ikki could clearly feel the changes in Gion.
Thirty minutes later, Ikki discovered that Gion had completely entered the state of 'Transparent World'. At the same time, the speed and movements of her sword swings were becoming more and more tricky. Even though Ikki had Observation Haki that could see through the world and predict the future, it was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with her attacks.
It was as if Gion could also predict the future.
"Stop - let's end here." After their swords collided again, Ikki stopped the fight.
"Hah..." Gion took a long breath, exited the state of seeing through the world, and looked at Ikki with excited eyes. "Ikki, thank you for your help in mastering this wonderful power. Being able to see through the world is really powerful. It can not only see through other people's skin directly to their internal organs, helping me find your weaknesses, but it also seems to be able to predict the future. This is just like the rumored Observation Haki that can predict the future."
"Speaking of which, if one can see through other people's clothes, then when I wear clothes or wrap myself in a towel in the bathroom, wouldn't I still be naked in front of you?"
Gion said, showing an inexplicable smile to Ikki.
There was a flush on her face - whether from excitement or shyness, it was hard to tell.
"First of all, congratulations, Gion. Congratulations on mastering the 'Transparent World'. There isn't much more I can teach you about breathing techniques and swordsmanship. Also, there's one more thing I need to remind you - the ability to predict the future isn't the ability of seeing through the world. It's your Observation Haki's ability."
Ikki looked seriously at Gion in front of him. Before him was an attribute panel belonging to Gion that only he could see. Above it, four large characters were clearly displayed: Future Vision!
[Name: Gion]
[Age: 38 years old]
[Weapon: None]
[Life Force: 80,800, SS+ level]
[Sword Realm: Mountain-Cutting Realm]
[Swordsmanship Style: Momousagi Single-Sword Style, Moon Breathing]
[Abilities: Advanced Armament Haki, Intermediate Observation Haki (Future Vision), Innate Demon Slayer Mark]