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"You'll understand if you watch on, Perona."
Ikki smiled and turned Perona's little head forward.
At this moment, dozens of Menos Grande appeared in front of Komamura Sajin again. Standing so densely together, Perona's little heart suddenly accelerated its beating speed.
"Bankai: Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō!"
Komamura Sajin shouted loudly, and a powerful spiritual pressure was inspired from his body. Even Perona and others standing hundreds of meters away felt palpitations.
The next moment, a tall samurai wearing black armor suddenly appeared behind Komamura Sajin. In a single round, its height had surpassed the zombie giant 'Oars' created by Moria, and was far taller than the average giant.
Those Menos Grande were like children in front of the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō.
The moment the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō appeared, it waved the huge long sword in its hand and slashed at the Menos Grande group.
BOOM!
There was a muffled sound, and all Menos Grande who were passed by the sword of the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō were cut in two in an instant. With several consecutive blows, more than ten Menos Grande instantly disappeared into the air.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, the ground around Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō was completely broken as if it had been baptized by cannonballs.
"Sure enough, just as he said, this Zanpakutō possesses extremely pure power."
Kalifa sighed and turned to look at Perona.
It could be said that Zanpakutō Tenken and the Katen Kyōkotsu she held had taken two completely different routes. One was the purity of power, while the other was the weirdness of play.
"In addition to the state you saw, the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō has another state. The name is Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō: Dangai Jōe! This is a state where the armor is abandoned and everything is focused on attack power. It can be said that it's a life-risking state."
After Ikki finished speaking, Komamura Sajin's body turned into a human form, and the black armor on the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō behind him also turned into particles and dissipated in the air, revealing the red skin of the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō.
"Hah!"
Komamura Sajin pressed down the long sword in his hand violently, and the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō behind him also swung the long sword and hit the ground at the same time.
BOOM!
There was a huge roar, and the entire wasteland seemed to be shaking. The ground cracked instantly, and the scope of the crack reached Ikki and others in the blink of an eye.
"Ah!"
Perona exclaimed and quickly grabbed Ikki's clothes to prevent herself from falling into the cracks in the ground.
But soon, she realized that doing so was completely unnecessary. In the blink of an eye, the wasteland had disappeared, and they had returned to the previous Sword Training Room.
"Take it, Perona. Exercise well and don't let the glory of this sword be tarnished."
Ikki patted Perona's shoulder, called the black sword back, and inserted it into the scabbard on Perona's body.
Perona stared at this scene blankly, as if she didn't believe that Ikki would hand over such a sword to her.
'This sword... does it really have the power it had just now? Or is this man lying to me?'
Perona raised her head and looked at Ikki, who was talking to Kalifa and others.
As a woman who had seen zombie Ryuma and the famous sword Shusui many times, Perona still didn't believe that Ikki could transform a sword into a weapon with inexplicable power so quickly.
'If this sword can really summon the giant just now, Captain Moria wouldn't need to make Oars the Devil - he would just need to get this sword.'
Perona thought to herself.
"...Okay, that's it. Kalifa, Robin, Vivi, you three go to the deck and wait for Nami. After she comes back, we'll leave this sea area and head toward Fish-Man Island. No need to inform me - I'll take our newcomer to the gym for training later."
With that said, Ikki put his hand on Perona's shoulder and half-pushed her toward the gym.
Having just obtained the 'SS level nutritional potion,' Ikki really wanted to try the effect of this potion.
Explorer - Gym
"Take this - these are the potions you use to exercise."
Ikki stuffed 7 bottles of C-level nutritional medicine and 2 bottles of B-level nutritional medicine into Perona's hands and explained:
"After you take this and then exercise in this place, you'll be able to improve very quickly."
Perona looked at the potion containing the strange liquid in her hand, and she really didn't believe that these potions could help her. It wasn't until she saw that Ikki took out a bottle of potion similar to the one in her hand and drank it.
'Hiss, the effect is really intense.'
Feeling the tingling sensation in his body, Ikki raised his eyebrows, walked aside and directly entered the exercise state.
However, while exercising, Ikki's eyes looked at Perona from time to time. This made Perona, who was a little nervous, have to put down her guard and try to drink a bottle of C-level nutritional potion.
Fortunately, Ikki had previously warned her about the possible states that would occur after taking the potion. In addition, Ikki's body was also glowing with white steam, and sweat was constantly leaving his body.
Therefore, Perona wasn't too nervous and started exercising under Ikki's guidance.
After a while, the confusion in Perona's eyes slowly turned into surprise.
'Am I really... getting stronger quickly? This man didn't lie?'
Perona raised her head and looked at Ikki. Looking at his smiling expression, Perona twitched her mouth and returned a smile to Ikki with difficulty.
Then she immersed herself in her own exercise. However, Perona, who rarely had the habit of exercising, soon became unable to hold on.
Fortunately, with Ikki supervising her, she wasn't able to be lazy after all.
At the same time, on the other side.
"Nami, you're finally back. How's it going? Did you gain anything?"
On the deck of the Explorer, Nojiko waved to Nami who jumped on the deck with a large package.
"Of course! This Gecko Moria has robbed many ships. His treasure room contains at least 1 billion Berry's worth of treasure. Hehe, that big man would never have thought that while he was fighting that straw hat boy, I had already taken his treasure and ran away."
The corners of Nami's mouth raised, and her eyes glanced at the Straw Hat Pirates' ship not far away.
"Speaking of which, we might as well pack up their treasures and take them away."
Although she had a questioning tone, Nami decisively put down the treasure in her hand. In a small jump, she arrived at the Straw Hat Pirates' ship.
"Sorry, my sister has caused trouble for everyone."
Nojiko smiled apologetically at Robin, Kalifa and others.
"Loving money isn't a bad thing. At least it can bring us a lot of operational funds."
Kalifa slowly opened her eyes and glanced to her side.
"However, it seems that Nami has brought someone who shouldn't be on the Explorer."
At this moment, Kalifa, who was training her Spatial Awareness ability, clearly felt that there was an invisible person standing next to her and extending his hands toward her chest.