Chapter 107: Bring Me Kaido!
"That's right. And because it's a technique designed for giants, it's much more difficult for an ordinary human to learn," Brogy added. "We've had friends from the outside world come to our village to learn before, and they succeeded. But they were all like giants among humans, at least three or four meters tall."
"Someone like you, little brother Shane, although your physique is as strong as those monsters, your size is a bit too… uh, petite. I'm afraid you don't meet the minimum requirements to learn a giant's technique."
So that's what they were worried about!
You should have just said so!
Shane's eyes lit up.
He blinked, and in that instant, his body suddenly expanded, puffing up like an inflatable balloon.
Huh?
It's been a while since I've switched back to my true form.
Shane then realized that his true height seemed to have shot up again… by about twenty centimeters?
He was already 3.7 meters tall. Now, he was probably around 3.9 meters, almost four meters.
He looked up at the Blue and Red Ogres.
The two giants were staring at him, their jaws agape.
"This is my true form," Shane said with a smile. "I don't know if this is good enough…"
"It's enough! Absolutely enough!" the two giants said in unison, finally snapping out of their shock.
In Elbaf, some of the most gifted warriors who had been training since childhood were only four or five meters tall. Shane's height was just right to meet the minimum threshold.
"So, shall we start training again tomorrow?" the Blue Ogre asked, standing up and stretching. "You must be exhausted today. You should get a good night's rest…"
"Don't worry about me," Shane said, casually swinging his arms. The shocking bruises on his body were fading at a visible rate. "I still have plenty of energy, and it's still early. Let's train for a little longer today. We can always just light a bonfire tonight."
"Err…" The Blue Ogre's arm froze mid-stretch, and he nearly threw out his back.
"..." The Red Ogre, who had been rubbing his sore arm, was also dumbfounded.
"Alright, I don't want to take up too much of your time. Let's start now!" Shane said, flexing his fully recovered joints, a look of eager anticipation in his eyes. "Where should I begin?"
In the twilight, the two legendary giants looked at each other and swallowed hard.
Looking at the seemingly tireless black-haired young man before them, they felt, for the first time, what "teaching pressure" was.
"What's wrong?" Shane asked, looking at them with a puzzled expression. "Are we not continuing today?"
"G-Gahahaha!" Dorry's laugh was noticeably strained. "O-Of course we're continuing!"
Brogy silently wiped the cold sweat from his brow. "A warrior of Elbaf… n-never retreats!"
…
That night, by the bonfire, Dorry and Brogy were sprawled on the ground, completely exhausted.
But Shane, who should have been just as wiped out, was energetically roasting meat, occasionally practicing a few empty swings.
The Blue and Red Ogres heard the whooshing sound of his practice swings and looked at each other with wry smiles.
They had thought that they were the ones putting little brother Shane through a brutal, hellish training regimen, worried that he wouldn't be able to last more than a few days.
But now, it seemed… they were the ones being tortured by this hellish training?
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Four days later, on Little Garden.
The midday sun was a furnace, scorching the entire island. The air shimmered and distorted in the heat.
Shane stood bare-chested in the open space between the two giant skeletons.
He was still in his true form.
At 3.9 meters tall, he was like a small mountain, an awe-inspiring sight. He casually cracked his knuckles, but his muscles were already as taut as steel cables.
"Hey, everyone, back up a bit! It'll be dangerous if you get caught in the path of this," Dorry's voice rumbled like thunder.
The crew, who had been laughing and eating ice cream while watching the show, were startled and quickly moved to the sides.
"Are you ready, little brother Shane?"
Shane took a deep breath and nodded.
In an instant, all the power in his body erupted like a volcano, flowing into his fist. The air around him distorted and hummed, as if it were about to break.
"Spear of Elbaf—Ikoku!!!"
With a roar, Shane slammed his fist forward!
A crimson shockwave erupted from his fist, shooting toward the towering mountain in the distance with devastating force.
Crack, crack.
The ground cracked and split in its wake. A vacuum was torn in the air, destroying countless trees along the way. And the moment the shockwave hit the mountain—
BOOM!!!
The entire mountain trembled violently. The rock face, as fragile as paper, was easily pierced.
A massive hole, over a hundred meters in diameter, appeared.
Through the hole, you could even see a large patch of blue sky on the other side. A torrent of rubble rained down, quickly forming a new hill at the foot of the mountain.
"...?!"
The crew was collectively petrified, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
What the hell?!
He blew a hole through a mountain with one punch, from hundreds of meters away?! Is that something a human can do?!!
"Hah, hah…"
Shane knelt on one knee, his chest heaving, beads of sweat dripping from his chin and sizzling into steam on the hot ground.
The blow had drained nearly half of his stamina, but a grin was spreading across his face, a grin he couldn't suppress.
I did it!
The Spear of Elbaf: Ikoku…
I've finally mastered it!
He hadn't wanted to take up too much of the kind giants' time, so for the past four days, he had been pushing himself to the limit, training almost without sleep.
He had only slept four hours a night, and countless times, his muscles had ached to the point of numbness, and he had pushed through with sheer willpower.
When he couldn't go on, he would stuff himself with food, using Life Return to quickly replenish his energy.
And it had paid off.
His hard work and sweat had not been in vain.
With his desperate training and the buff from the statue, he had finally mastered this ultimate giant technique in just four days, at a speed that had left the Blue and Red Ogres in disbelief.
"Heh…" he grinned, getting to his feet.
The energy consumption was a bit high this time. In a real fight, he could probably only use it twice at most.
But that was because he had only just mastered it and hadn't yet perfected his control.
As he continued to train and his proficiency increased, and as his body adapted—
The power of the "Spear of Elbaf" would only increase, while the stamina cost would decrease.
Coming to Little Garden had been the right decision.
In just five days, not only had he mastered Observation Haki, but he had also added an ultimate technique to his arsenal. The gains were far beyond his expectations.
"Hmm?"
Shane suddenly frowned and looked toward a spot in the forest.
He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but for the past few days, during his breaks from training, he had felt a hidden gaze on him, from deep within the forest.
Before, he wouldn't have noticed it, but now that he had mastered Observation Haki, it was hard to ignore the subtle feeling of being watched.
But what was even stranger was that his Observation Haki couldn't pinpoint anyone within his line of sight, and whenever he used Shave to rush to the spot, he found no traces.
Could it be some strange Devil Fruit ability?
Or was he just overthinking it, a side effect of his newfound acute perception?
Shane quickly shook his head and dismissed the thought.
He couldn't be bothered with it. Anyway, with his "Reinforced Occlumency," he was immune to many Devil Fruit abilities on a mental level.
As for the physical level?
What kind of power could a skulking coward have? Did they dare to come out and take one of his punches?
After mastering the Spear of Elbaf, his confidence had, for the moment, swelled to an unprecedented height.
Onigumo? The Sand Crocodile? If they were to fight again now, he would take them down with a single punch!
Not even a challenge!
Go on, bring me Kaido! Bring me Big Mom! Bring Whitebeard and Red-Hair too!
...
That afternoon, another grand feast was held.
The crew gathered together, laughing and celebrating. All the liquor they had accumulated was gone, not a single drop left.
But even the happiest of feasts must come to an end.
And even the best of friends must eventually part.
It was time for the Curtain Call Adventurers to depart.
After spending the past few days together, Shane and the two simple-hearted giants had forged a bond as deep as that of lifelong friends, a bond hammered out with every punch and kick.
When they were escorted to the docks, the two giants, who had been red-eyed the entire way, watched Shane's back as he boarded the ship.
They couldn't hold it in any longer. They began to cry, their tears flowing like waterfalls and raising the water level of the river.
The crew had to comfort them for a long time before they finally stopped sobbing.
Shane carefully wrote down everything he knew about the Giant Warrior Pirates and Elbaf on a piece of paper and gave it to Dorry, telling him to open it only after they had left.
There were many things in it that would probably be difficult for them to accept, and they would probably cry again.
For example, the old king of Elbaf, Jarul, had been killed by Prince Loki.
And the captain of the old Giant Warrior Pirates, the legendary warrior of all Elbaf, Jorul, had also died at the hands of Charlotte Linlin.
And the crew members who were to be executed by the Marines, though they had been saved by Mother Carmel, had been part of a dark deal that had turned many giant children into weapons of war for Marine Headquarters.
And the two Giant Warrior crew members, Kashii and Oimo, who were looking for their captains, had been tricked by the Marines with threats against Dorry's and Brogy's lives and were now serving as gatekeepers on Enies Lobby…
As for what the two of them would do after reading this, whether they would continue their duel on this ancient, isolated island or set sail again to save their old comrades and protect Elbaf…
That was not for Shane to decide. The decision was in their hands.
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