After seeing the Six Powers, Hera thought for a while and decided to start practicing with'Shave' first. She had experienced the feeling of accelerating to the point of teleportation several times under the empowerment of 'First Bullet', so she placed it at the end of her training list for the Six Powers.
After explaining the principles and power-exertion techniques of Shave, the instructor had the students begin foot-stomping drills, correcting their power-exertion errors as he watched them train.
After understanding the mechanics, Hera began her attempt. When the instructor mentioned she wasn't fast enough, she took out her short gun, Hour Hand, and gave herself a shot of 'First Bullet'. As her time accelerated, the speed of Hera's stomping increased drastically. With a thought, she teleported to another location; Hera had successfully used Shave for the first time.
Seeing Hera successfully use Shave during her very first training session, the instructor's expression was even more exaggerated than Hera's after her teleportation. He watched as she pulled a gun out of nowhere and shot herself in the head.
He was already surprised, thinking there was no need to be so suicidal, and wondering where she had pulled that short gun from, only to see that Hera had already succeeded. This fantastical scene even made him start to doubt if he was seeing things due to lack of sleep.
The instructor rubbed his eyes in disbelief, finding that Hera had returned to her original position. He comforted himself, "I must be seeing things because I didn't sleep well. How could someone learn it all at once?"
The next second, with a loud bang and the floor cracking, Hera was already in front of him. "Instructor, I've mastered this one. Can I go to the other classes now?"
After succeeding a few times under the acceleration of First Bullet, Hera found the rhythm. Now she could use Shave without First Bullet. In fact, while continuously stomping, she felt as if she were stepping on air. Feeling this sensation, she wanted to take advantage of it and immediately try Moonwalk.
Hearing the noise, Zephyr walked over from a distance and asked the instructor, "What's going on?" The instructor told Zephyr everything about Hera's situation. Hearing this, Zephyr became happy: "Very good, she has this kind of talent for practicing the Six Powers as well."
He then said to Hera, "From now on, follow me. I will teach you personally. What do you want to learn next?"
Hera quickly replied, "Next, I want to learn Moonwalk."
Zephyr said, "A wise choice. The principles of Moonwalk and Shave are similar. I'll explain the power-exertion techniques and precautions for Moonwalk to you." He began teaching as he spoke.
Under Zephyr's instruction, Hera soon felt the sensation of stepping on air. She wobbled as she flew up, then gradually became much more stable.
Zephyr was also somewhat surprised to see this. The Six Powers still had a certain degree of difficulty. For an average Marine, mastering one style would make them a mainstay in a branch, and those who mastered three could graduate directly. He hadn't expected Hera to master two styles on the first day.
However, thinking about it, although Hera hadn't undergone systematic training in the Six Powers, she had practiced for a long time at Genzo's dojo and under Shanks' guidance. Coupled with the fact that her fighting style was primarily based on speed, it didn't seem so strange anymore.
Zephyr then gave a suggestion, "Since you've learned Shave and Moonwalk, I'll teach you Tempest Kick next. Master all three leg techniques first, get proficient with them, and then learn the other three."
Hera naturally followed Zephyr's suggestion and nodded.
Zephyr then began to explain Tempest Kick. Watching the slash Zephyr produced, Hera thought of her Cancer Sword. With a thought, although there was no change on the outside, Zafkiel had switched to the 'ability' form, and the faint golden light in her eyes turned blue.
Zephyr felt a slight change in Hera's aura and guessed she might have switched forms, but he didn't discover anything and demonstrated Tempest Kick a few more times.
Hera closed her eyes, feeling the air being sliced by Zephyr and the slash released through his kicking technique, comparing it to her own sensation of slicing through space. Through her continuous comprehension, her shadow gradually transformed into the magnificent clock of her 'ability', and white energy flew out from the clock, condensing on Hera's leg.
Seeing this, Zephyr changed his position while releasing a Tempest Kick, silently blocking the path in front of Hera, prepared.
Hera felt that now was the time and suddenly opened her eyes. With a kick, a white slash flew forward. The space along the way seemed unable to withstand this slash and shook slightly. Zephyr's arm, coated in Armament Haki, blocked the front of the slash. As he blocked, he didn't forget to remind Hera: "Watch closely, I'm going to use Iron Body."
With a loud bang, Zephyr blocked the attack, but that special sharpness surprised even him. Although this slash was far inferior in power and intensity, its sharpness was very strong. Even Zephyr's Armament Haki, when he wasn't being serious, had a white mark left on it.
Hera felt that this strike had used the space-tearing power of her 'ability' and became lost in thought.
Zephyr saw that Hera seemed to be thinking and didn't interrupt. After waiting for a long time, Hera suddenly punched one hand into the other and said, "I've decided, this move will be called 'Rankyaku: Great Cut'."
Zephyr was a bit speechless seeing Hera spend so much time just to come up with a skill name: "I thought you were contemplating something profound, but you were just thinking about what to call the move?"
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