Being stared at by Garp, Koby, and Helmeppo like some kind of monster made Raifeng deeply uncomfortable.
He quickly changed the subject.
"So… are we continuing the training?"
To be fair—
Garp's hell training had been extremely beneficial.
Especially the experience of fighting ferocious beasts.
Raifeng felt like a sponge thrown into the ocean, absorbing combat experience at a frantic pace, his strength rising visibly.
And that—
Was exactly why Garp now viewed him as a terrifying monster of talent.
"Training?"
Garp froze.
Then he remembered—
Raifeng had already awakened Conqueror's Haki.
And could freely control it.
At that realization, Garp let out a helpless laugh.
"Kid, do you really think this kind of training is still useful to you?"
"The purpose of hell training is to push you to the brink of life and death, to force out your hidden potential."
"But now that you can use Conqueror's Haki freely…"
"You no longer feel that life-and-death pressure."
"With Conqueror's Haki, in this Devil Forest…"
"I'm not exaggerating when I say you could walk sideways and still be perfectly safe."
"So—"
"You're severely overqualified."
"Your strength has exceeded the scope of this training."
"Continuing would be meaningless."
And he wasn't wrong.
With Conqueror's Haki as a trump card, Raifeng no longer needed to struggle on the edge of death like Koby and Helmeppo.
This hell training had already lost its effect on him.
Anything further would just be a waste of time.
That was something Garp never could have predicted.
He never dreamed—
That his hell training would be invalidated in half an hour.
It stung his pride a little.
But after thinking it over—
Raifeng was a monster. He couldn't be judged by normal standards.
Only then did Garp calm himself down.
Why argue with a monster?
Seven years old and fully controlling Conqueror's.
Across the entire sea—
Who else could do that?
No one.
Compared to this brat…
Garp suddenly felt like a useless old man.
At that moment, he finally understood Koby and Helmeppo's emotional turmoil.
"Given Raifeng's Conqueror's Haki," Koby said after taking a deep breath,
"It's true that Devil Forest no longer poses any life-and-death threat to him."
"Old man, looks like your hell training isn't all that impressive," Raifeng teased with a grin.
"Half an hour, and I broke through it. Pretty boring."
Ignoring Garp's twitching expression, Raifeng focused inward.
"System, display my status panel."
[Host: Raifeng]
[Strength: 7 (+2)]
[Speed: 9 (+3)]
[Stamina: 6 (+2)]
[Skill: Conqueror's Haki Lv.1]
[Skill Points: 0]
"Looks like this training did boost my stats quite a bit."
"Strength, speed, stamina—all went up."
"So the hell training wasn't completely useless."
"Still… with Conqueror's Haki, I can't feel real danger here anymore. From now on, its effect will be minimal."
Raifeng reflected calmly.
His strength had undeniably improved—
But that was only during the early phase.
Repeating the same training would offer diminishing returns.
Meanwhile, Garp rubbed his temples.
"I thought this hell training would at least knock some arrogance out of this brat…"
"Instead, my face got slapped."
"Half an hour—and my training plan was rendered useless."
"What a monster…"
Originally, Garp had planned to train Raifeng alongside Koby and Helmeppo for about half a month—
Then switch to a more targeted regimen.
Reality had other ideas.
Raifeng's talent was simply too outrageous.
Half an hour.
Total annihilation of the training.
Garp couldn't help but complain internally.
"Dragon… you'd never imagine it."
"The son you brought back…"
"Is a monster beyond comprehension."
Garp could already picture Dragon's expression if he learned about Raifeng's talent.
Shock wouldn't even begin to cover it.
"I underestimated him."
"No one could've predicted this level of talent."
"Even I was nowhere near this terrifying back then."
Garp compared his younger self to Raifeng—
And immediately discovered something deeply embarrassing.
At Raifeng's age?
He probably couldn't even compare to one of the brat's fingers.
"Tch—comparing myself to a kid? How undignified."
"I'm a Marine hero, after all."
A thoroughly defeated Garp began comforting himself.
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