One Piece: Gambling to The Top
Chapter 97 - 97

(A/N: a little patience. The training is at its end. a couple of chapters and there would be time skip)

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"In our last training sessions. You managed to call your will to arm yourself with Haki. However, you have no control over it, neither you can call it successfully each time. You have a 5% chance to call it at will." Hancock was explaining as she was standing in the middle hall of her palace.

Josh, who just rubbed his nose, was sitting on the ground while staring at Hancock.

Hancock smiled at Josh. She then said. "You have to learn how to call it easily at will, like you move your arm, and then, how to concentrate it.. If Haki isn't consecrated, it would be weak. The more you focus it on a small area, the stronger it is. Look."

Hancock said, her finger started getting covered by an invisible energy.

Soon, the skin seemed to be covered by a pitch-black armour-like layer.

"This is hardening. It can increase the damage of your attack, and act like armour around you when you need it. Though, I have to warn you, the bigger the area you focus Haki on, the more it's draining it is for your body and spirit. Of course." Hancock stared at Josh and smiled. "I have very high stamina, nothing to worry about." She winked at him.

"I know you are amazing," Josh said, standing up. "I guess this is the advanced stage."

"advanced Mid-stage. You passed the basics." Hancock said. Although she is training him with passion, she had been doing this to spend more time and have more kisses with him.

However, the fact that he is learning Haki so fast amazed her to forget that sometimes. Even though every amazon knows it from a young age, still, it's amazing for a man to start to understand it very quickly than amazons themselves.

Hancock put her thumb on her lips. The other amazons, who are pirates and adults, bit their lips or half-closed their eyes on him, giving him signals without even realising.

There is one reason that many women here have strong bodies. It was the policy of choosing the strong men to have their genes. Josh's talent made them attracted to him based on that.

It was their instinct, to chose men based on their strength and talent. And Josh had very good genes to learn Haki.

Meanwhile, Josh was closing his eyes and doing his training. With his will focus on his hands, the hand's colour turned into pitch black.

When he opened and punched, the colour turned normal again.

Josh tried to recall Haki again and focus it on his hand.

Although he failed many times, he was learning from each failure with his spiritual talent.

With more tries, Josh could call Haki at will with a 20 percent chance of success.

Josh was determined to finish this stage and move toward the next one.

Hancock, her sisters, and the rest of the girls were opening their eyes in awe as Josh was working.

"It's easy. Just painful." Josh murmured as he punched forward, focusing on his will, and his head was getting sweaty.

"Josh, I think you should stop," Hancock said. Josh was using more Haki than necessary.

"Don't worry, I have enough stamina," Josh said.

His body was healing so fast. However, Armament Haki requires both spiritual and physical prowess.

Soon, Josh, after using so much armament Haki, lost it and felt his spirit exhausted.

The Haki vanishing, Josh rested on the ground and took some deep breathes. "I think I can take three minutes break."

It had been an hour that passed ever since he was practising this way. The gains were good, he can say. He can call Haki with a rate of 40% of success.

"Three minutes break. Hey, even if your will is back on charge, you would still have a sore body, even if you are a Zoan eater."

"Nah…" Josh shook his head and rested on the ground, falling on his butt.

Just the way he said that made it clear that Josh has very high physical capabilities.

"Give me your daughter," Sonia said, biting her bottom lip and looking at Josh.

Josh stared back at Sonia with wide-opened eyes. Although she is pretty and has a nice shape, he can't imagine a proper position or giving her that. Besides, Hancock is looking.

"Wouldn't that be so hard for me," Josh said. "I mean… I can't simply give you that, you know, reach it."

"Don't worry. Amazons are very fertilised." Sonia turned and gave him a look at her relatively very large rounded butt. "and tight."

'And Hancock would unleash her Haki.' Thought Josh as he checked that butt. and Hancock was clenching her teeth. 'I

"Enough!" Hancock had some veins appearing on her head, some waves of Conqueror Haki leaving her body.

Sonia was quite shocked and stared at her sis with her lips twitching. Although she knew that he and Hancock are kissing and dating, it doesn't change the fact that Josh is playing with Sonia's boobs during the Observation Haki training.

Hancock ignored her and looked back at Josh. She then made a charming smile. "Come on, I will give you a massage, it will help you to go back to your spiritual and physical peak."

"I think I'm quite tired. My healing ability is replaceing difficulty to work," he lied as easy as he could breathe. Hancock is offering a massage. He will take it. Although he had kissed her and hugged her, she never gave his body proper nursing. He deserves that after training with beauty, the most charming one in this world.

And trust Josh when he says, the real-life version of the most charming woman is way better than drawing that you would think of kissing that body just by looking at it.

As for armament Haki training, Josh is in a stage where his talents are allowing him to discover the rest. He can give it a try another day.

Hancock smiled and walked toward Josh, before looking to the other amazons. "You can leave girls. I have to treat the hero who treated me and my sisters' curses."

Forcibly smiling and looking at the nodding amazons who were leaving, Josh thought. 'And here I thought I was shameless because I bullshit my girls with Devil trade thing.'

Sonia stood up behind Hancock and patted her back. "I will assist you, big sister."

"Come on, and now Mari would also like to join. Leave me alone, Sonia." Hancock said, her sweet expression turning into an angry one.

Josh frowned and looked at Marigold, his eyes widely opened in horror.

It's not like he has something against chubby girls. She is just too big for him. He wouldn't want to get a massage from her.

Before she could see how he was looking at her, he turned his face.

Marigold, who was on the corner, could only sigh. "Never thought there would be a day I would care about my weight. Men are meant to destroy my self-esteem picture." Mari lowered her head and looked at the ground.

"It's okay, Mari." Hancock had a sweet smile looking at the littlest biggest sister. "You remember how Celestial Dragons were drolling on you when we were kids…" Mari didn't look like a kid when she was a kid, given her genes, which made her look like a woman at that time.

Marigold had some veins appearing on her head, and she pointed at Hancock.

"Don't you dare to make me feel better! I know I'm fat and I don't care." Turning and walking angrily, stomping on the ground and making it shake, Marigold left while saying. "I will do a diet and show all of you."

Sonia and Hancock stared at the back of their little sister as she slammed the door behind her.

"I shouldn't say anything." Hancock bites on her nail, almost crying.

Sonia patted her back. "Don't worry about her. She acts like that when she is low on calories. She is on diet."

"Oh…" Hancock calmed a bit and looked at Sonia. "Really."

"Yes, she didn't eat a thing."

"Done from your sister drama?" Josh, who had his spirit back to the peak, looked at Hancock and said. "My body is ashing, and I need to go back to my training process."

Josh lied again as he winked at Hancock.

Hancock, joining her hands together, turned to Josh and smiled.

Although they were kissing in the last days, their relationship never passed the stage of kissing and simple teasing. The teases had sure made her and him aroused.

She smiled. "I will take care of you, Joshy." Hancock smiled. 'I'll see how you can resist it.' Hancock smiled, having another idea than massage. Josh fell to her trap. he, like an innocent cute guy, only nodded and stood up.

"I'm looking forward to that." He said.

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A/N: Advanced chapters ahead at www.patréon.com/Blazuki