Of course, Arashi wasn't some degenerate who would lay hands on the current Perona!
The whole situation had been rather complicated.
Because he genuinely hadn't expected Perona to sneak into his room in the middle of the night.
Although he noticed her the moment she entered, he never imagined the little girl would directly crawl into his arms and fall asleep there.
Seeing her snuggle into him and instantly doze off, Arashi assumed she was sleepwalking and didn't want to wake her up, so he simply turned over and went back to sleep as well.
But—
He had underestimated just how crafty the little girl was.
Perona hadn't actually fallen asleep at all.
She was pretending.
The moment Arashi truly drifted off, the little girl immediately wrapped her arms around him from behind.
And just like that, the two of them slept until dawn.
"Wake up wake up wake up!!!"
Early the next morning, Perona burst into Arashi's room and started shouting at the still-sleeping Arashi.
"Arashi, get up already! Get up! Robin-chan and I are all ready!"
Under Perona's alarm-clock-level shouting, Arashi groggily crawled out of bed, washed up briefly, then walked out while completely ignoring her.
"Yay yay yay! Armament! Armament! Observation! Observation!"
Perona wasn't upset at being ignored in the slightest. Her entire attention was now focused on training.
Everything else was irrelevant.
After breakfast, Arashi finally regained a bit of life in his eyes.
Because he had been worried all night that Perona might accidentally spill secrets, he hadn't gone to sleep until both girls finally quieted down.
But the two of them had spent half the night chatting endlessly about clothes and hats.
It was utterly incomprehensible.
The most terrifying part was that despite sleeping so late, both girls still woke up absurdly early.
Women really were mysterious creatures.
"Let's begin."
Taking a deep breath, Arashi walked out onto the deck and sat down cross-legged.
Seeing this, the two girls hurried out and sat obediently opposite him.
Their expressions—
Their eyes—
They looked exactly like elementary school students eagerly waiting for class to begin.
"Before learning Armament Haki, you first need to understand what it is."
Arashi yawned before continuing:
"So today will mainly be theory. Once you have a proper understanding of Armament Haki, we'll begin actual training."
"Armament Haki can enhance both defense and attack power. It can even evolve into pure offensive force."
"It also allows you to touch the true bodies of Logia Devil Fruit users, making it one of the best methods for fighting natural-element users."
"Of course, while Armament Haki can touch a Logia user's real body, it cannot suppress Devil Fruit abilities like Seastone does."
"The most basic use of Armament Haki is coating the body or weapons, hardening them for both offense and defense."
"Advanced Armament Haki allows the user to project Haki outward as shockwaves to attack enemies."
"And at an even higher level…"
"…the Haki can penetrate into the opponent's body and destroy them from within."
"There are many powerful Armament Haki users in this world, but the color of their Haki differs."
"Some are black."
"Some are dark red."
"Some are dark purple, dark green, and so on…"
"There are even some monsters who've trained Armament Haki to such an extreme level that it becomes completely colorless."
"Those people are the worst."
"If some unlucky Devil Fruit user encounters a colorless Armament Haki expert, they'll probably get beaten into questioning their entire existence."
"Of course, black Armament Haki is the most common."
"As for the others…"
"You can think of it as black becoming purple, purple becoming red…"
"So cool!"
Perona's eyes sparkled brightly after listening to Arashi's explanation.
"What color is your Armament Haki, Arashi?!"
"And can you already project it outward as shockwaves?"
"I have two colors."
Arashi smiled faintly before raising both hands.
Armament Haki activated silently.
The next instant—
Both of his hands hardened simultaneously.
One black.
One crimson red.
The sight looked incredibly bizarre.
Honestly, even Arashi himself was a little confused about why his Armament Haki had two colors.
After all, in the original story, there had never been a dual-colored Armament Haki user before.
He was probably the first.
Perhaps because his Haki came from the system, it naturally had to be more unique—and stronger.
Of course, his Armament Haki was only LV5 right now.
Once he upgraded it further, there would probably be even more unexpected changes.
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