It was late evening.
At the exit of the training grounds, Pike and his three companions were hanging from the tree trunks, their faces swollen as if stung by wasps, lips swollen like sausages.
Seeing Roya appear, the four immediately struggled, excited.
"Boss, you're finally back!"
"Huh? Who are you guys?"
Roya looked at the four unknown creatures, and it took him a while to recognize his newly acquired underlings from the crooked G-5 markings.
Could they have been ganged up on?
"Boss, where have you been?"
"We ambushed a squad, but you weren't at the agreed-upon location."
"Later, everyone figured out we were in cahoots with you, Boss, and they all ganged up on us to beat us up. Hey, why is my tongue going numb?"
"Boss, you have to avenge us!"
The four were in tears, full of resentment.
They were always the ones bullying others; they had never been bullied before.
Revenge, they had to have revenge!
"Uh, sorry, something came up."
Roya was extremely embarrassed. He had really forgotten about these underlings; after all, they had only started following him this morning, and he wasn't that familiar with them.
"I'll get you revenge tomorrow!"
"Boss, that's all we need to hear!"
The four immediately beamed with joy. Getting beaten up was no problem, but they had to hit back. They, the G-5 Branch, could endure anything, but they couldn't take a loss!
"Go back."
"Yes, Boss!"
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Late at night, in the World.
Roya sat cross-legged in the gravity room, focusing his mind on the changes in his body and trying to control them.
Inside "The World," there were no outside distractions.
In such a quiet environment, it was easy to calm down. In less than three minutes, Roya's consciousness was completely focused on his own body.
The beating of his heart, the peristalsis of his stomach, the expansion and contraction of his lungs...
Everything was clearly visible before his "eyes".
It was completely different from how he felt during the day.
Roya's "gaze" turned to his heart. With a thought, as if he were controlling his hands and feet, the frequency of his heartbeat suddenly increased a lot, and the blood flow accelerated accordingly.
Seemingly affected by the heart, the other organs also sped up their activity, especially the lungs near the heart.
It's all connected; pull one thread and the whole thing unravels!
"Second Gear!"
Roya suddenly remembered that Luffy's Second Gear accelerated blood flow by pumping, improving the body's functions such as the heart and lungs, thereby enhancing strength and speed.
The principle was the same.
The difference was that Luffy had a rubber body and could do whatever he wanted, while he could only slowly increase the strength of his organs through training. He couldn't achieve it overnight like Luffy.
The advantage was that his body functions were truly improved, and he didn't have to revert like Luffy, nor did he have any side effects.
Each had its own advantages and disadvantages.
When he woke from his "meditative state," Roya felt a sense of lingering enjoyment, along with a strong hunger pang.
His body was tired!
If the heart and lungs were to become strong, they needed to take in enough nutrition. Exercise was only an aid; sufficient nutrition and energy were the key.
The reason Luffy could eliminate the side effects of Second Gear after two years was probably because he had improved the strength of his heart, lungs, and other organs by "eating."
"I'm so hungry!"
"The restaurant is already closed."
"There should be a lot of food in Instructor Doll's refrigerator."
"It's past twelve o'clock, but let's pretend she's not asleep!"
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The next morning.
Roya continued operations with his underlings.
"Listen up, and remember this: 'When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy halts, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy withdraws, we pursue.' Master these sixteen words, and no battle will be unwinnable."
"Boss is awesome!"
The four sidekicks were very enthusiastic.
"Be humble, it's all learned from books."
Roya gestured for them to be discreet, pointing to the G-3 squad resting in the distant forest: "Now, do you know what to do?"
"Let's scare them!"
Pike excitedly took out two stones.
"A promising student!"
Roya was very satisfied. He didn't have that much time to play with the trainees, so if his underlings could complete the task of bullying people in his place, that would be great.
"Remember, focus on one team and torment them relentlessly!"
"Don't switch targets until you've completely demoralized them!"
"Don't start a war without absolute certainty; you have plenty of time to mess with them!"
"Also, to avoid being discovered by the enemy, move to a different spot after firing one shot. This is extremely important."
Roya's face was serious.
"Do you all understand?"
"Understood!"
The four excitedly lowered their voices.
Their Black Hair Boss actually had so many strategies for tormenting enemies. Just thinking about it was terrifying. He was indeed the man they had their eyes on!
"I'll demonstrate for you, and then you can do it yourselves."
Roya picked up a stone.
Thump!
A fist-sized stone hit Gouka on the head.
"Huh?"
Gouka touched his slightly itchy scalp, then looked at the stone on the ground and immediately got up, looking around.
"Who threw that stone?!"
No one responded.
"Hmph, childish!"
Gouka sat down, annoyed.
A minute later, just as he was relaxing.
Thump!
Another stone hit him on the head!
Gouka was furious.
"Damn it, who is it? Show yourself if you have the guts!"
"..."
The surroundings were silent.
Three minutes later, the tense Gouka suddenly lunged forward, dodging a small stone falling from the sky.
"The bastard's in the west!"
This time he saw it; the stone was thrown from the jungle in the west.
"Chase!"
A group of people immediately rushed into the bushes in the west, but after searching for a long time, they didn't see any trace of the enemy.
Thump!
Another stone fell in the middle of the group!
It didn't cause any damage, but it was extremely insulting.
The entire morning, Team G-3 spent the time on edge. They'd initially planned to get revenge on Black Hair, but they ended up being driven to distraction.
However, the nightmare wasn't over yet.
Splat!
A bird egg broke open on Gouka's face, and yolk streamed down his face.
"You bastards!!!"
In the forest, birds flew away.
----
Meanwhile, in the gravity training room.
Roya sat cross-legged, focusing his mind under the effect of twice the gravity.
Peacock was also there.
Perhaps stimulated by her sparring with Ain, the girl no longer had any thoughts of causing trouble for Roya and was wholeheartedly focused on training.
Roya wasn't worried.
The more prepared he was, the more confident he would be. He didn't believe that the girl's training speed could compare to his, with "The World."
"This environment is also very quiet, but it's not as easy to calm down as in the World. Could it be a special effect of the World? It seems that learning techniques in the World is indeed easier than in reality."
The thought flashed through his mind.
Having had one successful experience, the second time should be easier, but it took Roya a full ten minutes to enter the "meditative state" of last night.
His consciousness was immersed in his body.
Outside the room, Lu Yun opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
"How is that possible!"
Senior Roya's hair was floating, even mischievously making a "yay" sign, and secretly giving Peacock the middle finger next to her.
This could only be done by infusing consciousness into it. Even Peacock, who had trained in the gravity room more than ten times, couldn't do it.
This meant that it was only a matter of time before Senior Roya mastered Life Return.
"A genius? No!"
Lu Yun rejected this judgment. Strong learning ability could be described as genius, but the body's adaptation to gravity couldn't be achieved by the brain.
Compared to his disheveled appearance yesterday, Roya's current ease in the gravity room was as if he had been in the gravity room for a long time, almost completely adapted to twice the gravity.
Lu Yun's little face gradually turned rosy.
So excited!
Could it be that Senior Roya had a special racial physique?
Should she increase the intensity a bit more to see where Senior Roya's limit was, and preferably, after Senior Roya was exhausted, draw his blood and pluck his hair for a full body checkup.
The girl's hand pressed on the gravity control thruster.
Click, click, click!
The numbers on the display quickly increased.
1, 2.2, 2.3
Click!
"Three times the gravity!"
In the gravity room, as the gravity increased, both of them had beads of sweat appearing on their faces, and the veins on their foreheads and necks bulged.
"What's going on?"
Roya woke up, seeing the number three displayed on the wall, and immediately realized that the increased gravity had caused him to leave the meditative state.
The pressure on his body was enormous, and he even had some difficulty breathing.
"Ugh..."
A suppressed groan came from beside him.
Roya glanced over. Peacock seemed to have woken up even earlier than him. Even though her clothes were soaked with sweat and her breathing was very rapid, she was still gritting her teeth and persevering.
Huh, maybe she doesn't want to lose to me? Heh, she wants to see who can last longer! Whoever gives up first is a dog!
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