Waking up the next morning, Albert opened his eyes and looked at Nami in his arms. The more he looked at her, the more he liked her, and the more he wanted to cherish her.
Albert stroked Nami's hair, feeling her soft body, and sighed in his heart. He never thought he would have this day. Alas, it wasn't easy.
Nami's face still bore the blush of the previous night's frenzy, making Albert's heart itch. He couldn't help but kiss her cheek lightly.
Nami was awakened by Albert's light kiss. She slowly opened her eyes, raised her hand to rub her eyes, and saw Albert staring at her with a fiery gaze. Thinking of the previous night's frenzy, her face immediately turned red, and she felt embarrassed, burying her head deeply in Albert's chest.
Albert patted Nami's back and said softly, "Are you awake?"
"Mmm," Nami said softly.
"Hehe!" Albert chuckled mischievously, "Do you want to do it again?"
Nami felt something hard pressing against her lower abdomen and immediately understood what it was. Her face turned as red as an apple, blushing, and she lowered her head without speaking.
Albert continued to tease, "Since you're not speaking, that means you agree." Nami, here I come."
Second blood obtained.
An hour later.
Albert, refreshed, put on his clothes and said to Nami, who was lying weakly on the bed, "Nami, what do you want to eat?"
Nami said weakly, "Give me a glass of milk, and you can decide the rest."
"Okay." Albert quickly walked out of the room, humming a cheerful tune, and entered the kitchen. Before long, Albert brought a hearty breakfast to Nami's bedside.
Seeing Nami about to get up, Albert quickly said, "Don't get up yet; I'll feed you."
Nami nodded, "Mmm."
"Come on, say ah..." Albert looked at Nami, who was full of happiness, so bright and moving, and couldn't help but be infatuated.
Nami, seeing Albert not moving for a long time, asked suspiciously, "Albert, what's wrong with you?"
Albert said blankly, "Nami, you're so beautiful."
Nami was embarrassed and blushed, "I'm not as good as you say."
"Really!" Albert hurried to say, "You are the most beautiful."
"Okay, breakfast is finished. I'm going to get dressed. You go out first." Nami changed the subject.
Albert teased, "Anyway, i've seen everything, so why should I go out?"
Nami was immediately embarrassed and said stubbornly, "Hmph, if you want to see, then see!"
Saying that, Nami ignored Albert and got out of bed to put on her clothes. Nami moved her body and unconsciously frowned. She turned her head and glared at Albert with an expression that said, "It's all because of you!"
Albert quickly averted his gaze: →_→
What could Albert say at this moment? It's better to be silent.
...
Albert's ship was sailing along a fixed route. Nami was lying on a sun lounger, sunbathing and resting. At this time, Albert was doing his daily compulsory course—martial arts.
Every time he practiced martial arts, Albert had a new understanding. With the continuous perseverance over the past three years, martial arts had been modified by Albert again and again. Of course, it didn't mean that Albert's realm was high enough to modify martial arts, but rather that the martial arts he practiced had many flaws and mistakes.
Therefore, Albert modified it again and again. In addition, with the insights from the battle with Mihawk, the martial arts Albert practiced now were close to perfection. Every move and posture was integrated with the world, natural and smooth. When he moved his arms, he was round and smooth. The blood and energy in his body were like a rushing river, flowing endlessly. The blood and energy in his body were surging, like a great river flowing without stopping.
At this time, Albert's blood in his body was as viscous as mercury, and at the same time, his blood and energy were constantly flowing, extremely fast, rumbling in his body.
Albert practiced martial arts and only felt that his body was about to explode, but his body was also extremely comfortable. Albert was overjoyed in his heart. This was the rhythm of a breakthrough. He didn't stop practicing martial arts, practicing it again and again.
Boom...
A loud roar sounded in Albert's body. Albert only felt that his whole body seemed to have blossomed, his mind was clear, his body was light and agile, and there seemed to be infinite power in his body that he wanted to vent. At the same time, there were rivers in his body, flowing with black water, warm and comfortable.
Aura sense!
This word suddenly jumped into Albert's mind. Now his martial arts should be at the level of hidden energy, according to the previous life's saying, but because of the rules of this world, the power of hidden energy was more than a hundred times stronger. And the rivers in his body should be his veins, and the flowing water was the energy Albert felt. As for why it was black, Albert thought it should be related to Haki. As for why he would produce a Aura sense, Albert was also a little puzzled. Logically speaking, he should produce energy in his body, but now he produced internal aura in his body. Albert felt that maybe the energy in this world was too strong. In the previous life, it was in the era of the end of the law, and the energy on Earth was depleted. Breaking through to hidden energy could only produce a pitiful internal energy in the body.
And Albert, after several years of practice in this world, had absorbed a large amount of energy. Now Albert broke through to hidden energy, and under the huge energy, it was directly transformed into internal aura in his body.
But these were not important. Anyway, producing internal aura in his body was only good for him and not bad.
In the One Piece world, when the body reaches a certain strength, one can awaken Armament Haki. What exactly is Armament Haki? Albert now seems to understand that Haki is a product of guiding energy from within the body. In this world, people can only absorb energy by continuously practicing, passively absorbing the air's energy. Some people have exceptional talent, and their bodies can absorb it faster than others, which explains the significant disparity in martial prowess in this world.
Thinking about this, Albert experimented with his Haki. His Observation Haki range increased by a hundred meters, and his Armament Haki became more powerful. Moreover, when using Haki, the spiritual energy within his body also flowed accordingly, perfectly proving the relationship between internal spiritual energy and Haki.
"Since internal spiritual energy is related to Haki, doesn't that mean I can increase my Haki proficiency by practicing my internal aura?" If that's the case, can I teach this method to Nami? No, wait, I only know how to circulate it, but I can't trigger the energy sensation in others."
Albert was troubled and fell into deep thought, continuously experimenting in his mind. He dared not experiment on Nami, as he had just found a wife, and if he was careless... he would have no chance to cry if something went wrong.
After repeated experiments, Albert finally understood the method of circulation, the location of the veins, and how to draw out the internal aura.
"Albert, what are you doing? I'm hungry."
Nami's words coincided with the completion of Albert's experiment. Seeing the lazy Nami, he suddenly became excited and shouted, "Nami, I've found a way to help you grow quickly. In the future, you can easily develop Haki."
The previously lazy Nami's eyes lit up upon hearing Albert's words. She knew what Haki was—a must-have ability in the second half of the Grand Line. She had long heard from Albert that Haki training was difficult. Observation: Haki was still manageable, not requiring body strength, and some people were even born with it. However, Armament Haki was linked to physical strength, and the high-intensity training seemed terrifying. Now, hearing that Albert said she could easily develop Haki, how could she not be happy?
Nami quickly flipped over and rushed towards Albert, continuously shaking him and eagerly asking, "Really? Quickly... quickly teach me."
Albert calmed Nami down and smiled, "Don't worry, Nami. I'll definitely teach you. But aren't you hungry? I'll go make food first. You can't starve."
"What's the rush about eating? Teach me how to learn that first."
"Okay, okay, I'll teach you right away."
...
On the deck, Albert and Nami sat cross-legged facing each other. Albert's arms turned pitch black, touching Nami's hands, carefully circulating the energy through Nami's veins, stopping after three to four complete cycles.
Albert wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath. "Success." My effort wasn't in vain."
Seeing Nami about to open her eyes, Albert, with a somewhat weak voice, urgently said, "Nami, remember the method I just circulated in your body." Now try to circulate it yourself. Don't interrupt for these few days, and try to generate your own energy sensation. Later, you'll be able to cultivate Haki easily."
Nami closed her eyes and followed Albert's circulation method, running the internal spiritual energy. After twelve complete cycles, the spiritual energy stabilized, and she stopped.
Opening her eyes, she saw Albert's pale face and panicked, "Albert, what's wrong?" If I'd known, I wouldn't have asked you to teach me."
Albert shook his head. "It's nothing. Just a bit exhausted. I'll be fine after resting. Remember not to slack off these days, or all our efforts will be wasted."
Nami nodded firmly, helping Albert to the sun chair and gently saying, "Rest here." I'll make food. Be good, okay?"
"Okay!" Albert responded, feeling a surge of happiness.
Leisurely lying on the sun chair, watching Nami busy in the kitchen, Albert continuously admired himself.
"It wasn't in vain to teach Nami so carefully. The rewards are indeed great!"