Chapter 167 - 167: Controlling Busoshoku

All the fighters that stepped up to the stage got their asses kicked, well, those that were strong enough to withstand Luffy's Haoshoku. The entire time Luffy knew what he wanted to train on but couldn't get a proper grasp on it. He wanted to use Haki to repel which was in the category of Busoshoku. Luffy knew how to coat his body in Haki but has yet to repel without touching. With every new opponent Queen threw into the ring, Luffy tried to practice but ended up simply punching them with Haki. From what I have noticed though, the Samurai from Wano had significant experience with Haki but were limited to Busoshoku. I have yet to see nor feel anyone other than Luffy, Kaido and some of Kaido's top fighters who displayed Haoshoku no Haki. To an extent, they did display Kenbunshoku but not as proficient as Luffy.

Finally, some Gifters went up to the ring. One was Alpacaman and the other was Madilloman, both ridiculous in looks and abilities. Luffy displayed his Kenbunshoku as he instructed Hyougoro where to go as he beat down Alpacaman. Since the old man didn't have nor used enough power, Alpacaman got up. Realizing what Luffy was trying to do, Hyougoro asked Luffy what Alpacaman was going to do next and showed Luffy what exactly what he wanted to learn.

Hyougoro: What you outsiders call Haki…is known as Ryuuou (Dragon king or Emperor) here in Wano Country. It focuses on the concept of flow. Rather than exerting power you should take the unnecessary Haki surrounding your body and make it flow through your fist.

After hearing Hyougoro's explanation, Luffy tried to apply it to his fist with every opponent that entered the ring.

Luffy: WRONG! (POW*sfx) WRONG! (BAM*sfx) WRONG! (BLAM*sfx)

After some time passed, it was already night time and everyone was sent to sleep. The execution was going to continue tomorrow as well. There were only a limited amount of guards around since Luffy and Hyougoro had the collars on. I wasn't going to sneak around to talk to him so I used Haoshoku no Haki to knock them out. I used magic to place a silence barrier around the ring. Luffy and Hyougoro's attention were on me as I walked out of the shadows…

Sage: Had any fun Luffy?

Luffy: SAGE! You came.

Hyougoro: A friend of yours Strawhat man?

Luffy: Yeah! He learned Haki with me. I'm guessing you already know what I'm trying to do.

Sage: Learn the other part of Busoshoku, right?

I learned how to apply it when I first saw the flow of energy that was surrounding Hyougoro's hand when he deafeated Alpacaman. I didn't want to apply it during the fights because I would be exposed and end Luffy's training. I showed Luffy and Hyougoro what they were practicing all day. My entire left arm was dyed in a pitch void black hue with a dark blood red outline of my hand and fingers.

Sage: You mean this?

Luffy: WHAT?! You got it?!! Yeah, that's what I'm trying to learn.

Hyougoro: (With an open mouth) Incredible! The flow is steady and immearsurably strong. Are all your friends this strong, Strawhat man? I can see why you can fight Kaido, but why do you want to go against him?

I saw Luffy looking around for any other guards but I stopped him.

Sage: Don't bother, Luffytaro, I knocked them out already. I also put a silence barrier around us so what we say cannot be heard and if you use excessive power it won't be felt.

Luffy: Wait, excessive power?! So we can continue training?

Sage: Good thing you caught on.

Luffy turned to Hyougoro and answered his earlier question.

Luffy: Old man, do you know about the Yonko?

Hyougoro: No.

Luffy: There are four great pirates known as the Emperors of the sea. Kaido is one of them. I'm gonna be Pirate King someday, so I have to beat them all!!

Hyougoro: Pirate king… you mean like Roger?

Luffy: YOU KNEW GOLD ROGER!?

Caribou came close to the barrier but I let him in. Raizo popped out of Caribou's c.h.e.s.t and explained everything that was going on. After hearing everything, Hyougoro wanted to do everything in his power to help the rebellion. Hyougoro explained that all the people that were in prison were in here because they rebelled against Orochi. Raizo, with widened eyes, looked at me.

Luffy: I'm so sleepy and hungry!

A loud growling noise was heard within the barrier. Like usual, Luffy was hungry, but so was Hyougoro. Although they didn't go all out, they were fighting all day. I laughed as I took food out of my pocket dimension and gave it to them. I put up a Backchannel as well with a minimal time difference so that Luffy can get a good amount of time training. I spent the entire time feeding and regulating the Backchannel until morning came. During the last few hours, Luffy and Hyougoro stuffed themselves fat and awaited the next day of Queen's execution.

The next day the guards and Queen came to the execution stage and when Queen saw Luffy and Hyougoro his eyes popped out his sockets…

Queen: They weren't this fat yesterday!!!!

I left a Mokuton Bunshin disguised as a guard to help out Luffy and Hyougoro when needed. I took that opportunity to head to the Dragon Ball universe and meet up with Whis. I opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka and jumped through. When I arrived I was in Bulma's house on the Island. At the time there was no one there but Bulma was notified of my arrival. She told me that Vegeta and Goku were training with Whis again on Beerus' planet. I thanked her and immediately teleported to their location.

Whis: Oya oya, if it isn't Sage-san.

Beerus: Another bothersome person.

Sage: (Made a small bow) Hello Beerus-sama and Whis-san, how's it going?

Whis: Since Goku-san and Vegeta-san are hear it gives me something to do. What brings you here today?

Beerus: It's always noisy. I can't get any sleep.

Sage: But I bet you get plenty to eat, huh? There was something I wanted to test out and was wondering if you or Beerus-sama can help me out with it.

Whis: Oh, and what might that be?

Sage: I wanted to see if you could fight seriously with me, if only for a little while.

Beerus: Interesting. You think that you are capable to withstand my full strength?

Sage: There's no way to know until we find out, right?

Whis: I see. I noticed a change in you the moment you stepped on the planet but this planet will not be able to hold your nor Beerus-sama's power. How about we take it to a desolate place?

Sage: Yes please.

Goku and Vegeta stopped sparring and landed.

Goku: Hey Sage, what's up?

Sage: Hey Goku-san, Vegeta-san, working hard I see. I just happened to come across some enlightenment and wanted to test it out.

Vegeta: Interesting, and you wanted Whis to help you out?

Whis: Ara, no, he wanted Beerus-sama to help him.

Both Goku and Vegeta looked at eachother with widened eyes. Beerus was never known to hold back, much less help any of them spar. To fight or challenge Beerus was foolhardy, even for them who have come to be close in power to him.