19. Conqueror’s Haki

19. Conqueror’s Haki

Sabo even looked at Ken who was sitting leisurely at the nearby cliff and almost hinting at Ken to come and save the old man Naguri but Ken just gave a cheeky smile. Sabo, seeing no end way out, took out two shuriken from his bag and inserted the vacuum style enhancements at the sides of the shuriken in order to throw at the charging bear.

But doing this took time!!

While Ace was running towards the old man and Luffy doing hand signs to do the only ninjutsu he had practiced. But it was already late. The bear had already taken a swipe at the old man and before any of the three could even land a punch or hurt the bear, the old man did something that was unimaginable by their standards.

The old man just spoke to the bear in a very low tone and asked the bear to go away. The bear was shaking in fear after this and then after a few seconds it walked away slowly. Seeing this the jaws dropped. They couldn't even understand how this old man convinced an enraging bear to stop and even walk away.

"What the hell! Did you feel the power?" Sabo whispered to Luffy.

"Yes. When he talked there was a power emitting from this ossan." The only reason the three could feel the power unlike the original story was because they now had experience of a lifetime with them. Living a ninja life they had to pay attention to the minute details. And the fact that they could feel the power was just one of the observations. Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com

The bear later walked away from the clearing towards the forest. The way it came from. Naguri looked back at the three with gentle eyes. Naguri looked really old. Almost as old as Yamamoto Genryusai. With overextending eyebrows and wrinkled face.

"Kids you shouldn't be here. The bear might have killed you."

"It was you that we were worried about." The three raised their hands and shouted in unison at the old man. The three were really scared about the old man. Especially Sabo, who had seen him on the Gray Terminal quite a few times.

"Eh!! Me? Why? I can handle myself. You kids can't....." And before Naguri could finish he looked up because he could feel someone was approaching from the air. And then he saw a small kid, covered in lightning sparks flying through the air and landing straight between the three and Naguri.

"Uhh... Sure." Naguri agreed. He was curious about these 4 kids which had popped out of nowhere.

They went to the nearby beach while following the stream. It was there Naguri was surprised about the things that these kids did. Ace walked on water and caught two giant fishes. He walked on water!! What the hell is this new technique?

But being an old man he was just surprised for a bit and didn't ask. The three brothers were happy that another person had joined and even nobody who had even 'rescued' them. Though it was a waste of a training day, they didn't mind.

By evening, the 5 people sat near a bonfire and roasted the fishes that they caught in the river and had a great time. It was here that Naguri talked about his past and his fight against Roger. Hearing the name Roger, Ace stiffened and slowly got up.

He didn't want anything to hear about Roger and as he started walking away Ken got up and stopped him.

"Sit down. It's rude to leave a gathering without saying goodbye."

"I don't want to hear anything about him." Ace hinted. Ace always had hatred towards Roger for making his life miserable. But Ken was having none of it.

"Listen to the words of the old man. Maybe you will be surprised."

Naguri didn't listen to the small conversation between Ace and Ken and continued talking about his past and his fights. Sabo and Luffy were fascinated by this. Luffy as usual spoke of his heroics with Shanks and the thought that he would be the Pirate King just like Roger.

Ace, after much reluctance, listened to the words of Ken and continued listening to Naguri. Ken could see that after initial resentment, later he too was engrossed by the words of Naguri and heard his stories.