Every time they go to the sin realm for a big purchase before exercising on the weekend, it's like they're going camping.

They didn't have sleeping bags and tent bags with them, otherwise the school security would have thought they were really going to live in the school.

"We're going to do special training for the performance of the school festival." Luffy looked at the school security guard with a suspicious expression.

The security guard was silent, his eyes went straight over Luffy, and he put it on the big backpack on the back of Wu Sheng and Zoro, as if he was guessing what was inside: "If you want to stay overnight, you must submit an application to the student union, and then they will submit an application to our security office after they agree." ”

They carried two large hiking bags, which were full of sandwiches, brioche bread, fried bread, doughnuts and all kinds of rice balls, and that's all, before the budget for this meal was spent, Luffy also carried a medium-sized backpack, which was full of chocolates and energy bars, and he had a lot of pocket money, which was capricious.

"Don't worry, we won't stay overnight, we'll go home after practicing in the afternoon!" Luffy smiled and kept reassuring the security uncle.

The security guard touched his round belly, these people were familiar to him, after all, the style was so obvious: "Okay, you guys go in." ”

"OK, thank you." Luffy gestured and led the way towards the activity room.

After they left, the security guard looked at the young backs of them talking and laughing, and touched his chin thoughtfully: "That green-haired one seems to be the one from the kendo club, right?" It seems that I haven't been training until night lately, so did I give up kendo and start playing music? ”

"Well, it should be." He affirmed his guess, and now this guy doesn't even have a bamboo sword, and it seems that he has indeed given up.

Alas, it's a pity.

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Wu Sheng and the others first went to the Light Sound Department to get the equipment, went up to the secret base on the rooftop, each took out their mobile phones, and entered the criminal realm again.

Because everyone has a lot to do, their hot air balloon plan has been put on hold, so today they can only hike.

But even if it's hiking, there's still a fast way.

For example, in order to save time, Takeshi gave two backpacks full of food and drinks to Luffy and Zoro, and a small backpack to Nami, ignited his own fire wings, picked up Sanji and Usopp one by one, and flew directly to the transmission site.

The two of them were too slow to move, which seriously slowed down the team.

Underneath them are Luffy Zoro and Nami, who are carrying backpacks and jumping on the hills in a zigzag shape.

In less than half an hour, the four of them arrived at the transmission site at full speed, regardless of consumption.

At this moment, the time has not yet arrived at 12 o'clock, they discussed, decided to exercise for 2 hours first, and then come out for lunch, each ate a few pieces of chocolate to pad their stomachs, replenish their calories, and then went to the transmission site to start today's special training.

One of the advantages of two people training together is that there is a contrast, a bit of competition.

Usopp and Sanji awaken at the same time, and start special training at the same time, if one of them is one step ahead, for example, they can deal with two enemies at the same time, or solve one enemy in a few turns.

Then the other lagging person will also be vaguely anxious in his heart, hoping that he can keep up.

They are all young people, and no one thinks they are worse than the others.

So under Ma Chao's strict teaching and the onlookers of his partners, combined with his desire to become stronger, and the triple pressure of "competitors" to catch up.

Sanji and Usopp made rapid progress, their fists and legs becoming lighter and lighter in the battle, their heavy arms floating as if they had wings, and their waists and eyes slowly becoming more flexible.

Although the fatigue generated by the high-intensity combat is like that of an octopus in the deep sea, the dead entanglement squeezes their muscles.

But the two of them could finally feel that they were slowly breaking free from the shackles, surpassing themselves, and gradually swimming from the bottom of the sea to the surface, breathing a sigh of relief. Of course, there is also a reason why their soul power level continues to increase in battle.

Behind Wu Sheng, Ma Chao appeared, constantly guiding the two to fight.

And Wu Sheng himself was sitting cross-legged in place and pondering, today Zoro was killed in seconds made him a little shocked, at this moment reviewing some of his strategies and ideas since awakening, he always felt that something was wrong.

And the time to concentrate on thinking always passed very quickly, just when he was almost figured out.

"Takeda..... Takeda? ”

"Huh?" Wu Sheng came back to his senses and looked at Luffy who was bending down and waving in front of him: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's almost time, it's time for lunch!"

"So it's been two hours?" Takekatsu refocused and shouted at Sanji and Usopp to stop.

Sanji and Usopp stopped from the killing and fighting, their noses blue and their faces swollen.

His body was covered in scars and bruises, and as soon as he stopped, the pain that he couldn't feel when he was focused on fighting returned.

For a while, the two of them grinned in pain, and sat cross-legged on the ground, feeling that they might never have been so focused in their lives, and they couldn't even feel such pain just now!

However, instead of using healing potions, they let Sanji start practicing the healing skills he had been given to him by the Will to Defiance Unicorn. After feeling the growth, the two did not complain as much as they did this morning.

Wu Sheng nodded on the side, continued to encourage, and forcibly poured chicken soup: "Now is not the time to be easy, since you have chosen to fight, then don't let the pain defeat you." If you choose to gain easy power by harvesting soul power, you will instead lay a curse for the future, and one day you will pay the price in battle. ”

"That's when you know that weakness is the most painful thing in the world."

Seeing Sanji and Usopp nodding thoughtfully, Takekatsu was in high spirits, and was about to continue pouring the fragrant and delicious chicken soup when Luffy shouted loudly at the exit of the rear passage, "Takeda! Let's go out to eat! I'm going to starve to death! ”

"......" is just your product and you know how to eat it all day long! Wu Sheng complained in his heart: "Monchi Luffy, who doesn't want to be the king of the pirates, has lost his soul and has become a big foodie who knows how to eat every day......"

The crowd ran to the sand dunes not far outside the transmission site and began the day's lunch under the majestic scarlet tree.

Sanji and Usopp doubled their appetite again today, eating two bites of rice balls and three bites of bread, gobbling them up, not thinking that they would choke on them, and their cheeks were full of food. Then take a sip of the drink and put the unchewed food into the stomach.

Suddenly, it was as refreshing as the dry earth being watered with long-lost rain.

As it turned out, they still bought less, and after one meal, the rations in the two large backpacks were eaten up.

Several people reclined on the sand dunes, looking at the flashing red dots on the scarlet giant tree, took a deep breath comfortably, and slowly exhaled, feeling that they had regained their energy.

Wu Sheng began to sit stunned again after eating, after coming out of Kuharai, he has been a little uncertain, his thoughts are chaotic and complicated, and he always feels that he has done something wrong, but after thinking about it for a long time, he has not come up with an answer after all.

Looking at the scarlet giant trees in the distance now, thinking back to the first time they came here, after being shocked by this magnificent landscape, the ambition born in their hearts, and the subsequent caution, finally figured out something: he was finally frightened by the terrifying power of [Jizo], and never dared to go deep into this transmission site.

He had subconsciously resisted continuing to explore the place further, so even now that they had to go deep into the transmission site if they wanted to progress, he still pressed the whole team here on the grounds that Sanji and Usopp needed special training.

Is it really good to go on like this? He thought to himself.

"Of course not." Eliger's voice sounded in his heart: "But it is human nature to be afraid, and it is a good thing to be afraid of Weili. It's much better than not knowing the sky and the earth. ”

"But......" Ma Chao continued: "There are some things that you have to face after all, don't you?" ”

"yes." Wu Sheng nodded, his eyes focused, and he made a decision in his heart.

He stopped Luffy, who was still trying to secretly eat the chocolate energy bar: "These are emergency foods." ”

Luffy pouted, still unwilling: "Just eat a piece!" Anyway, there is no ...... today"

Wu Sheng shook his head and interrupted Luffy with a serious expression: "Wait a minute, let's go explore the upper and lower floors of the transmission site, these are just in case of accidents." ”

"Oh?" Luffy's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect Wu Sheng to finally let go and continue exploring: "Didn't you say that you would have to wait for Sanji and Usopp to complete their special training?" ”

"Don't wait, they're getting started now, give them 10 bottles of healing potions, just practice on the first floor, we're here now, there's no progress, we can't waste our time." Wu Sheng looked at the giant scarlet tree rising to the sky, and finally understood where the discord in his heart came from.

He pointed to the sky and said, "How long will it take us to explore such a tall tree?" There's no really moment to be prepared...... Now that there are healing potions, let's start today. ”

Sauron's end

Yu Ye woke up from the long silence, followed Wu Sheng's fingers and looked at the giant tree in the distance in a daze, and naturally continued: "It's time to set off again." ”

"What do you mean?" Nami is a little confused, so why did these two suddenly talk about this?

"Miss Kuhalei is so strong, and she just suppressed those Awakened halls, that means that we are still too far away, and we should not waste time, but we should improve ourselves as soon as possible!" Sauron said that he faced his own failures and weaknesses, but did not think that he had to stand still with the newcomer.

"Yes, that's the truth." Wu Sheng also nodded and said, "I even want to quit my part-time job and make time to improve my strength." ”

They didn't shy away from others when they spoke, and Sanji and Nami were stunned when they heard Takekatsu's words: "You don't work anymore?" ”

Takekatsu can not work, but Nami and Sanji can't put their jobs aside, after all, they really rely on this to eat, and this is also their dream that they are willing to fight for.

"With such an idea, I always want to wait for everyone to progress together, but now that I think about it, since Luffy Zoro and I have time, why don't we use it to improve our combat effectiveness and take on more responsibilities, so that you can fight more easily in the future?" Wu Sheng said what he thought in his heart.

Now they always have to wait for everyone to form a group together before acting, the activities are very passive, and the time of those who have free time is wasted, especially Luffy and Zoro, who were originally the two top combat forces of the Straw Hat Regiment, one is scheduled for the next "One Piece", and the other is scheduled for the "World's No. 1 Swordsman", and the potential is very huge.

As a result, because of the team's best combat strategy, they went back to their respective homes every night and did not make full use of their evening time.

Now the combat power of the four people is very average, but it is an unhealthy average, and today Zoro can be seen by the second battle, and the progress of him and Luffy has actually been dragged down by the team's average thinking limit.

Since other people are busy in real life, let those who are not so busy take on more combat tasks, and give up what should be abandoned, everything is based on the overall combat power improvement, and they should not give up their own time in order to wait for newcomers to raise their combat effectiveness.

He explains his thinking: "Although there is a certain risk in this, I think such a risk is something that we must take at this stage. It is not necessary to explore and fight with the most full combat power. ”

"Why?" Nami still doesn't understand, "We don't have a temple that we are particularly anxious to solve right now, do we?" Wouldn't it be better to take it one step at a time? ”

"I agree with Takeda." Zoro looked at Wu Sheng with appreciation, and the smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed, which was the pleasure of the thoughts stirring in his heart that coincided with his companions: "It's precisely because I have free time now that I should work harder, shouldn't I?" I'm actually ready to come here and practice by myself. ”

He has been chasing the strongest kendo in his life, wanting to get the name of the sword master, even if it is another world, he still wants to climb to the top!

Usually when he was fighting, he was thrown away by Wu Sheng and didn't say anything, he was seconds one after another in these external battles, although his face was not revealed, and he didn't say anything on his lips, but his self-esteem was actually greatly hit.

Sauron's sword heart at the moment was like an old weathered rope hanging in the room, fluttering in the wind, extremely unstable, and in urgent need of rebuilding his confidence.

How can it be reinvented? Fight! Blood! Victory!

If Wu Sheng hadn't changed his strategy in time, he would have quietly run into the world of sin by himself every night, falling into endless battles and blood alone, either becoming stronger or falling into the Demon Dao Generating Palace.

"But......" Nami looked hesitant, and wanted to persuade again, she hadn't forgotten the panic and fear in her heart when Wu Sheng was captured by the Kirin.

"It's okay, the three of us together, we can run if we can't beat it."

"Hahahaha, yes! Nami! Don't worry, when the time comes, the strong enemies will be handed over to the three of us, and you can rest assured that you can be busy with your own affairs! Luffy laughed loudly, so happy that he wanted to flip a few heels on the spot, and at this moment he made a generous statement, and even wanted to wrap up all the future battles.

Nami shook her head, still uneasy, but she could see the fighting spirit and determination in the eyes of the three of Wu Sheng.

She knew that the three of them usually seemed to be good at talking because many things didn't matter, but in fact, the things they cared about and decided couldn't be pulled back by nine horses.

She knew that she couldn't easily convince the three of them, so she also stepped back and said, "Let's find out this transmission site first." "How could you leave me to fight? Don't even think about it!

Luffy didn't object, he raised his fists high and shouted, "Then let's go now!" ”