In a blink of an eye, two more years had passed.

Perhaps it was because Karl ate more than Pudding did. The four-year-old Karl was already half a head taller than Pudding. He was about the same height as a normal six years old, a full one and a half meter tall.

Of course, not all children could be as good as Charlotte Linlin. At only five years old, she was a few meters high, and could even almost destroy the entire Giant Village by her efforts.

Although he had never exercised before, Karl felt that his physical fitness was many times stronger than that of himself two years ago.

Karl also often felt this was too unscientific strength growth, and even thought that anyone in this world could easily reach the level of a world-class athlete back in the earth with a little exercise.

Today was a good day, at least Karl thought so. Because today Karl was going to formally begin his exercise, strengthen his physique, practice Haki, and begin his journey to the top of the world.

When it came to training himself, Karl naturally had a plan. If a person didn't understand anything and started to practice blindly. He would not get good results compared to his effort and Karl didn't like the sound of that.

So, the first part of Karl's plan was to find a master who could train him.

Who was the strongest among all the nearby nations?

There was no doubt that it was his mother, who was one of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. But everyone knew that Linlin has always been an impatient person, not to mention teaching her children to practice. If the children delayed her dessert time, she will simply take away part of her children's life.

It was naturally impossible for Karl to find his mother to practice, so Karl put his target on Katakuri.

In the original series, Katakuri was not only recognized as the "perfect brother", but also the only child who could stop Big Mom who was in her angered state and was trying to destroy everything in sight.

Even compared to Marco, King, or Ben Beckman who were the second in command of other emperors Katakuri could be said to be as strong as them if not stronger.

In fact, in the original series, the battle between Katakuri and the protagonist Monkey D Luffy was an intense fight.

Not only did Katakuri predict Luffy's actions, but even every countered every attack of Luffy using similar but more violent moves.

If it wasn't for self-harm in the end and the bad mood caused by his sister's mockery and Luffy's plot armor.

Luffy's winning rate could be said to be infinitely close to zero. And such a strong man was Karl's own brother, and Katakuri attached great importance to his younger siblings. So Karl believed that Katakuri would definitely help him train.

...…

"I refuse..." Katakuri said coldly.

Karl's face froze and he was about to ask why, but Katakuri answered first.

"First of all, as the head of the Totto land, I have a lot of things to deal with. This is the key reason. Second, you are still very young and if you do something stupid during your training, it will have hidden dangers in the future. You have good talent and you cannot waste it by being impatient."

Katakuri coughed slightly, and finally said, "Also I have no experience of teaching others."

Well, Karl unexpectedly could not find a rebuttal.

'Katakuri is the head of the Totto land and does have a lot of affairs. After all, my mother is obsessed with desserts and tea parties and can't help herself. Naturally, she had no intention of managing the nations.

'Although the individual islands and nations under Big mom's control have individual leaders they have to rely on the head of the Totto land to make big decisions. Thinking about it this way, Katakuri does have a lot of affairs.

'Because of how busy he is he even rarely appears on mothers' weddings and birthday banquets with younger brothers and sisters.'

Karl was not a narrow-minded man, naturally, he would not hang himself on a single tree.

The current Karl was an ordinary person with some strength but no training at all. It was more than enough to find any older brother and sister to teach Karl. Karl also knew this.

After he failed to convince Katakuri to train him he put the target on the sixth brother Counter. Karl remembers that in the original book, the sixth brother, seventh brother, and 8th brother, these three were strong men who were good at Arnament Haki and physical skills. They even gave quite a bit of trouble to Luffy.

Although you could say that Luffy was not in his best shape, they outnumbered Luffy and you could make a lot of different excuses but not everyone could go against Luffy and give him trouble despite the circumstances.

Since he had decided to become stronger, Karl felt that it was still very reliable to ask Counter to train him. So, Karl quickly found Counter.

"Karl, are you kidding?" Counter looked a little surprised.

"I'm serious, and I hope Brother Counter can teach me how to use Arnament Haki and close combat." Karl looked very serious and looked at Counter in front of him.

Counter was thirty-three years old this year, was in the prime of his life. He had a black beard, big jagged teeth, small eyes, a collapsed nose, and a few "meat bumps" on his head. He looks vicious, but Karl knew that Counter was still very gentle to his family.

Sure enough, Counter thought about it carefully, and finally did not decline, but instead, he reminded, "Karl, I will teach you some close combat skills, it is okay, but Arnament Haki, you may not be able to master it."

Karl was a little puzzled . "Is that so?" Karl thoughtfully.

"In the marine, there is a set of physical skills that specifically exceed the limits of the human body, called the marine six styles. Among these six styles, one is called the iron block, which can be said to be a simplification of the Arnament Haki, but even so, It's not a move that the general marine can master. It's difficult for you to master the iron now, let alone the Arnament Haki."

At this time, there was a voice coming from the side. Karl turned his head and found that it was the seventh brother Cadenza. Cadenza came over where Counter and Karl.

Cadenza's appearance was roughly similar to Counter, but with a little more hair and a fierce look.  Cadenza leaned over and patted Karl's shoulder and said, "You can still learn Haki in the future, currently your body won't be able to handle the pressure, for now just practice other things."

Karl was a little disappointed, but he also knew that this was something that couldn't be helped, but soon, Karl had a flash of inspiration and directly asked "Then, do you have any requirements to train Observation Haki?"  "Observation Haki?" Cadenza and Counter looked at each other, their expressions a little awkward.

"Although in theory, Observation Haki and Arnament Haki, as long as they reach the lowest threshold, they can be mastered, the cultivation of Haki, depends on talent, like me and Cadenza, Although we have mastered Arnament Haki we have yet to learn Observation Haki, we don't have much talent when it comes to Observation Haki."

Counter touched his head, and continued,

"However, the Observation Haki does not have too high requirements for physical fitness like Arnament Haki if you have good talents, Karl, Maybe you can awaken Observation Haki at a young age."

Karl spent a couple of hours with Counter training his body. Although physical exercises and strengthening physical fitness were a tiring and long process, Karl liked it. Back in his room, Karl rested while thinking about whom to learn Observation Haki from.

Undoubtedly, among everyone from Totto Land, the strongest one was Katakuri, and even Charlotte Linlin was not as good as him. The short-term prediction of the future was a cheat ability in battle.

"Katakuri can predict the future for a short time. This is a derivative skill that is enhanced to the extreme...Although I haven't mastered the Haki, I have a third eye." Karl suddenly sat up but his sore body hurt and he laid on the bed again, his little face filled with excitement.

Karl suddenly remembered that in the legends of the previous life, there were also legends about the third eye. Some people call the third eye the sky eye, which can hear the silence and see invisible. And they say that the eye can see three thousand worlds, and see the past and future.

Although Karl didn't know whether his third eye was different from the legendary sky eye, Linlin was so looking forward to the awakening of the three-eyed tribe, presumably, this third eye was not limited to what Karl could currently do.

So Karl wanted to try to develop his third eye skills based on the legend of the sky eye of his previous life. Karl decided to try it tomorrow.

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