Chapter 47: The Key to Unleashing "Overbearing Aura"! Suddenly, I Had a Big—

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Chapter 47: The Key to Unlocking Ambition! A Sudden, Daring Idea!
All four C-grade fishing attempts were completely exhausted.
Instead of immediately checking the fruits of his [Fishing], Zephyr first opened up his personal attribute list.

[Luck: D (Enhanced by [Visitor from the Other Shore])]
"My luck value has dropped right back down..."
Zephyr could not tell whether he felt disappointed or satisfied at the moment.
"However, a single boost in luck traded for a full three traits and one item!
"This deal is indeed not bad at all!
"The Goddess of Luck still favors me, her loyal believer after all!
"Yet, come to think of it, does that mean my base luck value is still only F?
"I wonder if I can alter my fortune in the future by acquiring other ability traits..."
A few minor ideas flashed quickly through his mind, but Zephyr shook his head, pushing the matter of enhanced luck aside for the moment.

Following the chronological order of the fishing results,
Zephyr began to inspect his harvest for the day one by one.
The first to catch his eye was the [C-grade Ability Trait: Monkey Technique]!
"[Monkey Technique]..."
Zephyr scanned the glowing light screen, his eyes flickering slightly. He possessed a certain understanding of this ability.
Aside from the information introduced in the trait description,
[Monkey Technique] was also one of the special abilities mastered by Toriko, the protagonist of Toriko (Prisoners of Gourmet).
The essence of [Monkey Technique] lies in controlling every single cell within the body.
And its most fundamental manifestation is achieving perfect force dispersion through [Monkey Technique], neutralizing all external forces.
These forces included not only attacks from enemies, but also gravity from the planet itself!
That's right!
After developing [Monkey Technique] to an extremely profound level, the user could even rely on it to escape the planet's gravitational pull!
Much like the "Monkey King", one of the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World, who would give a gentle leap before sleeping, reaching the stratosphere 50 kilometers above the ground within a single second, and subsequently passing the mesosphere straight into the thermosphere.
That was an atmosphere hundreds of kilometers high above the ground!
Nearly outer space!
Such was the terrifying nature of the force dispersion provided by [Monkey Technique] developed to its absolute peak.
However, the true core of [Monkey Technique] was not merely "force dispersion" or "defense."
Once the cell willpower, which had already achieved complete synchronization during basic defense, was collectively transformed into "attack," [Monkey Technique] could likewise unleash astonishing and unparalleled lethality!
In just a single instant,
Zephyr determined which of his currently possessed abilities could form a perfect synergy with [Monkey Technique].
Without a doubt,

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[Iron Body]
and [Paper Art]!
According to Zephyr's original deductions, these two Six Powers techniques were closely linked to [Armament Haki] and [Observation Haki].
"[Monkey Technique] and [Haki]..."
The piece of advice given by Instructor Shuzo when he sought guidance suddenly flashed through Zephyr's mind.
"Haki is, in reality, the power of 'unshakeable belief'!
"To put it another way, Haki is a power belonging to the realm of willpower!
"And the essence of [Monkey Technique] is to control the thoughts and willpower of every single cell in the body, unifying them into one!
"In short, having obtained [Monkey Technique] at this moment, I am probably already capable of unlocking the power of [Haki]!"
Zephyr's mood suddenly surged with excitement.
He had been pursuing the power of [Haki] for a very long time, but unfortunately, he had never quite grasped the essentials.
Roam this sea of freaks as he might, without [Haki], one could never truly amount to anything!
To cite two very famous examples:
Crocodile and Enel.
Both were Logia fruit users deemed "invincible" in the first half of the Grand Line, yet both fell at the hands of a rookie like Luffy.
Aside from the so-called "protagonist plot armor counter" and "Devil Fruit attribute counter,"
the most crucial point was that neither Crocodile nor Enel had mastered the power of Haki! (This might also be because the two of them appeared too early and failed to keep up with the power creep... but their bad luck was truly lamentable, one might even call it a tragedy.)
If Crocodile or Enel had mastered the power of Armament Haki, could Luffy still have emerged victorious over the two of them?
Let us also look at Zephyr's two great archenemies in life—Kaido and Big Mom.
Which of these two Pirate Emperors wasn't a Haki powerhouse, and top-tier users of all three types of Haki at that?
Without [Haki], Zephyr would find it utterly impossible to contend against these two Emperors!
But now...
Zephyr could fully say he had taken a crucial step toward the grand goal of "beating up two Four Emperors simultaneously"!
[Monkey Technique] could be regarded as the key to unlocking [Armament Haki] and [Observation Haki]!
"Hoo—"
Zephyr took a few deep breaths, suppressing his bounding excitement, and then shifted his gaze to the next fishing reward.
[C-grade Ability Trait: Food Honor]!
"[Food Honor]!?"
A pleasant smile blossomed once more on Zephyr's face.
His [Fishing] luck today was truly off the charts!
Just a few days ago,
Zephyr had been pondering how to solve his massive appetite problem.
In *Toriko*, the power named "Food Honor"—or more precisely, its advanced application known as "Food Immersion"—was the second potential solution he had envisioned.

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"Although I didn't directly fish out [Food Immersion], [Food Immersion] is fundamentally an advanced application technique of [Food Honor], and the two can be regarded as one."
Zephyr clenched his fists, his eyes glowing brightly.
"With [Food Honor], I can also independently delve into and develop this state-of-mind ability in the future, thereby researching the technique of [Food Immersion]!"
"And since [Food Honor] has been fished out, [Food Immersion] can certainly be fished out as well... I'll just see if there's an opportunity later on!"
The third fishing harvest was the [C-grade Ability Trait: Super Olfactory Sense].
"An ability related to the sense of smell?"
Zephyr paused slightly, unable to resist rubbing his chin.
"The enhanced hearing from [Acute Hearing], the enhanced vision from [Expert Precision Marksmanship], coupled with the enhanced smell from [Super Olfactory Sense]...
"If I acquire amplification abilities for touch and taste in the future, will it fuse into a high-tier ability like 'Super Senses'? Or perhaps a high-tier talent?"
Still, truth be told,
compared to the immensely potential-rich [Monkey Technique] and [Food Honor], [Super Olfactory Sense] appeared somewhat lackluster.
Aside from the differences in the quality of the fishing bait, this was likely also due to the decline in his personal luck.
Zephyr turned his attention to the final harvest, which was also the sole item obtained from this four-in-a-row fishing session.
[C-grade Item: Seed of the Confectionery Tree].
"[Seed of the Confectionery Tree]?
"Sure enough, another food item!
"No! I should say, a mountain of food!"
Zephyr felt no disappointment whatsoever.
Fishing out gourmet items from the world of *Toriko* was standard procedure.
Abilities like [Monkey Technique], [Food Honor], and [Super Olfactory Sense]...
Those were simply special occurrences brought about by his off-the-charts luck.
"A [Confectionery Tree] capable of producing hundreds of millions of different varieties of gourmet sweets..."
Zephyr raised his hand. Sometime unawares, a colorful, peculiarly sweet-scented tree seed had appeared in his palm, making the surrounding air grow vastly sweeter.
"If I were to toss this thing to Big Mom, would it make her surrender on the spot?
"Or perhaps trade it for a Devil Fruit or something from Totto Land.
"Huh? Wait! The negative effect of the [Seed of the Confectionery Tree]—rendering a radius of a thousand meters completely barren..."
After reviewing the description of the item's effects, Zephyr subconsciously shifted his gaze toward the Temptation Forest beneath his feet.
"Well..."
"I suddenly have a daring idea!"
The next chapter will probably be up after 11...
(End of this chapter)

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