Chapter 73: Call Kaido Over!

"Yeah, and because it's a combat technique designed for giants, it's much more difficult for ordinary humans to learn."

Brogy also added, "Friends from the outside world have come to our giant village to learn and have mastered it, but they were like giants among humans, at least three or four meters tall."

"Like you, Siano, although your physique doesn't lose to those monsters, your size is really... uh, a bit pocket-sized and mini. I'm afraid you can't meet the minimum requirements for learning giant race combat techniques."

So that's what they were worried about!

Should have said so earlier!

Siano realized.

He blinked, and in the time it took to raise and lower his eyelids, his body suddenly expanded rapidly, like an inflatable balloon, *poof*, and it grew much larger.

Eh?

It's been a long time since he switched back to his true form.

Siano realized that his true height seemed to have grown quite a bit... maybe about twenty centimeters or so?

It was 3.7 meters before, now it's estimated to be 3.9 meters, almost breaking through 4 meters.

He looked up at the Blue Ogre and Red Ogre.

Both giants were staring at him in a daze.

"Two uncles, this is actually my true appearance." Siano smiled, "I don't know if it's enough now..."

"Enough, absolutely enough!"

The two giants finally recovered from their surprise and said in unison.

In Elbaf, some gifted warriors who started training from childhood were only four or five meters tall. Siano's height was just right to reach the minimum threshold.

"Then start training tomorrow?" Blue Ogre stood up and stretched, "You've been tired enough today, rest well tonight..."

"Don't worry about me."

Siano shook his arms casually, and the shocking bruises on his body were fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, "My stamina is still sufficient, and it's not dark yet. Let's train for a while longer today. At worst, we'll just light a bonfire at night."

"Uh..." Blue Ogre's arm-raising movement stiffened, almost throwing out his waist.

"..." Red Ogre was rubbing his sore arms, and now he was also dumbfounded.

"Alright, can't delay too much of your time, let's start now!"

Siano exercised his fully recovered joints, the fire of eagerness jumping in his eyes: "Two uncles, where should I start learning?"

In the sunset glow.

The two legendary giants looked at each other and swallowed their saliva.

Looking at this black-haired boy who seemed not to know what fatigue was, they felt for the first time what "teaching pressure" was.

"What's wrong?" Siano looked at them blankly, "Not continuing today?"

"G... Gahahahaha!" Blue Ogre's laughter was clearly a bit hollow, "O-of course we're continuing!"

Brogy silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Warriors of Elbaf... n-never back down!"

That night, by the bonfire.

Dory and Brogy were lying on the ground, limbs splayed, full of exhaustion.

And Siano, who should have been exhausted, was full of energy, setting up the roast meat, and occasionally doing a few air-swing practices.

Blue Ogre and Red Ogre listened to the whistling wind in their ears and looked at each other with bitter smiles.

They originally thought it was the two of them launching hellish training on Siano, fearing that the other party wouldn't be able to hold on for a few days before collapsing.

As a result, how does it look now...

It seems like they were the ones being tortured by the hellish special training?

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Four days later, Little Garden.

The noon sun was roasting the entire island like a furnace, and the air was distorted and deformed in the heat wave.

Siano was shirtless, standing on the open space between the two giant bones.

At this moment, he was still maintaining his true form.

His 3.9-meter height was like a small mountain, daunting. He rubbed his hand joints casually, but his muscles were already tightened like steel bars.

"Hey, everyone move aside. It's very dangerous if you get caught in the path." Dory's voice rumbled like thunder.

The crowd, who were eating ice cream and watching the fun on the side, were startled and hurriedly retreated to both sides.

"Are you ready, Siano?"

Siano took a deep breath and nodded.

In an instant, all his strength surged out like a volcanic eruption, pouring into his fist. The surrounding air distorted and deformed, making an unbearable humming sound.

"Elbaf Spear—Ikoku!!!"

With a roar, Siano slammed his fist forward!

A crimson shockwave erupted from his fist, blasting toward the towering mountain in the distance with the force of a landslide.

Crack, crack.

Wherever it passed, the ground cracked inch by inch, the air was forcibly torn open into a vacuum channel, destroying countless forests along the way, and the moment the shockwave made contact with the mountain—

Rumble!!!

The entire mountain body shook violently, and the rock wall was as fragile as thin paper, easily pierced through.

A huge hole with a diameter of over a hundred meters appeared.

Through the hole, one could even see the vast blue sky on the other side, and rubble poured down like a rainstorm, piling up new hills at the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye.

"...?!"

The crew members collectively petrified, their eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.

What is this!

Blasting a mountain peak with one punch from hundreds of meters away, is this an attack a human can make?!!

"Hoo, hoo..."

Siano knelt on one knee, his chest heaving violently, sweat beads the size of beans dripping down his chin, steaming into white smoke on the scorching ground.

This blow almost drained most of his stamina, but the corners of his mouth were rising wildly, unable to be suppressed.

It worked!

Elbaf Spear, Ikoku...

He finally mastered it!

He didn't want to delay the kind giant uncles too much, so for the past four days, he had been frantically increasing his progress, practicing hard almost without sleep or rest.

Sleeping only four hours a night, he didn't know how many times his muscles were so sore that he lost sensation, so he just relied on willpower to hold on.

When he couldn't hold on anymore, he stuffed food into his mouth desperately, using Life Return to quickly replenish his body's emptiness.

Facts proved.

Effort and sweat are never let down.

Under his desperate cultivation and the statue's BUFF blessing.

He finally mastered this giant race stunt in just four days at a speed that even Blue Ogre and Red Ogre found unbelievable!

"He..." He grinned and stood up.

The consumption this time was a bit large. In actual combat, he could at most fire two shots.

But you have to know, this was under the premise that he had just mastered it and his control over strength consumption wasn't that exquisite.

Continuing to train and practice in the future, with the constant increase in proficiency and the further adaptation of the body—

The power of the "Elbaf Spear" would further increase, and the consumption of stamina could be constantly controlled and reduced.

Coming to Little Garden this time was truly the right choice.

In just five days, not only did he master Observation Haki, but he also gained a trump card, with gains far exceeding previous expectations.

"Hmm?"

Siano suddenly frowned and looked toward a place in the forest.

I don't know if it was an illusion.

During his spare time of hard training these past few days, he always felt that there was a hidden gaze hiding in the dense forest, quietly watching him.

If it were before, he naturally wouldn't notice, but now that he had mastered Observation Haki, it was hard to ignore this subtle feeling of being watched.

But what was even stranger was.

Observation Haki didn't find any figure in the range where he could see his field of vision nearby, and every time he rushed over at the fastest speed with "Shave," he didn't see any clues either.

Could it be some weird Devil Fruit ability again?

Or was he overthinking it, just an illusion caused by not being used to this keen insight ability after just mastering Observation Haki?

Siano shook his head quickly and withdrew his attention.

He was too lazy to care. Anyway, having practiced the "Enhanced Brain Closure Technique," he was immune to many Devil Fruits in terms of spirit.

As for the physical level?

What kind of strength could a guy hiding sneakily have? Dare to come out and take a punch from him?

After mastering the Elbaf Spear, his self-confidence had briefly expanded to an unprecedented height.

Whatever Ghost Spider or Sand Crocodile, come fight another round now, and I'll beat you down with one punch!

Not enough to watch, not enough to watch at all!

Go, call Kaido over, call Big Mom over too! Whitebeard and Red-Haired must be called too!

That afternoon.

Another grand banquet.

Everyone gathered together, lively and happy. All the wine accumulated before was consumed this time, not a drop left.

But no matter how happy a banquet is, it always has to end.

Just like no matter how good friends are, they eventually have to part.

The *Rakumu* adventure group had to set off.

After getting along for these few days, the feelings Siano and these two honest giant uncles had fought out with fists and feet were really as deep as decades-old friends.

When they were sent to the pier, the two giants who had been walking with red eyes all the way looked at Siano's back as he boarded the ship.

They couldn't hold it in anymore and cried loudly. The tears shed under their feet were like a waterfall, instantly causing the water level of the river to rise quite a bit.

Everyone comforted them for a long time before they stopped sobbing.

Siano seriously wrote down all the information he knew about the Giant Warrior Pirates and Elbaf on paper, handed it to Dory, and told them to wait until he left before opening it.

There were many things in it that would probably be hard for them to accept, and they might cry again.

For example, the old King of Elbaf, Harald, had already been murdered by Prince Loki;

For example, the captain of the old Giant Warrior Pirates, the legendary warrior of all Elbaf, Jorul, had also died at the hands of Charlotte Linlin;

For example, the crew members who were about to be executed by the Marines back then, although they were saved by Carmel, the dark transactions behind the scenes had caused many giant children to become war weapons for the Marine Headquarters;

And the two giant warriors who wanted to find their leader, Kashi and Oimo.

They were deceived by the Marines threatening the lives of Dory and Brogy, and became gatekeepers at Enies Lobby...

As for what plans the two would have after reading this news.

Whether to continue to fight the final winner on this isolated ancient island, or set sail again to save their old partners and protect Elbaf...

That was not something Siano could control. The decision-making power was in the hands of the two giant uncles themselves.