Chapter 325 The Sea Kings' Uprising
Little Nana learning Armament Haki told Brett that the seeds planted years ago had finally begun sprouting.
Fish-Man Island's future—the children living on this island—were now gradually awakening Haki.
Perhaps Nana truly possessed exceptional talent, but she absolutely couldn't be the only case.
Haki was power hidden within all intelligent life in this world. After all, even Brett's friend, the warrior shrimp Alexander, had learned Haki.
All the children harbored Haki within them. The only question was whether it could be drawn out.
Generally speaking, awakening Haki required a robust physique and steadfast will.
Haki was a product of will and body combined. Under normal circumstances, only the strong who continuously experienced hardships at sea could master Haki.
But Brett had obtained Amazon Lily's secret Haki meditation method from Hancock—a technique that allowed people to awaken Haki without requiring high-intensity training.
Though as Hancock said, not everyone could awaken Haki through meditation, Brett figured it shouldn't be just a small minority either.
Brett immediately went to find Neptune and Jinbei to tell them of his discovery.
"It actually succeeded?"
Neptune felt incredibly delighted.
"What do you mean 'actually succeeded'?"
Brett said somewhat exasperated. "Don't tell me you never believed in this plan?"
Neptune smiled somewhat awkwardly.
You can't blame me for that. After all, everyone knows Haki is rare power on these seas. How could children possibly awaken Haki without obstacles?
"This is good news."
Jinbei said. "At least Fish-Man Island's future seems secured now."
In fact, by now, Haki had become somewhat widespread on Fish-Man Island.
When Brett first returned to Fish-Man Island, among the island's five million population, probably only Jinbei and a handful of other Sun Pirates officers could use Haki.
Then when Brett established the Immigration Bureau and had Jinbei train the officers, Haki training methods finally began spreading.
Now all the Immigration Bureau's captain-level officers had mastered both types of Haki.
And thanks to the meditation method obtained from Hancock, mid and lower-ranking captains were also gradually awakening Haki.
This was already remarkable. After all, even at Navy Headquarters, generally only general-level officials possessed Haki.
But now Haki education had become even more widespread on Fish-Man Island.
The children were beginning to awaken Haki. One could imagine—roughly ten years from now, Fish-Man Island would possess an entire army of Haki users.
It should be even more impressive than Amazon Lily. Though Fish-Man Island's population was small, it should still far exceed the Amazon Lily Kingdom's.
"Next we need to keep this information sealed."
Brett said seriously. "The children are Fish-Man Island's future. If the government learns about this situation, they'll definitely try something."
"I know."
Neptune nodded. "I'll have all the school teachers keep this confidential and tell the children not to reveal it either."
"Then there's Aaron-niisan's side."
Brett said. "Going forward, the Spiders will also intensify their screening for government spies."
Fish-Man Island now had its own intelligence organization.
Aaron-niisan was doing quite well.
Brett's predictions proved accurate.
Not long after Nana awakened Haki, students at various schools across Fish-Man Island began successively awakening Haki.
Most were somewhat older.
That made sense. Though the meditation method largely bypassed physical and mental limitations, naturally older children who'd matured more in all aspects held advantages in Haki training.
Fish-Man Island immediately took action.
School teachers kept completely silent about this. They also instructed the Haki-awakened children not to leak this information.
Though they probably couldn't keep it secret for long, every bit of delay helped.
The World Government would find it difficult to cause trouble in these deep waters, but naturally less trouble was always better, right?
After discussing with Neptune, Brett decided to gather these Haki-awakened children for concentrated instruction.
Having them work desk jobs after awakening Haki would be far too wasteful.
Though Haki developed through meditation was somewhat weaker than Haki awakened through hardship, precisely because it was weaker, further training was needed to strengthen it.
And so, almost every school on Fish-Man Island quietly formed a special class.
These classes had few members, with students from various grades. They underwent special daily instruction.
Among the Haki-awakened children, most had developed Armament Haki. Few had awakened Observation Haki.
This was also normal. Even in the New World, pirates possessing both types of Haki were the minority. Observation Haki was somewhat rarer than Armament.
Time flowed slowly onward.
During this period, the New World's overall situation remained relatively stable. Both the Beasts Pirates and Charlotte Family stayed quiet. Even the government and Navy made no moves.
Brett almost wondered if they'd abandoned their plans to oppose him.
That was naturally impossible, of course. They were probably just waiting for an opportunity.
This peaceful situation was naturally good for Brett. He and all his allies were quietly developing.
Dragon's Revolutionary Army had completely gone underground. They no longer pursued blindly overthrowing corrupt and decadent nations.
During their last contact, he'd told Brett he'd taken his advice and now worked at the very bottom of society, spreading their ideology to the seas' most common people.
As for Zephyr-sensei and his NEO Navy, they'd also achieved substantial development.
Thanks to that previous war, the NEO Navy's reputation had grown tremendously in the New World. Several non-affiliated nations and dozens of independent regions and islands had now joined their alliance.
Both their military strength and finances had greatly improved.
Time had reached the latter half of Sea Circle Calendar year 1515. Peaceful life had continued for quite some time. Then suddenly, on this particular day—
The deep sea outside Fish-Man Island suddenly grew tumultuous.
Massive Sea Kings emerged one after another from the pitch-black depths, arriving in groups.
ROOOAAR!!
They roared.