The New Year passed by in the blink of an eye. In fact, Kong and others did not rest for long before they were about to return. Garp was also included in the trip. Although Garp had an annual leave that he had not used yet, he ran back early and was included in the calculation.

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Five people and five warships also drove back from the branch at this time. The five people waved and left.

As for Skyler, she is still on vacation. According to Sora's head, CP seems to want to skip the evidence and directly convict Skyler, but Wulaoxing rejected it.

Skyler couldn't figure it out, could he really be valued by the Five Old Stars? Or maybe everything had another purpose, whether it was Gu Yuzuo or this time, it always felt weird.

Standing on the dock, Skyler held Ace's hand, and Ace held Luffy's hand. Ace looked at several grandparents waving, and seemed to want to wave goodbye, but it seemed that he was not allowed to do so.

"Auntie, if I become a navy, can I see them? Also, will you leave too?"

Leaving the dock and walking slowly towards the Maginot Tavern, Ace suddenly asked a question. When Skyler heard this, she was stunned for a moment. She had not considered this, but she still nodded and said:

"Indeed, of course, it is possible that if you become a navy, they will retire. As for me, indeed, I may leave at any time."

Upon hearing this, Ace lowered his head, looked at his footsteps, and said nothing. Because he was carrying Luffy, and Ace's legs were only that long, the three of them walked very slowly.

"Auntie, have you met my parents?"

Ace asked again, looking up at Skyler, his steps a little unsteady. Skyler nodded and said, "I've seen them all."

"What kind of people are they?"

"What kind of people do you want them to be?"

"Are they the Navy?"

"no."

"oh."

Ace was a little disappointed. He only knew three kinds of people: villagers, people from the Dadan House, and the navy. But the villagers and the people from the Dadan House...were not what Ace expected his parents to be.

Skyler did not comfort Ace. The truth is important, but sometimes, no truth is better.

"Are you going back to the mountain today? You have been living in the village these days, will you miss Dadan and the others?"

Changing the topic, Skyler asked. Ace nodded and said, "Okay."

The three of them had something to eat at Maginot's Tavern, and then walked towards Mount Corpo. Although their legs were short, the two children had very good physical strength, especially Luffy, who was less than two years old and could actually manage

After walking the mountain road.

At Dadan's house, Dadan saw that the only people coming were Skyler and the two children. He boldly stepped forward and asked, "Master Marshal, they...are all gone?"

"Well, they're all gone. They didn't pay attention to you at all. Why are you so scared?"

Skyler said with a smile. Dadan relaxed when he heard Garp and others leaving, and collapsed on the ground, saying: "You don't know, they are all generals of the Navy Headquarters!"

"I am also a general of the Navy Headquarters. Why, you are not afraid of me now?"

"You...you are different!"

Dadan couldn't answer, so he waved his hand and said, "What do you want to eat for lunch? The sheep are gone, I have to keep them for breeding!"

"No, I just finished eating. You can go about your business while I train."

Skyler pointed to the two small beds and motioned for Ace to lead Luffy to take a nap. Ace also led Luffy there obediently, while Skyler left the house and came to an open space in the afternoon.

Sitting directly on the ground, he slowly pulled out Obsidian and Gu Yuzuo, holding two long knives. The armed domineering energy in Skyler's body began to flow, wrapping around the blades in circles.

Compared with the application of the weapon color, which instantly turns the entire body into pitch black during combat, Skyler during training will not wrap around the domineering force of the weapon color so quickly.

Because the principle of the black sword is to continuously temper the black sword with the armed color, so that the sword can carry and preserve a large amount of domineering power and sword power of the armed color. When the black sword no longer fades or increases in color, it means that the tempering is complete.

In this way, even if the user is unable to slash with all his strength during combat, he can still make up for his shortcomings in slashing by "communicating" with the black sword.

Of course, the role of the black sword can only be maximized by the temperer himself. The rest is just a long sword of extremely high quality.

Because while tempering the black sword, the armed color Haki is also the process of continuously entangling and attaching the Armed Color Haki to the black sword. Once the black sword is tempered, it will not be damaged unless the opponent's strength or the use of the Armed Color Haki surpasses the tempering.

Refiner.

Otherwise, the black sword cannot be destroyed, which is why the black sword is rare and precious.

But now, Gu Yuzuo has been tempered to the point where it is transparent and is able to carry Skyler's domineering power. The blade has even become dull due to Skyler's countless armor-colored coverings.

But that's just the armed haki attached to it. Before it can be stored, Skyler has to find a way to make the blade accommodate and preserve the armed haki.

There is no common formula for this, and even if there is, Skyler doesn't know who would know it. Mihawk might know it, but asking Mihawk for advice isn't it equivalent to admitting that he is not as good as Mihawk?

Moreover, even if Skyler can give up her dignity, she must be able to find Mihawk.

Without any conditions, Skyler used the most rustic method, which was to wrap and attach it to the outside first, giving the black knife a shell composed of armed domineering energy.

Then take advantage of the transparent blade compatibility to "pour" the armed color Haki into it. In fact, it is much more difficult to operate and requires a lot of Haki every time.

In the end, there was very little armed domineering energy attached to the blade. It can be said that this is a job that requires more effort than gain, simply from the perspective of tempering the black sword.

But for Skyler, even if she does not temper her domineering energy, she will consume her armed domineering energy in different ways during this time when there is no need for combat.

After all, Skyler's body is even more "monstrous" than Garp. Every consumption and replenishment of domineering energy will make her body more "elastic" to accommodate more domineering energy.

Maybe just once, the increased amount will have almost no effect, but... Just like tempering the black knife, this is a long process of progress. If you want to add two or two, Skyler feels that it is worthy enough to do this.

Do.

At this time, Skyler had been on leave for nearly three months, and his return to work was still far away.

Time was spent constantly practicing and teaching Ace common sense, and teaching Luffy how to speak. Skyler "housed" in Windmill Village and Mount Corpo for five full months, during which he visited the Uncertainty Terminal several times.

Just when Skyler had the illusion that he had retired, Nurkic hurried up the mountain.

Nurkic looked at Skyler, who was teaching Ace how to read, and said anxiously: "Sir! The Principality of Aden in the South China Sea! It was attacked by pirates, and the pirates have invaded the royal capital!

We are the general detachment closest to the Principality of Aden, and the headquarters requires us to go and assist CP9 in protecting the Principality of Aden!"

Hearing this, Skyler nodded, ignoring the anxious Nurkic, and slowly taught Ace the entire page.

Ace also listened carefully. When Skyler stopped teaching, Ace said: "Auntie, are you leaving?"

"Well, take good care of Luffy."
Chapter completed!