Chapter 18: Fight Club

[Chapter opening series· Roger's Ghost 2· "Yes, Captain"] [On an island in the Grand Line, a man in a straw hat walks against the surging crowd and looks down at the newspaper in his hand.] 鈥斺 Newspapers that exude the scent of ink are carried by the hardworking newspaper birds and delivered to every corner of the sea.

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"The evil spirit of One Piece?!"

“Is this true or false?”

"Ah, there is such a thing..."

When ordinary people see such news, they are surprised, but it also gives them more topics to talk about after dinner.

After worrying for a while, the timid person returned to normal and joined the chat group.

"Humph, this kind of news is obviously fabricated."

"The World Economic News has also fallen, actually publishing such an article..."

There are still many people who disdain such sensational news.

………………

Perhaps it was because of the hellish experience of being collected by the substitute again and again, which tortured him and increased his endurance.

Or maybe it was under this kind of "shadow clone" type of high-pressure training method that Lynch's own strength improved visibly.

Although he was not very tall yet, he became a little stronger.

As the main body, Lynch also gradually adapted to the rhythm of this devilish training.

The armor substitute is still the same as always, like a ruthless training machine, meticulously completing the daily training plan.

And Lynch could also improve from only being able to hold on for an hour at the beginning to two hours, three hours...

Gradually, he was able to follow his stunt double throughout the whole process and complete his daily exercise plan.

However, the corresponding result is that at night when the armor substitute is recovered and "BIB" is integrated into the body, the hellish training experience and fatigue seem to be doubled.

Fortunately, the quality of this body is really good. Although this exercise seems a bit like self-abuse to me, after eating a big meal, absorbing sufficient nutrition, and having a good sleep, I can basically recover as before.

If it were his body from his previous life, and he followed this training method, he would probably wake up the next day with his entire body stiff and swollen and painful.

Within a few days, he would be taken to the hospital.

But this body in the One Piece world gets better and better with training.

………………

Marine Headquarters, Marinford.

Inside the office, the admiral known as "Buddha's Warring States" was flipping through a newspaper. When he saw a small piece in the corner, his pupils suddenly shrank.

When he put down the newspaper and took a look, he was even more furious.

The senbei plate on the table was empty.

"Garp!! You stole my senbei again!!"

Zhan Guo angrily threw the newspaper to the 50-year-old burly man who was crunching a bunch of senbei on the sofa next to him, "Look at the newspaper, page 4, bottom right corner."

"Hahahaha! Because this senbei is really delicious!!" Garp laughed nonchalantly with his head raised.

Zhan Guo held his forehead with his hand, this old fellow's personality is really too weird. But fortunately, he is still very reliable in big things...

"How is it, what do you think after reading it..." Zhan Guo asked, but when he looked up, Garp was holding the newspaper, with a big bubble of sleep on his nose, and he actually fell asleep with his neck tilted back! A big tic-tac-toe appeared on the forehead of Buddha Zhan Guo...

“Kappa-p!”

Pop, the sleeping bubble burst, and Karp woke up instantly, saying in surprise: "Ah, I fell asleep."

"I told you to read the newspaper!!" Zhan Guo shouted, slamming the table.

“I’ve seen it!”

Crunch, crunch. Garp continued to eat his senbei without much concern. He laughed as he ate, "'People's dreams will never end'? That sounds like something that guy would say! Wahahahaha!"

Zhan Guo held his forehead and remained silent.

"But... Roger's ghost? What a joke!"

The aging "navy hero" had a shadow over his eyes and grinned, "If such a thing existed in this world, there would be countless resentful souls lining up to find those stupid Celestial Dragons..."

"Be careful with your words!" Zhan Guo quickly shouted.

Karp laughed and said, "Just pretend I didn't say that."

"I'm not referring to the nonsense about Roger's resurrection..." Zhan Guo pointed at a sentence that was briefly mentioned in the news report, "'The island where the son of the devil appeared briefly'..."

………………

Every night after the screams of hell, while eating and drinking, Lynch could feel that the potential in his body was being tapped bit by bit.

Once I get used to the rhythm of this hard training, I realize that every effort is rewarded, and it feels really satisfying.

And most importantly, he only put in twice as much effort but got double the reward!

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

After all, when the stand-in was released, Lynch's own consciousness was not connected with the stand-in, and Lynch had no idea what it felt during the process.

This is equivalent to leveling up while AFK.

After being offline for a day, it was a little painful to log in.

But it’s not a big problem. This kind of passive absorption of pain, if you think about the benefits you can get and grit your teeth, anyone can get through it.

After getting through it, I rewarded myself with a cup of hot milk tea poured by Robin and sprinkled some fragrant flowers. It was very pleasant.

As night fell, the real Lynch was lying on his back in the bedroom, snoring loudly.

The armored avatar "BIB" was released, his eyes glowing white as he shuttled around the house, like a diligent security captain, paying attention to the movements at night.

In another room, Robin was reading a book under a desk lamp. Sometimes she would get so sleepy that she would fall asleep on the book.

It was late at night and the lights were still on. "BIB" remembered the reminder from the main body and came in through the door, carried Robin who was sleeping on the table to the small bed, covered him with a quilt, and left through the wall.

then……

Before I knew it, twenty days had passed.

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West Sea, Nanga Island, on the edge of the royal city, in a rented house, on the lawn in the courtyard.

Robin had a thick book spread out on his knees, but his attention was rarely on the book. Instead, he was looking at the boy on the grass, and... a meter-long water pipe stick floating in front of him.

Lynch was shirtless, and traces of muscles were already visible on his young body, and he was sweating profusely.

He was also holding a similar section of water pipe in his hand, using it as an iron rod, and staring intently at the man in black armor holding the water pipe rod in front of him.

Of course, no matter how long the confrontation lasts, it will be fruitless. After all, he and the stand are one. In terms of fighting skills, or the technique of using the stick in his hand, which is almost like a water pipe, they are both the same.

Ding! Ding! Bang! Pong! …

Robin watched the boy swinging the water pipe iron rod and fighting with the water pipe iron rod flying up and down in the air.

The original body's iron rod cannot hit the substitute, but the substitute's iron rod can actually hit the original body's flesh and blood.

Lin Qi was hit by several sticks, and blue marks appeared all over his body. He grimaced in pain.

He threw away the water pipe and iron bar and shouted, "If you are a man, don't use weapons. Come on, fight hand to hand!"

Is the armor stand considered a man? 『BIB』 didn't know, but whatever the original said was the truth! So he threw away the water pipe and iron bar, rushed over and wrestled with the original.

Now their conditions are equal and they can beat each other.

They are equally strong, have equally skilled skills, and their judgement and reaction speeds are almost identical, so the fight will never end.

Robin watched from the side, and it was as if Lynch was fighting with the air, his face turned red and sweat covered his body. Finally, he fell backwards on the ground exhausted, laughing wheezingly.

"I'm doing this... huff, huff... you... you won't get tired... but the 'energy' you owe me... I'll give it to you... to you later..."

(End of this chapter)