One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 103

Chapter 103 - [103] : Sixth Sense Manifested! Reward Condition Met!

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Trait Detected (Aisa): Innate Observation Haki (Apex Gold) (Uncontrollable) (Equippable): Exceptionally powerful Observation Haki, awakened at birth. Extremely high level, vast range.

Uncontrollable: Due to young age and insufficient spiritual strength, cannot control this Haki, only passively 'hear' various voices and presences.

Equippable: Due to arriving with the 400-year promise and forming an alliance with the Shandians, can be equipped using the combined spiritual power/obsession of Kalgara the Great Warrior and the Shandians' 400-year dedication to ring the Golden Bell as a conduit.

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Rowen's eyes lit up as he read Aisa's Trait description.

An Apex Gold tier Observation Haki!

Currently, among Rowen's Haki types, Conqueror's Haki was the strongest—capable of exerting Apex Gold level combat power due to Haōshoku Coating's domineering force.

Armament Haki was next, at Deep Gold level.

Observation Haki was his weakest, only at Pale Gold.

Because Observation Haki was a combination of spiritual power and the five senses—amplifying the user's senses, a manifestation and extension of them—spiritual power played a key role before awakening.

But after awakening, the strength of Observation Haki was determined by the user's manifested five senses, and even more so, their sixth sense.

This explained how Katakuri, despite being only Yonko Commander level in overall strength, could train his Observation Haki to a level many Admiral-tier fighters couldn't reach—the ability to briefly 'SEE' the future.

For those not blessed with Katakuri's genius in Observation Haki training (aside from the initial awakening phase)—once their Observation Haki reached Pale Gold, significant improvement to their manifested senses, and thus their Haki intensity, could only be achieved through the 'Great Terror' of life-or-death combat.

Rowen hadn't yet faced such true life-or-death situations, hence his Observation Haki was the weakest of his three types.

But this very characteristic of Observation Haki also allowed for individuals like Aisa—born with exceptionally powerful innate Observation Haki of an extremely high level.

However, because Aisa was too young, her spiritual strength too weak, she couldn't control Haki of this magnitude...

This was why, in the original story, Aisa couldn't control her Observation Haki, passively 'Hearing' and 'Seeing' voices and presences disappear, making her emotionally volatile and easily upset by others' arguments from a young age.

This kind of innate, super-powerful Observation Haki couldn't even be obtained through training—its detection range was immense.

One major reason Rowen desired the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was because its lightning-based abilities could vastly amplify the range of Observation Haki.

Enel's ability to use his 'Mantra' to monitor an entire country was solely due to the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—

With such power, Rowen would hold absolute initiative on the seas.

Even if the World Government deployed all its forces to capture him, Rowen could detect them far in advance with his super-wide-range Observation Haki, deciding whether to engage or evade—completely controlling the terms of any encounter.

But Enel's vast sensory range was entirely due to his fruit amplifying his Haki.

Aisa's terrifying sensory range, however, stemmed purely from her own innate Haki—and Haki she couldn't even fully control yet! Just passively receiving feedback from it was this powerful! No wonder it was an Apex Gold tier Observation Haki.

What surprised Rowen even more:

Because he arrived bearing the 400-year promise, through the Strongest Trait System, he could use the combined spiritual power/obsession of Kalgara the Great Warrior and the Shandians' 400-year dedication to ring the Golden Bell as a conduit—TO EQUIP AISA'S OBSERVATION HAKI!

The principle was the same as when Rowen equipped Ace's Traits through Luffy.

And such equipping—could be completed instantly!

"Equip." Rowen didn't hesitate, mentally selecting the option.

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—[Equipping successful!]—

—[Observation Haki Enhanced! Advanced to: Observation Haki (Apex Gold)!]—

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Among his three Haki types, Observation Haki, previously his weakest link, instantly leaped to become Rowen's highest-ranked Haki in terms of pure tier!

From Pale Gold straight to Apex Gold!

VMM!

Rowen's Observation Haki spread out, and the terrifyingly vast range he could now perceive astonished even him.

It could easily cover an entire country!

And this was just his 'base' Observation Haki!

Once Rowen obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and amplified it further with lightning waves... he couldn't imagine how horrifyingly vast his sensory range would become.

One thing was certain: After acquiring the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Rowen would completely command the initiative on the seas...

Only battles Rowen chose to engage in would occur—enemies would only find him if he allowed it. Otherwise, on the vast ocean, not even the World Government could hope to track him down.

Such high-level innate Observation Haki, amplified by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—was practically unprecedented on these seas.

This super-wide-range Observation Haki was akin to dominating information warfare on Earth—and on Earth, controlling the flow of information often decided the outcome of wars.

Mastering information warfare meant mastering the entire battlefield.

Possessing such Super-strong innate Observation Haki, further amplified by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—meant Rowen had already won the information war.

Furthermore, after equipping Aisa's Observation Haki, Rowen's manifested five senses also received a massive boost.

The strength of Observation Haki was crucial for Logia users.

With sufficiently strong Observation—a Logia user could elementize just before a Haki-infused attack landed, allowing the attack to pass harmlessly through them.

But more importantly—

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—[Observation Haki reached critical point! Born of the Sea (Apex Gold) facilitating manifestation of the Sixth Sense!]—

—[Observation Haki (Apex Gold): Possesses innate super-strong sensory range; can briefly 'SEE' the future.]—

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Observation Haki trained to its absolute peak—manifested the user's sixth sense!

Utilizing this manifested sixth sense allowed one to briefly see into the future!

Because the sixth sense was such an abstract concept, exactly how Observation Haki manifested it was unclear; this step stumped countless Emperor/Admiral level powerhouses.

This resulted in very few individuals capable of 'seeing' the future with Observation Haki—even rarer than those who could use Infused Conqueror's Haki.

But now, after equipping Aisa's innate, super-strong Observation Haki, with the help of the Born of the Sea (Apex Gold) Haki training cheat code—Rowen directly bypassed this hurdle, achieving the manifestation of his own sixth sense!

From now on, in battle, he could briefly see the future!

The sensation was incredibly strange.

The sixth sense had always been one of humanity's most mysterious domains, a highly abstract concept. Yet, Observation Haki that had manifested the sixth sense could directly utilize this abstract conceptual power!

VMM!

Rowen briefly focused his newly enhanced Observation Haki. A flash of pure, intense red—distinct from the crimson-black of Conqueror's Haki—flickered in his eyes.

[Such strong Observation Haki? From this little girl?] In the future Rowen glimpsed, Luffy exclaimed this.

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Only when Rowen used Haōshoku Coating, directly infusing vast amounts of spiritual power into their bodies and knocking them unconscious, did they finally awaken their respective Haki types.

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