Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Paradise - 20 GAP

  After a few moments, Mihawk snaps out of his stuate, and with a loud, hearty ugh he ents, "Wahhahhahha! That was truly something impressive, Jayr... I didn't even know it ossible to do something like that! You basically took the power of my flying ssh a it back at me with the added power of your own attack. It's an ingenious and terrifying idea!"

  Thes Yoru on his bad jumps out of that small piece of floating iding right in front of me, then he asks, "What is the name of that teique?"I also put away the Tactical Arms as it is clear that ht is over, and then I reply, "I call it the Backsh Wave. And it is quite a hard and plex teique to pull off but the result speaks for itself, the resulting power of a successful attempt is way more than the simple addition of the two forces."

  While saying that, both Mihawk and I look back at the floating pieces of the destroyed half of the icy isnd I created for this battle, then Mihawk nods and says, "Indeed... It is truly a powerful teique, but just as it is powerful, it also has quite a few restrictive requirements, isn't it?"

  I nod and expin holy, "That's quite true, first of all, the one who wants to use the Backsh Wave, must be capable of finding the ot, rift, scar, ap of an oppo's teique, then one must be able to swing his bde at exactly that spot, rift, scar, ap with extreme preoreover, the oending to use the Backsh Wave must also have a stronger will than his oppoo be able to engulf the oppo's atta the twister and reverse its flow ba them."

  Seeing that Mihawk is attentively following my every word, I tio expin, "But those aren't all the requirements yet as there are also strict requirements for your oppooo. First of all, the oppo must be at a certain minimum level of power, if he or she is too weak, your swing will simply overwhelm his attack, dispersing all its power or everoying it, after all, one must swing his or her sword with a lot of power if one wants to produce the necessary foreeded to produce the twister and reflect the oppo attack back. There is also the problem that if the oppo is to then he easily reverse the flow of the Backsh Wave back to you making you harm yourself with your own teique or it everight ralized. And the st one is that this teique only refleergy attacks like the flying sshes, sword waves, energy beams, and the like..."

  I don't o hide suformation from him, especially sihis is a teique I came up with just a few minutes ago while using the homonymous ultimate teique of Inuyasha as a basis for it, the Bakuryuha (Backsh Wave).

  But I have to admit that even if it was an impulsive decision to use this teique, I quite like it and it is indeed very powerful, especially if one siders that I only used my physical power to pull it off, and could very easily bee a lot more powerful if I enha with my Spiral o.

  Hearing all that, Mihawk stares at the pieces of the destroyed icy isnd and mutters, "I see... there are a lot more requirements than I thought, and they are quite strict too, but if one is able to meet all of them the power that this teique produce is truly out of this world, especially if it grows expoially strohe stronger your oppo's attack is..."

  After that, Mihawk looks at me and lowers his head, then he says, "Jayr, thank you for this wonderful fight I truly enjoyed myself, it was quite a long time since I had such fun. And also thank you for showing me su amazing teique. You have truly opened my eyes showihat I still improve and that the true peak of this world is still far away." to which I reply, "There is no need for sualities, it was fun for me too as I got to use the Tactical Arms again after a long time."

  Then I look at the sky ahat it is almost diime, so I quickly invite Mihawk to join us, "Anyway, do you want to join us for dinner? I guarahat you won't be disappointed by the taste of my and my girlfriend's cooking." just as he seems about to refuse, I add, "I let you taste an exceptional red wine from my home it is called Barolo. It's made from Nebbiolo, a small, thin-skinned red grape varietal generally high in acid and tannins. It is aged for at least two years in oak and one year in bottle, then there is the more prestigious Riserva bel which requires five years of age to acquire this beling. Just for text, Riserva means that it is made with riper grapes and undergoes longer periods of aging than non-riserva wihis oftes in a fvor that many sider better. They're the kind of bottles you "reserve" only for special gatherings. And it is this kind of bottle that I want to let you taste."

  As soon as Mihawk hears this, he quickly ges his stand says, "I'll be hoo join you and the member of your crew. Thank you for your invitation."

  I nod and soon, we head back to the Athena's God Bidoof, and on our way there, I expin, "By the way, we are no crew. All the people on the ship are simply members of my family, like my lovers, my kids, or simply close friends."

  Hearing that, Mihawk ents mildly surprised, "Really? I thought you were some kind of Pirate, a Bounty Hunter, or even some Wover's Agent seeing how powerful you are and how advanced and strange your ship is." but I shake my head and expin, "Nope, I'm simply a doctor happily expl this world with his family and helping those he meets on his path."

  Soon, I and Mihawk return to Athena's God Bidoof, and at the same time, I also make sure to melt the icy isnd bato seawater, making all the tray fight with Mihawk disappear into nothingness.

  Onside, I quickly introduce Mihawk to everyone, of course, Koby, Vivi, and Igaram are the only ones very nervous to be in his presence, especially Koby as he learned from Igaram that Mihawk was onown as the "Marine Hunter", the girls oher hand didn't have any problem with him.

  After the introdus, we all head to the dining room where Eri sets the table with Koby and Vivi's help, while I and Seika prepare the dinner.

  Since I'm going t out the Barolo for uest, I decided to prepare some dishes that match well with that kind of red wine and choose the Risotto with Truffle and the Ossobuco.

  The first dish, the Risotto with Truffle is a northern Italian dish made with starchy short or medium-grain rice, oftentimes arborio or aroli, cooked with broth until it reaches a creamy sistency, stirring the rice while cooking releases the starches in the rice, giving risotto its signature texture.

  Meanwhile, the sed dish, the Ossobuco is a wine-braised veal shank which, just like the Risotto, is a cssic of northern Italian cuisine and one of Min's most cherished signature dishes.

  The word "Ossobuco" trao hollow bone, and the cut of veal used for this dish is sliced horizontally through the bone and exposes the marrow, which is what gives the dish its buttery riess.

  Slow-cooked in beef broth until the meat bees soft enough to cut with a fork, Ossobuco is finished with a topping of gremolà remota, a zesty herb relish made with mashed anchovies, minced garlic, parsley, and lemo.

  Both of these are cssics of the Piedmion, which is exactly where the Barolo es from, making these dishes a perfect match for the wine.

  Soon the meal is ready, and we quickly bring it to the table, then I als out the bottle of Barolo and after opening it, I pour it into Mihawk's gss while saying, "You will reize this great wine from its transparent ruby ??color, which veers towards e as it gets older."

  Mihawk, just like an expert oisseur, raises his gss a little, gives a visual iion of the wine under a ral light, and ents with a slight smile on his face, "Indeed, only the best Déesse that I have tasted before boast such clear, fantastic transparency."

  Then Mihawk brings the gss closer and starts to smell the wine, and after a few seds he says, "This an absolutely fabulous, ethereal bouquet, full of red berries such as raspberries and cassis, cherry liqueur, dried flowers, spices, leather, green pepper, anise, nutmeg, and licorice. But I alsnize several more fragrances like hazelnuts, leaves, and truffles... This is quite unique."

  Then he finally tasted it and ented, "Oe, it is elegant and measured but somewhat earthy, with tannins that give structure and persisteo a fruit ced with delicious notes of licorid coffee. Jayr, you keep surprisihis is absolutely the best wine I drank in all my life!"

  Theart to peacefully have a meal together, and at some point, Igaram, Vivi, and Koby also get used to Mihawk's presend let go of their nervousness, especially since even if he e off as a rather blunt and cold individual at times because of his apathetic behavior, Mihawk is capable of showing care and passion to others, and also be a pleasant pany when he wants to.

  After the dinner, Mihawk once again thanks me for both the fight and the dinner, and then he jumps ba his small boat, the Hitsugibune, and heads off to tinue his journey.

  Jayr POV - Blue Star, Grand Line, Little Garden - 20 GAP

  After the little surprise event with Mihawk, we resume our jouroward the isnd, and this time, it is a pletely calm and peaceful one, so, we finally reach our destination after a couple of days.

  We are standing on the deck of the Athena's watg as the iss closer, and Vivi quickly starts to expin, "That isnd is known as Little Garden, it is a Prehistorid and as such is still in the age of the Dinosaurs. Not much is known about Little Garden, other than it seems to develop very slowly."

  This is followed by Igaram who adds, "That is because the Grand Line have so many climates, Little Garden's climate is one of a dense prehistorigle. This has led it to be behind the average isnd in the Grand Line by millions of years. Moreover, due to the extreme climate and dangers of the dinosaurs, no human has been able to stay there the entire year for the Log Pose to reset without dying. The climate is unbearable for many humans who pn to stay long, as well as providing ideal ditions for fatal illo survive, some thought previously extinct. As well as dense jungle and humid heat, Little Garden's ck of ge also be put down to the length of time it takes for a Log Pose to set which is one year."

  While they are expining that, to the girls and Koby, I carefully look at the isnd that tio grow bigger as we get closer.

  The isnd itself is circur shaped, and on ead of the isnd are 2 identical mountains, that are, in fact, the skulls of two Sea Kings hunted down by the Giants Dorry and Brogi and the main reason behind their fight.

  Moreover, if I remember well, each Giant has a camp at the base of a Sea King Skull Mountain, these camps are mostly logs and a rge fire, where the Giant's ons as well as their food be found.

  Si is a Prehistorid, many of the trees and pnts are clearly fauna from a Prehistoric Era.

  The isnd also houses many voloes, some eveing at regur intervals, the most famous is one volo that erupts once every hour as the Giants battle every day and start and stop when the volo erupts.

  At the same time, Igaram adds, "While it is true that the harsh ditions of this isnd are what cause so many people to die on it before the Log Pose set to another isnd. Those aren't the only reasons. What isn't known by many is that the main reason is that the sea his isnd is inhabited by a giant goldfish called Iser. Only some of those who live in Arabasta know about its existence, and the only reason for that is that it was doted that it had produced feces rge enough to be mistaken as an isnd, and one of them happens to be known as Nanimonai Isnd, which is very near our Sandy Isnd."

  This new information shocks Koby and Vivi, while the girls only feel disgusted at the idea of feces big enough to be mistaken as isnds.

  After a while, we finally reach the isnd, and the Athena's God Bidoof slowly ehe river flowing through the isnd which will allow our ships to easily dond so that we finally explore this isnd.

  Ohe Athena God's Bidoof stopped he shores of the river, I looked at everyone and asked, "So who wants to visit this isnd with me, and who wants to remain ohena's God Bidoof?"

  To my question, Nikita is the first to raise her hand while exg, "There is no way I'll miss this Jurassic Park experience!" followed by Eri, Tio, Kharna, and Galen.

  Hearing that, I nod, then I look at Koby and say, "Oh by the way, Koby you have no choice, your raining will sist of expl and surviving on this isnd alone for 3 days, you won't be allowed to return to the Athena's God Bidoof until all 3 of these day pass."

  Seeing his nervous expression, I smirk then add, "I'll give you some advice if you want a safe pce to pass the night, it's better to head to one of those huge Sea King Skull Mountains, as at the base of eae of them you will find a safe camp inhabited by a Giant, but be careful that while they be sidered good-natured and won't attack you on sight, they are still famous pirates from over 100 years ago so if offehey will for sure react."

  This piece of news shocks Igaram, Koby, and Vivi, especially the st two as they excim at the same time, "What!? There are Giants on this isnd!?"

  To which I nod and quickly reply, "Ihere are a pair of Giants fighting on this isnd. In fact, they have been living on this isnd for quite a long time. They are both quite strong too, as they are Giant Warriors of the Elbaf Isnd, a pce whose power even the Wover is wary of as the Giant has one of the stro bat powers that you find, thanks mostly to their huge size."

  After saying that, I grab Koby and without aation, I throw him toward some "random" point while yelling, "Good luck, Koby! Have fun these 3 days and be careful of the velociraptors!" of course, Koby doesn't reply as he is too occupied in screaming out ierror.

  Quickly after that, Vivi 't help but ask, "Jayr-san, isn't that way too cruel? How will Koby even survive that!?" but I shake my head and reply, "Not really. I have trained Koby sihe beginning, I know better than him what he is truly capable of, and this will be only a little bit difficult for him, and that is mostly because he cks experience. Moreoing through some hardship is good, it strehe character. In fact, I was quite le pared to what I went through. When I was 6 years old, my Grandfather threw me in a pce called the Amazon rai where I had to survive all alone for 1 month trying to get out of there."

  Then I look back at the vegetation in front of us which looks quite simir to that one I remember fondly and tio expin, "It is a huge thick forest where it is quite easy to lose oneself, and even though there's a huge amount of food withirees unless you're an expert hunter who has been trained within the juhen it may as well not be there. Moreover, the tropical weather provides the perfeviro for iion to spread, and something as small as a cut on your finger could quickly make you very ill."

  I smirk thinking about how difficult was to deal with such things using only the resources I found in the forest, while I tio narrate, "The water within jureams tend to have high amounts of parasites and harmful is, with mosquitoes being the main culprit. With how thick the trees are, you would be lucky to travel more than 4 or 5 kilometers each day, and with the Amazon being 5.5 million km2, there's a huge amount of it where it simply wouldn't be possible to escape from. A's not talk about the many dangerous, venomous, and ferocious animals living there... Haa, it was quite the distressiing, and enlightening experience, especially si was one of the more fortable ones pared with the ohat followed after..."

  I look bad see both Igaram and Vivi looking at me with their eyes and mouths wide open uo say anything for quite a long time.

  Seeing that, I smile and say, "e on, it isn't as bad as it sounds. Sure I was only 6 at the time, but I was already strohan most grown men, and Grandfather made sure that I was fully prepared before throwihere."

  After saying that, Nikita, Tio with Kharna in her arms, Eri with Python wound around her neck, and I with Galen in my arms, nd on the shores of this river and walk into the dense prehistoric forest starting our exploration of this isnd to fully admire and study the flora and fauna living here.

  Walking for a few meters, we already have a meeting with our first prehistoric creature, it is a rge feline animal that weighs around 160 to 280 kg, rger than lions and about the size of Siberian tigers, it is different from the usual living rge cats, with proportionally longer front legs and a muuscur build, but most important is its most defyiure, its upper e teeth are long, ft and daggerlike, indeed, we are now face to face with a Saber Tooth Tiger, or more precisely with a Smilodon.

  As soon as the creature ys its eyes on us, it quickly roars out loud in a threatening fashion, but before it do anything else, Python simply lets out a hiss, which scares the prehistoriimal so much that it quickly ftten its ears to appear smaller, crouch low and lower its tail, even tug it between its legs appearing totally submissive, so much that if I didn't know aer, I could have swore that Python just used Haoshoku Haki (queror's Haki) on it, but it is more likely that it is just its instinctive fear in front of a superior predator.

  Soon, we all casually move closer to the still Smilodohe kids start to pet while I, Eri, Tio, and Nikita, just watch over them while admiring the animal figure.After a few minutes, we let go of the Smilodon and tio explore the isnd where we entered many more iing prehistoriimals and pnts, some of which I stored to make them grown in my Soulbouory as their propieties could be useful for both deal with poisons and illness.

  Until now we have entered, a couple of Archaeopteryx, a small, bird-like, raven-sized, dinosaur with colorful feathers, a family of Triceratops, two Tyrannosaurus rex, and of course the most iic Velociraptors, all of which were easily subdued by Python allowing us to get close to study, admire, ahem.

  Of course, during all this, I also made sure to keep an eye on Koby's situation using my awareo make sure that nothing truly bad happeo him, sure, I want to let him experiene difficulties and make sure that he learns how to survive in the wildness, but that doesn't mean that I want to him to die, after all, Grandpa was alresent throughout all the crazy situations that he put me through ready to act if there was truly the need for it, like when I was going through a simir training in the Sahara Desert and entered a quite belligerent Djed, the Warriors of the Egyptian Gods Isis and Osiris, the wielder of the Seker Ikem.

  Just before he could do or say anything, Grandpa appeared right beside me and resolved the situation with a peaceful bative iation, basically, he Great Horned him out of the way, luckily the situation dide into a war between Athena's Saints and the Osiris and Iris because the Djed iion was actually on the run because he stole something from the temple of Ra, in fact the i, made it possible te an alliaween Athena and the Egyptyan Pantheon.

  Anyway, Koby is still fine, he already had some very close enters with the fauna of this isnd, but he was able to deal with them swiftly, so I didn't have to make any move to save or help him yet.

  I try to ignore his stant panic attacks whenever something ued happens but it is useless, so, I only sigh and internally pin, 'Truly that kid still doesn't uand just how strong he has bee in these few months. He is already at the level that mostly guarantee his safety in any of the four Blues, that is, if he doesn't enter some truly strong people on the level of Smoker... In fact, if I have to give him a Marine rank based on his current Strength he would be between the Ensing and the Lieutenant Junirade more or less, which is quite an achievement. I truly hope that this experience makes him realize truly how much he has grown.'

  While thinking that, we tinue our exploration of the isnd, meeting many more prehistoric creatures having fun, and simply enjoying this experiehen I notice that it is almost time for lunch so we quickly start to head back to the Athena's God Bidoof.

  On our way back, I start to think about if I should get in touch with the Giants Dorry and Brogi, but then I end up deg to leave them be and only foaking sure that nothing too bad happens to Koby while he goes through his survival training.

  Once back to the Athena's God Bidoof, I have a fun lunch together with everyone, minus Koby who is currently cooking a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and listen as Galen and Kharna happily tell everything they have done and seen, well, it is mostly Galen who speaks while Kharna adds or repeats some words on her own, and after that, I decide to spend some quality time with the girls while Bidi and Crateris take care of the kids.

  Odyin