Chapter 16- New Skills

Looking at the system's messages Toshiro was happy and a smile bloomed on his face. He quickly got his mind together to concentrate towards the person in front of him.

"No problem. That's what friends are for and I told you I was gonna help you find him." Toshiro quickly said as he continued, "So, what are you planning to do now?"

"I need to o to where he is as fast as I can. So, I apologize I have to leave you here. I know that you won't have any problems on the base." Ace said to Toshiro while adjusting his hat.

"Go ahead, I know how important this is to you. And be careful." Toshiro smiled and reassured Ace.

"Thanks! when we meet again I will share sake with you." Ace said as he moved away from the island.

"Yeah, don't worry. I will definitely save you. This is my promise to you." Toshiro muttered quietly as he looked at the boat that was sailing far away.

'Edith, Show my status.'

Name: Chadven D. Toshiro

Age: 17

Occupation: Ship builder(primary), Advanced Sword Master(Secondary)

Strength: Rear Admiral

Skills: Basic brawling skills, Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū Lv-MAX, Ship Building: All techniques Lv-Max, Soru Lv-MAX, Rankyaku Lv-MAX, Navigation Lv-3/5, Ship Mechanics

Card points: 1

Cards: 1 Copy card, 1 Weapon Card(Asuramaru), 1 Heal Card, 1 skill Card

Money: 567,200

'Edith, what is heal Card?'

[Heal Card: This card summons forth a healing breath that can cure any injuries/illness sustained upon a target. No of uses: 3]

'Wow this is way too OP. It is similar to the Angel's Breath from Hunter X Hunter. This can help me in critical situations.'

'Edith, use the skill Card.'

[Affirmative host.]

[Random skill card Extracting...]

[Congratulations host, You have obtained the skill: Hohō ]

[Hohō is a skill , which incorporates speed and agility. The skill level of Hohō can be enhanced and improved through concentration, training, and mastery of it. . Shunpo (Flash Steps) is the greatest expression of the Hohō technique; however there are variations even within Shunpo, which only master Hohō practitioners can use

Variation 1: Senka - A victim may not be able to tell whether they were attacked from the front or the back because of the technique's speed, and even an outside observer may find it impossible to tell what the movements are.

Variation 2: Utsusemi- The practitioner moves at great speed to avoid an attack, leaving an afterimage which can appear to have taken damage.

Variation 3: Speed clones- The practitioner creates at least 15 clones of themselves at once using Shunpo. While they are indistinguishable from the user's true self. ]

Toshiro read through the description and was very happy with the outcome this time.

'Edith, can I master this technique without knowing how to use the spirit particles? '

[The knowledge on how to use the spirit particles comes along with the skill card.]

'Does this world have spirit particles?'

[As long as life exists, spirit exists. Spirit particles nurture the spirit and life. This is common in any world. So, you don't need to worry host, this world also contains abundent amount of spirit particles.]

'That's a relief.'

[Does host wish to integrate the card?]

'Not now Edith. I have got one more thing to do.'

Toshiro quickly took off from the place and then reached the marine base. After searching for a while, found his target.

The G-2 base currently has at least eight officers with a rank higher than captain. Those include Vice Admiral Comil, an officer with the rank of commander and Rear Admiral Kadar.

The current target is Vice Admiral Comil. He along with some officers were moving towards on e of the meeting rooms. Toshiro was following them in the corridor and was observing like a tourist. It is not new for the staff families visiting the Base. Except for the restricted places, they can move as they want inside the base as long as they don't make trouble. So, nobody bothered with a teenager who was looking around wearing a visitor pass.

After the Vice admiral Comil went inside the meeting room, Toshiro quickly moved towards the room. There were two marines stationed outside the door. Toshiro went towards them with a smile and said,"Marine -san, the base is too huge for me to cover in a single day. It really is awesome."

Seeing a excited teenager, the marine couldn't help but smile proudly and said,"Of course. The G2 marine base is the biggest in the Paradise."

"I am tired, can i sit here for some time to take rest? I have been moving around the base for two hours." Toshiro asked the marine pointing towards the bench outside the meeting room.

"Sure, but don't stay too long." Marine answered.

After getting confirmation from marine, Toshiro sat on the bench. Being just outside the meeting room, he was still in range for extraction.

'Edith use the card point. The target is Vice admiral comil.'

[Affirmative host, Scanning for skills that can be extracted.]

after a minute, Edith displayed a bunch of skills like Leadership, Swordsmanship, Gun-mastery, Navigation, Boxing, Physical enhancement exercise, Observation Haki, Armament Haki, etc.,.

Without any delay, Toshiro said, 'Edith extract Observation Haki.'

[Skill confirmed for extraction. 1 Card point consumed. No further skills can be extracted from the Target in future. Time remaining until extraction - 39 minutes 40 seconds.]

Toshiro smiled and quietly slept on the bench. After some time he was awakened by the system's message.

[Congratulations Host. Skill Extraction is successful. Skill acquired: Observation Haki.]

[Observation Haki: It is a form of Haki that grants the user a sixth sense that allows them to sense the presence, strength, and emotions of others, as well as gain limited precognitive abilities when mastered.]

Satisfied with the gains, Toshiro quickly left the place and went towards the dock to get back to the Lulusia Kingdom. He reached the island by the time sun went down. After finding a hotel and booked the room he asked Edith to integrate Observation Haki.

'Edith, Integrate Observation Haki skill.'

[Affirmative Host.]

This time it was not a painful but a blissful experience. He found that something that was restricted him previously got unlocked and his senses started to extend from his body towards outside slowly. Lot of information strted to flood through his brain. But system ensured to increase the brain analytical ability to not cause an overdrive.

This process ended after half hour. Toshiro was still sitting on his bed with his eyes closed but his senses were extended outside. He started to hear things which cannot be heard by a normal person with the distance, he also began to feel the emotions of other people that are outside his room. He was still unable to target a specific zone or a person yet. But he knows that this will be fixed as his mastery of the Haki increases.

After quickly stopping his active use of Observation haki. His senses dimmed but the passive haki was still working. In this state he can observe things that are happening within 5 meters radius.

'It is really is weird. I need to quickly get used to this. If before it was like a normal camera now Iam able to perceive things like a 360 deg Camera. This will be a great addition to my fighting abilities.'

'It's time to rest now. From tomorrow grinding begins.'

'Good night, Edith'

[Good night Host]