1. In Front Of Me, "Distance", What Is That?

East Blue.

Shimotsuki Village, Isshin Dojo.

"Haa."

"Haa"

"Haa"

In the middle of the dojo, a group of children lined up in two rows, holding bamboo swords and waving vigorously in the air.

The friction between the bamboo sword and the air made a "whooping" sound.

There is a huge Sakura tree in the backyard of the dojo.

A little boy with silver hair, about eleven years old, lay on the lawn under the tree.

A book is covering his face.

"The Journal of an Unknown Navigator".

A gust of spring breeze blows, and the fluttering Sakura flower petals glisten with the unevaporated dew in the morning sun.

A sudden shout broke this beautiful picture.

"Sorata, why are you being lazy again?"

Said the little girl, about ten years old, walking out of the corridor leading to the backyard of the dojo.

She was wearing a white T-shirt, shorts with big trousers, a bamboo sword in her hand, and short dark blue hair, like waves on the sea, swaying back and forth with the air current.

The girl walked up to Sorata and looked at him quietly with a smile in her eyes.

When seeing Sorata without any movement for a long time.

Immediately, she stared at him with her big eyes like bright mirrors while puffing up her childish cheeks with a bit of baby fat.

She groaned loudly: "Really, Sorata... It's time to train."

This expression is just like a goldfish.

Upon hearing the cry.

Sorata stretched out his hands lazily, paused for a moment, and then hesitantly picked up the book covering his eyes to block the sun.

The cute and delicate face underneath was revealed.

Although the morning sun in early spring is very warm, it is still quite dazzling, which prevents Sorata from opening his eyes.

He opened his mouth wide, yawned, eyes slit, looked at Kuina, and said softly.

"ohh Kuina!"

"The weather is so nice. Let me sleep a little longer."

"Just a little bit more."

As he spoke, he closed his eyes again.

The sun was so warm that he turned over involuntarily.

Seeing Sorata's lazy appearance, Kuina rolled her eyes helplessly.

She pouted, squatted down, and shook his hand for a while.

"Sorata..."

"Get up!"

"Why are you so lazy during this time? You used to train with all your might!"

Sorata didn't even open his eyes and lazily said, "I don't know, maybe it's because of my recent progress. Anyway, I just don't want to move."

"Sorata..."

Kuina shook off Sorata's hand forcefully, clenched her fist, and hammered him lightly a few times.

"You can't speak human words."

"I encountered a bottleneck during this time, and it was useless no matter how hard I trained, so I went to ask master."

"What did father say?"

Kuina looked curious.

"He said that you will naturally make a breakthrough if you realize it."

Sorata frowned slightly.

"It's just nonsense... is it so easy to understand?"

"I've been thinking recently, how can I break through the bottleneck."

"So, you will be able to enter the next realm soon?"

Kuina looked at Sorata, smiling all over her face.

"It's really amazing!"

Then, she seemed to think of something, and her face gradually turned from joy to worry.

"Hey! Sorata, when will I become a swordsman? My father always said that female swordsmen have flaws and will never be the strongest."

As she spoke, she grasped Sorata's arm with both hands and gradually tightened it; with a flash of unwillingness in her eyes, she said loudly.

"I understand what that flaw is, but I'm not reconciled!"

Sensing Kuina's emotion, Sorata turned around, lay flat, and opened his eyes.

His pupils are azure blue with silver mist, and there's like nebulae floating around, like the starry sky in the night, deep and full of mystery.

People can't help but be intoxicated after seeing it.

His already handsome facial features, coupled with these ultimately beautiful eyes, instantly became more handsome.

Sorata looked at Kuina with pity in his eyes.

He stretched out his right hand, smoothed her brows, then covered her head with his big, warm hand and rubbed it.

Then said firmly and forcefully, "Of course, Kuina will definitely become the strongest female swordsman in the world in the future."

He met Kuina's eyes, and the nebula flowed in his eyes as if he wanted to transmit a force called uplifting into Kuina's heart.

"Promise me, Kuina."

"what...?"

"Don't hesitate, don't be sad, you just need to be firm and move forward, with me, you will definitely become a swordsman, even if it is the strongest in the world."

"You...you must, too."

Looking at Sorata's deep eyes, the corners of Kuina's mouth slowly turned up, showing a smile again.

She slowly lay down and rested her head on Sorata's chest, listening to his slow and powerful heartbeat, she gradually let go of the daze in her heart.

"Sorata, it's good to have you."

Then he spoke firmly and forcefully.

"I promise you."

Sorata looked up at the sun in the sky, her eyes half-opened, revealing memories.

It's been almost five years since he traveled to this world, and he still hasn't figured out how he got here.

He was originally an ordinary programmer working on Earth, named Li Xiaokong, who grew up in an orphanage, withdrawn and introverted, with few friends.

Thinking about what happened that time

His bed is gone.

His 120-square-meter, three-bedroom, one-living large flat floor is gone.

His desire to find a girlfriend just now is gone.

Even his body has turned into a kid around five years old.

God knows what he was feeling at the time.

All he knows is that he still has lingering fears.

He doesn't know which God took pity on him. When he was allowed to travel through time, his body was upgraded.

His body seemed to be in a different time and space all the time, and the surface was covered with countless layers of space so that the seawater below him could not reach him.

In this way, he drifted on the sea for two whole days.

Fortunately, during this period, no sea beast were encountered.

Just when he was so hungry that he was about to pass out, he was found and rescued by Koshiro, who was out to sea.

When he first arrived at Isshin Dojo, he once thought he had traveled to ancient Japan due to the language barrier.

Because everyone around is speaking Japanese.

For the two-dimensional otaku he still knows a little about Japanese.

In the one year or so since he came to this world, he gradually learned the language of this world and finally figured out where he came to.

Unexpectedly, he actually traveled to the world of One Piece. No wonder he always felt that he had seen Koshiro somewhere.

As for the cheat and the upgraded ability of the body, this thing is a bit strange.

His body is unconsciously emitting layer after layer of space, and these spaces will basically not dissipate.

Until now, he himself didn't know how many layers of space there were on the surface of his body.

Anyway, infinitely many.

These spaces are not spaces in the general sense but spaces that can be stretched infinitely.

The closer to him, the more layers of space, and the farther the distance is, relatively speaking.

It looks as if he is right in front of your eyes, but it is actually not.

This is also the reason why he did not sink into the sea just after crossing over.

At that time, he thought it was a bubble, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to move when he was floating in the sea.

This kind of physique, because of its space attribute, he named it.

"Spatial Physique!"

When he first arrived at Isshin Dojo, because he couldn't control his abilities freely, no one could touch his body. That time, he was in the dojo and attracted everyone's attention.

Making him look like a giant panda.

In the next few years, he gradually got control of the ability like a part of his body, allowing him to gradually close the space on the surface of his body, so that others could touch him so that he would not be so lonely.

It can be put away, and of course, it can also be placed outside.

As the space expands outward, it can be transformed into a space similar to a domain.

With the increase in the number of layers released, the greater the control needed, resulting in more physical and mental effort.

In theory.

In his space domain, he can freeze everything as long as he wants.

Of course, this also depends on the strength of the target.

Compared with freezing an ant, the power used to freeze an elephant must be different.

Due to the spatialization of his physique, he can easily see and perceive the surrounding space nodes so that he can step on these space nodes for teleportation, and this teleportation is as easy as walking.

Because his spirit can only perceive the nodes in the space field, not outside.

So in the early stage, he could only use his eyes to find space nodes to teleport.

But after his Observation Haki awakened, the situation changed completely.

I don't know if it's because of the upgraded body, which strengthens the spirit, or because of a 30-year-old soul in a child's body.

Letting him awaken the observation haki naturally within less than a year after he came to this world.

Since the awakening, he found that his spirit can be attached to Observation Haki, thus rushing out of his space domain, allowing him to perceive space nodes outside the space domain.

This makes his teleportation more convenient and faster and has a wider range.

After all, the sight distance of the eyes is limited, and it is impossible to teleport at will.

As for observation and spirit, there are not so many restrictions.

With his spatial physique, in the world of One Piece, he believes that as long as he knows, no one can hurt him.

Of course, this is just defense. If his attack is not good, he can only watch the enemy helplessly, and there is no way to protect the people around him.

After all, his teleportation cannot take people.

And these are all known abilities, who knows that in the sea, any unknown ability can hurt him or even kill him?

So even though he has invincible abilities, he doesn't have much sense of security.

Only by training hard and increasing the strength of the body can he increase his self-confidence.

In this world with many miraculous powers, everyone has another kind of power, which can make people step to the top.

That is the power of Haki.

With the aptitude of his upgraded body, he believes that he can easily awaken Armament Haki in a short time.

Because he found that his body automatically getting stronger all the time as if it were endless.

And as he grows older, this change is still increasing.

He was deeply fascinated by this feeling of opening up and infinitely improving his strength.

It also made him believe that he could stand on top of the world.

To truly do it without being afraid of anyone or anything.

...

"Kuina."

At this time, Koshiro's voice came from the dojo.

"coming."

Kuina quickly raised her head from Sorata's chest and replied.

Then she quickly stood up and walked towards the dojo.

Sorata also broke out of his self-monologue.

Turned to look at Kuina's back, listening to the noise in the dojo, and the naive, unique, and particularly arrogant challenge.

There was a weird smile on his face.

He stood up slowly, patted the petals and fallen leaves on his body, bent down, and picked up the bamboo sword and books leaning against the tree.

Turn around, insert the bamboo sword into the stand next to it, and put the book away.

Then he put his hands on his head and walked towards the dojo.

"Here comes the interesting guy."