228 227. Mind Scape Training

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The fasting period before the Winter Solstice Festival have begun. The giants do their usual activity except eating. The Straw Hats on the other hand, are thinking on how they should spend their time.

"Hmm, training will take a lot of energy, so i don't think that's a good idea."-Brook

"But if we slack off, we won't get stronger & might not be ready to face Blackbeards."-Zoro

"Then, we need to train without getting tired."-Luffy

Everyone look at Luffy with disappointed look, and sigh. Just how did he plan to train without getting tired?

"Well, i can train without getting tired at all, so that's not a problem for me."-Jon pick his nose nonchalantly

The others got confused, so Jon explain his training. He just need to meditate with nature energy everyday to purify his chakra. It's really effective to raise his strength without the need to train physically. Jon also can refine his skill in his mind scape while he meditate.

The others nod in understanding, but then they got pissed. This mean that Jon will be stronger while they get weaker for not eating at all. They know Jon is stronger than any one of them now. But they didn't want to be left behind even further.

Jon realize their feeling, and he grin. Jon is baiting them on purpose and make them jealous of him, so they'll want to be stronger. He can help them with their training during this period, but it will be useless if they don't have the spirit to do it.

"Well, i can help you to train like me without spending your energy."-Jon

""WHAT?!""-All

"Are you serious?"-Sanji

"I am. So, are you interested?"-Jon smirk

They look at each others, and then they all nod firmly. They know from their battle on Wano & New Marineford, that their power is still not enough. They still need a lot of helps, and if not for Jon's strategy too, they might lose. Even if they can win, it will be a lot harder.

Jon then explain to them about the training method. They will also meditate with Jon for some hours. Then Jon will pull their consciousness to his mind scape, where they will train their abilities there.

"You can't train your physical power, but you can sharpen your skills. Your physique will still get stronger though, altough just a little. It's because the nature energy that revolving around you will make your body stronger slowly."-Jon

"Hmm, i certainly felt energy ran through my body everytime you meditated with that new method."-Jinbe

"What about haki? Can we train our haki?"-Zoro

"Yeah, you can."-Jon

Jon have tried almost all kind of training in his mind scape. The only impossible thing to train there is physical strength. But that's actually good enough, because in mind scape, they can refine their skills without getting tired physically.

The others didn't think for long, and agree to this training. They will train like this every night, and at day, they can do any activity they want. Life is not all about training after all, they need to enjoy it too.

"Where do you want to train?"-Usopp

"I'll find a place with the best amount of nature energy first. I'll inform you later after i find it."-Jon

The others nod and then they leave to do their own things. Jon send some clones to find a good spot for meditation, then he take Jane to train her shooting ability. Usually, Usopp train her to snipe, but Usopp will train with the Giants about warrior things.

Jon take Jane to a mountain summit, where she can get high POV. However, the summit also give her another challenge, wind. Jane can shoot with good accuracy when there's no wind. But she is still not good to shoot on windy place.

Jon place some targets on the other mountain summit. The mountains on Elbaf are close to each other, but the distances are far enough for a sniper to train. Then Jane try to shoot the targets with her custom made AWM.

Jane's AWM's design really intrigued Franky & Usopp. Not only the unusual shape of the weapon & the scope, but also the bullets. The bullets are pointy, not like the usual round bullets.

Well, that's not really important right now. The most important thing right now is to raise Jane's shooting accuracy. She need to be able to protect herself and help the crew in a war or any battle.

"Jane, i'll teach you taijutsu later when we train in the mind scape. I can't always protect you everytime, so i want you to be able to protect yourself."-Jon

"Alright, i understand, big brother."-Jane

"Good, now let's continue."-Jon

Jane continue her shooting training, and Jon give her some advices. He even show her that he can hit the target in the distance by throwing his kunai. Jane just need to calculate the wind speed & direction in her shots.

Slowly, she start to get the feeling and her shot start to hit the targets. They keep training until noon, and Jon think it's enough. He tell Jane to stop and rest, because rest is also important.

The day went by, and soon, evening come. Jon have found a good place to meditate, which is on the giant tree. Jon then teleport to the top branch of the tree with his crewmates.

"Hmm, what is this scribing?"-Nami pointed at the big scribing on the branch below them.

"It's a seal that i made. It will connect your consciousness to my mind scape, so you will be able to enter it."-Jon

"Oh, so it's a link, like a cable."-Franky

"Well, you can assume it like that."-Jon

The seal is shaped like a big circle with many smaller circle on it. In the center, there is a small circle for Jon to sit. Then on the outline, there are small circles too for every one of the Straw Hats.

Jon tell them to sit anywhere on the small circle on the outline. After they sit, Jon also sit on the center circle. Then Jon make some hand seals, and some scribing lines climb their body and tied them to the tree branch.

"Ugh, what's this? I can't move at all."-Luffy

"It's a bind seal, to make you stay on your position. You don't want to fall from here when you're unconscious aren't you?"-Jon

They look down to the ground and shiver when they imagine to fall from there. They don't want to fall from such a height, so this bind seal is really helpful. Even so, some people are not that afraid for the fall, and just curious on what will happen.

"I wonder if our bones will turn into powder, and our flesh turn into paste."-Robin

"STOP IT, ROBIN! DON'T MAKE ME IMAGINE IT!"-Usopp

"Yeah, that's super disgusting."-Franky

"Hmm, i am very light, so maybe i can land just fine if i fall."-Brook

"I am a rubber, so i won't get hurt at all."-Luffy

"DON'T JUST THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, THINK ABOUT US TOO!"-Nami

"L-let's find a safer place to train, Jon."-Chopper

"No, we need to be very effective and try to gain the best result. The bind seal is enough for your safety, so don't worry."-Jon

"B-but."-Chopper

"Then, how about this?"-Jon

Jon make some hand seals, then create a wood wall to surround them. He just make a few holes as windows for air & light. The top part is also hollow, so they'll still get moonlight shining on them.

"Now you don't need to worry about falling as long as you don't climb the wall."-Jon

They finally got relieved and can focus on their training. Jon then tell them to focus & concentrate. He ask them to relax their mind and breath normally.

After everyone relax, and their breath become regular, Jon activate his Rinnegan. Then he clasp his hands and activate the seal. Everyone then start to feel their consciousness drawn out from their body, and enter Jon's mind scape.

The reason why Jon use his Rinnegan is because he need the Human Path ability to connect their souls. Human Path power was used to absorb someone's soul, and kill them. However, Jon find another use for it, which is to interract with other's soul, not just absorbing them.

'This is why i need to learn my Rinnegan thoroughly. If i just use the abilities that i knew from Naruto World, i won't be able to find another usage. I also need to be creative with my abilities.'-Jon

Jon is glad that he have crew mates who can use their abilities creatively, especially Luffy. He learn a lot from them, that's why he always want to create new jutsus. He don't want to just use available jutsu and didn't have his own style of jutsu.

Jon stop his thinking and enter his meditation. He start to gather nature energy and wash his chakra veins with it. He start to constantly absorbing & releasing nature energy on his body.

After that, Jon enter his mind scape to look at his crewmates that already get inside. All of them are now standing in front of Kurama with curious eyes. They don't feel afraid one bit of Kurama even though this mindscape is full of his energy which will scare normal people. Well, everyone except Usopp, Nami, & Chopper.

"Usopp, Nami, Chopper, how if you train with Kurama today? He is a good training partner."-Jon

""Eh? EEEHHH?!""-Usopp, Nami, & Chopper

"S-S-STOP JOKING, JON! Y-YOU WANT US TO TRAIN W-WITH HIM?"-Usopp

"DO YOU WANT TO KILL US?"-Nami

"L-let me train with the others, Jon."-Chopper beg

The trio cry while begging Jon to not make them train with Kurama.

"Ooh, how considerate of you, kid. You let me train with these 2 juicy humans, and a reindeer. I'm really hungry right now."-Kurama grin

The trio scream and hide behind Jon after hearing Kurama.

"Come on dude, don't scare them like that."-Jon

"Hahaha, it is funnier this way."-Kurama

"Sigh, don't mind him guys, he is just teasing you. He don't really need food after all."-Jon

"R-really?"-Usopp

"Really, and Usopp, this is a chance to train your mentality. You want to be a great warrior right? Then you shouldn't be afraid of something like this. A great warrior didn't just strong physically, but also mentally."-Jon

"I-it's easy for you to say that, b-but i-"-Usopp

"No buts, you need to force yourself and overcome your fear."-Jon

Jon grab Usopp, then throw him to Kurama who grab Usopp with his tail.

"GYAAHHH!"-Usopp

"Chopper, that female mink reindeer will like a brave man more, so be braver."-Jon throw Chopper like Usopp

"NOOO!"-Chopper

"Nami, if you're strong, you can steal a lot more money & treasures."-Jon throw Nami too

"KYAAA, HELP ME!"-Nami

"HAHAHA, NO ONE CAN HELP YOU NOW."-Kurama

Kurama laugh maniacally, and he run off to his hidden territory with the 3 of them.

"Will they be fine?"-Zoro sweatdrop

"They will. Kurama know how to make someone's mentality grow tougher. They need to train their mentality more. It's fine if they're afraid, but they can't let their fear overwhelm them."-Jon

"So, what will we train here?"-Jinbe

"Just train what you want to train. I know you guys already know what you need to improve right now, so just do it. Don't worry, this place won't break even if you can train big moves in here."-Jon

"Are you sure it will be fine?"-Sanji

"It will. I often spar with Kurama in here, and there's no problem at all. Kurama have raw power like Kaido in his dragon form, so you can imagine just how destructive our battles are."-Jon

"You spar with that giant fox?"-Franky

"No wonder you can fight someone like Kaido alone, you have a great sparring partner that can train with you anytime."-Zoro

"Well, it's a lot different you know. Kurama didn't really have good fighting skills like Kaido. He always rely on his raw power, while Kaido have good skills. But you're right that my spar with him who have that level of power really helped in my battle with Kaido."-Jon

The Straw Hats leave that topic and they start to train on their own. With this, their training while fasting for festival have finally started.