Chapter 111 – Arrival at the Desert Kingdom, Where Even the Sun Wants to Kill You
"Illusion arts, at their core, are training of spiritual energy."
"In ninja terms—Yin Release."
Aike began Yakumo's first real lesson.
"You awakened the Kurama bloodline. Your natural Yin Release talent is leagues above normal people."
"But your control is still clumsy."
He then broke down every trick he knew about five-senses domination and fed it to her step by step.
Hinata's training was simpler—and more brutal.
"Stop practicing Gentle Fist. Full-time ocular power grinding from now on."
Aike had owned Sharingan, Byakugan, pushed both to their ultimate forms, and then fused them into the supreme Rinne-Tenseigan.
His understanding of dojutsu development was beyond most Ōtsutsuki.
He had already created a secret training method to accelerate ocular power growth.
He handed it to Hinata, Izumi, and Hikari.
Izumi and Hikari shot closer to Rinnegan stage. Hinata's Byakugan strength climbed steadily.
Gentle Fist?
Above Kage-level it was a party trick.
Better to evolve actual Byakugan techniques—those were on par with Mangekyou abilities.
For pure taijutsu, Aike was reverse-engineering a nerfed Eighty Gods Air Strike from his memories.
High-end chakra application.
With his current power, results wouldn't take long.
He even had the name ready: Divine Air Strike. Super-Kage tier bare-handed combat.
"Speaking of which… the Tenseigan's unique technique should be ready soon."
While watching the two little ones train, Aike rubbed his eyes.
Back in the moon palace, the instant his Byakugan evolved into Tenseigan, a personal signature technique had begun gestating.
Originally it would have taken years.
After fusing with Rinnegan? Timeline collapsed.
Aike estimated: any day now.
"I already have time dominion… hope the new one gives me space mastery."
Life on the ship fell into a comfortable rhythm.
Days: captain plays teacher. Nights: captain plays something else entirely.
Third morning after skipping Little Garden and Drum Island,
Alabasta's coastline appeared on the horizon.
"Wow! Everything's golden! Is it all desert?!"
Yakumo squealed as the endless sands came into view.
She clung to Aike's arm, eyes sparkling.
First the ocean, then Reverse Mountain, now a real desert.
Pure excitement.
"Yeah."
Vivi's heart swelled at the familiar sight.
"This is my country—the Kingdom of Sand, Alabasta!"
I'm home…
She never imagined she'd return like this.
"Don't worry," Aike said, stepping beside her. "One half-crippled sand crocodile is just a matter of time."
He wouldn't even need Izumi or Hikari.
Nami's physical stats + Haki alone would drown Crocodile in his own sand.
Add Carina's natural-element storms for a 2v1 beatdown.
Crocodile's miserable ending was already written.
"I know."
Vivi nodded firmly.
Three days aboard had shifted her mindset completely.
She was already adapting to her new identity faster than Tashigi ever had.
The girls had accepted her into the inner circle without reservation.
That's how she learned exactly how broken her new crew was.
In Carina's joking words:
"Even Admirals or Yonko would have to pay protection money in tears to leave alive."
That afternoon, the Libra sailed into the port of Nanohana.
The desert kingdom's "hospitality" hit them immediately.
The sun tried to cook them alive.
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