Three days later, Marineford Arsenal.
"Damn it, Lance! Watch your lightning! It's arcing over to my side!"
"Uh… my bad, Shirley."
Inside Hamr's personal forge room in the arsenal, the sounds of thunderous crackling and angry shouting rang out from ti to ti.
Lance and the others were currently working hard to complete the assignnts Hamr had given them.
Out of the three of them, Hina progressed the fastest.
Black hamr smashing black iron, Hina was forging to her heart's content, and behind her already lay over a dozen weapons of various shapes.
At first, Hina had wanted to forge swords and blades.
But Hamr suddenly rembered the attribute he had granted to the products of the Cage-Cage Fruit.
He imdiately changed Hina's forging direction, telling her to focus as much as possible on long-handled weapons or blunt weapons.
That way, the destructive potential of the imbued attributes could be better utilized.
anwhile, after three days of work, Hamr had finally completely repaired the Fist of Tekko using Iron Cloud.
Looking at the layer of cloud patterns covering the Fist of Tekko, Hamr nodded in satisfaction.
This was the second Cloud Armor.
And one even more powerful than his own.
As for Lance, after three days of pouring everything into training, his lightning intensity had finally reached 20 million volts.
And through repeated practice, he had already beco capable of instantly lting steel with electricity.
One could say he had basically achieved Hamr's initial requirents.
The slowest progress belonged to Shirley.
Trying to engrave patterns directly onto created shields required imnse concentration.
But watching the others constantly improve ignited her competitive spirit.
Through sheer stubborn determination, she managed to complete the task within three days.
Though admittedly, the portrait of Lance she engraved onto the shield didn't really look like him.
"Not bad."
"Looks like all of you completed your assignnts."
"Good. That's enough for now. Pack up, we're preparing to set sail."
"I'm going to deliver the arm guards to Teacher Zephyr."
"We'll et at the harbor afterward."
…...
Marine Elite Training Camp, training grounds.
Zephyr was currently drilling this year's trainees.
The mont he saw Hamr carrying the Fist of Tekko over, he imdiately ordered the trainees to continue training on their own before happily dragging Hamr back to his office.
"Why'd you bring them personally?"
"You could've just called and I'd have had Shuzo pick them up."
Inside the office, Zephyr watched Hamr place the Fist of Tekko onto the table and couldn't help but comnt.
Hamr rolled his eyes before sitting down on the sofa and lighting a cigar.
"This repair's different from before."
"Rember the treasure I got from Skypiea?"
"I used it to upgrade the Fist of Tekko."
"You can now call them the Fist of Tekko PLUS upgraded version!"
Zephyr instantly perked up.
'An upgrade too?'
He imdiately began examining the brand-new Fist of Tekko carefully.
Only then did he notice that a faint white glow now shimred across the previously pitch-black surface.
There were clearly engraved patterns covering it.
"The color doesn't look as good as before."
"And what are these patterns for?"
With his cigar dangling from his mouth, Hamr began explaining.
"This is called Iron Cloud."
"It's a special material from Skypiea."
"It has the hardness of steel while retaining flexibility."
"I perfectly combined this Iron Cloud with forging to create even stronger Cloud Armor."
As he spoke, Hamr pulled out his own Cloud Armor from his ring and equipped it right in front of Zephyr.
Instantly, a Saint Seiya-looking figure appeared before Zephyr's eyes.
The sight made Zephyr's eyes light up.
"What beautiful armor."
"Not bad, you actually look pretty impressive wearing armor."
"Beautiful?"
"That's not enough to describe it."
"Cloud Armor, Transform!"
Under Hamr's control, the Cloud Armor began to morph.
The cloud patterns expanded outward layer by layer like drifting clouds.
Right before Zephyr's astonished gaze, the clouds transford into chains that coiled around Hamr.
"See that?"
"That's the power of Iron Cloud."
"It can change shape freely at will."
"Of course, there are limits."
"Volu limits."
"My Cloud Armor used 50 cubic ters of Iron Cloud."
"And with my ability enhancent, it can expand to 100 cubic ters in volu."
"If it exceeds that limit, it won't work anymore."
As he spoke, Hamr casually waved his hand, forming a giant hand from Iron Cloud that grabbed the Fist of Tekko PLUS.
"I added 20 cubic ters of Iron Cloud into these Fist of Tekko."
"Since these are arm guards and not full armor, their tolerance limit is lower."
"But it's more than enough."
"With the Iron Cloud enhancent, the Fist of Tekko can greatly increase attack range and attack versatility."
"It massively boosts combat power."
After finishing his explanation, Hamr handed the Fist of Tekko PLUS to Zephyr.
"So, Teacher Zephyr…"
"Want to put them on and let help you get familiar with them?"
"Hell yes!"
As soon as he said it, Zephyr imdiately equipped the Fist of Tekko.
In an instant, the massive muscular man transford completely.
"Use your imagination and shape the Iron Cloud into wings."
"Then you'll be able to fly."
"Like this, Cloud Armor! Shape Shift!"
Hamr let out a low shout.
Two enormous cloud wings instantly ford behind him.
Then Hamr leapt straight out the window.
With a flap of his wings, he was already hovering in midair.
"Oh? Like this?"
"Shape Shift!"
As a forr Admiral, Zephyr naturally possessed exceptional comprehension ability.
He grasped the trick almost imdiately.
The cloud patterns on the Fist of Tekko instantly lit up, and another pair of giant wings ford.
But the styles of their wings were completely different.
Hamr's were angelic feathered wings.
Zephyr's were tallic steel wings.
"Tsk tsk."
"Teacher Zephyr, don't tell you still dream of becoming a superhero?"
"Even your wings look like sothing straight out of a hero story."
"Look at mine, angel wings are way cooler."
Zephyr's old face reddened slightly.
"Get lost, you little brat."
"What's wrong with wanting to be a hero?"
"Hahaha! Fine!"
"Anyway, that's basically how you use it."
"Co on, old man!"
"Let's spar in the sky again!"
As he spoke, the giant wings exploded with speed.
Hamr instantly transford into a streak of white light and charged toward Zephyr.
"You brat! Who do you think you're underestimating?!"
"I'm Black Arm Zephyr!"
"I can fly too!"
Even though it was Zephyr's first ti using Iron Cloud, his sheer strength and adaptability allowed him to master its usage extrely quickly.
And so, the old man and the young man began soaring through the skies above the training grounds.
The trainees below watched with mouths hanging open in shock.
Naturally, the scene couldn't escape the notice of Sengoku and old man Kong inside headquarters.
"Kong, looks like Hamr really did obtain so incredible stuff during on that Skypiea trip."
"Yeah."
"That cloud material can actually form wings."
"If I'd gotten sothing like that earlier…"
"Golden Lion? I'd have blasted him with shockwaves until he cried!"
Sengoku stared at the two figures in the sky, especially Zephyr.
His glasses were practically glowing red with envy.
The jealousy was naked and obvious.
He desperately wanted to wear the Fist of Tekko and fly too!
Even though he possessed a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit…
He still couldn't fly.
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