Haki is a unique power in the world of One Piece, sothing that is born with a person. When soone learns to manipulate intangible sensations like presence, killing intent, and fighting spirit, their willpower can be forged into a weapon. This extraordinary force is what people call Haki.
To put it simply, Haki is the manifestation of willpower given physical form.
It belongs to the realm of spiritual energy.
Whether it is Armant Haki, Observation Haki, or Conqueror's Haki, all of them are different ways of mobilizing willpower and transforming it into sothing tangible.
Among them, Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki are especially prominent.
Conqueror's Haki is a mysterious force capable of influencing the will of others.
Those who possess it can release overwhelming intimidation at will, causing people nearby to instantly lose consciousness. At the sa ti, they can precisely control the range and targets of this overwhelming pressure, demonstrating an extraordinary level of control.
At the highest level, this kind of Haki can sweep across the battlefield with unimaginable presence. It can even influence the weather itself, turning sheer will into sothing tangible enough to damage the physical world.
As for Observation Haki, it is a form of sensory ability directly linked to spiritual power.
It cos in many forms: sensing attacks, predicting an opponent's next move, gauging strength, perceiving emotions and thoughts, and detecting the position and number of objects outside one's field of vision.
These are the basic functions of Observation Haki, though its range and strength vary from person to person.
At a more advanced level, it can even allow one to sense airflow, glimpse the future, subtly influence others' thoughts, and even hear the "voice of all things."
So special forms of Observation Haki have an absurdly wide range, extending tens of kiloters.
Big Mom, for instance, has a unique trait in her Observation Haki—X-ray-like perception. In battle, she has been able to see through solid objects and directly observe the expressions and conditions of others.
However, Matthew was uncertain whether, after integrating Big Mom's talent, he would be able to awaken the Three Types of Haki through self-training alone, or whether he would need to rely on system sign-ins to generate abilities that did not originally belong to this universe.
On this point, Matthew leaned toward the belief that he could awaken Haki through his own training. He could faintly sense emotional changes in others.
Anger, sadness, fear, terror—these intense emotions were not sothing he perceived through sight, but rather through a deeper kind of awareness.
That alone was already one of the abilities of Observation Haki.
Because of this, Matthew was not in a hurry to head to the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters to look for Beast Hank. Instead, he left Paris and returned to the Black Mountain region in the United States, resuming his training in the sa place as before.
His main goal, apart from strengthening his physique, was to study and develop the Three Types of Haki.
Although Matthew understood the existence and functions of Haki, how to actually awaken it still required his own exploration.
After completing his daily training, he would sit by the lake and focus his mind on the faint sounds of the surrounding environnt. Through ditation, he emptied his thoughts, training his perception and sharpening his sensitivity to everything around him.
In essence, Armant Haki is closely tied to physical combat training. Extre conditioning strengthens muscle power and explosive force, laying the physical foundation for Armant Haki.
By repeatedly subjecting the body to external impacts, one gradually adapts to pain and awakens defensive instincts, preparing the body for localized hardening of Armant Haki.
The Marine Six Powers are, in a sense, preliminary physical techniques that can help awaken Armant and Observation Haki, such as Tekkai and Soru.
However, training the Six Powers requires extrely high physical talent.
The only technique he had even a chance of independently developing was Soru. This technique involves stepping on the ground dozens of tis within 0.36 seconds, generating explosive counterforce to achieve high-speed movent—almost like instantaneous teleportation.
In his previous training attempts, he had tried it many tis, but due to insufficient physical strength, he had repeatedly failed.
Aside from that, Matthew no longer handled everything personally. Neagley truly proved to be an efficient and capable assistant. As long as he made a request, she would imdiately assemble a specialized team dedicated solely to serving him.
He no longer needed to go out and buy ingredients himself. This team would deliver fresh supplies directly to him, and at five fixed tis each day, they would prepare enough cooked food in advance—waiting only for Matthew to drive over and eat.
The entire process was carried out under strict confidentiality. Once the food was prepared, the team would imdiately withdraw, only returning an hour later to clean up the utensils and any remaining traces.
There was never any direct contact between them. In fact, the team did not even know who they were serving, nor how many people the client consisted of.
Of course, every mber had signed strict confidentiality agreents and were highly professional. They would not pry into the identity of their employer. Their job was simple: complete their work and receive their paynt.
After all, clients with strange preferences and bizarre requests were not uncommon in their line of work. Compared to so of those, this job was rely a little more mysterious, with slightly larger portions of food to prepare.
With the ti saved from buying ingredients and cooking, Matthew gained significantly more hours each day for training.
Abundant nutrition and high-intensity training caused his physical growth to accelerate rapidly. At the sa ti, through ditation, his perception of the surrounding environnt grew increasingly sharp.
It was around this ti that Matthew realized sothing clearly—after integrating Big Mom's talent, he might truly possess the possibility of awakening a power that did not originally belong to this world: Haki.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and as November quietly approached, the Black Mountain region gradually donned a layer of white.
The sky hung heavy and gray, thick clouds pressing low as if ready to release even more snow at any mont.
A gentle breeze swept through the area, sending fine snowflakes drifting like willow fluff through the air. They spun and danced before settling softly on tree branches, rocks, and the vast expanse of forest below.
Matthew stood motionless by the lakeside, towering like a statue. His eyes were closed as he extended his perception across the entire area, feeling the flow of the wind and tracking every single falling snowflake.
Ti passed quietly.
Then, suddenly—
Bang!
From a distant point, an almost inaudible gunshot echoed through the air. A bullet tore through space, piercing through layers of drifting snow as it shot straight toward Matthew's forehead by the lake.
Yet Matthew's eyes remained closed. He rely tilted his body slightly, evading the bullet by a hair's breadth.
No sooner had he dodged the first shot than countless bullets ca roaring in from every direction, forming a dense storm of gunfire. And yet, even in the midst of this barrage, Matthew continued to move with his eyes closed, dodging in a steady, rhythmic pattern.
Each movent was minimal, just enough to avoid the incoming bullets with perfect efficiency.
Bullets struck the distant ground and lake surface, sending up splashes of dirt and water.
Within the storm of gunfire, Matthew looked almost like an elegant dancer, moving through a waltz—light, fluid, and precise.
Three full minutes passed without a single bullet landing on him.
Finally, the faint sound of gunfire ca to an end, and Matthew completed his graceful waltz through death.
He slowly opened his eyes. Around him, the ground was filled with countless bullet holes, marking where the storm of attacks had rained down.
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