Seeing Issho's expression, Cyrus knew the swordsman hadn't understood his taphor.
"Let's go, I'll explain while we train sowhere. Robin, bring Baby 5 along." Cyrus stood up as he spoke, then called out toward the hallway.
Robin quickly peeked in, nodded at Cyrus, then withdrew her head.
Hearing this, Issho also stood up and followed Cyrus outside.
When they went out, Robin was already waiting with Baby 5, who was now dressed in her maid outfit.
"Let's go. Training under gravity's influence will greatly improve your strength too," Cyrus waved at Baby 5 as he spoke.
Dressrosa was quite prosperous.
This had been true both during King Riku's rule and after Doflamingo violently seized power.
After all, it was the first island along one route after entering the New World, famously known as the Country of Love and Passion.
Simply put, it had massive passenger flow.
Thus, this massive island was basically fully developed. But if one insisted on finding a quiet place, it was still possible.
The four... or rather six of them arrived at the dense forest on the western side of the island.
Cyrus turned and waved toward the rear.
Violet erged with her niece, looking sowhat embarrassed to be caught trailing them.
"Since you're here, you might as well join us." Violet's ability, when used well, could be considered strategic-level.
Even if he hadn't planned to have Violet board his ship, Cyrus intended for her to join the Hunter Guild.
Hum!
Several gravity fields of varying intensity appeared under Issho's precise control.
Rebecca, with her much weaker physique, was imdiately pressed flat against the ground by the gravity.
"Make it stronger!"
Feeling the gravity acting on him, Cyrus said to Issho.
"Unless I use my full power, my ability has limited effect on you. And..." Issho faced Cyrus, observing him carefully with his Observation Haki. "I'm wondering—have you beco stronger again?"
When Issho asked this, he had already confird the truth in his heart.
"Yes, just a little bit stronger." Hearing this, Cyrus didn't hide the truth.
His physique had broken through its limits again, though now every point increase brought massive, exponential improvents.
It seed that as the nurical value grew higher, each additional point beca significantly stronger than the previous point increases.
"You really are strange..." Issho didn't complete his thought about calling Cyrus a freak, but the aning ca across clearly.
Even when getting stronger, one needs to progress step by step, with at least so discernible pattern. No one suddenly becos that much stronger so obviously.
Moreover, at Cyrus's level of power, how could his strength still be increasing so rapidly?
Simply put, it defies all logic.
"Guess this will have to do!" Feeling the gravity pressing on his body, Cyrus began his training.
Among the other four people, three were clearly struggling to adapt, with only Robin appearing noticeably more at ease in the field.
"Now can you tell us how you plan to deal with the World Governnt?"
Sitting on a rock not far from Cyrus, Issho rolled his blind eyes in his direction.
"You should understand very well that once conflict erupts between you and the World Governnt, it could bring enormous disaster to the entire world." Issho's expression was serious, as he clearly recognized the global significance of this matter.
"You're absolutely right, which is why I said we need to boil the frog slowly." Knowledge from his previous life often made Cyrus's tactical thinking more dynamic in most situations.
"So what does that actually an?"
"The World Governnt fears my abilities, worried that I might assault Mary Geoise again," Cyrus adjusted his breathing while explaining to Issho during his kata.
"Correct," Issho acknowledged this point.
He also believed that if Cyrus truly wanted to, he could probably strike again and completely destroy Mary Geoise.
"But doing so would imdiately escalate the conflict to its peak. The confrontation might then spread across all seas, bringing complete disaster to the entire world, just as you said. However, precisely because they fear I might do this, they've learned to carefully follow certain rules. You saw that conscription newspaper, right?"
"You an...?" Issho fell into deep thought.
Robin, who was training nearby, pricked up her ears while continuing her physical exercises, turning her full attention toward Cyrus.
As for the other three, they currently had absolutely no ntal capacity to listen to Cyrus and Issho's conversation.
"Exactly. As long as I don't launch direct, massive assaults against Mary Geoise or the World Governnt, they don't dare provoke directly either. Even with their weakened forces, they have to maintain this delicate stance. Right now, I serve as a strategic deterrent that prevents the World Governnt from acting recklessly."
Hearing Cyrus's words, Issho lowered his head in contemplation, seemingly digesting the explanation. Robin, however, appeared highly thoughtful.
"So, the Hunter Guild?"
After pondering for a mont and fully processing Cyrus's explanation, Issho finally understood what the Guild Master planned to do next.
"Yes, the Hunter Guild, though it's not just about the Hunter Guild itself. After my recent actions, the Celestial Dragons are no longer untouchable gods. More people will begin actively considering resistance against the World Governnt." Cyrus straightened up while speaking, adjusting his breathing under the intense gravitational pressure before slowly beginning his martial arts practice.
His body produced continuous cracking sounds like popping beans.
"The World Governnt is powerful, especially in its control over Paradise and the Four Seas, but it's already on the decline. As ti passes, the World Governnt will grow progressively weaker, even with their massive conscription efforts. By the ti the World Governnt realizes they must fundantally change or face destruction, they'll have already lost the capacity to resist."
Cyrus looked at Issho's whitened eyes and continued, "Of course, this is the most ideal scenario. What actually happens next will require us to wait and see. The World Governnt might wake up prematurely and directly provoke a war. But there's no need to worry in the short term—we have plenty of ti."
For Cyrus, the longer this world remained stable, the more advantageous it was.
On one hand, his rate of growth was his greatest asset; on the other, it allowed the Hunter Guild to quietly develop further.
As for the World Governnt, as long as they believed there were alternative solutions, they wouldn't dare overturn the table.
Much like the superpowers from his previous life. Mutual deterrence.
Cyrus didn't want to see a war that would engulf the entire world, while the World Governnt—or more precisely, the Celestial Dragons—didn't want to provoke Cyrus into storming Mary Geoise again.
Thus, the upcoming conflict wouldn't be directly between Cyrus and the Celestial Dragons, but rather proxy disputes between the World Governnt and the Marines against the Hunter Guild, the Revolutionary Army, and other unaligned factions.
But that was sufficient.
Both his personal growth and the Hunter Guild's developnt now had the ti they desperately needed.
"I understand!" Issho pondered deeply before finally nodding slightly and speaking.
Indeed, based on his reflections, the political situation Cyrus described was currently the best possible outco.
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