Chapter 57: Life Returns

  The next day, waking up from Monet's nourished face, Hobodi still maintained his surface work as an officer after completing his tasks, and spent most of his time on training.

  Since the idea of 'splitting' flashed in his mind yesterday, Hobodi couldn't help but start thinking about various methods to achieve his goal.

  The success of the divided self, he believed was absolutely necessary.

  Think about it, the training plan for the next year and a half, or even two years. If there was a doppelganger, even if that doppelganger couldn't speak, just sitting in the commander's room would not arouse anyone's suspicion. All trivial matters were already handed over to Mona to handle, and as for Mona, apart from the physical defects he deliberately cultivated, there were basically no problems.

  Even later, when he disguised himself as King, if there was a 'Hobbit officer' on the scene, who would have guessed that he was that king?

  "Manipulating the energy of the Devil Fruit within his body to alter his transformation structure." "After transforming, using the joints of his body in an attempt to shrink his massive physique."

  These methods ultimately failed, but during the experiment, Hobodi discovered that after transforming into a dragon, he could adjust the muscles and internal structure of his body using his own consciousness. In other words, he could twist his entire physique.

  He came to a conclusion.

  If he could freely control the muscles inside his body, then he would be able to manipulate the changes in Long's body at will. Even a seven or eight meter long body can be compressed into a human-like shape similar to those depicted in TV dramas and movies about dragons from past lives.

  And what about experts in this field?

  Hobbit immediately thought of those "Six Styles" experts in the Navy.

  That is an existence that has completely mastered the body to the extreme, and can crush ordinary people several hundred times in terms of physical ability alone without relying on any tools in this era of pirates.

  At the first time, Hobbiti called his old friend Brandy's phone number and asked about the "Six Styles".

  "Free control of the body? Indeed, the 'Six Styles' including Iron Block, Paper Drawing, Moon Step, Finger Gun, Storm Foot and Razor are all about controlling one's body. But to be honest, you've got the wrong person if you're asking me these questions over the phone... I don't understand any of this..." A helpless laugh came from Bran New on the other end of the line.

  "I'm in the Navy and all I have is your phone number. Help me out! The Naval Intelligence Department can't possibly not have training technique explanations for the 'Type 6'."

  "Don't make it difficult for me, I just got promoted not long ago. If I go to those confidential materials, I'll have to go through several checkpoints. Moreover, everyone in the department knows that I'm not interested in fighting, which is why I was transferred to the Intelligence Department. Now if I suddenly go and get them, it might cause trouble for you in the future."

  Hobbit was somewhat disappointed: "Really no way at all?"

  "No, to be honest, you don't necessarily need the "Six Styles" to master the technique of "free body control", do you? As far as I know, there's someone around us who has an amazing grasp on body control. And that person is someone you're familiar with. If you were to ask her for help, I think she'd ignore even the orders of a Warring States general to lend you a hand." Brunnhilde flashed a mischievous grin.

  Hoboldi's face suddenly turned black: "You're talking about Gal, she has a deep understanding of controlling her body freely. So he is indeed male?"

  "No, no, no, people are calling her Fuyinix now, a real woman. Located in the Navy HQ, Bulanew carefully looked around and found no one was listening before continuing: "Her transformation into Gal isn't about changing physical structure, but rather it's due to the replication ability of her Devil Fruit. However, she herself also has an impressive 'Six Style', known as 'Life Return' skill. If you need free control over your body, go find her! I'll send you her Den Den Mushi number: 0302...9952...37. Good luck... Hehe!"

  Hobbit's face sank as he memorized the phone number, knowing that the last sound of Brandon hanging up the phone was definitely a mocking laugh. The original concept of Gal being a tiger-backed and bear-waisted man could not be easily eliminated.

  But under current circumstances, Hobbit reluctantly dialed the phone number left by Branagh.

  “0302…9952…37！”

  Beep——

  "Moses Moses, who are you?" a very light and airy female voice came over.

  Hobodi was silent for a moment, then said: "I am Hobodi."

  "What... what!? Is it Lieutenant-sama? That's amazing, Lieutenant-sama actually called me on his own initiative...... No, how did Lieutenant-sama get my phone number?" The next sentence was spoken in a hushed tone.

  Must be so excited and then pretend to be calm? Hobodi said nothing and said: "I asked Brannew."

  "Oh——" The sound stopped there, and there was no more speech.

  Hobadi was at a loss for words, this woman being the only one he didn't want to provoke. For nearly three months, he had almost forgotten about her existence, but it was still a problem with his cultivation that led Hobadi to find her again.

  "Thanks for the iron block training method you sent over last time, I relied on it to get through a few crises." Hobody didn't know what to say, thought of a sentence and immediately said it.

  "Huh? Is that true? Lieutenant-sama can use the iron block in just three months? That's amazing!" The voice across from him let out a burst of admiration.

  "It's still quite obvious."

  "That's impressive too. An ordinary person would need at least two years to successfully cultivate it. By the way, Lieutenant, were you in the waters near Sanbasu in East Sea? Some time ago I saw a newspaper that a chef with rolled eyebrows from a restaurant there won an award, it seems their cuisine is quite good, if one day I can go to East Sea, Lieutenant, would you be able to take me there?"

  "A million times no... though that's what Hopody thought in his heart, on the surface he said: "It's possible, but there are countless Sea Kings and pirates on the Grand Line. I barely made it to East Blue with Captain Karp last time. It's too dangerous for you to go alone!""

  "Ah~" A loud scream came from across, followed by a weak voice: "Lieutenant, are you worried about me?"

  "This is going to go on forever... Hobodi furrowed his brow and immediately changed the subject: "Hmm, Faye, actually I called you this time because I need your help."

  "Help?"

  "I'm the user of the Zoan-type Devil Fruit, you should know that? When I transform, I have poor control over my animal body. I heard from Brannew that you're a master of 'Life Return', I'd like to ask you to teach me the method." Hobodi said directly.

  Suddenly, there was a silence on the other end of the line. Hobadi waited for one or two minutes, thinking that the other party had hung up directly. Until some sounds came from the receiver on the other end, Hobadi barely heard some voices.

  "Has the transmission just gone out, Lieutenant? Are you still there?" In a certain room of the naval headquarters residential building, a woman slowly spoke while holding a silver telephone bug.

  "In the."

  "Life Return" is different from iron blocks and cannot be cultivated through physical training. On the contrary, the better one cultivates, the harder it is to control. Remember, "Life Return" has only one key. Feel every part of your body, understand the changes in each part, and let your consciousness reach those parts, then you can freely control it. I was once washed ashore, my duck-like body stiffened in the sea, but after feeling that my consciousness could be used, I accidentally learned it. Okay, Uncle is coming, I'll hang up the phone first.

  Before long, the door to the room was opened directly and a tall, imposing man in a red suit with no expression on his face walked in: "Miss Fuyinix, you've secretly used my silver phone bug to make calls to others again. You took pains to prevent eavesdropping; I wonder if it's not related to bounty hunters or pirates? If so, perhaps I should reconsider that young man from last time - even if he was weak, he's far better than a pirate."

  "No, I just used Uncle's phone and talked with Miss Tina about some girls' topics."

  "The Naval Intelligence Department would never tap the phones of naval families, you're lying, Fuyi. That kid Hopody, if he comes back from the East Sea, I'll take him under my wing and train him properly, rather than having you being taken advantage of, it's better to make use of that kid! As for your parents, I'll talk to them."