The sudden feeling of weightlessness came.
The stone crushing Enel was smashed into pieces by Law's small blade and floated up.
Enel shook his head hard from side to side.
The stone pressing on his head shattered instantly. Enel's floating head looked at his body, which had been split into several pieces and scattered around:
"Cut apart, huh? Interesting…"
Zzzzz—
Sparks of lightning burst from the scattered stones as Enel's body reformed.
He stretched out his finger and began firing bolts of lightning at Law.
Law kept bending the lightning aside with his ability while rushing toward Enel.
But the bolts of lightning no longer had that deafening roar that could stun people. The sound and shockwave had been reduced many times over.
Enel raised an eyebrow.
"Sound suppression, huh…"
He looked toward Rosinante outside the circle.
Rosinante spread his hands awkwardly, showing helplessness…
...
Inside the circle.
Law had already charged right up to Enel.
Enel waved his hand, and the golden bracelets on his wrist were instantly smelted into a short golden staff.
He thrust it toward Law's chest.
But Law didn't dodge at all. The moment Enel's staff touched his chest—
His whole body vanished instantly.
He appeared behind Enel, both hands gripping his short blade, aiming straight at Enel's heart:
"Scalpel!"
He wanted to snatch Enel's heart. But with Enel's powerful Observation Haki, even without consciously activating it, his body reacted automatically.
His chest instantly transformed into lightning, and Enel, coming to his senses, spun around and grabbed backward.
Whoosh—
Law vanished again, reappearing far away.
The lightning on Enel's chest condensed back into flesh as he looked at Law.
"Swapped places directly with an object, huh."
Good grief… teleportation…
Law snorted softly.
"That's right."
He held his short blade in a mid-stance, pointing at Enel.
"Watch yourself."
"Injection Shot!"
He thrust at Enel.
A red mark appeared on Enel's forehead as if struck by a bullet.
His head jerked back under the impact.
Whoosh—
Law appeared above Enel's tilting head.
He extended his right hand, leaving only his thumb up while the other fingers curled into a thumbs-up gesture, pressing on the red mark on Enel's forehead.
"High-Frequency Electrocution!"
Zzzzz—
High-voltage current burst from Law's fingertip, sweeping through Enel's whole body.
Seeing Enel hit by the current without turning into lightning, the corners of Law's mouth curled slightly. It worked…
Enel calmly looked at Law's smirk and suddenly spoke:
"What are you grinning at?"
A blur of motion—he grabbed Law by the throat in a flash.
With one hand, he flung him straight out of the circle, where Rosinante caught him.
Law flipped upright, staring at Enel in disbelief.
"Impossible!"
"Weren't you in your physical state?"
"If your body was solid, how could you be fine after being hit by high voltage?"
Attacking the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user with electricity sounded dumb enough.
But Law had calculated everything. With Enel's pride, he would definitely take the hit head-on—and without turning into lightning.
And in physical form, a high-voltage shock should paralyze the body briefly.
It could even interrupt control of Devil Fruit powers, though Law hadn't pinned much hope on that…
But to not even paralyze him for a second?
Enel chuckled softly. Lightning crackled around his hand as the golden staff turned back into bracelets, but a drop of golden liquid fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Rosinante grabbed Law and jumped up.
The drop of gold hit the ground—
Zzzzz—
Visible currents washed through the whole valley.
Only under Enel's control did they not spread outward.
When Rosinante landed with Law, faint arcs of lightning were still crackling here and there.
Enel said faintly:
"Your little electricity isn't even enough to recharge it."
The golden rings on his wrists sparked as he pulled the solidified golden drops back from the ground and merged them into his bracelets.
It wasn't any kind of advanced technology—Enel had simply trained his control to the point where he compressed lightning to the extreme, fused it into gold, and controlled the charge so it wouldn't melt the metal.
Over time, every gram of gold on his body became infused with massive amounts of electricity.
Law's so-called high voltage… couldn't even recharge it for a second before being absorbed instantly.
Law clenched his teeth, feeling like a complete idiot…
"Fine. You win."
Enel smiled.
"Kid, you've developed your powers pretty well."
"The only thing you lack is physical talent."
Though Enel still called him a kid, Law was already a teenager.
His learning ability was extraordinary, developing the Op-Op Fruit incredibly fast, but his physical ability…
Unlike those giant monsters several meters tall, Law had an ordinary human body. No special talent, all training.
And that had limits.
Devil Fruit powers drained stamina—and that was the very thing he lacked…
Law clicked his tongue.
"You think everyone's a monster?"
"I'm the normal one here."
"Most people in this world have bodies like mine."
Ninety percent of people here were like Law—normal builds, maybe a bit over two meters at best.
Not five or eight meters tall with freakish genetics.
Law hated it… but it was reality.
Enel smirked.
"Even so, there are ways to raise your limits."
"For example…"
"Using high-voltage electricity to stimulate muscles and cells, strengthening the body…"
Zzzzz—
Lightning flickered in Enel's hands as he looked meaningfully at the hesitant Law…
...
The Grand Line.
A Navy warship was chasing two pirate ships.
Originally three ships…
The pirates had wanted to hunt a warship to raise their bounties.
But under the warship's powerful cannon fire, one never even made it close before being sunk.
Seeing this, the other two immediately turned tail, only to be dogged relentlessly, cannon fire raining down again and again…
On the pirate ship.
Several sharp whistling sounds came, followed by explosions.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
The Iron Bird Pirates' captain wiped blood from his face and shouted at the helmsman:
"Damn it! How much longer till we reach the place?!"
His eyes locked on the pursuing warship.
That Navy ship toyed with them… keeping just enough distance, never closing in.
Like a cat playing with mice. Damn Marines!
The helmsman sounded relieved:
"Almost there! I can see the island now!"
The pirate captain drew his sword, slashing two incoming cannonballs apart.
"Full speed ahead! Get our men on the island ready!"
"Don't reveal yourselves!"
"I want every last one of those Marines dead!"
...
Time passed quickly.
Only one pirate ship remained. The other was blown apart mid-chase…
On the warship behind them.
Watching the pirates land, people swarming ashore in numbers.
The adjutant turned to the scarred Vice Admiral Doberman.
"Vice Admiral Doberman, should we land and fight on the island?"
Doberman, sensing the ambush of pirates clustered together, said:
"No need."
"Bring out the special missiles from the research division."
"Bomb them!"
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