Chapter 134: Despair Descends! A God on the going merry
On the edge of Gods Island, the Going Merry was quietly moored in the shadow of a massive vine.
On the deck, the standby team was busy with their own tasks.
"The air pressure is a bit off..." Nami looked at the log pose on her wrist and her Weather Stick, her brows tightly knitted; the humidity in the air was dropping sharply.
"Don't worry, the great me has already tuned the cannon!"
Usopp was wiping the ship's cannons with a rag, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.
In the kitchen, Sanji was humming a little tune, mixing a special juice: "The special drinks for Nami-san and Robin are almost done~"
Suddenly.
The originally humid and stuffy air turned extremely dry in an instant.
The air was filled with crackling static electricity, and everyone's hair stood up slightly.
"Zzz —"
A blue-white light, so dazzling one could not look directly at it, flashed across the deck railing.
When the light dissipated, a man with a bare upper torso, carrying thunder drums on his back, and earlobes hanging down to his chest appeared out of thin air.
God Enel.
He sat lazily on the railing, toying with a half-eaten apple in his hand.
He hadn't even released any Haki, yet the current constantly jumping and crackling around his body was enough.
The pressure from nature's most violent power made Usopp's legs go weak, and he collapsed onto the deck.
"That... that is... what kind of monster..." Usopp's teeth chattered.
Enel took a bite of the apple and scanned the area with indifferent eyes, as if looking at a few ants:
"Is this the ship of the Blue Sea people? What a crude toy."
He raised his hand, lightning flickering at his fingertips, ready to destroy this eyesore of a wooden ship casually.
"Special Move: Fire Bird Star!!!"
Although trembling with fear, seeing the other party about to destroy the going merry, Usopp roared and pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh!"
The flaming bird projectile accurately hit Enel's chest.
However, the flames passed directly through Enel's body, as if hitting the air.
Enel's body elementalized and re-formed without a scratch.
"Mortal flames?"
Enel swept a cold glance and tapped his finger lightly.
"Boom!"
A thick bolt of lightning instantly pierced through Usopp's body.
"Waaahhh!!!" Usopp screamed, his body charred and smoking as he collapsed to the ground, twitching twice before lying still.
"Usopp!!"
"Bastard!! Don't you dare touch our ship!!"
A roar came from the kitchen.
Sanji kicked the door open and rushed out. Seeing the fallen Usopp and the terrified Nami, his feet instantly ignited with rage.
"Concassé!!!"
Sanji leaped high, using all his strength to deliver a spinning kick capable of shattering stone, aiming fiercely at Enel's head.
"Pfft."
There was no sensation of hitting anything.
Sanji's foot felt like it had kicked into a mass of sticky paste, sinking directly into Enel's head, which had turned into lightning.
"Not bad speed."
Enel didn't even turn his head; he raised his hand and grabbed Sanji's leg, his tone disdainful:
"But... too weak."
"God's Judgment!"
Rumble!!!!
A terrifying blue-white pillar of lightning descended from the sky, instantly piercing through the ship and engulfing Sanji completely.
"Ugh, arghhh!!!"
Faced with this absolute power, even one of the top three combatants of the Straw Hat Pirates lost consciousness instantly.
Sanji, smoking all over, fell heavily to Nami's feet like a piece of charcoal.
"Sanji-kun! Usopp!!"
In just a few seconds.
Only Nami was left on the deck.
She clutched her Weather Stick, looking at her comrades lying unconscious at her feet, tears of despair welling up in her eyes.
Is this... the power of a God?
It's not even in the same dimension...
"Oh?"
Enel noticed Nami, seemingly observing her Weather Stick and the weather logs she had been analyzing earlier.
"Woman, you seem to be the navigator of this ship?"
Enel jumped down from the railing and walked towards Nami step by step, lightning flowing beneath his feet:
"I can tell you have a keen perception of weather."
"My ark, 'Maxim', is about to set sail for that dreamlike 'Infinite Earth'."
He reached out and extended an invitation:
"I need a navigator. Come with me, woman. As long as you become my subordinate, I will grant you the right to survive in this country."
"Come with me, or die here with these bugs? Choose."
Nami gripped the Weather Stick tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.
Fear.
Boundless fear enveloped her.
If she just nodded, she could survive...
But.
In Nami's mind, Luffy's silly smiling face flashed by, followed by images of everyone on their adventures.
Finally... it settled on the black-haired boy who was always smiling, standing in front of her to shield her from the wind and rain.
'It is precisely because you are an ordinary person that you prove you are braver than anyone else.'
That sentence echoed in her ears.
"Haa..."
Nami bit her lip, blood seeping out.
She suddenly raised the Weather Stick, aiming it at the arrogant God in front of her, her voice trembling but firm as she shouted:
"Although... although I am afraid of death..."
"I also want those endless treasures..."
"But!!"
Nami's tears burst forth:
"If I have to abandon Tatsuya... abandon everyone to go with a monster like you..."
"Then I would rather die here right now!!!!"
The air solidified.
Enel's eyes instantly turned cold, the playfulness disappearing, replaced by a God's rage.
"Stupid."
He slowly raised the golden staff in his hand, terrifying high-voltage electric light rapidly condensing at the tip, emitting a piercing sound like a thousand birds chirping:
"Since you don't know what's good for you... then disappear."
"Die!"
The golden staff, carrying destructive lightning, struck down mercilessly toward Nami's head.
Nami closed her eyes.
Just at the moment the lightning was about to engulf her.
"Hum ————!!!"
A sharp sonic boom suddenly tore through the air; it was the sound of air breaking due to extreme speed.
"Impact · Reject!!!"
A black afterimage slammed into the battle like a cannonball from the side.
Tatsuya did not draw his sword.
He wore those special black gloves, his palm seemingly pressing against some kind of dial, and at that critical moment, he slapped the side of the golden staff Enel was swinging down.
"Boom!!!"
A terrifying shockwave erupted.
Relying on this huge recoil, Tatsuya forcibly deflected Enel's fatal blow by three inches!
"Zzzzap!!!"
The violent lightning grazed Nami's hair and blasted into the White Sea nearby.
"Rumble!!!"
The sea boiled instantly, kicking up a hundred-meter-high giant wave, as if the sea itself feared this power.
"Tap."
Tatsuya landed, firmly standing in front of Nami.
His black hair was whipped by the air current, and his right glove was emitting wisps of smoke.
Nami sat slumped on the ground, looking at the broad back that had suddenly appeared, her tightly strung nerves finally snapping, and she burst into tears:
"Tatsuya... wuu wuu wuu..."
Tatsuya did not look back.
He just reached his left hand behind him, accurately patting Nami's head, gently rubbing her orange hair.
"Sorry."
Tatsuya's voice was gentle, yet it carried an bone-chilling coldness that caused the surrounding temperature to plummet:
"I... arrived a little late."
After comforting Nami, Tatsuya slowly turned his head.
At that moment, the three tomoe in his eyes spun crazily, the killing intent radiating like a tangible blood mist, locking onto the Thunder God in front of him.
"Hey, long earlobes."
Tatsuya grinned, revealing fangs as fierce as a wild beast:
"Since you heard her answer, aren't you going to get lost?"
"Or is it that..."
Tatsuya's black blade left its scabbard by half an inch, emitting a clear dragon-like hum:
"You want the 'God'... to fall here today?"
Enel looked at the deflected golden staff, then at the teenager full of killing intent in front of him, tilted his head, and a look of interest appeared on his face:
"Oh?"
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