El Thor?

In the Birka, the smell of burning slowly drifted on the wind.

Enel stared at Ron's outstretched hand, then suddenly burst into laughter, bending over and unable to straighten up.

"Hahaha! What did you say? You want me to go to the Blue Sea with you and be your subordinate?"

"Yes."

Ron nodded, his tone as if he were discussing what to have for dinner.

"Free meals and accommodation, five social insurances and one housing fund, and promotions for good performance."

Do you know who you're talking to?

"A guy who's only been eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for half a month and already thinks he's invincible, even dreaming of becoming a god."

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Enel's temple throbbed. This bastard can read minds?

He glanced at the boy behind Ron, who was leaning against a tree trunk, his face as white as paper, clearly having just suffered a terrible ordeal.

"Bringing along a little brat who can barely stand, you dare to act tough in front of me?"

Luo weakly lifted his eyelids. "Master, he talks too much."

"It's okay, I won't say anything more in a bit."

"You're asking for it!"

Enel flipped his right palm, and blue-white arcs of electricity crackled and exploded, instantly making the forest blindingly bright and the air scorching hot.

"El Thor!"

Boom!!

A bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl surged forth from his palm, instantly pulverizing the rubble along its path. Tree trunks, swept by the intense heat, curled at the edges and emitted black smoke in the blink of an eye.

Luo's pupils shrank. "This guy is actually a Lightning/ Logia?!"

Ron stood still, not moving an inch.

Click.

An Air Door opened smoothly in front of him, and the lightning bolt plunged into it, abruptly stopping the explosion.

Enel remained frozen in his outstretched hand position, stunned.

Where's my thunder...?

"Here."

Ron gestured with his chin toward his back.

Another door opened out of thin air, and the lightning bolt from before shot out intact, slamming right into Enel's back!

The blue light instantly engulfed his figure, and electricity crackled and surged along the Drums.

The lightning dissipated after a moment.

Enel was unharmed, but his expression turned completely grim.

"Return my thunderbolt? You think thunderbolts can hurt thunderbolts?"

I didn't expect to hurt you.

Ron smiled, reached out and opened the small door beside him, and pulled out Zhenyuan from behind the door.

Enel was amused when he saw the sword.

"Trying to cut lightning with a broken iron sword? Are all the Blue Sea People that stupid?"

"Why don't you try and see?"

Sizzle--

Enel's figure blurred, and he vanished in a flash of lightning.

The next instant, arcs of electricity coalesced into a human shape behind Ron, and a hand blade wrapped in lightning slashed down fiercely!

"Kid, can you keep up with my speed?!"

Clang!

Zhenyuan parried with a backhand stroke, his sword covered in jet-black Armament Haki, perfectly intercepting the descending hand blade.

A burst of lightning erupted along the spine of the sword, and a wisp of smoke rose from Ron's sleeve.

Enel jerked away, a look of surprise appearing on his face for the first time.

"What?!"

Ron spun around and slashed diagonally!

Enel intended to use his elemental transformation to take the hit head-on, but as the sword approached, a strong sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart.

Wrong!

His expression changed, and he transformed into lightning and flashed away before the sword could touch his body.

Swish!

The force of the strike remained undiminished, cleaving the rock behind it in two.

"Hehehe! You can't hit me!"

Enel's laughter echoed from all directions.

"Thunder Beast!"

Thump--

The Drums behind them resounded continuously.

He shaped a bolt of lightning into a Thunderbird, which swooped down with a sharp cry.

Another ball of electricity transformed into a four-legged thunder beast, hurtling along the ground.

Ron glanced at Law behind him.

"Go and rest over there."

"Master, I can—"

Click.

Luo's feet slipped, and he fell directly into the Air Door.

When they came out again, they were already on a high rocky platform in the distance.

"... I haven't finished speaking yet!"

Ron cleaved the Thunderbird in two with a single sword strike, sparks flying across half the forest.

As the Thunder Beast pounced at his feet, the air beneath his feet suddenly opened up, and a ball of lightning burst through the doorway and roared out from the distant empty rock slope.

Boom!

The entire stone wall was charred black by the explosion, and rubble was scattered all over the ground.

Is there anything else?

Ron flicked the remaining sparks from his sword, his tone relaxed.

"Make a few more, that'll help weed this hillside."

"Asshole!"

Enel pressed his palms to the ground, and arcs of electricity spread outwards along the tree roots, instantly creating a sea of lightning in the forest.

Several trees burst into flames instantly, and the stones turned a dark red from the heat.

On the high rock platform, Luo felt a chill run down his spine even from a great distance.

"This guy's fruit... is just too outrageous."

The next second, something even more outrageous happened.

Ron took a step and walked towards the lightning-filled ground.

Click! Click!

Several Air Doors opened one after another, and the electric current rushing towards him surged into the doors.

Occasionally, a stray arc of electricity would splatter on the hem of his clothes, sending up wisps of smoke.

Ron kept walking.

"How is that possible?!"

Enel transformed into Inazuma, attempting to circle around to the side, preparing to launch a surprise attack when Ron turned around.

But Ron raised his left hand beforehand.

Click.

Just as he was about to settle down, a door opened silently.

A fist coated in Armament Haki burst out from the doorway!

Bang!!

A punch landed squarely on his face.

Enel's smile twisted into a grimace as he flew through the air, crashing through two trees before finally plunging into a pile of rubble.

"I'm starving!"

He covered his left cheek, and felt warm blood between his fingers.

Blood?

This was the first time he had ever been hit by such a real attack since becoming lightning!

Enel suddenly looked up, his eyes wide. "What did you do?!"

Ron set Zhenyuan aside and slowly flexed his wrist.

"Want to learn? I'll teach you."

"That's a lie! It must be some kind of weird ability!"

Enel roared, his body crackling with electricity, and charged forward once more.

Ron threw a punch right at him.

Bang!

Enel tilted his head back and stumbled backward, his nose tingling, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.

"Hateful!!"

He transformed into lightning and attacked from the left. Ron dodged the lightning by sidestepping it and opened a door beside him with a flick of his finger.

A second punch came from the right-side door and landed on his forehead.

Bang!

One of the bags immediately bulged out.

"You, you bastard!"

"Wasn't it supposed to turn into lightning? Why isn't it turning into lightning anymore?"

I've changed!

"Oh, it seems it's not working."

Enel was so angry that his eyes turned red. He took several steps back and finally stopped charging recklessly.

He closed his eyes, locking his Mantra tightly around Ron, focusing his breathing, muscle exertion, and the direction of his punches...

I saw it!

"Right!"

He dodged to the left in advance, transforming into lightning.

Click.

A fist emerged from the door on the left.

Bang!

Enel was launched into the air once again.

You clearly punched from the right!

"Yes."

Enel almost choked.

His Mantra were crystal clear, yet who could have imagined that his fist could veer off course halfway through its journey?!

When Ron approached, Enel was still sitting on the ground, dazed.

He gritted his teeth and leaped up, lightning bolts enveloping his arms as they struck down from above.

Before the lightning could even take shape, a fist brimming with Haki had already slammed into his head.

Thump!

"Awoo!"

Enel crouched down, clutching his head.

Ron flicked his forehead lightly with his finger again.

"Being able to sense my attack beforehand doesn't mean you'll have time to dodge. Understand?"

"You're the one... ah!"

I got hit again.

On the distant rock platform, Law looked at the series of bumps on Enel's head and subconsciously touched his own head.

"So, Master was really going easy on me when he beat me before..."

The woods finally fell silent.

Ron glanced at the few trees still burning and casually opened a few Air Doors.

The burning tree trunks disappeared one after another, ending up on a bare, rocky slope in the distance.

Only after confirming that the fire would not spread further did he turn to look at Enel.

Enel sat with his back against the rock, his face bruised and battered, his blond hair standing on end.

He stared at his fingertips; arcs of electricity could still be seen, but the "I'm the best in the world" attitude he had just displayed had been completely shattered.

Ron walked over and squatted down opposite him.

"Shall we continue?"

"..."

"Say."

"We're not fighting for now! Don't push your luck!"

Ron nodded in satisfaction.

"That's right. Young man, don't threaten to strike people with lightning all the time."

Enel almost jumped up. "You look younger than me, don't you?!"

"Skill has nothing to do with age."

"..."

One sentence made his face sting even more.

He stared at Ron's fist, hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't resist.

"Hey. That ability you mentioned... the ability to strike lightning, is it really something anyone can learn?"

"Yes. And the Mantra you're using is called Observation Haki in the Blue Sea."

Enel was stunned.

So it turns out that the skill I was so proud of could be learned by anyone outside?

"Then teach me."

What's your attitude when asking for help?

"What exactly do you want...!"

Ron stood up and dusted off his trousers.

"Simple. Help me start a fire first, then we can eat and chat."

Enel stared at the charred tree trunks he had chopped, then at Ron, his face filled with disbelief.

"Ha?!"

"You want me, the god, to light a fire for you?!"

"What, you can't control the heat?"

"Who says you can't?!"

Sizzle--

A piece of Kogarashi immediately burst into flames, the temperature was just right, and there wasn't much smoke at all.

Ron opened the Air Door and dragged out a Sky Fish he had caught earlier in the White Sea.

Luo, come and eat!

Enel stared at the flickering flame and suddenly realized what was happening.

Etc.

How did I... actually light it for him?