"Crack..."
Seeing Austin catch lightning with his bare hands had apparently dealt a tremendous blow to Enel's worldview.
His mouth hung wide open, his eyes bulged, and snot ran from his nose.
What a pathetic sight.
"Forget it. There's no fun in playing with a greenhorn like you."
Austin showed not the slightest mercy. He loosely clenched his right hand, and clusters of black-red lightning burst within it.
Who said he couldn't play with lightning too?
Enel, who was already questioning his entire life, failed to react to Austin's attack at all.
Under the pressure of Conqueror's Haki, Enel could not move an inch. He could only watch helplessly as those hands slowly approached.
One of the slender fingers curled slightly.
"Boing~"
Clean and efficient, the fragile Enel rolled his eyes white under the Conqueror's Haki Head Flick, fell backward with his limbs spread, and hit the ground.
With a thought,
Austin and the unconscious young Enel appeared aboard the Oro Jackson.
Little Sand was reading the newspaper while Mihawk cooked.
"Hmm?"
Hearing the commotion, Crocodile shifted her gaze and noticed Austin and... the long ears beside him.
"Who's this guy?"
Austin was always doing things she could not understand, and she had grown used to that.
But this time was different.
He had made a special trip just for one person. The last person who had received such treatment,
had been her.
"I caught a laborer. Consider it an addition to the crew."
Once Austin confirmed it, Crocodile finally gave Enel a serious look. Mihawk also came over with a kitchen knife in hand after hearing the news.
"Why? Because his ears are long?"
"This guy ate one of the strongest Logia Type Devil Fruits, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit."
"Oh."
Unlike what Austin had expected, their reactions were flat. They