"Rip Sea Kings apart with your bare hands?"
Hearing that, Garp not only didn't think Lei En was bragging, but his old eyes flashed with an extremely fervent light.
He had personally tested the brat's strength just moments ago!
It was the real deal—monster-level power that even made his heart pound in fear!
If he could really hand these two punks who shouted about becoming pirates all day over to him for training...
At that thought, Garp grinned broadly, his smile carrying a hint of relief.
"Wahahaha! Good! Excellent!"
Garp didn't bother asking Monkey D. Luffy or Ace for their opinions. With a wave of his hand, he agreed immediately.
"Since you brat are so confident, I'll hand these two little punks over to you!"
Like he was carrying chicks, he held Monkey D. Luffy, who was still flailing in midair, in one hand. With the other, he shot out and grabbed Ace, who had been standing at the door trying to run.
"Let me go! You damn old man! I'm going to be a pirate!" Monkey D. Luffy wailed, kicking wildly with all four limbs.
Ace clenched his teeth, glaring at Garp with the fierce eyes of a lone wolf. He tried to fight back with the water pipe he carried, only to be suppressed by a single finger from Garp.
"From today onward, he's your instructor!"
Without mercy, Garp tossed the two brats to Lei En's feet like sacks of grain.
"If they dare disobey, beat them half to death! As long as they still have a breath left!"
Looking at the two defiant brats sprawled on the ground like wild monkeys, Lei En clapped his hands in satisfaction.
This start was perfect.
"Don't worry, old man Garp."
Lei En rolled his wrists, his bones cracking loudly. A sinister smile appeared on his face, one so twisted that even the system would call him a pervert.
"My teaching methods will make sure they remember this for the rest of their lives."
With that, Lei En didn't even say goodbye to Makino.
He reached out with both hands and grabbed Monkey D. Luffy and Ace by the backs of their necks.
"Hey! What are you doing?! Let me go!"
"Bastard! Don't touch me!"
The two brats struggled desperately, but before Lei En's dragon-like strength, their resistance was as meaningless as ants trying to shake a tree.
"Shut up. Hold on tight. We're changing to a more spacious location."
Lei En couldn't be bothered with more nonsense.
"Bzzzt—!"
A blinding azure flash of lightning erupted beneath his feet!
Amid the crackle of violent currents, Lei En transformed into a bolt of lightning shooting into the sky, carrying the two still-screaming brats as he blasted through the tavern's shattered doors!
Straight into the heavens!
"Ahhhhhhh—!"
Monkey D. Luffy and Ace's shrill screams, distorted by the extreme speed, rang out from midair.
Their destination: Mount Colubo behind the Goa Kingdom!
Deep within Mount Colubo.
This was the territory of the Dadan Family.
At that moment, Dadan stood with her thick barrel waist, a massive pipe in hand, yelling at the bandits beneath her with a fierce face full of flesh.
"Stay sharp! That damn old man Garp came back from vacation two days ago. If he suddenly feels like coming up the mountain, we'll all be screwed!"
At the mention of Garp, the bandits, who were usually vicious and intimidating, all turned pale and nodded repeatedly.
They knew all too well how hard that Marine hero's fists were.
Just as Dadan was about to continue her lecture.
"Rumble!"
The previously clear sky suddenly boomed with deafening thunder without any warning!
Dadan jumped and looked up.
A dazzling blue bolt of lightning, like a meteor crashing to earth, came hurtling toward the clearing in their bandit headquarters with unstoppable force!
"Enemy attack?!"
Dadan's expression changed drastically as she yanked the enormous cleaver from her waist.
"Boys, grab your weapons!"
"Boom!"
The lightning struck the ground, blasting out a violent shockwave visible to the naked eye!
More than a dozen towering trees around them were snapped in half by the shockwave, while dust and fallen leaves filled the air and blocked their vision.
"Cough, cough... What kind of monster just landed?"
Clutching her blade, Dadan stared nervously at the center of the dust cloud, her palms drenched in cold sweat.
The dust gradually dispersed.
A handsome young man in a black trench coat walked leisurely out of the crater, both hands in his pockets.
At his feet lay two little brats foaming at the mouth, their eyes spinning in circles. They were clearly still recovering from motion sickness—lightning sickness.
They were Monkey D. Luffy and Ace.
"Old man Garp's grandsons?"
Dadan recognized the two unlucky brats at once, but she didn't know Lei En.
Seeing that he was only a teenager, Dadan breathed a sigh of relief, only for rage to rise in her chest.
"Where did this little brat come from?! How dare you run wild on my territory and even break my trees!"
She waved her huge cleaver and pointed it viciously at Lei En.
"Do you know whose territory this is? Hand over your valuables if you know what's good for you, or I'll chop you up and feed you to the dogs today!"
The surrounding bandits joined in, closing in with ferocious expressions.
Lei En didn't even glance at them.
He dug at his ear, his tone brimming with undisguised disdain.
"You've got a loud voice, but your strength is pathetic."
Lei En slowly raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at half a mountain beside the bandit camp.
"Since this place will be under my control from now on, this shabby scenery needs a little renovation."
Dadan froze, not understanding what Lei En meant.
The next second.
A faint blue electric arc flickered at Lei En's fingertip.
"Lightning Strike."
Lei En's voice was quiet, yet it seemed to possess the magic of making his words become reality.
"Boom—!!!"
The sky suddenly split apart!
A terrifying blue pillar of lightning over ten meters wide, carrying the power to destroy the world, crashed down from the clouds without warning!
The lightning pillar struck that half of the mountain with flawless precision!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the piercing sound of electric currents melting everything away.
Before the horrified eyes of Dadan and every bandit!
That half-mountain, formed from solid rock, was vaporized into nothingness in mere seconds beneath the lightning pillar's heat and terrifying destructive power!
Not even a trace of dust remained!
All that was left was an enormous charred pit so deep that its bottom could not be seen, with scorching magma still dripping down from its edges!
Clang.
Dadan's huge cleaver fell straight to the ground and smashed onto her toes, yet she seemed unable to feel any pain.
The entire bandit camp fell deathly silent.
Everyone's jaws nearly hit the ground. Their eyes bulged like bells, and their faces were filled with the utter terror of seeing a ghost.
"W-What the hell kind of monster is that?!"
One bandit's legs gave out, and he dropped to his knees with a thud. A warm, foul stench spread from his pants.
"D-Divine punishment!!!"
With that scream, Dadan and the remaining bandits no longer had even a shred of their former arrogance.
They all dropped to their knees at once, pressing their foreheads tightly against the ground. Their bodies shook like sieves, and none of them dared look at Lei En again.
What kind of joke was this?!
He could erase half a mountain with a casual point of his finger!
How was that human? He was clearly a god wearing human skin!
They were just country bumpkin bandits without even a bounty on their heads. Before him, they weren't even qualified to be cannon fodder!
Lei En lowered his hand, extremely satisfied with the result.
He walked up to the trembling Dadan and looked down at her from above.
"Listen carefully, fatty."
Lei En's voice was cold without the slightest trace of warmth.
"From today onward, I'm requisitioning Mount Colubo. This place is my exclusive training camp."
He pointed at Monkey D. Luffy and Ace, who had just regained their senses and were still groggy on the ground.
"You pieces of trash will handle logistics from now on. Think of ways to prepare food for these two brats every day, and while you're at it..."
A cruel smile curled across Lei En's lips.
"Serve as their human punching bags."
"Anyone who dares slack off or run away will end up just like that half of the mountain."
"Do you understand?"
Dadan's fat trembled as she nodded furiously, banging her head against the ground like a pestle. Her voice was thick with tears.
"Understood! Understood! Please rest assured, sir! We'll definitely take good care of the two young masters and make them plump and healthy!"
How could she possibly still harbor even a hint of resistance? Keeping her life was already a blessing!
At that moment, Monkey D. Luffy and Ace finally woke up.
They had also seen the vanished half-mountain. Though shocked, their innate rebelliousness kept them from surrendering.
"Bastard! Who wants you to train us?!"
Ace grabbed the water pipe from the ground and charged at Lei En like an enraged wild beast, his gaze vicious!
"I'll send you flying, then become the One Piece!"
Not to be outdone, Monkey D. Luffy swung his skinny arm and charged forward with a yell!
Watching the two brats rush at him with bared fangs and claws, utterly unaware of the danger.
Lei En didn't get angry. Instead, he laughed excitedly.
"Bzzzt—"
Ten blue electric arcs danced joyfully across his fingers like nimble venomous snakes.
Illuminated by the electric light, Lei En's smile gradually turned increasingly twisted and sinister.
"Good. That's the spirit."
He stretched out both hands toward the two charging at him.
"Then, brats."
"Hell training starts now."
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