Noble Sabo Won't Escape Either—Let's All Get Electrotherapy Together

"Rustle..."

The strange noise in the bushes suddenly stopped.

Lei En leaned lazily against a rock without even turning his head, the corner of his mouth curling into an amused smile.

Within his Advanced Observation Haki, which was practically full-map vision, the intruder's appearance was reflected with perfect clarity.

A blond boy in a black top hat and blue formal wear, missing one tooth, was hiding behind a large tree.

He gripped an iron pipe tightly in his hands, poking his head out to look around.

It was Sabo, who had run away from the noble district of the Goya Kingdom and become sworn brothers with Ace in Gray Terminal.

Sabo's eyes were practically about to pop out of their sockets!

His mouth hung open, his face full of disbelief. He even rubbed his eyes hard, thinking he was hallucinating.

I... I'm not seeing this wrong, am I?!

Sabo screamed inwardly.

He had originally been waiting in Gray Terminal for Ace so they could go stash their pirate fund.

But after waiting for over ten days, he had not even caught a glimpse of Ace.

Worried that something had happened to his brother, he had followed the clues all the way here, cautiously making his way into the depths of Mount Colubo.

And the moment he arrived, he witnessed a scene that shattered his entire worldview!

In the clearing by the cliff.

Ace and that straw-hatted rubber idiot, Monkey D. Luffy, were bare-chested, their bodies coated in sweat and dirt like a pair of mud monkeys.

Most terrifying of all, each of them had the corpse of a Sea King on his shoulders—one as tall as a two-story building and weighing tens of thousands of jin!

And that was not all. Heavy-looking black chains were wrapped around their bodies!

"Nine hundred ninety-seven... nine hundred ninety-eight..."

Luffy's legs trembled wildly, his face flushed red and veins bulging as he counted with extreme difficulty.

With every number, he carried that mountain of flesh through another agonizing squat!

Ace did not make a sound beside him, but his lone-wolf eyes were bloodshot.

His knees had even been ground bloody, yet he still gritted his teeth and maintained the same rhythm and movements as Luffy.

"Is... is this really something humans can do?!"

Sabo swallowed, feeling his legs go weak.

He knew Ace's strength very well. Although Ace was far stronger than children their age, there was no way he could carry such a terrifying weight!

Not to mention that rubber idiot!

And what the hell was with that black chain wrapped around them?

Why could Luffy, a Devil Fruit user, still carry a Sea King and do squats after putting that thing on, even though he looked weak to the extreme?!

"No, Ace and the others must have been captured and tortured by that black-clothed bastard!"

Sabo's gaze finally shifted away from Luffy and Ace to Lei En, who sat on a rock nearby, leisurely munching on an apple.

Seeing Lei En's smug overseer expression, the fury in Sabo's heart was instantly ignited.

"I can't forgive him! I have to save them!"

Sabo took a deep breath and tightened his grip on the iron pipe.

He had received an elite noble education since childhood. Though rebellious by nature, he was far smarter and calmer than Ace and Luffy.

He did not charge out blindly. Instead, using the forest as cover, he silently crept toward Lei En's back like a nimble cheetah.

As long as I knock out that overseer, I can save them!

Ten meters.

Five meters.

Three meters.

Sabo had reached the tree directly behind Lei En and held his breath.

He raised the iron pipe high with both hands, his gaze utterly focused.

Now!

Sabo shouted inwardly, then kicked off the ground with all his strength, launching himself from behind the tree like a cannonball!

The iron pipe in his hand tore through the air and smashed viciously toward the back of Lei En's head!

He had put every ounce of strength into this strike without holding anything back!

"Die, you bastard instructor!"

However.

At the exact moment Sabo thought he was about to succeed.

Whoosh!

His vision suddenly blurred.

Lei En, who had been sitting on the rock, vanished into thin air without warning!

"What?!"

Sabo's face drained of color as the iron pipe slammed into the huge rock with a clang, sending sparks flying everywhere.

The impact numbed his hand so badly that the pipe nearly flew from his grasp.

"Where did he go?!"

Sabo looked around in panic.

Then, an exceedingly lazy voice laced with mockery drifted down from directly above his head.

"Yo, your stealth skills aren't bad. Your killing intent is just a little too heavy."

Sabo's entire body stiffened, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

He slowly raised his head.

Lei En had somehow appeared upside down on the thick branch above him, hanging there like a weightless ghost!

"You...!"

Sabo had barely opened his mouth when Lei En gave him no chance to continue.

Lei En flipped over and landed steadily behind Sabo.

With perfect precision, he grabbed Sabo by the back of the neck like he was picking up a kitten!

"Let me go, you bastard!"

Like a cat with its fur standing on end, Sabo flailed wildly in midair, but he could not break free from Lei En's iron-grip fingers.

"Shut up. Don't move."

Lei En carried Sabo to the cliff's edge and tossed him before Luffy and Ace, who were still doing squats.

Bang!

Sabo hit the ground face-first.

"Sabo?!"

"What the hell are you doing here?!"

Luffy and Ace, exhausted to the point of nearly coughing up blood, were both stunned to see Sabo suddenly fall from the sky.

Ace especially had an obvious flash of panic in his reddened eyes.

"Idiot! Who told you to come here and die?! Run!"

Ace shouted desperately at Sabo in a hoarse voice.

He had personally experienced Lei En's hellish torment. He knew that if Sabo fell into this devil instructor's hands, nothing good would come of it!

"Run? Where would he run to?"

Lei En clapped his hands and looked at the three future sworn brothers on the ground, the smile on his face gradually turning twisted.

"Now that everyone is finally here, there's no need to be strangers."

The blinding blue arcs that made Luffy and Ace's souls tremble danced once more between Lei En's fingers.

"As the saying goes, a family should always be nice and complete."

He raised an exceptionally kind eyebrow at Sabo, who was still utterly confused and had no idea what was about to happen.

"Newcomer, are you ready to receive the baptism of the Thunder God?"

Sabo swallowed as he looked at the terrifying lightning at Lei En's fingertips, finally understanding why Ace had told him to run.

"W-Wait! I'm not with them! I was just passing by..."

Bzzzt—!

Before Sabo could finish speaking.

A thick blue current pierced mercilessly through his body!

"AAAAAAAHHHH—!!!"

A scream even more miserable than Luffy and Ace's, carrying a distinct nobleman's voice crack, instantly shot into the sky!

That morning on Mount Colubo, the scream symphony that had originally been a duet.

At this moment, it was perfectly elevated into an even more tragic trio!

Amid flashing electricity.

Every strand of Sabo's short blond hair stood on end. He convulsed wildly on the ground like an electrocuted frog, rolling his eyes and foaming at the mouth.

Luffy and Ace looked at Sabo's miserable state. The two exchanged a glance and saw an incredibly complicated mix of schadenfreude and shared misery in each other's eyes.

"Whew..."

Lei En withdrew his finger and nodded in satisfaction at the three brats lying neatly on the ground.

"Not bad, not bad. Now this feels like a proper raising game."

He walked up to the three twitching brats and looked down at them from above, a domineering glint flashing through his eyes.

"Listen up, brats."

Lei En's voice echoed through the thunder, deafeningly loud.

"From today onward, you three are the first members of Heavenly Court's reserve force."

"And the strongest muscle-man squad I'll personally forge!"

"Now, all of you, get up immediately and do two thousand weighted frog jumps while wearing Seastone!"

"Anyone who dares slack off..."

The lightning in Lei En's hand crackled again with an extremely dangerous snap.

"Ten Million Volts—unlimited supply!"