Meanwhile, outside the auction house.
Watching pirates and civilians flee in panic from the auction house like an outgoing tide, Enel picked at his ear impatiently.
"Did something happen in there? What a racket.
Did that guy in the straw hat really hit the woman wearing the glass bubble?"
"So it would seem." Kuma nodded calmly, a barely perceptible trace of approval flashing in his eyes.
"Just what I would expect from Mr. Dragon's son."
"In that case, isn't it time for this God to make his entrance?!" An excited grin spread across Enel's face.
He could already picture his glorious arrival in a display of "Divine Punishment," swooping in to clean up the mess.
Before his laughter faded, and without waiting for Kuma's answer, electricity flashed around Enel, and he vanished in a streak of lightning.
Kuma followed him.
Inside the auction house, the Straw Hat Pirates were locked in fierce combat with the guards Shalria had brought.
Unlike how things had originally gone, Kid and Luo were not there to help. Only the Straw Hat Pirates were inside the auction house now.
As a result, they could not finish the fight quickly, and chaos reigned.
Just as Luffy sent a guard flying with a punch, a teasing voice with a distinctive cadence rang out overhead.
"Well! You really did attack a Celestial Dragon. Tsk, tsk, tsk. You've got some nerve, Straw Hat Boy."
Hovering in midair with the Golden Staff cradled in his arms, Enel was ready to enjoy these "mortals" struggling and announce his arrival.
But before his smile had fully formed, his casually wandering gaze swept across the display stage-and froze the instant it landed on Camie, the mermaid inside the glass enclosure!
"!!!" Enel's pupils quivered, and his face instantly filled with shock and... blazing