Just before he touched the wrist.
Pitch-black Armament Haki coated it.
Enel's powerful Observation Haki detected the change instantly.
He turned straight into lightning and flashed aside, his brow furrowing slightly.
Seeing Enel dodge, the pirate captain's vicious grin widened.
He shifted Admiral Zephyr's child to his left hand, then drew the long sword at his waist with his right.
Hum!
Armament Haki coated his entire arm.
The sword in his hand turned pitch-black along with it.
He looked at Enel across from him.
"Come on, brat."
Enel's expression grew grave, electricity blazing from both hands.
The Golden Staff softened and reshaped, forming two short blades like daggers.
Fixing on the pirate captain, he flashed behind him in an instant.
A faint trace of lightning still lingered on the ground.
He thrust the short blade in his right hand toward the pirate captain's heart.
The blade in his left stabbed toward his kidney.
Clang!
Though he had no time to react, the pirate captain coated half his body in Armament Haki.
Sparks flew as Enel's blades struck it.
Then the pirate captain spun and slashed, his blade tearing through the air with an explosive crack.
But it struck nothing.
Bzzzt!
Electricity crackled, and Enel reappeared.
He stood on the pirate captain's blade.
Both blades in his hands stabbed toward the pirate captain's eyes.
The pirate captain raised his left arm, still holding the child, to block.
Clang!
Enel's blades struck his forearm, and the pirate captain grinned.
"Brat, look here."
His eyes directed Enel toward the child in his left hand.
He tightened his grip slightly, and Admiral Zephyr's child struggled even harder.
The child's face flushed crimson, and the presence Enel sensed through Observation Haki weakened rapidly.
Enel's expression did not change.
Both blades remained pressed against the pirate