Poor Enel

Nami leaned against Ling'er without speaking, her eyes equally full of confusion.

Kuro spoke up. "He got taught a lesson by all of us, so naturally he wants to know why Lott can be captain when he's so young."

Zoro took a swig of liquor and said, "This is good, too. Otherwise, he might still think he's dreaming."

Crocodile stroked the poisoned scorpion hook on his left hand with his right. He knew that he himself had only chosen to join the Lott Pirates because of Lott's overwhelming presence.

Now he watched the two in the arena with the air of a spectator, too. He also wanted to know just how strong Lott was.

Wyper was equally excited. He wanted to see how this "god" of Sky Island would perform against lightning that was almost impossible to defeat.

Lott looked at Enel, who still wore an arrogant expression, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

He found a challenge like this from Enel perfectly normal. He also wanted to use this opportunity to intimidate those who remained unconvinced.

Enel could not help recalling his battles against Kuro and the others.

Kuro's speed, which nearly matched his own, Zoro's black blades, Crocodile turning into yellow sand, the ever-changing white clouds, and the incomparably scorching flames.

Except against Robin, Enel had lost every time.

"Electromagnetic Barrier!" Lott waved a hand, enclosing them both in an enormous spherical barrier.

Alarm bells immediately rang in Enel's head, because his Mantra could no longer extend beyond the spherical barrier. Secretly shocked, he had no idea what method Lott had used.

But this move alone was enough to make Enel find Lott's strength terrifying.

"All right, let's begin. You'd better use your strongest form, or you might not even get a chance to attack." Lott's expression remained calm as he spoke.

"200 Million Volts: Amaru!" Enel understood that too, so he brought out his strongest form right from the start.

Electricity streamed from his entire body as he transformed into a blue-and-white giant fat man about twenty meters tall.

His arm extended, and his fist instantly appeared before Lott's face. Yet Lott simply stood where he was without moving his feet, allowing the enormous arm of lightning to slam into his head.

Boom!

The instant the lightning fist struck Lott, it scattered in all directions, hitting the Electromagnetic Barrier and bouncing back. In a flash, an enormous ball of lightning appeared in the plaza.

"Lott!!" Nami could not help crying out at the sight. She knew Lott only had a Paramecia Devil Fruit. There was no way his body could take a direct lightning strike like that unscathed.

Yet Kuro and the others looked perfectly composed, not worried about Lott in the slightest.

"How is that possible? How could your body withstand a two-hundred-million-volt electric shock?!" Enel could clearly sense that Lott was still standing where he had been, without even shifting his feet.

Refusing to believe it, he threw another punch at Lott.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Thunder immediately roared without pause throughout the spherical barrier.

Huff... huff... huff...

Enel panted heavily. He did not understand, could not comprehend it. He had never encountered anyone who could take a two-hundred-million-volt lightning strike directly with their body.

His lightning strikes had always been unstoppable.

Now someone who could withstand lightning with his flesh had actually appeared.

"Why? Why? Why can you withstand lightning with a Paramecia Devil Fruit? Even Kuro, a Mythical Zoan user, didn't dare take it head-on!"

Lott shook his head and explained, "It's not that my body withstood your lightning. My Devil Fruit is simply rather special and happens to counter lightning. Though I do believe I could block your lightning attacks with Haki armor."

"Got any other moves? If not, it's my turn."

Enel silently shook his head. 200 Million Volts: Amaru was the strongest move he currently had at his disposal.

With an Electromagnetic Instantaneous Movement, Lott appeared before the enormous thunder god.

So fast! He feels even faster than Kuro! Enel was utterly shocked.

Their sizes differed by dozens of times, but before he could react, a fist slammed into his chest.

Boom!

The thunder god's enormous body shrank like a deflating balloon, returning to Enel's original form.

He now lay unconscious on the ground, blood spilling from his mouth, with an enormous hole punched clean through the right side of his chest.

The lightning inside the spherical barrier vanished at that moment as well.

Lott waved a hand to dispel the barrier, and only then could the spectators see what had happened inside.

"Gasp!"

"Gasp!"

"A... awesome!"

The crowd was filled with sharp intakes of breath. They could not help being shocked; they had no idea what had just happened.

But judging by the scene before them, Lott was spotless, without even a hair out of place. Meanwhile, Enel lay unconscious on the ground with an enormous hole in his chest.

Seeing the situation clearly, Ling'er could not help covering her eyes. "Didn't Lott hit him way too hard?!"

Nami also turned her head aside, unable to bear looking at the bloody scene.

"Hey, hey, hey! Did Lott kill Enel? Why can't I sense his heartbeat anymore?" Zoro took a swig of liquor and asked in shock.

Kuro shook his head. He did not know why Lott had struck so hard either, and murmured, "I don't know. Perhaps Lott has his reasons."

Thump!

Bzzzt...

Thump!

Bzzzt...

Just when everyone thought it was over, tiny bolts of lightning began dancing across Enel's chest.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

"Could it be?" Kuro pushed his glasses up with his right hand and stared at Enel in disbelief.

Through his Observation Haki, he could clearly sense that the heart that had stopped beating was slowly beginning to beat again.

Naturally, Zoro and the others sensed it too. They all wore expressions of disbelief.

Kuro said, "He's giving his own heart electric shocks."

Crocodile exhaled a long stream of smoke. "The Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit really is extraordinarily powerful. I wonder how strong Enel will become once he masters Haki."

Only after hearing them did Nami dare turn around. They had thought Enel, who had only just become their companion, had been struck off the roster by Lott like that.

She knew that once Lott acknowledged someone as a companion, he would make sure to protect them.

That was why she had been so confused earlier when she saw Enel's nearly fatal wound.

Had Wyper and the others not heard Kuro and the others explain, they might still not have known what had happened. They were now staring at Lott in shock.

They secretly felt fortunate that Lott was not an enemy. At least, he did not appear to be one for now.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Enel finally regained consciousness, but his injuries were so severe that he could not sit up at all.

With a flick of his finger, Lott sent a Senzu Bean into Enel's mouth.

Gulp...

Without any obstruction, the black pill went straight down Enel's throat.

The enormous hole in his chest actually began to heal slowly, but the wound was simply too large. Even after eating a Senzu Bean, it took ten minutes for the hole to finally fill in.

"Cough, cough! Captain, didn't you hit a little too hard? If I didn't have the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, you'd have sent me to the afterlife, wouldn't you?" Enel still lay on the ground.

Although the surface wound had healed, the damage to his internal organs had not recovered so quickly.

Ling'er and the others approached at that moment.

Nami and Ling'er ran to Lott's side, each hugging one of his arms.

Nami rubbed her head against Lott. "Lott, you scared me to death. Are you hurt?"

Lott reached out and stroked Nami's little head. "Don't worry. Aren't I perfectly fine?"

Enel could not stand watching anymore. "Hey, I'm your companion, at least. Is anyone going to show me some concern?"

"Oh dear, I was just about to tell everyone to come to your funeral feast." Robin still made no attempt to conceal her dark humor.

"Hey! Little girl, I'm not dead yet. Cough, cough!" At Robin's words, Enel rolled his eyes and coughed up a few more traces of blood. His face grew even paler.