Enel hovered high above, his long hair whipping wildly within the corona of his own power, his voice a peal of thunder that shook the very air. "I am the God of Skypiea! Everything here belongs to me!"
He spread his arms wide, the four Drums of Thunder on his back humming with pent-up energy. "Those who do not submit—PERISH!"
Luffy immediately shouted back, "What kinda god are you?! I'm the man who's gonna be King of the Pirates!"
"ZEHAHAHAHA!" Blackbeard Teach's body swelled with dark, viscous energy, his gap-toothed mouth stretched in a grotesque grin. "A 'God'? The thing I despise most in this world is a 'God'!"
Enel's face darkened instantly, like a thunderhead ready to burst. "Ignorant insects! If you will not kneel, then be erased!" He slammed a fist against one of the drums on his back. "30,000,000 Volts: Raigo!"
The blinding lightning coalesced into the form of a giant, screeching bird of prey, diving toward the two defiant pirates.
Luffy didn't even flinch, allowing the lightning to pass directly through his rubber body. The current crackled and danced over his form harmlessly.
"Hahahaha! That just tickles!" Luffy scratched his head, where his straw hat smoldered slightly but remained utterly unscathed.
The residual arcs, however, leaped outward, electrocuting the surrounding fodder pirates where they stood.
Zoro drew his three swords, sheathing the blades in the black gloss of Busoshoku Haki. He leaped forward to meet the attack. "Oni Giri!"
A dark blue arc of sword energy sliced the lightning construct clean in two. Residual electricity cascaded around him, unable to penetrate his Haki-infused defense.
ZZZZZZT—!
A searing bolt of lightning tore through the air, aimed directly at Sanji. His leather shoes scraped sparks against the ground instinctively, every muscle screaming at him to dodge—
Wait! Sanji suddenly froze, a bold and reckless idea flashing in his mind. What if... I just take it?
The image of that damn marimo, Zoro, blocking the lightning so effortlessly with his Haki flashed before his eyes. If he didn't push his limits, he'd fall behind. How was he supposed to get stronger—how was he supposed to awaken Haki—without taking a beating?!
It won't kill me... probably... A fierce light burned in Sanji's eyes. Maybe... maybe I'll even get a reward!
He decided to gamble.
"Sanji! Move!" Usopp screamed from behind him.
Nami stamped her foot in frustration. "You idiot cook! What are you doing?!"
But Sanji merely spread his arms, looked up at the barrel-thick pillar of lightning, and grinned. "Come on then! Let me feel your so-called god's power—"
KABOOM!!!
The blinding discharge completely enveloped him. The current felt like ten million white-hot needles piercing every inch of his skin. His blond hair stood completely on end, and his suit began to smolder and emit green smoke from the intense heat.
"SANJI!!" Chopper wailed, tears streaming down his face.
Just as everyone prepared to rush to his aid, a burst of wild, exhilarated laughter erupted from within the crackling maelstrom. "HAHAHAHA... NOW THAT'S A RUSH!"
Fragments of his charred suit fluttered away, revealing Sanji's well-defined torso. Astonishingly, he was not only unharmed, but tiny serpents of lightning were now dancing across his skin.
[Ding! Host is currently receiving damage. Reward for withstanding 10,000-volt electrocution: Raigo Gene Awakening!]
"Huh?" Sanji's cigarette fell from his lips. "Raigo... Gene?"
He looked down at his fingertips, where electric arcs spontaneously crackled, and a flood of absurd childhood memories surfaced. Just what the hell did that old man's science team splice into my embryonic genes?!
"You shitty love-cook! Have you lost your mind?!" Zoro yelled.
"Hmph! Mind your own business, Marimo!"
Sanji shook the lingering numbness from his arms, a deeply satisfied smirk spreading across his face as he processed the system's reward. "Everyone... I think I'm about to level up."
He suddenly ripped off his scorched tie and flipped a defiant middle finger toward the sky. "That's all you've got, Enel?! Didn't you have breakfast? Hit me with something that actually stings!"
Enel's face twisted with rage. "You dare mock me?!"
An even thicker pillar of lightning crashed down. This time, Sanji welcomed it with open arms, as if basking in the noonday sun.
And this time, everyone saw it clearly—
A pair of faint, illusory wings, woven from pure lightning, flickered into existence behind his shoulders for a brief moment.
A collective gasp went through the crowd.
He gets stronger... from being electrocuted?!
Has this guy developed some kind of shocking masochistic fetish?!
Just then,
Sanji's sharp eyes caught several stray bolts of lightning veering toward Nami and the others. "Look out!" he shouted.
Ron was already moving, positioning himself in front of his crewmates, his hands coated in jet-black Busoshoku Haki. "Everyone, stay back!" With a powerful, two-handed clap, he met the oncoming lightning—
BOOM!
A jaw-dropping scene unfolded: the violent fork of lightning was swatted away by those dark hands as if it were a mere rubber ball, sent flying directly toward the Blackbeard Pirates!
"GYAAAAAHHH!"
Doc Q's sick horse, Stronger, had its mane stand completely on end. Van Auger's prized sniper scope shattered into a thousand pieces. Burgess convulsed violently, performing an involuntary and comical tap dance.
Teach hastily conjured a vortex of dark energy to absorb the residual current, bellowing in fury, "YOU BASTARDS! YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!"
....
A crack finally appeared in Enel's godly composure. "Impossible... How can you simply... bat away my divine lightning?!"
Ron shook his smoking hands and let out a derisive snort. "A 'God'? You're not even close."
Enel's face contorted into a mask of pure, unadulterated fury. All four of his Drums of Thunder glowed with an incandescent blue light. "60,000,000 Volts: Raigo!"
The entire sky was bleached white. Several colossal dragons, forged from pure lightning, erupted from the clouds. Their maws were wide enough to swallow a battleship whole as they descended upon the figures below.
"ZEHAHAHAHA!" Blackbeard Teach suddenly spread his arms, a bizarre, devouring darkness erupting from his palms. "Dark Vortex!"
A horrifying spectacle followed—
The moment the world-ending lightning dragons touched the expanding domain of darkness, they writhed and distorted, as if bitten by an invisible, colossal maw. The dazzling constructs were forcibly torn into shreds, disintegrating into countless scattered streams of electricity, which were then slowly, inexorably, completely swallowed by the undulating blackness.
"What?!" Enel's eyes widened in genuine shock for the first time. "My lightning... was... consumed?!"
Teach's grin widened, the darkness around him surging triumphantly. "A Logia? In front of me, it's nothing but a cheap parlor trick!"
Ron watched intently, analyzing the Dark-Dark Fruit's mechanics. 'It's not nullification... it's true 'devouring'.' He observed that as Teach absorbed the lightning, the dark matter formed countless microscopic, vortex-like structures at the point of contact.
Zoro's three swords trembled slightly in his grip. "That bastard... his power is trouble."
Sanji clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Tch. Show-off."
Enel's expression shifted from shock to incandescent rage. He began to frantically beat the drums on his back, the rhythm growing manic. "200,000,000 Volts: Raigo!"
This time, his body swelled into a towering giant of lightning, a true titan of storm and wrath. Yet, the gleam of greed in Teach's eyes only grew brighter...
Enel's roar shook the very foundations of the cloud sea. His form expanded rapidly within the blinding electrical storm, transforming in an instant into a hundred-meter-tall leviathan of living lightning.
Violent currents surged through the atmosphere, claiming the entire sky as his personal domain. His face, reflected and distorted in the shimmering energy, was that of a vengeful deity delivering final judgment.
And Blackbeard Teach looked upon this display of divine power, his grin stretching from ear to ear, his eyes shining with naked, all-consuming avarice.
"Zehahahahaha... The Logia-type, Goro Goro no Mi..." a low, hungry chuckle rumbled in his chest. "What a magnificent power..."
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