Under El's influence, the views of the three girls had undergone profound changes.
They would never burn villages, massacre civilians, loot the weak, or bully the innocent.
But when it came to enemies—
Whether mercy would be shown depended entirely on their mood.
And at this moment, Kuina clearly had no intention of being merciful.
Several hundred meters away, a terrifying mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky.
Kuina had used her strongest attack without hesitation.
The violent lightning blast didn't just annihilate the weak pirate and the ship he stood on—it also reduced several nearby pirate ships to dust.
The pirates who had been left behind to guard those ships were wiped out as well, victims of an unpredictable, godlike disaster.
"…Hey."
Staring at the massive mushroom cloud, Nami gasped in shock.
"Even my full-power Fire Fist wouldn't come close to that. Sister Kuina's attack is on a completely different level."
Carina, however, remained calm.
"That's only natural," she said evenly."Lightning is the strongest element in nature. If the Goro Goro no Mi didn't have this level of destruction, it wouldn't deserve to be called the strongest Logia."
El didn't respond immediately.
Instead, his gaze locked onto the ordinary sword in Kuina's hand.
Right before his eyes, the blade was melting.
Steel softened, warped, and flowed—turning into a pool of molten iron at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Over the past few days, El had spared no effort in helping Kuina develop her Devil Fruit abilities.
He had carefully explained the four core abilities of the Goro Goro no Mi, and based on her progress, he believed Kuina could currently only:
Use the Electric Field to increase movement speed
Infuse lightning into attacks for additional damage
That was all.
But he hadn't expected this.
Kuina had imitated his Hakoku Sovereignty—And from it, developed a completely different technique.
The original Judgement of God used by Enel involved turning the wrist into lightning, then shaping it into a massive thunder beam—Either fired directly, spread in a wide radius, or launched into the sky before crashing down onto the enemy's head.
Kuina's version was different.
She released her Judgement of God through her sword.
Because she wielded the blade with both hands, both wrists transformed into lightning at the same time.
As a result, the lightning she unleashed through her swing possessed even greater power than Enel's original Judgement of God.
Aside from pure destructive range—which still fell short of El's Hakoku Sovereignty—
Every other aspect had already surpassed it.
Especially the terrifying electric heat.
Even if El himself were struck head-on, he would feel severe discomfort even while defending with Armament Haki.
Naturally, an ordinary sword stood no chance.
With a single attack, the blade had melted down to nothing but a hilt.
Looks like I really need to speed things up…
El sighed inwardly.
Not only did he need to find a suitable sword for himself—
He also needed to return Wado Ichimonji to Kuina as soon as possible.
More importantly, El realized something else.
It was time to help Kuina systematically master Haki.
For a swordsman, both weapon and Haki were indispensable.
Kuina, however, was unaware of El's thoughts.
At this moment, she stood beneath the fading mushroom cloud, looking at the destruction she had caused with pure satisfaction.
Confidence radiated from her entire body.
Just like when Enel ate the Goro Goro no Mi—Crawling out of the abyss, destroying his homeland, ruling Sky Island, and proclaiming himself a god—
Anyone who consumed this Devil Fruit would inevitably gain overwhelming confidence.
Even mastering just one of its four abilities—combined with passive elementalization—was enough to create an intoxicating sense of invincibility.
That feeling was madness-inducing.
The reason Kuina hadn't become arrogant—
Was entirely thanks to El's constant guidance and restraint.
After Kuina sheathed the sword hilt, the four noticed that pirates from Mock Town had gathered along the coast.
The bustling shoreline fell into an eerie silence, filled with fear and disbelief.
As they walked toward the town, more and more pirates appeared—drawn by curiosity, greed, and terror.
Soon, the four found a street stall and purchased a map of Mock Town.
They searched carefully for any indication of a shipyard.
Unfortunately—
Jaya, having lost half of its landmass, was now little more than a small island.
And Mock Town was a completely lawless place.
No legitimate shipbuilding company would ever open a yard here.
There was only a single repair shop, barely capable of patching damaged hulls.
Seeing this, the four exchanged glances—
Then silently split up, cooperating without a single word.
El headed toward a certain shop.
The three girls left together.
Not long after—
Slash.
With the sound of steel tearing through flesh, a pirate ship docked at Jaya's port turned into a slaughterhouse.
The pirates on the shore stared in horror, their faces pale.
Kuina—wearing a red-and-white witch-style outfit—had transformed into a blue-and-white meteor.
Holding a sword she had seized on the spot, she harvested the lives of the pirates left behind to guard the ship.
No matter who stood in her way—
In the blink of an eye, their lives were taken.
Meanwhile, Carina and Nami, as if completely unfazed by the bloodshed, calmly worked together—
Anchoring the ship.
"Damn it—what did you do to my crew?!"
A furious roar suddenly erupted from the dock.
A group of pirates charged forward, led by a man in a suit, a sword at his waist and a gun in his hand.
Judging by his expression, he was clearly the captain.
Before they could even reach the ship—
BOOM—!
A deafening thunderclap exploded from above.
Kuina, having already finished clearing the deck, stood on the railing.
Blue-white lightning danced wildly around her body.
The sword in her hand glowed like a condensed beam of light.
Compared to the earlier attack, this lightning strike was ten times smaller.
But—
That only made it deadlier.
The lightning fell.
It shattered into countless electric sparks upon impact, blanketing the pirates below.
Agonized screams echoed across the dock as bodies convulsed and collapsed, rolling across the ground again and again.
When the lightning finally faded—
Every pirate lay sprawled on the ground.
Their hair stood on end like explosive fireworks.
Burnt flesh and scorched clothing filled the air with a sickening smell.
"Sister Kuina—go help Nii-san!"
Suddenly, Nami's voice rang out from the rudder.
Kuina nodded calmly.
Her body dissolved into a flash of lightning—
And vanished from the ship's railing.
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