Bringing Violet back to the Pegasus, El took the opportunity of the five girls coming to greet him to introduce Violet, whose face was grim from being sent off as a hostage. Seeing her expression, El couldn't help but joke with a smile.
"You were right. The fate of your father and your country shouldn't be gambled on a mere stranger."
"So, if you don't want your father—or even yourself—to come to harm, I hope you can relax."
"As long as you stay here honestly and assist me with your Glare-Glare Fruit, just as you supported Doflamingo, I will protect your father from him…"
"If you don't, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
As his last words fell, a tangible dark purple aura erupted from El's body.
At that moment, El—having released his Shura aura—had eyes as red as a ghost's. Violet, who had been reluctant, slumped to the ground.
Remembering the super-tsunami created earlier by the boy before her, she couldn't help but swallow hard, then nodded and said in a trembling voice, "I… I understand…"
"I hope so."
El nodded expressionlessly. His final warning was no joke. The Glare-Glare Fruit possessed a strategic-level ability no different from Superman-types like the Float-Float Fruit, Quake-Quake Fruit, or More-More Fruit.
Those who ate the Glare-Glare Fruit gained amazing abilities such as Clairvoyance and Mind-Peeping.
Just as the Float-Float Fruit was the ultimate controller, the Glare-Glare Fruit's Clairvoyance and Mind-Peeping were also at the ultimate level.
Clairvoyance could not only see through objects like X-rays but also directly examine a target's physical condition.
If combined with Mind-Peeping, this Clairvoyance ability might become similar to El's innate power—allowing her to instantly read an enemy's inner thoughts.
It might even enable Violet to look into a person's mind and memories if their Haki wasn't strong enough—though it would fail against powerhouses who could ignore spatial transfer like the Op-Op Fruit through sheer Haki.
However, El's innate ability was different. Even if an opponent's Haki was tremendously strong, he could still see through their thoughts—a fact confirmed during his fight with Rayleigh.
The premise was that she could fully integrate Mind-Peeping and Clairvoyance. If that happened, the combination would be truly incomprehensible, because Violet's Clairvoyance had a radius of 4,000 kilometers. Anyone entering that range would fall under her ability, allowing her to read their minds.
Such a capability was undoubtedly strategic-level.
That was why El gave up on Sugar and asked Doflamingo to send Violet as the hostage.
If Violet proved disobedient, El would not hesitate to pluck the flower and take her Devil Fruit.
If not for the fact that all of them were already Devil Fruit users, El might have killed Violet immediately. So now, he was giving her a chance—whether she seized it to survive depended on her actions.
Although El's crew consisted entirely of girls, he was not someone who lost his head at the sight of a beautiful woman.
Violet was different from the five girls. Except for Kuina—whether it was Robin, who witnessed her mother's death and her homeland's destruction; Nami and Perona, who were adopted; or Carina, who lived at sea from a young age—all of them were orphans.
They were free of attachments and willing to become El's wings.
Aside from Robin, the four girls had been by his side for three to five years.
Violet was burdened by worries for her father and Dressrosa—and the current ruler of Dressrosa was the partner El had chosen, a future ally.
Possessing the means to seize a Devil Fruit, Violet held no special qualification or worth that would make El risk conflict with his ally.
But as he promised, if she was obedient, he wouldn't mind lifting a finger to save her father's life. If she wasn't, then he would have no choice but to kill her.
After successfully intimidating Violet, El went out to meet the five girls and explained his cooperation with Doflamingo.
Carina and Nami's expressions shifted slightly. They then took El's arms from left and right and began discussing their vision for building a City in the Sky. The funds required for such a project were undoubtedly astronomical—hence El's move into the arms business.
As for the follow-up effects of the super-tsunami—which he had either set aside or forgotten—they shocked the entire world.
El had clearly overlooked one point: the New World was the world's largest stage for making stars.
The mobile headquarters of the "World Economic News" was also located in the New World.
In the first half of the Grand Line, their every move was exposed. Now that they had entered the New World with an attitude of ruling the seas, how could they avoid the attention of the World Economic News?
Just as Doflamingo had predicted, the super-tsunami created by the super-meteorite shocked the whole world.
The next morning, countless newspaper delivery birds from the World Economic News, as well as those from Mary Geoise and Navy Headquarters, distributed freshly printed newspapers and updated bounties across the world free of charge.
Today's World Economic News was again commissioned by Mary Geoise and the Navy Headquarters to maximize its reach.
But unlike the last time, when the whole crew received bounties and the captain was overshadowed by "The World's Worst Devil Fruit Users," today's world news focused its spotlight solely on El—and most of those gazes were filled with fear.
The headline of today's news was truly terrifying:
"Super-Tsunami That Destroyed Two Peninsulas—A New Servant of the World-Destroyer in This Era."
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