One Piece: Starting by Refusing Shanks

Animals have a much stronger sense of danger than humans.

Thus, when Enel appeared behind Pedro, Pedro had already sensed a strong feeling of danger.

As Enel spoke, Pedro instinctively jumped away.

What Pedro didn't expect was that Enel had anticipated his movement. Just as Pedro landed on his next foothold, Enel reappeared in front of him at an even faster speed.

With a sinister grin, Enel's right hand, crackling with electricity, struck Pedro square in the chest before he could evade.

Boom! A burst of lightning accompanied by a blood-curdling scream resounded. Pedro was electrocuted so thoroughly that his eyes rolled back, and with a loud thud, he collapsed heavily onto the deck.

When the other members of the Musketeer Squad finally arrived on the ship, they were greeted by the sight of Pedro lying on the deck, defeated by Enel.

"Pedro was defeated? That's impossible!"

"Damn it! We can't let these guys get away with this! I'm going to tear them to pieces!"

The Musketeer Squad members were furious.

Enel glanced at Pedro, who was lying motionless on the deck, with a look of disdain. Without hesitation, he kicked Pedro off the ship.

Two cheetah-like Minks immediately chased after Pedro as he fell.

The gorilla-like Mink, Blackback, led the remaining Musketeer Squad members onto the deck. Their eyes burned with rage as they glared at Takumi and his crew. Without a word, they charged at them, their actions clearly expressing their fury.

"Fools," Enel sneered, his body crackling with electricity.

The Mink warriors, meanwhile, had traces of electricity sparking between their hands as well.

Although Kaku didn't understand why the Minks could also use electricity, he quickly put on his anti-electric gloves that he always used when dealing with Enel. Then, he pulled out a small, handheld lightning absorber—a device he had modified countless times.

As one of the tiger-like Minks threw a punch crackling with electricity, Kaku swiftly intercepted it with the lightning absorber.

In an instant, all the electricity from the Mink's punch was absorbed.

"Huh? What's going on?" The tiger-like Mink's eyes widened in surprise.

Kaku smirked and said, "Getting distracted in battle can be deadly."

As he spoke, Kaku launched a kick at the tiger Mink.

The Mink quickly withdrew his fist and dodged Kaku's kick with agility.

At that moment, three more members of the Musketeer Squad rushed toward Kaku, attacking him simultaneously.

Meanwhile, five or six other Minks surrounded Takumi and Enel.

Seeing the electricity crackling around their hands, Enel sneered. "Hah! You dare bring such weak electricity into a fight? Who do you think you're underestimating? Today, I'll show you what real lightning looks like!"

With that, Enel unleashed several bolts of lightning.

The Musketeer Squad members didn't retreat. Trusting their instincts, they dodged Enel's lightning while gradually closing the distance between themselves and Takumi.

However, Enel's lightning strikes were too dense. Within seconds, all the Minks attacking him and Takumi, except for Blackback, who only suffered a few scratches, were struck down.

Thanks to his lightning absorber, Kaku had neutralized all the electricity from the Minks attacking him. Without their electric abilities, they had to rely on pure physical combat. But in a battle of raw physical strength and agility, they were no match for Kaku, who was a master of the Six Powers.

In just over ten seconds, Kaku had taken down all the Minks attacking him.

"You bastards! I'll avenge everyone!" Blackback roared, veins bulging on his arms as he raised his fists and charged at Enel.

Enel yawned, clearly unimpressed. He casually cleaned his ear before pulling the gold staff hanging from his ear.

Just as Blackback's electrified fist was about to reach Enel, the gold staff suddenly extended, enlarging right in front of him.

Ignoring the electricity coursing through Blackback's body, Enel swung the staff and sent Blackback flying with a single strike.

Glancing at the numerous Musketeer Squad members sprawled across the deck, Enel snorted disdainfully and threw them all off the ship without hesitation.

Kaku helped toss the last one off before commenting, "Getting beaten like that and still surviving… I have to admit, the Minks' bodies are much stronger than humans'."

"So what?" Enel scoffed. "They still ended up being thrashed. Boring. Not a single one of them could put up a decent fight."

"Although I really want to argue with you," Kaku glanced at the lightning absorber in his hand and shrugged. "Your lightning strikes almost maxed out this device. But even after absorbing all the electricity from those guys, it's not even half full. Yeah, I guess they were pretty weak."

"Come on, long nose, have some ambition," Enel said matter-of-factly. "Those weaklings weren't just a little weak—they were extremely weak!"

"That's not important," Kaku replied indifferently. "What matters is that they attacked first. Even if some of them ended up seriously injured or dead, it has nothing to do with us. We were only acting in self-defense."

As Kaku spoke, he noticed Takumi jumping onto the ship's railing. Having seen this happen several times before, he asked nonchalantly, "Captain, are you jumping down first again?"

Takumi replied calmly, "Yeah. Go ahead and dock the ship."

With that, he leapt from the hundred-meter-high ship.

Neither Kaku nor Enel tried to stop him. The ship continued its journey toward the top of the whale-shaped tree.

Unlike during their mission at Enies Lobby, Takumi landed with far more precision this time. It was as if he had only jumped from a height of one or two meters. When his feet touched the ground, only a small puff of dust rose, leaving no crater behind.

The moment his feet hit the ground, a familiar system notification sounded in his mind.

『Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully reaching the sign-in location: Zou Island. Sign-in progress +10%. Current total progress: 10%. Reward: Full mastery of the Six Powers increased by one level. Current Six Powers levels: Shigan Lv6, Tekkai Lv8, Soru Lv6, Geppo Lv6, Rankyaku Lv6, Kami-e Lv6.』

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