Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
"Huh? Something's coming this way?"
Nami's eyes narrowed as she looked toward the sky. A blinding flash of blue-white light shot down, and in the blink of an eye, a tall, bare-chested man appeared before her and Robin.
What stood out most was the golden staff he held.
"Uh…" Nami froze, unable to react at first.
Robin, however, was already prepared. With a sharp gesture of her hands, she spoke firmly:
"Seis Fleur: Twist!"
Whoosh!
Six arms instantly sprouted from the man's body, gripping his joints tightly. In one coordinated motion, Robin twisted, brutally snapping his torso.
Crack!
His upper body was wrenched backward in a grotesque angle.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Nami gasped in horror, stumbling back as she stared at the broken figure before her. She wasn't only terrified of the twisted body—but also of the terrifying precision of Robin's ability.
"Nami, move! He's not dead yet!"
Robin's sharp tone pulled her back to reality. Though his body looked destroyed, she could sense something unnatural.
"Not dead? But… I broke him in half…"
Nami's voice trembled, but her doubts were answered when the "corpse" spoke.
"So… among his companions, there's another Devil Fruit user."
Nami's eyes widened. "He can still talk?!"
The man chuckled, his body slowly shimmering with electricity.
"Blue Sea woman… you've eaten a strange fruit as well. You act decisively, but compared to the gentle woman beside you, you're far too cruel."
"…Gentle?"
Elsewhere, Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Shirogai blinked in confusion.
"Who's he calling gentle?" they all muttered at once.
Nami's brow twitched, a vein bulging on her forehead. Her fist glowed with Haoshoku Haki.
"Huh? Do you have an opinion about that?" she asked with deadly sweetness.
Everyone swallowed nervously, shouting in unison:
"Nami is the gentlest!!"
Satisfied, Nami lowered her Haki. "That's what I thought."
(Just think of it as a filler)
Crackling sounds filled the air again as arcs of electricity raced across the man's body. In an instant, he reformed, completely unharmed.
"Just as I thought…" Robin murmured, her expression hardening. "A Logia Devil Fruit user."
The man smirked, tapping his golden staff against the ground. "So you understand. Yes, I am the God of Skypiea… Enel."
Nami peeked out nervously from behind Robin. "Wh-what do you want with us?"
Enel's grin widened. "You are offerings… to please god, me. Your companion dared to blaspheme against me, and for that, all of you must pay."
"Our companion?" Nami blinked in confusion. Then realization struck. "You mean… Luffy?"
"Luffy? So that's his name." Enel sneered. "Yes… the blasphemer!"
Nami buried her face in her hands. "Idiot Luffy, you've caused trouble again…"
Still, she quickly forced a pitiful smile and lowered her head. "God, please forgive us. Luffy didn't mean to offend you. I'll apologize on his behalf, so please, let us go."
Enel's expression twisted with disgust. "Apologies are meaningless. Mortals cannot atone for offending God. Only death can pay the price."
Nami snapped, her fear boiling over into fury. "Damn it! You fraud! You think eating a strong Devil Fruit makes you a God? You're nothing but a pretender!"
Enel's eyes narrowed, sparks leaping from his staff. "You dare to blaspheme too?"
Nami glared back, her voice sharp with defiance. "I know someone far stronger than you. He doesn't call himself a God, so what right do you have?"
Lightning surged around Enel, illuminating his furious expression. "Stronger than the blasphemer? Don't mock me. That's impossible!"
"No, it's true!" Nami shot a glance past him. Floating calmly in the air behind Enel was Shirogai, arms crossed and a faint smile on his lips. "It's just that this guy is way too unreliable. He disappears at the worst times!"
Enel froze, stunned by her claim. Slowly, he turned, his staff humming with power as he faced the man hovering in the air.
"You…" Enel's voice dropped to a dangerous growl. "Blasphemer, Luffy!!!"
Robin and Nami blinked in shock as Enel shouted again, "Luffy!!!"
"…Luffy?" Nami muttered in confusion. "Why does he think Shirogai is Luffy?"
Even Robin frowned, her calm demeanor cracking for a moment. "What…?"
Shirogai only smirked, completely unfazed. "That's right. I'm Luffy."
"Who?" Nami and Robin both whispered in unison, even more bewildered.
Meanwhile, on another part of Sky Island, the real Luffy sneezed. "Achoo!"
He grinned, hanging upside down from the Crow. "Wahahaha! I didn't fall to my death!"
"Idiot," Sanji growled, kicking him in the head. "We never even fell off Sky Island! Stop spouting nonsense."
Usopp lay trembling, still pale. "Wuwuwu… I thought we were going to fall ten thousand meters straight down!"
The three of them drifted on the Crow, surrounded by a dense forest where countless white spheres floated in the air.
"This is…" Sanji muttered, scanning the strange sight.
"…the Ball Trial," Usopp whispered nervously, shivering as he stared at the countless spheres.
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