Free Web NovelChapter 64: Chapter 64
Chapter 64
Enel had been on the Island of God for four years now.
Four years ago, he destroyed his hometown of Birka. After arriving on Skypiea, he defeated the previous God, Gan Fall, took control of the entire Skypiea, and occupied the land of Apayado.
Other than occasionally training the four priests to increase their strength, he had nothing else to do.
Having completely cut off all foreign relations, Enel had never once descended to the Blue Sea, which was why he didn’t even know about Armament Haki. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
In his eyes, his elemental form was invincible. Combined with his island-wide Mantra, he looked down on everyone like mere ants.
Because he was too invincible, he hadn’t trained seriously for a very long time.
Over time, Enel began to feel bored. This kind of life was unbearably dull to him.
Until he heard a certain rumor — the rumor of the Endless Earth!
He then began building the Ark Maxim, preparing to head to the Endless Earth (the moon) to continue his reign.
Before the Ark Maxim was completed, his only source of entertainment came from the original Apayado residents he had spared — the Shandians — and the dream-chasing outsiders who came to Skypiea coveting his gold.
That was why Enel had been so tolerant of the Shandians who dared challenge him.
To him, they were nothing more than monkeys put here to amuse God.
Because of this personality, he also tolerated Karina breaking the rules and Rorschach’s group scouting Apayado while clearly aiming for his gold.
He even tolerated Rorschach’s plan to fly straight over with his crew without undergoing God’s Ordeal.
The reason was simple: these people had the potential to entertain him. Karina’s barrier blocking his God’s Judgment had sparked his desire to recruit them.
With their strength, passing God’s Ordeal and reaching him should have been no problem. But since they chose to break the rules, he would simply raise the difficulty — turning a one-priest Ordeal into a four-priest Ordeal.
Now he wanted to see whether Rorschach and his crew had the strength to defeat all four priests. If they did, they would be worthy of accompanying him to conquer the Endless Earth.
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On the other side, after comforting the nervous Conis and sending her home, the girls returned with Rorschach to the sailboat docked at the shore.
It seemed that in such a short time, the girls had gotten along very well with Conis.
This pure and cute girl had a gentle, kind personality very similar to Kaya’s.
She was also the first Skypiean to welcome them after arriving, so everyone cared about her quite a bit.
On the sailboat by the shore, at Rorschach’s signal, everyone gathered in the cabin’s main hall.
The others looked confused but stayed quiet as they watched Rorschach take out a piece of paper and start writing on it.
After Rorschach passed the paper around for everyone to read, shocked expressions appeared on their faces.
"Wha— Mmph!"
Mikita couldn’t hold back a surprised cry after reading the contents, but Vivi quickly covered her mouth with quick reflexes.
Mikita, who had come back to her senses, gave an awkward smile and immediately changed the subject.
"W-what... Captain Rorschach, are you hungry? Do you want chocolate cake? I’ll go make a delicious chocolate cake right now!"
She now understood that every word they spoke was being monitored from a great distance, so she smoothly continued from what she had just said.
The other girls also turned serious. They hadn’t expected to encounter such a powerful enemy on this Skypiea trip. Even Rorschach was being this cautious, so they had no choice but to take it seriously.
Rorschach turned to look at Karina. She gave him a thumbs-up, signaling that she was completely okay.
On the paper, Rorschach had written his plan for dealing with Enel — with Karina’s Barrier Fruit being the key.
She would create a large barrier to trap both Rorschach and Enel inside, and a smaller one to protect the rest of the crew.
That way, even if Enel summoned lightning from the sky, he wouldn’t be able to harm them.
"I’m hungry. Let’s eat, let’s eat."
Seeing Mikita head off to make him chocolate cake, Rorschach put on a relaxed attitude and spoke casually.
Dealing with Enel only made him cautious — it wasn’t like failure would result in some tragic price.
With Karina’s Barrier Fruit, he wasn’t afraid of God’s Judgment at all. He could even casually cut Enel’s lightning strikes in half.
Although Enel’s sneaky long-range tactics were annoying, if Enel really didn’t know when to quit, Rorschach had a final trump card — he would simply float the entire Apayado island and take it away.
He didn’t believe Enel would abandon the gold and his base on this island before the Ark Maxim was finished.
As long as he forced Enel to show himself and fight, Rorschach still had a chance to capture him.
If the other party got scared and refused to appear, then Rorschach could only reluctantly take the Golden City back to the Blue Sea and look for other Devil Fruit targets.
"Hey, Rorschach. Once we find the gold in the Golden City, what do you plan to do with it?" Nami asked, taking the chance while the others were either cooking or busy with their own things. She leaned in and chatted with him.
Since Enel had probably already heard their earlier discussion about the Golden City, she wasn’t worried about exposing anything by bringing it up again.
"Gold, huh... I don’t really have any desire to buy anything with it. But since you and Karina want it, I’ll help you get it."
After hearing Nami’s question, Rorschach actually thought about it seriously, but he really didn’t have any wishes that required money to fulfill.
"Uuuu... Rorschach, you’re too good to me. As thanks for being so considerate, I’ve decided to give you a surprise."
Nami looked so moved she was almost crying. She hadn’t expected Rorschach to care about her this much — he was willing to face such a powerful enemy just for her hobby.
"What surprise? Tell me," Rorschach asked, a little curious. He felt like he already knew everything about Nami. What could she possibly have that would surprise him?
"Hehe, you’ll find out later. Just don’t get scared, okay?"
Nami gave a mysterious smile and refused to reveal her surprise.
Rorschach shrugged. Since Nami wanted to keep it a secret, he would just look forward to it.
"Then I’ll be looking forward to your surprise. In return, I’ll also prepare a gift for you."
"Hehe, then I’ll look forward to your gift too~"
Nami smiled playfully, then linked arms with Rorschach as they headed to the dining table together. With several chefs on board, lunch was prepared very quickly.
The kitchen was quite spacious, designed to allow multiple people to cook at once. This was a modification Rorschach had made so he could recruit enough chefs to cook for him.
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