The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

"Damn it!" Doflamingo roared, but there was nothing he could do.

Meanwhile, Enel, hovering in mid-air and surrounded by lightning, wore an expression of utter enjoyment.

His droopy eyelids exuded laziness, and a playful smile played on his lips; he even seemed to be mimicking others.

Imitating the signature move of a seasoned procrastinator, he raised his finger, and a dangerous arc of lightning leaped from his fingertip.

"call out!"

"Fuck!"

"Snapped!"

Golden laser beams (imitating Kizaru's lasers, but essentially high-voltage lightning) shot out from his fingertips at will.

Precisely graze the hem of Doflamingo's clothes or hair, or break the silken threads beneath his feet that he's using for leverage.

They forced him into a sorry state, yet never delivered a fatal blow.

"Mortal, your struggles please the gods," Enel said lazily, lightning gathering at his fingertips once more.

"But God is getting a little tired of it."

Just as Enel was about to end the battle...

"boom!!!"

A loud explosion, not from the air, suddenly rang out!

The explosion occurred right next to the sea stone cage where Luffy was!

Smoke, dust, and debris instantly filled the air, and the powerful shockwave even shook the entire arena.

Startled by the sudden, close-range explosion, Luffy jerked his head up, peering through the dissipating smoke and dust.

A tall figure draped in a naval justice coat walked out unharmed from the gap in the wall created by the explosion, his steps steady.

In one of his hands, he was gripping a blond-haired man covered in wounds, as if dragging a dead dog.

The head of a person who had already lost consciousness was dragging along the ground...

Luffy would never mistake that person's face!

It's Saab!!!

He had just recently reunited with his brother!

"Sa...Sabo?!" Luffy's pupils contracted to their maximum size instantly, and his voice paused slightly.

And so, Gern dragged the unconscious Sabo straight past Luffy's cage.

The two were so close that Luffy could even see Gern's profile.

What infuriated Luffy even more was that when Gern passed by him, he did so with extreme "naturalness," even slightly turning his head to the side.

He gave a casual greeting to the dazed Luffy.

"Oh, it's Straw Hat Boy."

Busy?

Chapter 555 The protagonist is unleashing his power! Brothers!

"Sa-bo!!!"

Luffy's shout, once he realized what was happening, echoed throughout the entire block, even briefly drowning out the roar of lightning in the sky!

"Rubber, rubber..."

He even forgot the restraint of the sea stone railings, and his body instinctively stretched out towards the hole in the wall that Gern had blown open!

I wanted to use my body to block it, even if it was just for a second!

However, at this moment when his emotions were at their peak and all his attention was focused on saving Sabo!

Enel was also partially drawn to the changes on the ground.

He glanced at the retreating figure of Gern dragging Sabo away, then looked at the enraged Luffy.

A smile of even greater interest curled at the corner of his lips: "Oh? It seems something interesting is about to happen."

"but……"

Just as Enel was about to make a move, a dark red light flashed and disappeared in the depths of Luffy's eyes!

The next instant, the pulling hands loosened.

"Shh!"

Luffy's body, which had been stretching towards the hole in the wall, vanished in an instant and reappeared high in the sky.

In mid-air, Enel suddenly felt a strong "presence" appear beside him without warning!

His pupils contracted slightly, and he turned his head to look in surprise...

Just a moment ago, the Straw Hat Boy was in a cage on the ground, raging with impotence.

At this moment, it was hovering in the air at almost the same height as him!

The two were less than five meters apart!

What surprised Enel even more was that his "psychic net" was completely unable to "hear" any of the thoughts of the guy wearing the golden helmet in front of him!

"Huh?" For the first time, a noticeable change appeared on Enel's lazy, playful expression.

After carefully examining Luffy before him, whose eyes were bloodshot and who exuded a dangerous aura, a corner of his memory was touched.

Then, the corners of his mouth widened, revealing a sinister grin that seemed to say, "Finally found you," as he recognized the other person.

"It's you?!"

"That Straw Hat Boy from Sabaody Archipelago?!"

Luffy, on the other hand, didn't waste any words!

The rage of his brother being kidnapped, the outburst of desperation, made him concentrate all his strength and will into this one strike!

He forcefully twisted his body in mid-air, pulling his right leg back to its limit like a battle axe, his muscles bulging, and a dark red aura of dominance faintly swirling around him!

"Rubber, rubber..."

Enel reacted extremely quickly. The moment he recognized Luffy, he abandoned his contempt and instantly covered his arms with black Armament Haki, crossing them in front of him to protect himself!

He could sense that this attack was unusual!

However, Luffy's movements were faster than anything else!

That wasn't pure speed; it was more like a manifestation of some kind of "prediction" or "inevitable hit" will!

"JET Stamp!!!"

With all its power gathered and the nascent form of Conqueror's Haki swirling around it, Enel slammed his crossed arms into the ground as he was blocking!

"boom!!!!!!"

A deafening roar, far more muffled and deafening than any previous collision, exploded in the air!

The terrifying shockwave spread wildly in a ring, blowing off large sections of the roofs of the surrounding buildings!

"Conqueror's Haki...?!" Enel felt as if he had been struck head-on by a mountain hurtling towards him at high speed.

A sharp pain shot through his arms; his Armament Haki defense was no match for Conqueror's Haki, and the immense power was completely beyond his expectations.

Like a baseball being hit, he was uncontrollably kicked flying from high above, transforming into a streak of light.

"Bang!!!" With a loud crash, it slammed heavily into the ground of the street below, creating a huge crater and sending dust billowing into the sky!

One strike!

Just one strike!

Enel, who calls himself "God," was kicked from the sky to the mortal world by Luffy, who was in a state of rage and seemed to have just touched a higher level of power!

This scene left Zoro and Kin'emon, who were just recovering from the shock of Sabo's kidnapping, dumbfounded.

This also caused Doflamingo, who had just regained his footing and was preparing to deal with Enel's next attack, to suddenly open his eyes wide behind his sunglasses!

.....

Luffy landed steadily on the ground, ripped off his tattered cloak used for disguise, revealing his signature straw hat.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze no longer showing the previous impatience or despair, but instead a seriousness and determination that had settled after weathering storms.

He glanced in the direction of Gern, then looked at the ruins from which a terrifying aura emanated.

The voice rang out clearly, as if announcing something, or perhaps encouraging itself.

"Sorry, Uncle Shen..."

Luffy clenched his fists, and Armament Haki, like flowing black metal, quickly covered his arms.

"Compared to two years ago in Sabaody... I've become much stronger, it's not just a matter of being on a different level!"

Not far away, Gern, who was about to leave, was also drawn to this sudden turn of events and stopped in his tracks.

He turned slightly to the side, watching the slowly dissipating shockwave trail in the air, and Luffy on the ground with a completely different aura.

Even his usually calm face showed a rare hint of surprise.

“Oh?” Gern raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself, “Interesting… that kick was quite powerful.”

He was indeed a little confused.

He knew Enel's strength all too well, even though he had a quirky personality.

But that's genuine peak-level combat power at the general level; the speed of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the predictive ability of the Mind Network make them even more difficult to deal with.

Logically speaking, Luffy hasn't even gotten past Doflamingo yet.

How could it possibly inflict such an effective blow on Enel, even kicking him down from the air?

“It can’t really be, ‘protagonist power’…” Gern stroked his chin, considering some unscientific possibility, “that it exerted its power prematurely, right?”

The absurd thought flashed through his mind, but he quickly suppressed it.

He is more inclined to believe that Luffy's potential exploded beyond normal limits under extreme emotional stimulation and desperate pressure.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. In three months, our King Luffy will be able to defeat Kaido, officially become one of the Four Emperors, and enter Gear Fifth.

But in any case, this makes what follows even more interesting.

So, Gern simply stopped moving and casually leaned the unconscious Sabo against the broken wall nearby.

He found a relatively clean rock to sit on and adopted a spectator's posture.

........

"boom!!"

In the deep crater of the ruins where Enel fell, a violent, condensed light blue Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted!

The shockwave spread out in a spherical shape, shattering all the surrounding rubble and debris into dust!

The smoke and dust were swept away by this domineering force!

Enel then slowly stood up from the center of the crater, supporting himself with one hand on the ground.

His clothes were somewhat torn, but apart from a little dust, there were no visible injuries on his exposed skin.

The powerful blow that had just struck, which was enough to severely injure an ordinary expert, seemed to have only left him somewhat disheveled.

Enel reached out and tilted his stiff neck, making a soft "crack" sound.

His eyelids, which had always been droopy, were now fully open, and his pupils no longer held any languor or playfulness; his gaze was fixed intently on Luffy.

"mortal……"

Since you know what level you're in...

Then you should know the mercy this 'god' showed you ants two years ago!

Chapter 556 Why are you weak again?

“Now that you’ve realized the difference in status between yourself and ‘god,’ you mortal.”