Enel's "voice" had disappeared...
Hearing this, Laki's expression instantly changed.
She looked carefully at Aisa before turning her gaze toward the direction of God's Island.
Silvery lightning snaked wildly across the sky like dancing serpents.
With such blinding flashes of thunder, how could Aisa claim Enel's "voice" had vanished?
Laki took a deep breath, her face hardening as she stared at Aisa.
"Aisa, it seems I've spoiled you too much!
"We Shandians may be poor, but we never lie or deceive others—"
"Laki!"
Aisa interrupted her sisterly figure with visible tension.
"I'm not lying! Enel's 'voice' really disappeared completely! Just now!
"The lightning on God's Island right now is coming from someone else.
"That person... doesn't seem human... no, maybe two people... wait..."
By the end, Aisa's expression had grown confused.
Born with an innate talent for Observation Haki, her perception range was extraordinarily vast.
Even from Cloud Hidden Village, Aisa could clearly sense events on God's Island.
The Shandian residents, especially the Shandia Guerrilla members, all knew of this ability.
But today, the situation unfolding on God's Island left Aisa utterly bewildered.
For the first time in her life, she couldn't perceive a "presence"...
No, that wasn't quite right.
The one releasing lightning now was definitely not Enel!
Yet in Aisa's Observation Haki perception, that being...
Didn't even seem human!
Aisa's words came out muddled.
Even Laki, who knew her well, struggled to comprehend the girl's meaning.
"Alright, Aisa."
Laki softened her stern expression, crouching beside Aisa to gently stroke her head.
"I know you want to help everyone with your abilities.
"But maybe you're just too tired today. Go rest first..."
"I'm not lying, Laki, I really didn't lie..."
Though being comforted, Aisa's face showed unmistakable distress.
"Enel really has 'disappeared'..."
Before Laki could respond further, Aisa took a deep breath and suddenly shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Enel! You big mea—"
"AISA!"
Laki's face paled instantly.
Every Shandian warrior knew the capabilities of God Enel—powers beyond mortal opposition.
Even from three thousand meters below on the White Sea, every word spoken by Sky Islanders could be clearly heard by Enel.
This was an ability far surpassing Aisa's natural Observation Haki!
God's Island stood frighteningly close to Cloud Hidden Village.
Laki knew with certainty that Enel would "hear" anything happening in their village.
And if the "god" caught wind of Aisa's blasphemy, only one fate awaited her—
Divine Retribution!
Pushing aside all distractions, Laki lunged at Aisa, rolling with her several times across the ground.
She dragged the girl as far as possible from their original position.
The next moment—
Laki held Aisa tightly, shielding her with her own body as they waited for the "Divine Punishment" to strike.
Several heart-stopping seconds passed.
Nothing happened.
Still shaken, Laki looked up at the sky—there wasn't a trace of lightning to be seen.
Enel… had not punished Aisa.
But Aisa's earlier shout had already been heard by the other members of the Shandia Guerrilla.
A group of them rushed out from a nearby tent, led by none other than the Shandia Guerrilla captain Aisa had called for—
Wiper.
"Aisa! And Laki!"
Wiper was a young and fierce man, his left shoulder and cheek covered in intricate tattoos.
"What are you two doing?"
Laki, still holding Aisa, climbed to her feet on the Island Cloud and explained everything she knew.
The moment the Shandia Guerrilla members heard that "Enel's voice had disappeared," their expressions changed drastically.
They all understood Aisa's ability all too well.
"Enel's voice disappearing" could only mean one thing—Enel was dead!
"And Aisa just said…"
Laki pointed toward the dazzling lightning in the distance.
"The one wielding that lightning now isn't Enel—it's someone else."
Once the situation became clear, all eyes turned to Wiper.
Wiper wasn't just the captain of this generation's Shandia Guerrilla.
He was also a descendant of Calgara, the great warrior of Jaya Island from four hundred years ago.
Wiper held immense prestige in Cloud Hidden Village and was regarded as its leader despite his youth.
"Aisa."
Wiper looked at her and asked solemnly,
"Were the words you just spoke the truth?"
"Yes!"
Aisa wriggled free from Laki's arms.
"I swear it on the name of our ancestors!"
"Good!"
Wiper took a deep breath, then raised his gaze toward God's Island in the distance and roared—
"I will never acknowledge Enel as a god!!"
The words of the Shandian people carried weight.
But the sky remained silent.
No Divine Punishment came—and perhaps it never would again…
Enel was truly dead!
Otherwise, he would have surely unleashed "Divine Retribution" for such blasphemy.
Wiper clenched his fists tightly.
"Guerrilla! With me—we march to God's Island!"
Meanwhile, on the Shandora Ruins Island—God's Island—
Storm's Observation Haki clearly detected a group of people rapidly approaching the island's shrine.
"Locals? Or immigrants from the Blue Sea?"
Storm paused his training and glanced at Whitebeard III, briefly considering whether to dismiss him but ultimately deciding against it.
Nearby, the motionless Blue-Eyed White Dragon suddenly spread its wings and lowered its head to Storm's feet.
Storm and Whitebeard III leaped onto the dragon's head in unison.
With a mighty flap of its wings, the Blue-Eyed White Dragon took flight, soaring away from the shrine.
In no time at all,
Storm, riding the Blue-Eyed White Dragon, arrived before the approaching group.
A single glance confirmed they weren't Skypieans.
They were "Blue Sea immigrants"—descendants of Jaya Island.
The arrival of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon immediately drew the attention of Wiper and the Shandia Guerrilla.
Some creatures, harmless in appearance, possessed terrifying combat strength.
But some creatures exude an overwhelming sense of pressure just from their appearance alone.
The Blue-Eyed White Dragon was precisely the latter!
'When did such a terrifying creature appear on God's Island?!'
Wiper tightened his grip on his bazooka while signaling behind him.
The Shandia Guerrilla members immediately prepared for battle.
Yet in this tense and solemn atmosphere,
a tiny voice stood out starkly.
"It's him!"
Aisa pointed at the Blue-Eyed White Dragon in the sky and shouted,
"He's the one who defeated Enel!"
A dragon defeated Enel?
The same unbelievable thought flashed through Wiper and his comrades' minds simultaneously.
At that moment,
the Blue-Eyed White Dragon slowly descended, landing on the island's surface before lowering its draconic head.
Storm stood atop the dragon's head, looking down imperiously at the group below.
"People of Jaya, what brings you here?"
People of Jaya?
Wiper started, then stepped forward, adopting the distinctive ceremonial posture of the Shandians.
"Stranger of great strength, we came for Enel."
"Enel is already dead."
Storm said casually, his gaze shifting to the small figure among the opposing group.
"You should know this."
These brief words carried an earth-shattering impact.
Ever since Jaya was sent ten thousand meters into the sky by the Knock-Up Stream,
the Shandians living there were subsequently driven off the island by Skypiea's original inhabitants.
After four hundred years of warfare, the Shandians had still failed to reclaim their homeland from the Skypieans.
Even Wiper was no match for God Gan Fall.
Yet Gan Fall had been effortlessly defeated by Enel.
The old god was gone.
A new god had arrived.
The Shandians couldn't defeat Gan Fall.
They stood no chance against Enel.
And now this "Thunder God" whom the Shandians viewed as the "God of Skypiea"
had died without so much as a sound?
Even the battle-hardened guerrilla fighters couldn't help murmuring among themselves.
"Enel is really dead..."
"The god of Skypiea has fallen..."
"Can we return to our homeland now..."
Amidst the hushed discussions,
Wiper looked up at Storm.
"Then, mighty one who defeated Enel, are you Skypiea's 'new god' now?"
"That's an interesting question."
Storm descended from the Blue-Eyed White Dragon's head with Whitebeard III.
"By the rules of the sea, since I killed Enel, I should claim everything that was his."
"This island naturally becomes my territory now."
Hearing this, Wiper unconsciously clenched his fists.
Fighting Enel had been despair enough...
but facing someone who could defeat Enel so easily...
As Wiper's thoughts raced,
Storm continued speaking.
"However, I have no interest in becoming a 'god.'"
Storm calmly observed the group of Shandians before him.
"Now answer me one question, people of Jaya—what do you think of 'gods'?"
The atmosphere grew almost frozen.
"Whoever seeks to rule men under the name of 'god'..."
Wiper answered without hesitation.
"All of them are enemies we must eliminate!"
Even in Storm's presence.
Wiper still firmly declared these words.
This was the spiritual conviction that had driven the Shandians' relentless struggle for centuries.
No matter who ruled this Sky Island.
As long as they claimed to be gods.
They would be the Shandians' enemies!
"Excellent, I quite like this answer."
Storm lightly applauded, looking at Wiper with appreciation.
"So-called gods are merely apes dressed in fine silks."
"Welcome to my Sky Island."
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