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Golden clouds rolled above the ancient temple, rumbling softly as if the heavens themselves were bracing for war.
The group stood before the golden archway of Enel's sanctum. Cracks veined the stone. The air was thick, heavy with the charge of divine power—and yet Ethan stood at the front, perfectly still. Calm. Unbothered.
Kaya's eyes remained on his back, heart racing. Something felt off. Not dangerous, but strange. Ethan was always composed, confident—but this time, something radiated from him. A weight. A silence that pushed back against the storm.
He was different.
Robin narrowed her eyes. "He's not even using Haki to guard himself."
"Why isn't he tense?" Vivi asked under her breath.
Kaya bit her lip. "He… he's never been like this before."
The temple doors groaned open.
From within, he emerged—Enel, the self-proclaimed god of Skypiea. Tall, muscular, crowned with golden drums and adorned with lightning itself. His smirk was arrogant, practiced.
He floated forward, eyes scanning them like insects.
"Blasphemers," he said, voice smooth and full of false mercy. "Your journey ends here."
"Is that what you told the last person who defied you?" Ethan asked flatly.
Enel chuckled. "No. The last one didn't live long enough to hear me speak."
Vivi stepped closer. "This is madness. He's too powerful."
"Then I'll just have to be stronger," Ethan said simply.
Robin's gaze snapped to him. She felt something again.
It wasn't arrogance.
It was like he already knew how this fight would end.
Enel vanished.
In a flash, the self-proclaimed god turned into lightning and struck downward.
But Ethan had already moved.
The ground where he had stood exploded—yet he was behind Enel now, one hand glowing faintly with sealed power.
Kaya blinked. "What…?"
Robin's eyes widened. "He moved after lightning was summoned—how did he even react to that?"
Enel turned, surprised. "You… dodged?"
"No," Ethan murmured, calm as ever. "I let you move first."
He raised his hand, and the air around it pulsed—not Haki, not magic, but something… older.
"First Form – Veil Break."
He struck with a palm—not fast, not even brutal, but efficient. Controlled.
The impact cracked the temple floor, and Enel was hurled back, smashing through two stone pillars before crashing into a wall.
The others stared.
The man who called himself God was lying on the ground, stunned.
Vivi's breath caught in her throat. "He actually hit him…"
Robin's mind raced. That wasn't a normal martial technique. That was practiced—refined over years. But where would he even learn something like that…?
Enel rose slowly, coughing. Sparks flared off his skin.
"You—you're not ordinary," he growled. "What are you?"
Ethan didn't answer.
He only raised a single finger toward the sky.
Enel's expression twisted. "You mock me?! Fine! Witness true power—!"
He thrust his hand upward. Lightning coiled above, forming a massive orb—Raigo, the divine punishment. A storm in condensed form.
Vivi panicked. "We need to run—"
"No," Ethan said softly.
He stepped forward.
Kaya's heart thudded. "What are you doing?!"
Ethan closed his eyes. "Release: Second Lock – Internal Buffer."
A quiet pulse radiated outward—unseen, unfelt by normal senses—but the girls felt it. The pressure in the air shifted, like reality tensed to his command.
The lightning orb slammed downward.
And stopped.
Mid-air.
It struggled… then dispersed, crackling harmlessly into the clouds.
"What—?!" Enel staggered back. "That's impossible!"
Robin stared in disbelief. "That wasn't Haki. That wasn't Devil Fruit. That was…"
Kaya whispered, "Who is he?"
Enel lunged, turning into pure lightning again—but this time Ethan didn't even move.
The lightning struck his chest—and fizzled out.
No pain. No reaction.
Ethan looked him in the eye. "I've fought real gods. You're just pretending."
He slammed a single fist into Enel's gut.
The shockwave sent him crashing back into the ground.
And that's when the girls really saw it.
He wasn't even trying.
"Why didn't he use this power before?" Vivi muttered.
Kaya's hands trembled. "He held back all this time… even during the war on Alabasta… during the Sea King fight…"
Robin clenched her fists. "He's not from here, is he?"
None of them voiced it—but the question lingered in their hearts.
Who is Ethan, really?
Enel staggered to his feet again, bleeding. "You… you're not human…"
Ethan tilted his head. "I never said I was."
"Then die!" Enel screamed.
He summoned bolts from every direction. Ten. A hundred. The entire sky rained down electric death.
But Ethan moved.
He weaved between bolts as if they stood still. He didn't dodge—he flowed.
With each step, his foot left a glowing imprint in the air.
"War Technique – Storm Cutter: Fifth Flash."
A single arc. His palm sliced through the air—clean and deliberate.
The lightning parted around him.
He appeared beside Enel—then struck his chest, his back, his neck.
Three hits. All pinpoint.
All precise.
Enel didn't scream.
He collapsed.
Silence.
The so-called god of Skypiea lay unconscious, smoking, broken in the ruins of his temple.
Vivi covered her mouth.
Aisa stared, wide-eyed.
Robin said nothing. Her mind spun with questions she didn't dare ask.
And Kaya… Kaya looked at Ethan like she was seeing him for the first time.
Later, they gathered outside the ruins as the night sky stretched above them.
The Ark Maxim drifted in the distance. Robin held up the old scroll Enel had been obsessed with.
"He was chasing a legend," she muttered. "Endless Varse. A land in the sky."
"The moon," Ethan murmured.
Robin blinked. "How did you—?"
He didn't answer.
He looked up at the stars. Quiet. Thoughtful.
"Do you think he ever really believed it?" Kaya asked.
Ethan smiled faintly. "Doesn't matter now."
He raised his hand toward the Ark.
And snapped.
A golden arc of pressure blasted upward—too fast to follow.
The Ark Maxim exploded in a brilliant flash, falling in slow pieces like ash.
Vivi's eyes widened. "He didn't even touch it…"
Robin's breath caught. Just who are you, Ethan…?
Kaya looked away, lips tight.
She didn't ask.
She didn't need to.
But in her chest burned the same truth.
He's been hiding.
And now… she wasn't sure what scared her more—his power, or the fact that he'd chosen not to use it until now.
That night, no one slept soundly on Angel Island.
For the storm had passed.
But the man who'd silenced a god…
Still stood beneath the stars.
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