Sabo kept shifting positions on the warship's deck, dropping to the ground to do a few push-ups here, throwing a few punches and kicks over there, occasionally letting out some primal sounds.
Kyle: ...
"What are you doing?!"
"I'm a little excited!!"
"What if I suddenly become several times stronger after eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"
"Won't I get promoted to Marine Admiral on the spot? Can I handle that?!"
...
Kyle fell silent once more.
After a long moment, he spoke flatly:
"I suggest you put a thicker pillow under your head when you sleep tonight, or ask Law to check your brain when you get back to Marine Headquarters!"
"Otherwise, a normal person really shouldn't be saying things like that!"
This line should be his to say, not Sabo's.
Suddenly, just as Kyle was about to say something else, he seemed to sense something. He slightly turned his head, gazing in a certain direction, and spoke:
"Get ready, we're here!!"
"We're here?!!"
Sabo yelped and immediately ran to the bow, frantically scanning the surroundings.
"Where, where!"
Suddenly, his gaze locked onto a small black dot in the distance ahead.
Without a moment's hesitation, Sabo produced a telescope from somewhere and peered through it.
In the circular field of view of the telescope, a Sky Island clearly appeared.
A flash of excitement crossed Sabo's face. He turned to Kyle and asked:
"Is that the Sky Island?!"
"Yes!"
Kyle nodded.
"That is our destination this time, the Sky Island, Birka!!"
Birka, Enel's hometown, located southeast of Angel Island. With that information, finding Birka's location was simple.
And the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was very likely there too!
As the warship steadily closed the distance to Birka, Sabo could already vaguely make out its outline with the naked eye.
The excitement on his face grew stronger and stronger.
There was no helping it. The thought that he might obtain the Rumble-Rumble Fruit soon made it hard not to be excited!!
Under Sabo's eager gaze, the warship finally reached the edge of Birka.
Sabo turned to Kyle and asked excitedly:
"Where do we look for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?!"
Kyle gave him a brief, indifferent glance.
"What's the rush? A watched pot never boils!"
"Let me locate it first!"
With that, Kyle immediately released his Observation Haki, enveloping all of Birka in an instant.
And almost at that very moment, Kyle found his target. He spoke:
"Follow me!"
As he said this, he transformed into a bolt of purple lightning and shot off into the distance.
Behind him, Sabo immediately used Moonwalk to follow, watching the purple lightning disappear from his sight. He once again took out Kyle's Vivre Card from his pocket.
It was fine; after a while, he wouldn't need to do this anymore!
As for Kyle, he reached his destination in less than a breath.
He looked down slightly.
He saw a bald man with large ears, bare-chested, wearing yellow parachute pants, sprawled on the island cloud doing non-stop push-ups. Sweat dripped down his cheeks, finally falling from the tip of his nose.
It was Enel!!
At this moment, Enel looked somewhat younger than his counterpart in the original story, but overall, there wasn't much difference. Notably, he didn't have the signature thunder drums on his back.
Seeing this image, Kyle couldn't help but smile.
Enel not having the thunder drums meant there was a very high probability he hadn't eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit yet.
Still, this guy was putting in quite a bit of effort!
In the original story, although most of Enel's power came from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, judging from his weapon usage, he did possess some basic hand-to-hand combat skills.
If not for the plot, if not for Luffy's ability being a natural counter, dealing with Luffy back then would have been as easy as defeating a wild monster for Enel.
At that time, aside from Luffy, the other Straw Hat members, even Zoro and Sanji, were utterly powerless against Enel.
They were all effortlessly defeated by him.
Of course, precisely because Enel had consistently trained his body over a long period, he was able to adapt quickly after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and, in a very short time, could use techniques like Raigo, which destroyed Birka.
So, the question now was: if Enel hadn't eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, then where exactly was it?
Kyle swept his gaze across the surroundings, his Observation Haki meticulously sensing every part of the island.
Before long, Kyle's eyes suddenly stopped. He looked intently in a certain direction. He sensed multiple presences gathered there, and their strength wasn't weak.
Of course, 'not weak' here meant relative to the other presences on this island—the best among a bad lot!
Compared to Kyle, they were far too weak, the kind he could blow away a whole crowd of with just a puff of air.
With so many presences gathered together, Kyle definitely wouldn't believe nothing was going on.
With a crackle of electricity, Kyle's figure vanished from the air.
Meanwhile, Enel, who had been doing push-ups below, inexplicably looked up at the sky but saw nothing.
He stopped his training, sat on the island cloud, and panted heavily, his expression slightly grim.
He had an inexplicable feeling that something was about to leave him.
But he didn't know the source of this feeling.
After a while, he could only attribute it to an illusion brought on by overtraining.
Resting for a moment, determination flashed in Enel's eyes again, and he began another round of training.
What he needed to do now was to keep striving, striving, and striving!!
He was definitely going to kill all those bastards who bullied and discriminated against him. Definitely!!!
——
On the other side, Kyle arrived at his destination again.
This was the top of a mountain peak, but it wasn't a sharp peak; it was a flattened top, clearly showing signs of artificial excavation.
Looking down, countless Sky Island people, all dressed in identical attire, were patrolling below. Their eyes continuously scanned the surroundings, as if protecting something.
Kyle shifted his gaze and saw a shrine quietly standing in the center of the mountain top.
Judging by the situation of the Sky Island people below, without a doubt, they were guarding this shrine.
"A shrine?!"
Kyle murmured softly.
With this situation below, no one would believe nothing was up, right?
To avoid causing unnecessary commotion, he had no choice but to...
Boom—
A terrifying aura erupted from Kyle, sweeping downward.
In an instant, those people lost consciousness, their eyes rolling back, bodies going limp, collapsing to the ground.
A flash of lightning flickered in front of the shrine, coalescing into Kyle's figure. He casually pushed it open...
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