บท 88: 86. Crazy Bullfighting Red Cloth!

Tom lazily yawned, seeming uninterested in continuing the game.

Suddenly, Enel appeared, attacking himself with a trident in hand.

Rather than hiding, Tom merely glanced at him, summoning a dark cloud from the sky beneath him.

To the astonishment of onlookers, Tom then lay down on the cloud and drifted into sleep.

Enraged by Tom's apparent indifference, Enel brandished his trident and let out a furious roar!

"Go to hell!"

With those words, the Thunder and Lightning Trident, crackling with terrifying voltage, pierced Tom's body!

Enel's frown deepened as he witnessed the trident piercing Tom.

Despite being impaled, Tom showed no signs of injury, simply continuing to sleep peacefully.

What infuriated Enel the most was Tom's complete lack of reaction to his powerful strike!

The only response, it seemed, was a subconscious twitch from Tom?!

To Enel, Tom's twitch seemed nothing but a humiliating gesture!

"Die, damn it!"

Enel's anger consumed whatever sanity he had left!

With both hands tightly gripping the trident, he stabbed frantically at Tom's body.

No matter how violently Enel attacked Tom's body, there was no sign of him waking up.

"El Thor (God's Judgment)!"

"60,000,000 V Jamboule (Sixty Million Volts Thunder Dragon)!"

Muscles, sporting sunglasses, observed the flashing lightning before him.

He casually swatted away a thunderbolt that came their way, clicking his tongue in disdain.

"So, this is supposed to be a god? Yet he can't even defeat Tom?"

"Cousin, you can complain all you want, but can you please stop eating my cheese!"

Nami interjected from the side, her mouth hanging open in disbelief at the scene unfolding before her.

Despite the lightning strikes and the immense voltage bombarding the sea of clouds, Nami and the others couldn't help but wonder if Enel was truly attacking Tom or just wasting his energy.

Meanwhile, deep in the jungle...

Al gazed at his Western sword, completely cloaked in Haki, then cast a sidelong glance at the fallen enemies.

Soon after, Al began manipulating Armament Haki, covering it over his body to see how much he could envelop.

He knew that it was more challenging to apply Armament Haki to a weapon compared to the body. That's why he chose to cover his sword with it from the beginning.

"It's alright, I can cover about half of it," Al remarked, observing the portion of his body now cloaked in pitch-black Haki. He was quite pleased with this progress.

Just as Al was about to confront Enel in this manner...

After relentlessly attacking Tom for about three minutes, Enel, frustrated by Tom's continued slumber, completely lost control!

He glared at Tom, his hands clenched tightly, and erupted into wild laughter.

"I am a god! I am a god!" he proclaimed, fixating his gaze on the clouds above his head, madness consuming his eyes completely! (T/N: I am a Doctor! I am a Doctor!)

"Then let's destroy them all!"

With those words, Enel transformed into a thunderbolt, hurtling straight towards the clouds!

As Enel plunged into the dark clouds, a palpable sense of agitation swept through the entire mass!

"What's he up to?"

"I'm not sure, but there's definitely something different about the lightning in that thundercloud!"

Nami, incredibly attuned to weather patterns, sensed the lightning within the thundercloud condensing rapidly!

"Go! We can't stay here any longer!" she urged urgently.

"What's going on, Nami?" Carina asked, concern etched across her face as she observed Nami's panicked expression, breaking into a cold sweat.

Observing the thunderclouds converging towards Enel, Nami seemed to have pieced together his intentions.

Nami's pupils constricting as she spoke with a tremor in her voice.

"That scoundrel..."

"It's highly probable that he intends to obliterate everything here. If we linger, we'll be in grave danger!"

Upon hearing Nami's warning, Muscles, slowly removed the sunglasses he was wearing and tossed them aside.

Then, with evident curiosity, he flexed his muscles and bones before calmly remarking,

"Don't worry, I'll make sure nothing goes awry."

"I happen to want to give it a try too, see what this Armament Haki Captain Al mentioned is all about."

With that, Muscles's body swiftly transformed from red to black.

Observing Muscles's red-and-black form, Nami suddenly recalled something Al had mentioned before.

"Muscles, when did you learn how to use it?"

"Oh, right, didn't you master it when the ship was being built?"

"Moreover, the color of your body is different from when you were building the ship. Could it be that you've forgotten your training?" Nami questioned.

"Oh, if you miss the training, will you explode and die?"

"Robin, could you refrain from saying such scary things so calmly, please?!"

Facing everyone's doubts, Muscles simply shrugged, calmly gestured towards a tree nearby, and explained,

"I just threw a few punches there, and then I mastered it. As for why my color changed like this, I have no idea."

Following Muscles's gesture, everyone's gaze fell upon a seemingly undamaged large tree in the distance.

Nami gasped in surprise, questioning why the tree appeared entirely normal.

According to what Al had explained earlier, after mastering Armament Haki, shouldn't the body or objects become harder, thus increasing the power of the attack?

"Well, you can't see it from the outside, because I altered my method of attack," Muscles clarified.

With that, Muscles approached the large tree and lightly tapped it with his fingers.

In the blink of an eye, the towering tree crumbled into a pile of sawdust!

If Al were present, he would immediately recognize that Muscles was utilizing an advanced form of Armament Haki, known as Emission or Ryou!

While Nami and the others may not fully comprehend, they still showered Muscles with praise.

Meanwhile, Tom, roused from his slumber by the thunderous roar, noticed Enel's absence and began to stretch.

Feeling bored, Tom reverted back to his original form and retrieved a set of clothes resembling Enel's from behind him.

And, of course, the Taiko drum Enel always carried!

Shortly after, Tom swiftly maneuvered within the thundercloud. After successfully changing his clothes, he transformed into a streak of lightning and appeared before Nami and the others.

Imitating Enel's tone and mannerisms, Tom walked with an air of arrogance, declaring coldly, "I am a god! Worship me!"

However, before he could finish his sentence, Tom was knocked out cold by Nami's punch.

Grinning mischievously, Nami exclaimed, "Tom, are you floating?"

Observing the large lump forming on Tom's head, Carina and Vivi burst into laughter.

To demand money from Nami so arrogantly, even if one claims to be a god, what good will it do?

As they conversed and chuckled, Enel within the thundercloud let out a maniacal laugh, fully consumed by madness!

"Raigo (Thunder Welcome)!"

With Enel's proclamation, a massive sphere formed by condensed thunderclouds began to break away, descending towards the ground.

Upon noticing this anomaly, Nami cried out, "Quick, look!"

This time, it wasn't just Nami who felt the overwhelming pressure of the lightning contained within the spherical thundercloud.

Even Vivi and Carina noticed it simultaneously.

Muscles warmed up before enveloping himself in Armament Haki once more.

Then, with a powerful step, Muscles caused the entire island to tremble violently as soon as his foot left the ground!

At that moment, Al, who was preparing to take action, suddenly received a system prompt in his mind.

[Obtain a piece of Tom's bullfighting red cloth]

Opening the system page, Al recalled that he hadn't turned off the automatic lottery draw since activating it.

Upon seeing that he still had over 700,000 EP remaining, Al decided not to disable the automatic lottery draw.

After all, the items in the system store were currently beyond his affordability.

Rather than digging through and scrounging for emotion points to purchase items, it seemed more sensible to simply hang around in the backstage for a lottery draw!

Al then proceeded to open the item introduction section.

Tom's bullfighting Red Cloth:

Simply by staring at the red cloth for three seconds, regardless of the target being a person or an object, it fills the enemy with intense hatred, causing them to rush over desperately.

"For attracting hate?"

After pondering for a moment, Al burst into laughter.

Just as he was contemplating how to lure Enel out of the cloud.

After all, he wasn't Tom, and he didn't possess that unique physical constitution.

After retrieving the prop, Al wasted no time in delivering a sarcastic remark.

"What a god? This is nothing but rubbish. Even my crew could handle it."

"If someone like him is considered a god, tsk tsk tsk..."

Al's main intention behind this was to provoke Enel. He was well aware that Enel's Observation Haki could cover the entire Sky Island.

Therefore, Al didn't need to ascend into the air at all. He simply reached into his system backpack for snacks right then and there.

While munching on snacks, Al continued to sneer, asserting that Enel was not a god.

That was all it took.

Just as Al anticipated, Enel, within the thundercloud, heard his words and completely lost control of his emotions. He couldn't bear to accept them.

Stretching out his right hand, Enel released a wild laugh, declaring, "Just wait a little longer, just a little longer!"

"I will ensure that you all perish here! This is the price for daring to provoke a god!"

"Yahahaha~"

However, just as Enel manipulated the massive thundercloud sphere, hurling it towards Al and the others, a faint red light streaked towards the thunderclouds like a cannonball!

Al narrowed his eyes, barely able to make out a blurry figure amidst the dark thunderclouds.

However, being very familiar with his crew, Al recognized the identity of the red light immediately.

"Muscles, is he planning to use lightning to toughen his body?"

As this notion dawned on Al, he was dumbfounded.

Damn it! This isn't cultivating immortality!

Nevertheless, even if Al wanted to dissuade him, it was already too late!

As Muscles was only less than 10 meters away from the thundercloud, Al heaved a long sigh but chose not to intervene in their peculiar antics.

After all, he possesses a immortal body, so he is free to pursue whatever he wants.

"Hey," Al mused, "I wonder when I'll be able to do as I please like them."

After sighing, Al resumed eating while adamantly denying that Enel was God.

In the midst of conversation, Al suddenly remembered something crucial!

Slapping the back of his head vigorously, he muttered to himself,

"No, why should I bother fighting Enel?"

With that, Al promptly retrieved Jackie Chan's magic vacuum cleaner from the system space.

The item introduction didn't specify any requirements!

With this thing, can I just give Enel a thumping?

Is it fine to just suck him in?

Pointing the vacuum cleaner at Enel in the sky, Al mimicked Chan's tone and muttered to himself,

"Spirits, specters, vanish!"

After repeating the mantra several times, Al's expression fell when he realized the vacuum cleaner still wasn't responding.

"What on earth, why aren't you working?" Al muttered in frustration.

He lifted the vacuum cleaner suspiciously, examining it closely before giving it a firm pat.

Then, he pointed the vacuum cleaner at the sky once more and began chanting the spell again.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Al swiftly stowed the vacuum cleaner back into the system backpack and retrieved a piece of red cloth instead.

If the vacuum cleaner couldn't be used, then he'd switch it for a prop and take center stage!

The moment Al produced the red cloth, Enel, observing from afar through his mind network, suddenly turned scarlet-eyed!

"Doo~Doo..."

With the sound of a train whistle,

Enel's legs moved back and forth in the air, steam even billowing from his ears.

"Humph, hum!"

Enel emitted a low, bovine-like noise, transforming into lightning and hurtling straight towards the red cloth he perceived as a threat!

In that moment, nothing existed in Enel's eyes except for the bullfighting red cloth!

Even Muscles, who was in the midst of attacking him, paused momentarily, allowing Enel to pass by.

Muscles spread his hands, giving Enel a puzzled look as he rushed towards Al.

"What's this guy up to?"

Enel's erratic behavior immediately captured everyone's attention.

As Nami and the others hurried to the spot where Enel had descended,

All present couldn't help but stare in disbelief at the unfolding scene before them.

By a tree, Enel appeared to be going berserk, repeatedly headbutting the red cloth hanging from its branches.

Meanwhile, Al smirked as he tied the other end of the bullfighting red cloth to a rope attached to the tree.

Each time Enel charged towards the cloth, Al would yank the rope vigorously, resembling a bullfighter taunting a bull.

Witnessing Al's amusement, Spike's eyes gleamed with mischief as he pulled out a loudspeaker from his back with determination.

"What a lovely lady cat!"

Tom, who was sound asleep, perked up at the mention of a female cat, Jingli!

Without a moment's hesitation, Tom transformed from Thor's form back to his usual self.

In a flash, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and appeared before Spike.

Before Tom could utter a word, Spike placed his arm on Tom's shoulder and said something.

As Spike finished speaking, the cat and the dog exchanged a wicked laugh!

Shortly after, Tom and Spike positioned themselves, each blocking Enel's path.

They waited until Enel failed to hit the red cloth and descended to the ground.

Then, Tom grabbed a baseball bat and sent Enel flying into the air with a powerful swing!

And Spike, who stood at the other end, grabbed a frying pan, ready to shoot Enel straight back!

With the seamless teamwork of Tom and Spike, Enel remained suspended in the air after being sent flying!

Even when blown away, Enel would promptly charge back to the red cloth and resume his relentless assault!

As the spectacle continued, Al began to feel a bit bored. He decided to hang the red cloth on the tree and then leapt down.

"Captain Al, what's that thing?" someone asked, curious about the object.

Nami pointed towards the red cloth, sensing a strange force compelling them to strike it.

Al grinned and proceeded to explain the power of the bullfighting red cloth.

Upon hearing Al's explanation, everyone couldn't help but take a few steps back, fear evident in their eyes.

Just then, Al picked up the vacuum cleaner once more, attempting to discern its function.

However, much to Al's surprise, as soon as he opened his mouth to utter a spell, a group of golden clouds emerged from the vacuum cleaner's nozzle, steadily ascending towards Enel...

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