NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 2: Enel
Above the white sea of the sky island, Vlad contemplated the entire island with his observation haki.
"Locating Enel may take me some time, since we are here let's do some sightseeing"
Vlad immediately accelerated creating a strong wind in his path, the speed of his flight was no joke, his devil fruit allowed him to travel at supersonic speeds using his magnetic field to manipulate air resistance and generating kinetic energy with magnetism.
As Vlad moved he constantly analyzed each area of the island, finding a town.
"Well, let's see what's there and gather information along the way"
Vlad landed in an alley and walked with relaxed steps trying not to attract attention, but once he left the alley, several pairs of eyes were fixed on him.
"Shit, I forgot I don't have wings, it's impossible not to attract attention like that, I was negligent ..." Vlad let out a sigh ignoring the eyes of the island's natives.
A child who was passing by immediately pointed at him and began to say nonsense.
"Mother, look at that guy, he's disgusting, he doesn't have wings."
The mother also gave a disdainful look and walked away with the child. Apart from those two, the other people on the street were not much different in their attitude.
"It must be a monkey from down below right?"
The murmurs of a group of men could be heard in the distance.
"Yeah, I've heard stories about people from down below who don't have wings."
"He's not one of us, we should kick him out before he does anything."
Blah blah blah.
Vlad heard it all but didn't say anything and just continued on his way. As long as they didn't hurt him he had no need to act. To Vlad, if someone insults you, it will always be your decision whether it is an insult or not. Whether someone irritates or insults him is up to his own judgment whether it is an insult or not.
"Some even gave me murderous looks, but heh, they're just barking dogs." Vlad just kept a slight smile and continued passing by various shops and food stalls.
Although he didn't have any money with him, the people of Sky Island were happy to trade Belly since Belly is worth much more than their own currency.
With his mouth full of all kinds of sweets while ignoring the cold stares, Vlad was fascinated by the sweets he saw, he was a fanatic of sweet food, hell, he might even be able to fight Teach just for a cherry pie, as for fighting Big Mom for sweets, Vlad preferred to skip that topic...
(NOTE: It is known that Teach's favorite food is a cherry pie dessert)
Vlad arrived at a bar, from his experience as a bounty hunter he learned that bars are the best places to gather information. As curious and cold stares came from every angle, Vlad arrived in front of the bartender and directly placed a Belly bill on the table.
"Do you know anything about a wingless child with blonde hair and pale skin?" Vlad held a lollipop in his mouth as he spoke.
The bartender's eyes sparkled when he saw the Belly bill, causing him to rush to answer.
"Sir, of course I have heard of that boy, he is quite a phenomenon in town, people treat him like an outcast, not long ago they exiled him near the edge of the island, near the White Sea" The bartender quickly hid the bill as he spoke.
Vlad reflected internally about the bartender's words "If it is as he says then it will be easier to find him, I just have to focus my attention on the areas near the White Sea"
Suddenly blue flashes appeared around Vlad's body, leaving the people in the bar astonished, he had activated his power to be able to improve his observation haki to the maximum, concentrating on any sign of life.
"Bingo"
Vlad suddenly spoke and immediately activated his supersonic speed flying out and breaking the roof of the bar, not before leaving some belly to compensate the owner.
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Enel who was 8 years old right now, had a dirty body, and a pale skin like a ghost, unlike the adult Enel of the future, this Enel was in misery, thin and with bloodshot eyes, he was desperately opening a box inside a broken ship, in the white sea sometimes there were remains of shipwrecks, sometimes Enel found cans with food helping him fill his stomach.
Looking at the empty box Enel gritted his teeth in frustration, as he prepared to go back, he stumbled falling face first to the dusty ground, a small amount of blood came out of his nose.
"Damn! Damn!" screaming angrily until he let off steam Enel lay down on the ground and stared at the roof of the ship, while his stomach growled with hunger.
"I'm hungry..." Enel didn't shed tears, he endured in silence and prepared to continue looking for food in other places.
The moment Enel emerged from the wreckage of the ship, a voice was heard out of nowhere.
"Kid, I heard you were hungry, if you answer a question I'll give you some food."
Vlad looked at the emaciated Enel, seeing his pitiful state it could be deduced that there was still no thunder fruit to eat.
Enel was startled and immediately put on guard taking out a small stone spear and pointing it at Vlad.
"WHO ARE YOU!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Enel acted like a rabid dog as he tightly gripped the spear, the person that showed himself to his eyes was flying with blue flashes, astonishing Enel
. "Good look kid, don't worry, I won't do anything to you, I'm just looking for something." Vlad took another lollipop out of his pocket and began to eat it without worrying about Enel's gaze.
Enel hesitated before speaking, throughout his life he learned to distrust people, as no one had good will towards someone without wings like him, but he could no longer bear the hunger, and he was also somewhat curious about the man because he also had no wings like him.
"Okay, ask." Enel put away his spear but kept his senses on alert.
"Have you found any strange fruit around here?" Vlad went straight to the point, watching Enel closely.
"A strange fruit? You mean a fruit with strange patterns?"
Listening and analyzing Enel, Vlad felt like he had hit the jackpot.
"Yes, it seems that you did see it." Vlad stopped flying and stood in front of Enel until he was at a certain distance.
Enel nodded.
"I've seen it, I found it a while ago and I kept it because I found it interesting, I didn't eat it because I assumed it was an unknown poisonous fruit."
Vlad heard this and thought to himself, looking with a little pity at the future god of thunder.
"Enel, desperate for hunger, probably ate the "poisonous" fruit to at least die with a full stomach in the original work, but after eating it he realized that it was not poisonous..."
Vlad knew the plot of skypiea and a little of the story of Enel, a child who was discriminated against, excluded and finally exiled, leaving him to his fate. It is not surprising that Enel was so cold with the inhabitants of the sky island in the original plot.
"Fine, I'll keep my end of the deal now, wait here for a minute."
Under Enel's astonished gaze, he disappeared at an incredible speed, leaving Enel speechless. Enel waited less than 1 minute and suddenly a strong blizzard almost blew the handkerchief off his head.
Holding a huge deer that he had just hunted, and under the incredulous gaze of the future god of thunder, he said a few words.
"Here's what I promised, let's go to land so I can leave it for you, and I'll need you to show me the way to the place where you kept the fruit, in exchange I'll give you more food." Vlad approached Enel slowly.
"W-Wait, what are you..." before Enel could finish, Vlad had already touched his forehead and then as if by magic, Enel began to float next to Vlad.
He had given him magnetic properties by touching him, managing to make him fly like that, obviously under Vlad's control.
Uninterested in hearing the boy's cries of fear and surprise, Vlad carried Enel down to dry land with him.
Once on the ground, Enel felt safe again, the way he looked at Vlad had changed.
"Let's hurry up." Vlad moved following Enel, to a small, poor wooden house that was in the middle of nowhere.
Taking out a fruit with strange patterns, Enel handed it to Vlad.
Vlad held the fruit in his hand trying not to let the excitement show on his face, but a smile had already formed on his face.
"Thunder Fruit, one of the invincible fruits, I got you" with a slight smile, Vlad got into a good mood.