Chapter 87: Settling in and Journey
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The next few days everything seemed to settle down in place. And in a week, plenty of things had already been established.
Gan Fall was rather happy with having a few more old people to talk to, so Francisco and Garp both moved in rather close to the centre of the city.
Both of them started looking for people to train, Garp was doing things mostly out of boredom and not really taking it seriously.
Although his training was still relatively tough and many wanted to give up after the first day. The stronger ones lasted though, which was what Gan Fall and Enel wanted in the first place.
With Garp's help, they'd likely be able to create their 'Special Squad' in about a year with how things were looking.
Enel couldn't do much to alter Garp's enthusiasm when it came to teaching. Garp just treated all of them as regular marine recruits, he didn't give any special attention to anyone.
Francisco was a bit different.
Instead of teaching a lot of people his techniques, which wouldn't have been all that optimal anyway, he chose a few people he deemed talented enough to learn from him, and started with them from the basics of swordsmanship.
Wyper was also among the people he chose, not as a prospect for swordsmanship, but as a prospect for Haki.
Meanwhile, Wyper was also attending Garp's training sessions, starting to learn Rokusihiki from an actual master.
This would also end up strengthening his body even further as he underwent gruelling training from both teachers at once.
Enel himself was also satisfied with the results. He had also started teaching Bonney the 6 powers and Haki separately.
Garp didn't want to teach a pirate, and Francisco wasn't interested in her talent all that much, so it came to Enel to take care of her.
He didn't have to do much to convince her either, as Bonney saw the situation as an opportunity to get closer to him...
Huge mistake on her part, Enel's training was basically Garp's training.
So, Enel spent the majority of his week beating her up and letting her heal, then beating her up again.
Bonney was obviously mad, but she decided not to complain too much. She technically got to spend more time with him anyway, so she was also advancing in her goals... At least in her mind.
She thought that she'd be able to get Enel to fall for her rather easily with her looks, but he was rather reserved, even building himself another cabin a few meters off to the side of his old one.
Bonney liked having her own space, but she still found it annoying that her job of seducing him became harder.
Enel had placed an invisible wall between them, as he didn't want to get too attached to her.
Making her an ally would make things easier for him, but he wasn't willing to test how far she wanted to take their friendship.
Bonney's odd attempts at flirting were also solidifying his opinion of her being an 'open' person.
He wasn't one to judge, but he simply didn't have any time for distractions. Bonney at least took her training seriously.
But when thinking more about it, how couldn't she take it seriously?
She was being trained by an actual Emperor, if she wasted the opportunity to grow stronger with his help then she would simply be an idiot.
Still, they were only a week deep into her training when Enel decided to leave her to fend for herself in the wild.
Garp recommended that training method, saying it brought up someone's instincts and sharpened them to sickening extents.
Enel told the old men and Wyper that he would be away from the Sky islands for a bit and that he was looking forwards to seeing how the citizens would develop while he was away.
Wyper didn't protest, as he wanted to get stronger and beat him up already. Sparring didn't make much sense when Enel outmatched him in every aspect...
Garp and Francisco didn't ask him where he planned to go, although Francisco reminded him to check up on what remained of God Valley.
The next thing Enel did was tell Gan Fall about his departure. He also requested a few more tons of gold, which he received rather quickly, much to Francisco's surprise.
The old pirate didn't know it was that easy to become filthy rich. Enel ended up just laughing at him and telling him that the Sky people put more value on earth than on gold.
After that, Enel proceeded to depart with Bonney, who didn't really know where they were headed or what was expected of her.
The two of them eventually passed above an island that was lacking any form of civilization. Enel smiled as he deemed it passable with his observation haki.
Strong wildlife, overgrown weeds and poisonous plants with no particular paths to walk on. It was perfect!
"First stop's here!" Enel said with a wide smile on his face.
Bonney raised an eyebrow before looking at the island underneath them.
"There doesn't seem to be anything here though..." She said as she looked at the island all over, trying to find any form of civilization.
"Yep! Which is why it's perfect! I'll pick you up after a month or something~"
Bonney immediately snapped her head at Enel, she opened her mouth and was about to complain almost immediately as well.
"Wha-" But the ship underneath her disappeared just as the first syllables left her mouth, Enel recollected his gold and reformed his gauntlets rather quickly.
All that he heard was Bonney screaming and a few slurs as he turned into lightning and zapped away.
Enel headed took a stop on a cloud and marked an island on his map. Heading for the country called 'Tequila Wolf'.
He could clearly remember Robin being held there as a slave, forced to help with the construction of a bridge.
Currently, Robin was his only link to the Revolutionary Army, she was the one that could lead him to Baltigo, where he'd finally be able to speak to the Monkey D. Dragon.
Enel didn't know what type of person Dragon was, but he knew that Dragon wouldn't attack him. He had saved both Luffy, and Garp on separate occasions, Dragon was also unlikely to reject him as a potential ally.
With the help of the Revolutionary Army and their network of spies, he could find information much easier.
He wouldn't even have to go around random libraries himself, he could just request the information he needed from them.
And he planned to do just that.
To ask the Revolutionary Army for a list of all of the gods that were known in that world, and to see if he could find any mentions of the one that was currently bothering him.
He'd look more deeply into each religion that sparked his interest. He'd also ask them to provide as much information as they could on souls and willpower.
He'd likely have to wait around for a bit, for them to gather that information. But he was more than willing to do so, as gathering it himself would likely take much longer anyway.
He reached the country/island of Tequila Wolf, he could see the bridge still being built there.
He could also feel Robin somewhere in the crowd of slaves, still wearing seastone shackles as she worked away at the bridge.
She wasn't being treated specially, despite her status as a pirate and as the last survivor of Ohara.
Enel assumed they didn't know about the World government wanting her dead, so that was why she was just being used as a regular worker.
Enel decided to wait. He simply sat around on a storm cloud for a while, sometimes going off to a city not that far away and eating there with a disguise or simply wearing a cloak.
He could rescue Robin by himself, and rather easily at that. But he wanted the ship of the revolutionary army to arrive and rescue her first.
They would only show up after a while, so Enel was expecting to wait quite a bit.
He didn't spend that time idly though, as he started working on a new type of engine for his ship.
It was similar to what the original Enel had built on his own, but he now had to make it much smaller, more compact.
Enel wanted his ship to also be fitted with the storm cloud creator that Enel's ship used to have. He already had prepared a few dials in his backpack to experiment with them.
The reason why was rather simple...
For most of his island-destroying moves, like 'Raigo', he needed to have storm clouds at hand.
The clouds could constantly get blown away by the stronger fighters in that world.
That would leave him unable to use his most powerful techniques without spending an ungodly amount of stamina as he had back at Marineford.
But if Enel created a machine that could constantly create more and hid it on the island he was fighting on, he'd basically have more chances at performing those powerful moves.
Enel had been confident that he wouldn't need it in the past, as the work it would require seemed like it would take quite some time. He had also been confident that he'd be able to deal with most situations.
But after seeing just how powerful the World Government's trump cards were, he decided that he would also have to get even trickier in order to match them.
Almost dying alongside Garp and Francisco reminded him that even those with Observation Haki could be easily taken by surprise.
The cannon that had been shot at him was made of seastone, harder to detect and more unassuming than regular cannons.
Its design seemed rather deceptive, made to look almost normal, but by the time one noticed the difference it would already be loaded and aimed toward them.
Enel's attention was also split in a lot of different directions as his Haki could spread pretty far.
In the end, Enel decided to use Electromagnetic Waves to enhance his haki. It was what he had been using to listen in on conversations.
But now he would use it to feel objects more precisely. It would take a lot more stamina than usual, but it would at least allow him to detect the canons pointed at him no matter the materials.
He wouldn't be able to keep that up at all times though... It seemed to be somewhat taxing, his use of it could also use some more mastery.
So he would need to decide whenever he would need it. He'd have to rely more on instincts for that, but for now, at least he had set a goal to work towards in order to improve himself.
So, the wait continued, Enel scouting the region for Revolutionary soldiers at all times while training and re-designing his ship.
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