Dressrosa and Change of Plans

__________ POV Enel__________

Training with Oven has been rather nice.

He makes for an adequate sparring partner.

Honestly, if I tried this type of training with Garp, he would've most likely killed me by mistake. At least I can take plenty of hits from Oven.

With each punch, I feel my body more and more prepared for the next. With each hit, I feel less and less pain.

Endurance is something necessary in this world. I need a lot of it if I want to not get downed by one hit from someone like Kaido.

Oven is very far from a Yonko, hell, his physical strength is even lesser than that Gorilla pirate captain from a few weeks back.

But I'll take what I can get.

Currently, I don't feel like I've made much progress with Kami-e, but I think my body has been becoming stronger and stronger thanks to this training, so I can't complain.

It's only been a few days anyway, I can't possibly master all of the six powers this fast.

Oven did get tired a bit quickly though. Maybe I jumped into this training a bit too soon, but I figured he'd heal a lot faster if he wasn't being constantly weakened by Seastone.

I don't care about him wearing cuffs or not, neither him nor anyone in his family is a real threat to me.

Only Katakuri is a bit more dangerous thanks to his Observation Haki, Big Mom is just a big target that is also relatively slow.

Her special moves also mostly rely on her sun and cloud souls, which are completely useless against me.

Funny how she calls one of her attacks 'God of Lightning: Tenjin' I do hope she tries to use it on me, so I can at least get a good laugh while on their island.

She should be a bit more resilient than Jack though, if a fight is to break out I expect her to tank at least 10 hits. Her Haki is a lot stronger, she should also have Conquerer's, which makes her even stronger.

Katakuri won't be as resilient as Jack even, I expect him to be able to somewhat evade most attacks though. He will be the most annoying, but as long as I can disturb his serenity he won't be able to use Future Sight much.

I don't know a lot about the other cadres of the Big Mom Pirates, nothing besides the fact that they aren't of any concern to me.

I doubt they'll take this too far though. I've been somewhat placating Oven, he should be able to somewhat calm down his family and hopefully prevent an all-out war.

I can't exactly befriend the Whitebeard Pirates if they don't participate in the 'War of the Best'. Well, I can, but it will be a lot more annoying and difficult to gain their trust.

This way, I will be able to both gain their trust and forge a tight enough relationship that I would be able to call on them for help later on when the World Government realizes that I am a bigger threat than just a random bloke with a powerful devil fruit.

I have no idea how many trump cards the Government can deploy, with powerful allies they will also be extremely reluctant to act. And by the time they realize the importance of the situation, the history of the world will already be out in the open.

Big News Morgan. I need to get in touch with him immediately after the war to form an alliance. I will be able to also give him a lot of spicy information about the world and some events, as I know quite a bit about this world.

I also can listen in on conversations on any island I visit. Rumours will reach me first before any type of network that he can set up.

Cake island will be a pretty interesting place to gather information. The main base of a Yonko, plenty of conversations to listen into on that island.

I plan to stay there for a few weeks too, training on a ship is quite tiring, so taking a break there won't be that bad.

I also get the chance to know the Big Mom Pirates a bit better, even if their leader is a stupid slob, if I can befriend someone like Katakuri the situation would be worth it.

Oven himself is a bit of an arrogant prick, but he's mellowed out quite a lot. Guess losing half of his limbs did have some type of effect on his psyche.

He seems pretty agreeable, but he also fears me quite a bit. It might just be that he doesn't want to antagonize me and risk any new injuries.

He should be able to tell that he's not a big threat to me from the earlier display with that Sea King. Even without using my devil fruit fully, I should be able to fill him with enough holes to turn him into a net.

Even so, we are soon reaching our first stop. We aren't exactly going to travel to Cake Island in a straight line. I don't want to just eat fried unseasoned meat for an entire week.

Now, the first stop is a bit peculiar. It's a place that I've been meaning to check up on for a while... Dressrosa.

Controlled by none other than Donquixote Doflamingo. A little rat that I have a bit of a debt to repay to.

I was obviously able to listen in on the conversations on Jack's ship before I got close to them and started killing everyone.

Good old 'Heavenly Yakasha' put a bounty on my head. I am sure I will find some pirates trying to collect it on this journey, but I doubt anyone of note will rear his head.

I don't want to kill Doflamingo yet, but I do feel like giving him a small present... Currently, only his people are in the royal castle, as he threw out the royal family and enslaved them.

I will probably make a nice storm strike them a bit. Nothing major, just a bit of property damage and maybe one or two deaths for messing with me...

Well, better keep on going.

__________ POV Narration __________

Enel and Oven travelled and trained for around 5 more days before Dressrosa was in their sights. Oven wasn't expecting to stop at the island so quickly, but he did agree with Enel's reasoning about needing some spices for their food.

The pirate didn't really care about escaping at this point, as he was heading for his family anyway, and Enel didn't exactly make him feel like he was a prisoner or anything.

The seastone cuffs were absorbed into the ship at some point, Enel saying that he'd be able to use the materials at some point.

Oven obviously didn't complain, it was a rather great turn of events for him. No cages, no cuffs. This wasn't a usual 'marine escorting prisoner' situation. This was more of a regular trip than anything.

Oven didn't even mind cooking, he was already relatively skilled in doing it, and Enel wasn't treating him badly anyway.

Enel could tell that Oven had warmed up to him rather easily. 'Ah, the astounding effects of Stockholm Syndrome... Wait, that doesn't sound right. If he looks at me weirdly I will kill him.'

The two of them reached the docks in Dressrosa without any issue, both of them gaining quite a few looks as they descended from the sky in their golden boat.

Enel also put his suit and Rear Admiral Coat back on as he wasn't about to start training in Dressrosa.

They jumped down from the ship without any issue, Oven didn't even lose his balance, having already fully gotten used to his pegleg.

Enel touched the ship with both of his hands, as he compressed the gold and turned it into his usual spiked gauntlets.

He handed his backpack to Oven, the pirate just nodded and put it on his shoulder.

"Oven. I'll rely on you to collect the necessary spices, I am not the best chef, so I'll trust you on this. Also, buy yourself some clothes if you find anything nice, you're bound to need a change at some point..." Enel said as he waved his hand at Oven.

"Sure thing Enel... Meet you back here in about 6 hours?" Oven asked, trying to establish some sort of return so that they didn't waste time finding each other. He didn't bother asking Enel what he was planning to do, as he knew that the marine likely had some business on the island.

"You can come by anytime, don't worry, I'll know if you get here..." Enel said as he simply started flying away using Geppo.

Oven sweated a bit when noticing what Enel had implied. '... Observation Haki spread out this widely? Why am I even surprised at this point...'

Enel stepped on air as he reached the middle of the island. He was quick to check the situation inside the castle, curious about how his good friend, Doflamingo was doing...

The scene he witnessed, however, managed to turn his plans around a bit.

Doflamingo was dragging a woman by the hair, carrying her towards what Enel assumed were his chambers...

Enel recognized the woman as well, a relatively tall and voluptuous lady, wearing a white dress with red dots, she had dishevelled dark violet hair, and her face held a look of defiance, but her eyes were filled with indignation and frustration.

The woman was none other than Viola... The crown princess of Dressrossa...

Enel wasn't a hero. He didn't plan to 'rescue' the people of Dressrosa. That was because he had a mission, and he knew that they would eventually be saved regardless of what he did.

He had planned to destroy the palace a bit, and kill a few crew members... But seeing that scene made the rage inside him boil...

'If I ignore something like this when I have all the power to stop it... Can I really call myself a man?'

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