Half an hour after leaving Water 7.
In the ship's kitchen.
Kaku stood in front of a refrigerator full of fruits and drinks, lost in thought.
Enel casually walked over, grabbed an apple from the fridge, wiped it off, took a bite, and began walking out.
Seeing Enel about to leave, Kaku quickly called out, "Hold on, don't tell me you guys always eat this kind of stuff…"
"What's wrong?" Enel asked nonchalantly, "Is there something wrong with eating this?"
"It's not that it's wrong… it's just that occasionally it's fine, but not all the time," Kaku scratched his long nose and said helplessly. "It might be fine for you, but Takumi is still growing, right? Eating these nutrient-poor foods every day won't help him grow tall."
"Eh… what do you mean it's fine for me? You looking for a fight?" Enel's body crackled ominously with lightning once more.
Kaku, speechless, said, "Calm down… I was just saying it casually, no offense…"
"Do you guys not cook for yourselves normally?" Kaku couldn't help but ask.
Enel's electric aura gradually faded, "I'm the god of thunder. Are you suggesting a god should cook? What a joke!"
Suddenly remembering something, Enel added, "Takumi can't cook either. Since you're here, you'll be in charge of cooking from now on."
"Eh? But I don't know how to cook…" Kaku broke out in a cold sweat, realizing he had dug himself into a hole…
Enel didn't care, "Since you're learning ship repair, learning to cook on the side isn't a big deal, right?"
Kaku: "…"
What a convenient side task!
Spandam really gave him a troublesome mission…
Learning to repair the ship was already a big challenge; now he had to learn to cook too?
"Oh, by the way," Enel said as he was leaving the kitchen, "If you're free, clean up the place as well. Takumi is a bit of a neat freak; don't make a mess on the ship. Also, Takumi has a bad temper in the morning. Don't disturb him before he's fully awake, or if you get beaten up, it's your own fault."
Kaku: "…"
So, what exactly was his role on this ship?
Repairing the ship, cooking, cleaning…
Was he being treated like a servant?
Kaku clenched his fists tightly, then, after Enel left, he took out the transponder snail to contact Spandam.
On the deck, Enel's voice suddenly rang out again, "We didn't buy much in Water 7. There's a small island with over 300 people ahead. Should we stop to replenish some supplies?"
"Whatever," Takumi said indifferently.
Kaku was momentarily stunned, then put the transponder snail back into his pocket, walked out of the cabin, and looked at the small island in the distance. He asked, "Can you sense how many people are on that island?"
Enel grinned, "I'm the god of thunder. If I want to, I can hear any sound. Ya hahahaha."
Takumi took a sip from his wine gourd and threw in a jab, "Is Observation Haki that rare?"
Enel's lips twitched slightly, annoyed, "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you defeated me!"
Takumi sneered, then lay back on his special deck chair, casually saying, "I'm not going ashore. If you need to buy anything, you two go."
"Tch!" Enel extended his hand to Takumi, "I don't have any money."
Takumi took out a bag of Berries, weighed it, and tossed it to Kaku.
Kaku quickly caught it.
Seeing this, Enel complained, "I even extended my hand. Are you doing this to humiliate me on purpose?"
Takumi ignored him and suddenly remembered something. He took out several bottles of apple juice that he had brought from the iceberg and tossed them to Enel.
Enel nearly used lightning to strike the items Takumi tossed over. When he saw that it was apple juice, he quickly caught all the bottles, his tone improving slightly, "At least you have some conscience."
Takumi closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
Enel wisely chose not to bother him further.
Kaku looked at the bag of money in his hand, feeling both amused and helpless, "Why give the money to me?"
"Just take it," Enel said, opening a bottle of apple juice and taking a sip. His eyes lit up, "This tastes good, better than what's sold in stores."
Kaku glanced at the apple juice bottle Enel was holding and was momentarily surprised.
This juice was specifically provided for government officials, made from the best and freshest apples using special methods.
Such juice wasn't available in regular markets.
Kaku looked at Takumi, who was sunbathing and sleeping.
This guy, who knows Garp and seems to have connections with government officials, who exactly is he?
"Is Takumi very strong?" Kaku asked Enel quietly.
After all, he had never seen Takumi fight.
Enel chuckled, "Ridiculous. Do you think someone who can make me, the god of thunder, willingly become a crew member would be weak?"
"No, I don't think he's weak. It's just a bit unbelievable," Kaku said with a smile, "Haha, since you're so strong, it's hard to imagine someone younger than me being stronger than you."
"Ha, ignorant," Enel said with a smirk. Although he was defeated by one strike, if it was Takumi who defeated him, it was another story. "Back in Skypiea, he used one move to defeat me."
"One move?" Kaku was surprised, "He could withstand your lightning attack?"
"Exactly. Or rather, he was completely immune to my lightning attacks," Enel still found it hard to believe. "Facing my two hundred million volts, Takumi didn't even frown and used his lightning to cut through my thunder!"
"Wait, I'm a bit confused," Kaku asked, "How many volts was the lightning bird you struck me with yesterday?"
"Thirty million," Enel said disdainfully.
Kaku: "…"
A lightning bird of thirty million volts almost overwhelmed him. That two hundred million volts would have turned him to ashes!
Can this Takumi really be immune to two hundred million volts of lightning?
Or is Takumi a Devil Fruit user?
Kaku couldn't help but glance at Takumi again.
Enel guessed what Kaku was thinking and sneered, "He's not a Devil Fruit user."
"If he's not a Devil Fruit user, how could a normal person be immune to lightning?" Kaku asked, skeptical.
Enel shrugged, "Believe it or not."
At this time, the ship had already docked at the coast of the unknown island Enel had his eyes on.
Enel instantly appeared on the shore.
Kaku followed with a leap, landing beside Enel, "What do we need to buy?"
Enel shrugged, "Whatever."
Kaku sighed in resignation, "Fine, let's just buy some ingredients first…"