"The difference between men and women..." Enel laughed out loud while holding his forehead. "Yahahaha, that's a great question."
Kaku's mouth twitched, exasperated. "Don't lead the kid astray…"
Enel transformed into lightning, appearing right in front of Lila in an instant. Standing at nearly 2.7 meters tall, he towered over Lila, who was barely 1.3 meters, making him seem like a giant.
Not to mention, with lightning flashing around him, he looked like a god to Lila.
"Do you really want to know?" Enel asked with a grin.
Lila nodded eagerly, filled with anticipation.
"I'll enlighten you," Enel said as he began undoing his belt, using the most direct method to answer Lila's question...
Kaku immediately jumped off the ship, wearing rubber gloves, and yanked Enel's pants back up.
"You're crazy, pulling down your pants in front of a kid. What the heck are you doing..." Kaku muttered in disbelief.
"How else can I show her the difference?" Enel asked, exasperated. "Then tell me, how do you prove you're a man?"
Kaku looked embarrassed.
Lila blinked like she had just discovered something incredible. "It's definitely different... but what is that? A mushroom? But it doesn't seem quite right."
Kaku rubbed his forehead awkwardly. "You get the idea. It's not really appropriate for a girl to ask questions like this..."
"Huh? Why can't I ask?" Lila asked, feeling confused.
Kaku didn't know how to answer that.
Enel, on the other hand, casually picked at his ear and lazily said, "This is a divine tool that only men possess, a key that can take women to paradise."
"Huh? Paradise?" Lila gasped. "Does it mean you'll die?"
Enel smirked. "You won't die, but it'll make you feel like you're in heaven. Wanna try? I can grant you that experience, yahahaha."
Lila was utterly bewildered. She had no idea what Enel was talking about.
Kaku couldn't stand it any longer. "What are you, some kind of pervert? You're insane, messing with a kid like this…"
"Long-nose idiot, it seems like you've grown quite bold to call me a pervert. Fine, I'll show you what being a pervert means!" As he spoke, Enel unleashed a bolt of lightning, striking toward Kaku.
Kaku quickly jumped out of the way, dodging the attack.
However, just as he landed, Enel, transformed into lightning, appeared behind him in an instant. With a light tap on Kaku's shoulder, a surge of electricity coursed through his body.
Kaku screamed in agony, stumbling backward and only managing to stay upright by grabbing onto a nearby tree.
"Hmph! Long-nose, remember this: if I wanted to, I could end you anytime. You're no match for my speed," Enel said arrogantly.
Although Kaku was thoroughly zapped, he only suffered minor injuries and didn't lose consciousness.
Enel hadn't intended to go all out, only using one million volts.
Had it been anyone else, they might have been knocked out, if not killed.
That's why Enel had to admit that the people of the Blue Sea had incredibly resilient bodies to withstand such punishment...
Lila, covering her mouth with her hands, looked frightened as she stared at Enel and Kaku.
Enel glanced at Lila and sneered, "Don't worry, I'm not desperate enough to go after a little kid. But because you have good taste, I'll spare your life. Now, get lost!"
Lila, terrified, took a step back and silently placed the pile of food she was carrying on the ground. "This is for you. Please don't despise it. I'll... I'll be going now."
With that, she quickly scurried back in the direction of the village.
"Tch," Enel glanced at the food Lila had left and scoffed. "That's barely enough to fill a gap between my teeth."
Kaku, leaning against the tree, sighed helplessly. "You really could be nicer to me, you know. Don't you ever worry that if I leave one day, all the chores on this ship will fall to you?"
Enel shrugged, "Don't worry, you won't live long enough to leave."
Kaku: "?"
Enel added lazily, "From the moment you boarded this ship, you lost the right to disembark on your own. Just be a good shipwright, yahahaha."
Kaku: "..."
Inside the cabin.
Takumi had just closed his eyes, about to fall asleep, when suddenly, the system's notification sound rang in his head.
[Ding! Prove that you're a man, +20% sign-in progress, current total progress: 70%. Reward: A cookbook.]
Takumi: "?"
He was just about to sleep—when had he proven himself to be a man?
And what's with the system giving him a cookbook?
After a moment of silence, Takumi decided not to dwell on it and simply closed his eyes to continue sleeping.
The next day.
Takumi woke up early, as usual, and headed to the shore to fish.
On his way past the kitchen, he casually took out the cookbook that the system had given him and tossed it to Kaku.
Kaku looked confused as he stared at the cookbook on the table, scratching his head. "When did Takumi buy this? I don't remember."
Over the next few days, Takumi, Enel, and Kaku had a relatively peaceful time on Amazon Lily.
Until the ship was nearly repaired, and as Takumi was fishing by the shore as usual, he suddenly looked up toward the southern seas.
At the same time, Enel appeared beside him, also looking in the same direction. "There are a few large ships approaching from that direction. I sense a familiar presence."
"It's the Navy," Takumi said calmly. "An admiral is coming."
"Huh? Why's the Navy coming here?" Enel turned to Takumi, puzzled.
Takumi answered nonchalantly, "They're probably here to capture us."
"Capture us?" Enel was baffled. "We're not even pirates. Why would they want to capture us?"
Kaku, seeing that Enel and Takumi were talking about something, leaped from the deck to the shore, casually asking, "What are you guys talking about? Let me in on it."
"The Navy's coming, and Takumi says they're here to capture us…" Enel grumbled, clearly irritated.
"The Navy?" Kaku's eyes flickered with surprise but quickly returned to a calm expression, as if he had expected it. He sighed and said, "Well, after all, Takumi did kill a Celestial Dragon. Being hunted by the Navy is expected. But how did they know we were here?"
Takumi answered coldly, "Boa Hancock."
"Damn it, that woman again!" Enel was furious. "She actually went and snitched on us! I'm going to kill her!"
On the other side.
Despite Hancock's strong dislike for the World Government, now that they had arrived, as one of the Seven Warlords, she had to make an appearance at least.
So Hancock, accompanied by the members of the Kuja Pirates, stood on the southern shore, her expression indifferent, with a hint of disgust as she watched the three approaching warships.
"Sister, only three warships came. Is that going to be a problem?" Mary Gold asked worriedly from Hancock's right.
Hancock's face darkened slightly. "If there's an admiral, it's no big deal."
"Sister, look!" Sandersonia, standing to Hancock's left, pointed toward one of the figures standing on the deck of the leading warship. Her voice trembled, "It's over... they're going to recognize us, aren't they?"