"Boom... Boom..."

  The sea boiled, lightning streaking across the sky. The entire pirate ship was blown to smithereens, its debris scattering in all dires.

  "Tap, tap..."

  A fierce, wolf-like figure with an imposing aura stepped through the air, standing aloft.

  "Damn it, what’s going on?"

  Staring at the shattered remains of his ship—now nothing more than floating wreckage—Dire Wolf Jeff felt both enraged and terrified. His wary gaze shifted to the sky.

  Had it not been for his quick reflexes and immediate retreat, he would have ended up like his crewmates, bsted into the sea.

  Fortunately, he had once captured a Marine captain and learhe Six Powers through brutal interrogation. Otherwise, as a Devil Fruit user, he would have sunk long ago.

  "Oh my, your reflexes aren’t half bad!"

  High above, a fsh of lightning revealed a young figure.

  With wings on his bad fmes flickering behind his head, Thazed down at Jeff, who was using Moonwalk to stay aloft.

  "I was worried I might actally kill you and then have trouble expining myself," Thor remarked. "And to think you even know Moonwalk. How surprising..."

  Thor raised an eyebrow, genuinely intrigued. He hadn’t expected the man to possess a skill from the Six Powers, something typically exclusive to the Marines and the Wover. It was rare outside those circles, apart from Totto Land’s Military Academy, where the Six Powers formed the foundation of their teags. Any student who earned a spot in the Royal Military Academy could learn it. Most pirates who intruded here never had such skills.

  "Hm? Who are you?"

  Jeff’s head snapped up.

  Seeing this lightning-cd figure—a small giant with a fearsome presence—Jeff’s pupils shrank in shobsp;

  "Gray-white hair, bck wings, fmes behind your head... Are you Fallen Angel El?"

  His face twisted in horror as he locked his gaze on the youthful face before him.

  "No, it’s impossible for him to look this young! Could it be..."

  Sweat beaded on Jeff’s forehead as a realization dawned. But greed soon lit up his eyes.

  "Heh heh heh, looks like I’ve hit the jackpot. You must be Fallen Angel El’s son! I’ve heard every member of the Lunarian race carries a bounty of at least two billion berries!"

  "Two billion berries? Uncle, are you after my head?"

  With a crackle of electricity, Thor appeared in front of Jeff, grinning pyfully.

  "If you mao catch me, it might be worth even more than two billion berries!"

  "Heh heh heh, good point. As the 'prince' of Totto Land, surely you’d fetch at least ten billion berries, right?"

  Jeff’s eyes narrowed; he knew he was ered and had no choice but to fight.

  "Tap, tap..."

  With a fierce step, he unched himself upward. His cws, sharp and coated in Haki, gleamed as they sshed at Thor.

  "Bang!!"

  Thor casually swung his massive arm, effortlessly blog Jeff’s attabsp;

  "Not strong enough, Uhor said dismissively.

  Smirking, he asked, "Have you ever been struck by lightning?"

  "What?"

  Jeff’s face twisted in arm. Before he could react, Thor disappeared in a fsh of lightning.

  Relying on his det Observation Haki, Jeff sehe attabsp;

  "Whoosh—"

  Something tore through the air with a high-pitched whistle.

  His hair standing on end, Jeff whipped around, arms raised to blobsp;

  "Bang!!"

  But it was futile.

  His eyes widened in horror as his arms—enhanced by his A Zoan Dire Wolf form and Haki—snapped uhe overwhelming forbsp;

  "Crack—"

  Both arms broke audibly beh the brutal impabsp;

  Thor’s electrifying kick, unstoppable and ferocious, smmed into Jeff’s chest.

  "Ughhh..."

  Jeff’s chest caved inward. Blood spurted from his mouth as he was sent hurtling through the air.

  "Cough, cough… How is this possible?"

  Nearly losing sciousness, he stared at the t, youthful figure before him as he flew through the air like an arrow. A chill ran down his spine, a ed him.

  So this is what two billion berries’ worth of power feels like? What kind of monster is this?

  "Ugh…"

  Lightning crackled around Thor as he lowered his raised foot, clig his tongue in dissatisfa.

  "I barely even tried, and you’re already down?" he muttered.

  "Whoosh, whoosh..."

  In the moment, Thor became a fsh of lightning and vanished. His t figure—over ers tall—reappeared directly in front of Jeff.

  Catg the bloodied, nearly lifeless Dire Wolf mid-air, Thor effortlessly stopped him from plunging into the sea.

  "Uncle, you’re really weak," Thor sneered.

  Looking down at the battered man in his grip, Thor tilted his head, childlike curiosity in his eyes. "With that level of strength and such arrogance, how have you even survived this long?"

  "You… ugh!"

  Jeff, trembling in terror, turned red with fury and spat out more blood before finally losing sciousness.

  "Tch."

  Thor flicked his hand to shake off the blood, his expression filled with disdain. Theossed Jeff aside like a ragdoll.

  "Take him away!" he ordered.

  Spsh!

  The sea ed as a colossal sea king—over a hundred meters long—rose from the depths. Its enormous, slimy tongue shot out, catg Jeff’s body mid-air and binding him securely.

  "Thor-sama…"

  "You’re incredible!"

  "We were just about to hahese intruders ourselves, and you’ve already taken care of them!"

  Dozens of Fish-Men of various sizes, apanied by a group of massive sea beasts, surfaced from the o. They gazed at Thor with awe.

  He was still so young, not even at full maturity. It was hard to imagine how terrifying his power would bee once he fully grew into it. This was the child of that man, after all—already a force to be reed with.

  "All right, enough with the fttery..."

  Thor waved them off impatiently, clearly used to the praise. Once, he had soaked up every pliment; now, he was unfazed.

  Pointing to Jeff, rapped up by the sea beast’s tongue, he anded, "This guy has the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Dire Wolf—an A Zoan-type Devil Fruit. Hurry and deliver him to Uncle Ryan before he dies."

  "Yes, sir! We’ll take him there immediately!" came the unified response.

  Bleam