One Piece: Reborn as Enel

Chapter 43: SMILE Factory and Flow

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Enel did as he had planned, taking out the rest of the officers with ease, most of them he knocked out in the end, as he no longer saw the need to kill them.

He then carried them all in one place, in front of the palace and tied them all up using his seastone laced staff.

Enel could feel that a crowd was already gathered around him, of both pirates and marines, they had managed to reach the palace with the sole purpose of taking down the man that had enslaved them.

"Where is Doflamingo!?!" Asked one of the higher ranking marines that had been turned into a toy. Enel could tell that he was a Commodore.

"I already executed him under orders from our higher-ups," Enel said as he looked around at the crowd. The pirates and the marines were starting to look a bit strangely at each other.

With no common enemy for them to rally against, it was only natural that they'd jump at each other's necks.

But Enel had had just about enough bloodshed for the day.

"The war is over! Everyone can either leave or stay, I don't care." Some of the pirates had wanted to kill a few marines, to let off some steam. But Enel's gaze made them stop.

Most of them had caught glimpses of Enel, zipping across the battlefield and taking out all of the stronger members of Doflamingo's crew.

His presence calmed the situation down a bit. Enel didn't have the time to stay there forever though.

"All of you, behave! Start apprehending the rest of Doflamingo's men that are still alive. Contact the headquarters to come and capture them already." Enel started ordering the marines around without any hesitation.

The pirates that had gathered also started dispersing when talk of the headquarters started. They had been enslaved for years, they mostly didn't feel like going from one prison to another.

After ordering the marines around, much to the displeasure of the Commodore present, Enel simply went to another part of town.

More specifically, the part that currently had the SMILE Factory, a place the Enel decided to destroy, as he didn't think that Dressrosa had any need for it.

Enel could see many dwarves coming out of the building, most likely hearing of the revolt and deciding to finally free themselves from slavery.

Enel didn't care about them much, only waiting for all of them to exit the building before finally deciding to break it properly.

He looked from a distance, not wanting to attract too much attention to himself while destroying the factory, as he knew that he wouldn't be able to do so without using his devil fruit properly.

With a yawn, he pointed his staff at the building, a massive storm cloud circled around in the sky before a massive beam of lightning hit the factory.

The Dwarves scrambled further away, afraid that they'd also get hit by that strange beam of light descending from the sky.

Enel had made sure to avoid them though, so nothing would've happened to them regardless of what they did.

This was nothing more than an extremely well-timed/convenient freak weather anomaly in the New World, nothing to see there...

Enel knew that it was unlikely for such a thing to be linked to him, so he didn't really care. But he needed that factory wiped from existence.

The Kaido Pirates were bound to be a bit mad for the destruction of the SMILE Factory, but since Dressrosa wasn't that far from the beginning of the New World, they'd be fine for now.

Kaido's crew did suffer one too many defeats recently, so Enel did expect some things to change from the original story.

Someone like Kaido wouldn't take nicely to the destruction of the factory that strengthened his army directly.

Enel didn't really care though, much like Doflamingo, Kaido's days were numbered. Enel didn't want to deal with the Yonko himself.

He felt that Joyboy was the one fated to take down Kaido, as the prophecy in Wano Country foretold, so he wasn't going to interfere with that.

Enel needed Luffy to awaken his devil fruit at all costs, making the drums of liberation beat once more felt necessary to fight against the World Government.

For Enel's plan to work smoother, he needed the return of the Sun God to happen without any obstruction.

His fight with Doflamingo was derailing Luffy's adventure a bit. But Enel knew the Drums of Liberation would find a way to beat with or without Doflamingo.

Besides, Enel was about to make a lot more changes to the world during the War of the Great. Enel needed to fulfil criteria for a certain turn of events to occur.

He needed a high enough degree of certainty that the world itself was going to play by his rules and continue flowing uninterrupted.

Enel knew that his actions were going to disrupt the 'flow' of the world, hell they already had, but thankfully, Doflamingo wasn't as major an antagonist as Kaido himself.

And Jack dying also didn't put that big a wrench in Enel's plans, which was why Enel killed him in the first place. That and the fact that Jack would have continued to hunt him down for a while, which would've been annoying.

__________ POV Enel __________

How do I go about doing this... In a sense, I want everything to go perfectly, but I know that perfection is a stupid thing to strive for and that it is human nature to fail.

The more I think about my plans the less and less it feels like I am truly in control.

It feels like I am truly leaving a lot to chance, that I am somehow betting on the world making way for Joyboy's resurrection regardless of my involvement.

It feels odd, as if I am trying to fish for a dragon with a wooden rod. Maybe I should stop betting on things to happen and forge my own way?

But that would destroy any prediction that I could make about the future... Can I even say that I know the future at this point?

I know of some events that will happen, but if my plans are to alter them, then what can I say I truly know?

Maybe I just need to not get caught up in the moment too much.

To avoid drowning in a sea of uncertainty at every step of the way, questioning my actions and fearing how they affect the future I know of.

In the first place... Why exactly was I even sent here?

I've been thinking about it more and more... But was what I gave the Wanderer even considered kindness?

I've never been one to put much value on money. So one could say that I didn't give him anything of value to me, which wouldn't qualify as kindness.

But, in the first place, that God seemed to have no idea what kindness even was... Do humans even have any idea of what kindness is?

Not really... Putting someone out of his misery is kindness, and so is giving someone money and food. It's an odd concept... And that's exactly what that God said too.

Really, why am I even thinking about that god anymore? It's strange, but he didn't seem horribly interested in humanity. So I doubt he'd get in the way of my plans anyway... At least I hope he won't...

Enough of the existential crisis though.

I should stop trying to control everything and go with the flow for now. I've already altered this world a lot, constantly stressing out about the future won't help me anymore.

I'm sure the world has its own plans, and the coming of Joyboy is something that has been prophesized for hundreds of years, my interference and the changes I made in a few months shouldn't even be able to change that.

I don't even have the time to contemplate all of this now, I really should get my coat back, otherwise, the other marines might start acting up thinking I am some type of pirate.

I think I gave the Riku family enough time to catch up anyway. I should start heading there.

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Felt the need to take a moment to explore the mc's thoughts for a bit.

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