Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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Franky clenched his fist: "We can't just walk right into their trap!"

"Franky is right, Luffy, calm down."

Zoro patted Luffy on the shoulder: "There are still 9 days left. Let's think about it again and see if there's any way."

Luffy lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

"Ace..."

"correct!"

Usopp had a sudden inspiration and punched his fist, saying, "Luffy, don't you know that traveler Roon? He might have a solution, right?"

Upon hearing this, Luffy looked up, as if suddenly realizing something.

"That's right! Ron is so strong and smart, he'll definitely have a way to rescue Ace!"

"But we have no idea where he is right now."

Nami sighed.

Zoro and Sanji also had their brows furrowed.

Just now.

A bold, old man's voice rang out from ahead.

"You guys are the Straw Hat Pirates, right?"

Everyone was taken aback and looked up.

An elderly man with silver hair, wearing a faded coat, round-framed glasses, and slippers stood there, smiling at them.

Sitting not far away, Enel, who showed no interest in Luffy and the others' conversation, turned his head to look at him, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Rayleigh, who looked like an ordinary old man, put his hands in his coat pockets and looked at Luffy wearing a straw hat and smiled: "You are Straw Hat Luffy? That hat suits you very well."

"Old man, who are you?"

Luffy looked at Rayleigh and asked.

“My name is Lei Li, but the people here also call me Old Lei the Coating Worker.”

As Rayleigh spoke, he walked up to the Straw Hat crew.

“Rayleigh… I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere before.”

Nami was deep in thought.

"What do you need me for?"

Luffy looked at Rayleigh and asked.

"It's nothing, I just heard a lot about you from Shanks and Ron, and since I knew you were on this island, I decided to come and see you."

Rayleigh laughed.

His words, however, made Luffy and his crew widen their eyes.

"You... know Shanks and Ron?!"

Luffy said in surprise.

"Of course, I know them very well."

Upon hearing this, Luffy quickly asked, "Then, do you know where Ron is right now? I have something very important to do..."

Before Luffy could finish speaking...

With a thunderous roar and a bolt of lightning piercing the air, a thunderbird hurtled towards Rayleigh from the side.

Rayleigh didn't even look, and dodged the attack in a flash.

The Straw Hat crew was somewhat bewildered by this sudden turn of events.

"What are you doing, Enel?"

Luffy snapped out of his daze and shouted at Enel, who was radiating lightning not far away, holding his golden staff.

Enel completely ignored him, his gaze fixed intently on Rayleigh:

"It's quite unexpected that there's a strong person like you on this island."

"A Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit user? That's a very rare ability."

Rayleigh looked at him with some surprise, "What's your name?"

"God. Enel".

Rayleigh chuckled upon hearing this: "In the name of God? What an arrogant fellow. You're not part of the Straw Hat crew, are you?"

"I will not be anyone's ally. I only came to this sea to defeat one guy and, incidentally, conquer this sea."

Enel raised his finger at Rayleigh and shot a bolt of lightning at him.

Rayleigh easily dodged to the side.

"It can even dodge such a fast lightning attack."

Luffy looked completely surprised.

Zoro and Sanji both widened their eyes: "Just who is that old man?"

“Pluto, Silvers Rayleigh.”

A voice sounded not far away.

The Straw Hat crew turned to look.

Kid and Killer, who had fought before, stood not far away, watching Rayleigh and Enel fight closely.

"I never expected to find this legendary figure here."

Upon hearing Kid's words, Nami, Sanji, Usopp, and Franky all widened their eyes.

"That person is Rayleigh?! The vice-captain of the Roger Pirates?!"

Usopp's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Nami's forehead.

No wonder the name sounded familiar to her before!

Rayleigh, the King of the Underworld, has appeared in newspapers countless times; it's no exaggeration to say he's a household name.

After easily dodging Enel's fierce attack, Rayleigh unleashed a kick imbued with Armament Haki, sending Enel flying back a hundred meters.

"Enel has been hit."

"How on earth is it done?"

This scene left the Straw Hat crew, who had not yet come into contact with the power of Haki, looking at each other in bewilderment.

“This power… it’s the same as the power on that guy’s sword, it can directly hit me even when I’ve turned into lightning.” Enel stared intently at Rayleigh: “Old man, what exactly is this power?”

"You claim to conquer this ocean, yet you don't even know what true power is?"

Rayleigh retracted his kick.

He looked at Enel and couldn't help but show a strange expression: "No, wait, didn't you already learn Observation Haki?"

"Seeing and hearing the domineering power?"

Enel's eyes narrowed slightly.

The Straw Hat crew also looked puzzled.

"What it is?"

"You guys don't even know what 'domineering aura' is?"

Kid crossed his arms, frowned at the Straw Hat crew, and said, "Straw Hat kid, I really don't know how you became the 'Worst Generation'."

Kira glanced at Kid: "Captain, you haven't learned Haki either, have you?"

"Shut up."

Kidd said angrily.

Rayleigh smiled at Enel and said, "This is what Observation Haki looks like..."

He exuded an aura of Observation Haki.

Enel's eyes widened slightly after he noticed it.

"This is... the Mind Network?"

He got it.

It turns out that the Observation Haki the old man was talking about was just the Mind Network on Skypiea, only with a different name.

"It seems you understand now. By the way, the reason my attack was able to hit you, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, was because it was imbued with Armament Haki."

Rayleigh stroked his chin, shifted his gaze from Enel, and looked at Luffy, saying:

"Didn't your grandfather and Ron tell you anything about being domineering?"

"No."