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  The sun rose, golden rays intermingling with blue lightning. In the distahe coastline of Angel Isnd was faintly visible.

  Arthur's form flickered—and he nded on the familiar Angel Beach where he had arrived a year earlier.

  "It's been over a year. The st time I arrived, I was cautious, wary of crossing the God's Militia and risking my escape. Now, just a year ter, I have the power to sweep through them. How uable life is!"

  Looking at the familiar yet unged Angel Beach, Arthur felt a sense of nostalgic detat.

  "Hmm? Why are there so many patrolling soldiers? Could it be that when I killed those people a year ago, they developed a sense of crisis and strengtheheir defenses?"

  In the distance, soldiers armed with spears patrolled bad forth in groups of five and squads of ten, seemingly searg for something.

  "Could it really be reted to me?" Arthur stroked his , surprised. "Oh well—I'll just crush them directly."

  Those with extreme fiden their own strength teo avoid using trickery, regardless of whether others used it against them.

  When he heard that Roger had been captured by the Marihe Golden Lio berserk and single-handedly attacked Marineford, ning a single subordinate, all because of his extreme fiden his own strength.

  Would you call him a fool? Arthur didn't think so. As one of the three great rulers of the sea and the oh the stro forces, how could he ck even a bit of strategy? Even if he lost his mind, it was impossible for him to single-handedly raid Marine Headquarters. He must have had fiden himself.

  Strength—was the foundation of fidence.

  Arthur was not as weak as he was a year ago, forced to flee from Bck Bear LaBeouf.

  With the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he could attack or retreat. At worst, he could fly into the sky and bombard them with lightning. Who could do anything to him?

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  As if he could teleport, Arthur took each step spanning several yards, heading towards the soldiers.

  The patrolling soldiers also noticed him. Without hesitation, they quickly approached, spears in hand. Twenty soldiers immediately surrounded him.

  "Who are you? What are you doing here?" The patrol captain stepped out from the soldiers and questioned loudly.

  "Captain, something's nht. This perso have wings. He must be from the Blue Sea. But the path to Angel Isnd has been sealed for over a year. How did he get in?" A seemingly astute young soldier whispered.

  "Hmm? You're right." The captain's eyes lit up. He carefully examined Arthur, then loudly asked, "Blue Seaman, answer my questions. Who are you? How did you get to Angel Isnd? Does the murder from a year ago have anything to do with you? Speak..."

  The twenty soldiers brandished their ons with a g. If Arthur said it was reted to him, he would be immediately apprehended.

  "I don't have time to waste with you small fries!" Arthur waved his hand impatiently. "You're the so-called God's Militia, right? Tell that self-procimed God—Gan Fall, to e out a his death."

  He hadn't even procimed himself a god. How could a native of Sky Isnd have the audacity to call himself a god? This was—eous.

  Arthur couldn't tolerate such a thing.

  Havien the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—his personality had beore overbearing. Lightning represehe power of God—Judging and Punishing all beings.

  Devil Fruits did have the ability to alter one's personality. Sakazuki's Magma-Magma Fruit made him gloomy. Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit made him like to hibernate and have a zy personality. Luffy's Gomu Gomu Fruit made him simple-minded.

  These were the best examples!

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  "What?" Hearing Arthur's insulting words, insulting the God of the entire Sky Isnd, the patrol captain exploded in anger. "Bsphemy against the Great God? You're out of trol! Men, take him down quickly and offer him to God!"

  The captain gave the order, and the twenty or so patrolling soldiers roared in agreement. Their spears formed a spear formation, on the verge of pierg Arthur.

  "A group of nobodies thinks they take me on? Very well!" Arthur sneered, his body transf iricity.

  "Zzzzzzt!"

  "Die, all of you—Fifty Million Volts, Discharge!!"

  Blinding blue electric light engulfed all the soldiers who had surrounded him. Ihan two seds, the light receded. The twenty or so Skypieans were all turned into bck charcoal. They were all electrocuted to death.

  Arthur s the dead soldiers—feeling a sense of satisfa in his heart.

  Suddenly, his expression ged drastically.

  "No, that's nht. I was just influenced by my emotions. Although they angered me—based on my personality, I should have left one alive to lead the way. I wouldn't have killed them all."

  Arthur's face was serious. He frowrying to uand why he had reacted so excessively.

  "Is it the influence of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit? It's rumored that a devil resides within each Devil Fruit—granting power while depriving the user of the ability to swim, making them forever fearful of the sea! Could it also be affeg my personality?"

  "The strohe fruit, the more severe the personality ge?" Arthur's expression turned cold. "What a joke—How I let myself be trolled by emotions and bee a sve to power?"

  "I trol the power—not the other way around!"

  His will was incredibly firm. Once he realized the issue, he immediately took a.

  Moreover—emotions were ily part of a human being. Arthur was well-versed in how to trol them.

  When he was stranded on Jaya, he had suppressed his desire to kill Uncle Sam for a full five years.

  Furthermore—he didn't think arrogance was a bad thing. As long as he stayed true to his heart, he could tolerate arrogance, ceit, self-importance, bloodthirst, and cruelty.

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  "Oh? One survived?" Arthur's Observation Haki stirred. He saw that the patrol captain, lying on the ground, was breathing heavily, his heart rag, but his expression was bnk as he stared at Arthur.

  "...."

  "M-m-monster, you're a monster!"

  The surviving patrol captain had never seen a human who could trol lightning.

  He wasn't scared into intinence, which was already endable.

  He watched Arthur in terror, fearing that he would also be judged by the lightning, just like the dead soldiers.

  "Still able to speak—it seems you're alright." Arthur squatted doatted his face.

  "Since you're alive, lead the way. Take me to Upper Yard. Maybe if I'm in a good mood—I'll spare your life!"

  The patrol captain was already scared out of his wits, uo stand. He had already developed a mental shadow towards this person who could trol lightning.

  "I'll say it agaihe way. Otherwise—I'll bst the entire Angel Isnd with lightning!" Arthur was running out of patience.

  "O-okay, I'll take you—Don't destroy Angel Isnd!" Hearing Arthur's threat, the patrol captain scrambled to his feet, fear and awe etched on his face.

  At this moment, he had pletely fotten about the Sky Isnd God, Gan Fall. Many thoughts raced through his mind. He believed that only this person, who trolled lightning, was truly worthy of being called a god.

  "Hmm!" Arthur nodded—satisfied with the Skypiean's cooperation. He followed closely behind him.

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