The Day

  On the day of the trade with the Wover, El set off early with Griffin Moss and the Shapeshifting Witch Sally, leaving the floating fortress Atntis. Their position was already quite close to the Sabaody Archipego, and to avoid drawing attention, Atntis had asded to 10,000 meters above sea level.

  The captured Celestial Dragon, already knocked unscious with queror’s Haki, was carried by Moss in his a Pegornis bird form, flying ahead.

  O of the others’ sight, Sally slipped off Moss’s bad sidled up to El, ging to him. With Sally’s pyful persistence, El slowed down just enough for her to keep close, allowio indulge in a bit of mischief.

  “Whew… so, are you satisfied now?” El g her, amused, wiping the lipstid lip marks off his face.

  “Oh, e now,” Sally purred, leaning against him with her intoxig fragrance filling the air. “With Linlin and Gerd absent, it’s rare for me to get any time aloh you, El-sama… I couldn’t just let the opportunity slip away.”

  Poised and stunning, her red lips curved in a sly smile as she shifted, ing herself around El like a serpent, gliding to his back. Her figure began to infte, growing to an enormous height, and in moments she was fully expao arou meters, embrag him from behind.

  “El-sama, don’t pretend you’re pletely ued,” she murmured by his ear, her bold moves practiced to perfe. Few khat Sally had secretly been the first to get close to him, long before anyone else. However, she harbored no io monopolize his affe; she uood well that a man like El could never belong solely to one woman.

  Instead, she focused on improving herself, training to excel in all tasks El entrusted her with, and ultimately just hoping to secure a p his heart.

  “Alright, enough,” El said, sighing araining her hand before it could wander further. He gave her an exasperated look. “We have busio attend to; ick this up ter.”

  He wasn’t oo resist beauty, but he also khe importance of timing and pce.

  “Of course,” Sally’s eyes gleamed with mischief as she ughed, clearly having had her fun. She knew her limits, aking things too far.

  “You…” El shook his head, admitting she truly tivating woman. With an uanding nature and a knack for charming, Sally was more than just a beautiful face. If Tsuru excelled in strategy and administration, Sally’s gifts y in espionage. Her “Shapeshifting Witch” moniker was well-deserved.

  With the extraordinary powers of her Dough-Dough Fruit, bined with the Life Return teique, Sally could alter her form and even her aura at will. She could appear as a weaker Navy officer or as a pletely ordinary civilian. Her skill in cealment was so advahat only the most exceptional or unique Observation Haki users could see through her disguises.

  Sally’s handling of the intelligence operations was meticulous, enablio focus on training and strengthening his powers without getting bogged down by logistical s. Her skills and talents made her an invaluable asset, matg Tsuru in her own way.

  Five years ago, Hell's Trading pany acquired an unknown Devil Fruit.

  Just turnieen and already skilled in the "Six Powers" teiques, Sally approached El with determination, saying she wao take a ce. The gamble paid off: she gaihe unique Paramecia-type “Dough-Dough Fruit” ability. While not overwhelmingly powerful in raw strength, this ability was sidered a superior form of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit, and its utility made it nearly overpowered.

  For building the intelligework of the Fallen Angel Pirates, Sally’s talent was indispensable. Her mastery of the Dough-Dough Fruit allowed her to shapeshift almost at will, an achievement that even El found impressive. With time, she might even reach the fruit’s “Awakening” phase.

  At twenty-three, Sally had refined both the Armament and Observation Haki to an exceptional level and developed various teiques uo her Devil Fruit. bined with her expertise in Six Powers and the “Life Return” teique, she was formidable enough to defeat ae Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters.

  …

  Around ten in the m...

  El, Moss, and the captured Celestial Dragon arrived at Isnd No. 36 of the Sabaody Archipego. At some point, Sally, the “Shapeshifting Witch,” had slipped away from the group, blending into the surroundings.

  “They’re here…” whispered one of the CP agents, eyes narrowing at El’s imposing frame.

  “Damn it! It’s Fallen Angel El himself!” the soldiers muttered, their eyes filled with a mixture of fear and tension.

  With a heavy, anding voice, a t figure emerged from the ranks, his eyes full of wrath. “Fallen Angel El!” barked at the new arrival.

  “Well, if it isn’t Vice Admiral Kong,” El responded calmly, looking down at the muscur, goril-like figure. “Or should I say… Admiral now? My gratutions.”

  Kong’s expression hardened. “I need no gratutions from a rotten pirate.”

  “o get so tense, Admiral,” El replied, his toaunting. He took the unscious, bouial Dragon, who was only two meters tall, from Moss and shook him pyfully in the air. “One wrong move from me, and your ‘noble’ master might have a rough time.”

  At this, the Celestial Dragon, who had been unscious, began to stir. Awaking in mid-air, he paled and screamed in terror, his hands a filing. “Marine, CPO! Get me out of here!” he demanded, his voice shrill. “If you don’t, I’ll have every st one of your families executed!”

  “Wait! Please, be patient, Saint Mars!” one of the CP agents shouted, his voice full of ay as he gnervously at the enraged Kong.

  Looking at this se, all the CPO agents present couldn't help but feel their eyelids twittensely.

  They were both frightened and furious, with some even breaking into a cold sweat, their hearts pounding.

  If the Celestial Dragoo get hurt from his own reckless behavior, or worse, bme it ohey would not be able to bear the sequences.

  Seeing this, Admiral Kong's face turned livid, and he ched his teeth in rage.

  Too wless

  Bleam