"Get back to your Totto Land, BIG MOM Pirates! This is the territory of a World Government allied nation!"
Vice Admiral Tsusa of the Marine Headquarters, often mistaken for a mole by people with poor eyesight, held a long samurai sword with a plum blossom engraved on the hilt, shouting at the BIG MOM pirates in front of him.
This was the New World, in the desert of the Kurahaka Kingdom. This land was originally under Red-Haired Shanks's protection, but because it was close to the seas outside Totto Land and far from Shanks's territory, it had endured continuous harassment from the BIG MOM Pirates.
Just a month ago, the king of the Kurahaka Kingdom died. The succeeding prince was humiliated by the disruptive BIG MOM Pirates and felt that the Red-Haired Shanks's flag could not protect the kingdom.
In anger, he burned the flag and secretly transported enough Heavenly Gold to Mary Geoise, declaring allegiance to the World Government and accepting the protection of the Marines.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku saw this as an excellent opportunity to expand influence in the New World. If a new Marine base could be built near the Kurahaka Kingdom, it would effectively monitor BIG MOM's Totto Land and mutually protect the G8 Marine Base.
He dispatched Vice Admiral Tsusa with 1,500 elite Marines, plus ten coated battleships equipped with Seastone, to secretly pass through the Calm Belt from the West Blue and arrive at the Kurahaka Kingdom.
They arrived in time, but also too late.
Arriving almost simultaneously were twenty Tartar ships belonging to the BIG MOM Pirates. The fleet led by Charlotte Oven, the fourth son of the Charlotte family and the Minister of Roasted Goods, also landed in the Kurahaka Kingdom.
Naturally, the two sides clashed.
"This is the New World, you should be the ones leaving, Marines!"
Charlotte Oven retorted Tsusa without hesitation. The Marine soldier he held was instantly melted by the thousands of degrees of heat conducted by his 'Netsu Netsu no Mi' (Hot-Hot Fruit) ability, leaving only ashes.
Mama would not let go of the Kurahaka Kingdom. It was too close to Totto Land. In Mama's eyes, this should be part of Totto Land!
"Mama is going to build a Pudding Island here. Hurry up and get out, or you'll never leave!"
"Soru: Shave!!!"
Tsusa's feet stomped fiercely in the air. Amidst the tearing sound, he appeared almost instantaneously behind Oven.
There was no point in talking further. Besides, as a subordinate of Admiral Akainu, Tsusa had no hesitation in executing pirates!
"High Heat Slash!"
Oven's great sword instantly became wrapped in scorching flames due to his Devil Fruit ability. It clashed with Tsusa's sword at a speed inconsistent with his massive size.
Boom!!!
The mutual clash of their aura pushed all surrounding Marines and Pirates back within a ten-meter radius. Cracks appeared beneath Tsusa's feet, while a large amount of sand beneath Oven's feet was melted into crystals by the high temperature.
"Damn it!"
Vice Admiral Tsusa looked at his overheated sword, gritting her teeth slightly. He immediately activated Soru again and soared into the sky, but Oven followed closely, his eyes burning with fire.
"Remote Heating!"
Flames ignited on Vice Admiral Tsusa's coat, instantly engulfing the 'Justice' cape. Vice Admiral Tsusa instantly activated Geppo (Moonwalk), stepping on the air to instantly fly away from Oven's attack range.
"A Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral is nothing special."
Oven shouldered his great sword, his eyes burning with disdain.
"Don't get too arrogant, pirate! Your fleet will soon be defeated by the Navy's forces of justice!"
Vice Admiral Tsusa tossed away his mostly burned cape and snarled.
"Heh, do you really think so?" Oven sneered, looking at him with pity. "Our Tartar ships are indeed inferior to the Navy's Seastone battleships, but... the one commanding the battle on board is that man."
"Ship number three, full rudder to the right to dodge the cannon fire. Ship number sixteen, fire shells at a sixty-eight-degree angle."
Amidst the ten or so Tartar ships, a tall man, dressed in a dark punk style, with a scarf wrapped around his face and a trident strapped to his back, looking cool and handsome, issued commands to the Pirate's Den Den Mushi.
His eyes glowed with a crimson light. The powerful Observation Haki allowed him to see the next eight seconds of events flowing through his mind.
The warships strictly following his orders narrowly dodged those deadly cannon shots, while the 'living' cannonballs flying out of their muzzles, as if they had eyes, covered the weak spots of the Marine battleships.
Amidst the deafening roar of cannon fire, one Marine battleship after another was sunk.
"Charlotte Katakuri!" Tsusa gripped his sword, his face pale.
He had hoped to stall Charlotte Oven, allowing the advanced Marine fleet he brought to destroy the BIG MOM Pirate fleet and buy time for the G8 Base support.
But since that man, Charlotte Katakuri, the head of the Sweet Commanders, had arrived, this battle was meaningless.
No naval battle could be won against a fleet commander who could foresee the future. People knew Katakuri's powerful combat strength as the Yonko's right-hand man, almost matching an Admiral, but they didn't realize how much more damage he could inflict on the enemy when commanding a fleet.
Without Katakuri officially joining the battle, they had no chance of victory. If Katakuri formally joined the fray, Tsusa would probably be defeated instantly.
"All hands, retreat!!!"
Tsusa ordered the retreat with a grim face. It wasn't cowardice; staying would only needlessly waste the lives of Marine soldiers!
"Heh, run away miserably, Marine rats!"
Charlotte Oven had no intention of pursuing them. They had captured the Kurahaka Kingdom. Although the other side had burned Shanks's flag first, that one-armed Red-Haired man who liked to meddle and demand favors might come looking for trouble.
It was not wise to fight both the Marines and another Yonko simultaneously. Furthermore, this year's Tea Party had begun, and guests were already on Cake Island. If the Marines hadn't tried to occupy Kurahaka at this juncture, Oven would have preferred not to cause any trouble.
"Oh... so this is the world of the Devil fruits?"
Shin, lurking in the distant sea, observed the one-sided battle. The Marines had failed; it was undoubtedly a massive victory for the pirates.
The 'Mikazuki Augus' persona currently controlling the body clearly hadn't watched the One Piece anime. This knowledge came from Shin's memories. It seemed this affiliated test world was the One Piece world, the star of JUMP.
Hiss... If that's the case, things are difficult to handle.
The Barbatos Gundam possessed a level of technology that gave it an absolute advantage in this world. Even Barbatos Lupus Rex's atmospheric flight ability, which it isn't particularly specialized in, is enough to completely outmatch the speed of most in this world, except for those with powers like the Pika Pika no Mi (Glint-Glint Fruit).
But a high technological advantage doesn't mean invincibility. Shin wasn't confident in using Barbatos to tank a punch from Garp, who trained by smashing eight mountains.
Whether it could block it was one thing. Barbatos's armor was made of the same ultra-dense alloy as the Gundam Frame.
Although it was lightweight armor, its hardness was enough to withstand a direct hit from an orbital weapon like the Demonic Blade of Destruction (Dainsleif).
Garp's full-power punch probably couldn't break through Barbatos, but Shin inside might be directly killed by the shock. What troubled him even more were the endless and bizarre abilities of the Devil Fruits in this world.
He didn't know if Logia-type users could be attacked. Paramecia users had even more troublesome fruits—like Katakuri in front of him.
His Mochi Mochi no Mi (Mochi-Mochi Fruit) itself wasn't much of a problem, but his Fruit Awakening ability, which allowed him to turn nearby matter into mochi, was a wild card.
Who knows if it would affect Barbatos?
Although considering that Doflamingo, also an Awakened user, couldn't directly turn the modified Pacifistas into strings, this possibility might be low.
But Shin didn't want to gamble his life on a probabilistic issue. So, this battle... he had to stay as far away from the scarf man as possible!
"System, will I come to this sub-world again?" Shin asked softly.
"Yes, although this is your first product test, it is also the first affiliated world you have opened. When you settle in this affiliated world, the simulated review score generated by the butterfly effect will be exchanged at a 10,000:1 ratio and settled in the main world. Additionally, the Barbatos Gundam provided this time can only be used in this world.
Once the settlement of this world is complete, the product will be reclaimed by the company."
"10,000:1, you're really stingy," Shin squinted.
"You can also use the simulated review score of this world to purchase A-rank and below review products, but only in this series, and only for use in this world," the system said flatly.
"It looks like I have to 'cause trouble' as much as possible here," Shin grinned, his hands shaking slightly with excitement. "If I die here, am I really dead?"
"Of course. Life only comes once. However, I will do my best to protect your life and property."
"Should I thank you..." Shin squinted, gently pulling down the sniper scope beside him.
Barbatos Lupus Rex was not any of the modified Barbatos models that Mikazuki had piloted in his memory. To be precise, this was a fully equipped Barbatos Gundam that only existed in theory, or rather, only during the Calamity War a century ago.
Besides the sturdy, oversized mace-hammer, it also had a great sword made of Gundam Frame alloy, two 200mm arm Vulcans, two arm rocket launchers, two small hammer maces, two heel rotating spears, a Hamsmon tail blade, and...
Barbatos slowly pulled out the brown-red launcher from its back. After opening it, the calibration surfaces on both sides slowly opened, revealing a sharp steel spike.
Dainsleif, the Demonic Blade of Destruction.
The ultimate weapon used by the seventy-two Gundams during the Calamity War to kill the rampaging AI M.A. It was a kinetic weapon made of Gundam Frame material. Its launcher possessed a vector distortion device far exceeding that of a railgun, capable of striking the ground from low-Earth orbit and causing permanent damage to the terrain.
This was not the imitation Dainsleif (Gungnir) manufactured by Gjallarhorn later; it was the real deal from the Calamity War, a genuine article that could skewer half a fleet with a single shot...
Shin only had one of these.
Should he use it to destroy the pirate fleet? No, that would be like using a satellite cannon to swat a mosquito. Should he kill Katakuri? Who knows if his Mochi-Mochi Fruit transformation could evade this purely physical attack.
He couldn't wrap Haki around the Dainsleif, nor did he know how. But there was someone else. She did not have elemental transformation, only a powerful Armament Haki and the strongest body in the world.
BIG MOM, Charlotte Linlin.
The distance from here to Cake Island was about 1,200 kilometers. Calibrating a shot from this distance would be a fantasy in the One Piece world.
But Barbatos could. Although it was a melee-specialized unit, its built-in sniper calibration device was far inferior to the ridiculous ultra-precise sniper calibrators of the Gjallarhorn mass-produced Graze, which could precisely strike ground targets from low-Earth orbit, but it was enough.
1,200 kilometers.
He had only one chance. There could be no deviation in the shot.
Shin's hand, gripping the launcher, trembled slightly. This cursed Alaya-Vijnana System couldn't precisely calibrate the shooting coordinates with a computer. That is to say, he had to manually calculate the coordinates.
It was difficult, but... worth a try.
Barbatos's sniper fire control system constantly zoomed in on the target's coordinates. Shin stepped on the foot pedals, the magnified aiming lens constantly zooming.
1000 kilometers, 800 kilometers, 500 kilometers, 300 kilometers, 100 kilometers, 1 kilometer!
"Hmm?"
Katakuri, at the front of the Tartar fleet, suddenly frowned. His Observation Haki had sensed a... terrifying future!
"All fleets, scatter! Scatter!!!"
Katakuri's face changed drastically. He roared into the Den Den Mushi, but just then, a huge wave suddenly rose from the front.
A massive, blue and white, hideous steel giant suddenly flew out of the sea, carrying a huge object like a 'rocket launcher' on its shoulder, with a sharp steel spike flashing cold light in the center.
Katakuri foresaw the future where the fleet was completely destroyed by a sudden steel spike.
"Target calibration complete... Die, you old hag!!!"
Looking at the massive, plump woman devouring sweets through the sniper scope, Shin couldn't hide his excitement as he roared and pulled the trigger.
There was no time to evade!!!!
Katakuri steeled his heart, pressing his hand onto the ship's deck, activating his Fruit Awakening ability.
Mochi Flowing Mass!!!!
The entire Tartar ship instantly turned into a writhing white mochi mass. The nearby ships did the same. The surprised crew members screamed and fell into the sea, dragged into the depths by the vortex caused by the sudden disappearance of the ship's mass.
Musou Donuts + Mochi Ginko + Cut Mochi
Katakuri showed no hesitation against this unidentified steel giant that had directly annihilated their entire fleet, immediately launching his ultimate moves.
In front of him, countless mochi masses formed a dozen giant donuts. From within them, mochi fists wrapped in powerful Armament Haki extended, instantly transforming into inflating meteor hammers that flew towards the steel spike!
Katakuri's eyes suddenly narrowed. In that instant, he foresaw the worst possible future.
His own death!
The moment Katakuri's killer moves collided with the Dainsleif Demonic Blade, the man's strongest attack was instantly torn apart, like a bullet ripping through wet paper.
The howling Demonic Blade of Destruction rushed towards Katakuri, who was in the way. But just as he was about to be torn apart, he activated his full-body mochi transformation, twisting into an extreme posture!
Whoosh!!!!
The Demonic Blade of Destruction roared past, its supersonic impact instantly stirring up a massive tsunami in the surrounding area. Katakuri was directly blown away by the shockwave.
"Katakuri!!!"
Charlotte Oven finally snapped out of his daze, shouting his brother's name. Katakuri maneuvered his body in the air, forcefully twisting his posture to barely stand on a broken piece of the ship, looking shaken at the Demonic Blade roaring away and causing massive waves.
What was that thing? The mere impact of the attack almost severely wounded him!
"Could it be... Dr. Vegapunk's new weapon?"
Tsusa also recovered from his shock, looking at Barbatos with intense eagerness.
Yes, in this world, the only person capable of creating such an unimaginable,
transcendent super weapon must be Dr. Vegapunk, the man five hundred years ahead of the world!
Far away on Cake Island.
The annual Tea Party was held as scheduled. Giants from the underground world, like Big News Morgans, Queen of the Pleasure District Stussy, and the Shipping King Umit, all attended the banquet, seated beside 'BIG MOM' Charlotte Linlin.
Ostensibly, the Tea Party was to celebrate BIG MOM's birthday, but everyone knew it was merely a diplomatic event for the Yonko and other underground forces to cooperate.
Compared to Kaido, who only knew how to trade weapons and Seastone in the isolationist Wano Country, Shanks, whose whereabouts were uncertain, and Whitebeard, who almost completely ignored his subordinates, BIG MOM's Charlotte Family was the closest thing to a true nation among the Yonko.
The Tea Party was where they divided profits and exchanged information. However, Charlotte Linlin, as the host, usually didn't get involved in many issues.
Her eldest son, Charlotte Perospero, was always responsible for diplomacy and profit exchange. Her role at the Tea Party was to intimidate, present conditions, and—eat.
"Birthday cake, delicious birthday cake, Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma!!!"
Charlotte Linlin grabbed a huge cream cake and stuffed it into her mouth. The sweet and delicious taste filled her fat old face with happiness.
Beside her, the Emperors of the underground world clinked glasses and drank, respecting her despite their own high status in the world's shadows.
This was the power of the Yonko. Rather than pirates, they were true emperors.
—I wonder if Oven and Katakuri have taken that island. But since my most capable sons are there, there shouldn't be any problems, Charlotte Linlin thought distractedly while stuffing cake into her mouth.
She would never have imagined that someone would be bold enough to assassinate her during her Tea Party.
Since becoming a Pirate Emperor, she hadn't encountered anyone daring enough to pull the tiger's whiskers.
Even if there were reckless fools, they couldn't break through the tight defense of her children.
So, when Charlotte Linlin's Observation Haki issued a fierce warning, she momentarily looked bewildered.
She hadn't felt this way in a long time. She hadn't had a proper fight in a long time. Her plump body hadn't returned to its original form (after her soul was split into three) in a long time.
Even when fighting Kaido, it was just mutual punches that didn't risk lives. They both knew Kaido couldn't break her defense, and she couldn't kill Kaido. Their clashes over territory were only surface-level.
So, she hadn't felt this way in a very long time, a feeling she hadn't even experienced when facing Roger or Whitebeard.
The premonition of death.
"Mama, quickly dodge!!!"
The bicorn hat on her head, Napoleon, the homie made of her soul, shrieked immediately, entering a battle stance instantly. Without Charlotte Linlin's command, it transformed into the powerful Emperor Sword.
Charlotte Linlin's expression instantly shifted from shock and confusion to ferocious, terrifying, serious, and insane.
Who dares to disrupt my Tea Party? I will tear them from soul to body!
"Zeus, Prometheus!!!"
With a command, the homies carrying her other two soul fragments appeared above her head. Prometheus transformed into her burning hair, and Zeus transformed into lightning wrapped around her body.
"Linlin, what's wrong..."
Stussy, the Queen of the Pleasure District, watched her 'friend' in shock. But before she could finish speaking, as a top CP0 agent, she also felt that hair-raising sense of urgency.
Her eyes widened, catching sight of the collapse of the massive nut building on the closest island, Nuts Island.
At first, it was a point. In her extremely focused vision, she saw a steel spike tearing through the sky, tearing through the sea, and raising massive waves.
There were no additives, no Haki, no Devil Fruit abilities, just the purest, most violent direct attack.
The arrival of the Dainsleif was silent because it was much faster than sound. At speeds tens of times faster than sound, perhaps only Admiral Kizaru, who ate the Pika Pika no Mi, could dodge it.
The moment it was captured by your retina, it was already in front of you. For BIG MOM, it only gave her enough time to launch one move.
Emperor Sword: Break-Break Blade!!!
The Emperor Sword, burning with Prometheus's flame, slashed towards the silently approaching Dainsleif. The attack, condensed with the full power of a Yonko's fatal blow, fiercely struck the Dainsleif.
Boom!!!!!!
A huge shockwave instantly spread across the main table of the Tea Party. Stussy, who reacted second, immediately grabbed 'Big News' Morgans by the neck and fled using Soru. Perospero followed closely, but even so, they barely avoided the most critical first wave of impact.
The other Emperors of the underground world who failed to dodge the impact didn't even have time to scream; their bodies were instantly shattered by the huge shockwave generated by the collision of Haki and immense force!
"Mama!!!"
Perospero, who dodged the first wave of impact, looked back anxiously. However, the scene that followed made the BIG MOM Pirates' second-in-command widen his eyes.
The Emperor Sword, Napoleon, and the strange metal spike clashed, but the suppression force applied by the three homies at full power was completely ineffective against the steel spike.
Prometheus's ultra-high temperature, enough to instantly melt boulders, couldn't shake the steel spike in the slightest. Zeus's high-voltage lightning, enough to instantly vaporize a person, was instantly conducted away by the spike.
The Emperor Sword, Napoleon, shrieked sharply.
"Mama, it hurts, Mama, I can't hold it back!!!"
The next moment, the blade of the Emperor Sword, Napoleon, shattered amid screams. Sensing an imminent life-and-death crisis, Charlotte Linlin instantly covered her entire body with Armament Haki, then desperately dodged the fatal blow—
Boom!!!!!!
The roar of the Dainsleif tearing through the atmosphere and the sea only arrived now, but the sound that spread across Cake Island faster than that was BIG MOM's painful scream.
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