Chapter 107: Before the Current Me, You Are All Weak
North side of Sun-Sun Island, on the coast.
"Nothing happened? Who would believe that!"
Black smoke puffed angrily from the chimney on Diesel's head as he glared at the assassins.
"Apologies, but that is what Miss Spider said."
The assassins' attitude was cold and unyielding.
"Is her word completely trustworthy?"
"She is Lord Peclo's trusted aide, and she uses a dedicated Parent-Child Den Den Mushi. There is absolutely no mistake."
Hearing this, Diesel's gaze darkened.
But then...
Click. Click.
With crisp footsteps, Baron Tamago signaled Diesel to step back.
He walked up to the assassin leaders.
"Gentlemen."
Balancing his teacup, he looked polite.
But his words were sharp. "We are the BIG MOM Pirates. We stayed off the island out of respect for the 'King of Killers'—but that does not mean we fear you!"
His single eye stared at the assassins.
"In fact, on this sea, we are the ones who should be feared by all."
"Step aside. We need to confirm Lord Cracker's safety... or else—"
He placed the teacup back on his head, his gaze piercing. "Although you are well-trained killers, you would not want to start a war with us."
Assassins: "..."
Hearing this, the assassin leader fell silent.
The atmosphere grew tense.
But just then...
"Hey, what are you arguing about?"
A sudden voice made everyone pause.
Tamago looked toward the two figures walking out of the jungle.
It was Cracker and Miss Spider.
"Lord Cracker?"
But Tamago's expression changed.
He saw that Cracker seemed to have just been in a fight. His biscuit shield had cracks, though biscuit crumbs were constantly appearing to repair it.
However, the repair speed was slightly slow.
"My Lord, what happened?"
"Hmph. Just exchanged a few moves with Hanafuda."
Cracker snorted coldly. "If this woman hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him."
Hearing this, Tamago understood—so that was the cause of the tremor.
He wasn't surprised that Miss Spider followed him.
She probably worried Cracker would go after Hanafuda again and cause trouble for Peclo.
So Tamago tipped his hat to Miss Spider. "Pardon the rudeness."
Miss Spider nodded.
But at this moment...
[Devil Fruit User 'Baron Tamago' discovered]
[Confirmed Devil Fruit: 'Zoan · Egg-Egg Fruit' (Tama Tama no Mi). Analyzing and saving to 'Fruit Encyclopedia'...]
Hearing the notification, Inu (disguised as Miss Spider) thought, 'As expected.'
"Only 'Roy Amos' can analyze Devil Fruits—the clones created by the Fox Tails cannot."
He felt a bit regretful.
In fact, he had guessed this before.
The owner name in the Encyclopedia was 'Roy Amos', so only he and his Slice-Slice Fruit clones (perfect slices of himself) could use it.
The clones created by the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit, due to the inability to copy the main body, couldn't use the Encyclopedia.
But despite the regret, Inu wasn't in a hurry.
"As long as these two Fox Tail clones can deceive BIG MOM and Kaido and infiltrate successfully, I can just have Nezumi send Inu over later to swap places. I can still analyze the fruits of the Beast Pirates and BIG MOM Pirates eventually. It just takes more time."
"And even if the two Emperors discover them, it doesn't matter—I'll lose at most two Fox Tails."
Mutters aside, externally, she represented Peclo and apologized to 'Cracker'.
Soon...
['Egg-Egg Fruit' Analysis Complete]
As the notification rang.
"Let's go."
Cracker ended the conversation immediately, turning to Tamago. "Set sail for Totto Land immediately. Report to Mama."
Tamago didn't suspect anything. "Yes, Lord Cracker!"
Meanwhile.
On the 'Tyrannosaurus'.
"Admiral Hanafuda, you..."
Seeing the Tyrannosaurus walk onto the ship with surging killing intent, the pirates panicked.
THUD!
Hanafuda's massive tail smashed the deck in annoyance, denting it. "That brat Cracker..."
He snorted, seemingly dissatisfied with Cracker.
But then, he seemed to restrain his temper, reverting to human form. "Forget it—set sail immediately for Dinosaur Island!"
"Set sail?"
The subordinate responded quickly but then paused, asking tentatively, "Admiral, back to Dinosaur Island?"
"Aren't we returning to Wano to report to Governor-General Kaido?"
Hearing this, Hanafuda glared at him coldly. "First back to Dinosaur Island. I need to move my treasures to a safer place, then return to Wano!"
He grinned savagely. "This time... we might be staying in Wano for a while."
The subordinate was stunned.
Why move treasures suddenly? And why stay in Wano for a long time—didn't Hanafuda reject Kaido's invitation many times with the excuse of 'inconvenient to plan in Wano'?
But seeing Hanafuda's cold, violent expression, he didn't dare ask aloud.
Besides him, the other pirates had no objections; in fact, they were happy.
As mentioned before—'Fire Fist' Ace had been attacking them like a madman. Even Dinosaur Island might not be safe.
But Wano was different.
Wano was 'Kaido of the Beasts' base. Even Ace wouldn't dare chase them there, right?
Thinking of this, the pirates cheered and busied themselves with setting sail.
Only the pirate repairing the deck muttered to himself.
"Usually when Admiral Hanafuda is angry, one tail smash pierces the deck. Today it only dented it..."
He thought, but naturally wouldn't doubt anything over such a small detail.
As both pirate crews weighed anchor and left...
"Alright."
Miss Spider walked to the gathered assassins. "Let's return too."
"Back to Coffin Island?" asked the assassins.
"No."
From the shadows, Peclo walked out.
Under his clown mask, his smile was bright and savage. "To Peclo & Co. HQ. I need to check... my treasury."
Meanwhile, somewhere deep underground.
"Damn it!"
BOOM! BOOM!
A tall figure swung a giant sword, smashing the surrounding rocks.
It was Charlotte Cracker.
Beside him... dozens of identical tall figures were also smashing rocks.
"Trying to trap me here with this? You underestimate me, Lord Cracker!"
Looking at the shattered rocks, Cracker roared.
But just then...
"No."
He heard a response in the quiet underground.
"Although you aren't a difficult opponent, you are still a Sweet Commander of BIG MOM—I don't think this method can trap you to death."
With these words.
Nezumi slowly appeared in Cracker's vision.
"It's just that fighting you earlier would have caused too much commotion."
He said calmly.
"But it doesn't matter now... I can kill you."
As his words fell.
SWISH!
Cracker heard the sharp sound of a slash by his ear.
"Ha—how can you be so arrogant..."
Hearing Nezumi, Cracker found it laughable.
"Just because you killed that trash Snack, you think you're strong?"
He sneered, raising his hand. "Don't get it wrong... I'm not on the same level as that idiot—Slash?"
He didn't panic at all. "That kind of thing is useless against me!"
He raised his biscuit shield.
Cracker was confident.
He was a Biscuit Human who ate the Bis-Bis Fruit. His biscuits were incredibly hard.
Even powerful pirates in the New World couldn't scratch his biscuits.
In fact—Cracker hadn't felt 'pain' for many years.
The only weakness of his biscuits was water, but clearly—this guy didn't know that.
"Trying to cut my biscuits with slashes? You think you're Hawkeye..."
His mockery was cut short.
Because the next moment...
The slash arrived.
SLICE!
Then, Cracker felt his biscuit shield being cut open.
No... saying 'cut' was strange, because the slash encountered zero resistance.
It was as if it passed through empty air.
But both the biscuit shield and the massive body of the burly man were sliced apart instantly.
"What is this..."
Cracker's expression changed drastically.
But as a Sweet Commander, his combat instinct and reaction speed were undeniably fast.
"It's fine, he doesn't know where my real body is..."
He instinctively thought.
Yes—the burly man outside was just a 'Biscuit Soldier' puppet.
His real body was safely hidden inside.
Even if the biscuit was cut, the enemy wouldn't know. The moment of surprise would be Cracker's chance to counterattack!
In the past, he had killed several strong enemies this way.
But...
"!!!"
In a flash, Cracker's expression froze.
Because...
SLICE!
His Observation Haki told him—after cutting the shield and the soldier... the countless slashes didn't hesitate, continuing toward his real body.
He knows I'm here!
Cracker finally panicked.
"Hard Biscuit! Hard Biscuit! Hard Biscuit!"
He activated his ability without hesitation, creating layers of hard biscuit walls around him.
He coated them in Armament Haki.
But...
SLICE!
The continued slicing sound told Cracker—it was meaningless.
[Air Slash · Trim · Omni-Cut]
Yes.
Under the 'Trim' state of the Severance Fruit, defense by any non-living matter was meaningless.
"NO!"
In this situation, Cracker exploded with Haki, wrapping it around his body.
This was his last-ditch struggle.
The next moment...
THUD!
The slash arrived—a hand struck his neck.
For a moment, Cracker felt a flicker of hope.
Because this strike didn't slice through his neck like it did the biscuits—it seemed blocked by his Armament Haki.
"His ability... can only cut matter, but can't forcefully cut people?"
Cracker vaguely realized the nature of the ability.
But his relief lasted only an instant.
Because in the very next second...
Cracker felt long-forgotten pain.
But strangely, he could clearly feel it.
The pain of the slash exploded... inside his body!
"Air Slash · Sever · Internal Decapitation!"
[Sever: Against living beings, slash damage is amplified. Slashes can penetrate the surface and destroy internal body structures directly.]
THUD!
The next moment, his head flew high.
"You said you weren't on the same level as Snack?"
As his consciousness faded, Cracker seemed to hear Nezumi's calm voice.
"I think you're about the same—before the current me, you... are all weak."
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