Cracker Dies! Momonga's Shock!
Feng Lei's attack was too fast. Even though Cracker sensed it with Observation Haki, he still couldn't dodge and could only take it head-on.
But he hadn't expected this.
All those Biscuit Soldiers couldn't block it in the slightest.
What kind of technique was this?
It was as though everything before it was made of paper!
"Argh!"
When the white pillar of light pierced Cracker's body, a mouthful of blood gushed out.
The intense pain left Cracker in agony.
He was already afraid of pain.
Now that he had suffered a mortal wound, his whole body convulsed, and his consciousness began to blur.
Just then.
The white pillar of light vanished, revealing a huge hole in Cracker's chest. It was large enough to see the scenery behind him through it.
Thud!
Cracker could hold on no longer. His three-meter-tall body fell straight down.
At that moment.
The entire scene fell deathly silent!
The surviving pirates saw this as though they had seen a ghost, and terror spread across their faces.
"How is that possible?"
"Lord Cracker... he actually lost!"
"What terrifying power! Is that Marine a monster?"
"It's over..."
Despair showed on every pirate's face.
They had thought that once Cracker arrived, dealing with a single Marine would be effortless.
They had never imagined that Lord Cracker, who was so powerful in their eyes, would be suppressed from beginning to end.
His entire chest had been pierced through. Clearly, there was no hope of survival.
"Mama... Mama... won't let you get away with this! There'll be nowhere... left for you... on these seas!"
Cracker struggled to speak. Blood had nearly filled his mouth, making his words come out in broken gasps!
As a son who often attended his mother, Cracker knew full well how terrifying she was.
The Marine before him was strong, and his methods were mysterious and unpredictable.
But if he faced Mama, he would be no match for her.
Because.
No matter how powerful Feng Lei's methods were, he couldn't even break through Mama's defenses.
"I'm sick of hearing that. If I get the chance, I'll send your mama to join you."
Feng Lei paid no heed to Cracker's threats.
He bent down and picked up Cracker's longsword. Under the shocked gazes of the pirates, he stabbed it viciously at Cracker's neck.
"Mama won't let—"
Cracker's final roar cut off abruptly.
The longsword pierced his throat, taking his life once and for all.
With that.
Charlotte Cracker, a high-ranking officer of one of the Four Emperors and one of the Sweetheart Four Sweet Commanders, was dead!!
"Lord Cracker... is dead!"
"H-he actually dared? Isn't he afraid Mama will hunt him down?"
"That was an officer of one of the Four Emperors! Isn't that Marine afraid Mama will go to war with the Marines?"
The pirates stood rooted to the spot as they watched Cracker, who no longer moved.
None of them had expected Feng Lei to strike a killing blow.
The death of a high-ranking officer of one of the Four Emperors would surely enrage Mama. Wasn't this Marine afraid of her revenge?
With such a capable son dead, one could imagine the thunderous fury Mama would unleash.
Unless this Marine stayed at Marine Headquarters for the rest of his life, Mama would surely kill him herself the moment he appeared at sea.
At that moment.
Feng Lei released the hilt, leaving the longsword lodged in Cracker's neck.
His gaze returned to the pirates around him.
Noticing what Feng Lei was doing, the pirates felt as though they had been struck by lightning. A chill ran from their heads to their feet, making their bodies stiffen.
What was he going to do?
Was he going to kill them all?
Just as the thought entered the pirates' minds, Feng Lei gave them an answer.
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Poof, poof!
In an instant.
Two clones that looked exactly like Feng Lei appeared on either side of him.
"Only two?"
Feng Lei was slightly taken aback as he looked at the two clones.
Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu could create thousands of clones in an instant.
But he supposed his learning progress wasn't high enough.
"Still, two clones are enough."
The two clones each had nearly half his strength, enough to kill all the pirates on the island.
He had killed Cracker anyway, and Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, wouldn't let him off.
So he would strike first and wipe out these subordinates of hers!
With that thought, Feng Lei gave his clones an order.
"Kill them all!"
As soon as Feng Lei spoke, the two clones activated the Eight Gates and charged at the pirates.
At once.
Like wolves among sheep, they reaped the pirates' lives one after another.
"Run! Run!"
"Tell Mama what happened! Let her avenge us!"
All the pirates fell into a terrible panic and fled desperately in every direction.
However.
As Feng Lei's progress in learning the [Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu] increased, he created more and more clones, and the pirates had almost no power to fight back.
A slaughter began on Curry Island.
Meanwhile.
In the waters near Curry Island.
A warship was speeding toward the island. On its deck, Vice Admiral Momonga's face was full of anxiety.
After receiving Fleet Admiral Sengoku's orders, he had rushed to Curry Island without stopping, bringing his powerful subordinates with him.
On the way, he had also contacted a friend at Marine Headquarters who was a Vice Admiral and asked about Feng Lei.
When he learned that Feng Lei was a [Special Recruit] at the Marine Academy and Garp's disciple, he realized the situation was more serious than he had imagined.
However.
He was deeply dissatisfied with Feng Lei's reckless behavior.
Although the assessment required him to capture a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, why did he have to go after a subordinate of one of the Four Emperors?
It would have been one thing if he had caught some small fry.
But he had to pick Charlotte Cracker.
He was one of the Four Sweet Commanders, with a bounty of 860 million Beli!
Was that someone he could capture?
He might even lose his life!
"Reporting, Vice Admiral Momonga! We'll reach Curry Island shortly!"
Just then.
A Marine stepped forward to report.
"We're finally here!"
Hearing this, Momonga immediately gave an order. "Leave some men to guard the warship. Everyone else, follow me onto the island and find Vice Admiral Garp's disciple at all costs!"
"Yes, sir!"
On the deck, every officer of colonel rank or above stood at attention and saluted.
"Prepare to dock. Helmsman, watch out for attacks from the island!"
Momonga saw Curry Island ahead and began making arrangements.
However.
As the warship drew closer, the scene before him left him stunned.
Curry Island's port had been reduced to ruins, and the warship docked without encountering the slightest obstruction.
"What's going on?"
The bizarre sight left not only Momonga but the other officers standing there in a daze.
"Hmm?"
Just then.
Momonga keenly detected a strong scent of blood in the air.
Before he could react, the lookout in the crow's nest shouted.
"Vice Admiral Momonga, people are fighting in the northeast of the island! The fighting is spreading..."
"What?"
Momonga was startled.
Had Feng Lei fought his way in alone?
This was bad!
Cracker was stationed on this island. Wasn't Feng Lei courting death by charging in so recklessly?
"Everyone, follow me!"
Momonga drew the weapon at his waist and led the way toward the fighting.
The officers behind him followed.
They moved swiftly and soon passed through the port.
However.
They encountered no resistance along the way. Instead, they saw pirates' corpses from time to time.
The closer they got to the fighting, the stronger the smell of blood became. It was as though they had landed not on an island, but in a killing ground.
When they reached their destination, the sight before them made them draw a sharp breath!
Broken walls and ruins surrounded them, corpses littered the ground, and severed limbs lay everywhere. Rivers of blood had formed on the ground.
This looked nothing like an island guarded by a high-ranking officer of one of the Four Emperors!
Everyone was shocked.
What on earth had happened?