Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? The Smooth-Smooth Fruit

Cobra's rescue was a success.

Like Spider-Man rescuing a damsel in distress, Ma Qiao used a flying bandage to catch his brother Teach and then landed steadily.

At the same time, the Big Mom's dizziness finally subsided.

Her massive body crashed to the ground, clutching her throat in agony.

"What did you do to Mommy?!"

Perospero angrily questioned, his tongue, resembling that of the Black and White Impermanence, waving wildly.

I don't know!

Ma Qiao felt utterly innocent. "I hadn't even used any force, and your mother collapsed..."

Ma Qiao didn't lie.

Assassinating the Big Mom was not part of his plan.

He's not an ambitious man like Capone Becky.

I'm just a hardworking, law-abiding citizen who wants to expand my business!

However, the well-informed Tahm Kench quickly recognized the Big Mom's symptoms.

"This is an airway obstruction; the Tahm Kench Kenzie maneuver must be used!"

The so-called Tahm Kench Kenzie maneuver is actually the famous Heimlich maneuver.

However, in the world of One Piece, no one would dare to challenge Tahm Kench for the patent on this healing method.

Just as Katakuri had finally figured out the situation, was about to say, "If it was caused by the mochi, I can remove it myself," Tahm Kench couldn't wait to squat down. His two thick lower limbs, which were supposedly catfish fins but were actually toad thighs, suddenly squatted down and then leaped into the air.

The Big Mom was taller Katakuri, standing at a full 8.8 meters.

Weight increases by the square of height, and given the Big Mom's stocky and plump figure, she must weigh at least four or five tons.

But Tahm Kench is no pushover either.

"Fish-Man Karate - Toad Kick!"

Having spent so many years in the pirate world, Tahm Kench has adapted to local customs and even learned some fancy moves from Fish-Man Karate.

While it's useless in actual combat, it's very suitable for this situation.

Tahm Kench's high-flying gravitational potential energy struck the Big Mom like a meteorite, hitting her hard at the junction of her lower chest and upper abdomen.

Even Iron Balloon's ribcage can be compressed under external forces.

The Big Mom's chest acted like a giant blower, blowing the rice cake ball stuck in her trachea out.

Still groggy from the bandages on Ma Qiao's clothes, Teach was completely overwhelmed when he was buried in sticky rice cakes.

However, the Big Mom's condition did not improve after spitting out the rice cake.

Her face was ashen, and her chest remained flat.

"CPR! This old woman needs CPR!"

Tahm Kench extended his clam claw to check the Big Mom's breath, then shouted, "Boss Ma Qiao, go and fetch Doctor Dr. Mundo!"

"There's no time!"

Ma Qiao shook his head; Teleport requires a countdown.

"Every second counts in healing and saving lives, we can't afford to delay, Tahm Kench, please begin!"

Tahm Kench looked at the Big Mom's beautiful face and couldn't bring himself to eat her.

The Big Mom's children looked at each other, none of them knowing what "artificial respiration" was.

Just then, a man stepped forward.

Cobra strode forward with firm steps. "Mr. Fish-Man, there's no need to struggle with your beliefs, let me do it!"

"Fighting against one's beliefs?"

Tahm Kench paused, then asked, "What does that mean?"

"Heh, I am, after all, the King of Alabasta, and I am well aware of the rules of your Fish-Man Race."

As they spoke, Cobra had already climbed onto the big Big Mom's face, looking at Tahm Kench and saying, "You're an excellent Fish-Man, just like..."

Cobra looked around at the dumbfounded Ma Qiao, Teach struggling in the rice cake, and the Charlotte Family members, thinking to himself that there wasn't a single decent person here.

So he continued, "You're like Fisher, a good person, but Fisher died because he refused to receive human blood. And you, too, can't accept giving a human a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!"

Cobra shook his head, his eyes filled with wisdom, his whole being as Holy as a charlatan performing Mass.

As a veteran idealist, Cobra is not a pseudo-saint like the liberal leftists, but a true saint.

At that moment, he was moved by his own kindness, dedication, and sacrifice.

Moved by this, Cobra took a deep breath and blew it into the Big Mom's mouth.

While Cobra's actions were indeed quite noble, Ma Qiao found it all rather comical to watch him, like a small Cobra pulling a large cart.

We should be scientific, okay?

You're so small, how could you possibly... Holy crap!

Ma Qiao stared incredulously at the Big Mom expression gradually softened and whose chest began to rise and fall again.

He simply couldn't figure out how this thing did it.

But in the world of One Piece... sometimes scientific principles aren't so inconvenient.

Seeing the Big Mom gradually recover, and even her Hunger Pangs seemingly subsiding due to her near-death experience, Big Mom children breathed a sigh of relief.

"Long live!"

Someone shouted something, and the excited crowd gratefully tossed Ma Qiao into the air.

Cobra, still bragging, had his cheeks swollen from all the boasting, and was on the verge of tears.

You've thanked the wrong person.

Just then, Cobra noticed a man who also stood out from the cheering crowd.

That was Blackbeard, still covered in rice cakes on the ground.

The main component of rice cake is undoubtedly starch.

As is well known, salivary amylase in human saliva can initially digest starch, turning it into sticky maltose.

So, Teach was like Nezumi on a sticky trap, unable to move.

However, Teach is, after all, one of the future Four Emperors, King Luffy's ultimate rival. How could he possibly be defeated by a sticky mouse trap?

He was missing a leg, an ear, and several teeth, but that didn't diminish Teach's strength.

As his muscles bulged, though hidden beneath a thick layer of fat, they still exuded a powerful aura.

"Hahaha!"

Just like King Luffy's iconic moment when he burst out of the barrel during his first appearance in the original work, Teach also spreads his arms wide, laughing as he breaks free, "How can a person's dream be brought down by slime... Huh?"

Teach then realized that, due to his excessive force and the effect of the maltose, the "pig brain" Devil Fruit that had been hidden in his pocket had suddenly flown out.

"Ah! Don't come any closer!"

Cobra was terrified when he saw the "pig brain" flying straight towards him.

However, Teach's arm strength was so astonishing that Cobra could not possibly dodge what he hurled.

The Devil Fruit struck Cobra squarely on the forehead with a crisp "clang".

Everyone's attention was drawn to the sound of the impact.

But all they had time to do was watch as the large, round Devil Fruit slid into the Big Mom's mouth with a whoosh.

"No!"

The Big Mom's children were horrified.

This is no longer a question of whether the airway will be blocked again.

That thing would be better if it fell into the airway, but what if it fell into the Big Mom's esophagus...?

The Big Mom is already a user of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

A person can only eat one Devil Fruit in their lifetime; this is a well-known ironclad rule in the world of One Piece.

At least that's what everyone thought before Blackbeard obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit and unleashed the bloodshed at Paramount War.

If someone is greedy enough to eat two Devil Fruits, that person will die suddenly!

Perospero, Katakuri, and the others rushed over, trying to stop Big Mom from swallowing the second Devil Fruit.

But...

With a "roll," the Big Mom's throat moved slightly, and the second Devil Fruit...

She swallowed it!

The Big Mom's children, who arrived late, looked ashen-faced.

Flampe, who bounced over on a basketball, looked even paler and cried out, "Brother Perospero, Mom's dead! Let's divide the inheritance quickly!"

Everyone knew that once separated from their mother, the Totto Land would be destroyed in an instant.

It wasn't just the menacing Navy, nor the ambitious Beasts Pirates; even the Whitebeard Pirates and Shanks had become unreliable.

And then there's the rising star Shaco the Buggy Pirates.

It is said that they are also groping their way towards New World.

As newcomers, they naturally needed new territory.

And the Totto Land is a ready-made fat sheep!

Thinking of the tragic end to come, the Big Mom's children wailed in despair.

But at that moment, the calmest of them all Katakuri, shouted, "Look! Mom doesn't seem to be dead yet!"

"Not dead? How is that possible?"

"Could it be that the Devil Fruit she just ate was fake?"

No, look!

The children stared in astonishment at their mother lying on the ground, her body like a mountain, speechless with shock.

The Big Mom, who was originally extremely obese, began to shrink dramatically.

Cobra was still riding on the Big Mom's chest, felt it especially clearly.

He even thought it was an earthquake.

The Big Mom beneath him was becoming slimmer and her skin smoother and more delicate at an astonishing rate.

Big Mom's fair to say that, apart from her breasts, all other parts of Charlotte Linlin's body have shrunk considerably.

A short while later, a slender, graceful sleeping woman appeared on the ground. (As shown in the picture)

"This... this is what Linlin looked like when she was young!"

The Streusen chef, who had been calculating the time, was shocked to see the young and beautiful woman arrive just in time to deliver the enormous cake.

Charlotte Linlin was a chubby girl in her childhood and a chubby aunt in her old age, but she was a hot woman when she was young.

"No wonder so many people have children with Big Mom..."

Old pervert Teach swallowed hard and muttered to himself.

"Ha, you fool!"

Streusen scoffed, "Do you think Linlin had 46 sons and 39 daughters with 43 husbands through normal reproduction?"

Isn't that so?

Teach scratched his head, a look of intense curiosity on his face.

However, the Streusen scoffed and refused to answer.

Ma Qiao, however, seemed to be deep in thought.

After all, he had overheard the secret history of the birth of the Whitebeard II. Perhaps Charlotte Linlin also gave birth directly through the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

Otherwise, with 85 children, even if some of them were twins or triplets, Big Mom kept getting pregnant and giving birth non-stop, it would still take at least 50 years.

However, the age gap between the Charlotte Family's eldest son, Perospero, and her 39th daughter, Anana, is only 42 years...

In short, the probability that the Big Mom woman conceived through normal sexual intercourse is extremely low...

But none of these things matter anymore.

The key question is, what exactly happened to the Big Mom?

Judging from the appearance of the Devil Fruit from before, and the changes in Devil Fruit's body after Big Mom ate it, Ma Qiao is almost certain that Big Mom ate the Smooth-Smooth Fruit that originally belonged to Alvida.

Charlotte Family's children captured the Shipping King for interrogation, and the answer was indeed the same.

About two years ago, Ma Qiao killed a Human Traffickers at Whiskey Peak who was about one-fifth as handsome as him.

That guy is Devil Fruit User.

Perhaps because the Smooth-Smooth Fruit was reincarnated early, or perhaps because Alvida joined Buggy Pirates early and became a live-streaming e-commerce influencer, the Smooth-Smooth Fruit ended up in the hands of the Shipping King.

Knowing that Big Mom was keen on arranging marriages between her children and various powers and races, and that not all of her daughters were beautiful, the Shipping King sent her this Devil Fruit, which was recorded in the "Devil Fruit Encyclopedia" as having the function of making one more beautiful, as a gift.

However, no one expected that, by a twist of fate, the Devil Fruit that made people beautiful would not be eaten by any of the Big Mom's children, but instead ended up in the Big Mom's stomach.

"Damn it! Mom can breathe on her own now, she doesn't need CPR anymore!"

Perospero loudly stopped Cobra, who was trying to work even harder, and then approached the unconscious Big Mom with Ma Qiao and the others.

Now, Perospero, like Katakuri, trusts Ma Qiao, an outsider, completely.

After all, if Ma Qiao wanted to harm the Big Mom Pirates, he had countless opportunities to do so just now.

However, Ma Qiao did not do that, which is enough to show his goodwill.

Of course, Perospero was not at ease with the remnants of the Baroque Works on the distant island, and had already dispatched fifty snack warships and five hundred chess piece soldiers to surround them.

As for the most troublesome Crocodile, he's nowhere to be found.

To be honest, Crocodile wasn't taken seriously by the Big Mom's children.

Even if Perospero, who isn't known for his fighting prowess, had his bounty of 700 million, he still wouldn't be afraid to defeat Crocodile.

Ma Qiao gazed thoughtfully at the chess pieces in the distance, still faithfully carrying out their orders.

These chess piece soldiers are essentially Homies created using the Soul-Soul Fruit.

The Big Mom used the Soul-Soul Fruit to create five thousand such soldiers, as well as countless plant and tree spirits, and three powerful magical artifacts: Thundercloud Zeus, Prometheus the Fireball, and Napoleon in his dual forms of a greatsword and hat.

It's really outrageous—a handsome guy who has already recruited 76 heroes.

Regardless, the fact that the chess piece soldiers are still working suggests that the Soul-Soul Fruit's power should still exist.

Etc...

Speaking of this, Ma Qiao suddenly remembered a post he had seen while browsing the One Pirate King.

A detail-obsessed guy discovered:

In the Wano Country arc, after Big Mom lost her memory, she was exactly the same as when she was a child. She was like a blank sheet of paper, without any trace of pretense.

Not only is she cute, she's also very polite.

And most importantly, during the amnesia, Napoleon's eyes were closed while wearing the Big Mom's hat!

After the Big Mom regained her memory, Napoleon opened his eyes.

Furthermore, Napoleon said something very strange, "Mother, you're finally back."

Conversely, Thundercloud Zeus was quite active during the Big Mom's amnesia.

Compared to the tyrannical Napoleon, Zeus's personality is rather endearing and gluttonous, just like his Big Mom when he was a child.

Could it be...?

Ma Qiao stood on tiptoe and saw that the Napoleon headdress the Big Mom was wearing indeed had its eyes closed...