Are We Even Playing the Same Version?
Perhaps because she hadn't heard insults for so long, Charlotte Linlin was momentarily stunned when she heard the adjective "fat pig," and didn't react for a moment.
But soon, a surge of rage rose in Charlotte Linlin's head—this wasn't some descriptive adjective, but a normal statement!
Prometheus, who was originally like a cute Little Sun, instantly merged into Charlotte Linlin's head. Charlotte Linlin's long hair also turned into terrifying flames. Coupled with her distorted expression and witch-like face, it was enough to terrify 99% of the people on the sea and make them lose their souls!
Then, the terrifying witch opened her enormous mouth and emitted a chilling, eerie sound:
"LIFE OR DEAD?!"
Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit possesses the deadly ability to directly extract the souls of those who fear her. Even opponents who can somewhat contend with Charlotte Linlin will be instantly killed if they feel any fear towards her.
However, to Hancock, who had seen many grand occasions, this display of power seemed rather petty. She slightly curled her red lips, revealing a disdainful expression on her perfect face, and instead of giving any reply, she clenched her fists.
Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack - Conqueror's Haki Infusion Version!
What was originally an overwhelming, all-encompassing, almost all-encompassing Taijutsu attack was condensed by Hancock into Pegasus Meteor Fist bombarded a single direction. While reducing the attack range, it also increased the attack intensity per unit area. The pale blue Chakra fist, accompanied by black Inazuma, instantly expelled the atmosphere into a vacuum.
Charlotte Linlin, who also sensed her opponent's attack with Observation Haki, only had time to deploy Armament Haki defenses all over her body before she was struck and coughed up blood, flying backward!
The atmosphere roared, and the storm screamed! The pink Charlotte Linlin flew out like an unimaginable cannonball, smashing seven or eight members of the Charlotte Family into a pool of blood and foam the instant she was shot out!
The original Queen Mama Chanter was also split in two by this terrifying destructive power, and even the distant sky was directly divided by a line!
Not only that, but the very next second after Charlotte Linlin was knocked away, the surrounding air instantly flowed back, filling the vacuum channel and creating an almost storm-like air movement. Everyone on Charlotte's pirate ship was like dandelions, flying around screaming in this storm!
... It wasn't until Hancock reached out and grabbed, her powerful gravity drawing the scattered Charlotte Pirates back together, and even forcibly piecing the Queen Mama Chanter back together, that the Charlotte Pirates were spared total annihilation.
However, all of Charlotte's current appearance was one of shock and disbelief, as if they had lost their very souls.
Even Katakuri, the calmest and most resilient of all Charlottes, was in a daze and trembling after recovering from his mochi-like form. One can only imagine how the other Charlottes are rebuilding their worldviews.
Katakuri was rather unlucky; when Katakuri Charlotte Linlin was sent flying, he was immediately crushed right behind her. His resilient body and powerful Armament Haki had no effect whatsoever as he was completely crushed.
Fortunately, the Mochi-Mochi Fruit, which is close to the Logia, played a pseudo-elemental role, which prevented this masterpiece of the Charlotte Family from being crushed into a bloody mess by their mother like those unlucky Charlottes.
But it was this firsthand experience that left Katakuri with no more illusions. The incredibly beautiful woman before him possessed strength that was beyond comprehension, even surpassing the limits of the Pirate World.
The general feeling is like a ninja who participated in the Third Shinobi World War suddenly arriving on the battlefield of the Fourth Shinobi World War, and after seeing a group of Otsutsuki Kami using all sorts of world-destroying Ninjutsu, he feels like he's questioning his existence.
Are we all really playing the same version of the game? Did the GM actually change the data?!
At this moment, standing on the shattered deck of the Queen Mama Chanter, Hancock slowly withdrew her hand, glanced at the entire Charlotte Family, and spoke coldly and Haki:
"That fat pig just asked me whether I would hand over my soul or die. Now that the troublesome fat pig is gone, I'll ask you all the same question!"
"Surrender, or die!"
"Surrender! Surrender!"
Perospero immediately put down his candy cane and raised his hands. As if it were a chain reaction, a large number of the Charlotte Family members also raised their hands in surrender. Even proud people like Charlotte Smoothie and Katakuri did not hesitate to kneel down with their long legs.
Just kidding, didn't you see how this beautiful woman beat Mom to death in one move? With her skills, wiping out the Charlotte clan would probably only take one or two moves!
Among the Charlotte family, there are many who are stubborn and fearless, but there are very few who are so stubborn that they don't even care about their own brothers and sisters. Moreover, even the selfish ones care more about their own lives.
In this situation, whether it's for their own lives, or simply because they're terrified, or for the lives of their brothers and sisters, all members of the Charlotte family make the same choice: vote!
The only ones who chose to rebel were the Homies created by Charlotte Linlin.
Prometheus and Napoleon were sent flying along with Charlotte Linlin, Queen Mama Chanter was severely damaged by a single punch. The only remaining high-level Homies was Zeus the thundercloud, which held up the entire warship.
Besides, the Queen Mama Chanter's battleship also had a lot of low-level Homies, some chess pieces and miscellaneous things like animated cables, all of which were yelling and rushing towards Hancock.
Hancock didn't even glance at the ordinary Homies; her Chakra surged forth, instantly annihilating Homies completely.
Just then, the entire ship suddenly plummeted downwards, Zeus, the black thundercloud, flew directly up from beneath it, golden Inazuma flashing continuously within the black thundercloud:
"That despicable woman, I will avenge my mother..."
With a slight lift of her eyes, Hancock coldly exhaled, and her vast Chakra transformed into a freezing current that instantly turned the massive thundercloud into ice, which then shattered into fine powder.
The cool powder fell onto the ship like swirling snowflakes, and also onto the hair of many Charlotte Family members. The faint chill seeped into the hearts of each Charlotte Family member.
The Castle Keep of Wano Country, the Flower Capital.
"So you don't even know whether Charlotte Linlin is dead or not?"
Vegapunk looked helpless and spoke up.
"Who cares if that fat pig lives or dies... Besides, what Steel Balloon? It's not durable at all. I only used 60% of my strength, and that guy just flew off somewhere!"
"Darling, you wouldn't punish your little maid for a fat pig, would you?"
Hancock leaned close to Vegapunk, wrapped her arms around Vegapunk, and used her large, fierce breasts to firmly restrain Vegapunk movements while whispering sweet nothings in Vegapunk ear.
At this moment, Hancock displayed the charm of a young girl. Her slightly flushed cheeks and her large, sparkling eyes were filled with infatuation and admiration for Vegapunk. Her beautiful face even carried a hint of fawning, completely placing herself in a subordinate position to Vegapunk.
This nearly made the Charlotte Family members kneeling below stare their eyes out, especially Hancock, who called herself a little slave girl, which made all the Big Mom Pirates members who had witnessed her Kamui shatter their glasses.
What kind of monster is this Blond Young Man? He can even tame a woman like Hancock!
Vegapunk muttered helplessly:
"Forget it, I'll clean up the mess for you... I've already prepared a bed in Charlotte Linlin's Laboratory, but the last problem is finding someone?"
People in the Pirate World don't have Chakra. In other words, all Sensory Ninjutsu that uses Chakra as a positioning standard is useless in this world.
Unfortunately, the wide-range sensory abilities within the Chakra system are almost entirely based on sensing Chakra. The remaining sensory abilities, such as the Byakugan and enhanced sense of smell, have a very narrow range of sensing range.
So finding Charlotte Linlin isn't exactly an easy task—but it's not too difficult either. Vegapunk has a lot of advanced technology at his disposal, so if he wants to, he can definitely find her.
Vegapunk only hoped that the Steel Balloon's defenses would be more robust and its vitality more tenacious, lest he find the Sea Emperor, after all his hard work, already turned into a corpse.
It's important to know that Charlotte Linlin, as the pinnacle of talent in the entire Pirate World, has extremely high research value regarding Vegapunk.
Although the power of the Chakra system and the Otsutsuki Clan is still above these Sea Emperors, the Otsutsuki Clan, which relies on the Chakra system, has little value for cloning—because the Otsutsuki Clan is not known for their physical abilities, but rather for their Chakra power.
With such limited Chakra resources, Vegapunk had no intention of wasting them by creating clones; wouldn't it be better to strengthen himself?
Conversely, the strength of pirates like Charlotte Linlin and Kaido largely stems from their physical structure and flesh and blood.
Admittedly, cloning a physical body of this level is difficult and requires a lot of resources, but compared to Chakra, which is a near-omnipotent bio-energy source, the cost of those resources is much lower, and the cost-effectiveness is far superior to Otsutsuki.
However, Vegapunk couldn't possibly blame Hancock for such a small matter. In the end, it would only take a little more effort. Even if Charlotte Linlin were unlucky enough to die, they could still produce a lot of good things by conducting destructive research and cloning on her corpse.
Upon hearing the mention of experimental beds, the Charlotte Family's greatest masterpiece suddenly shuddered, his eyes fixed intently on Vegapunk, before he glanced thoughtfully at Hancock.
Unlike the original work, where Hancock quickly established herself as the Pirate Empress and became one of the Shichibukai and the most beautiful woman in the world, this world's Hancock has always stayed by Vegapunk's side. Although she is quite strong and has experienced many battles, she is still little known to the outside world.
It's important to understand that Vegapunk wasn't a pirate at the time, so his faction didn't have anything like wanted posters. Even though he was famous and many powerful factions had information about him, not many of his subordinates cared.
This also explains why, despite her impeccable strength and appearance, Hancock remains relatively unknown in the Pirate World —but only in name, not completely unknown. At least most of the forces associated with Vegapunk know that he has a stunningly beautiful and incredibly skilled female bodyguard by Vegapunk side.
As one of the actual leaders of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Katakuri is meticulous and has a keen ability to see the big picture from small details. Initially, Katakuri didn't think of this aspect because Vegapunk had completely changed his body.
But now, Vegapunk's experimental bed reminded Katakuri there weren't many scientists on the entire sea who had ever set their experimental targets on the level of the Four Emperors... or rather, there had only ever been one scientist with both the courage and the ability to do so—the legendary scientific myth who had supposedly died several years ago: Vegapunk!
Once it was confirmed that the Blond Young Man in front of them was Vegapunk, some of the previous events became clear. Why was that beautiful woman named Hancock so powerful? It was obviously the result of Vegapunk's human modification.
The fact that the stunningly beautiful woman, whose looks and strength were beyond imagination, was so humble in her attitude towards Vegapunk can be fully explained. Clearly, this beautiful woman was not a naturally powerful monster, and she only developed such a strong sense of dependence on others when she was weak.
However, seeing through Vegapunk's identity is meaningless to Katakuri now. He only hopes that the mad scientist's intention in leaving his brothers and sisters behind is not to use them as experimental subjects.
Seeing Vegapunk's gaze fall upon them, the group lowered their heads even further. Stroking his chin, Vegapunk gave the order:
"The Charlotte Pirates... I don't have too many demands on you. From now on, the entire Whole Cake Island will be my territory. Take a look at the rules I've issued. As long as you don't break them, you can manage Whole Cake Island as well, just provide the resources I need!"