Box Bomb, Mad BIG MOM

Charlotte Katakuri's expression changed upon seeing Luffy's 'Snake Man Mode'! He had just tested the waters a few times!

It wasn't Luffy's 'Snake Man' mode that made him feel troubled, but rather the familiar, soaring, frenzied aura behind him.

"Wedding cake~~Nun photos~~And the bastard who hurt me!!"

After being offline for half a day, BIG MOM finally came back to her senses from a 'memory' that seemed to have been lost for who knows how long, but she looked a little abnormal: her face was contorted, she was baring her teeth, and her eyes were bloodshot; in short, she looked like she was 'half-mad'.

'Brook, how's it going on your end?'

Roman immediately contacted Brook, who had been missing since the start of the battle. Brook was tasked with going to the treasure room of the Cake Tower with Carrot and Pedro to make copies of the Poneglyph. Although he missed his chance to shine, however:

His side is the most important!

'We're in the treasure room, making rubbings of the Poneglyph. We'll be done soon!'

Roman breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news from below. The fight wasn't the main issue; the main concern was retrieving Sanji and the Poneglyph. As for Big Mom's revenge? Reaching the Four Seas from the Grand Line wasn't so easy; after all, not everyone had a 'Kuma' plane to fly in.

Great, just delaying it for a little while will do.

"Are you awake now, Big Mom?"

With Big Mom's 'recovery', the Charlotte family immediately gathered around her to regroup, while the Straw Hat crew, Germa 66, and the Fire Tank Pirates all cautiously retreated and banded together, after all:

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

Big Mom has roamed the seas for decades, single-handedly "creating" a nation. Her strength, temperament, and ruthlessness are all top-tier! Her brutality is also world-renowned; fortunately, no one who dares stand here is a pushover.

"This kind of 'double' Haki technique... are you Garp's disciple?"

Although Big Mom is a bit abnormal, she still has the ability to think, and the technique that Roman used to hurt her is only known to one person in the world.

"And what's covering the sword? Is that Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Ability?"

"Kid, who exactly are you?!"

Faced with Big Mom's questioning, Roman, standing to Luffy's right, shrugged.

"As you can see, the Straw Hat crew's strategist, the 'White Knight.' Or to put it more bluntly—" Roman replied, gesturing to Robin as Brook's voice said, "It's all done."

"Your enemy!"

"Because you're blocking my captain's way, you're destined to be blown up."

"Straw Hat Kid?"

Big Mom's gaze fell on Luffy, and Luffy looked up at her without fear.

"I'm determined to become the King of the Pirates!"

"Whether it's you or Kaido, I'm going to beat them both to a pulp!!"

!?

Luffy's Haki declaration silenced the wrecked wedding venue, but this time no one dared to mock him. After all, the disarray of the wedding and the loss of more than half of Charlotte family's children were enough to make people think twice.

"Mmmmmmmmm~~~ How shameless!"

"I'm standing right here, try and blow me up!"

Roman nodded in response to Big Mom's words.

"But you asked for this yourself—"

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"Watch out, everyone stay away from Mom!!"

At Charlotte Katakuri's urgent warning, he had already slapped his hand! The ground instantly turned into sticky rice that surged towards Big Mom! No, it should be said that it surged towards the pile of treasure chests next to Big Mom.

"Too late,"

Charlotte Katakuri's attention had been focused on the Straw Hat crew, so he only 'predicted' their upcoming situation. This caused him to react a beat too late to the crisis facing the BIG MOM Pirates. Furthermore, some abilities are unstoppable, such as:

Among those treasure chests, the most magnificent was the 'Tamatebako' from the Dragon Palace, and now, two arms have appeared out of nowhere on that chest that no one should have been able to touch.

Robin's arm!

Then:

Click,

With a forceful pull from both hands, the Tamatebako was opened! Before anyone could see what was inside, an extremely bright white light, countless times more dazzling than thunder, shot out and flashed!

?!

The surrounding air shuddered violently, and a wave-like shockwave broke free from the box's restraints, surging out in all directions. Then, all that remained in everyone's eyes was 'pure white,' as if the sun had suddenly fallen from the sky onto this land, as if Giant race's fist had slammed into them with immense force, and a heat that seemed capable of melting everything radiated outwards!

The Tamatebako) exploded.

Rumble—!!!

A giant mushroom cloud rose from the top of the cake tower.

The mushroom cloud continued to rise, growing larger and larger. The rumbling shockwaves, like a raging Sea King, roared and surged in all directions, trampling tall buildings and shaking the sky with unparalleled ferocity!

"Hmm, this is too..."

Roman, who was being propelled away by the shockwave of the explosion while holding Nami, clicked his tongue in amazement, partly because the power of this 'Ryugu-brand bomb' was astonishing, no less than that of the so-called Dyna Stone.

On the other hand, it's also impressive how Big Mom defends herself: despite being at the center of the explosion, her massive body was thrown out of the mushroom cloud like a cannonball, yet she still managed to let out a powerful howl that was neither a scream nor an angry roar.

But now is not the time to deal with that guy:

"Paper Dance - Wings!"

Sheets of white paper disintegrated and scattered from the 'Pure White Merry,' which was also blown apart, and then precisely flowed towards 'our own' personnel, transforming into pairs of wings to help them stabilize their position.

"The Ladder of Books!"

On the other side, Charlotte Mont-d'Or, the nineteenth son of the Charlotte Family, the Minister of Cheese, nicknamed "The Clerk," also released a large number of books to float in the air as footholds, allowing the Charlotte family executives who were blown away to either stand or grab onto and stabilize themselves in the air.

Of course, those who already knew Geppo simply used it Geppo scatter and hide, and could also help those they knew along the way. As for the other guests—

Sorry, figure it out yourself.

"Big News! This is really Big News!!"

As Morgans fell, blown away by the shockwave of the explosion, he continued to take photos of the scene.

"And what about your life?"

Stussy, who was easily dodging with her Geppo, glanced at the 'dedicated' president of the World Economic News.

"If you fall like that, you'll be smashed into a pulp along with your 'Big News'."

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"Ah, right!"

Morgans, who had stuffed the Camera Den Den Mushi into his pocket and flapped his wings to take flight in an extremely illogical manner, sighed regretfully.

"It would be the greatest cruelty for us journalists not to be able to take more of these precious photos."

"You really are..."

However, it seems that this person is really planning to target the 'Four Emperors'?

Stussy had initially been skeptical of that man's plan, but after such a dazzling series of events, with the BIG MOM Pirates suffering several major losses, it seemed they might not be invincible after all? However:

"Little Linlin isn't someone who can be easily defeated,"

Indeed, although this 'Dragon Palace Bomb' was unexpectedly powerful, it still failed to break through Big Mom's defenses. Just look at that fat figure flying away with a long, drawn-out sound.

As the largest structure on Whole Cake Chateau, this explosion created a spectacular "meteor shower." The entire Whole Cake Chateau will likely need rebuilding, and in her own backyard, the "Cake Tower," a symbol of Big Mom's power, has been reduced to a "Cake Chimney." The damage to her prestige alone is—

"Damn it, patrol boats from all the islands, immediately concentrate all your forces on Whole Cake Chateau!"

As a user of the 'Book Book Fruit', Charlotte Mont-d'Or was originally in charge of the 'strategy' aspect. He was also involved in the planning of this marriage.

Using Sanji as bait, the scheme is ostensibly aimed at luring the Vinsmoke family, but secretly at enticing the Straw Hat crew. If Whole Cake Island can simultaneously absorb both crews, it will possess loyal clone soldiers, powerful lightning weapons... greatly strengthening the BIG MOM Pirates' power.

Sweeping across the New World and being crowned King of the Pirates is just around the corner!

But:

Not only is the plan now a complete mess, but the core members of the Straw Hat crew and Germa have not only failed to eliminate any of their main forces, but have even joined forces. Even Charlotte Brulee, who was used as "bait," is acting like a "married-out daughter, like water spilled," which Charlotte Mont- Mont-d'Or finds utterly incomprehensible.

What exactly went wrong?

"Commander-in-Chief! It's so good that you're all alright—"

The Vinsmoke soldiers, who were attacking the Cake Tower, were overjoyed to see their commander-in-chief and several princes descend from the sky, and they wept with joy. This made Vinsmoke Judge, who had always treated them as expendable resources, move his lips slightly.

"You did a great job."

In the end, he only uttered this one dry sentence, and that was it. Yet, the group of clone soldiers regarded it as a treasure.

"Yes! Everything for Germa!!"

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Maybe I really was wrong before?

"Damn it, has assassination escalated into a total war?"

The eldest son, Charlotte Perospero, licked his lollipop cane and looked around. Although the Charlotte family still held the upper hand in terms of strength—after all, unless one was deaf, such a massive explosion was enough to send all the officers and soldiers rushing over—the explosion was still significant enough to draw all the officers and soldiers to this location.

Through marriage alliances, the Charlotte Family now commands a large number of vassal pirate crews, which, under their captains' leadership, are converging on the Whole Cake Tower from all directions. Furthermore, while a significant number of Charlotte family officers have been injured or forced to retreat, the Sweet Commanders) and seven or eight high-ranking officers still retain most of their fighting strength. In contrast, their opponents...

Chopper had shrunk back to his normal size and was being carried by Usopp. He was in the weakened state of 'Monster Enhancement'.

General Franky's outer shell was covered in scars, proof that it had exceeded the limits of Wapol Metal's 'self-healing' ability.

Even Luffy, who had exited Gear Fourth Gear, was panting, and almost everyone else was injured. So it seems:

The advantage remains—

"Cake!!!"

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A massive figure strode toward them, wreaking havoc as it did so, startling both sides.

"Wedding cake!!"

The one indiscriminately wreaking havoc was none other than Big Mom, who had fallen into a 'Hunger Pangs,' and was clutching a corpse in her hand! The upper body of the corpse was covered in cream:

"Ahhh, Opera!?"

"No way, why at this crucial moment..."

Amidst the wails of the Charlotte Family's children, Roman scratched his head.

This····

We fought for a long time without any impressive results, but then BIG MOM appeared and instantly killed one of our high-ranking officers.

The power of the Four Emperors is terrifying!

I'm scared, I'm scared.