"Damn it!"
"I'd always assumed the ability of that white sword was to release freezing air and create ice. Whether it was releasing freezing air or creating ice, he had to rely on that white sword."
"I never expected it wasn't like that at all."
"He really can only use his ability through that sword, but the sword's ability isn't to release freezing air or create ice. It changes body temperature."
The moment Baskerville Jott saw Rosen's expression, he knew he had hit the mark and exposed Sode no Shirayuki's ability. Yet there was not the slightest hint of joy in his heart; instead, his face darkened immensely.
His original intention in unleashing Drunken Fire had been based on the belief that Rosen had to rely on Sode no Shirayuki to block his flames. So, after confirming that his opponent had no time to use Sode no Shirayuki and lacked enough room to swing it in defense, he had not hesitated in the slightest before directly using the Sake-Sake Fruit's ability to release blazing flames.
The result was just as he had expected. Rosen truly had no time to dodge or use Sode no Shirayuki—but the problem was that he had guessed Sode no Shirayuki's ability wrong.
Against Drunken Fire, Rosen had no need to use Sode no Shirayuki at all. He only needed to lower his body temperature to a point where he could endure—or even extinguish—the flames.
In other words, rather than going through the trouble of using the Sake-Sake Fruit to create a fireball, it would have been more effective to rush forward and smash him with Armament Haki-coated fists and kicks.
He had excitedly thought he had caught Rosen's weakness and launched a fierce assault, only to become a clown himself.
How could Baskerville Jott possibly