Whole Cake Island Annihilated (4)

"Zeus, Prometheus..."

Charlotte Linlin muttered to herself.

Her figure became much thinner than before, as if a large amount of fat in her body had been absorbed. She was also disheveled and looked miserable.

"Impossible...you are my children..." Linlin knelt down on the ground, her large hands digging into the soil and pulling hard.

"Ugly old woman, what nonsense are you spouting? How could we possibly have anything to do with you? We were clearly created by our master!"

"That's right, that's right."

White clouds and the sun drifted overhead, mockingly laughing, as if they thought Big Mom had gone mad.

Having 'lost' their Devil Fruit powers, all that remains of the Yonko before them are their Haki and their physical bodies... As for physical skills, Big Mom has relied on her incredible physical abilities since childhood to sweep away everything. For her, there is no need for any physical skills or hand-to-hand combat techniques. Her innate talent is enough for her to crush everything.

Developing some methods to enhance Devil Fruit abilities would suffice.

It's not that Big Mom lost her Devil Fruit power, but rather that her Soul-Soul Fruit was 'suppressed' by Oboro.

She lacks Whitebeard's all-around abilities, Kaido's upbringing, and Shanks' ambition... To put it bluntly, she's lazy.

In Oboro's eyes, Charlotte Linlin's talent was undoubtedly the most outstanding among the Yonko, but it was wasted by this woman.

Even without the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Whitebeard could still have become one of the Yonko.

The same applies to Kaido, just as Shanks is not a Devil Fruit user.

But... Big Mom alone won't do, because she's too reliant on her Devil Fruit powers.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind Oboro again.

A figure slowly approached.

It was Shiryu.

His battle is over.

Because of the initial damage from Oboro's destructive power, almost all members of the Charlotte Family were injured and found it difficult to exert their full combat power. Not to mention Smoothie, even as a Sweet Commander, her level was still inferior to Shiryu's.

Shiryu, carrying a famous sword, grabbed a woman's white hair with one hand and dragged the corpse along.

The body was covered in blood and had already stopped breathing.

Shiryu's eyes flashed with a hint of wickedness. "You're really ugly, Big Mom."

After saying that, he casually tossed Smoothie's remains in front of the Yonko.

Then, with a flash of light, Smoothie's body was sliced into pieces by the red, thread-like slashes.

This scene caused Big Mom's pupils to lose focus.

First Shiryu, then Rob Lucci and Waldo returned soon after, carrying their spoils.

The bodies of Daifuku and Oven.

Then there were... Yurivich and Enel. Both had clearly endured a fierce battle, bearing wounds that hadn't yet healed, inflicted by Katakuri. As the strongest person on Whole Cake Island at that moment, besides Big Mom... Enel also struggled to gain the upper hand when facing Katakuri alone. This was mainly because Katakuri's Observation Haki gave Enel a taste of what 'predicting the future' truly meant, even frequently limiting the power of his Logia-type Devil Fruit.

In terms of speed, they don't have much of an advantage.

Fortunately, after Yurivich took down a group of the Charlotte Family members, he joined the battle... The two of them teamed up and finally defeated Katakuri.

However, the key factor that determined the outcome was that Katakuri was ambushed during the battle... His chest was blown open by a shrunken 'air cannon', and the attacker was Oboro, who was 'gathering' resources on the island, and it was a casual strike.

Even Katakuri had to fight Enel with all his might, so much so that all of his Observation Haki was used on Enel. Oboro's 'energy cannon', on the other hand, flew from a thousand meters away. Not to mention the speed, the gas itself was compressed to an extremely small degree.

This attack on Whole Cake Island was a 'Inazuma', aiming for a swift and decisive victory.

If they were allowed to continue fighting normally, they might fight for a whole day and night without a clear winner, and the news would be leaked to the outside world by those with ulterior motives... This is why Oboro first launched a devastating attack on the Cake Castle.

To wrap things up as quickly as possible, before giving the outside world time to react, by daybreak, the Totto Land will already belong to the Donquixote Family.

As the members of the Hell Pirates all appeared, the remains of the Charlotte Family were placed in front of Big Mom.

A group of Hell Pirates officers surrounded Charlotte Linlin.

"She... belongs to you."

Oboro raised his hand to pinch the brim of his hat, smiled slightly, lowered his head, and stopped looking at Big Mom.

After saying that casually, he started to back away.

As he retreated, Bare and his group approached Charlotte Linlin with sinister smiles on their faces.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

"God Slayer!! I'll kill you!"

Bigmom's long pink hair billowed wildly behind her head with an astonishingly Haki. She leaped to her feet, her soles shattering the ground, her gaze fixed intently on Oboro, who had already turned away, preparing to leave. It was as if, at this moment, Oboro was the only enemy in her eyes, and nothing else mattered.

All he could see was half of the man's profile and the corners of his mouth that were full of 'ruthlessness and mockery'.

Her Observation Haki had already detected that all her children on the entire island were dead, and not a single one was still alive.

Bang! Linlin had only rushed a few meters when a dark shadow flashed by. Bare delivered a terrifying iron fist that knocked her to the ground, her entire upper body flipping and crashing into the ground.

"Behave yourself, you filthy woman!"

Bare grinned widely, his voice trembling with excitement.

The One-Punch Man had barely landed when Shiryu had already flashed behind Big Mom, his bloodthirsty eyes gleaming. "Where should I start cutting...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a massive slash pierced the sky.

At this moment, Bigmom was like an old, lonely lion surrounded by a pack of hyenas.

Even more deadly is that among this pack of hyenas is a 'monster' that is no less dangerous than her.

With his hands in his pockets, Long strolled away leisurely.

Behind him was the scene of the Hell Pirates' executives surrounding and killing Big Mom, each displaying their unique abilities and baring their 'fangs'.

They all tried to tear off a piece of flesh from the Yonko.

The earth trembled, dust swirled... Lightning, slashes, punches, and explosions—various abilities and movements intertwined, illuminating the night sky.

The thick sea of clouds above the entire Whole Cake Island, also affected by the energy field, began to exhibit strange phenomena, starting to roll backwards...

The rainbow light reflected off the black curtain and also illuminated Oboro's... smiling face that was gradually fading into the distance.

After a while, Oboro suddenly appeared on the sea Whole Cake Island.

At that moment, an inconspicuous little boat was rowing rapidly into the distance.

The old man sitting on the boat, upon seeing the man above him, immediately released his oars and closed his eyes.

It seems... they've given up the fight.

"Well..."

He even sighed.

"As the head chef of the Big Mom Pirates, and the one who has been with and cared for her since she was a child... are you just going to run away like this?" Oboro smiled, as if there was an invisible long staircase under his feet. He stepped down the stairs, slowly descending, and finally his leather shoes landed on the bow of the small boat.

He stared directly at the old man dressed as a chef in front of him.

Longbread, nicknamed Gourmet Knight, is a former member of the Rocks Pirates.

He was also an elderly man who had always been by Charlotte Linlin's side, somewhat like a 'parent'. It could be said that... without him, there would be no Totto Land as we know it today.

She wouldn't have achieved Big Mom's current status.

She is also one of the founders of the Big Mom Pirates.

In the end... the old man abandoned Linlin and ran away first.

As expected of someone with extensive experience, their reaction time was quick.

"Since you've caught me... then do as you please." Longbread shook its head. "From the moment CP0 came to Whole Cake Island to see Linlin, I knew... sooner or later this day would come. Someone like you, once you set your sights on someone, will never have any chance of getting away with it."

"I tried to persuade Linlin ... but it was no use. She's not the little girl who used to listen to me anymore."