What Monster?

"Ha?"

Nami stared at the distant scene with a puzzled look on her face. What was she seeing?

A living black cloud swallowed her lightning?

What the hell is this thing?

"Hiccup~"

Zeus, having swallowed a large amount of lightning, let out a satisfied burp, then chuckled and said, "Ah~"

"I definitely prefer this kind of weather."

What kind of monster is that?

Brook stared in astonishment at the massive cloud in the sky and exclaimed, "Why is there a living cloud here?"

Did Nami make this?

No, Nami's cloud isn't a living thing, and there's no need for it to protect the opponent from damage.

So the question is, what exactly is this thing?

"Another Devil Fruit User?" Sanji said, frowning.

"Devil Fruit User?"

"Besides Devil Fruit User, can you find any other explanation?" Sanji countered.

Under normal circumstances, clouds cannot come to life.

But since it came back to life, it means that some person with special abilities did something.

"What should we do then?" Nami asked anxiously.

If lightning doesn't work, then other methods of attack are pretty useless, since lightning has the highest attack power.

As for blowing cold or hot air?

That thing isn't as useful on the high seas as you might think, especially since this time the opponent is one of the Four Emperors!!

"Let me think about it."

Sanji lowered his head and thought for a moment, then turned to look in the direction Chopper had just left and called out, "Chopper, is the Coup de Vent ready?"

"I've already filled it with cola," Chopper shouted.

Three huge buckets of Coca-Cola are more than enough for the Thousand Sunny to fly three times.

"Okay, ready to send..."

Before Sanji could finish speaking, they noticed several massive Flying Slash suddenly appearing from the huge pirate ship chasing them, hurtling towards them at incredible speed against the wind.

Upon seeing this, Sanji's expression changed instantly. Without hesitation, he jumped up, wrapped his thigh with Haki, and prepared to kick away the slash aimed at the ship.

But whether it was good luck or not, those Flying Slash didn't hit the Thousand Sunny's hull; instead, they struck the clouds that Nami had created around the Thousand Sunny.

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

"Sizzle~"

"Boom!!"

A strange sound rang out, and then the clouds Nami created malfunctioned, causing the wind to gradually weaken and the two sides to close the distance.

Upon seeing this, Sanji immediately frowned.

"I see, so you're planning to make us slow down?" Sanji frowned.

If they attacked the ship's hull, there was a chance they would hurt Caesar, which is why they chose to attack the clouds.

"Those bastards!"

Nami gritted her teeth and stared into the distance. Although she had activated her ability to fill the gap the moment the cloud was broken, the opponent's Flying Slash continued to hurtle towards her.

So she was never able to make the clouds look like they did before.

As for sending Sanji to defend against it?

For Sanji to reach those Flying Slash in his current state is tantamount to suicide.

So...

"There's no time to hesitate!"

Nami shouted, "Quick, Sanji, furl the sails, fire the Coup de Vent three times in a row, let's go!"

Firing three Coup de Vent will definitely make them disappear from the enemy's sight, allowing them to escape smoothly from their grasp.

"Ok."

Sanji knew this wasn't the time for idle chatter, so he quickly turned around and ran towards the sails using Geppo, intending to furl them up as fast as possible.

Nami, meanwhile, kept her eyes glued to the massive pirate ship in the distance, ready to fight to the death at any moment.

"Um?"

Standing on the deck with binoculars, Pekoms asked in confusion, "Are they... furling the sails?"

"Yes."

Baron Tamago, who was also holding binoculars, said, "They are indeed furling the sails."

Although it's unclear what these guys are up to, lowering the sails is tantamount to suicide, since the sails are the primary source of power for a sailboat.

'Could it be that these guys have some other ideas?' Baron Tamago wondered to himself.

For example, relying on that woman's cloud?

Could this person's cloud be capable of lifting an entire pirate ship?

That doesn't make sense either. If the other party really had that ability, why didn't they do it just now?

Therefore, he felt that the other party probably didn't have that ability.

So the question is, what exactly do they want to do?

"Could they be planning to surrender?"

"Gaoh!"

Pekoms said, "But Straw Hat provoked Big Mom. In this situation, even if they surrender, they have no chance of surviving."

He didn't believe the other party couldn't see such a simple and easy-to-understand principle.

"That's true, but when there's no way to escape, surrendering is an option, isn't it?" Baron Tamago said.

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand to remove the coffee from his head and took a satisfying sip.

He then continued, "Of course, we can't rule out that the other party might be planning something else."

As for what to do, he had no idea; after all, he couldn't read minds.

Just then, Pekoms noticed something was wrong: why was the back of the Straw Hat Pirates' ship glowing?

"Something's not right!" Pekoms exclaimed. "Their sterns are glowing!"

"Um?"

Baron Tamago was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then quickly put down his coffee, picked up the binoculars, and took a look.

"It really is glowing!" Baron Tamago exclaimed in surprise.

Why is the enemy pirate ship glowing?

Could it be that the Cat Burglar did something?

But isn't she Devil Fruit User? Why can she make the ship glow?

"Something's not right, they might be planning to..."

Before Pekoms could finish speaking, a terrifying shockwave suddenly erupted from behind the Thousand Sunny, instantly scattering the clouds behind it.

Then, the Thousand Sunny suddenly took off and flew towards the distant sky at an extremely fast speed.

Pekoms:???

Baron Tamago:???

"Ha?"

The two stared in shock at the pirate ship flying away in the distance, their jaws dropping to the ground in astonishment.

No, why can pirate ships fly?

"You can even use the Cloud Cloud Fruit like this?" Pekoms exclaimed in shock.

Not only can it bring rain, thunder, and wind, but it can also make pirate ships fly?

No, this Devil Fruit way too powerful.

"Idiot, this was obviously not done by Devil Fruit User!" Baron Tamago cursed.

If Devil Fruit User could truly do this, they would have done it from the very beginning.

"What should we do?" Pekoms scratched his head and said, "Big Mom will be angry if we don't catch Caesar."

Although with her Observation Haki, her Big Mom could easily detect what was happening outside and knew that this wasn't their fault.

But the problem is... it's also true that they didn't catch anyone.

In this situation, being scolded is the least of your worries.

"What else can we do but report the truth?" Baron Tamago sighed.

Baron Tamago, realizing he had messed things up, was also unsettled and became somewhat dejected.

Clearly, he could already imagine how his Big Mom would scold them later.

As for killing them?

That's unlikely. With their qualifications, they wouldn't be killed over something like this.

"Then you go." Pekoms turned around, looking like he was trying to slip away, while saying, "I don't want to get scolded."

As he spoke, Pekoms tried to slip away, but before he could take a step, Baron Tamago grabbed his shoulder.

"What are you talking about? We're best buddies," Baron Tamago said. "Of course we'll stand together through thick and thin."

"That's true, but you..."

"Stop talking nonsense and get going."

"Damn it, ugh!"

After grumbling for a moment, Pekoms obediently followed the other person toward the captain's cabin.

Meanwhile, the Thousand Sunny was still flying in the sky, but after flying a certain distance, it was about to land.

"Quick, prepare for the second shot!" Nami shouted. "Don't give them a chance to catch up with us!"

At this point, Nami dared not underestimate the pursuit ability of the Four Emperors, so it was better to use the three Coup de Vent in succession.

The others naturally understood this as well, so without any further words, they immediately followed Nami's orders and got to work.

"Coup de Vent, fire!"

"Boom!!"

Just before the Thousand Sunny was about to land, the Coup de Vent fired again, and the pirate ship took off, hurtling rapidly into the distant sky.

And so, after three consecutive bursts, the Thousand Sunny surged forward a great distance, leaving the Big Mom pirate ship far behind.

"We can't let our guard down," Sanji shouted. "They could catch up at any moment."

"But we can't see them anymore," Brook said.

Brook carefully surveyed the rear of the Thousand Sunny and saw no suspicious targets, which meant they had completely shaken off their adversary.

"Who knows if they have any special pursuit methods?" Sanji said in a deep voice, "Like Caesar's Vivre Card or something."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people present all changed.

If the other party truly possesses Caesar's Vivre Card, then they will have no chance of shaking him off.

After all, that thing can always guide the Vivre Card owner in the right direction!

"Then let's just kill him," Nami said with a grim face.

While keeping this guy alive would indeed be a good bargaining chip, if that chip could threaten them, then there's no need to keep him alive; just kill him.

"I agree."

Brook nodded; this was indeed the optimal solution at present.

"No, wait a minute!"

Caesar, whose life was threatened again, immediately jumped to his feet and exclaimed excitedly, "I can guarantee that I haven't had my Vivre Card made!"

How do you prove it?

"Have you all forgotten what kind of ability user I am?" Caesar quickly explained, "I'm Logia Gas-Gas Devil Fruit User!"

"No one can get my body tissue unless I want to."

After saying that, Caesar paused for a moment, then continued, "Besides, when I was dealing with these guys, I paid special attention to this aspect, just in case they got hold of my hair, then I would have no way to escape."

Once the other person gets his hair, they can use it to create Vivre Card.

In this way... he had absolutely no way to escape the pursuer's clutches.

So he had paid attention to this issue when he first started working with them.

Of course, BIG MOM initially had objections, but since the Giantification experiment could only be conducted by herself, the other party had no choice but to compromise.

That's why he was able to escape from there successfully.

"That's good." Sanji breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they don't have Vivre Card, they can easily shake off their opponent.

Nami looked at Caesar with disdain and said, "So you were planning to lie from the very beginning, huh?"

Although they were deceiving their enemy this time, Nami still despised Caesar's behavior.

That guy is truly a scumbag.

"What do you know?" Caesar suddenly became agitated, saying, "If I didn't do this, I would definitely be killed by Big Mom!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Brook asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Big Mom asked Caesar to do something that's probably what he, as a scientist, excels at. In this situation... would the other party really have murderous intent?

We can't exactly kill them after they've finished their experiment.

The Four Emperors wouldn't lack even this much magnanimity.

"Because what they asked me to do was simply impossible!" Caesar scratched his head and said, "How could a normal human possibly Giantification!"

Even the drugs he used in his experiments could not possibly turn a human into the Giant Clan.

As for the children in Punk Hazard?

Although their bodies had Giantification, their lifespans were greatly reduced, so strictly speaking, this experiment was a failure.

"You mean that experiment on Punk Hazard?" Chopper, who had just crawled out from underground, immediately became furious and said, "So Big Mom made you do that experiment?!"

Just to find a way to turn humans into the Giant Clan, they used those poor children for human experiments?

"Well... this..."

Caesar looked away and said, "Actually, after I escaped, there was no need to do those kinds of experiments anymore, but to prevent Big Mom from causing me trouble, I still had the Joker provide the conditions for the experiments."

"Asshole!"

Nami roared, "You deserve to die!"

As she spoke, Nami flashed to Caesar's side and threw a powerful punch.

"Bump!"

One punch landed, and Caesar got a huge bump on his head.

"I was just trying to survive!" Caesar shouted. "What did I do wrong?"

"Oh."

Nami sneered, then said, "Why don't we just kill him?"

I think it's okay.

"No problem."

Kill him!

"No!"

Seeing the four people with icy killing intent in their eyes, Caesar quickly shouted, "I'm an important bargaining chip, a chip that can be used to deal with Doflamingo and Big Mom!"

"Don't kill me!!!"