Buggy vs. Big Mom Pirates (3)

Charlotte Mont-d'Or stared at the sky full of paper scraps, disbelief filling his eyes. "That guy... wasn't hurt at all!"

His Devil Fruit ability allowed him to control books, so he had been able to observe Buggy through the books that had flown into the smoke just now.

"Did the Genie's attack not work...?" Charlotte Daifuku snorted irritably.

"Brûlée, get out of the way!!"

Charlotte Katakuri's anxious voice suddenly rang out. In the instant Charlotte Brûlée froze in surprise, an unimaginable force sent her flying into the castle wall with a tremendous crash!

"Slow Narrative Song!"

Having swiftly circled around behind Buggy, Charlotte Amande, the Minister of Nuts, swung her famed blade, White Fish, in a horizontal slash. As White Fish swept out, the flow of air around it seemed to slow, but the instant it passed through Buggy's body, the air current suddenly accelerated, splitting his body in two.

Yet the sight she had expected—his upper body falling to the ground—never came. Instead, his still freely moving lower body suddenly unleashed a fierce whip kick!

"What?!"

Though she had let down her guard slightly, she instinctively coated White Fish in Armament Haki and raised it beside her to block.

Buggy's whip kick struck White Fish. After they remained locked for the span of a blink, the section of the blade in contact split into tiny iron fragments. With nothing left to stop it, the kick slammed into Charlotte Amande's long neck, unique to the Snakeneck Tribe, and sent her entire body flying as easily as smashing through rotten wood!

Mochi sprouting from Katakuri's body formed a net and shot toward Charlotte Amande, catching her firmly before gently setting her on the ground. His face darkened with rage.

"Chiffon, take Pez and fall back a little..."

After speaking to his