Butter

Chapter 490: Butter

Chapter 490: Butter

Mr. Tanaka had not delayed Ace and the others for even a moment, but his loyalty had been truly moving.

His charge had bought Tesoro ample time to react. By the time Ace and Kyros found where Tesoro was, he had already armed himself to the teeth.

He had smelted all his wealth into gold and gathered it together, forming a world-shaking golden giant.

—It was not that Ace and Kyros had found him; he had simply risen to his feet within this enormous city, becoming a supergiant no less imposing than Little Oars and revealing himself to them.

"He really was powerful. No wonder the Commander-in-Chief sent the two of us as insurance. If it had been other Vice Admirals, they might have easily defeated him one-on-one, but against someone this huge, with such an immense quantity of gold, it would be difficult to strike the Tesoro inside the gold directly."

Ace shook his head, unable to help marveling at the Commander-in-Chief's wisdom.

The Revolutionary Army was filled with powerful figures. There were several people Ace could not claim certain victory over: Leo's wife Hancock, the fish-man Jinbe, Vice Admiral Issho, Bartholomew Kuma, and the former Commander-in-Chief Dragon.

Their combat power was astonishing, and some of them could even overpower Ace with certainty.

But they were not adept at fighting enemies of this colossal size.

For example, Wano Country's samurai could beat Great Page Jack, one of the Three Sweet Commanders, until he spat blood, yet they had no solution when facing the massive, highly durable Four Emperor Kaido.

Their swords were too thin and too short to inflict greater damage upon Kaido's scales and flesh.

Big was strong, and big was good. Much of the time, that logic was entirely sound.

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