Watching Roger's Execution from the Start

Struggling, Smoothie managed a smile for Katakuri and spoke in broken, barely intelligible words.

"Ka... Katakuri, thank you..."

"Hey! Smoothie, this isn't funny! Wake up!"

"Why did you take that blow for me?"

Katakuri crawled out of the deep crater, his face twisted with fury. His whole body trembled uncontrollably, and veins bulged along his neck. He looked like a demon from hell.

BZZZ—!!!

A terrifying aura erupted from him, sending invisible waves surging in every direction.

The Marines who had been trying to approach the battlefield went white-eyed. Foam spilled from their mouths as they toppled backward.

Conqueror's Haki!!!

Above the sea beyond Broccoli Island, Atlas flew straight into the oncoming Big Mom.

BOOM—!!

Thunder suddenly rolled across the darkened sky. Zeus, once pure white, swelled in the wind and transformed into a terrifying purple-black storm cloud, his face growing more savage by the moment.

"Mamamama!! Atlas, you little brat, are you ready to die?!"

Big Mom stood atop Zeus, her heavily made-up face stretching into a hideous grin as she opened her enormous mouth and roared.

"You thought you could cross me and get off so easily? I'm not that useless Kaido! Mamamama!!"

Atlas floated up until he was eye to eye with Big Mom and met her glare without a trace of fear.

"Good. I've been wanting payback for the time you hunted me down years ago!"

Big Mom narrowed her eyes. A terrifying aura rose around her.

Prometheus at her side and Zeus beneath her grew fiercer as her barely contained rage seemed to freeze the air.

"Still as arrogant as ever, brat. But Garp isn't here to save you this time!"

With a roar, Big Mom plunged a thick arm into Zeus beneath her and tore free an enormous mass of purple-black cloud, which