Chapter 95
The difficulty and tediousness of the mission almost made Adrian think he had encountered another [SS]-rank enemy!
"Why is it only an S-rank difficulty mission?"
"BIGMOM alone is already worthy of an SS-rank difficulty level, right? It's a natural Monster that's no less than Admiral- level monster!"
"Including the other Charlotte Family members and the Totto Land sabotage mission, the overall difficulty is only S-rank?"
"This is simply unreasonable!"
When Adrian accepted the task, he did not forget to continue to complain.
At this moment, the icon with the words "[Charlotte Cracker]" on the task panel is faintly glowing.
Clearly, killing Cracker just now also counts as completing a specific step of the mission.
With a simple tap of the icon, Adrian claimed his reward and gained some more experience points.
After completing the above operations, Adrian continued to look at the Ghost Lady Charlotte Amande opposite him.
Amande remained frozen in shock, staring at Cracker's decapitated body, muttering to herself.
"Cracker... is dead?"
"This is impossible! How could Cracker die here so easily?"
"He's one of the strongest among us siblings..."
"Mom will definitely be angry... Katakuri will definitely be angry too..."
Adrian frowned upon seeing this.
He sheathed the Yubashiri- white sword and simultaneously raised his arm, reaching out to grasp at the void.
With a faint ripple, Adrian's right palm pulled a Famous Sword from thin air. Its scabbard, guard, and hilt were all pure white—it was [Twenty-One Great Grade Swords: Sleeve Snow]!
Bite!
A crisp sound rang out, waking Amande from his reverie.
Adrian extended his finger and gently flicked the blade of Sleeve Snow.
"Come to your senses, Long-Neck Fish, are you ready to go keep Cookie company now?"
Charlotte Amande, the Ghost Lady, is also among the mission objectives!
Even though it wasn't his true intention, Adrian could only—
Ruthlessly destroying flowers!
[Chapter 178. The Rice Cake Invasion!]
Port and dock on Misteria Island.
A giant white Pirates ship slowly approached, with the Big Mom Pirates' flag fluttering above its mast.
Charlotte Perospero leaned against the railing of the Pirates ship, a light pink Den Den Mushi (snail Den Den Mushi) lying in his raised hand.
Perospero looked towards the tall, imposing figure directly ahead on the deck, intently sensing the situation on Misteria Island, and spoke:
"Katakuri, our people on Misteria Island just sent word that Cracker and Amande have already begun fighting the White Ghost."
The man who was spoken to by Perospero was extremely tall, with short, amaranth-red hair, strong muscles, and long legs. A thick scarf completely covered his face from the nose down, leaving only the upper half of his very heroic face visible. Black stitching lines could be faintly seen above the scarf and on both sides of his cheeks.
"The White Ghost... someone who could fight Marine Admiral for so long in the Sabaody Archipelago is no easy opponent to defeat."
Even Big Mom Charlotte Linlin was well aware of just how formidable Sengoku the Sengoku the Buddha was.
Newspapers were reporting that the battle between Sengoku the Buddha and White Ghost had nearly destroyed half of the Sabaody Archipelago. Charlotte Family's unique intelligence network naturally knew this was false information.
Even before the battle, for reasons unknown, the White Ghost had cut down most of the Yarukiman Mangrove, and later, it is unclear where he hid it.
However, it is absolutely true that White Ghost and Sengoku fought for at least half an hour!
Charlotte Linlin, wanting to recruit the White Ghost into Totto Land and make him her new husband, has sent out almost all of her family's most outstanding talents.
Minister of Biscuits Cracker and Minister of Nuts Amande were tasked with waiting for news on the Misteria Island.
Meanwhile, the Candy Minister Perospero and the Flour Minister Katakuri were tasked with waiting and waiting on the Risky Red Island.
Before the Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates were fully formed, these four were practically the most powerful members of the Charlotte Family besides Queen Charlotte Linlin.
Especially Perospero and Katakuri.
As the eldest and second sons of the family, these two were born to Charlotte Linlin while she was in the Rocks Pirates.
Having witnessed the existence of truly top-tier powerhouses on the sea since childhood, Perospero and Katakuri's strength is practically on a completely different level from the rest of the Charlotte Family!
"Katakuri, don't worry too much. Cracker and Amande are both formidable fighters within the clan."
Perospero comforted his brother, reminding him that as the eldest son of the Charlotte Family, regardless of how he was perceived by outsiders, he was always the loving older brother who doted on his younger siblings within the family.
"No matter how troublesome White Ghost is, Cracker and Amande have more than enough skills to delay him until we arrive."
Just then, Katakuri, who was standing on the deck of the Pirates ship, suddenly changed his expression.
He lowered his arm, clenched his fist, and said in a deep voice, "Gone!"
Perospero's smile faded, and he asked, "What disappeared?"
" On Misteria Island, my Observation Haki suddenly stopped detecting Cracker's presence."
Katakuri's eyes flashed with a crimson light, a sign that his Observation Haki had been activated.
"I can only sense Amande's presence; she's currently engaged in combat... and her aura is gradually weakening!"
"That White Ghost!" Perospero's expression changed drastically. "How dare he refuse Mother's kindness?!"
"Perospero, I need to get to the island ahead of schedule!"
After leaving behind a sentence, Katakuri suddenly unleashed the power of his legs, his lower body transforming into a flowing, wriggling white mochi ball that supported his upper body as he flew into the air, rapidly moving towards the location sensed by his Observation Haki.
Perospero slammed his candy cane down hard. "Katakuri! Wait for me!"
Lightweight Candy - Skywalk!
Several deep purple candy plates appeared out of thin air. Perospero lightly leaped onto the candy plates and stepped on them one by one, chasing after Katakuri's rapidly disappearing figure.
The remaining members of the Big Mom Pirates quickly steadied the ship, took out their weapons and equipment, and surged downstream, following the directional signs left by the candy slabs, heading towards the location where the battle had broken out!
At the same time, in the central town of Misteria Island.
Faced with Adrian in a serious state, Amande was immediately at a disadvantage in just a few breaths.
With a calm expression, Adrian held the Sleeve Snow and pressed closer to Amande step by step. This was the first time he had used this incredibly beautiful and exquisite Twenty-One Great Grade Swords, in combat.
But since it involves ruthlessly destroying flowers, there needs to be some sense of ritual involved.
Sleeve Snow, is the "decapitation sword" that Adrian meticulously prepared for Charlotte Amande!
Accompanied by several barely perceptible whooshing sounds, Sleeve Snow transformed into a blade of light whose color was almost indistinguishable, slashing towards Amande at an extremely tricky angle.
Amande activated his Observation Haki to its maximum level, wielding his famous Famous Sword "White Fish," and laboriously held Sleeve Snow in mid-air.
Bite!
Adrian reacted extremely quickly. With a slight tremor of his wrist, the Sleeve Snow slid slowly down the blade of the White Fish. He then flipped his wrist again, delivering a swift abdominal strike.
With upward slashes, horizontal cuts, and vertical strikes, Adrian's every sword strike was incredibly fierce, each one capable of slaying a deadly opponent.
Amande struggled to defend against attack after attack. His originally pale skin now showed a faint pink tinge, a sign of unstable blood and qi. A fine layer of sweat seeped from his forehead, which was covered by his wide-brimmed hat.
In just a few minutes, this small town, which had just been bombed multiple times by Peacemaker, was once again subjected to the unbridled destruction of two Swordmaster, leaving it in ruins.
Just then, a flash of red light appeared in Adrian's eyes as he focused intently. Through his Observation Haki, which allowed him to Future Sight, a scene from the future appeared.
"Long-Neck Fish, it seems the Charlotte Family members arrived quite quickly!"
Armament Haki, with a color as warm and smooth as Black Jade, flowed and swirled on the blade of Sleeve Snow, with a flowing pink color, like cherry blossom petals, adhering to it.
"Then we'll just have to get rid of you faster!"
One Sword Style: Surging Stream Slash!
Adrian swung his Sleeve Snow and unleashed a powerful Sword Aura that seemed capable of splitting the sea. However, the aura dissipated at the edges, leaving several deep, chiseled marks on the ground.
Amande dared not be careless; she also gathered her strength and unleashed a slash.
"Slow Waltz!"
Two powerful Sword Aura collided in mid-air, unleashing a violent shockwave that rapidly spread outwards.
Dashing Slash!
Adrian, wielding the Sleeve Snow, lunged forward once more.
Its ghostly speed left Amande, who had exhausted his strength from overusing his Haki, completely unable to react.
Before the sharp Trident, gleaming with a furious, cold light, descended, the Ghost Lady was ripped open by the slash, her unusually wide, giant rattan hat split in two, leaving a huge, gaping scar from her left forehead to her right cheek.
The Ghost Lady, her body spurting with copious amounts of blood, collapsed to the ground, her eyes glazed over.
"White Ghost!"
In the sky, the Trident "Mole," accompanied by a powerful sonic boom, slammed towards Adrian!
Along with it all, there was an overwhelming amount of white rice cake!
Charlotte Family's greatest masterpiece, Katakuri, has arrived!
[Chapter 179. Adrian vs. Katakuri]
"Oh, my belated older brother..."
Adrian cleaved the incoming Trident, then flicked his wrist slightly to wipe the blood off the Sleeve Snow Sword, speaking calmly.
"What you've lost, is it your sister who's been disemboweled, or your brother whose body has been severed from his head?"
What?!
Katakuri's pupils suddenly shrank to their lowest point. He grabbed the Trident that was flying backward and landed heavily on the ground with his mochi-like body, kicking up dust. As he looked around, he noticed Cracker's corpse, which had long since lost all signs of life.
"Cracker!! Damn it!"
Katakuri's eyes were bloodshot and his face was ashen. He looked at the Ghost Lady Amande lying on the ground, her breath like a candle flickering in the wind, and an uncontrollable feeling of rage surged into his heart.
"Amande! Are you still alive!?"
But how could the Ghost Lady possibly respond to him at this moment?
Katakuri's eyes turned bloodshot as he glared at Adrian and roared, "How dare you kill my most precious family member! Unforgivable!!"
"Even if Mom scolds me afterward, I will never let you go!! Die, White Ghost!!"
Katakuri roared, bent his knees slightly, and unleashed an immense burst of power, leaping into the air.
At the same time, his right arm suddenly transformed into a flowing white glutinous rice cake, which twisted and expanded violently. The Trident he was tightly gripping also spun in the same direction as the glutinous rice cake, creating a whooshing sound.
Katakuri's eyes burned with an all-consuming rage as he stabbed at Adrian with his right hand.
"Mochi Thrust!"
Facing Katakuri's attack, which had erupted in a state of rage, Adrian dared not be careless in the slightest.
He gripped the hilt of Sleeve Snow with both hands, his gaze fixed. Armament Haki, imbued with the two major characteristics, instantly surged onto the blade of Sleeve Snow, and [Breath of All Things] continuously sensed the fluctuations in strength within Katakuri's attacks.
The next moment, a red light flashed in Adrian's eyes, he raised his Sleeve Snow high, and then unleashed a simple yet powerful strike, directly hitting Katakuri's glutinous Mochi Thrust!
The air at the point of impact was instantly and violently distorted to the naked eye, and the terrifying shockwave instantly shattered the buildings in the surrounding town into pieces, with debris flying everywhere and the ground shaking violently!
One wave subsides, another rises.
The deaths of Amande and Cracker drove Katakuri to a frenzy.
He gripped the Trident tightly in his hand and launched a series of extremely violent attacks on Adrian, each one almost all-out and with tremendous force!
Adrian was equally formidable, unleashing his Observation Haki, Future Sight, and engaging Katakuri in a life-or-death battle.
Their weapons clashed instantly, then separated just as quickly, creating a trail of dazzling Sparks.
In just a few seconds, the two exchanged dozens of blows, the Great Grade Sword and the Trident clashing together, producing a sharp, metallic clang.
Clang--!!
Another Mochi Thrust was struck hard by Sleeve Snow, sparks Sparks everywhere.