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As Xiu's cold voice fell,
white explosive flames danced on his fingertips,
instantly tearing through that flaming slash
and blasting straight into Oven!
With a series of convulsions,
Oven died without ever managing
to utter a single plea for mercy!
"Tch, trash wasting my time..."
Xiu looked down at
the dumbstruck pirates.
"You can all go keep him company..."
Snap!
He snapped the fingers of his right hand crisply.
"Fire Huan..."
Boom!
The entire pirate ship exploded violently in an instant!
"No, no! Don't kill me!!"
"Lord Xiu! I was wrong!!"
"No!!!!"
The pirates' terrified screams grew fainter and fainter,
until they vanished completely...
Whoosh!
Xiu returned to the warship
and strode toward the training room.
The soldiers on either side watched with eyes full of awe
as Xiu left the deck.
Then an animated discussion erupted.
"Whoa... have you guys noticed,
Vice Admiral Xiu really is getting stronger and stronger??"
"Yeah! Yeah! I feel the same way!!"
"He makes fighting anyone look easy!"
"It's like no matter who comes,
Vice Admiral Xiu can kill them instantly!"
"He really is the future of the Marines!!"
"He'll definitely be one of this generation's Admirals, right!!"
"Absolutely!!"
Listening to their animated discussion,
Hina looked a little forlorn.
"Vice Admiral Xiu is so strong... what should Hina do..."
But no one could answer her question.
Perhaps she would find the answer herself...
The instant Oven died,
a furious roar rang out in Totto Land!
"No!! Oven!! My little brother!!
Damn you, Era Xiu!!"
The towering Charlotte
third son-Charlotte Daifuku-
stared at the Vivre Card that had burned to nothing before him,
feeling boundless rage in his heart!
"Big brother! What should we do?"
Daifuku turned to look at
the grim-faced Katakuri beside him.
The three of them were triplets to begin with,
and they were extremely close.
Now Oven had actually been killed by that
damned Marine!!
One could imagine how furious Katakuri was!
But Katakuri, calm by nature,
had not completely lost his reason!
"Daifuku, let's report this to Mama first!"
"But, big brother! I..."
"Enough, Daifuku! I'm furious right now too!"
Looking at Katakuri's bloodshot eyes,
Daifuku promptly shut his mouth.
The two quickly arrived at Big Mom's room.
At that moment, Big Mom was still clutching desserts
and continuously stuffing them into her mouth,
with three Homies circling above her head.
"Mama! Something's happened!!"
"Oven... Oven was killed!!"
Katakuri fought back the grief in his heart
and told Big Mom of Oven's death.
The chewing stopped...
On Big Mom's enormous face,
unmistakable killing intent appeared!
"My son... who did it?!?"
"It was that Marine you invited to the Tea Party,"
"Era Xiu!"
As she heard Katakuri give the Marine's name,
Big Mom's Conqueror's Haki
erupted without warning!!
Countless trusted followers and children instantly lost consciousness!
"That damned Marine!!"
"Damn him!!!"
In her fury, Big Mom blasted the cake beside her away with one blow.
"Katakuri! Set out immediately!"
"I! Want! Him! Dead!!!"
Below her, Katakuri received
the answer he wanted!
A trace of killing intent he could not hide flashed in his eyes.
"Yes! Mama!!"
With that, Katakuri turned and headed for the harbor!
Daifuku hurried over from the side
to join Katakuri.
"Big brother! Take me with you!!"
Katakuri considered it for a moment,
then nodded in agreement!
They were brothers, after all.
"The last place the Vivre Card pointed to
was near Loguetown in the East Blue!"
"That Marine recently purged the entire East Blue,"
"so he's presumably guarding Loguetown now!"
"After all, there's little time left before Roger's execution!"
With clear and quick thinking, Katakuri
deduced Xiu's location!
He waved a large hand. "Come with me, Daifuku!"
"Yes! Big brother! I'll avenge Oven!"
Three days later,
Xiu had arrived in Loguetown.
The whole town was now packed with people,
and everywhere there were pirates disguised as ordinary citizens
or seafaring merchants!
Xiu had little interest in these small fry.
Leaving them for Hina to practice on was a good choice too.
He strode into Loguetown's Marine Branch!
Countless Marine soldiers cast admiring looks his way.
"Vice Admiral Xiu!"
"Mm, Loguetown won't be peaceful in the coming days.
Make sure you keep every citizen in line!
Don't let them get into conflicts with pirates!"
"If any violence occurs, kill the pirates outright."
"Yes! Vice Admiral Xiu!"
Hearing his subordinates' spirited reply,
Xiu nodded in satisfaction.
Just then, a soldier hurried
over to Xiu.
"Vice Admiral Xiu! Bad news!
A ship from the Big Mom Pirate Crew has appeared again!!"
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