Countless pirates hurriedly got their pirate ships moving,
rowing desperately into the distance!
But no matter how fast they went, they could not escape that enormous hand that blotted out the sky!
Bullet gave a casual wave,
and half the pirate ships were instantly incorporated into the monster's arm!
"Aaaah!!"
"No!!"
"No!! Help me!!"
Countless pirates were thrown off their ships!
They fell straight into the water!
Soon,
almost all the pirate ships had been absorbed by the monster,
except for the one that had fled at the very beginning!
After absorbing the pirate ships, the monster
underwent another transformation.
On the monster's shoulders appeared
two absurdly enormous cannon barrels!
"Die! Hell Cannon!"
Boom! Boom!
Two thunderous blasts came from the barrels,
and two enormous cannonballs,
fused from who knew how much material,
hurtled toward Xiu!
"Tch, a meaningless struggle..."
Xiu said indifferently,
slowly drawing Ryūjin Jakka from his waist.
He no longer wanted to keep playing.
"Sword pressure."
Swish! Swish!
Two waves of sword pressure sliced through the centers of the cannonballs.
With two cracks,
the cannonballs were instantly split in half!
Xiu lightly tapped his right foot against the ground.
Shunpo!
The next second, he appeared above the monster's head,
mercilessly swinging down Ryūjin Jakka!
A slash even larger than the sword pressure
cleaved the giant in two!
As the enormous monster suddenly collapsed,
Bullet was flung out from inside,
landing heavily on the ground.
Bullet tried to use his hands
to prop himself up,
but he was already utterly exhausted,
and no longer had the strength
to get up off the ground!
At that moment,
Xiu slowly descended from the air as well,
looking at Bullet indifferently.
"Kill... kill me..."
Bullet said with difficulty.
Xiu parted his lips slightly.
"Was it worth it?"
Bullet shuddered.
"I... I don't understand what you mean."
"Come on. None of your attacks against me
had any killing intent...
Although you concealed it well,
I still noticed.
You just wanted to die..."
Xiu looked at the silent Bullet,
shook his head, and continued,
"I imagine, if Roger is executed,
you'll have no one left to surpass...
Even though you know I'm stronger than Roger.
But he's the only one you want to surpass,
because he's the Pirate King!"
"So you wanted to use this method
to end your own life...
Am I right?"
Bullet said nothing for a long time.
When he raised his head again,
his eyes were filled with tears.
"Don't... say any more... Kill me!"
Xiu silently raised his right hand.
"Although you're a pirate guilty of heinous crimes,
I admire your dedication to Roger..."
"Go to hell in peace..."
"Perhaps there,
you'll find a new goal..."
"Fire Huan."
As Xiu's voice fell,
Bullet's body suddenly
erupted in endless azure flames.
But from that fierce face,
not a single scream emerged.
Instead, with a smile,
he closed his eyes forever...
Xiu watched that mass of human-shaped flames,
which soon turned to ashes and scattered in the breeze.
In a rare moment of reflection, Xiu remarked,
"Perhaps this is Roger's charm..."
Shaking his head, he left the deserted island.
Meanwhile,
with five days remaining until Roger's execution,
Kaido finally arrived at Whole Cake Island!
"Linlin... no, Big Mom,
why did you call me here in such a hurry?"
Kaido asked, drinking fine liquor from his gourd.
"Mamamama, Kaido,
that Marine who's been so famous lately,
you know him, don't you?"
Kaido thought back for a while before finally remembering.
"Ah, you mean that Era... Xiu?"
"That's right, him!"
"Besides killing Golden Lion,
did that Marine actually come looking for trouble with you too?"
Big Mom's expression instantly became extremely twisted.
"That bastard killed two of my sons!"
"Wororororo, Big Mom!
You have so many sons,
what does it matter if two die?"
There was nothing really wrong with what Kaido said,
except...
the ones killed were not ordinary sons!
"It's different, Kaido! He killed Daifuku and Oven!"
"My Bean Minister and Browned Minister!"
Hearing this, Kaido paused mid-drink,
moving the gourd away from his mouth.
"Oh? But that only proves
that the kid is no weakling."
Big Mom continued, "My second son,
the Flour Minister, Katakuri,
had half his body crippled!"
Now Kaido's interest was piqued.
As for Katakuri's strength,
Kaido was fairly familiar with it.
After all, Katakuri was
the leader of the Big Mom Pirate Crew's
[Sweet Commanders]!
"So? Big Mom, what are you planning to do?"
Just as Big Mom was about to answer,
Cracker walked in.
"Mama, that woman is here!"
PS: Almost three thousand flowers~ Ah, how lovely~
Another bonus chapter at seven hundred and fifty rating votes~ I'll definitely keep my word~
Send tips, bosses~ Even a little is fine~ (crying)