"Come and fight, White-haired Satoru Gojo!"
"If you want to attack Mama, you'll have to get past me first!"
Katakuri's deep eyes watched the clone of Satoru Gojo that had just attacked him. The outcome of their clash had not surprised him, because his Observation Haki was fully deployed. He had already foreseen the result of the clash between Great Fireball and Mochi Wall.
"Ha!"
Satoru Gojo's Clone No. 2 grinned, his expression turning dangerous.
"Then I'll grant your wish!"
Stomp!
Satoru Gojo's Clone No. 2 stamped on the ground, cracking it instantly. Coating his right hand in cursed energy and Armament Haki, he activated a derivative application of Blue for high-speed movement and suddenly charged toward Katakuri.
Satoru Gojo's clone moved too fast for the naked eye to follow, but Katakuri did not panic. His supremely refined Observation Haki had already detected the clone's trajectory.
His arm rapidly writhed, transforming into a massive fist coated in Armament Haki, which he slammed toward Satoru Gojo's Clone No. 2.
Katakuri's Observation Haki was undoubtedly among the best in the world. Even Satoru Gojo's original body did not possess Observation Haki of that caliber.
With his ability to briefly glimpse the future, he actually managed to fight Satoru Gojo's clone to a standstill for the moment. Of course, this was partly because the clone was not giving his all.
"Impossible!"
"Just one of Satoru Gojo's clones can fight Katakuri to a standstill! How are we supposed to deal with all his other clones?!"
The faces of the many members of the Big Mom Pirates grew grim when they saw Katakuri locked in a bitter struggle against just one of Satoru Gojo's clones.
Katakuri was second only to BIG MOM in strength among the Big Mom Pirates and was deeply revered by his brothers and sisters. If even Katakuri could not easily defeat Satoru Gojo's clone, who was going to deal with all the remaining clones?!
Many members of the Big Mom Pirates began to waver.
Were their Big Mom Pirates going to be wiped out today?
"The strength of Satoru Gojo's clones has its limits! Once his original body is destroyed, his clones will disappear! Brothers and sisters of the Big Mom Pirates, hold off Satoru Gojo's clones together! Our mama will kill Satoru Gojo for us and bring us victory!"
Charlotte Smoothie, one of the Sweet Commanders, sensed the wavering among the many members of the Big Mom Pirates and stepped forward to raise their morale.
"That's right! We still have Mama!"
"Mama will definitely defeat Satoru Gojo!"
BIG MOM was the true spiritual leader of the Big Mom Pirates. As long as she had not fallen, the Big Mom Pirates would not easily lose their will to fight.
Charlotte Smoothie drew her sword and pointed it at Satoru Gojo and his clones, saying with a fierce gaze,
"Which one of you will be my opponent?"
"Let me be her opponent!"
One of Satoru Gojo's remaining clones who had yet to act spoke up.
"Though I'm only a clone, you've seen that a clone isn't someone you can just defeat easily! Why not surrender now?"
Satoru Gojo's clone taunted her.
"The Big Mom Pirates have pirates who die fighting, not pirates who surrender! Let me see just how strong you really are!"
"Ha! You want to know how strong I am? Are you even capable of finding out?"
"Arrogant!"
Smoothie instantly charged forward, and Satoru Gojo's clone met her head-on.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Smoothie and Satoru Gojo's clone were instantly locked in battle.
And just as Cracker, Katakuri, and Smoothie each engaged one of Satoru Gojo's clones,
the remaining officers and ordinary members of the Big Mom Pirates also charged toward Satoru Gojo and his remaining clones.
Satoru Gojo's remaining clones blocked their attacks outright. Despite their overwhelming numerical advantage, they were still no match for his clones.
They were instantly driven into a perilous situation and could only struggle to hold on. If Satoru Gojo's clones had not been toying with them instead of using their full strength, they would have already been defeated.
"Lord Gojo is so... so powerful!"
Standing beside Satoru Gojo's original body, Koratt watched as Satoru Gojo held off every officer of the Big Mom Pirates except BIG MOM with nothing but his clones. Shaken, Koratt murmured in astonishment.
"So this is your strength?"
Even Rebecca, who had witnessed Satoru Gojo's battle with an Admiral, was deeply shaken at this moment. He alone had stopped the attacks of everyone in an Emperor's pirate crew except the Emperor herself, and his original body had not even acted!
Witnessing Satoru Gojo's battle of Emperors against the Big Mom Pirates at such close range, Rebecca once again truly felt how powerful he was!
Every officer of the Big Mom Pirates had joined the fight, leaving only BIG MOM herself.
Watching her officers struggle, she did not act, because the enemy's true commander stood opposite her. She narrowed her eyes, concentrating all her attention on Satoru Gojo's original body.
Clearly, she no longer held Satoru Gojo in any contempt. Without a doubt, he was an opponent who had already reached her level!
"Mama, mama! Your strength really does live up to your reputation, Satoru Gojo!"
"Since you know my reputation isn't empty, why not issue a public announcement apologizing to my country's citizens, then declare that your country will submit to mine?"
"Mama, mama! I merely said you were strong, and you want me to submit to you! It's been so long since I last fought that some people seem to have forgotten my fearsome reputation!"
BIG MOM laughed in her fury.
"In that case, let me see just what fearsome reputation you have as one of the Four Emperors!"
Satoru Gojo watched BIG MOM calmly, his arms folded across his chest, without a trace of reverence for an Emperor.
"You'll see. But as the price, I'll be taking your soul!"
The instant BIG MOM finished speaking, she thrust out her hand and seized the miniature sun floating beside her, turning it into a mass of scorching flames that wrapped around her arm.
"Heavenly Fire!"
Boom!
BIG MOM blasted the flames wrapped around her arm forward. The scorching fire roared past, instantly engulfing the area where Satoru Gojo's original body stood.
The area enveloped in flames exploded, leaving a huge, charred crater.
"Satoru Gojo!"
"Lord Gojo!"
Seeing Satoru Gojo take the flames head-on, Rebecca and Koratt cried out, breaking into a cold sweat for him.
"He didn't even try to block Mama's attack. He really has a death wish!"
The members of the Big Mom Pirates felt their spirits lift as they watched Mama's flames strike Satoru Gojo while he was completely undefended.
But at the sight that followed, they could no longer breathe a sigh of relief.
Step! Step! Step!
From within the area surrounded by flames, Satoru Gojo walked out, one step at a time, completely unscathed.
The flames had clearly reached him, yet they could not burn him to ashes!
He was clearly standing right there, yet he seemed to be in another space, beyond reach!
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