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"Mama!"

"Mama!"

"How is this possible... Mama actually..."

The officers of the Big Mom Pirates who were fighting, along with the ordinary members standing far away, too weak to join the battle, were either sensing the fight with Observation Haki or watching it directly from a distance.

They saw just how battered Big Mom had become in her battle with Satoru Gojo.

At the sight of the enormous wound in her arm, a bloody hole that looked as though a cannonball had punched straight through it, every member of the Big Mom Pirates showed shock they could not conceal.

In their memories, when had Big Mom ever suffered such a serious wound in battle?

Neither bullets nor cannons could harm Big Mom, even when imbued with Armament Haki. Even great pirates with fearsome reputations across the seas were powerless before her.

Yet now, in her confrontation with White-haired Satoru Gojo, she had suffered such a devastating injury so easily.

Big Mom's defenses had actually been broken! Satoru Gojo's strength was utterly terrifying!

"A very smart decision!"

Satoru Gojo stopped attacking with Red and folded his arms as he spoke.

If Big Mom had not evaded Red at the cost of a grievous injury to her arm, her heart would probably have been pierced by now.

Satoru Gojo's Red was already extremely fast. Although Observation Haki could detect its trajectory in advance, evading it still required a certain amount of speed.

Big Mom was not particularly fast to begin with. With Satoru Gojo firing Red repeatedly, and without Kizaru's incredible speed, dodging was practically impossible for her.

Her formidable constitution and strength as one of the Four Emperors had played a major part in her survival of that attack.

"Mama is in danger!"

Katakuri, the strongest of the Big Mom Pirates' Sweet Commanders, looked toward the place where Satoru Gojo and Big Mom were fighting, deep concern appearing in his eyes.

His Observation Haki had not foreseen Big Mom being gravely wounded by that move because he was too far away. Even he had been forced to keep his distance from Satoru Gojo and Big Mom's clash.

However, even if he had been close enough and his Observation Haki had foreseen that outcome, he could not have easily intervened to save her. Satoru Gojo's clone before him was no pushover; every movement could unleash enough power to destroy everything.

"Devil Fruit Awakening: Flowing Mochi!"

With a low shout, Katakuri activated the Mochi-Mochi Fruit's awakened ability and slapped his right hand against the ground. The ground and nearby buildings instantly began to writhe eerily, all turning into mochi.

The surrounding mochi instantly closed in on Satoru Gojo's clone from every direction, writhing as it moved to envelop his entire body.

Seeing that Satoru Gojo's clone was trapped, Katakuri no longer hesitated. He turned and dashed straight toward Big Mom.

Boom!

The mochi enveloping Satoru Gojo's clone instantly burst apart, sending chunks flying in every direction.

Free of the mochi, Satoru Gojo's clone looked at the fleeing Katakuri and immediately used Teleportation.

The clone teleported in front of Katakuri, folded his arms, and declared arrogantly:

"I'm your opponent. Where do you think you're going?"

Looking at Satoru Gojo's clone blocking his path, Katakuri was forced to stop and said:

"I need to get to another battlefield now. Could you please move aside?"

Despite saying please, Katakuri's hands did not stop moving.

"Flowing Mochi!"

He pressed his right hand against the ground and attacked again, intending to envelop Satoru Gojo's clone once more.

"No matter how many times you try the same move, the result will be the same!"

Although such a move had little effect on him, Satoru Gojo's clone did not want to keep getting caught in it pointlessly.

The clone leaped into the air to evade the attack, then clenched both fists and dove toward Katakuri.

His move having failed, Katakuri watched Satoru Gojo's clone charge toward him, coated his upper body in Armament Haki, and swung his fists to meet him head-on.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Their four fists collided relentlessly, producing a series of reverberating hums. Katakuri took multiple punches to his body, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. He had clearly sustained some injuries.

"Mama!"

"Damn it!"

Cracker, one of the Sweet Commanders, also cried out when he saw Big Mom gravely wounded. He wanted to shake off Satoru Gojo's clone in front of him and go to Big Mom's aid.

"Biscuit Soldiers!"

Cracker instantly created numerous Biscuit Soldiers, which surrounded Satoru Gojo's clone at his command.

Satoru Gojo's clone immediately used Teleportation, breaking out of the Biscuit Soldiers' encirclement and blocking Cracker's path.

"Bastard! Get out of my way!"

Cursing furiously, Cracker swung the longsword Pretzel in his hand at Satoru Gojo's clone.

Satoru Gojo's clone made no attempt to dodge. He calmly raised his right hand and extended his index finger, stopping Cracker's descending sword.

"What?!"

Seeing Satoru Gojo block his full-strength sword strike with a single finger, Cracker could not help showing disbelief.

Shadow Clone Jutsu had a major weakness: a shadow clone would disappear as soon as it was attacked.

But Satoru Gojo had no such weakness. His Limitless could block every attack, preventing any attack from even touching his body. Limitless combined with Shadow Clone Jutsu was practically unbeatable.

"Back off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Satoru Gojo's right index finger slid along the blade and tapped Cracker's body. As though struck by a heavy blow, Cracker was blasted away.

Pfft!

In midair, Cracker felt blood rise in his throat and spat out a mouthful.

Boom!

Cracker hit the ground with a tremendous crash.

"Do you want to go help her too?"

One of Satoru Gojo's clones spoke as he looked at Sweet Commander Smoothie before him.

"So what if I do?"

Even with her intentions exposed, Smoothie remained unshaken and openly admitted it.

"Unfortunately, you're not strong enough to do that!"

"How would I know without trying?"

"Then have it your way!"

The next instant, Satoru Gojo's clone appeared behind Smoothie and kicked at her.

Boom!

Smoothie was sent flying before she could even react.

With that, every Sweet Commander who wanted to provide support had been stopped. No one could come to Big Mom's aid now!