Beating Up the Ship-Ramming King

Jack was deeply shocked. He stared at the white giant and roared:

"Who are you?"

"The Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony, Nika."

Nika grinned:

Hello, Fish-Man.

Chapter 242 Beating Up the Shipowner

The Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony?

Jack's face darkened. Those outside the intelligence network who possessed titles were not to be underestimated.

"It was you... What exactly is the purpose of the Seven Deadly Sins?"

He paused, recalling the previous assassination attempt on the general, and spoke in a cold voice:

"Hunting Devil Fruit?"

"What did you say, Fish-Man?"

Nika grabbed Jack and pulled him up in front of her.

Countless citizens of the Flower Capital looked up at the giant, when suddenly the white giant appeared and smashed the General's Mansion with a single blow, a scene that left everyone stunned.

After a brief silence, the civilians who lived near the general's mansion screamed and scrambled to flee the area around the mansion.

"Stop playing dumb! You killed Kurozumi Orochi, and shortly after, your organization's Envy gained Yamata no Orochi's power. What else could it be but Devil Fruit?"

Jack sneered.

This was the conclusion reached by the All-Stars after their discussion: the Seven Deadly Sins had no grudge against Kurozumi Orochi, so there must have been a motive for suddenly killing him, right?

Combined with the Envy that Kuranos revealed afterward, they could easily guess the truth.

"Although I don't know what methods you used, there's no doubt that your ultimate goal is the Devil Fruit!"

Nika scratched his head as he listened. He wasn't even born when the Seven Deadly Sins launched their operation last time, so how would he know the details?

However, this Fish-Man was surprisingly quick-witted, even though Wolf Brother had told him when he arrived that he was just a crude and uncouth brute.

Just then, Jack in his hand suddenly swelled up, his thick, brownish-gray fur covering his entire body.

In an instant, his arms and torso bulged, opening up Nika's palm.

Its nose protrudes outward, transforming into a long elephant trunk, and a pair of huge tusks curl outward from between its jaws.

"Roar!"

A roar erupted from the mammoth's mouth, the piercing sound causing Nika to frown.

Why are you shouting so loudly? You're disturbing me.

Nika angrily threw the mammoth to the ground.

With a loud bang!

A giant crater exploded in the streets of the Flower Capital, but the mammoth seemed unaffected, shaking its head and quickly standing up.

"Hmph, who do you think I am? A member of the Seven Deadly Sins, I'm worth killing!"

Zoan, Elephant-Elephant Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Mammoth Form!

Jack charged forward with a powerful stride, like a walking mountain, heading straight for the white giant.

In his beast form, he was about 5 meters tall at the shoulder, a colossal figure to ordinary people, but compared to the hundred-meter-tall white giant, he was merely a tiny insect.

Bang!

The mammoth rammed its head into Nika's right foot, its tusks, coated in Armament Haki, thrusting out fiercely.

However, the imagined scene of piercing the opponent and knocking the giant to the ground did not occur.

A pair of ivory tusks seemed to have touched a soft ball, sinking deeply into it.

The next moment, a strong elastic force came.

"What!?"

Jack's pupils contracted sharply, and his massive body was violently pushed away by the rebounding force.

Boom!

The mammoth flew backwards, passing through several streets, straight out of the Flower Capital, and landed in the wilderness outside the city.

"Hahaha, are you kidding me, Fish-Man?"

Nika laughed heartily, then leaped high into the air, jumping out of the Flower Capital, and stomped hard on Jack in the wilderness.

Jack flew out of the Flower Capital, fell into the wilderness, and rolled hundreds of meters away on the ground.

He was horrified, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Even if it were a mountain, I should have smashed it to pieces, yet I couldn't even budge that guy!?"

He couldn't understand why his Armament Haki couldn't break through the opponent's defense, even though the opponent was clearly unprepared.

Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and tough; he simply shook his trunk and stood up again.

But the next moment, a white figure descended from the sky.

"White Stamp!"

With a powerful stomp of his giant right foot, Jack's defense and destructive power increase dramatically in beast form, but his movement speed slows down.

There was no time to dodge.

Armament Haki - Hardening!

Jack, with unwavering stubbornness, snorted coldly, focused all his Armament Haki on his head, and deliberately met the giant's kick head-on.

Thump!

In an instant, black lightning flashed.

After a brief collision, the mammoth was crushed into the ground.

Amidst a deafening roar, the ground collapsed dozens of meters, triggering an earthquake that directly impacted the nearest Flower Capital.

Countless buildings shook and collapsed, and the General's Mansion was reduced to ruins.

The strong tremors even traveled hundreds of kilometers away, startling countless birds and animals in the mountains and forests.

Nika's right foot sank into the ground, and he lowered his head, saying:

"I heard from Wolf Brother that you're called 'Drought,' because the places you attack turn into barren wastelands, like Drought sweeping across the land, leaving everything withered and lifeless... Is that all the strength you've got?"

This doesn't match the rumors.

The Flower Capital, atop the torii gate at the city entrance.

Lycaon sat cross-legged, cradling the dog's head in one hand, and exclaimed speechlessly:

"Is it possible, Lord Gluttony, that you're just too strong?"

"Yeah?"

Nika was skeptical.

He had just Awakening his consciousness and immediately got into a fight with his master, but was severely beaten.

Nika pulled his right leg out of the ground and looked up into the deep pit.

"Hey, Fish-Man, are you still alive?"

The mammoth lay in the deep pit, covered in blood. He staggered to his feet, head held high, his eyes filled with shock.

Thankfully, he was Zoan - Ancient Zoan user, otherwise he would have lost consciousness from that kick.

"This guy's attack power is practically on par with Kaido!"

Jack was deeply shocked. While he was thinking, he lost his balance. The mammoth's huge body staggered and transformed back into human form.

"Oh, so you're still alive? That's good."

Nika grinned, squatted down beside the giant footprint he had made, and shouted to Jack at the bottom of the pit:

"Hey, let me ask you, your Beasts Pirates have occupied Wano Country for so many years, do you even know where the Ancient Weapon, Pluton, is located in this country?"

"What did you say?"

Jack's expression changed drastically, and in his agitation, he clutched his chest and coughed up blood, "Where did you get this information from!"

"So you do know something after all."

Nika's eyes lit up, and he reached into the footprints to pull the heavily injured Jack out.

"Tell me, where is Pluton?"

Once again held in his palm, Jack stared intently at Nika's innocent and naive face, gritting his teeth as he said:

"The Ancient Weapon Pluton, is this your true objective?"

"Ugh, you're talking too much nonsense. I just want to know where Pluton is, can't you just tell me honestly?"

At that moment, a figure stepped through the air and landed on Nika's arm.

Jack then realized that the other party had companions present, and when he saw Lycaon's face clearly, his expression changed drastically:

"It's you, you kobold!"

"Bang!"

Lycaon kicked the guy, baring his teeth and yelling, "Wolf! Idiot!"

After kicking, he chuckled again:

"We meet again, Drought Bro. Your Kaido isn't in Wano Country, is he? You don't want to wait until your Kaido returns to find the Beasts Pirates wiped out by us, do you?"

What a blatant threat!

Jack was speechless. Based on Gluttony's fighting prowess, unless Kaido returned, no one in the Beasts Pirates would be his match.

Even the Wildfire, Ash, won't work.

What's more, there's also a kobold.

This guy's strength is not to be underestimated either; his defense is practically invincible. Kaido couldn't break through his defense when they fought last time.

"If your goal is Ancient Weapons, then you're going to be disappointed," Jack said with a sneer.

"Bang!"

Lycaon kicked again, saying impatiently, "I'm just asking where you are?"

"It doesn't matter if I tell you, that thing simply can't be started."

Jack spat out blood and said, "See the mountain behind you? It's at the bottom of that mountain."

Upon hearing this, Lycaon and Nika both turned around to look.

In the distance, a towering mountain stands on the earth, its peak sharp and steep, like a sword blade emerging from the ground.

"Where is Pluton located?"

"It's inside the mountain!"

Jack scoffed, "That mountain is called Mount Fuji. Perhaps you don't know, but the present-day Wano Country is only a small part of the ancient Wano Country. When I say 'below the mountain,' I mean the ancient Wano Country period."

Nika didn't understand at all, so she could only look at Lycaon.

Lycaon stroked his chin, mentally constructing a picture.

In ancient times, the altitude of Wano Country was not as high as it is now; it was basically level with the sea.

To avoid war, the ancient Wano Country built high walls around the island.

As time passed, rainwater accumulated inside the walls, forcing the people of Wano Country to relocate to higher ground and establish the new Wano Country, which is the area they now stand in.

The so-called "higher place" refers to Mount Fuji.

"Oh, I understand!"

Nika Satori: "So, the current Wano Country is actually built on the mountainside of Mount Fuji? What we see at the foot of the mountain is actually the mountainside, and the location of Pluton is actually much lower, at the bottom of the Wano Country Sea, where the real mountain base is."