Chapter 51 – The Three Head Chefs of the Worker Cattle Canteen
The three Sweet Commanders finally, officially, set foot on the land of Dressrosa.
The sight before them made all three freeze in shock.
"H-Hey… hey… is this really Dressrosa?!"
Cracker rubbed his eyes hard, his face filled with disbelief.
"Is this some kind of joke?!"
"Where did Joker Doflamingo's toy houses go?! Where's the SMILE factory?!"
"Everything's gone?!"
"Why is there nothing but stone everywhere?!"
Smoothie frowned deeply, her long legs stiffening slightly.
"Could this be Pica's ability?"
"Is it possible that Doflamingo is still alive?"
Katakuri remained silent.
His powerful Observation Haki—capable of glimpsing short fragments of the future—had already spread across the entire island.
However.
The future he "saw"…
Was nothing but chaos.
"The aura on this island… is far too chaotic."
For the first time, a deep sense of unease settled in Katakuri's heart.
"There's something here… something truly terrifying."
He "saw" a presence whose pressure alone made his heart tremble.
At that moment—
The three of them followed the main road that had just been "reconstructed" by Pica, heading deeper inland.
Suddenly—
Katakuri stopped.
He turned sharply, his gaze locking onto a massive "construction zone" near the harbor.
There—
More than ten huge pirate ships of various shapes and designs lay scattered randomly across the land!
"T-That is…"
Smoothie's pupils shrank violently.
"The Whitebeard Pirates' flag?!"
"The Moby Dick!!!"
Cracker shouted, his face turning deathly pale.
The legendary whale-shaped ship—
Now lying here… like discarded trash?!
The three of them approached carefully.
And what they discovered made their blood run cold.
Dozens of ships belonging to the Whitebeard Pirates—
All of them were stranded on land.
Not docked.
Rather…
It was as if they had been forcibly dragged ashore by some overwhelming, irresistible power!
The hulls were still intact.
But—
"On the ships…"
Katakuri's voice dropped to a whisper.
"There isn't a single person."
Smoothie's body began to tremble faintly.
She inhaled the air around her.
"There's the smell of blood…"
"But…"
"Where are they?!"
"Where did all the Whitebeard Pirates go?!"
"A pirate crew on Whitebeard's level…"
Cracker's voice was now filled with undisguised fear.
"To abandon their own ships?!"
"The entire crew…"
"Could it be that… everyone was wiped out?!"
An oppressive dread—
Instantly crept up from the soles of the three Sweet Commanders' feet to the tops of their heads.
"Katakuri-nii-san!!"
Smoothie finally couldn't hold it in any longer!
Her voice trembling, she shouted,
"Let's go!!"
"We need to leave this place immediately!!"
"Yeah!"
Cracker panicked as well. "This island… it's too abnormal!!"
"The Whitebeard Pirates… might have been completely annihilated!!"
Katakuri fell silent.
His once-steady heart was now pounding wildly.
His unrivaled Observation Haki—
For the first time, tasted something called fear.
He couldn't see it.
He couldn't see the being responsible for all of this!
"Retreat!!"
Katakuri made a snap decision!
Without hesitation, he turned sharply!
The three of them prepared to flee back toward the harbor!
But—
The moment they turned around.
A flat voice, carrying a hint of casual amusement—
Suddenly rang out softly behind them.
"You three."
"You've already come this far."
"If you just leave like that…"
"Aren't you underestimating me a bit, Akira?"
"!!!"
The hair on the backs of the three Sweet Commanders' necks stood on end!
Katakuri's Observation Haki only detected Akira's presence at the exact moment he spoke!
"So fast!!"
"Since when was he…?!"
Katakuri's heart slammed violently in his chest!
He didn't dare hesitate for even a fraction of a second!
He didn't even have time to properly glimpse the future!
The pressure of threat emanating from this man…
Was far too terrifying!
He spun around violently, coating his arm in Conqueror's Haki!
And unleashed the fastest attack of his life!
"Mochi Blockade: Thrust!!!"
His invincible mochi arm transformed into a savage trident-like spear!
Piercing straight toward Akira's heart!
A preemptive strike—
One meant to end in certain death!
However—
Akira merely looked at him calmly.
"Seeing the future?"
"Too slow."
Smack——!!!!
A devastating slap!
Louder than a sonic boom!
Akira's palm—
Wrapped in a monstrous slapping force amplified five hundred times through a draw!
The attack came later—
Yet arrived first!
Its speed—
So fast that even Katakuri's proud Observation Haki…
Couldn't capture it!
"I-I… I didn't even… see it?!"
Katakuri's pupils shook violently at that moment!
Bang!
Akira's palm struck Katakuri's face with flawless precision!
An indescribably terrifying force—
Shattered his Armament Haki!
Crushed his mochi defenses!
Destroyed every ounce of his pride!
Boom——!!!!
The strongest Sweet Commander of the Big Mom Pirates!
The man with a bounty of 1,057,000,000 Berries!
Charlotte Katakuri!
At this very moment—
Was slammed into the ground by a single slap from Akira!
From head to toe, buried deep into the earth like a driven stake!
Ugh…
Katakuri was instantly gravely injured!
The head he had always taken pride in—
Was embedded deeply into the rocky ground.
Only the back of his head remained visible.
With an expression of utter disbelief—
He lost consciousness.
"..."
"..."
"Katakuri-nii-san!!!"
Cracker and Smoothie were completely frozen!
Their minds were utterly blank!
W-What… what did they just witness?!
Their strongest, most invincible pillar?!
Katakuri… defeated with a single slap?!
"You bastard!!!!"
After a brief silence, Cracker roared, fury mixed with overwhelming fear!
"I'll fight you to the death!!"
He clapped his hands together in panic!
Activating his strongest ability!
"Biscuit Soldiers!!"
"Biscuit Armor!!"
Boom——!
Countless biscuit soldiers, armed with sharp weapons, surged out of the ground like a tidal wave!
At the same time—
A layer of "impenetrable" biscuit armor rapidly enveloped Cracker's entire body!
"Huh, the rations for the worker cattle finally arrived."
Akira looked cheerfully at the hundreds—no, thousands—of "biscuit soldiers."
He ignored the soldiers charging at him.
The warriors claimed to be harder than steel—
The moment they collided with Akira's body—
Crack! Crack!
Like eggs smashing against rock, they shattered into pieces!
Akira stepped forward.
In an instant, he stood before Cracker, clad in Biscuit Armor.
"Too fragile."
"But this level of hardness…"
"If the worker cattle chew it slowly, it's decent for training their teeth."
Smack——!!!!
Another slap!
Crack——!!!!
The "hard" Biscuit Armor Cracker took such pride in—
Under Akira's absolute destructive force—
Was no different from real biscuits—
Shattering completely!
Boom!!
Cracker's real body, along with the biscuit fragments flying through the air—
Was smashed into the ground by a single slap from Akira!
And neatly buried right beside Katakuri.
Two brothers.
Lined up perfectly.
"..."
At the harbor—
Only Smoothie remained.
Her long legs trembled violently!
Her two older brothers—
Two Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates!
Both crushed by this man with just one slap?!
"Damn it!!"
Smoothie fell into utter despair!
The strongest survival instinct she had ever felt erupted within her!
She dared not hold back any longer!
"Wring-Wring Fruit!"
"Awakening!!"
"Juice Giant!!!"
BOOM——!!
She slammed both palms into the ground!
Frenziedly absorbing all the liquid around her!
The newly repaired stone from Pica!
The shattered biscuit soldiers!
Her body expanded rapidly!
Thirty meters!
Fifty meters!
Eighty meters!
Nearly one hundred meters!
A terrifying giant formed from "muddy liquid" towered over the harbor!
"Die——!!!!"
Smoothie screamed!
A mountain-sized palm, carrying the power to destroy everything, slammed down toward Akira from above!
However—
Akira simply raised his head.
Staring at the nearly hundred-meter-tall juice giant.
In his eyes—
There wasn't the slightest hint of seriousness.
Instead—
There was excitement!
"Oh? This is impressive!"
Akira's heart filled with delight!
"This form…"
"If I use it to train AOW, every time you transform, you should be able to produce plenty of layers, right?"
His gaze shifted to the pair of long legs formed from juice.
"And those long legs aren't bad either."
"They're long enough—there should be lots of poses for stacking layers."
In Akira's mind, the thought of taking her back to "train" emerged.
Facing the giant palm about to strike him—
He made a decision.
"This one… can't be destroyed."
Akira slowly extended a single finger.
At its tip—
A faint layer of Armament Haki wrapped around it.
Boom!
Akira's body vanished instantly!
He reappeared before the juice giant's chest.
Thump——!!
With one finger—
Akira pressed lightly.
"Eh?"
Smoothie's giant form suddenly froze!
She felt—
An invisible, horrifying, irresistible force!
In an instant—
It crushed the very core of her existence!
Psshhh——!!!!
The massive body collapsed like a balloon pierced by a needle!
Billions of tons of juice mixed with mud and biscuit fragments rained down like a storm!
Soaking the two "older brothers" who had just been buried!
"I-I also…"
Smoothie's real body fell helplessly from the sky.
Akira caught her with one hand.
Then casually slung the long-legged, voluptuous Sweet Commander over his shoulder.
"Hmm, not a bad harvest."
Akira nodded in satisfaction.
"The three head chefs of the Worker Cattle Canteen."
"All accounted for."
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