Chapter 53 – Tell Big Mom, "Thank You for the Three Sweet Commanders"
"Bang!"
Akira kicked the main door open.
Casually, he tossed the alluring "spoils of war" slung over his shoulder onto the living room sofa.
"N-No… no! Let me go!!"
Charlotte Smoothie—the Sweet Commander with a bounty of 932,000,000 Berries—
Now looked like a lamb awaiting slaughter, her face filled with humiliation and fear.
"So noisy."
Akira shot her an impatient glance.
"..."
In another corner of the living room—
Peach Rabbit, Gion, sat there with deep dark circles under her eyes, her expression hollow.
When she saw Akira… again… once again carrying a woman inside—
The blood vessel in her head labeled "common sense" nearly snapped.
"Another one?!"
Peach Rabbit's phoenix eyes, red and watery, glared fiercely at Akira.
"This bastard… is he even human anymore?!"
"He's… he's a lust-driven beast!!"
Her disgust and revulsion toward Akira skyrocketed once again.
Akira ignored the sharp, furious stare.
Right now, he was busy counting his "assets."
He contacted Doflamingo via Den Den Mushi.
"Mingo."
"Y-Yes! Yes! Lord Akira! What are your orders?!"
From the other end came Doflamingo's humble, respectful voice.
"How's the matter I asked you to handle?"
"It's done, Lord!"
Doflamingo's tone carried barely concealed excitement, mixed with a trace of bitterness.
"A-As instructed, I've 'cleaned up' the dozen Whitebeard Pirates' ships!"
"We found around… around 2.2 billion Berries worth of gold and jewels!"
"They've all been delivered to your villa's garage!"
"Mm, good work."
Akira ended the call.
He muttered to himself,
"That's another two billion Berries added."
"At this rate, money will never run out—no matter how much I spend!"
"System!"
"Convert it all into Berries!"
Akira shouted excitedly in his mind.
"Buy me two more sets of Armor of Will!!"
[Ding!]
[Assets reduced by 2,000,000,000 Berries.]
[Current remaining assets: 220,000,000 Berries.]
"Tch, another two billion gone."
Akira felt a slight sting of regret.
"But for training efficiency…"
"This investment is worth it!"
With a single thought, two brand-new sets of Armor of Will appeared in his hands.
Bang!
Casually, he tossed one set straight at Smoothie's face as she struggled on the sofa.
"Put this armor on."
"Otherwise, you won't survive the intensity of the next training session."
"Y-You're dreaming!!"
Smoothie screamed angrily.
Bang!
Akira didn't bother talking further. With a single swing of his hand, he knocked her out cold.
Then, he calmly fitted the Armor of Will onto Smoothie's body.
After that, he walked toward the corner of the living room.
Toward Peach Rabbit, who was staring at him with an icy expression.
Whoosh.
Akira lifted the second set of armor—still glowing faintly with "system" light—and waved it in front of Gion.
"..."
Gion's pupils shrank sharply!
She recognized that armor!
It was exactly the same as the one worn by Kaido's daughter, that armed woman, the so-called princess!
"Vice Admiral Gion."
The corner of Akira's mouth curved into a playful smile.
"You've been here quite a while, acting as a 'side listener.'"
"I assume you've learned a lot, haven't you?"
Gion's breath caught in her throat!
She recalled the scenes she had "seen" with her Observation Haki over the past few days—scene after scene that shattered her worldview!
After undergoing repeated training, Yamato and the others had experienced drastic changes in both physique and aura!
Even Yamato's current physical presence alone made Gion feel intimidated!
"I can tell you."
Akira's voice carried a tempting tone.
"This."
He shook the armor in his hand.
"This is the secret behind our limitless physical growth."
"..."
Gion's gaze trembled violently.
"A-Are you saying…"
Akira slowly approached. His three-meter-tall body cast an overwhelming shadow over her.
"You want to…"
"Join the 'training' too?"
"Grow stronger together?"
"Gain power beyond that of an Admiral?"
"Y-You're dreaming!!!"
Bang!!
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Gion exploded!
She slammed her hand on the table and stood up!
"I!!"
"I-I absolutely don't want that kind of filthy power!!"
Her beautiful face flushed red with shame and anger!
"Heh."
Akira smiled faintly.
He withdrew the armor.
"Suit yourself."
"One day, you'll be jealous."
After saying that, Akira no longer paid attention to the "stubborn" Marine Vice Admiral.
He turned around and lifted Smoothie's unconscious body.
"Bang!"
Akira kicked open the door to the master bedroom.
"Back to work!!"
"Wooooah!!"
Inside the room, Yamato, Baby-5, Viola, and Rebecca—fully "recovered"—
Burst in the moment they saw Akira carrying in a "new training partner"!
Their eyes ignited with a light even fiercer than Gion's!
"This is amazing!!"
Yamato charged forward first!
Brimming with excitement, she circled Smoothie twice!
"This woman is insanely strong!!"
A scream of joy echoed in Yamato's heart!
"Her physique and strength are way beyond Baby-5, Viola, and Rebecca!!"
"At this pace…"
"At this pace, I can finally stack layers at full power!!"
"Akira! Hurry!!"
Yamato couldn't wait any longer!
"Let's start right now!!"
"Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah!!"
Yamato's excited shouts filled the room!
…
Just as the five-times-efficiency "layer-stacking training" was about to begin—
"Wait."
Akira suddenly remembered something.
He stopped in place.
Leaving the room, he looked at Gion, who was still standing stiffly in the living room, hesitating whether to leave or stay.
"Oh right, Vice Admiral Peach Rabbit."
"What?!"
Gion looked at Akira warily.
"Do me a favor."
Akira smiled warmly.
"Tell Mingo."
"Have him send someone to Totto Land."
"Deliver a message to Big Mom."
"..."
Gion frowned.
"What message?"
"Just tell her this."
Akira thought for a moment.
"'Thank you for the gift.'"
"'I'm very satisfied with the Three Sweet Commanders you sent.'"
"'I've received them all.'"
"...?!!"
Gion's pupils shrank to pinpoints!!
"T-Three Sweet Commanders?!"
"That tall woman you just brought in—don't tell me…"
"Y-You…"
Gion suddenly turned her head, staring at the master bedroom in disbelief!
"The one you just carried in…"
"She… she's Charlotte Smoothie?!"
"Not just her."
Akira smiled.
"There are two more."
"One's named Katakuri, the other Cracker."
"They should be at the hospital by now, getting squeezed dry."
"..."
"..."
Gion was completely stunned, utterly speechless.
Her worldview was once again mercilessly shattered by Akira!
"T-Three Sweet Commanders…"
"A-All of them…"
"Defeated?!"
"Three top commanders with average bounties close to one billion Berries?!"
"Just like that…"
"Captured by him alone…"
Gion suddenly remembered that not long ago, the man known as the "Strongest Man in the World," Whitebeard, had been kicked by Akira and sent to the hospital.
"Even… even Whitebeard isn't his match…"
"Capturing a few Sweet Commanders…"
"Seems… it wouldn't be that difficult…"
Gion felt numb.
All the "common sense" she had believed in her entire life had been crushed to dust by that monster!
As her thoughts spiraled out of control—her gaze unconsciously drifted once more—
To the sealed set of Armor of Will lying quietly on the living room table.
"..."
"S-So… that thing…"
Gion swallowed hard.
"That armor…"
"Is what makes him and them… this strong?"
"If…"
"If I wore it…"
"If I joined that 'training' too…"
Smack!!
A sharp slap echoed!
Gion slapped herself hard across the face!
"Gion! Gion!!"
Her beautiful face instantly reddened with the handprint.
"You're a Marine Vice Admiral!!"
"How could you… how could you even think something so vile?!"
"This is terrifying!"
She didn't dare look at the armor again!
She was afraid—
Afraid that if she stared at it for even one more second, she would really put on that "demonic armor"!
"I…"
Gion suddenly stood up!
She had to leave this place!
"I'll deliver your message!"
She grabbed her famed blade Konpira and bolted out of the villa in a panic, as if fleeing for her life!
…
Akira watched Gion's back as it slowly disappeared.
The corner of his lips lifted into an almost imperceptible smile.
"Heh."
"She'll come begging again."
Akira turned around.
Bang!
He closed the master bedroom door.
"Alright, ladies."
"Our outsider has left."
"Our training…"
"Continues!!"
"Woooah—!!!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!"
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