Katakuri's brow furrowed deeply.
"So the rumors were true—Uchiha Chiyu really does know everything… Even Cracker's secret, which barely anyone in the family knows, he already had it figured out and came prepared. What a terrifying man…"
Cracker's biscuit soldiers were practically a bug in the One Piece world. Only the force of Luffy's Gear Fourth could break them, which meant most opponents couldn't touch them at all.
Even if they were shattered, Cracker could instantly repair and regenerate them, creating an endless, self-replenishing army.
He wasn't exaggerating when he said he alone was a one-man force—an invincible one at that.
If Chiyu hadn't known the soldiers' weakness beforehand, fighting them head-on would've cost his Feathered Army dearly for no real gain. After all, they weren't even real people.
But now, with the soldiers drenched and softened by water, Chiyu's sword had cut through them with ease, shattering the Homies ships they stood on and dumping them into the sea—where they were utterly useless.
Cracker roared in fury. "Damn it! How did Uchiha Chiyu know my weakness?!"
He tried summoning more soldiers, but against Franky's water cannons and ship-mounted artillery, it was pointless. Enemy ships were blasted apart, and soaked biscuit soldiers fell by the dozens.
From the sidelines, Big News Morgans stared wide-eyed—then burst into excited shouts.
"Big news! This is big news! Uchiha Chiyu, living up to every bit of his reputation—seeing straight through Big Mom's vanguard and smashing one of the Sweet Commanders' blockades with ease! Incredible!"
Big Mom's fury erupted. "Uchiha Chiyu! KILL HIM!"
Over seventy of her children, including dozens of core fighters like Baron Tamago, surged forward in pirate ships, crashing toward the Feathered Army. The great battle—one destined for the history books—had begun.
Charlotte Linlin herself came straight for Chiyu.
"Uchiha Chiyu! You destroyed my giantification experiments, and now you dare come to me? You're dead!"
She swung one of her three greatest Homies—the Napoleon—unleashing a brutal slash. Big Mom had been born monstrously strong, able to kill a bear with a single punch at age five, and possessing a "steel balloon" body—invulnerable to blades, bullets, fire, and water unless her mental guard was down. Combined with the soul-controlling powers of her Soul-Soul Fruit, she was a monster in power, defense, and spirit alike.
Even Kaido's strength owed much to his Devil Fruit. Big Mom, by contrast, had been born a monster. Now she rode her thundercloud Homie Zeus high through the air, Napoleon flashing in her hands as she sent a slash hurtling toward Chiyu like a giant cannon shot.
Chiyu was ready. Enma whirled in his grip, and the two titanic forces met midair with an impact like the sky itself splitting apart. The shockwave deafened nearby fighters—some even collapsed, bleeding from the ears.
Chiyu stayed calm. In a flash, he transformed into lightning, soaring to meet her level in the sky. Her hair whipped wildly around her twisted, enraged face. Beside her burned Prometheus the sun, beneath her rumbled Zeus the thundercloud, and in her hands gleamed Napoleon.
"So, you control lightning?" she sneered. "You think I can't?"
With a roar, she unleashed Zeus's power. A colossal thunderbolt crashed down—enough to devastate anyone else. But Chiyu only smirked.
"Using lightning against me? You really aren't thinking straight, Charlotte Linlin."
He waved his hand, and the bolt turned docile in his palm. An awakened Rumble-Rumble Fruit user—every scrap of lightning was his plaything. Zeus shuddered in terror.
"Mom! I… I think he can take me over!"
Big Mom's eyes widened. "You stole my lightning?! Don't tell me your fruit is awakened!"
Chiyu didn't answer—just hurled the reclaimed thunder back at her. Zeus swallowed it on command, and Big Mom had him strike again.
"Thunder Drum!"
Lightning boomed in every direction—but Chiyu casually caught it all, crushed the Homie wills within, and snuffed it out. Zeus panted in panic.
"Mom! Stop using me—he's the real Thunder God!"
Realizing Zeus was useless here, Big Mom switched.
"Prometheus!"
The living sun roared to life, launching a blazing beam—"Stolen Fire!" Chiyu met it with lightning, and fire and thunder collided, filling the sky with blazing storm. Prometheus reeled from the clash.
"Useless!" Big Mom snarled. She poured ten times the power into him—
"Heavenly Fire!"
Prometheus exploded toward Chiyu, the blast swallowing him whole. The Feathered Army gasped—but when the flames faded, Chiyu still stood, untouched.
"What?!" Big Mom shouted.
"Is this all the great Yonko Big Mom can do?" Chiyu said coolly, deliberately goading her. Enraged past reason—when her mental guard dropped—her "steel balloon" defense would vanish.
"Die!" she screamed, swinging Napoleon in her ultimate sword technique:
"Elbaf's Spear—Weiguo!"
The colossal slash tore forward with unstoppable speed and power. Chiyu nodded slightly—worthy of a Yonko. Enough to kill anyone beneath that level.
But he swung Enma, unleashing his own peak technique—
"God—World-End!"
The two supreme slashes met in an apocalyptic clash. The sky itself seemed to rip apart; the sea below caved into a vast crater, water driven back to leave a temporary vacuum before roaring back in towering waves.
When the shock subsided, Chiyu was steady. Big Mom, pale and breathless, had been forced back—beaten not in raw strength, but in overall swordsmanship.
"Bastard! I'll make you pay!" She dove in on Zeus for close combat.
"Cognac—Hahaba!"
Fusing Prometheus's flames into Napoleon, the sword lengthened, grew jagged fangs, and burned like a demon from hell.
"God—Open the Heavens!" Chiyu met her head-on. The air between them turned into a maelstrom of blades, flame, and lightning.
"Mother's Flame!" Big Mom roared, pouring all of Prometheus into Napoleon for a blazing strike. Chiyu countered with "God—Demon Slayer." They traded blows like gods and devils locked in battle—yet it was clear Chiyu was pressing her, probing her limits.
Infuriated, she screamed, "How dare you look down on me! Taste this—
"Maser Ho!!!"
Channeling all three Homies—Zeus's lightning, Prometheus's fire, Napoleon's steel—she forged a seething ring of energy around her blade. With a roar, she fired a massive laser blast that fused lightning, flame, and sword aura into one ultimate attack.
Chiyu's eyes lit with interest. He answered with the awakened power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—
"Thunder God's Realm—Judgment of Sin!"