Chapter 127: Caesar from the Heart
Dressrosa, Underground Trading Port
"Sir Jack, I am a descendant of the Kurozumi Clan. I was an undercover agent sent by Lord Orochi into the Kozuki Clan. The child in my hands now is Kozuki Oden's son, Kozuki Momonosuke. Please help me bring him back to Wano Country so that Lord Orochi can execute him personally," Kanjuro declared as he held Momonosuke.
"Kozuki Oden's son? The one from the prophecy?" Jack stared at the trembling boy in Kanjuro's arms. "No problem. Take him to Wano. Lord Kaido wants to meet him. I'll handle things here."
"Then I'll leave this to you, Jack," Kanjuro nodded, then flew off on a bird drawn with his Devil Fruit ability, taking Momonosuke with him.
"Kanjuro!" Kin'emon and Raizo gritted their teeth, their expressions twisted in helpless anger as they watched Momonosuke being taken away.
"Raizo, I'll hold Jack off. You must escape and find a way to rescue our lord. I'm already wounded, so this duty falls to you," Kin'emon said.
"Kin'emon…" Raizo's heart ached, but he knew Kin'emon was right. He had the better chance to escape.
"Go!" Kin'emon shouted as he charged at Jack, swords in both hands.
"Foxfire Style!"
His flaming blade slashed through the air toward Jack. Despite his injuries, Kin'emon fiercely engaged the towering Beast Pirate.
"We must fulfill Lord Oden's final wish. Don't die, Kin'emon!" Raizo whispered as he turned and ran, tears in his eyes.
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Meanwhile, in another section of the trading port, the Spade Pirates and Donquixote Family were still locked in battle. With the arrival of Law and Cacus, the tide turned. All of Doflamingo's executives were defeated—except Caesar Clown.
Cornered, Caesar summoned his pet: Smiley—the creature created from the poisonous gas leak at Punk Hazard. Caesar had compressed the H2S gas into a gel and fed it the Axolotl Zoan-type artificial Devil Fruit, giving it a Salamander-like form. Smiley was now a poisonous, shapeshifting entity immune to physical attacks. Contact with fire or high heat caused it to explode and release toxic gas.
"What the hell is that?! Our attacks don't even scratch it," Skar growled, frustrated.
It was a nightmare opponent: immune to damage, able to poison on contact, and capable of explosive detonation.
"Smiley, show them your power!" Caesar cackled proudly atop the beast.
"Roarrr!" Smiley surged forward, forcing everyone to scatter.
"Vores, it's weak to water! Use water attacks!"
Ace's voice rang out from above.
"Captain Ace!"
The Spade Pirates' morale surged.
"F-Fire Fist Ace?!" Caesar turned pale. He vividly remembered Ace's rampage through Punk Hazard.
"Why are you here?! Where's Joker?!" Caesar shouted.
"Dead," Ace answered.
"D-Dead?!" Caesar's mind went blank. "Without Doflamingo, Big Mom and Kaido will both come for me. I'm finished!"
Wores took the opportunity to splash water on Smiley.
"ROARRRGH!"
Smiley howled in pain.
"Smiley! Take your feed!" Caesar panicked and pulled out the special 'candy' that would trigger Land of the Dead—a thick purple gas that paralyzes and corrodes flesh upon contact.
But just as Caesar was about to toss the candy in:
"Caesar. Feed him, and I'll kill you."
Ace's cold voice froze him in place. His eyes met Ace's, filled with murderous intent and the overwhelming pressure of Haoshoku Haki.
Caesar's legs buckled. He dropped the candy.
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