Chapter 154 Flowing Emission! And Then——
In the end, it still came down to fighting.
Tesoro couldn't help but look at Brett's back.
Are you okay, Brett?
These two guys were both notorious monsters of the New World.
Brett looked at Cracker holding his sword and Katakuri whose gaze was growing increasingly sharp, his expression quite calm.
As he'd said, now was different from a year ago.
"Are you sure you want to fight me on this joyous day?"
Brett smiled.
"That's exactly why we chose this place. Even if we fight, it won't disturb Mama or ruin her mood."
Cracker grinned as his biscuit soldier clapped its hands, sending many biscuit crumbs flying in all directions.
Then these biscuit crumbs combined together, forming biscuit soldiers that directly surrounded Brett's group of three.
A year ago, when Brett saw this move from Cracker, he would have felt enormous pressure in his heart.
But now he just felt it was manageable.
"But don't worry, Brett,"
Cracker's voice was full of bloodthirst and cruelty, "Today is a wedding day, so Mama has no intention of killing you. She just specifically instructed us to make you change your mind."
"You still have a chance to answer the question I asked earlier, Brett."
Katakuri's right hand was melting, and a long trident emerged from within it.
After a Paramecia Devil Fruit awakens, it can affect surrounding objects.
Katakuri's habit was to turn his weapons into mochi and store them directly inside his body.
The sharp tip of the trident gleamed coldly, and its invisible aura made Tesoro's expression extremely grave.
"Haven't I already answered?"
Brett said, "I want to speak with Big Mom personally."
When dealing with wolves and tigers, the more gentle your attitude, the more you invite contempt.
A tougher attitude might be more likely to gain recognition, especially when you possess overwhelming strength to match that tough attitude.
"Hahahaha, I have to say, I actually quite admire your arrogant attitude, Brett!!"
Cracker suddenly burst into loud laughter, "That attitude can get you killed!"
His voice turned cold, and the ground shook.
The biscuit soldiers collectively stepped forward, their massive biscuit greatswords simultaneously slashing toward Brett.
They didn't target Tesoro, only directing their attacks at Brett alone.
They still had some honor among thieves.
To be honest, Cracker's ability was quite troublesome.
Although they were biscuits, the strength of the biscuit soldiers he created far exceeded steel.
Even Straw Hat's Gear Third couldn't shatter them.
More troublesome was that as long as he had stamina, he could continuously create them.
Brett felt that Cracker, ranked third among the Sweet Commanders, was definitely much stronger than Jack, who was ranked third among the All-Stars, even though his bounty was still lower than that guy's.
Even if it weren't for his weakness of fearing pain being too enormous, his strength might not be much inferior to Katakuri's.
But he wasn't invincible either.
Lightning.
Brilliant lightning instantly burst forth from Brett's body.
Electric current propulsion at full power.
The biscuit soldiers simply couldn't keep up with Brett's current speed.
As his body flickered forward like a phantom, Brett thought this might be an opportunity.
He had reached the front of the biscuit soldier controlled by Cracker's main body.
But at that very instant, the ground beneath his feet melted into sticky mochi that surged upward, about to swallow Brett completely in the next moment.
The awakening of Paramecia types was annoying in this way—they could manipulate terrain and instantly turn the battlefield into their home ground.
However, he could hear everything clearly.
The mochi waves formed from the ground couldn't match Brett's speed at all. Trailing flickering electricity, he shot skyward and swept his right leg downward.
"Ripple Blade."
Electric current, moisture, and Haki—the three-in-one Ripple Blade instantly flew from Brett's leg, expanding to an exaggerated scale the moment it cut through the air, like a blade used by gods to split heaven and earth as it slashed downward.
"This guy's so fast!"
Cracker roared in great displeasure.
Speed wasn't his strong point—otherwise in the original story, he wouldn't have been entangled with Straw Hat and Nami for so long without being able to break through Straw Hat's defense to deal with Nami, who kept making it rain and limiting his ability.
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The biscuit armor raised its shield, and jet-black Haki instantly coated it.
Hiss!
The next instant, that massive and magnificent slash fell, landing on Cracker's raised biscuit shield.
Where the slash and shield clashed, brilliant sparks seemed to burst forth.
The shield was cracking, slowly caving inward bit by bit. Even hard biscuit plus powerful Haki couldn't block it easily.
But even though it was difficult, it still managed to block it.
"Get the hell back!!"
Cracker roared, exerting force with his shield-bearing hand and forcibly shattering the slash.
However, as the slash shattered, a bolt of lightning crashed down from the sky.
Brett stepped on air as steadily as if it were solid ground.
With each step his speed increased, like thunder crashing down from the heavens above.
"Cracker, be careful!!"
But Cracker wasn't fighting alone.
Katakuri swung his right leg, and his already long right leg extended and expanded like a whip.
The special Paramecia Mochi-Mochi Fruit allowed Katakuri not only to create mochi, but also to turn his own body into mochi.
In just an instant, his right leg swept toward Brett like a massive black pillar.
He had already seen the future.
Although Brett was fast, he couldn't be faster than foresight.
However, the future changed.
Brett deflected in mid-air, easily avoiding Katakuri's strike, then stepped on air again to fall downward, already landing heavily on Cracker.
"Electric Current Propulsion - Murage Cannon!!"
Boom!!
Like destroying rotten wood.
The iron fist wrapped in invisible fluctuations crashed down.
The biscuit shield shattered, and the indestructible biscuit armor also cracked instantly.
Crack.
From within the exploding biscuit armor, Cracker's body rapidly retreated backward.
He gritted his teeth, "This guy!!"
Speed, strength, Haki—all had improved tremendously compared to a year ago!
A year ago this guy could already break his biscuit armor, and now it seemed even easier!
Brett stood in place, clenching his right hand.
The feeling was coming.
"Cracker, step back."
Katakuri stepped forward, "Leave this guy to me."
If his biscuit armor wasn't broken, then this brother of his was very powerful.
But if he couldn't protect himself, just taking one punch would probably make Cracker scream and pass out from pain.
He absolutely had no chance of winning against this kid.
Because, this guy Brett could indeed see the future just like himself!
"But—"
Cracker still wanted to say something.
"This is my decision." Katakuri didn't look back.
"...I understand."
Cracker retreated backward extremely displeased.
"You want to talk with Mama?"
Katakuri raised the trident in his hand, and the surrounding ground and trees instantly turned into white mochi, beginning to surge like ocean waves.
"Let me see if you have the qualifications."
The mochi waves were already surging toward Brett.
But it was meaningless. After eating a loss at Doflamingo's place once before, Brett had already found a countermeasure.
Stepping on air to shoot skyward, he leisurely walked in the air while the surging mochi waves on the ground couldn't reach him at all.
Then Brett once again crashed toward Katakuri like a meteor.
"Peerless Donuts!"
Katakuri clenched his left fist, and dozens of translucent mochi rings instantly rose behind him.
"Muso Mochi Gin!!"
From each of those mochi rings, jet-black mochi fists burst forth in the next instant.
The speed, power, and quantity were all at heart-stopping levels, instantly sweeping toward Brett like a storm.
"This guy's finished."
Watching Cracker sneered coldly.
Brother Katakuri had gotten serious. This bastard had no chance of winning.
Tesoro, who was outside the battlefield, remained quite calm.
He knew Brett still had his ultimate killing move—the King's Punch.
This time Brett didn't dodge. He took a deep breath, concentrated his attention, and both hands turned jet black with invisible fluctuations wrapped around them.
Wasn't this exactly what Rayleigh had mentioned—the optimal moment for battle?
Fist met fist!
Boom boom boom boom boom!!
Thunder continuously exploded in this forest, with jet-black lightning radiating in all directions!
Brett's smile grew more brilliant. Each collision of fists let him feel the rhythm of Armament Haki.
The Armament Haki that had still been somewhat lifeless gradually became vivid through these repeated exchanges.
The invisible fluctuations wrapped around Brett's arms became increasingly obvious, now radiating a deep blue luster like the ocean.
All previous accumulation became nourishment at this moment, finally allowing the seed of Haki to bloom and bear fruit!
Pop!
The next instant, a mochi fist flying toward Brett exploded.
Then came the second one.
The third!
"Is that all?"
Brett laughed loudly.
At this moment, his Haki could flow freely as he wished.
Swinging a sledgehammer had finally become firing a cannon!
He could now easily smash Katakuri's mochi fists to pieces.
"This is—"
Katakuri's expression changed.
Could it be that this guy had actually been hiding his power all along, only now finally unleashing his full strength?
"Don't be ridiculous!"
Katakuri launched himself up, "Mochi Thrust!!"
The trident merged into his right hand, and his right arm twisted like a pretzel.
When this rotation reached its limit, the accumulated power was released, and the trident thrust toward Brett like a drill.
Brett showed no fear.
"Electric Current Propulsion - Oni Gawara Seiken!!"
Now that it could flow, let's try internal destruction.
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