Napoleon's blade was also wrapped with flames from another Homie, "Prometheus."
This was Big Mom's "Emperor Sword: Cognac."
Earlier, she had fought Naruto to a standstill a month ago using this giant blade wrapped with Conqueror's Haki and sun flames.
Facing a blade body even larger than himself, Naruto had no intention of dodging.
The palm he held in front of him instantly transformed into a blade, and his five fingers also became transparent like Musōkō.
Then, the same Conqueror's Haki wrapped around it.
Musō: Dragon Capture.
This time, Naruto's palm transformed into a dragon claw, simultaneously using his own "Musō-ryu Swordsmanship" and the Revolutionary Army's "Dragon Claw Fist."
His fingers tightly gripped the space around Napoleon, countless slashes mixed with Wind Release chakra rapidly cutting and wearing away the opponent's flames and Haki from between his finger gaps.
Both sides' Conqueror's Haki frantically collided and compressed against each other at this moment, causing the surrounding environment to completely crack and scatter.
After one strike, neither had won. Both fighters stepped back, reassessing each other with new respect.
Big Mom wiped sweat from her brow, studying Naruto's transformed hand with sharp eyes. "Kid... did you also eat a Devil Fruit?"
Big Mom looked at Naruto's right hand that had transformed into a blade, her eyes narrowing, the fat on her face piling up together.
She held the sword with one hand while extending her other hand into the nearby cloud Homie "Zeus."
Then a torrent of lightning shot toward Naruto.
The electric current hit Naruto at a speed far beyond normal human reaction... his skin?
No, more precisely, it hit the bubble film covering Naruto's skin surface, covered with Haki.
Although it was instantly destroyed by the lightning strike, that resin coating originally used for ship diving successfully conducted the electrical current to the ground.
"What a convenient ability..."
If we're talking about ability convenience, your Soul-Soul Fruit isn't lacking either, Big Mom.
Naruto complained internally but maintained a smile on his face.
"I just didn't want to ruin my clothes. Don't be so angry, Big Mom."
"Shut up, kid! Don't think you can fool me just because you have some strength. I'm an Emperor of the Sea!"
With Big Mom's bellow, waves of pressure swept outward, her Conqueror's Haki making the very air tremble around them.
"Wait, wait, wait!"
Naruto suddenly withdrew his hand and made a pause gesture.
You know what, Big Mom was actually a decent person when she wasn't having a "hunger pang," so she really did stop when she saw this.
"How come I don't understand what you mean?"
At this point, Katakuri also realized what had happened and quickly spoke up.
"Mama! It's a misunderstanding! Naruto probably didn't receive your marriage proposal."
Marriage?!
Naruto directly looked sideways at Katakuri not far away, thinking,
When did this happen?
How come no one told me?
"So that's what it was..."
Big Mom's expression changed in a second. After transforming her weapon back into a hat, she showed a man-eating smile.
"So, kid, are you interested in marrying my daughter?"
Honestly, if it were any of those guys Big Mom had previously chosen for marriage arrangements, they probably would have agreed.
But...
"No, no, no, I'm still young and have no plans to marry."
Just like having a casual conversation with an elder, Naruto unhesitatingly refused this proposal.
After saying this, he seemed to realize something and said to the side:
"It's not directed at you."
Smoothie, who was standing beside Katakuri, immediately darkened her expression upon hearing this.
This was very understandable.
For example, suppose you were suddenly arranged a blind date. Some people might feel resistant.
But after meeting once and finding the other person wasn't as bad as you thought, and you could barely accept it,
The other person instead said: "Oh, sorry, I don't fancy you."
That feeling, tsk tsk...
For Big Mom, this kind of marriage failure was also quite rare.
Big Mom's expression darkened as she remembered her last marriage failure. "That ungrateful Lola," she muttered, unconsciously crushing a cookie. "Running away from Prince Loki like that... made me look like a fool in front of the entire giant kingdom."
Most other marriage targets chosen by Big Mom would eagerly agree.
Who wouldn't want to cling to the Four Emperors' coattails?
Naruto didn't want to, anyway.
Asking for help was one thing, but involving marriage was another matter entirely.
Looking at Naruto's fearless appearance, even Big Mom was at a loss.
In the past, if anyone dared to go against her wishes, threats would immediately follow:
"I'll cut off the head of your most important person and make it into a gift for you."
Let's see, people related to this kid.
Rayleigh, Red Hair, Jabba... forget it, forget it, this method won't work.
Big Mom sat back down somewhat irritably, looking at Naruto in front of her with displeasure.
"Then what's the point of you coming here?"
In Big Mom's eyes, Naruto was like a hedgehog that she couldn't get a handle on.
"Didn't I say? I came specifically to attend the banquet... and ask you for a small favor."
Naruto looked at the table full of sweets, feeling unable to start eating, so he simply took out a large piece of roasted meat from his sealed space and ate it.
While eating, he gestured with his finger to show "just a tiny bit."
"Hmph, you refused my proposal and still dare to ask me for help? Kid, you're even bolder than I thought."
Although she said this, Big Mom didn't directly refuse. She just silently continued eating the remaining cake, clearly waiting for Naruto to continue.
"I need to borrow your daughter..."
Seeming to suddenly realize this phrasing was ambiguous, Naruto quickly added:
"It's legitimate business."
Big Mom, who was eating cake, didn't even lift her eyelids and just asked dully:
"Who?"
"The little girl with three eyes."
"Pudding?"
Big Mom's first reaction was whether this kid was planning to have Charlotte Pudding read the Poneglyphs.
Even coveting the red Road Poneglyph in her possession.
After mastering four Road Poneglyphs, one could decipher the location of the great treasure "One Piece."
But then she realized:
This brat should have reached the final island Laugh Tale with Roger back then.
And Pudding hadn't reached the level of "opening her eye" yet, so she temporarily couldn't read Poneglyphs.
Before Big Mom could ask questions, Naruto took out the "Pudding Fruit" he had obtained by chance.
"By the way, there's also this Pudding Fruit. Knowing that you like this kind of thing, Big Mom, I specifically brought it as a gift."
Saying this, Naruto didn't care whether he'd be cheated and directly threw the fruit over.
"How about it? Consider it payment for the help."
The small fruit fell into Big Mom's palm center, looking like a small strawberry in comparison.
"Pudding?"
Big Mom looked at this fruit with some impression.
Due to her special preferences, most of the Big Mom Pirates' executives had fruit abilities related to food.
This was "common knowledge" that almost no one in the New World didn't know.
"Tell me what you want her to help with."
Finally, after weighing the pros and cons, Big Mom decided to hear what he had to say first.