Chapter 195: Fury
“Hot-Wind Fist!”
Boom!!!
Showing no mercy at all, the air around Brother Owen’s arm became distorted, and the fist heated to a glowing red fiercely struck Shanks’s chest.
Not only that, the heat wave brought by the punch wind turned into high-temperature steam, scorching even Buggy, who had been pushed away, painfully.
But there was no time to worry about the already burned skin. After steadying himself, Buggy immediately scrambled toward Shanks’s direction.
“Shanks!”
Looking at Shanks collapsed on the ground, no longer moving, Buggy anxiously shook his body.
“Useless, red-nosed brat.”
“I’m the high-heat man who ate the Heat-Heat Fruit; my fists can instantly melt even steel.”
“This red-haired brat who can’t even use Haki had his internal organs roasted the moment he was hit by me.”
“Who’re you calling red-nosed!”
Buggy subconsciously retorted.
“Shanks will be fine!”
“He’ll definitely be fine!”
“Hmph!”
Brother Owen ignored the other’s rebuttal and directly stepped forward, grabbing Buggy by the neck and lifting him up.
“I remember you’re from the Roger Pirates.”
“But it doesn’t matter. Since you’ve violated the laws of Whole Cake Island, no matter who you are, you must face punishment.”
“Urgh…”
With his neck gripped, Buggy couldn’t say a word at this moment and could only kick his legs in constant struggle, but it had no effect on Brother Owen.
Sizzle~
Brother Owen’s thick arm turned orange-red again, and the scorching high temperature instantly burned Buggy’s kicking hands and feet.
“Ah, ah…!”
After confirming the other was no longer resisting, Brother Owen kicked up the motionless Shanks lying on the ground, clamped him under his armpit, and then walked out toward the treasure.
He had to report this to Mother, and these two were the witnesses.
“A-Already taken care of, Brother Owen?”
Mont D’Or, who had been hiding outside, saw his brother return safely and emerged from his hiding spot.
Earlier, after Brother Owen noticed someone tracking him, he told Mont D’Or to hide first, then went back alone to deal with the invaders.
“Yeah, just two brats; said it’d take three or two moves, and it did.”
“Oh… As expected of Brother Owen.”
“By the way, these two thieves are… Hmm?”
Mont D’Or saw Shanks’s red hair and Buggy’s red nose, immediately recalling that these two were the Roger Pirates members who had been at his table.
“Oh, it’s them.”
“Yeah, these two probably sneaked after me when I called you.”
“And their target was actually that red Poneglyph!”
Brother Owen said seriously.
Though he didn’t know what those huge stones were for, Big Mom valued them far more than other gold and silver treasures, so Brother Owen had to treat this cautiously too.
This was also why he spared Buggy’s life; Mother would surely be very interested in their reason for stealing the Poneglyph.
……
On the plaza outside Cake Castle.
“Hey! Perospero, why hasn’t the celebration cake been delivered yet?”
After waiting a long time, Big Mom finally grew impatient again, even feeling faintly irritable inside.
This was a sign of gluttony onset.
『How should I know? Didn’t you hand it to Katakuri? Why are you asking me now?』
Though he had endless complaints about Big Mom in his heart, Perospero replied respectfully on the surface:
“Maybe delayed on the road. I’ll go ask right now? Perorin~”
“No need for the trouble; they’ve arrived.”
The speaker wasn’t Big Mom or anyone else, but La, who had been quietly sitting to the side.
And just as she said, the next second, Katakuri appeared from a decorative mirror in the venue.
“Mother, because the cake made by Longbread Master was too big, to prevent damage on the road, I plan to use Brulee’s ability to send it directly.”
“Please have Brother Perospero prepare a sufficiently large mirror.”
Compared to transporting it bumpily all the way from the distant bakery, using the mirror world as a relay was much more secure.
Big Mom was extremely picky about desserts; if it picked up anything strange on the road and altered the taste, not only would today’s ceremony fail, but all of Whole Cake Island might face a crisis.
Katakuri didn’t want this celebration, meticulously prepared by him and his siblings for half a year and full of commemorative meaning, to have any mishaps.
“Using Brulee’s ability… That’s a good idea.”
Perospero nodded, then immediately took people into the castle to fetch a mirror.
Fortunately, Big Mom’s size was large enough that most mirrors in Cake Castle were astonishingly huge; otherwise, he really wouldn’t have found a suitable one so quickly.
“Mama~ Mama~”
“Little La, you must try the cake I specially made for the celebration later. This is a delicacy you can’t taste anywhere outside~”
Big Mom warmly called to La, her actions and demeanor as if they were longtime friends.
After brief interaction, this Queen of Whole Cake Island’s favor toward La had risen to a considerable degree.
Not only did the other have a refined appearance, but she also had a temperament similar to a nun, which involuntarily reminded Big Mom of the happy times at the lamb orphanage back then.
“A celebration special cake… I’m looking forward to it, but unfortunately, it seems I won’t have a chance to taste it this time.”
La said with some regret.
“Hm? What do you…”
“Mother! I caught two thieves trying to steal the Poneglyph!”
Brother Owen’s voice suddenly echoed through the venue, instantly drawing everyone’s attention, with Morgans’s eyes gleaming.
Who?
Who was so bold as to steal Big Mom’s things at such an important occasion?
The bosses present couldn’t help but sigh that Big Mom’s chosen day was truly unlucky: first a coprophilic pervert self-destructing the septic tank, now little thieves caught red-handed.
This was also because Brother Owen wasn’t seasoned enough in handling things; if it were Perospero, he would definitely imprison them first and notify Big Mom privately.
Anyway, it couldn’t be blurted out at the ceremony, as this one concerned the face of Big Mom’s pirate crew.
Sure enough, the successive incidents quickly pushed Big Mom’s inner irritability to a quite dangerous threshold.
Snap!
A fine cup of black tea was crushed to pieces!
Big Mom looked over with a gloomy face and saw Brother Owen carrying two children, one in each hand, striding toward the main table.
One child was weakly struggling, while the other was completely still.
“Hm? This is…”
Big Mom felt the two thieves looked somewhat familiar.
But before she could get closer to see who they were, a powerful Conqueror’s Haki suddenly erupted beside her!
Boom!
Invisible pressure emanated from Rayleigh, making everyone present feel difficulty breathing.
“Urgh… What’s this?”
“My, my head’s so dizzy…”
“I-It’s Conqueror’s Haki!”
“Damn it, big news is right in front of me; I absolutely can’t pass out now!”
Never mind some guests with weaker constitutions—even many of Big Mom’s children were swaying under this pressure.
“Hmph!”
Seeing this scene, Big Mom, as the host here, stood up directly, and an equally powerful Conqueror’s Haki erupted from her, directly clashing with Rayleigh’s!
“Rayleigh, it’s not your turn to rampage on my territory!”
“Your people went too far, Big Mom!”
Without more nonsense, Rayleigh directly drew his saber and slashed at Brother Owen’s neck.
In his perception, Buggy’s vital signs were already very weak, and he couldn’t even hear Shanks’s heartbeat anymore!
He had to immediately take them from Brother Owen and perform emergency aid.
Rayleigh was extremely regretful now; just a moment of negligence, distracted by the Golden Lion matter, led to this outcome.
“Napoleon!”
Big Mom almost simultaneously removed her still trembling captain’s hat, forcibly turning it into a huge emperor sword, then clashed blades with Rayleigh.
Clang!!!
The two powerful Conqueror’s Haki collided, and the resulting shockwave directly blew away the surrounding venue along with tables, chairs, and desserts!
“Get out of the way! Big Mom!”
“Mama~ Mama~ Rayleigh! You think the people you brought can steal on my territory without paying a price?”
Big Mom suddenly grew agitated as she spoke, her face turning ferocious!
“One after another! Cake or Poneglyph! You have to make me angry today, don’t you!!!”
“Elbaf Spear · Ikkoku!”
Boom!!!
Big Mom’s pirate crew has so many BUG ability users! But the main combat power is mostly quite ordinary Superhuman types like mochi and biscuits—is this a balance?
By the way, does Brulee’s ability have high requirements for mirrors? Or can any mirror surface work, like floors, metal surfaces, or even lake surfaces?
