One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 635: The Battle That Ended Before It Ended

The huge alarm clock fell to the ground, and the hands on it showed fifteen minutes. The meaning was very clear. This was the time Shanks and Buggy needed to hold on.

"The rules this time are a little different. It's fifteen minutes. As long as you're still standing when the time is up, you've passed the level. There's no safe zone in this level. All you need to do is hold on as long as you can."

Katakuri stood up and a Earth Dragon instantly appeared in his hand. At the same time, Dai also stood up, tightened her gloves, and then touched her hands together, making a loud metal collision sound.

"Ah, that's a really good offer."

Bucky grasped the dagger tightly with both hands, and the white gloves could not hide the bulging blue veins on his hands. Obviously, these seemingly simple conditions were actually truly terrifying, because they had no possibility of taking shortcuts.

"Now that we've come this far, we can't give up. After all, we've 'sacrificed' so many of our companions. It would be such a shame if we fail."

Shanks also clenched Griffin, placed his right hand on the back of the blade, and stared closely at Katakuri in front of him.

"Are you ready?"

Dei asked one last time.

"I can't wait any longer!" X2
Shanks and Buggy said in unison.

"Ding!" Along with the sound of the alarm clock, the hands began to move, and at the same time, the four people disappeared from the spot.

"Shattered into pieces! A hundred tricks!"

Buggy was the first to attack. The ability of the Shattering Fruit allowed Buggy to instantly split into hundreds of pieces, densely packed like a pile of building blocks. They rushed towards Katakuri and Dai with armament colors. Among these pieces, two hands holding daggers were hidden, ready to launch a sneak attack at any time.

"Stupid idea! Queen of Fire!"

As a race that can naturally control fire, fire is their plaything. Facing this kind of range attack, the burning of fire is a very good choice. The large pieces of flames directly forced back Buggy's attack. There was no other way. Even Haki could not completely isolate the burning of fire, unless he activated Ryuo. But in this situation, activating Ryuo was too wasteful. It would be better to use the power of the sword. Buggy had no choice but to temporarily avoid the attack.

"Jingle-ding-ding-ding-ding!"

While Buggy was dodging the flames, Shanks had already collided with Katakuri several times. The Earth Dragon and Griffin kept colliding, making sounds like big iron. Overall, Shanks was still at a disadvantage. Not to mention the problem of physical strength, the strength itself and the advantages of long weapons made Shanks very uncomfortable. It is not impossible to break a gun with a single sword, but unless the strength gap is too big, it is really difficult. Long weapons really have an advantage in battle, especially since Shanks himself is not a special ability user and does not have so many ways to launch a surprise attack.

"Willow cake!"

Katakuri's right leg instantly split and turned into a pile of rice cakes, which whipped towards Shanks at an astonishing speed, even greedily wrapping Buggy in it.

"Damn it! What a weird trick!"

Shanks had never thought that a food-type devil fruit could be so disgusting. Should he say that it was developed by the people of Wan Guo or that it was just so powerful?

"Shanks! Number Two!"

Bucky didn't have time to sigh. In this situation, he had to leave immediately because he just caught a glimpse of Dai out of the corner of his eye and she seemed to be preparing something incredible!
"coming!"

Shanks responded, then walked to Buggy while fighting and retreating. Tactic No. 2 was a tactic that required great sacrifices, but it was indeed suitable for the current situation.

"Break into pieces! Spiral ball!" Buggy's body began to disintegrate, and at the same time, the armament color covered his entire body. Then the split body began to fly around Shanks, and the only two feet of Buggy that could not fly were put into Shanks' trouser pockets. Buggy, who was covered in armament color, began to withstand the attacks continuously, and Shanks began to move, preparing to find a safe point to temporarily regroup.

Some people may ask, doesn't Buggy's No. 2 tactic make him take a lot of damage? Can't Armament Haki completely resist damage? It hurts even if it can resist damage. This is about Buggy's recent development of the fruit ability. He recently discovered that he can block the senses of the separated parts. Except for the head and feet, other body parts can do it. Now those body parts are constantly resisting Katakuri's attacks, allowing Shanks to accumulate momentum to attack. After all, Shanks has the higher attack power among the two. The No. 2 tactic is Buggy's self-sacrificing tactic.

"Bucky!" "Okay!" "Kill!"

With Shanks's shout, a hole instantly appeared in the defense of Buggy's body components, and Shanks's already accumulated slash was swung out instantly, along with the armed color domineering that was compressed to the limit and flew towards Katakuri.

"Watch out behind you! The auger is shattered into pieces!"

Buggy's body parts turned into a storm and flew behind Shanks. His pointed hands were like the tips of drills and collided with Dei. Suddenly, the sound of metal clashing was heard, and a large amount of sparks burst out from the place where the two fought, splashing everywhere.

"Not bad, kid. I thought you were just hiding. Now you look a little more manly! But you're still far from it! Feel it! The legendary Four Spirits! The power of the White Tiger!"

A gust of wind blew, and Buggy, who was still gritting his teeth and holding on, was blown away in an instant. At the same time, Shanks's slash also had no effect, but was broken by Katakuri's rice cake thrust.

"Oh, looks like we're in trouble."

Shanks helped up Buggy who had fallen to the ground, and couldn't help but speak as he looked at the two men on his left and right who were both gaining momentum.

"No matter what, we have to try our best. Let's use plan number four."

Bucky stood up and said to Dai who had turned into a huge winged white tiger in front of him.

"Okay, even though I think this move is weird, there's nothing I can do about it."

Shanks hates Plan Four. Not only him, but Buggy also hates this move. This move can be regarded as their dark history, but it is indeed very powerful in some aspects.

"Is the discussion over?"

Dai, who had transformed into a white tiger, had a low voice. Perhaps it was because her body was too big, but it even produced some echoes, making her sound very solemn and dignified.

"We're ready! Look at our Super Pirate Kong!"

Buggy yelled, and his body split again. Then, like building blocks, his hands and legs were inserted directly into Shanks' body, and his head was inserted into the back of Shanks' neck. In an instant, he became a two-headed, four-armed, four-legged state, and his body split into disc-like things, guarding two... one... person.

"What the hell is this!"

Katakuri looked at the two of them and couldn't help but complain on the spot. Many of his brothers and sisters were weird, but the guy in front of him was really beyond his tolerance!

"What do you care about us! Four-handed storm!"

Shanks and Buggy, filled with shame and anger, suddenly started spinning like tops and rushed towards Katakuri. As for Dai, sorry, she was too big, so they had to hide. They believed that as long as they got close to Katakuri, Dai would not attack them. The result was just as they expected. Dai did not attack, but not because she was worried about hitting Katakuri. At this moment, Dai had already fallen to the ground laughing, and even cancelled her transformation. She took out a camera from somewhere, laughing and taking pictures continuously. From this moment on, Shanks and Buggy had completely lost the battle. No matter whether they could hold on for fifteen minutes or not, they had already lost.

(End of this chapter)