How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 254 Bad News

The weather at sea is unpredictable, and a storm can brew in just a few minutes.

The turbulent sea water often created waves tens of meters high, but it was difficult to shake the warships of various nations, and the forward speed of Katakuri and his party was not hindered at all.

Only the uneasiness in his heart did not subside despite Flampe's comfort, and bursts of biting coldness seeped into the pores of his skin from time to time.

It was not a chill, but a deep sense of crisis.

Katakuri's observation Haki is one of the closest to the top even in the whole world.

In addition to the perception he developed to be able to predict the future, his Observation Haki's intuition about crisis did not weaken, but instead became even stronger as his strength grew.

"Something's wrong!"

The growing sense of crisis gave Katakuri goose bumps:
"What happened to mom?!"

"wrong!"

After an exclamation, Katakuri's question was answered.

The storm that had just gathered in the sky dispersed.

Several islands floating in the sky suddenly appeared in front of Katakuri, and the shadows they cast almost completely covered the entire sea.

"This is……"

Katakuri stared blankly at the floating island high in the sky. The long-lost memories from decades ago completely reappeared at this moment.

He recognized that thing.

And as far as he knows, there is only one man who can do this.

"Golden Lion-Shiki!"

"Wasn't this guy imprisoned in Impel Down by the Navy more than a decade ago?!"

"How would it appear here!"

"After that guy died, someone else inherited the Float-Float Fruit?!"

"impossible!"

"The only one who can do this is Golden Lion!"

They can easily overturn the sea and manipulate the sea water to flood a country.

Even among the users of the Float-Float Fruit who have appeared in hundreds of years of history, only Golden Lion was able to achieve this level.

There will be no one else!
The next moment.

The familiar figure floating in the sky confirmed Katakuri's guess.

Compared to twenty years ago, the Golden Lion is much older.

His face was full of wrinkles and he even had obvious age spots, but his domineering aura was no different from before.

Even though the years have passed and his body has declined, the Golden Lion is still the king who once dominated the sky.

"Lingling's son?!"

"It seems that I am lucky. Knight Gawain is indeed your scapegoat. I guess the clue to Hades is also in your hands, right?!"

"Surrender or die!"

As the golden lion's defiant voice fell, the sea churned, and the wind and waves became more violent.

The waves alone were as high as a hundred meters, and the entire ocean was under the control of this man.

Only mom can stand up to this guy!

Just for a moment.

Katakuri realized this.

He is strong.

But after all, there is an insurmountable gap between them and these powerful people who call the shots on the sea.

That cannot be made up for by the accumulation of time.

Talent, character, and fighting spirit may have different degrees of emphasis on each other due to personal reasons, but none of them can be missing.

Even Big Mom, who is extremely talented and unprecedented, has experienced countless battles and confronted countless powerful people.

"Flampe, retreat!"

"With our strength, we can't compete with that guy!"

"how come?"

Flampe said in disbelief:

"Even Katakuri-nii..."

This was the first time that Flampe saw this man retreat without a fight, so much so that her face was filled with astonishment and she even fell into a daze for a moment.

But the pirates on the ship had already reacted. The sails were hoisted, and were expanded and deformed by the howling sea breeze. The mast even made a creaking sound.

call--!
The speed of the International Pirate Ship suddenly increased, and within a few breaths it reached the ship's endurance limit.

If an opponent is so powerful that even Katakuri cannot muster the will to fight, it only means that the opponent is far more powerful than one can imagine, and can only be a strong man on the same level as Big Mom.

escape!
The further away you can run, the better!

This was the only thought in everyone's mind at the moment, but just a moment later, an inexplicable feeling of weightlessness made them breathless.

"What's going on? Are we that fast?!"

"what happens?!"

"Our ship is floating?!"

……

While everyone was at a loss, Franpe, standing on the deck, stared blankly at the sea in front of her.

She knew clearly that it was not the boat that was floating, but the entire ocean that was floating.

Everything is under the control of that man. Such power is far beyond what can be described as strong. It goes beyond the scope of human power and reaches another realm.

"God!"

Flampe finally understood why Katakuri gave the order to retreat as soon as he saw those floating islands appear.

"What should I do, Katakuri-san..."

There was already a tearful tone in Flampe's voice. At this moment, Katakuri had become her only support.

"I'll stop them, and you guys take the opportunity to escape!"

Katakuri's voice was firm, with a will as hard as gold and iron.

Golden Lion is definitely not a peaceful character. Once he gets the design drawings of Pluto, he will definitely take action against the entire world in the future, just like he did twenty years ago.

This guy's target has always been the entire world, and in the future he will inevitably threaten everything in the world.

Besides, even at the risk of his life, Katakuri cannot let his brothers and sisters on the ship fall into the hands of the Golden Lion.

Without waiting for Flampe to react, Katakuri grabbed the trident in his hand and jumped high into the sky.

There was a domineering aura surging around him, and his eyes were filled with the determination to die!

"It seems that you made the wrong choice. After all, you are Lingling's offspring. Speaking of which, I had some friendship with her on the Rocks ship back then."

"Pity."

There was a hint of regret in the Golden Lion's voice, but there was only a ruthlessness in his eyes that had never changed.

He stretched out his hand and grasped it in the air.

The dark clouds in the sky seemed to come alive at this moment, rolling and flying. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of lion heads condensed, opened their bloody mouths, and bit towards Katakuri.

boom!
The sea of ​​clouds is rolling, almost connecting with the sea water.

In just a moment, Katakuri was swallowed by the dark cloud and couldn't even utter a scream.

His attack was instantly crushed by the Golden Lion's tremendous power, and the pain all over his body made him realize that he had no power to resist.

The gap... is too big!

The gap between my mother and I is not that big, absolutely not.

Is this the power that fought against Whitebeard and Roger back then? !
Qi... I don't know why.

Before he lost consciousness, the last thing that came to Katakuri's mind was the scene where Lucci, regardless of everything, stood in front of him to buy time for his companions.

Now that the offensive and defensive situations have changed, Katakuri realized that he and Lucci are the same kind of people.

"Really..."

"It's not just that guy who's ridiculous, it's me too..."

……

……

……

The next day.

dawn.

The former site of the International Fleet.

The flowing magma has cooled and solidified, leaving behind pieces of charred volcanic rock. In many places, the sand even appears to be the color of glass, sparkling in the sun.

But Perospero was no longer in the mood to appreciate such a beautiful scene. His eyes fell on the aunt who had just woken up in the distance.

The aunt's injuries have basically healed.

The burns left by the Red Emperor Cangxing healed completely, and her entire body was covered with new skin. Even the hair on her head that had been burned had grown back, but only a thin layer.

A sail that was not burned because it was too far away was draped over the aunt, barely covering her body, but unable to hide her extremely gloomy face:
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

"Decades of accumulation were lost overnight. Even the children, except for Perospero, died in the explosion."

"I will kill you!"

"No!"

"I will make you endure the most painful torture in the world, and die with resentment and hatred!"

A barrage of insults came out of the old lady's mouth, and combined with her disheveled appearance at the moment, she seemed to be in a state of helplessness and rage.

Perospero couldn't help but think of this, but in the end he didn't have the courage to tell the truth of last night.

Gawain's attack did destroy most of the fleet, but a lot of it was eaten by Big Mom as well.

He didn't know whether the old lady had really lost her memory or was secretly reconciling her testimony with him.

But he knew that once he told the truth, given the aunt's personality, she would never let him live.

So those people could only have died at the hands of Knight Gawain!
But now the question facing Wan Guo is no longer how to take revenge on Gawain.

"Mom, the most correct strategy for us right now is to retreat in time and stabilize the situation."

"Anyway, it is of no benefit to us for the key person from Katakuri's side who has obtained the Pluto design to continue staying here. Instead, he will easily become a target of public criticism."

Big Mom turned to look at Perospero, anger burning in her eyes:
"What did you say?!"

"Mom, calm down, you should be able to see it, right?"

Perospero sighed, and for the first time spoke out to refute Big Mom's will:

“How serious is the problem before us?”

"you……"

The aunt was stunned for a moment, her eyes fell on Perospero, her face was full of surprise, but in the next moment it turned into relief.

If her previous praise for Perospero was merely a symbolic expression of her attitude.

Now, this eldest son, who had always been overshadowed by Katakuri, even Smoothie, Cracker and others, finally caught her eye.

"very good."

"You can stop me at the critical moment, but if your reasons cannot convince me, you must pay the price even if you are my eldest son."

Perospero sighed, and became more certain in his heart that no matter what the cost, this country must not be ruled by Big Mom again.

He no longer avoided her gaze and looked into Big Mom's eyes, slowly telling her the current situation facing Wan Guo.

Everything that happened last night was like a nightmare to him and to Wan Guo.

What happened in the Seven Waters City and the attack on the Ten Thousand Nations would spread across the entire ocean in just a few days.

The explosion last night was so bright that it could be seen hundreds of miles away. This doesn't even need to be proven.

Ordinary pirates may not be very smart, but those who can gain a foothold in this ocean and even have the confidence to come to the Seven Water Cities to get a piece of the pie are not fools.

With their abilities, they can quickly figure out the truth of the matter.

What faced them at this moment was no longer the question of how to obtain Pluto's blueprints, but the question of whether they could keep them with the remaining strength of the Ten Thousand Nations after obtaining them.

And this is just one of the problems facing the world.

Nearly half of the country's fleet, as well as countless combat forces, were destroyed by Gawain.

After returning to the New World, the most severe test facing Wan Guo is whether they can hold on to their current territory.

……

"Do you understand now?"

"Mother……"

"Although we have obtained the Pluto design, our losses this time are far greater than expected."

"Once other forces discover this, we may face a multi-party encirclement and suppression."

The aunt fell silent, clenched her fists, and the anger in her eyes almost set him on fire.

Everything that happened last night was almost a humiliation for her.

But how could she not see that the situation before her was, just as Perospero had said, too serious to be ignored.

a long time.

The aunt took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in her heart, and uttered a word with difficulty:

"it is good!"

"next time!"

"Next time I will chop that bastard into pieces and feed him to the dogs!"

"I do what I say!"

Perospero heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and quickly consoled him:
"Looking at the bright side of things, this may not be an opportunity for us."

"Katakuri has already obtained the design drawings of Pluto. As long as we can manufacture it according to the drawings."

"With the power of ancient weapons to destroy a country with a single shot, we can even challenge the World Government directly!"

"By then, the pattern of this sea will certainly be rewritten, and everything will be subjugated by the powerful ships and cannons of all nations!"

"Mom~Mom~"

A smile appeared on the aunt's face, and she even began to think about where to start building her own empire after obtaining Pluto.

Kaido still owes me a big favor. He has kept his distance from me all these years. If he is willing to bow his head, I can let him go...

As for that red-haired brat, he should pay off the debt Roger owed me.
That old fellow Whitebeard must be killed. Oh, and there is also the World Government...

……

One force after another flashed through Big Mom's mind, and she almost saw the day when she would seize everything with the help of Pluto.

It’s really exciting!

With this thought, her hatred for Gawain seemed to be alleviated a lot.

just.

As time passed, there was still no response from Katakuri's ship.

One day, two days...

On the third night, the aunt, who had been waiting for three days, finally became impatient and frowned. She asked:

"Hasn't Katakuri replied yet? Calculating the time, it should have arrived yesterday!"

(End of this chapter)