Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

The sound of falling gravel grew fainter and fainter, and the surrounding dust gradually dissipated.

Katakuri and Luffy stood on opposite sides, back to back, neither of them moving, as if frozen in time.

Luffy also exited his Gear Fourth Snake Man form and returned to his normal appearance.

Suddenly, Luffy made a move. He coughed for a while, his legs gave way, and he knelt down on one knee, panting heavily.

Behind him, Katakuri also made a move, slowly turning around while panting heavily, looking at Luffy's panting back with a different kind of gleam in his eyes.

Luffy seemed to sense Katakuri's gaze and turned around with difficulty.

Their eyes met once again.

After a long silence, Katakuri finally spoke first:

"You seem to have... an incredible future!"

After saying that, Katakuri deflated like a punctured balloon, his aura instantly plummeted, and his body uncontrollably fell backward.

Bang! !

Katakuri landed on his back with a dull thud.

……

Luffy vs. Katakuri, Luffy wins!!!

After such a long battle, a victor has finally emerged between the two sides.

Looking at the fallen Katakuri, Luffy's eyes revealed barely suppressed excitement, and a smile unconsciously crept onto his lips.

For Luffy, the excitement of defeating Katakuri was incomparable to defeating any other pirate.

It wasn't just the excitement and exhilaration of defeating a powerful opponent; the most important thing was that my year and a half of hard work had finally yielded a good result.

Revenge accomplished! Shame washed away!!

A year and a half ago, he was powerless against Katakuri, and even when he teamed up with Sabo, he was easily defeated.

But now, a year and a half later, he has defeated Katakuri fair and square, entirely on his own.

With that in mind, Luffy immediately took out a video Den Den Mushi from his pocket and took a few pictures of Katakuri lying on the ground.

After the photo was taken, Luffy couldn't help but smile again.

Why did he take these photos?

Of course, it's so I can go back and brag to Sabo!

He knew that Sabo, like him, was also burning with resentment and constantly thinking about defeating Katakuri to wash away his shame.

Now that he has the upper hand, he will definitely be able to give Sabo a good scolding when he gets back.

Thinking about Sabo's possible expression, Luffy couldn't help but laugh out loud again.

But before he could laugh for long, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Cookie Soldiers!!"

bang bang bang-

A series of dull thuds came from behind Luffy. Turning around, he saw countless familiar-looking cookie figures surrounding him.

Luffy's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at Cracker behind the group of Cookie People.

bad!!

I was having so much fun fighting Katakuri that I almost forgot about Cracker.

If he were in his prime, he would naturally not take Cracker, his former defeated opponent Luffy, seriously at all.

He could beat his opponent a year and a half ago, let alone now.

But the problem is-

The battle with Katakuri had taken a heavy toll on him; Katakuri is no easy opponent.

If his Observation Haki hadn't improved halfway through, it would have been uncertain whether he could have defeated his opponent.

Even though he has defeated his opponent, he is already at his limit and has very little strength left.

At this point, it would be very difficult for him to defeat Cracker!

But Luffy didn't show any fear. Defeating Cracker would indeed be difficult, but that didn't mean it was impossible.

Having just defeated Katakuri, he is now bursting with confidence.

What if we get another general?

He arrested both of them today!

With this in mind, Luffy raised his fist, coated it with Armament Haki, and charged towards the oncoming Cookie Men, engaging them in battle.

On the other side, Cracker didn't just stand there after controlling a bunch of cookie men to attack Luffy.

Instead, it immediately rushed towards Katakuri at top speed.

He must be out of his mind to fight Luffy.

Let's not even talk about whether we can win or not, but even if we could, so what?

Would he dare to kill Luffy?

I definitely wouldn't dare!

Having experienced the battle at Impel Down, he still harbors a deep fear of Kayle.

After all, he had personally witnessed how Kyle slaughtered most of the pirates in their pirate alliance.

Even he was affected by the aftershocks of the thunder and suffered serious injuries.

What if Luffy is killed and Kael attacks directly?

Do you think Big Mom Pirates can stop Kyle?

He doesn't have that kind of confidence!

Besides, what if they can't win? Then he and Katakuri would really be surrounded and sent back to Impel Down.

Even though Luffy looks terrible right now, he doesn't want to try.

In his eyes, Luffy was also a monster, having grown to this level of strength in just a year and a half.

Even his brother Katakuri was defeated. Who knows if the opponent, who looks like a Hollow now, will suddenly unleash his full power when the fight starts? If that happens, he's really doomed!

So from beginning to end, his only plan was to have the cookie soldiers hold Luffy back while he took Katakuri and ran away!

In just a moment, Cracker arrived in front of Katakuri, picked him up, and then his legs transformed into invincible whirlwinds, disappearing from the spot in a flash.

After Luffy blasted all the cookie soldiers on the field to pieces, he looked back at the field and there was no sign of Katakuri or Cracker.

Luffy: ? ? ?

Luffy was completely dumbfounded.

No?! They just ran away?!

Luffy was speechless. He released his Observation Haki, but he couldn't detect the presence of the two people within the area covered by his Observation Haki.

It is clear that the two were no longer in this area.

As expected, the other party should have already left the island. Shaking his head, Luffy showed a hint of helplessness.

"Oh well, let him escape. We can just catch him next time we see him!"

After saying that, Luffy smiled again, took out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket, and dialed the number.

Not capturing Katakuri isn't a huge problem for them; he's already achieved his main objective: defeating Katakuri.

Moreover, the 'evidence' has already been collected.

Soon after, the Den Den Mushi was connected, and Sabo's voice came through.

"Luffy, get to the point, I'm a bit busy right now!"

A smile appeared on Luffy's lips.

"What?! You also know that Katakuri was defeated by me??"

Sabo: ? ? ? ? ?

……