The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

The previous commotion and the invisible oppressive aura emanating from Gern had already made the nearby residents and Homies wisely keep their distance, ensuring that there were no more outsiders around.

Then, under Gern's gaze, the eldest son of the Big Mom Pirates...

The Candy Minister, with a bounty of 7 million Berries, made a move that even Gern didn't expect...

Without saying a word, he decisively and swiftly knelt down on the hard candy-colored floor with a "thud"!

His movements were so fluid, and his posture so humble, that he was completely different from the family strategist who had just been trying to maneuver.

“Lord Tianzhen!” Perospero raised his head, the fake smile on his face completely disappearing, replaced by an expression of almost “honest” pleading.

"There were so many people just now, and I was trying to save face. It was wrong of me! I'm kneeling down before you!"

Perospero speaks very quickly, with a reckless, defiant attitude.

"So please stop teasing me! Just tell me! Okay!"

What exactly do you want in our Kingdom of Ten Thousand? Give me a straight answer, whether you want to kill me or torture me... well, just give me a quick death!

This kneeling was truly unexpected by Gern.

He stared at Perospero, who had suddenly shrunk by half a head, and was visibly stunned for a moment before blinking.

Immediately afterwards, his expression became incredibly interesting, a mixture of surprise and as he pointed at Perospero and exclaimed...

"Holy crap! You're so clever!! Perospero!"

"You actually used the move of suddenly kneeling down to cleverly avoid the knife I was holding to your neck! It made my knife lose its target!"

Wow, brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! No wonder he's a strategist; his ability to adapt to changing circumstances is amazing!

Perospero: "…………"

He knelt there, opened his mouth, but his long tongue hung limply on the ground, speechless for a moment.

Because I wasn't really thinking that much just now, it was just that the pressure was too much.

Not wanting to be made a fool of anymore, and wanting to find out Gern's true intentions, he chose to kneel down and beg for an explanation, but the result...

Who the hell can I complain to?!

Perospero looked at Gurn's admiring expression, as if to say, "I've seen through everything about you."

For a moment, I felt mentally exhausted, incredibly exhausted.

Chapter 507 I've figured out what gift to bring.

Gern looked at Perospero, who had completely given up on controlling his expression, looking as if he was about to collapse on the spot and give up entirely.

Finally, as if he had had enough fun, he chuckled lightly, flicked his wrist, and the Black Blade Eight Desolations rang softly as it returned to his waist.

"Get up," Gern said casually, waving his hand and returning to his normal tone.

“I have never lied to you; I really did come to see your mother.”

Then, watching Perospero slowly stand up with a hint of doubt, patting off non-existent sugar crumbs from his knees, he continued...

"But, if I really had to give a reason..."

Guern deliberately drew out his words, watching Perospero's ears prick up instantly, before revealing the answer with a light laugh.

"It must have been your mother... who 'invited' me over."

"!!!"

“How could your mother possibly invite you to her own territory…?!” Perospero blurted out almost immediately.

As he spoke, his feet unconsciously began to move, his steps small and frequent, like a crab inching backward.

Invite a naval admiral? Or at such a sensitive time as a tea party?

Even if a mother is capricious, she would never make such a decision as inviting a wolf into the house!

In an instant, Perospero had already put more than fifty meters between himself and Guern!

This distance gave him a faint sense of security.

At least, if Guern were to launch another attack, he might have a tiny bit of a chance to react and escape.

Having determined that he was in a relatively "safe" position in the game, Perospero abruptly stopped in his tracks.

With a swift movement, he twirled the candy cane in his hand, pointing the tip at Gern, attempting to regain some control of the conversation, and barked out in a fierce but ultimately weak voice:

"Tianzhen! Stop with the charade and stop saying things that are meant to deceive children!"

"Now is the crucial moment for Mom to host a grand tea party!"

The entire nation would never invite the navy, especially not a top-tier force like yours!

Even if you're joking with me... there's a limit!

Perospero took a deep breath, trying to make his tone sound more confident.

Bearing the authority of a core member of a Yonko's team, and also bolstering his own courage, he shouted loudly.

"And... don't forget! This is still Totto Land, the territory of the Big Mom Pirates!"

You've ventured into this place alone; there are some things... it's best to be a little more 'prudent' about!

"What do you mean by 'be more composed'?"

Gurn's voice was calm, yet it pierced through Perospero's feigned confidence.

Under Perospero's bewildered gaze, Gern calmly pulled a beautifully crafted document from his pocket.

The invitation, edged with candy bows, can be held between two fingers and twirled back and forth.

That familiar style... made Perospero's pupils shrink suddenly!

Impossible! How could he really have it...?

Before he could think it through, Gern flicked his wrist and unfolded the invitation, revealing the inside to Perospero.

The ornate, gold-plated lettering reflected a dazzling light under the bright sunshine of Candy Island.

The name of the person who invited the invitation was clearly written above.

[Gern Reginald Sigmar]

Clear, dazzling, and undeniable!

“I…this…” Perospero’s voice trembled instantly, and he couldn’t utter a complete sentence.

He had already realized what was happening.

Because, at each tea party, according to my mother's strange rule of "accepting all comers" and the consideration of maintaining a superficial "friendly" relationship...

They would routinely send this man an invitation.

But that was always just a formality, a political gesture that no one took seriously!

He never dreamed that this jinx would actually accept the invitation and come to Candy Island in person!

Seeing Perospero's absent-minded look, Guern slowly folded the invitation back and put it back in his pocket.

“Perospero.” Gern raised his eyes, his voice not loud, but each word clear and distinct, carrying a chilling intent.

"Even if I really want to tease you, you'll have to take it."

"Because, your Big Mom Pirates do the same when dealing with weaker patrolling marines and plundering defenseless merchant ships."

Perospero opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but found that in the face of absolute strength and facts, any explanation seemed pale and powerless.

Pirates and the navy, plunder and justice—this is the very essence of the sea.

“However…” At this moment, Gern’s tone changed, the cold, authoritative look on his face vanished instantly, and he put on that seemingly amiable smile again.

Didn't you just tell me to 'be more composed'?

Gern nodded, feigning serious consideration of the suggestion.

"So, I've decided to listen to you. I... will be more mature."

"Be...be more composed?" Perospero swallowed hard, his throat dry, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

The “composure” that Gern spoke of sounded a hundred times more terrifying than the previous “joking”!

“That’s right.” Gern’s smile grew even brighter, his gaze sweeping over the stiff-bodied Perospero, and he said in a light tone.

“I’ve already thought it through. When I visit that old woman for the first time, I can’t go empty-handed. I have to bring a decent ‘gift’.”

His gaze finally settled on Perosperona's body, which was trembling slightly with fear.

The smile took on a meaningful tone, carrying a chilling "seriousness."

"after all……"

"Candy Man is also 'candy'!"

"!!!"

Perospero's blood froze completely in that instant!

This guy... this guy wants to present him, Big Mom's eldest son and Minister of Candy, as a "candy gift" to his mother?!

"asshole!!!"

Before he finished speaking, Perospero suddenly reached out with his left hand to his side, his five fingers forming a claw, and fiercely stabbed into the wall of the house made of hard candy!

The Paramecia-type Lick-Lick Fruit power is activated at full strength!

The entire wall, and even half of the candy house, softened instantly, as if he had forcibly extracted and shaped it like a living, viscous syrup!

The flowing syrup rapidly condensed, stretched, and solidified in his hands, instantly forming an amber-lustered candy bow!

At the same time, he touched the bowstring with his right hand, and the sugar in his body combined with his ability to instantly generate more than a dozen hard candy arrows, each as thick as a child's arm and with extremely sharp arrowheads!

The arrow's surface shimmered with a dark luster, covered in Armament Haki!

"Candy Arrow Rain..." Perospero drew the bow to its fullest extent, then suddenly released the string!

"A Feast of Lamentations!!!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!"

Countless hard candy arrows did not shoot straight ahead, but instead soared into the sky with a piercing whistling sound.

It traced a deadly parabola, and after reaching its apex, it rained down on the area where Gern was located in a massive, all-encompassing barrage!

The arrows were dense, blocking all room for dodging, aiming to pin Gern to the candy ground!

Faced with a hail of arrows that could riddle an entire army with bullets, Gern didn't even lift an eyelid.

He didn't even draw his sword.

He casually raised his left hand, which was covered in dark red Armament Haki, and clenched his fist.

Around his fist, the air began to distort and vibrate abnormally, with countless tiny vibrating particles converging wildly around it.

It emitted a deep, chilling hum, and a purplish-black Conqueror's Haki serpent leaped at the fist!

"I originally wanted to attend quietly... but this is definitely not my style!!!"

Gern slammed his fist into the air in front of him!

"Airquake!!!"

In an instant, the entire space where the fist landed exploded like shattered glass, with countless spiderweb-like pure white cracks appearing!

The terrifying shockwave spread forward in a hemispherical shape and instantly expanded upwards!

The rain of candy arrows that swooped down was shattered the instant they came into contact with the shockwave, without even making an explosion!

The shockwave continued its relentless charge, slamming violently into the several layers of candy shields that Perospero had hastily conjured in front of him!

"Crack!" The thick candy shield wall crumbled layer by layer, just like it was made of paper!

Perospero felt an irresistible force slam into his chest, and a sweet taste rose in his throat as he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

"puff!"

He fell heavily dozens of meters away, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Struggling to get up, I felt like all the bones in my body were falling apart.

With just one punch, without even direct contact, his full-force attack was neutralized, leaving him completely unable to resist.