One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 240

Chapter 240: [240] : [BONUS] - Fujitora’s Justice! Big Mom Appears! Admiral vs. Emperor Showdown!

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A sea in the New World.

Several pirate ships sailed across the sea, their flag was instantly recognizable across these waters.

It was the Jolly Roger of the Emperor Big Mom!

But at this moment, these very ships, which struck fear into the hearts of countless pirates across the Grand Line, were in a pathetic retreat.

Not a single ship was undamaged. All bore the scars of cannonballs, gunfire, and the impact of massive boulders.

Not far behind them, a fleet of numerous Marine warships pursued relentlessly.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The Navy’s most formidable battleships continuously bombarded the fleeing Big Mom pirate ships.

Fortunately, the helmsmen of the Big Mom Pirates were no amateurs, skillfully maneuvering their ships to dodge the incoming cannonballs—which splashed into the sea, kicking up massive waves.

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"Sister Smoothie, are you alright?"

Charlotte Panna asked worriedly, looking at Smoothie, who was now covered in numerous bandages.

"I’m fine," As the number one "most popular older sister" in the Charlotte family, Smoothie was always kind to her siblings. She gave Panna a reassuring smile.

But as Smoothie looked back at the pursuing Marine fleet, her expression turned incredibly dark.

DAMMIT!

That blind, new Marine Admiral... his power is ridiculous!

Not only could he summon meteorites, but he could also infuse gravity directly into his slashes, creating horrifying gravity-based attacks.

If a pirate ship was hit by one of those terrifying gravity slashes, it would be instantly crushed under the immense force.

Smoothie had figured out the power of this new Admiral.

A user of the Press-Press Fruit—one of the most powerful Paramecia abilities. A Gravity Human capable of manipulating gravity.

With this Devil Fruit alone, this man possessed the combat strength to crush her completely.

MARINE ADMIRALS TRULY WERE A BUNCH OF MONSTERS!

Smoothie cursed inwardly.

Facing a Marine HQ Admiral, forget her alone—even if all three Sweet Commanders were present, their only option would be to flee.

Smoothie now clearly understood that although the Commanders were hailed as the top officers of an Emperor’s crew, they were not in the same league as a Marine Admiral.

In their Big Mom Pirates, the only one who could fight an Admiral was Big Mom herself.

When Smoothie first encountered this Admiral, she had tried to resist, but was ruthlessly crushed by his horrifying strength. It was only through the desperate, life-sacrificing efforts of several of her sisters that she had managed to escape, beginning this humiliating retreat...

The reason she had dared to fight Fujitora in the first place was that she had always lived under Big Mom’s protection.

As a top commander, Admirals wouldn’t normally hunt her down.

And before Sky Sovereign’s meteoric rise, these seas had been in a state of balance between—Marine HQ, the Warlords, and the Four Emperors.

A balance meant few major conflicts.

With the Emperors and Admirals not acting, in clashes with other pirate crews and the Navy, the Sweet Commanders were among the strongest in the New World. Smoothie, naturally, was proud.

Furthermore, during Sky Sovereign’s rise, his successive defeats of Aokiji and Akainu, had skewed Smoothie’s assessment of the Admirals’ strength.

After all, at that time, Sky Sovereign wasn’t yet an Emperor.

So, facing a new Marine Admiral, this man codenamed Fujitora, whom she had never even seen before on the seas—

—Smoothie had arrogantly thought, ’Me? A top commander of an Emperor’s crew, run from him??’

And so, she was pathetically routed, suffering severe injuries...

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"Smoothie, what do we do? The ship is about to give out," Charlotte Cornstarch looked towards her sister.

Though Cornstarch was older than Smoothie, in the pirate world, strength always spoke loudest. She naturally deferred to Smoothie.

Their situation was now extremely critical.

Under the pursuit of this Admiral, their pirate ship was reaching its limit. Many of their sisters were Devil Fruit users—if this continued, they would truly be buried at sea.

"Find a larger island, make a stand, and wait for reinforcements," Smoothie said through gritted teeth, her voice strained.

They were at a disadvantage in combat strength—their best option was to flee by sea, but the Navy’s warships had superior firepower, and Fujitora’s troublesome ability meant their ships were already failing. If they continued to run aimlessly, they would sink before help could arrive.

Their only choice now was to find a large island and hold out.

Cornstarch and the others could only agree. They had no other options.

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"Slurp! Slurp!"

Unlike the pathetically fleeing Big Mom Pirates, aboard the Marine warship, Fujitora was slurping noodles.

"Admiral Fujitora, as planned, we have forced them towards the northwest. There is only one island there where they can make a stand and wait for reinforcements," Reported Vice Admiral Dalmatian, user of the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Dalmatian, saluting Fujitora.

"REMEMBER, FUJITORA! YOU MUST FORCE BIG MOM OUT!"

A Transponder Snail before Fujitora projected Akainu’s image.

"These villains annihilated the G-5 Branch. I will do my utmost," Fujitora replied, stopping his slurping, his aura instantly becoming immense.

If not for Akainu’s orders and the Navy’s battle plan, with Fujitora’s combat strength and the influence of his Devil Fruit on the seas, Smoothie’s fleet would have long since been sunk by his attacks.

After disconnecting the call with Akainu, Fujitora stood up and walked to the foremost part of the deck.

—A flashback to his conversation with Akainu played out.

"But, the civilians have been confirmed evacuated, correct?" Fujitora’s voice was deep, revealing an uncompromising resolve.

"What do a few sacrifices matter! As long as Justice is served!" Akainu’s voice had been iron-blooded and grim.

His justice was absolute—as long as Justice could be served, he would not hesitate to raise his blade even against civilians. Just like in the Ohara Incident, when he unhesitatingly fired on the civilian evacuation ship.

"If the civilians are not evacuated, I will absolutely not allow that place to become a battlefield!" Fujitora had roared back, veins bulging on his forehead.

Fujitora’s justice was a gentle justice; more than hunting pirates, he cared about the safety of civilians.

"HMPH!!! ARE YOU QUESTIONING ME? FUJITORA??" Akainu had flared up, but Tsuru, commanding strategy from the side, had intervened.

"The civilians have been evacuated. Do what you must, Fujitora," Tsuru’s voice came through the Transponder Snail.

As the Great Staff Officer, she naturally took the personalities of her key assets into account.

"I understand," Fujitora had replied seriously, hearing the civilians were evacuated.

"Hmph! If you mess up this mission, don’t bother coming back to Marine HQ, Fujitora!" Akainu had snorted coldly.

Fujitora’s stubbornness, his refusal to completely obey his orders, infuriated Akainu. ’If not for Admiral-level combatants being so crucial right now, I wouldn’t be so good-tempered... Evacuate civilians?? Any factor that delays the mission must be completely eliminated!’

"You need not worry, Fleet Admiral." Fujitora had then disconnected the call.

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"Continue the bombardment. Force them onto that island! Then, launch the attack. Push them to the brink... that’s the strategy, isn’t it?" Fujitora stated gravely.

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CLANG!

WHOOSH!

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