One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 245

Chapter 245: [245] : Rowen’s Birdcage! The Super Decisive Battle! The Terror of Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet Commanders!

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"Brûlée."

Katakuri turned in disbelief, looking at his most beloved younger sister.

"What a shame. Your combat power is an unstable factor. So, you can leave the stage first." Brûlée gave a smile that did not belong to her.

Since it was war, of course, one should use the smallest cost to achieve the greatest results.

War is about using all means at your disposal.

"YOU’RE NOT BRÛLÉE!!!"

Seeing this smile, completely different from Brûlée usual one, Katakuri reacted instantly. A sword flash pierced through Brûlée’s body, but not a single drop of blood was spilled. Inside, there was nothing but strings.

"This ability is—"

Seeing the puppet, its Human-Human ability dispelled, revealing the strings within after being damaged, someone immediately realized.

"The String-String Fruit’s... STRING PUPPETS!"

Kizaru’s forehead was beaded with cold sweat.

’Dammit! I knew something was wrong!’

To think that the string puppets of the String-String Fruit could be made to change their appearance so perfectly. Their auras and emotions had been flawless. Not even Observation Haki could discern their true identity.

Was it a special Devil Fruit?? One that their Navy’s intelligence network had no record of??

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"Why are you in such a hurry?" Rowen smiled.

"BASTARD! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PAGE ONE AND THE OTHERS!"

Kaido, at this moment, was utterly furious. He blasted a searing dragon’s breath towards Rowen.

"The power of flame..." Rowen just waved his hand slightly.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

His own fire, a combination of the Flare-Flare and Heat-Heat Fruits, easily swallowed Kaido’s Dragon Breath whole.

"Don’t show off your Devil Fruit abilities in front of me again, Kaido," Rowen’s words made Kaido’s eyes turn blood-red.

But he couldn’t refute it at all...

The Azure Dragon Fruit granted him control over natural elements—hurricanes, flames, lightning. But these elements were a tier below Rowen’s own awakened Logias.

Not to mention Rowen could use other Devil Fruit abilities to enhance the power of his Rumble-Rumble and Flare-Flare Fruits. He could easily overwhelm the natural elements Kaido controlled.

Even Kaido had to admit, in terms of Devil Fruits, no one on these seas was stronger than the man before him.

To use a Devil Fruit ability to create such a huge trap. To use string puppets to change their appearance and aura, to infiltrate their Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates...

Though Kaido didn’t yet understand all the details, one thing was certain: the current situation had been orchestrated, step by step, by this brat, Rowen.

Including the Navy’s crazy assault on Big Mom.

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"Brat, your appetite... isn’t it a bit too big?" Kaido looked at Rowen.

"I don’t have time to go through you one by one. Better to deal with you all here once and for all," Rowen glanced around and smiled.

Two Emperors, three Admirals, plus three Seraphim. Over fifty warships, and the core officers of two Emperor crews.

Wipe them all out in one fell swoop, and the seas would be much cleaner, allowing him to prepare for the final battle.

"Aren’t you afraid of choking to death! And you think a mere Ice-Ice Fruit can really stop us?" Kaido’s gaze was grim.

Both his and Big Mom’s abilities could easily destroy the ice on a massive scale. Plus the Navy’s combat power, it was very easy to create a passage.

"The power of the Ice-Ice Fruit alone is indeed not enough. But—" Rowen’s palm suddenly began to open and close. In his hand, strings were densely packed.

WHOOSH!

The strings in Rowen’s hand shot towards the sky!

And the next moment—

WHOOSH!

All the string puppets on the battlefield dissolved, their bodies turning into countless threads that also shot towards the sky.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

After these threads erupted into the sky, they fell like a meteor shower, violently piercing the solid ice below, forming a hemispherical cage of strings that trapped every ship and every person within.

"Birdcage——"

Rowen’s eyes flashed with an astonishing crimson-black light.

The ultimate ability of the String-String Fruit—the Birdcage. Inside it, all contact with the outside world was severed. Escape was impossible.

Its weakness was simple: as long as the user was defeated, the ability would naturally be dispelled. By using this ability, the user made himself the target of everyone trapped inside.

"Doflamingo’s Birdcage? You’ve got some nerve. Now you’ve made yourself the enemy of all," Kaido’s gaze was icy.

The Birdcage was unbreakable—that was a fundamental mechanic of the Devil Fruit. The only way to break it was to take down the user. The moment this ability was activated, the user became the primary target of everyone inside.

Kaido knew of this ability, but he had never imagined Sky Sovereign would dare to use it here.

Before, Rowen could have played the different factions against each other. After all, the pirates and the Navy would never truly cooperate.

But now, with the Birdcage activated, whether they wanted to or not, they all had to defeat Rowen.

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Kaido’s gaze was icy cold. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Big Mom picked up Napoleon.

"I suppose you’ve made the decision for us, Sky Sovereign," Kizaru, Fujitora, Ryokugyu, and S-Hawk all looked at Rowen.

In this moment, they didn’t need to discuss the situation or their allegiances. They had only one objective: KILL ROWEN AND DISPEL THE BIRDCAGE.

"Do you have enough stamina and Haki left?" Rowen smiled.

"Enough to finish you!" Kaido and the others snorted coldly.

Their stamina and Haki had indeed been consumed a lot, but six of them against one Rowen was more than enough.

"Hey, hey... did you all forget? I am..." Rowen’s eyes flashed with crimson-black light.

The next moment, he waved his hand.

WHOOSH! CRACK!!

Countless Air Doors ripped open.

"—AN EMPEROR." Rowen revealed an extremely ’villainous’ expression.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Figures radiating powerful auras leaped out from the Air Doors.

TAP! TAP! TAP!

The sound of footsteps on the solid ice echoed continuously. These figures slowly gathered behind Rowen.

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"Straw Hat, Pirate Hunter, Black Leg, Desert Princess,"

"The Sky Sovereign’s four closest commanders... THEY’RE ALL HERE!" Vice Admiral Pomsky was drenched in cold sweat.

"How... how are they so strong?? What a powerful aura!" Vice Admiral Hound’s eyes shook.

"The Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet’s 1st Division Commander, Marco! 2nd Division Commander, Fire Fist Ace! 3rd Division Commander, Diamond Jozu! 5th Division Commander, Flower Sword Vista... The commanders are all here!"

"The former Warlord. Knight of the Sea Jinbe—and the captain of the Kuja Pirates, the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock!"

Shark-Cutter Bastille was sweating profusely.

"Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet, Straw Hat Pirates, Kuja Pirates, Jinbe... Sky Sovereign, you’ve brought all your combatants," Kaido snorted coldly.

TAP! TAP! TAP!

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TAP! TAP! TAP!

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

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