Chapter 242: [242] : [BONUS] – The Sea’s Most Terrifying Stats! Kaido Descends!

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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

A piercing alarm shrieked across the sea region.

Already prepared, Marine warships and immense military forces rapidly converged on the area.

This time, to capture Big Mom, the Navy was sparing no expense.

Over ten Marine Vice Admirals. Fifty warships. ALL THREE MARINE ADMIRALS MOBILIZED.

A Super Buster Call, arguably the strongest in history.

It represented the Navy’s ironclad resolve to utterly destroy the Emperor, Big Mom, and her pirate crew.

This resolve had been forged the moment the operational plan against the Big Mom Pirates was drafted. The reason for activating the Buster Call was because the Navy, ultimately, was a subordinate agency of the World Government.

This operation, besieging an Emperor, could potentially draw in other Emperors—with their authority alone, the Navy couldn’t act with complete freedom.

The Buster Call, however, was an emergency measure authorized by the World Government itself. Once activated, its directive was to completely destroy everything at the signal’s origin, representing the World Government’s Absolute Justice.

Activating the Buster Call also meant the Navy could fight without restraint, without needing frequent authorization from the World Government.

This was Akainu’s resolve.

AT ANY COST, ANNIHILATE THE BIG MOM PIRATES!

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WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Through the thin mist, countless menacing warships cut through the fog, their cannons all loaded and ready.

“Buster Call Activated! Destroy Everything On That Island! Open Fire!” Vice Admiral Hound, user of the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Hound, pointed towards the distant island and issued the command.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The terrifying firepower of dozens of warships began to unleash a full-scale barrage, covering the target island.

Horrifying flashes of light instantly erupted across the island.

“Is this the Buster Call? Hahaha! NOW THIS IS JUSTICE!” Ryokugyu declared, standing at the foremost part of a warship’s deck.

Watching the island become engulfed in a sea of fire under the Navy’s barrage, he laughed heartily.

As expected of the Fleet Admiral he admired the most, Sakazuki was ruthlessly efficient

BUSTER CALL!

Against these countries that aren’t affiliated with the World Government—they should all be destroyed like this!

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“Moshi moshi~ Can I make my move yet?” On another warship, Kizaru asked into the Transponder Snail on his wrist, his lips twisted in his characteristic lazy drawl.

“How strange… Why is there no sound?” Kizaru scratched his head.

“Admiral Kizaru, sir… That’s a Listening Transponder Snail. This is the Communication Snail,” a Marine HQ Rear Admiral, drenched in sweat, quickly explained.

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On the island.

“MAMA! The Navy has us surrounded! They’ve activated a Buster Call!”

Smoothie, already in her Juice Giant form, was desperately trying to block the terrifying, all-encompassing cannon fire to protect her sisters.

Big Mom’s earlier blast of Conqueror’s Haki had suppressed Fujitora’s gravity space, giving Smoothie and the others a chance to move.

Facing such a ferocious, horrifying barrage, even a Yonko Commander level fighter like Smoothie broke out in a cold sweat.

The firepower coverage is too dense!

Though she could block it with her strength, it came at the cost of consuming stamina and Haki. And if even an Emperor like Big Mom had limits, what hope did they have?

As core officers and combatants of an Emperor’s crew, even fighters like Charlotte Pudding could handle the cannon fire for a short time. But as their stamina and Haki dwindled, their movements would slow, and they would gradually be overwhelmed.

Eventually, if they couldn’t break out or destroy the warships, they would be worn down and killed.

This was the true terror of a Buster Call.

The Marines on board didn’t even need to engage in close combat initially. They just needed to continuously load the cannons on the warships, using dense fire coverage to strike the enemy.

Until the enemy’s stamina and Haki dropped to freezing point, then they would land and carry out the final cleanup.

The World Government and the Navy understood their greatest advantage against pirates.

MONEY.

The World Government had over 200 member nations—forget the Heavenly Tribute supplied to the Celestial Dragons, just the tax revenue was a colossal sum.

The Navy’s massive fleet, the largest on the seas, was also built with the power of money.

Against pirates, in most cases, there was no need for close combat—just carpet-bombing them with cannonballs, wearing them down and killing them, was sufficient.

And if the target of the carpet-bombing tried to return fire, or use a Devil Fruit for long-range attacks, or if someone tried to break through—that was when the Marine HQ Vice Admirals on the Buster Call ships would act.

The Buster Call was built on this concept.

Rather than using cannons, it was more like using Beri to smash the enemy to death.

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“BUSTER CALL! BASTARDS!” Big Mom roared, her eyes bloodshot.

The cannonballs were nothing to her; both her Homies, Zeus and Prometheus, could easily destroy a large number of them.

But for her children, they were a considerable threat.

Especially with Fujitora blocking her path, if this continued, there would sooner or later be casualties.

“MAMAMAMA! You little brats, I’ll let you have your fun for now!” Big Mom laughed wildly.

WHOOSH! BOOM!

The sound of cannons firing echoed, and several Marine warships were directly hit.

“It’s the Big Mom Pirates! It’s Katakuri!” An observing Marine immediately reported.

“Are they trying to break through? Send the Vice Admirals to deal with them,” Kizaru, no longer joking, said, his gaze turning towards the island.

VMM!

Kizaru’s body transformed into a dazzling flash of light.

“It’s Kizaru!”

Big Mom’s third son, Charlotte Daifuku, saw this light, his face filled with hatred.

The other members of the Big Mom Pirates also showed expressions of anger. As the Admiral who had previously besieged their Big Mom Pirates, he was the one they hated the most.

Kizaru’s Glint-Glint Fruit ability had caused them heavy losses—even Katakuri was severely injured.

“How strange… why do the Big Mom Pirates hate me so much?” Kizaru, sensing their emotions with his Observation Haki, was somewhat puzzled.

He and Ryokugyu had gone to fight them, yes. But Oven’s group hadn’t suffered any real losses. Strictly speaking, they were the ones who had been forced to retreat, which was far more embarrassing.

But now was not the time to think about this.

Big Mom on the island had already gone berserk, preparing to break through with Charlotte Smoothie and the others, then board Katakuri’s pirate ship and leave this sea region.

Fujitora was strong, but it was impossible for him to stop a rampaging Big Mom on his own.

Their Navy had prepared for so long, even activating the Buster Call; they couldn’t let her just walk away…

WHOOSH!

Kizaru completely elementized, transforming into a flash of light, instantly descending to Big Mom’s side.

“Tsk… leaving me on guard duty?” Ryokugyu’s dangerous gaze turned towards Katakuri and the others.

In that case, let’s play with these Big Mom Pirates.

Last time, because of Sky Sovereign Rowen’s Haki, he had retreated. This time, with three Admirals deployed, he wouldn’t retreat so easily!

“Another new Admiral?” Katakuri’s expression was incredibly grim. Another unfamiliar face.

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“How scary~ Big Mom,” Kizaru said on the island, rubbing his chin as he looked at the rampaging Emperor.

“KIZARU! YOU BRAT!” Big Mom saw Kizaru, her eyes completely red.

Smoothie and the others were also filled with righteous indignation. It was Kizaru who had injured so many of their brothers and sisters!

“How strange… why do you all hate me so much?” Kizaru blinked behind his sunglasses, his mouth twisted in an incredibly punchable, lazy drawl.

“GO TO HELL!”

Big Mom wouldn’t give Kizaru a reason… besides, Kizaru’s punchable appearance further enraged Big Mom. She instantly went berserk, charging crazily at Kizaru.

“SO scary~ Big Mom, Please be gentle,” Kizaru said, instantly cut by a slash, but having already elementized in advance, he was still talking in that incredibly punchable tone.

“Yasakani no Magatama——!!!”

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Kizaru’s elementized flash of light split into countless light bullets, attacking Big Mom. But the next moment, these light bullets didn’t explode as usual, but instantly transformed into multiple copies of Kizaru himself.

“Ama no Murakumo.”

Each Kizaru clone wielded a light sword created from the Glint-Glint Fruit’s power. Several of the clones even appeared before Smoothie and the others.

Any Devil Fruit, its strongest attack method was ultimately close combat. Even the Logia Devil Fruits, which represented natural disasters, were the same.

Aokiji’s strongest attack was the close-combat Ice Glove; Akainu’s strongest was the close-range Meigo. And Kizaru’s strongest technique was to create multiple clones to engage in a group melee with his Ama no Murakumo.

Instantly, Smoothie and the others were pushed to the brink.

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“Dammit!”

Big Mom was on the verge of a mental breakdown. But the more anxious, the more crazed she became, the more her Haki would decrease, not increase.

Haki, especially Conqueror’s Haki, was a manifestation of pure spiritual power; once the mind was deranged, the power of Haki couldn’t be used at all.

Just as in the original story, whether it was Big Mom’s complete madness due to her eating disorder, or her amnesia, she couldn’t use any Haki power.

In a battle between powerhouses, once the mindset was imbalanced, the impact was extremely fatal. This was also why Big Mom, whose raw stats were so excellent among the Four Emperors, had such poor combat performance.

It was because Big Mom’s mind was extremely unstable, often showing signs of derangement in battle, which would lead to a weakening of her Haki, and the final result was an extremely poor combat performance—completely unworthy of her powerful stats.

Besides, at this moment, Big Mom was facing two Marine Admirals, Kizaru and Fujitora. On these seas, before the Summit War, no one could single-handedly fight two Marine Admirals.

Let alone Big Mom—even Kaido couldn’t do it. Stamina and Haki would eventually be completely exhausted.

The more frantic Big Mom became, the more obvious her defeat became…

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WHOOSH! CLANG!

Kizaru, seizing an opening, caught a flaw in Big Mom’s Haki defense due to her mental state.

Ama no Murakumo directly cut through her Haki defense, but the sword striking her skin only produced a sound like striking indestructible steel.

“Iron Balloon? What a troublesome power,” Kizaru drawled, his mouth twisted.

Iron Balloon—Big Mom’s special powerful talent.

Her body’s durability was simply not like a carbon-based lifeform’s.

Among the Four Emperors, even Kaido, who was hailed as the World’s Strongest Creature with his Azure Dragon body had scars on his body.

The deceased Whitebeard—his front was covered in scars.

Red-Hair also had numerous scars.

But Big Mom was completely unscathed. Her defense was even more outrageous than Kaido’s Azure Dragon body.

Such terrifying stats and talent, even Kizaru could only sigh and resolve to wear down this woman’s stamina and Haki.

If this woman had a normal mind and fighting talent, with these stats, she would probably be second only to Sky Sovereign Rowen, not the weakest of the Four Emperors.

But because of this, his mission was that much easier.

Kizaru and Fujitora cooperated closely, using the fastest speed to consume Big Mom’s stamina and Haki.

At their level, their teamwork was flawless.

Their powerful Observation Haki allowed them to move in perfect sync without any prior practice, not giving Big Mom any breathing room.

Given enough time, even with her monstrous stats, once they depleted her stamina and Haki, they could slap a pair of Seastone cuffs on her and drag her to Impel Down.

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“DAMMIT! KAIDO, YOU BRAT! HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH??”

Big Mom roared towards the sky, her eyes bloodshot.

If this continued, her stamina and Haki would be consumed too much. More importantly, whether it was Smoothie or Katakuri and the others, they were all struggling. If her children suffered heavy losses, she would never forgive Kaido!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

From the clouds, terrifying wind blades instantly formed, becoming a storm of scythe-like air currents, destroying several Marine warships!

“WHAT THE HELL IS THAT??”

Ryokugyu, who was attacking Katakuri and the others, forcing them to the brink, could only dodge this horrifying wind blade.

“ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!”

A dragon’s roar echoed.

From the clouds, a giant figure slowly emerged.

Numerous Marines stared in terror at this creature that only existed in mythology.

A DRAGON??

The Vice Admirals’ foreheads beaded with cold sweat, their expressions incredibly grim.

User of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Azure Dragon!

The World’s Strongest Creature.

THE EMPEROR, KAIDO OF THE BEASTS!

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