Chapter 522: The Stalemate on the Battlefield (Part 2)
This feeling was a fear of the Rockefeller Pirates.
Although his mother was at the forefront, Katakuri still kept a close watch on the Rockefeller Pirates' every move. He would give his full attention to anything that happened with them. Anything the Rockefeller Pirates put out, Katakuri would have his people purchase and then study.
The appearance of the Gatling gun made Katakuri instantly see the terror of this weapon. Perhaps it posed no threat to him personally, but against ordinary people armed with swords, the Gatling gun was an absolute god-tier harvesting tool on the battlefield.
After understanding the power of this weapon, Katakuri began to quietly collect them from various black markets and even ordered his own people to manufacture them.
As the person with the highest status in the Big Mom Pirates besides Charlotte Linlin herself, Katakuri's authority was immense. With Charlotte Linlin's hands-off style of leadership, almost all matters of the Big Mom Pirates, big and small, were managed by Katakuri. This gave him enormous room to operate.
While observing the Rockefeller Pirates, he was also subtly transforming the Big Mom Pirates. The transformations over the years had yielded great results; it was likely that even Charlotte Linlin herself didn't know how terrifyingly powerful her own pirate crew had become.
The appearance of the Gatling gun completely changed the Marines' perception of firearms. After wave after wave of suicidal charges, the corpses that littered the ice told the Marines behind them of the terror that lay ahead.
"Quick, attack! Anyone who takes a step back dies!" Vice Admiral Onigumo shouted, looking at the ships ahead that were continuously spitting fire. He urged the terrified soldiers of the Kingdom Allied Army to keep advancing. These troops were the cannon fodder units pushed out by the Marines, meant to be used as consumables.
On this part of the battlefield, after the Gatling guns appeared, the Marines immediately changed their strategy after paying a heavy price. The high-ranking Marine officers, led by Vice Admiral Onigumo, drove the large numbers of the Kingdom Allied Army forward to tear open a breach.
The areas around the Big Mom Pirates' ships were littered with the corpses of the Kingdom Allied Army and Marine elites. Compared to the Whitebeard Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates seemed to be having a much easier time.
"Sister, will big brother be okay?" a group of Charlotte family children asked, looking at a mochi dome in the distance that enveloped a section of space.
Smoothie looked at the faint sounds of explosions in the distance and shook her head.
"He won't be. Brother Katakuri is the strongest. A mere Marine Vice Admiral can't hurt him. Trust that Brother Katakuri will be victorious soon. We don't need to worry. The priority now is to deal with these charging Marines. Everyone, pay attention, the Marines' next wave of attacks is coming," Smoothie said to those around her.
The Gatling guns in front of them gave them full confidence. They had already repelled two Marine assaults, leaving behind over a thousand bodies. This was the source of Smoothie's confidence.
Hearing this, the other children looked with excitement at the Marines who were about to close in.
"Fire!"
At Smoothie's command, the tongues of fire spat out once again. Another large swath of cannon fodder fell. But this time, the Marines did not retreat, continuing to charge forward under the hail of bullets, occasionally counter-attacking with their own weapons. But the damage they caused was minimal.
The influence brought by Rockefeller Charlotte's transmigration had begun to take effect. The Big Mom Pirates were developing towards the scale of a force using modern firearms.
It was laughable, really. The Rockefeller Pirates were the inventors and owners. But the Rockefeller Pirates themselves did not like these firearms. Compared to rifles and machine guns, the Rockefeller Pirates still preferred to use primitive swords and blades. Perhaps it was due to the influence of Rockefeller Charlotte.
After all, this was a world of extraordinary power. Rifles and machine guns might have a great advantage against ordinary people and would make many rely on them. But against true powerhouses, firearms seemed inadequate. And the Rockefeller Pirates, a crew composed of swordsmen, were filled with people who valued the longswords in their hands more than their own lives. Even when Charlotte tried to push for a firearm-based unit, not many were willing.
This allowed the Big Mom Pirates to get a taste of their sweetness.
"Damn it!"
Onigumo watched the Marines being beaten back again. He could see the panic on the soldiers' faces.
"What in the world is that weapon!" Onigumo asked, looking at the Gatling guns, which were emitting white smoke as they sat on the ships.
Clearly, Onigumo did not understand this weapon. After all, this weapon had only been around for a short two years. It hadn't had any eye-catching achievements before, so it wasn't well-known. But it was believed that after this war, the fame of the Gatling gun would spread across the Four Blues, fascinating countless people.
It had to be said, Charlotte had done another unethical thing.
The slaughter here did not affect the nearby Katakuri and Kizaru. To be precise, they didn't know what was happening outside. Katakuri and Kizaru were currently enveloped in a barrier made of mochi. This barrier was formed by Katakuri, precisely to limit Kizaru's light-speed movements.
At this moment, the two stood opposite each other. Kizaru stood in place, surveying his surroundings.
"Yo, yo, yo~! How terrifying. A Devil Fruit Awakening. How old are you?"
Don't be fooled by Kizaru's casual appearance; his mind was already in turmoil. A Devil Fruit Awakening! This was a Devil Fruit Awakening! Something so many people couldn't achieve in their entire lives. Even he hadn't developed an awakened form for his own Glint-Glint Fruit.
And the young man before him had done it.
Katakuri raised his arm. It instantly turned into mochi, and a trident appeared in his hand.
Seeing this, Kizaru's eyes widened in shock once more.
"I remember the Mochi-Mochi Fruit is a Paramecia, isn't it?"
Seeing his opponent use his fruit with the same properties as a Logia, Kizaru was shocked again.
"Marine, if you want to get out, one, you kill me. Two, I kill you! There is no third way," Katakuri said, holding his trident and looking at Kizaru.
Kizaru's sleazy expression slowly disappeared.
"It seems I'll have to ask you to die then!"
As Kizaru's voice fell, his figure instantly disappeared from the spot. A golden ray of light appeared behind Katakuri.
Swoosh!
The light beam descended.
Katakuri, as if he had predicted it, swung his trident around and batted the laser away.
Bang!
The laser hit the surrounding mochi wall, causing a violent explosion.
Kizaru glanced over. His attack had only caused a slight ripple on the mochi wall. The strength of this mochi was even more troublesome than he had imagined.
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