"Stop running your mouth!"
"Brat!"
Charlotte Linlin's beautiful face showed a trace of indignation. She gritted her teeth.
"Rocks may be a bastard, but he isn't someone just anyone can compare themselves to!"
That domineering man had once relied on his overwhelming strength and supreme Haki to press down on monstrous captains like them until they could barely breathe.
Even though each one of them was a sea overlord who could dominate a region, they had no choice but to admit that the man named Rocks truly possessed the potential to become king of the world.
Countless monstrous pirates had fallen on the path of trying to contend with Rocks.
Thinking of this, her gaze slowly sharpened.
She stared at this young man carrying a black gun on his back.
"You... what kind of king do you want to become?"
Everyone looked toward Ozz.
That figure stood there calmly, his face carrying the arrogance of youth, yet also an unshakable composure.
"Me..."
"I just want to become the freest man in the world!"
Hearing this, Linlin froze for a moment. She had not expected such an answer.
But after thinking about it carefully, although the answer sounded vague, it was actually extremely outrageous.
"Mama mama... the freest in the world?"
"I am also a woman who dreams of becoming the king of the world!"
A flash of fighting spirit appeared in her eyes. Her hand, covered in gemstone rings, was instantly wrapped in thick Armament Haki.
"Then let me see your strength!"
Her pink hair whipped wildly. The captain's hat on her head opened its eyes and transformed into a fanged blade. Prometheus turned into flames and wrapped around the blade.
Along with the lightning of Conqueror's Haki, her body, twice as tall as Ozz, suddenly raised the blade.
That stance was a giant technique from Elbaf.
The blade, wrapped in fire and Conqueror's Haki, chopped straight toward Ozz's head. The sound of torn air rang through the sky.
"Spear of Elbaf, Ikoku!"
Boom!
A mighty slash came crashing down. Used by Big Mom's monstrous physique, it perfectly matched this battle technique that only giants should be able to wield.
Just the shockwave created when it reached Ozz was enough to send countless small fry flying.
Charlotte Linlin had great confidence in this strike.
This was also one of the foundations that allowed her to become a captain-level figure.
A monster physique that had let her kill a bear as a child and destroy an entire giant village, combined with the Soul Soul Fruit and her dense Haki.
Even other monsters on the sea, when facing it, would...
"Well... what a fierce slash. As expected of the woman I admire."
As Linlin's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief, a relaxed voice sounded from within the smoke and dust.
When the smoke cleared, that giant slash had not blasted the young man before her into dust or left him heavily injured as expected.
Everyone looked over in disbelief.
The young, spirited Shiki dropped the cigar from his mouth, clearly shocked.
Whitebeard's gaze darkened slightly, as if he had sensed how troublesome this was.
As for Kaido's reaction...
Well, Kaido was still badly injured, lying there and getting bandaged.
The small fry had all been blasted away by the shockwave. Among them, Gick desperately clung to the mast, eyes wide as he stared at the center of the battlefield.
Ozz had simply raised one arm. Ryuo covered that arm, and strands of black-red lightning crackled across it.
Although his arm trembled slightly while clashing with the blade, he had still received that heavy strike firmly.
"When it comes to physique and monstrous strength, I won't lose to anyone."
Who had not casually beaten a few giant beasts to death as a child? Who had not lifted a few small mountains?
Ozz even grabbed the burning blade in return, startling Napoleon.
The power of Conqueror's Haki clashed there, spreading into a black-red net of lightning across the sky. Countless small fry began collapsing unconscious.
"What a beautiful face."
Ozz looked at Linlin up close. After all, she was one of the few people in the world whose innate physique was not weaker than his, and she was also a five-to-six-meter-tall beauty.
Unfortunately, she had already given birth.
Ozz, who did not understand the meaning of tender mercy, exerted force with his hand. His terrifying strength pulled Linlin forward, making her stumble.
Then flames also ignited around Ozz's foot. A heavier Diable Jambe kicked directly into young Linlin's head.
Her eyes rolled white.
She fell into a brief faint and collapsed straight to the ground.
Ozz directly sat on top of Linlin, using an Armament Haki-covered hand filled with monstrous strength to pin down her wrist.
"You've clearly had several children, yet your figure is still pretty good."
At this time, Big Mom's whole body gave off the aura of a mature woman, especially with her exaggerated proportions.
Standing before her, Ozz was only about half her height. His face could almost be completely buried in her chest.
Of course, although Ozz was young and vigorous, he did not have much impulse in that direction.
He was merely mourning his vanished youth.
But Linlin, who had slightly regained consciousness, saw Ozz's gaze and his posture sitting on top of her.
After being stunned for a moment, her expression revealed a trace of heat.
"Hey! You..."
"Hm?"
Ozz looked down at Linlin, who was pinned beneath him.
"I understand. You want to have a child with me, don't you?"
"?"
"No need to hide it. If it's a monster like you, then it isn't impossible."
"???"
This was not the first time Ozz had heard such words.
The last time was not long after he had gone out to sea, when Big Mom, whose figure had already changed drastically, had said it.
"You..."
The still-young Ozz looked at the youthful and beautiful Linlin.
Even if his heart stirred, the thought that she already had several children instantly killed that feeling.
Just then,
A figure stepped forward.
A man named Gick stepped forward without the slightest fear of death.
To avoid anyone saying I am padding the word count, you may automatically jump to Chapters 238, 239, and 240 to revisit this scene. It will be skipped here.
With just one person, Ozz forcibly made several captains of the Rocks Pirates give him face.
By the end of that day, Ozz's name had spread throughout the world.
Using his own joining of the Rocks Pirates as the condition, he demanded that this great battle be stopped.
Newgate felt that the matter was troublesome and that he had no authority to decide it. So afterward, he directly called Rocks through a Transponder Snail.
Whitebeard held Murakumogiri in one hand and the Transponder Snail in the other, looking somewhat troubled.
"Puru puru puru..."
Click.
"Hey! Rocks!"
"We failed to surround Roger..."
"...Yeah, that guy is very strong. Linlin has already been defeated."
"Shiki and I are fine. We're just injured."
"The other side?"
"Well... aside from being cut by one crew member, he's basically unharmed."
Rocks: "???"
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