The trident is called Earth Dragon, and has been stored in Katakuri's arms using the power of the Mochi Mochi Fruit.
"Glutinous Ball Stab!"
Katakuri's arm transformed into a rice cake, and then wrapped the trident in his hand. Using the rice cake as a base, Katakuri's arm holding the trident began to rotate and stabbed forward like a drill.
When the action was halfway through, Katakuri suddenly changed the straight stab into a sweep, smashing to the side.
Kate also happened to appear within the range of Katakuri's attack just as she took the initiative to receive Katakuri's moves.
This is not a peak match, and neither of them is an actor. This situation occurred entirely because of Katakuri's observation Haki.
As Charlotte Linlin's most valued offspring, Katakuri's fighting talent has been fully demonstrated. Although he is not weak in other aspects, his observation Haki is his strongest point.
This was also related to his experience. Because of Charlotte Linling, they lived in the disordered place of Honeycomb Island. Charlotte Linling could intimidate most people, but there were still people doing small moves in private.
There was an unspoken rule on Beehive Island at that time that adults should not interfere in children's affairs.
Therefore, fights often broke out among the children of those pirates. Katakuri could not find any rivals among his peers. Others could not do anything to him, so they set their sights on his younger brothers and sisters.
Katakuri's sister Brulee was also injured and left with a scar on her face. From then on, Katakuri's desire to protect his younger siblings became stronger.
In order to foresee danger and take precautions before it happens, Katakuri's observation Haki becomes increasingly powerful with this in mind.
"I've already predicted your plan!"
Even though he has not yet cultivated to the level of foreseeing the future, he can still predict the enemy's attacks and evasions during battle.
Katakuri seemed to be attacking randomly, but in fact he predicted Kate's landing point with every step.
Sizzle!
There was a sound of thunder roaring in Katakuri's ears.
The arm that had just been stabbed out had no time to be retracted, but Katakuri's body spread out on the spot, and several whips made of rice cakes flew out of his body and lashed towards the place where he originally stood.
"Yanagi rice cake!"
The strips of rice cakes whipped forward like willow branches dancing in the wind. Amidst the dense whip shadows, a white shadow retreated rapidly, but Katakuri's rice cakes followed closely behind.
The Mochi-Mochi Fruit has extremely strong ductility. Even if Katakuri stands still, he can use his ability to extend the attack radius to a very far distance.
"Trouble, I was dragged into his battle rhythm."
While retreating, Kate was also blocking Katakuri's attacks and trying to get out of Katakuri's rhythm.
Combat is not a turn-based system in games. Everyone has their own combat habits, and once they seize the opportunity, they will launch a series of continuous attacks.
In terms of age, Kate is three years older than Katakuri, but they grew up in different environments.
Katakuri has experienced more battles, whether it was the battle with other pirates on Beehive Island or after the disbandment of the Rocks Pirates, Katakuri, as Charlotte Linlin's right-hand man, has been constantly fighting with the enemy.
Charlotte Linlin's guidance also played a crucial role in his physical fitness. Kate was not bad, and was even stronger, but his level of observation Haki was far behind.
There is a huge difference between having someone to guide you and figuring things out on your own.
"That won't work. It needs to be faster."
Although Katakuri is ahead in Observation Haki, Kate can still hold her own against him because Kate's speed is higher than Katakuri's attack speed.
Katakuri predicted her next move, but when the attack came, Kate was able to force a reaction with her physical fitness.
It's not that she is completely incapable of Observation Haki. Besides, in the battle of Observation Haki, it's not about you predicting my next move and me predicting that you predicted my next move, so I have to change.
This method will only lead to infinite nesting dolls, and finally two people will stand face to face as punishment, and then one of them will directly admit defeat.
In addition to prediction, Observation Haki can also be used to hide one's own actions, so the confrontation of Observation Haki is actually more like addition and subtraction.
The two people's observation Haki cancel each other out, and whoever has more left will gain the upper hand.
"Super Limit Flash!"
boom!
A flash of light flashed in the Hex core, and more power surged out of the heart, gathering along Kate's body as materialized electric current. The surging thunder instantly roasted some of the rice cakes released by Katakuri until they cracked, causing a gap in his attack.
Kate also condensed a ray of lightning to her fingertips and pointed it in the direction of Katakuri.
Several lightning pulses were fired in succession, and although they were avoided by Katakuri, it allowed Kate to achieve her goal of getting close.
"I've seen furries before, but I've never seen one as special as you. You're a real rival!"
The fist shadows crossed, Kate's fists were wrapped in lightning, and the impenetrable fist shadows hit Katakuri.
Katakuri did not choose to avoid, but started a fist-to-flesh fight. It was not like he was not good at close combat. With the rice cake fruit and his original arm span, he even had a considerable advantage.
But the next moment, Kate suddenly punched him in the chest.
"How is that possible?!"
"Lord Katakuri was hit head-on?!"
Seeing Katakuri take two steps back, the members of the BIG MOM Pirates brought by Katakuri were shocked. Although Charlotte Linlin's other adult children were also strong, none of them was as powerful as Katakuri.
Even in the New World, Katakuri is the symbol of invincibility in the BIG MOM Pirates.
The leader of the current BIG MOM Pirates is naturally Charlotte Linlin herself, but the other members have never seen Katakuri fail in the battles he is in charge of.
This is not a new world, but a paradise.
The Haki that is common in the New World is a rare thing here. It seems that the opponent not only masters Haki, but even surpasses Katakuri at that moment.
In fact, even Katakuri's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt.
The feedback feeling in his chest was undoubtedly real, and the additional damage from the lightning was still lingering on his body.
He used his observation Haki to sense the direction of Kate's attack, but did not choose to dodge.
At the same time Kate swung her punch, Katakuri also attacked. In his perception, Kate did not evade either.
If he dodges, based on Kate's current reaction speed, she will definitely evade and avoid his next attack, so Katakuri's choice is to take the punch head-on.
With his physical strength, it would definitely be a good idea to trade injury for injury, but just when his fist was about to hit, Kate dodged. His observation Haki didn't even detect that Kate had any intention of avoiding.
When looking at Kate again, Katakuri also noticed a problem. There was no emotion in Kate's eyes at this time, as if she was not a creature of flesh and blood.
This is also the reason why he did not predict Kate's actions.
Observation Haki is used to predict the opponent's actions, but if the opponent does not make any moves from beginning to end, then the result cannot be predicted.
If Katakuri had practiced to the point of being able to predict the future, he would be able to see this result, but it is not enough now.
Just now, Kate used the special characteristics of her body to shut down her emotions and started her battle in a more mechanical way.
The reason why Katakuri's attack was dodged was that her fur sensed the wind from the fist and responded with biological instinct. This was the same principle as the "rubber trick" Luffy used against Enel in the original timeline.
Although Kate doesn't have a rubbery body, as we all know, cats are liquid, and these animals can appear in all kinds of places you wouldn't expect.
They can get into pipes, fish tanks, and seemingly impossible places.
As a cat with fur, Kate's body is very soft. As her strength increases, her control over her body also improves. Coupled with the existence of the Hex Core, she finally achieved something that was beyond Katakuri's understanding.
"Interesting, this trip is really the right one."
Katakuri felt a sense of joy in his heart at this moment. He still didn't understand how Kate did it, but he didn't mind learning about his opponent from the battle.
Only by becoming stronger can he protect his younger brothers and sisters. Discovering problems in this kind of competition is always better than appearing in a life-and-death battle later.
However, neither Katakuri nor Kate seemed to realize that their fight was gradually moving beyond the scope of sparring.
"I said, you're almost done! Stop fighting!"
Feld tried to stop them, but it was no use, no one cared what he said.
Katakuri never took Feld seriously from the beginning. It was true that he came to invite guests, but if no one went, Charlotte Linlin would lose face.
So if Feld refuses, Katakuri will have to find a way to bring them over, or just settle the matter and set the rules.
The cooperative relationship between Oran and Feld is pretty good, but Feld still can't command Kate. To be precise, no one can command her except Oran.
Even though he was scared, Feld could only hide behind Frankenstein and watch the two men continue to fight.
"Why isn't Orlan's work done yet? I'll go see how he's doing."
Feld found a reason to leave first. If there was an ordinary person next to him, he might feel that this was an excuse, but now the person next to him was Frankenstein.
Hearing what Feld said, Frankenstein grabbed him instead.
"No, you can't disturb father, he is doing experiments."
"That's not the point. Besides, I gave him this lab. I even went in to look for him before. What's wrong with that?"
"It used to be a mechanical lab, but now it's a chemistry lab, so the situation is different."
Even though Feld is the financial backer, there are some things he can't get through. The reason he was able to see Oran before was because Oran was just tightening the screws and preparing the training robot that Zefa wanted.
But now Oran was working on some unknown things in the chemistry laboratory, so Feld naturally couldn't get in.
"Don't be so rigid. Sometimes I may not do what I say."
As he spoke, a bolt of lightning came towards Feld. Frankenstein casually raised his hammer and absorbed this part of the lightning.
"Well, waste is bad."
Feld covered his face helplessly. He and Orlan got along quite well, but in his opinion, all the people under Orlan were stubborn, which sometimes really drove him crazy.
Fortunately, this state did not last long. A mercury wall rose from the ground, and Orlan himself had finished what he had on hand.
After coming here, he also used Zack's ability to separate Katakuri and Kate.
"Let's stop here. Isn't your purpose to invite us to a tea party?"
Feld's words were useless, but Oran's words did work. Kate took a few steps back, the indifference in her pupils faded, and her emotions returned to her body.
Seeing that the other party had lost the will to fight and that the invited guests had arrived, Katakuri naturally stopped.
"It seems that today is the end. We can wait for another chance to decide the winner.
Next time, your trick won't work anymore."
"This isn't my strongest stance, Nyanko. Next time, your observation Haki won't be so advanced."
Kate still has the trump card of Moon Leo, and so does Katakuri. It can be said that both sides still have reservations.
"I'm looking forward to that day, but the truth is, you should pray you don't get left too far behind."
"Heh, I wonder who will be pulled down."
The post-match harsh words ended here. After some preparation, Katakuri successfully invited the participants of the two meetings. This time, Oran's entourage also changed.
Frankenstein and Kate took turns, and Orlan also brought Leliana with him.
Although it was an invitation from pirates, there was no danger in nature. Moreover, given Charlotte Linlin's personality, bringing a child with her was actually a good thing.
Before today, Katakuri had no contact with Oran, Feld and others. Some of the previous business dealings were also handled by Charlotte Linlin's eldest son, Charlotte Perospero.
This eldest son is not as strong as Katakuri, but he is better at business negotiations.
Now, from the first impression, Katakuri has a better impression of Oran.
Unlike Feld who was trembling with fear, Orlan was very calm and even brought a gift box.
As Oran's subordinate, Kate has been recognized by Katakuri for her strength. He believes that anyone who can make Kate choose to follow must have his own abilities.
Oran's splitting of their Mercury Wall also indirectly demonstrated his strength. The most important thing is that Katakuri now has a very strange feeling, and this feeling comes from Oran's daughter - Leliana.
Katakuri himself couldn't explain what this feeling was, and in the end he didn't show it.
Bulu Bulu~
"Mmm~Mmm~Katakuri, how's it going? Did you get my guest?"
"I got it, Mom. I was just about to inform you that we are on our way back to Cake Island. We will definitely be back before the tea party starts."
"Yes, you are indeed my most outstanding son. You did a great job on this matter."
The process of Charlotte Linlin sending people to pick up the children of Umit and others was much more complicated than Katakuri's, which made Charlotte Linlin a little dissatisfied, but she didn't say anything. After all, they also completed their tasks smoothly.
"In that case, hurry back. Your brothers and sisters really miss you. Katakuri, what's that noise over there?"
[Impossible! Impossible! That kind of thing shouldn't exist. It's destructive to this industry! Hahahaha!]
"Nothing, mom. One of the cooks seems to have gotten a little irritated. I'll take care of it."
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