Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 81
Candy Ripple is a liquid syrup, and Perospero wants to use it to bind Queen and others before taking away the bananas.
Unfortunately, while he was secretly using his abilities, Queen was also secretly using his abilities, and Perospero was backlit, which became his biggest pitfall.
The power of sunlight gathered through the back leaves into the body, belonging to the ultimate move of Grass-type Pokémon, Solar Flare.
Before attacking, it requires charging and is also affected by weather conditions, but if released successfully, its power is considerable.
Although it is a Grass-type skill, as an attack released by absorbing the power of the sun, it inherently carries high temperatures.
The Devil Fruit itself is an unscientific thing, but it follows strange rules. The candy made by licking the fruit is as hard as steel but fears high temperatures.
Perospero could defend against the high temperature generated by the energy ball explosion instantly, but the continuous high temperature generated by Solar Flare was different. His released candy wave was directly evaporated by the attack of Solar Flare.
The pirates around Perospero looked like they wanted to escape from the incoming Solar Flare, but their bodies became particularly heavy, and they could only watch the Solar Flare get closer.
Although Perospero held up the candy defense for defense, at the moment when the candy wall touched the Solar Flare, it was melted by the accompanying high temperature. The original defensive power disappeared, and the group was directly blown away by Queen’s Solar Flare.
Perospero was only 19 years old this year. Although he had eaten the Lick-Lick Fruit, his strength was still in the growth stage. Moreover, although he was the eldest son, his combat power could have been more substantial.
Queen, who was 25 years old, had developed more comprehensively. The Solar Flare, after charging, also had a restraint on Devil Fruit’s abilities, so it was not surprising that he gained the upper hand.
But he still lost some bananas.
He didn’t want to, but he had no choice. He refused to compromise with Perospero. This was his thing. If others tried to take it away, he would not let them succeed, even if he had to destroy it.
He could only try to minimize the loss as much as possible.
All of Perospero’s men were attacked by Queen’s Solar Flare. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to dodge, but their bodies became slow and couldn’t dodge after that.
At this time, there was a sweet smell in the air. This was neither the fragrance of ripening bananas nor the fragrance of Perospero’s candy, but the sweet smell released by Queen, a skill that could reduce the enemy’s evasion rate.
In reality, this aroma contained a particular toxin that could make people sluggish.
“Hahaha, this is the consequence of stealing from me. Now you know how powerful I am, Queen! What’s that Shaina woman? If it weren’t for me being lenient with her, would she be my opponent!”
As he spoke, the topic was getting off track. Queen found a sense of satisfaction from Perospero, which brought about a sudden surge of confidence.
“Um, Queen…”
“What’s up? You idiots, what are you still doing here? Quickly tie them up and then harvest the bananas. We can’t stay here, and we have to change places.”
Although he had successfully cultivated the first batch of bananas here, Big Mom’s people had also found this place. It was a considerable distance from the territory of the Beasts, and its strategic value was not high, so occupying it was not significant.
So, he decided to move to another place to build a more extensive plantation.
“No, Queen, I think it’s not good to speak ill of the big sister behind her back.”
“Humph, behind her back? I dare say it to her face! Just a woman.”
As he spoke, he took out a cigar to relax. Throughout the process, he kept staring in Perospero’s direction. After all, he was the eldest son of the Charlotte family. Even if he was restrained, he couldn’t be weak enough to be killed in one hit.
Just as he was looking for a lighter, a hand with flames burning appeared in front of him.
Queen didn’t think there was anything wrong and lit the cigar directly. But after a delay of a few tenths of a second, he felt that the hand seemed familiar.
“You’re very confident, that’s good, very spirited. What’s wrong with me, this woman? I want to hear your comments.”
“Gulp.” Queen swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stiffly turning his head. Then, his eyes almost bulged out.
“Why are you here!!!”
In Queen’s line of sight was Shaina flying low in the air. Wasn’t the one who just lit the cigar in Shaina’s hand? A vague premonition emerged in his mind. After calculating the dates carefully, I thought her discomfort should have ended days ago.
But no matter how he thought about it, Shaina shouldn’t have appeared here.
“You wouldn’t have come all this way just to fight me, would you?”
“No, His Holiness is going to search for treasure. I’m just accompanying you. We happened to pass by here, and the destination is nearby.”
They planned to replenish here before setting off again. Just as they heard the commotion over here, Shaina came to see what was happening.
“Well, I thought so.”
“But now I’ve changed my mind. Originally, we were planning to rest here for a while. I see you’re quite confident, so let’s start now.”
“Wait! You’ve got it wrong, and I never said anything like that. Don’t believe me, ask them.”
Queen pointed to his henchmen behind him, and Shaina followed his gaze, putting pressure on them.
After a few tenths of a second of hesitation, they sold Queen without hesitation. Shaina had arrived long ago, Queen hadn’t noticed. Their veto couldn’t change the outcome, and they could only bear the consequences.
“Sorry, Queen!”
Queue up, bow, apologize, leave.
Although he didn’t have the qualification to say this, it didn’t stop him from dissing them in his heart.
“Um, I think it’s more important to deal with the enemy first.” He really hoped that Perospero had retained his fighting ability so that he could shift the contradiction.
And Perospero didn’t disappoint him. He stood up again, and there were still a few pirates around him who hadn’t fallen.
Because Queen had few opportunities to appear recently, he had also been in the background during the battle with Vald last time, so he hadn’t been wanted. But Shaina was different.
During this time, she had almost been fighting with Ash constantly, and her own reputation had already been established.
“Lord Perospero, that woman is… Flame Claw Princess, it seems their reinforcements have arrived.”
“I didn’t go blind. Get ready to retreat.”
“But what about Mom…”
“There’s nothing we can do. Just report the situation here truthfully. Mom should be able to understand, I hope.” He didn’t really believe this himself, but it was the only way to comfort himself.
That
He said his henchmen explained everything about the actual situation. The matter was settled, and they didn’t want to offend the disciplinary committee of the pirate group.
“You cowards.” Although he didn’t have the right to say this, it didn’t affect his dissatisfaction with them in his heart.
“Well, I think it’s more important to deal with the enemy first.” He really hoped that Perospero had retained his fighting ability so that he could shift the contradiction.
And Perospero didn’t disappoint him. He stood up again, and there were still a few pirates around him who hadn’t fallen.
Because Queen had few opportunities to appear recently, he had also been in the background during the battle with Vald last time, so he hadn’t been wanted. But Shaina was different.
During this time, she had almost been fighting with Ash constantly, and her own reputation had already been established.
“Lord Perospero, that woman is… Flame Claw Princess, it seems their reinforcements have arrived.”
“I didn’t go blind. Get ready to retreat.”
“But what about Mom…”
“There’s nothing we can do. Just report the situation here truthfully. Mom should be able to understand, I hope.” He didn’t really believe this himself, but it was the only way to comfort himself.
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