One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 263 Total War: Charlotte [Bonus Chapter]

This posture...

The all-out war is finally about to begin!

"Fire!"

With a command from Smoker, who was in charge of artillery fire, the broadside cannons of more than twenty ships in the Fallen Fleet roared in unison.

In terms of firepower, they are naturally inferior to the Charlotte family.

But this salvo still sent nearly a hundred shells piercing the sky, creating a sea of ​​fire in front of Charlotte's fleet.

however……

The opposing formation, however, remained completely intact.

Katakuri, aboard the Queen Mother's Chant, seemed to have foreseen the trajectory of the projectiles and preemptively dispersed the fleet into an attack formation, thus avoiding all artillery fire.

"With this level of firepower, is it really necessary to send out officers to intercept them?"

Smoker flicked his cigarette ash and snorted, "The ability to foresee the future with Observation Haki is truly terrifying."

"So we'll proceed according to the original plan."

Kuina, with a hair tie in her mouth, re-secured her ponytail behind her back with both hands, a slight smile playing on her lips as she tied her hair up.
"A naval war with the Charlotte family? There's absolutely no need for that."

It's never shameful to recognize your shortcomings early on.

Whether it's a personal duel or a royal-level war, it's inevitable to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. And when you're inferior to your opponent in firepower, naval combat experience, number of ships, etc.

Only a fool would stubbornly suffer this loss!

"Nogigo!"

Without turning her head, Kuina coldly said, "I'm leaving it to you!"

"no problem!"

A slender figure with long, azure hair responded readily, then leaped off the rear deck, headfirst, letting herself plummet into the sea below.

……

Almost simultaneously, on the Queen Mother's Chant.

"That girl..."

After Katakuri's eyes flashed red, his expression changed drastically. He grabbed the Den Den Mushi and gave a stern command:
"All forwards, slow down! Don't hesitate, execute the order immediately!"

This command, issued while all ships were charging at full speed, seemed rather strange.

However, Katakuri's prestige within the family was undeniable, and the charging fleet, though unaware of the reason, quickly executed the order to slow down.

The next moment.

Nojiko's body was about to plunge into the sea, but before that, a slight smile appeared on her lips, and she pushed her hands forward with a sudden burst of energy:
"The Ice Age!!!"

In an instant, a bone-chilling cold swept across the sea, and centered on Nojigo, pure white ice and snow spread towards Charlotte's fleet like raging waves.

Click, click, click!
The once surging waves froze instantly, transforming into a continuous glacier.

The Charlotte family's more than sixty egg tart warships were frozen to the ice, and even the Queen Mother's Chant was covered in snow and could not move at all.

really.

"It's the ability to change the terrain at will even on the open sea..." Katakuri's gaze sharpened as he looked at Nojiko from afar.

She can do this so easily with just a few gestures; no wonder she's that man's sister.

"so close!"

On a certain egg tart ship, a combatant of the rank of "Bishop" lay on the bow, looking down with lingering fear.

That woman who can control ice and snow is truly wicked beyond belief. Freezing the sea is one thing, but the front edge of this spreading glacier is covered in sharp spikes.

Thankfully, Katakuri reminded us, and we were able to slow down in time.

Otherwise, the boat and its inhabitants might capsize, and if they're even more unlucky, they might fall into the sea and freeze to death.

"Everyone disembark! Prepare for land battle!"

The bishop, a combatant, wiped away a cold sweat and turned to yell at his crew.

He narrowed his eyes and began to choose his opponents.

Within the Big Mom Pirates, combatants like him, who are not related by blood, are subject to a strict hierarchy.

The so-called "bishops" are considered to be of a relatively high rank, and their total number is quite limited. They are basically pirates with bounties around 100 million Berries.

Above them are the "Knights," who are even rarer and receive the same treatment as the children of Charlotte.

There is only one "knight" who has launched this attack, and that is...

The bishop's gaze instinctively turned to his right, where a bearded man in a pink suit and an eggshell vest gracefully jumped off another egg tart boat, holding a wooden cane.

Baron Eggman!

Bounty: 429 million Berries!
"What an unpleasant ability~"

Baron Egg pushed up his glasses and complained in a gentlemanly tone, but his gaze was fixed on the azure figure in the distance:
"However, precisely because of this, it deserves serious attention. So, leave it to me..."

Before he could finish uttering the word "ba," a bolt of silver lightning suddenly erupted from a crevasse in the flank of the glacier, hurtling towards Baron Egg with terrifying speed and slamming heavily into his waist.

The latter immediately screamed and flew high into the air, crashing headfirst into the Queen Mother's Chanting Horn in the distance.

"...Baron?"

The bishop combatant stared in disbelief. He quickly turned his head and finally saw clearly...

The silver lightning bolt that raced across the ice was actually a giant wolf with cascading fur and a body length of nearly four meters!

"Well done, Gin!"

Noki clapped his hands with a grin, stood up straight, put his hands on his hips, and sighed:
"They're moving so fast! We just finished renovating the field, and they've already taken the lead. Have they been holding back for too long? Hey everyone! We can't fall too far behind!"

She looked up and shouted towards the curtain call.

"coming!"

"Don't worry!"

"We've been waiting for this for ages!!"

A thunderous response came from the deck, and whoosh! Several figures leaped down from the ship's side.

Zoro remained calm, drawing both swords simultaneously and running headlong in a ninja-like manner, letting the blades carve two tracks across the ice.
Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his lips and his legs ablaze with intense heat, charged forward at full speed, refusing to be outdone.
Tashigi drew her famous sword, Shigure, and gave Kuina one last glance as she drew Wado Ichimonji before following closely behind.

Ships belonging to the combat corps on both sides immediately had figures leading the way, leaping off and heading straight for the enemy lines.

All of a sudden.

Dozens, even hundreds, of streaks of light flashed across the glacier, hurtling towards Charlotte's fleet like a meteor shower.

"Hey, why are you all moving so fast? Wait for me!"

Chopper was anxious and hurriedly opened his medical kit, taking out a Rumble Ball from it.

Just as it was about to tilt its head back and throw it into its mouth, a fair and delicate hand suddenly grew from the top of its head and snatched the blue ball away.

"Huh?" Chopper was dumbfounded. "Robin, why..."

"Don't be silly."

Robin shook her head and stepped forward, taking the Rumble Ball from her third hand. Then she squatted down and pinched Chopper's cheek, saying with a wry smile:
"You've been so busy treating the people in your territory lately that you haven't even had time to practice your Haki, have you? The front lines are too dangerous for you. Leave the fighting to me."

What's going on in this little guy's head?
It's estimated that he suffered from having too few crew members, just like Sanji.

Otherwise, as a valuable ship's doctor, why would he not stay in the rear and be ready to be called upon at any time, but instead charge to the front line to kill the enemy?
……

"Ah!"

Luo, who was sprinting forward, suddenly felt an itch in his nose, sneezed loudly, and almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

"The ship... no, Captain!"

Bepo, who was standing close by, quickly supported him. "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"If there's a real problem, I can figure it out myself."

Luo shook his head and glanced at the glacier beneath his feet. "It's probably because I've been away from Beihai for a while and I'm not used to the icy environment anymore."

"The curtain falls's brat!"

A loud, arrogant laugh suddenly came from the side front, "Why did you stop halfway through your sprint? We're on the battlefield now, there's no time for newbies like you to chat!"

laugh!
A long, slender blade, as thin as a snake, suddenly slashed down.

Luo quickly stopped and dodged, looking up to see that the other person's neck was also as long as a snake, clearly indicating that they came from the very rare snake-headed tribe.

"I'll help you, Captain!"

Immediately behind him came Bepo's eager voice.

“I can handle guys of this caliber by myself. You deal with the rest. There’s no need for a pincer attack.”

Luo spoke coldly, slowly drawing the demonic sword Ghost Cry with his right hand.

He glanced at Bepo out of the corner of his eye.

“Charlotte Mascapponi, the thirty-fourth son, very young, bounty 6900 million Berries.” Bepo squatted on the ground, flipping through a thick stack of bounty posters, and spoke solemnly.

"Is this what you call helping? When did you become an intelligence agent?!" Luo couldn't help but roar angrily.

"This is so disrespectful! Oh my god! This newbie hasn't even mastered the domineering aura yet, how dare he look down on me like this!"

When Mascarponi saw that the two men were ignoring him, he flew into a rage and thrust his long sword at them like a viper spitting its tongue.

Luo gave him a cold look, and the Ghost Cry sword was instantly drawn—

"ROOM: Slaughterhouse!"

The pale blue spherical space suddenly unfolded, and Mascarponi's body, with almost no power to resist, was instantly cut into several pieces!
“You’ve grown up in the New World, haven’t you?” Luo slung the demon sword over his shoulder. “But you don’t look that imposing.”

Even if these Charlotte family children mastered Haki, they wouldn't be able to resist his abilities unless they reached a certain level!

If these guys with bounties of around 100 million Berries are caught off guard and end up in the same operating room as him, they'll only be instantly killed!
"Bepo."

Luo narrowed his eyes and pondered:
"I must say, your intelligence really comes in handy. Point out all the officers in our area with bounties under 100 million Berries. They're all mine."

He has his own ambitions, but he is not the kind of person who particularly likes to show off; he values ​​pragmatism more.

The current strategy is also very clear.

To maximize one's role, one should not deliberately seek out and challenge those officers whose bounties are far higher than one's own, just to enhance one's reputation and status within the group.

Whether we can win or not is another matter.

Regardless of the outcome, it would waste too much time, causing the battle to become stalemate, and wasting his ability to unexpectedly kill a pirate worth 100 million Berries.

(End of this chapter)