The moment Charlotte Katakuri raised his right arm, it visibly transformed into mochi, and then, thanks to the mochi's incredible plasticity, it became a multi-barreled machine gun that was ahead of its time. It was enveloped in intense Armament Haki, and as the muzzle spun, a massive number of mochi bullets were fired from it.

"Put-put-put! Put-put-put! Put-put-put..."

The scene suddenly became sci-fi.

Charlotte Katakuri transformed into a machine gun and fired bullets rapidly and continuously. The 20mm caliber machine gun fired 98000 bullets per second, unleashing a hail of bullets at Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji. Each bullet was long and conical, with a faint Armament Haki wrapped around it, making its penetrating power extremely strong.

This single volley of fire was enough to turn a mountain into a beehive!

The powerful recoil from the machine gun fire had no effect on the mighty Charlotte Katakuri. Charlotte Katakuri remained calm and composed, without taking a single step back. Her arm was exceptionally steady, ensuring that every bullet landed precisely where she intended.

"It's really troublesome."

Admiral Kuzan exhaled a chilling breath, his arms hanging naturally with palms down. A chilling ice pillar extended from his palms, and as it reached the ice surface of the ground, the entire town of Borifen suddenly trembled violently. Immediately afterward, a thick ice wall rose from the ground, blocking the raging storm of bullets.

Although the ice wall was over five meters thick, it only held out for a moment in the face of the terrifying storm of bullets. It was quickly torn to shreds and scattered in all directions as irregularly shaped ice blocks.

As for the figure hiding behind the ice wall, it has long since disappeared.

Charlotte Katakuri was not surprised at all; in fact, it was all within his expectations.

Regardless of their respective positions, the other party is, after all, a figure at the very top of the pyramid, one of the three admirals of the Navy Headquarters, second only to that Fleet Admiral Shura!

How could such a big shot be dealt with so easily by his methods?

Charlotte Katakuri's eyes reflected the scene before him in his left eye, while his right eye showed what would happen in the next three seconds.

"behind!"

Charlotte Katakuri's eyes turned cold, and she suddenly gripped the trident named Earth Dragon in her right hand, then abruptly turned and thrust forward.

Just then, a mist of ice appeared behind Charlotte Katakuri, and within the mist, ice blocks connected one another, gradually carving out a human form resembling ice crystals.

Admiral Kuzan, with his arms wrapped in intense Armament Haki, barely managed to cross his arms in front of his chest before feeling an immense force emanating from his trident. He was forced to retreat involuntarily, his shoes scraping across the smooth ice for over twenty meters before finally coming to a stop.

Feeling the numbness spreading through his arms, Admiral Kuzan murmured softly:

"Just as the intelligence indicated, you possess the ability to foresee the future."

Charlotte Katakuri glanced at the trident. The tip of the iron weapon was stained with a negligible amount of blood, which would have very little effect on Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji. Clearly, the other party had made preparations in advance, and what he had just done was a small test to verify the accuracy of the intelligence.

Chapter 409 Katakuri: Trust Physics and Chemistry

Charlotte Katakuri glanced at the trident. The tip of the iron weapon was stained with a negligible amount of blood, which would have very little effect on Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji. Clearly, the other party had made preparations in advance, and what he had just done was a small test to verify the accuracy of the intelligence.

Top experts like them place the utmost importance on intelligence gathering. If they cannot know themselves and their enemy, they are very likely to be defeated in the ever-changing battlefield environment.

Not everyone is like Luffy, an immortal cockroach with the destiny of a protagonist, able to overcome all obstacles and defeat all enemies. Most people die silently in the process.

Charlotte Katakuri grew up hanging out with thugs and hooligans, so he understood the ways of the world. When he was young, he was ignorant and caused his sister Charlotte Brûlée to be disfigured, leaving him with a lifelong regret that remains a shadow in his life to this day, one he can never forget.

The sky was overcast, with low-hanging, grayish-yellow clouds creating a sense of oppression.

The biting winter wind howled and swept across the wilderness. This wind, with its sub-zero temperature, seemed to wield sharp swords, capable of piercing even the thickest clothing, let alone exposing the skin of the face, which was slashed repeatedly, causing excruciating pain.

On this island adorned with ice and glutinous rice, two equally tall and imposing figures faced each other, their eyes locked in a tense standoff that seemed to exude the smell of gunpowder.

From the surrounding islands, the sounds of artillery bombardment, clashing swords, and fierce battles could be heard from time to time. These sounds blended together like a symphony of fate, making one's blood boil.

The Kingdom of All Nations is vast, encompassing dozens of islands. However, because these island territories are scattered across the sea, the navy and its allies can divide the battlefield with their sheer numbers, making each island an isolated island and difficult to receive external support. This is because the strong individuals on these islands are all tied down by the corresponding strong individuals in the navy.

Hearing the continuous gunfire outside, Charlotte Katakuri was worried about the safety of his brothers and sisters. He wondered how the others were doing and wanted to go and help them. However, with the enemy at hand, he was still able to appear nonchalant. Perhaps this was because the scarf around his neck covered half of his face, preventing Charlotte Katakuri from easily revealing his inner thoughts.

With a flick of his wrist, Charlotte Katakuri casually flicked away the blood droplets from the tip of his trident, then aimed it diagonally at Kuzan, the general of Aokiji, and said indifferently:

"You, not bad!"

Faced with this slightly provocative move, Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji waved his hands repeatedly and said:

"Can you not take this so seriously? We can sit down and have a proper talk. I don't want to fight you to the death."

Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji was no fool. Ever since Yang Ming became the Fleet Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, he had vaguely understood the principle of "a new emperor, a new court." With Yang Ming's iron-fisted methods, even his junior brother would have to obediently hand over his military power and give up the position of Admiral of the Navy Headquarters sooner or later.

Given Aokiji's character, he never coveted power and was indifferent to Yang Ming's thoughts and actions. However, he couldn't quite figure out what Yang Ming wanted to do and whether it would endanger the safety of ordinary people.

Judging from Yang Ming's actions since his debut, he is not an evil person. He always does things meticulously, and his plans and strategies are interconnected. At first, you don't realize what he is doing, but you only find out later that he is a big shot and can be described as amazing.

Therefore, Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji understood that eliminating the Bigo Pirates was not a simple matter.

Rather than fighting to the death here, it would be better to simply delay Charlotte Katakuri and create an opportunity for the others to take him down.

As for Admiral Kuzan, who "missed the opportunity," he could also use this as an excuse to relinquish his power and enjoy early retirement like Admiral Borsalino, so that he could realize his dream of traveling around the world.

Having a government job, receiving a retirement pension, and being able to travel the world—what an amazing job!

Do you know how valuable a retired Navy Admiral is?

Admiral Kuzan has already mastered the essence of Admiral Borsalino's tea-drinking and newspaper-reading style. What's wrong with slacking off at work? He's doing it all for the future of the Navy!

Unfortunately, Charlotte Katakuri misunderstood his words, frowning and saying in a cold voice:

"I understand!"

"You're trying to stall me here so your allies can use their superior forces and combat power to annihilate my brothers and sisters. Once the territories of others have fallen, that will be the time of my defeat."

"That was a truly vicious scheme, but unfortunately I saw through it!"

At this moment, Charlotte Katakuri seemed to be channeling Detective Conan, his eyes gleaming with wisdom, almost as if he were about to point a finger at his opponent and say:

"there is only one truth!"

Charlotte Katakuri assumed a fighting stance, clenching her fists.

"Peerless Donuts!"

As he finished speaking, rice cakes sprouted from the houses and ground that had been assimilated into glutinous rice, and at a visible speed, they formed the shape of donuts. Donuts of all sizes were distributed around the house, which formed the basis for his subsequent skill activation.

"Weird Rice Cake!"

A giant fist made of glutinous rice, its arms wrapped in Armament Haki, slowly emerged from the donut. Each fist was connected to Charlotte Katakuri's mind and could be controlled with his will.

The Mochi Mochi Fruit is a very special Paramecia-type Devil Fruit with very distinctive characteristics, one of which is its stickiness.

In modern society, products such as glutinous rice ball gel have even been developed, which exhibit stickiness, collapse, and hardening.

Rice cakes, a gel-like food, have colloidal particles and polymers that connect with each other under certain conditions to form a spatial network structure, with the voids in the structure filled with liquid as a dispersion medium.

The gel forms a three-dimensional network structure. In this network structure, the medium is surrounded by the mesh and cannot flow freely, thus forming a semi-solid. Since the polymer compounds or linear gel particles that make up the network still have a certain degree of flexibility, the entire rice cake arm has a certain degree of elasticity.

The rice cake arms built upon this basic scientific theory possess the following characteristics: they can be shaped under any conditions, undergo complete transformation, have high viscosity and strength, are highly resilient, can increase expansion, improve heat resistance, and also have a refreshing taste.

Chapter 410 Trust Hextech

The gel forms a three-dimensional network structure. In this network structure, the medium is surrounded by the mesh and cannot flow freely, thus forming a semi-solid. Since the polymer compounds or linear gel particles that make up the network still have a certain degree of flexibility, the entire rice cake arm has a certain degree of elasticity.

The rice cake arms built upon this basic scientific theory possess the following characteristics: they can be shaped under any conditions, undergo complete transformation, have high viscosity and strength, are highly resilient, can increase expansion, improve heat resistance, and also have a refreshing taste.

Oh, it seems there's something strange mixed in there. We can cross out the last one, which has a refreshing taste.

Charlotte Katakuri, like most pirates, is not very cultured and naturally doesn't understand scientific principles. Therefore, he couldn't possibly have such a detailed understanding of the properties of glutinous rice gel.

As for why he was able to develop this kind of skill?

Please, he's one of the three Sweet Commanders of the Bigo Pirates!

In addition, Charlotte Katakuri looks so fierce that if he just grabbed any scientist out there, they would immediately submit and provide him with relevant research and assistance.

"Super Strength Rice Cake! Hit it all!"

Charlotte Katakuri's fists thundered, each punch producing a terrifying sonic boom. As his arms moved, his super-powerful mochi fists, emerging from donuts of varying sizes, also unleashed powerful punches, each punch creating jellyfish-like shockwaves in the air. These layers of shockwaves even caused the ground, which had been assimilated into mochi, to surge and churn, making it difficult for anyone to stand firm.

A massive, sandbag-sized, incredibly strong fist, resembling a rice cake, came into view, almost completely obscuring Admiral Kuzan's field of vision.

A suffocating aura swept over him, causing his bangs to fly wildly, revealing his smooth forehead. His dead fish eyes narrowed slightly, and he exhaled a chilling breath, coldly saying:

"It seems the negotiations have failed."

Seeing that his idea of ​​slacking off during work hours had failed, Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji did not show much disappointment on his face. He had obviously expected this. The reason he talked so much with the enemy just now was, of course, to slack off and delay the work.

Facing the onslaught of numerous powerful, mochi-like fists, Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji raised his hand and patted the Hextech Belt at his waist. A gas-shaped attack suddenly shot out from the middle of the belt, hitting Charlotte Katakuri directly and causing him no pain or itch.

Yang Ming had entrusted the Hextech belt to Caesar Cullen for so long that he had naturally figured it out thoroughly and was able to mass-produce it to arm his generals.

Kuzan, the Admiral of Aokiji, is not a battle maniac like Sakazuki, the Admiral of Akainu, nor can he use scorching magma as the energy core of the Iron Man Mark III suit, allowing him to fully utilize the suit's capabilities. Therefore, he chose the Hextech Belt.

The offensive capabilities attached to the Hextech Belt are certainly noteworthy among ordinary people, but they are of little use among top-tier experts.

Kuzan, the Admiral of Aokiji, wasn't aiming for that insignificant attack. Rather, it was because after activating the Hextech Belt, if he charged towards the enemy, he would gain a 30% movement speed boost.

30% movement speed may not seem like much, but it depends on who is using it.

The biting ice gathered at the feet of Admiral Kuzan, forming a pair of ice skates beneath his feet. The skates had low frames, barely covering his feet, and very small wheels. They had grooves on the frames and wide sides. This style of skate was suitable for short sprints but not for sharp turns.

But for Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji, all he needed was a pair of ice skates.

A path of icy ice stretched across the road ahead, chilling to the bone. Admiral Kuzan lunged forward, his skates gliding rapidly across the virtually unobstructed ice. With the 30% movement speed boost from the Hextech Belt, he was far faster than when using Shave, one of the Six Powers of the Navy, and in the blink of an eye, he became a blur.

Charlotte Katakuri's eyes narrowed, and his numerous Mochi-powered fists focused on the enemy's path.

However, the enemy's speed exceeded his expectations.

Moreover, a large amount of ice mist, barely perceptible to the naked eye, drifted in the air and gradually took effect as it adhered to the surrounding glutinous rice and the powerful rice cake fist.

Just as Admiral Sakazuki of Akainu dealt with Charlotte Cracker by taking advantage of the counter-relationship between Devil Fruit abilities, this arrangement came from the Navy's strategist group. Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji also came to find Charlotte Katakuri specifically because of the consideration that the Ice-Ice Fruit counters the Mochi-Mochi Fruit.

Once glutinous rice and rice cakes cool down, they begin to harden, losing their original elasticity and plasticity. This also greatly increases the difficulty for Charlotte Katakuri to handle, making them less responsive to her.

At this moment, Charlotte Katakuri only sensed that something was amiss; each of his powerful mochi fists felt a bit slower than usual, but he didn't think much of it for the time being.

This slight sluggishness also caused gaps in the dense attack network formed by the Mighty Rice Cake Fist, making it difficult to maintain a continuous offensive. Aokiji's general Kuzan could then use a series of icy attacks, such as creating ice walls, to defend against them, thus creating an advantage for himself to decapitate the enemy.

Taking advantage of his ice skates on the icy path, Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji charged forward at an incredible speed. Half of his body had already been transformed into an elemental form, becoming a half-human, half-ice man. He suddenly extended his right arm, which had turned into cold ice, and grabbed Charlotte Katakuri.

"Ice Age!"

Charlotte Katakuri had already foreseen what would happen three seconds in the future. The arm that the enemy was holding suddenly went limp and turned into soft, fluffy rice. She herself had miraculously escaped her predicament.

In just that instant, the arm of the rice-eating general Kuzan, which had been grabbed by Aokiji, froze into an icicle at a speed visible to the naked eye, shimmering with a sinister luster under the light.

Admiral Kuzan of Aokiji seemed unsurprised. At their level of top-tier powerhouses, once they perceive the enemy's abilities and combat habits, they are usually able to devise countermeasures. Moreover, Charlotte Katakuri also has the ability to foresee the future.

"Ice! Two thorns!"

As Admiral Kuzan finished speaking, the frozen arm in his hand instantly sprouted numerous icy spikes, which sprang forth like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. In the blink of an eye, they transformed into spikes several meters long, piercing Charlotte Katakuri's body with deadly force. What Charlotte Katakuri considered a minor injury was, in Admiral Kuzan's eyes, the key to victory.

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