One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

Barrett took off his jacket and crouched down to gather his strength.

"Let's go!"

Bang-!

Barrett stomped his feet hard on the ground and charged towards Katakuri with his hunched back.

“Step back a little, Brulee.”

He bends over and lunges forward, delivering an upward hook punch.

"It's no use, you can't hurt me in your current state."

Katakuri stood still, letting Barrett throw punches wildly.

"I am a mochi person who ate the Paramecia-type Mochi Mochi Fruit."

One after another, mochi shields appeared, catching Barrett's not-so-fast punches.

Barrett remained silent, silently increasing the speed of his punches and movements, attempting to bypass the mochi shields and attack the enemy's main body behind him.

"useless."

Katakuri simply kept turning his view, and the glutinous rice flowing from his body quickly formed into mochi, blocking the enemy's self-sacrificing punch.

"Domineering, actually I have that kind of thing too."

Katakuri could only tilt his head and look at the enemy whose smile was becoming increasingly arrogant, as his mochi shield was pierced by a fist.

"Domineering? Don't tell me...!"

The still immature Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted!

Barrett chuckled maliciously: "I remember this kind of Haki is called Conqueror's Haki, right?"

"Conqueror's Haki?!"

"Eh!!!"

"How is this possible? How could this guy possibly have the potential to be a king?!"

The Charlotte family members watching from the sidelines gasped in surprise.

"I see. So you also have the Conqueror's Haki."

Katakuri's eyes widened suddenly, and the same aura burst forth from his body!

The two stared at each other through a rice cake shield, their clashing auras colliding in mid-air and unleashing streaks of black and red lightning!

Boom, boom—bang!

"I'm talking to you two..."

Ross suddenly appeared and knocked down the two kids who were still arguing with each other with a single punch.

"Lingling and I haven't seen each other in ages! What's with you two idiots throwing out this display of bravado?"

"Is your Conqueror's Haki meant for you to use to set off firecrackers and disrupt the adults' gathering?"

Dafu, who was standing nearby, witnessed this and laughed gleefully.

"Dafu, come here."

Dafu's smile froze. The uncle's gentle tone was never a good sign...

"Hmm? Should I come over?"

"Here it comes."

Forced by the tyranny of his memories, Dafu could only approach slowly and hesitantly.

as predicted.

The moment he saw Ross throw a punch, Dafu instinctively dodged backward.

But the fist seemed to be equipped with a positioning radar, and the next second it still hit him on the head.

"Hiss~ This feeling is so familiar..."

The three boys crouched down, covering their heads in defense, their eyes slightly red, and the large bumps on their heads flashing red light.

"Fool, if I let you dodge, my pirate career is over!"

"Mam~ Mam hahaha~~ What a group of energetic kids!"

"Mother!!"

Perospero and the others immediately stopped joking around.

Only Barrett was still muttering things like "when you get old."

Is this guy your son?

Seeing Charlotte Linlin pointing at him, Barrett raised an eyebrow, but before he could speak, Ross, who was squatting down, pinched his lips.

"Shut up. I can tell what shape of shit you're going to take just by looking at your ass sticking out."

"No no no!"

"He's a kid I picked up, a young soldier from that country with endless war, and he's currently training under me."

Charlotte Linlin didn't pay much attention to it.

"Kaido came to visit me a while ago and said that you have a few brats under your command."

"That kid traded this information for three million Berries."

Ross: ...

That bastard Kaido is making money off himself again...

"I didn't expect your hobby to be the same as before. But thanks to you, I was able to have so much free time to go hunting before."

Ross straightened his back and handed Barrett's words to Olvia:

"It's just a small thing for me to help you take care of your son since I'm such a good friend of yours, Lingling."

"And they are all great kids, they will definitely be big names on the sea when they grow up."

"Mam~ Mam hahaha! You're right, Rose."

“They are my proudest creations, Perospero. Go and have the most sumptuous dinner and the finest wine prepared.”

"Ross, let me show you around this place. This is my favorite island!"

"Olvia, I'll be right back."

Ross gave the girl, whose eyes were filled with worry, a gentle smile that told her not to worry, and explained in a low voice.

"Lingling probably wants to discuss the alliance with me."

“Perospero, Katakuri,”

Then, Ross, as if he were the master of the place, gave orders.

"Take Olvia and Barrett around here. I'll treat Little Brûlée's injuries when I get back."

Chapter 44. Have a baby with me, Rose!

night--

After the banquet, Ross, slightly drunk, returned to the room arranged by Lingling.

After taking a shower, I went to bed.

"Lie down comfortably, let me massage you."

Perhaps it was because of the time they spent together, coupled with Lingling's provocation, that Olvia had overcome her shyness.

Start taking the initiative to do things that you are capable of doing but have never done before.

For example, a massage before bed every day.

What did you talk about this afternoon?

As she straddled the man's hips and leaned over to massage him, Olvia asked casually.

"I'm just curious about how she plans to form an alliance with us."

Ross lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the moment.

"We talked a lot, but I guess we shouldn't even think about the league."

A hint of joy, unnoticed even by herself, flashed in Olvia's eyes, but she quickly realized the crux of the matter.

"Don't you have a good relationship with her?"

"Very good? It's just an act."

Ross let out a soft, comfortable moan.

There are no pure alliances among pirates, especially among ambitious great pirates.

"Lingling wants to create a world where all races can coexist peacefully, and for this, she needs a vast amount of wealth to support this dream."

---Four hours ago, in the afternoon---

Leaving the cake castle, the two headed towards the mountain peaks of Cake Island.

Unlike mountains elsewhere, the mountains on this island are made of hardened cake and butter.

Aside from being inedible, they look and smell exactly the same.

"Rose, this place is great, isn't it?"

Ross nodded noncommittally.

Having received affirmation, Charlotte Linlin immediately fired a shot: "How about having a baby with me?"

"I am the human with the strongest defensive talent in this era, and you are the most...most...it's really strange how your ability, or rather your talent, is."

With her back against the biscuit railing, Charlotte Linlin sized up the man sitting atop the biscuit railing beside her.

"I bought a lot of information about you from Shiki and Kaido, including your healing abilities, Rocks' swordsmanship, and your transforming sword."

“I remember you didn’t seem to have shown this ability before Rocks died.”

"Everyone has secrets, just like I've never asked you how you obtained the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit."

“mam~mam~~”

Charlotte Linlin chuckled softly, leaned against the railing, and looked up at the sky.

“That’s right, so let’s have a son together. We’re very good friends.”

"If we had another son to connect us, it would definitely deepen our relationship."

"If you and I join forces, even those two guys, Newgate and Roger, would be no match for us."

"I refuse."

Ross answered without the slightest hesitation.

He doesn't want to be cuckolded, and he certainly doesn't want someone else to surpass him.

He knew Lingling's personality well, and it was precisely because he knew her that he didn't want to agree.

Kids are cute, but their fate is decided at birth...

Ross would never do something so cruel.

He would rather capture hundreds of Celestial Dragons and hang them on the beach to dry like salted fish than do that kind of thing.

Charlotte Linlin was not surprised by the man's answer.

"So, should we form alliances in other areas?"

"I can introduce you to the businessmen in the underworld."

Ross didn't believe in free lunches and inquired about the price.

"The price... You killed Wang Zhi a while ago and reclaimed Beehive Island, right?"

Before Ross could answer, Charlotte Linlin murmured something.

“That place is very close to Elbaf, Ross. You know, my relationship with the giants... well, it's not very pleasant.”