However, Charlotte Linlin's next words made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice abyss.
"But... it seems many 'voices' are telling me to get rid of you. Do you know why that is?"
The nodachi pressing down on Long Bread intensified its pitch-black Armament Haki, and streaks of black lightning began to coil and jump around it, the dangerous aura rising steadily!
"What kind of reason is that! You can't kill me! I am an executive of the Rocks Pirates! Even if you are an executive, Captain Rocks won't allow you to kill me!
Aren't you afraid of Rocks D. Xebec?! He is the World's Strongest Pirate, feared even by the Navy!"
"At this stage, I really don't want to clash with Rocks."
Charlotte Linlin's voice remained flat,
"But I think your death is more important."
"Ah! No! Mercy!!" Long Bread could clearly feel the power contained within the blade on his back rapidly converging. The scent of death had never been so close!
BOOM!!!
The black lightning erupted fiercely, and the earth trembled violently! The violent aura formed a destructive shockwave.
Amidst the dust and smoke, Long Bread had completely vanished beneath Charlotte Linlin's nodachi, leaving behind only a tattered blue beret, crushed by the shockwave, proving he had once existed.
"So... so scary!"
"The beautiful big sister is the best!"
The three Homies huddled together in fear, shrinking tightly behind Gloriosa, no longer daring to look directly at Charlotte Linlin.
Click.
Charlotte Linlin casually hung the nodachi back on her waist, as if she had just swatted a bug:
"Let's go. We'll go back and celebrate your success, the newly appointed great executive of the Rocks."
Gloriosa lightly jumped onto Charlotte Linlin's shoulder and sat down, a hint of worry on her delicate face:
"Linlin, by publicly executing an executive like this, Rocks... probably won't let this go easily."
As the former Captain of the Kuja Pirates, she knew well that no Pirate Crew would ever tolerate infighting among members; this was the most fundamental bottom line for maintaining a team, one that even the Captain could not easily violate.
Otherwise, the entire crew could fall apart.
Charlotte Linlin lowered her head, glanced at the red flower on her wrist, and spoke with intense confidence:
"It's fine. You have to believe in my strength."
"Mm. I believe you." Gloriosa gently leaned against Charlotte Linlin's cheek, silently thinking: No matter what happens, I will face it with you.
Just as the two were preparing to leave, Charlotte Linlin suddenly paused.
Her Observation Haki captured an extremely faint, yet painful and pleading mental fluctuation, which clearly formed a single sentence directly entering her mind:
"Please... kill me!"
The source of this thought was... Charlotte Linlin's gaze turned toward the unconscious Female Giant—Galmo—who lay in the giant pit not far away... "What should we do! Should we follow them?"
the three little ones watched Gloriosa, who was sitting on Charlotte Linlin's shoulder, gradually move away. They wanted to go but dared not, struggling internally.
The aura that erupted from Charlotte Linlin earlier was too terrifying for the Homies, especially that black lightning, which truly had the ability to kill them.
"H-how about we don't? Wouldn't it be better if we stayed by Mama's side?" Zeus suggested in a trembling whisper.
"But Mama will definitely kill us when she wakes up!" The flames on Prometheus flickered anxiously.
"Are we being abandoned by the beautiful big sister~" Ripples began to form on Napoleon's eye, and crystal clear water droplets condensed there.
"Hey! You three little guys over there!"
A clear, cold voice entered the ears of the three little ones.
"Huh, is someone calling us?"
the three little ones froze simultaneously, looked in the direction of the voice, and found that it was Charlotte Linlin calling them, immediately becoming timid and nervous.
"You," Charlotte Linlin pointed at the unconscious Galmo,
"Lift up your 'Mama' and follow us. Can you do that?"
If they couldn't do it, Charlotte Linlin would have to transform and carry Galmo herself.
"Yes! We can!"
the three little ones felt as if they had received a great pardon, immediately scrambling to answer loudly, terrified that a second's delay would result in disaster.
"Quick, quick, quick! Zeus, get bigger! Napoleon, you too, get bigger! Pry Mama onto Zeus's back!" Prometheus commanded frantically.
"Oh oh! Okay!" The two little ones dared not delay and quickly inflated their sizes.
"Hurry up!"
Gloriosa urged them. Although she didn't know why Charlotte Linlin wanted to take the Female Giant away, she knew there must be a reason for it.
She had almost forgotten these three little guys who had just helped her greatly. This was mainly because ever since Charlotte Linlin appeared, her attention had been entirely focused on her, making her completely forget these three little sycophants.
"Yes, beautiful big sister!" Receiving Gloriosa's command, the two little ones instantly became bursting with energy.
Under Prometheus's direction, Zeus expanded into a massive cloud bed, while Napoleon returned to the form of a huge tachi, roughly prying Galmo's enormous body onto Zeus's back.
Some time later, a strange sight appeared on Beehive Island:
A very beautiful, pink-haired Female Giant had another extremely beautiful woman wearing a hat sitting on her shoulder. Trailing behind them were a huge cloud carrying an unconscious Giant and a small, pulsing fireball.
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