(Vol 2) CHAPTER - 23 { Conflict }

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On the sea, few pirate ships sailed slowly. These pirate ships in particular belonged to a very infamous pirate.

The Big Mom Pirates' Jolly Roger is a skull with thick lips and wearing a pirate tricorn based on their captain's appearance.

On a fluffy background with several candy canes crossed behind it (one on the right, three stacked together on the left), in place of normal crossbones.

A tree is seen coming out of the cane on the bottom right

"Captain! There is a small group of pirate ships sailing in our direction!, " From the top of the main mast, a pirate informed.

"Who are they? Don't they know who we are? Kukukuku!, " Asked the man who is also the captain of the ship.

Perospero is a very tall and slim young man with brown eyes, a pointed nose, pink lips and a very long thick tongue.

He is often seen smiling, but on rare occasions, such as when his mother threatened him, his smile changes into that of a horrified expression.

He wears a long, yellow coat with a tall lighter colored collar and the top buttons resembling large, purple and pink striped pieces of wrapped candy.

The bottom of his coat has a checkered design and large beads along the hem.

There is a dark-colored beaded bracelet on each wrist and his long sharp fingernails are painted dark.

His large, orange and red striped hat has rainbow colored lollipops along its rim and a large, pale pink plume.

Something large and navy blue with baby blue polka-dots comes out from under his hat and curves upward on either side.

His shoes have a long tip spiraling inward. He carries large magenta and pink candy cane with a curled top which he often licks.

The five pirate ships approached the Big Mom Pirates, stopping 80 meters away from them.

"Who are you! If you dared to show your face then you must be ready to get looted right?, " Said Perospero while licking his candy cane and staring at the opposite pirates.

On the other pirate ships, only one had a pirate flag. The rest of the pirate ships didn't have any flags at all.

A human skull with two red horns, two bones painted in blood behind it.

For the current era, this will be seen as a brand new pirate group.

But for the old era, it would definitely bring nightmares to the pirates.

The Devil's Pirates!

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On the bow of the biggest ship amongst the five, a man stood looking at Big Mom Pirates.

"He is the first son of Big Mom, captain!, " A pirate came and informed the captain about Perospero.

"Hah? So can you tell me, why are they in the way?, " Asked the man in black hoodie, his face was painted with makeup.

His red eyes stared straight at Perospero while the sides of his lips, which was cut into a smile, curled up.

Fifth Division Captain, Joker.

"Hi! Who might you be?, " Raising his voice, Joker smiled at Perospero while asking.

On the other side, hearing Joker ask. Perospero was angry and his pride was hurt.

"You! Don't you know who I am!, " Shouted Perospero, unlike his older self.

Being younger, Perospero was not quite experienced in pirate things.

"I like you!, " Said Joker, he jumped towards the ship where Perospero stood.

"Attack!, " Commanded Perospero, swinging his candy cane. He shot Joker with his candy bullets.

"I don't like candies, " Suddenly, Perospero heard a voice from behind him.

In the air, the candy bullets only hit the emptiness.

"How!, " Swinging his cane, Perospero jumped on the deck and looked around to only find his pirates doing their work in loading cannonballs.

"Devil Fruit!, " The only answer to this phenomena was a devil fruit ability.

'But what's the devil fruit?, ' Thought Perospero, it could be a space or time devil fruit.

Or even a devil fruit that can make the user invisible.

"What happened? Scared?, " The voice of Joker asked Perospero, it seemed to echo around the deck.

"Come out! Coward!, " Taunted Perospero, he clutched his candy cane tightly.

*Boom!*

When the explosion erupted on the ship, Perospero moved his free hand to block the flames by creating a candy wall.

"Aaa!, " The pirates caught fire, they ran in panic lighting the entire ships in red flames in the process.

"Idiots!, " Cursed Perospero, he used his candy to cover the parts where the ship was burned.

*Smash*

"Boo!, " A punch landed on Perospero's face sending him crashing through the deck.

"Damn it!, " Standing up, Perospero leaped back on the deck and patched the deck with his candy.

"You know why your observation haki is useless?, " The voice said in a mocking tone still echoing on the deck.

'Where is he?, ' Thought Perospero, his observation haki like the Joker said. Was completely useless when searching for him.

"Then why don't you answer that?, " Asked Perospero with some anger attached to his tone.

"Stupid! Why would I tell you that! Hahaha! Hahaha!, " The sound of laughter rang on the ship like a siren. It pissed Perospero out of his mind.

"If I get you, I will make sure to wipe that smile off your face!, " Said Perospero as he used his candy to engulf the entire pirate ship.

With that, Perospero controlled the ship to get away from the Devil's Pirates.

"Ran away, hah?, " Muttered Joker seeing Perospero and the pirate ship disappearing on the horizon.

"What's the condition of our ships?, " Asked Joker as he looked at the pirate that worked like an informant.

"One of the ships is completely destroyed, the rest can still sail, " Reported the pirate standing before Joker with some sweat on his forehead.

"Then let's go back home, " Ordered Joker, he looked at the endless blue sea.

'He will return back for revenge, and at that time he will bring brothers and sisters. Even Big Mom might come, ' Thought Joker, as he calculated the amount of time left until Perospero comes back.

"I must inform the Boss about it, that a war is coming, " Said Joker while walking inside the ship and picking a den den mushi from the table.

*RingRing*