Lightning Kirin

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"God damn it!" Cracker, encased within his biscuit soldier armor, charged at Brontes with full force.

"You're using the Bis-Bis Fruit, so you must be Charlotte Cracker, am I right? I've heard you're quite the fiery one, just like the rumors suggest." Brontes remarked, his voice steady and calm.

Cracker just grunted in response, his frustration growing. Without a moment's hesitation, he lunged forward, his biscuit-crafted longsword aimed straight at Brontes.

"Get back, Cracker!" Perospero yelled out in warning.

But his caution came too late. Cracker, with his sword spinning in his grip, was nearly upon Brontes.

"Twist, Pretzel!"

Cracker thrust his sword toward Brontes's chest, but the blade simply passed through as if slicing air.

"Did he hit him with Haki?" Compote's eyes were wide with anticipation, trying to discern if Cracker's strike had found its mark.

"No, it went right through him," Perospero confirmed, shaking his head in disbelief.

"Your attack has some power, but it's too slow." Brontes taunted, a large hole now visible in his chest with sparks of electricity flickering around it. Cracker's sword was suspended in the center, touching nothing.

Brontes remained standing, his appearance ruffled but unharmed, still looking at Cracker with a calm and collected gaze.

"Shockwave, Pretzel!"

Cracker, gripping his longsword, attempted to slice Brontes's body, now transformed into an elemental form, in two.

But Brontes, his hand already coated in Armament Haki, raised it swiftly and struck Cracker with a punch.

Cracker quickly retracted his sword, positioning it defensively in front of him, but he was sent flying backward with a loud "Bang!" as if struck by a truck.

He soared through the air for about twenty meters before regaining control and landing forcefully on the ground.

"Nice try, but you're just too weak." Brontes said, shaking his head in disappointment.

"Damn it!" Cracker slammed into the ground, a mix of anger and despair in his actions. He then picked himself up and charged at Brontes once more.

This time, two biscuit arms appeared behind Cracker. With his original pair, he now wielded four swords, each one spinning rapidly and coated in Armament Haki.

"Quadruple, Twister, Pretzel!"

Cracker's four swords pierced Brontes's body, which remained still, slicing it into countless pieces until only some flickering electric currents remained.

"I'm tired of this cat-and-mouse game." Brontes sighed, his voice laced with a touch of disappointment.

Realizing there was nothing remarkable about Cracker's abilities, Brontes lost any interest in continuing their battle.

"Lightning Flash!"

In an instant, Brontes transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished, only to reappear behind Cracker in the blink of an eye.

"Lightning Fist!"

"ZliZli!"

A massive beam of lightning shot forth, piercing through Cracker's biscuit form and blasting him away. He flew through the air at supersonic speed.

"Cracker!" The rest of the crew shouted in alarm, seeing their comrade being hurled away.

"Hahah! I'm not finished with you yet. You seemed to be enjoying our fight a moment ago, didn't you? Now it's my turn." Brontes laughed and said.

As Brontes spoke, he vanished once more, only to reappear suspended in the sky. Cracker, still reeling from being blown away, was caught off guard when Brontes appeared above him, his foot raised high, targeting Cracker's midsection.

"Elephant Stamp!"

"ZliZli!"

Brontes's foot, crackling with lightning, seemed to be made of a translucent energy, shining with a glow reminiscent of a brilliant blue energy pillar. It was a sight as stunning as the natural beauty of crystals.

Yet, for those watching, there was no time to admire this spectacle. The light emanating from Brontes's attack was a harbinger of doom.

Below the radiant glow was Cracker, who had not anticipated that his biscuit form would be so easily penetrated. Against Brontes, a single punch had been enough to shatter his biscuit armor.

"Cracker!!" Daifuku's voice boomed, calling out to his brother in worry.

Cracker was unable to dodge; he couldn't even clap his hands together to summon biscuit soldiers for protection because Brontes was simply too swift. There was no time to react or defend, leaving Cracker no choice but to endure the kick with his own body.

His only defense was to coat his body with Armament Haki, and that was precisely what he did in that critical moment.

"Boom!!"

The force of Brontes's kick slammed into Cracker's abdomen.

Cracker plummeted like a meteor, crashing into the ground with such force that the earth itself burst apart, flinging dirt in every direction. The impact raised a cloud of dust, prompting the other members of the Big Mom Pirates to shield their eyes.

Hovering in the air, Brontes retracted his foot. His ability to elementalize into lightning made him massless, allowing him to float effortlessly.

"As expected of Big Mom's son, he's still alive even after such an attack." Brontes muttered.

In the crater below, Cracker lay with his body still sparking with residual electricity. The imprint of Brontes's shoe was etched into his abdominal muscles.

Cracker, with his gaze locked on Brontes above, pushed himself up with one hand while clutching his stomach with the other.

"Cough! Cough!!"

Cracker coughed violently, expelling blood from his mouth.

"Let's see how much more you can take."

Brontes lifted his right foot again, the power of lightning coiling around it menacingly.

"ZliZli!!"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!!! Biscuit Soldiers!"

In a desperate move, Cracker clapped his hands, and six biscuit soldiers sprang up around him, forming a protective circle.

"Useless tricks." Brontes said, as he brought his foot down with tremendous force, and a massive bolt of lightning surged downward, aimed directly at Cracker.

"Rumble! Boom!"

The sound of the lightning was deafening, instilling fear in the hearts of all who heard it. The bolt descended with unstoppable force.

Though Cracker had survived Brontes's earlier onslaught, it was uncertain if he could endure another.

Cracker's eyes widened in terror as the lightning bore down upon him. In a last-ditch effort, four biscuit soldiers hoisted the remaining two, positioning them as a shield to absorb the brunt of the lightning's fury.

"Boom!"

The lightning struck the shields with full force, piercing and then obliterating the two biscuit soldiers. The destructive energy continued its path toward Cracker.

Cracker's eyes were filled with dread at the impending strike.

"Demon!" Cracker thought depressedly.

Suddenly, a figure dashed forward, seizing Cracker and whisking him away just as the lightning struck the spot where he had been moments before.

The bolt hit the ground with a violent explosion, sending a shockwave rippling through the air.

"Rumble!! Boom!!"

"They've escaped!" Brontes realized that Cracker had been snatched away in the nick of time, likely by Daifuku's swift intervention.

"Cough! Cough!!"

Cracker, though not directly hit by the lightning, felt the shockwave exacerbate his injuries.

For the first time, Cracker, who was accustomed to fighting solo, was engulfed by a sense of despair. In facing Brontes, he felt an overwhelming power, reminiscent of the formidable presence of his mother, Big Mom.

"Attack together, we must hold on until Mom arrives!" Perospero, wielding his candy cane, rallied the troops.

"Yes." The others, galvanized by Perospero's call, readied their weapons for the confrontation.

"You all want to fight me, in that case..." Brontes, observing the hundreds of Big Mom Pirates and the Homies soldiers, thousands in number, charging at him, couldn't help but let out a laugh.

"ZliZli!"

With a gesture, Brontes sent a bolt of lightning skyward.

As his lightning mingled with the clouds, a brilliant flash lit up the sky, followed by a resounding boom.

"Rumble! Roar!"

A monstrous blue head materialized in the clouds, its massive eyes gazing down upon the onlookers below.

"Gurgle!"

The sight of the giant lightning beast halted Perospero and the others in their tracks, their eyes fixed on the sky, beholding the creature with a mix of awe and disbelief.

"Lightning Kirin!"

Brontes's hand crackled, his connection to the Kirin in the sky evident.

Though the pirates did not recognize the Kirin, as no such creature existed in their world, its formidable appearance spoke volumes of its might.

"Roar!! ZliZli!!"

The beast, with the head of a lion, antlers of a deer, eyes of a tiger, body of a carp, scales of a dragon, tail of an ox, and hooves like an ox, roared with the force of a dragon.

The sky was charged with electromagnetic energy, and the pirates below watched in amazement, as if witnessing a divine spectacle.

"Admiral Ragnarok is super powerful!" Marines, who were still en route, saw the colossal beast in the sky and immediately recognized it as Brontes's handiwork.

In this world, only Brontes possessed such mastery over lightning, his control surpassing even that of Big Mom with Zeus. His ability to commune with the clouds and conjure a thunderous beast was a testament to the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, unique to Brontes alone.

In the royal palace of the capital, a man adorned in regal attire, clutching a scepter that symbolized his authority, gazed up at the spectacle and murmured: "We are saved."