Chapter 177
"Heavenly Feuer!"
Big Mom grabbed Prometheus and threw him towards Ken, who barely managed to dodge the cloud of fire. Ken immediately ran towards Big Mom.
"Combo Chain!"
He started striking her as fast as he could many times over, making her take a defensive stance. Ken didn't let up his attacks and kept striking till his muscles suddenly bulged up.
"Overpower!"
Big Mom managed to cope with the previous attacks and block them, but right now, she is getting cornered really quickly. But she still held on.
"Cognac!"
Her sword Napoleon suddenly extended in length, and Prometheus enveloped him. Ken immediately jumped back, dodging the flames that suddenly flared up from Napoleon. But he quickly ran back and started attacking her again. But this time, Big Mom threw away her defenses and swung Napoleon at his attack.
However, what she wasn't expecting was that Ken took back his sword and met the attack with his body. Her sword hit his neck, but instead of it sending his head flying, he blocked it with his neck like it was nothing.
'Fuck, this shit hurt! It feels like I got hit by an airplane.'
Ken used the chance of Big Mom being surprised to close in on her. He swung Shusui horizontally, drawing a line of blood along her gut. He immediately retreated back to dodge a fist coming for his head.
'Tsk, it was a shallow cut. But if I can cut her again in the same place, I might be able to do more damage. Wha-'
"BOOOM!!!"
Before Ken realized it, he got smashed into the ground by a fist to the head. More punches followed soon afterward, and all Ken could do was protect his head. Big Mom started attacking his gut which made Ken reflexively move his hand towards his gut. Big Mom used that opportunity to punch him in the head as many times as she could.
'Fuck! She coated her fists with Haoshoku Haki, which is effective against my Haoshoku Haki shield. She is about to break it!'
She didn't let up her attacks and even enveloped her fists with Prometheus and Zeus, making her attacks even more lethal. Ken tried to kick her off of him, but she didn't budge an inch. Even trying to block her punches was getting harder and harder.
"Crack, crack, boom!"
His shield finally collapsed, and all the damage started to get through.
"DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE BRAT!"
'FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK! What am I supposed to do in this situation? She got the higher ground, and her punches are really hurting me. My kicks aren't getting through from this position, even if I used Ryou. As long as I'm lying on the ground, I'm screwed. Tsk, I guess there is no other choice left.'
Ken gritted my teeth and moved his hands away. Big Mom had a victorious look on her face as she punched towards Ken's face with Zeus. Ken quickly moved my head forward and covered it with Haki.
"BOOOM!!!"
Ken's head and Big Mom's fist collided, creating a powerful shockwave. But if you looked closely, you could see that the fist and head weren't touching, but instead, it was their Haoshoku Haki clashing. The clash ended in a standstill. Ken quickly wrapped his legs around Big Mom's arm, which she unconsciously pulled up, getting Ken off of the ground. He immediately jumped on her arm and ran towards her face.
"Payback, bitch!"
Ken swung his leg at full power towards Big Mom's face, hitting her nose and breaking it in the process. He sent her flying into the massive cake in the middle of the island.
"CROSS SLASH!"
A cross-shaped slash that was even bigger than the cake went towards Big Mom, who is stuck in the middle of the cake. Before she could move out of the way or try to block it, she got hit head-on. The cake got cut into four pieces, and Big Mom got sent flying even further. Ken immediately went after her.
He appeared above the flying Big Mom in an instant. Ken immediately swung Shusui towards the previous cut he gave her, but Prometheus tried to block the attack. However, this was futile as Ken cut right through Prometheus and hit Big Mom in the same place. The cut was much deeper this time, and he sent her flying towards the ground. But she managed to land on her feet before she smashed into it. Ken laded some distance away from her with a smile on his face.
"Big Mom, if you bow down and swear your allegiance to me, I will let you live."
"You should have become a comedian instead of a pirate."
"It's good to know that I can still do something fun after I retire."
"Why are you wasting time like this? Isn't this the perfect opportunity to finish me off? Not like you could."
"You've already lost, so there is no need to rush anything," said Ken as he pointed at her sword and wrists.
Napoleon is on the point of breaking, and her wrists have cuts all over them, making it impossible for her to punch at her full power. She unconsciously ignored it due to her adrenaline rush.
"You've been aiming for this from the beginning, haven't you?"
"Well, of course. How do you take down a big bad monster with too much power? By taking away their powers, of course. I just killed your Prometheus, Napoleon is about to shatter with a touch, and your fists are almost unusable. Do you think that you will be able to take me down with Zeus alone even though all of you combined didn't manage to do anything?"
"To think that I'd be outsmarted by a brat like you."
"I'm 22 already, so you can't really call me a brat anymore. But anyway, let's stop the useless talk. Any last words?"
"Azure Ken, let me give you a warning. Even if Whitebeard, Kaido, Shanks, Roger, Garp, Sengoku, and I teamed up, we would still lose to the monster you want to beat. So, having such a close fight with me means that you're fucked! Hahaha! And you won't be able to escape him now that you have painted yourself as the biggest target! So your faith has already been sealed!"
"Oh really? I guess I'll just have to surpass everyone you just mentioned, including that monster. After all, if he could become so strong, there is no reason why I wouldn't be able to become even stronger."
"You truly are a brat. Zeus, Napoleon, let's kill this foolish boy!"
"Yes, Mama!" they both screamed.
Zeus enveloped Napoleon, and Big Mom ran towards Ken, making the ground shake.
"This is goodbye, Big Mom. Thank you for being the stepping stone towards my goal."
Ken held Shusui with two hands and suddenly disappeared. An azure flash passed Big Mom as she swung her sword down. Ken appeared behind her. None of them moved.
"Argh!" Ken winced in pain as he looked at the blood flowing out of his left side. But he ignored the pain and started walking away while slowly sheathing Shusui.
"Click."
"Crack, crack, crack!"
When Ken sheathed Shusui back in its sheath, Prometheus shattered into tiny pieces, and Zeus turned into tiny particles, disappearing into the air.
"I… I can't believe I lost to a brat."
Big Mom fell on her back with blood gushing out of her throat. Her eyes turned white, and she lost her life at 68 years old. Ken looked surprised as white balls suddenly started flying towards them. He got ready for an attack but relaxed after using his future sight. The white balls all entered into Big Mom's body, till her body started glowing in bright white light.
The light started turning into a pillar and shot up into the air. The white pillar shot out beams of white light in all directions to who knows where. Ken looked at Big Mom's thin shriveled-up body with slight surprise.
'Even though she is old, she isn't old enough to look like that. It must be her Fruits fault. Well, who cares what she looks like after death.'
"Ey Morgans, if you sell my information to someone, death will seem like a blessing to you."
Morgans appeared from behind some of the debris with an embarrassed face.
"Stealth is supposed to be one of my best skills, but I guess that you aren't someone I can hide from. And don't worry, my lips are sealed. But you would allow me to report this BIG NEWS, right?"
"Of course. You can also let everyone know that Toto Land is now mine, and anyone that messes with it will be dealt with appropriately."
"You sure are keeping the newspapers exciting. Everyone is waiting for when you make the headlines again. I'm sure this will turn the world upside down."
"Alright, you can fuck off now."
"How rude! But I guess you do need to take care of your injuries, so I'll be taking my leave."
Morgans disappeared, and Ken looked out onto the sea.
'Kaido or Blackbeard, I wonder which one I should go after next.'
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Horrible jokes:
- What did the fish say when he swam into a wall?
(Dam)
- What do you call a can opener that doesn't work?
(A can't opener!)
- There are three types of people in the world:
Those who can count and those who can't.
- I sold my vacuum the other day.
All it was doing was collecting dust.
- Did you hear about the guy who invented the knock-knock joke?
He won the "no-bell" prize.