The fight is on!

The moment big mom announced that Ian should die, all her children started to attack.

Starting with the sweet commanders. Katakuri, Smoothie, and Cracker.

They all narrowed in on the downed form of Ian, with big mom right next to them dealing her own attack.

Katakuri inflates his mochi forearm until the pressure causes it to explode, propelling his Haki-embedded fist at his target from a distance. The speed of the fist is so high that it catches on fire due to friction.

"Yaki Mochi" (Grilled mochi) Katakuri yelled as he shot his arm.

His brother cracker who was inside his armor, attacked using his sword that he spun while coating with Haki.

"Pretzel Roll" Cracker yelled as he jumped at Ian.

Meanwhile, Smoothie used her sword to send an attack flying at Ian.

Not much different from what big mom was doing…

Big mom gathers her energy and swing Napoleon, in a wide arc releasing a massive flying arc of destruction. But unlike her children, her attack would manage to include the whole crew in it instead of just Ian.

But then someone laughing could be heard.

Before all the attacks struck and a cloud of dust was raised.

Soon the dust cleared and what appeared there was shocking to the big mom pirates.

By the side of Ian, the vinsmoke family was floating. They were still encased in candy though.

However, all those attacks targeting Ian didn't manage to deal him any damage. That was because Ian used his shield to tank everything.

This managed to displease big mom. Ikoku was one of her strongest attacks.

Ian then spoke up.

"Well then, now that we have your family, let's finish up with this shall we?" Ian said as he addressed Reiju.

The Vinsmoke's were actually laughing maniacally.

When Ian was getting attacked the other officers under big mom saw it fit to kill them all. And they burst out laughing, with the exception of their father who was crying his eyes out.

It turned out that big mom had just wanted their tech without giving anything in return. And if she killed them, no one would be able to recreate that technology.

And then her army would be strengthened even more than they were.

But all of a sudden they were brought out of the attacks targeting them and now they were against Ian.

The genetically enhanced soldiers stopped laughing while their father Judge stopped crying his eyes out in frustration.

Reiju gave Ian a nod.

"How are you not hurt?" Katakuri muttered to himself.

One of the crewmates on his side inhaled the pink smoke still lingering around and yelled.

"This just ordinary smoke, that bitch betrayed us!" He yelled out.

And the rest looked at her in anger.

"Fufufu, you have my family caught, and even attempted to kill them, and you still dare say I betrayed you?" Reiju laughed as she mocked them.

Big mom though, didn't care about that. Her only focus now was on Ian.

She was a vengeful woman and she still didn't forget that Ian had threatened her previously. She had sworn to pay him back and she was going to do so now.

But then even though she was still glaring holes through Ian's she still didn't manage to see what came next…

"Disperse…" Ian gave his orders.

His crew behind him did as he said, they each jumped forward at a very fast speed, and only a few there were able to keep up with. Next, they showed up in a loose circle surrounding Elene as she stood there with a no-bullshit look on her face while glaring at big mom.

Next Ian followed them by moving in next. And even though a lot of people were watching him, including big mom, no one saw him move him, seemingly as if he just vanished from existence.

The next thing that anyone saw was Ian reaching behind big mom, and then with a single punch, he punched big mom in the back. She was not able to even react to his speed.

A shockwave erupted as soon as his punch made contact with her before big mom was launched towards Elene who changed her face for the first time.

She now sported a grin.

Back to Ian. He didn't stop just yet. And didn't give anyone the time to react before he vanished again, and then all of a sudden people started to get thrown backward behind his own crew.

Separating big mom from them.

Everyone from the opposite side who didn't get thrown like a puppet looked at Ian with a hint of shock and fear etched on their faces.

Katakuri was one of those who got thrown back. And as he got up from the floor, he was the most shocked there. He ignored the pain he felt and looked at Ian intently.

He clearly saw the future where Ian was going to hit him, but even so, he was not able to dodge.

'Was this what absolute speed is? Is this why Mama told me to not fight Kizaru under any circumstances?' He couldn't help but wonder to himself.

Still, he changed his lower body to Mochi before he started heading towards Ian to attack the hop he could pass him and protect his Mom who was no inside the circle consisting of Ian's crewmates.

But then all of a sudden his Mochi froze and he hurriedly jumped back and reformed his body.

He looked warily at Kuzan who had one finger thrown at him.

Ian chuckled at this before he started speaking.

"That girl there with big mom is my wife… she has a dream to be the strongest woman in the world… and since currently, big mom is the one holding that title… she needs to beat her. So while she is having her fight, it's best that you guys just watch the fight as it goes on, and don't bother trying to reach them, as you would have to pass through us first." Ian said as he addressed the small army now ganging up on them…

There were only about twenty-level powerhouses, but a lot of regular pawn soldiers and the like.

Kuzan looked at Katakuri indifferently as he spoke up.

"Well, you heard the captain…" He said.

And this made Katakuri clench his hands hard as he grit his teeth.