Chapter 298: Battle at the library
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Chapter 298: Battle at the library
"Here it is…" Custard told Vivi as they stopped in front of a giant set of double doors. Even a giant could pass comfortably through here.
"Open it then," Vivi commanded her.
Despite the massive weight of the doors, Custard was able to push them open with one arm. That was a simple registration of how strong she really is.
With a bounty of over 300 million beri, had they encountered this woman at the beginning of their journey into Grand Line, it would have been over very quickly.
This goes to show how much they have progressed since then.
The place looked like a library with many bookshelves and several floors. Vivi spotted a few notable individuals inside the room.
Baron Tamago, whom she had met before.
Officer Amande, a woman from the snake-neck tribe carries around a nodachi. This sword was one of the meito, some of the highest quality swords in the world.
'I may take that as a souvenir…Zoro won't have much use for a sword that long, but we can't at least sell it. I promise Nami to get some treasure for her, better no disappoint her.'
The last person was no other than one of the four commanders, Charlotte Smoothie. A beauty from the long-leg tribe with her tan skin and white hair that stretched down her back.
It was a mystery how a woman like that came out of Big Mom.
In a different situation, she would have loved to have some fun with her. But that wasn't happening now, as in just a short moment from now…those individuals will attempt to kill her.
Vivi gave Custard a glance. The violet-haired girl had a satisfied grin on her face.
'So that was your plan…'
Custard did not resist at all when asked to bring her here because she must have known who was guarding this place.
Tamago and Amande would be no problem for her, but Smoothie has a dangerous ability. Her devil fruit allows her to absorb liquid from anything she touches. Essentially dehydrating the target.
'Without using my awakening, this opponent will be risky.' she considered.
Entering her awakening state consumes a tremendous amount of energy. Is not that it exhausts her body, as she has none, but it strains her very own soul.
She was still feeling the effects of using it against Katakuri.
Using it once more could leave her vulnerable. And it was just a matter of time before Big Mom showed up in person.
'There may be a way to defeat her without going all out…it will all depend on how quickly she can break down a solid into a liquid.'
"Custard? What is the meaning of this? You should be with Myu." Smoothie frowned, but then she saw Vivi standing behind her sister and her expression changed.
"Strawhat Vivi!" Tamago immediately recognized her, but could not understand what she was doing here. The last time he saw her was near Zou.
Custard unsheathed her sword and pointed it at Vivi.
"She killed our sister Myu!, and then she forced me to guide her here so she can steal Momma's most priced treasure."
Smoothie stood up and glanced at Vivi, who had yet to say anything.
"Sister, let me kill her!" Amande unsheathed her long nodachi.
"Hold on…this is not an opponent you can beat on your own, well fight her together." Said Smoothie.
"But-" Amande tried to complain but was quickly interrupted by her older sister.
"This is an order as your Commander. You help too, Tamago."
"Of course, Lady Smoothie." Baron Tamago bowed to her.
"Let us eliminate this intruder together."
The four of them charged at Vivi at the same time.
They didn't need time to form a plan, they were all very familiar with each other's abilities and immediately knew what the best possible strategy was.
Custard, Amande, and Tamago would attack first and try to slow Vivi down, giving Smoothie a good chance to make contact with their enemy.
The moment Smoothie got her hands on Vivi, the fight would be over. In theory, this should have been an easy strategy to pull off, especially when you keep in mind that Smoothie is a member of the long-leg tribe and one of the fastest beings in the world.
In less than a second, Vivi became surrounded.
But she had a plan of her own.
From her back, she formed a compressed mass of water that she shot upwards in the air and transferred her consciousness to it.
The body left behind was now nothing more than an empty clone. She transformed it into a small sphere of ice before they could touch it.
"No, move away from that!" Smoothie realized what was about to happen.
"Granade!" The newly formed Vivi said from her airborne position.
The ball of ice exploded when the ice casing could not take any more pressure and sharp shards of ice flew in all directions.
The group was able to deflect the shrapnel without issues, but Vivi didn't care about that. This was just to distract those three so she could focus on her only target.
She finished forming the spear in her right hand and launched it as hard as she could after coating it with armament haki.
"Black lance!"
This was her fastest projectile and even Smoothie was not capable of avoiding it. But as soon as the black ice lance touched her skin, this one lost its shape and returned to liquid form before it was absorbed into her body.
On top of that, Vivi also felt her conection to the water disappear, like it never existed before.
'So this is the worst case scenario…what a ridiculous ability. Even coating the ice with haki was not enough to stop her from taking my water away and breaking the connection. It looks like I have no choice.'
This single attack had given her all the information she needed about how Smoothie's ability works against hers. And now she knew what the only course of action was.
"Is time to get serious then," Vivs said as her eyes became brighter like beacons of pure white light.
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