273 Minister of Chocolate

"Protect the Fishman Island? They only want to use you. You don't understand how ugly humans are!" 

Hearing Shirahoshi's retort, Hodie Jones' mood immediately became agitated, and he began to shout hoarsely, as if venting his endless resentment.

Shirahoshi was a bit taken aback. She was shocked by the somewhat distorted expression and the intense anger in Hodie Jones's voice. She did not expect his hatred towards humans to be so deep.

"Is the nonsense enough?" Whitebeard said calmly, his eyes filled with a cold killing intent.

This time, Whitebeard was genuinely angered. The audacity of this guy in front of him, along with the fear he instilled in Shirahoshi, which made Whitebeard raise his hand and release a powerful shockwave.

The powerful shockwave pulsed through the space with vibrations, bouncing out almost instantaneously.

Hodie Jones didn't have the slightest time to react. His entire body was shaken into nothingness, and the horrifying power reverberated in the space.

"Shahaahaha, I told you, you can't kill me." 

After a while, the familiar voice echoed again; it was Hodie Jones.

"He appeared again!" 

Shirahoshi exclaimed, covering her mouth in surprise, clearly taken aback by the turn of events.

Whitebeard frowned slightly. Since just now, Hodie Jones had been killed twice, yet he reappeared both times.

This is definitely not an ordinary Logia fruit ability. Ordinary Logia users would not survive the onslaught by Whitebeard just now, and it is impossible for them to reappear.

This seems to be some sort of Paramecia fruit ability, creating a doll or puppet made of chocolate. In other words, there's no real body here.

It is just that Hodie Jones attaches his consciousness to the doll, allowing him to communicate with others using this vessel.

But for Whitebeard, this is nothing; as long as he finds out who is truly behind the scenes.

Whitebeard is a strong man who has experienced many battles at sea. Of course, he has his own unique method to deal with such a hidden and tricky fighting style. Of course, it will take some time.

"Whitebeard-sama, what should we do now? What's going on? Why does he keep reappearing?" Shirahoshi asked, her suspicion evident.

"It's okay. It won't take long for that kid to reveal himself," Whitebeard said with a serious expression.

Afterwards, Whitebeard utilized the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to send out countless sonic vibrations into the surrounding space. Under this frequency of vibrations, any other abnormalities would be easily noticed by him.

Seeing Whitebeard's movements, Hodie Jones was also a little puzzled. He didn't understand what Whitebeard was going to do, but he felt that he should be in no danger at the moment.

Hodie Jones has only one goal now — to deliberately delay them, while simultaneously fueling his disdain for Whitebeard and the others.

Shirahoshi also looks at Whitebeard curiously. In no time, Whitebeard sensed the anomaly in the space in their current state.

Although it was just a trace of Devil Fruit power, it was still very obvious, and there was nowhere to hide under Whitebeard's keen perception.

At this moment, on the outskirts of the town, a figure lurked in the shadows, quietly unleashing its Devil Fruit power.

This figure is the Minister of Chocolate, here to corporate with Hodie Jones.

Suddenly, he felt a chilling presence, enveloping him completely and rendering him unable to perceive his surroundings.

"Found him!" 

Whitebeard's eyes showed sharp gazes.

Having sensed the Minister of Chocolate's presence, Whitebeard pinpointed his exact location. Now, it was time to deal with him.

"Shirahoshi, let's go." Whitebeard immediately lifted Shirahoshi using his tremor-inducing power and flew into the air.

"Ah, are we leaving him alone?" Shirahoshi asked.

"We have to deal with the guy behind the scenes first," Whitebeard replied.

Leaving the Minister of Chocolate unchecked would allow him to create numerous chocolate substitutes for Hodie Jones, which would undoubtedly be a waste of time.

Although Whitebeard is flying with Shirahoshi, their speed is extremely fast, and The Fishman Island itself is not that large.

Therefore, it didn't take long for Whitebeard and Shirahoshi to arrive outside the chocolate envoy's house.

"Come out, you rat," Whitebeard demanded.

"What? He actually came, and he came so fast," The Minister of Chocolate exclaimed in surprise.

He didn't expect Whitebeard to see through his tricks and find him directly, which was astonishing.

Hearing Whitebeard's voice, the Chocolate Minister's first thought was to escape first, as he didn't stand a chance against Whitebeard's power.

If he engages in a direct confrontation with Whitebeard, he'll likely die at the moment they clash.

Furthermore, the Minister of Chocolate's fruit ability isn't suited for close combat. Without hesitation, he uses his power to generate a chocolate clone of himself.

The Minister of Chocolate wanted to use his clone to attract Whitebeard's attention, and he immediately took the opportunity to escape.

Thus, he quickly unleashed his clone, deliberately provoking Whitebeard.

"Whitebeard, I am Big Mom's Chocolate Minister. Are you ready to face the wrath of my mother?"

"If you dare to challenge her, I promise you that she'll destroy you completely. My mom is ruthless."

"And you, the princess of The Fishman Island, do you dare to defy your mother's authority?" 

The Chocolate Minister taunted as he confronted Whitebeard and Shirahoshi, wanting to provoke them and buy more time.

"You, you bad guy! You really are a big bad guy! You've done nothing to help us and instead support our enemies. It's absolutely outrageous!" Shirahoshi scolded him loudly.

"Guurarara," Whitebeard suddenly laughed, showing no signs of anger.

Shirahoshi felt confused and immediately asked, "Whitebeard-sama, what's the matter with you? He's provoking us, and you're still laughing."

Whitebeard explained, "You don't know, I'm laughing because this guy is still so arrogant in front of me and wants to use his fruit power to escape."

As he spoke, Whitebeard's expression immediately shifted to a gloomy one.

"Really? Don't you underestimate me, Whitebeard!" 

In an instant, Whitebeard vanished from sight, reappearing in front of the Minister of Chocolate who was trying to escape.

"You?" 

The Chocolate Minister was taken aback, seeing the ghostly figure of Whitebeard suddenly materialize before him.

His stand-in skills were useless against Whitebeard, who didn't allow him a chance to speak and landed a direct punch.

The powerful vibration force unleashed an overwhelming power, and at such close distance, it instantly disintegrated the Chocolate Minister into nothingness.

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TO BE CONTINUED

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