Starting as a Roger Pirates Apprentice

Chapter 574: Chapter 574: Dante Lacking Sugar, CP0 VS Sanji

What is the ultimate stat?

This is the ultimate stat.

With a hundredfold amplification, Dante might truly be able to compare strength with Zunesha and the super-giant Sea Kings.

Under the dual enhancement of [Galaxy Impact] and [Linlin’ Body], he forcibly endured [Hakai] head-on, paying the price of injuries that were neither light nor heavy.

And the fist with a hundredfold strength, even when only slightly landing on Kaido and Linlin, felt as if they had been struck by Zunesha itself, leaving their minds dizzy and unfocused.

Haki stands above everything, and Conqueror’s Haki is even more so.

But strength is also the key to determining victory, especially when it is a hundredfold [Monstrous Strength].

Moreover, there is also the factor that [Hakai] is a long-range attack. If it were a close-range clash wrapped in Haki...

Aside from his old man in his forties, Dante had truly never encountered anyone who could compete with him in raw strength.

On top of the massive skull, now more than half collapsed into ruins,

Dante rummaged through his clothes, only to discover that his lollipops were already finished.

He frowned.

This wouldn’t do. If he didn’t consume sweets for a long time, then...

"Hey, you guys."

Dante looked toward Luffy and the others, who were facing him like a great enemy. A trace of helplessness flashed across his blood-stained face.

"I’m honestly surprised you dared to come back. But..."

"Did any of you bring sweets? Anything will do."

The group, who had originally been on full alert expecting a bloody battle, were all stunned upon hearing this.

Luffy, who had just eaten some meat to recover a bit of stamina, suddenly felt like he understood something.

"Could it be... you’re hungry too?!"

He himself was like this—after intense battles he needed to eat a lot of meat, otherwise he would become extremely weak.

Dante glanced to the side somewhat helplessly.

"Well... something like that. So please get me some."

Sanji frowned when he heard this.

"Hungry?"

That basically triggered his passive.

Even if it was an enemy, they still had the right to eat their fill. That was a basic principle and professional ethic for him as a chef.

After all, he was the kind of man who would unhesitatingly hand over a plate of fried rice even to a notorious pirate when they were starving.

"I got it. There should still be some supplies from the Beasts Pirates somewhere on Onigashima. I might not find candy, but finding sweets shouldn’t be difficult..."

With Sanji, you might get kicked to death by him in battle, or beaten half to death by Luffy—but starving to death was simply not allowed.

"No way, Sanji!!!"

At that moment, Momonosuke stepped forward from behind all the samurai.

Seeing what he considered an act of aiding the enemy, his usual cowardice suddenly vanished—after all, Sanji wasn’t an enemy.

"If that monster gets full, then the battle will definitely—"

"I’m not your retainer, Momo."

"There’s no reason I have to obey your orders."

Faced with Momonosuke’s obstruction, Sanji simply exhaled a puff of smoke and said calmly,

"And I believe in Luffy. He’ll definitely defeat the enemy. After all..."

"He’s the man who will become the Pirate King!!!"

Hearing that, Luffy held down his straw hat and grinned.

"Yeah. I want to beat that guy, but I never planned to do it by starving him to death~"

A real man’s duel should be fought with the resolve to stake one’s life on the line.

Unable to stop him, Momonosuke could only watch helplessly as Sanji headed toward the remains of Onigashima’s banquet area, searching for any leftover sweet ingredients.

Only afterward did he realize that what he said might provoke Dante’s hostility, and he once again trembled as he hid behind the samurai.

...

Dante didn’t really care about that.

After all, he was their enemy. Whether they gave him sweets or not was perfectly reasonable either way.

But...

In some sense, asking them for sweets was actually for their own good.

Dante, who inherited the extreme physiques and talents of two monsters, naturally also inherited Linlin’s genes that loved sweets. Combined with the fact that Orin herself also loved orange juice, fruit juices, and all kinds of sweet drinks, his "Food Craving Disease" would be even more terrifying.

If it broke out, the level of madness it would unleash might push the power of the [More-More Fruit] to its absolute limit.

Dante wasn’t sure that if he entered that state right now, whether he might wipe out everyone on Onigashima—and even all of Wano—in a short amount of time.

So asking them for sweets was essentially protecting them.

...

Meanwhile,

Sanji used Geppo to move toward the chaotic buildings of Onigashima.

After being ravaged by war and monstrous destruction, the once lively banquet hall had become completely ruined.

"In that case, maybe only the supply warehouse still has things like sugar and flour..."

Sanji muttered as he headed elsewhere to search.

Just as he revealed a look of surprise, seemingly discovering a damaged warehouse that still stored intact food supplies, his Observation Haki suddenly issued a warning.

With an emergency dodge guided by Observation Haki, Sanji avoided a flying Finger Pistol attack.

"What is this..."

Cold sweat appeared on Sanji’s face as he looked into the distance.

Several figures wearing white clothes stepped out from the shadows.

"You are... CP0?!"

The ones who arrived were the World Government’s intelligence agency—the strongest unit within the CP organization.

Led by Guernika, the men in white stood directly in Sanji’s path.

"We can’t let you pass so easily, Vinsmoke Sanji."

Sanji clenched his teeth and glared at them angrily.

"What exactly is your goal?!"

"Goal?"

"Naturally, it’s to capture Dante. We can’t give him the chance to replenish his stamina..."

Guernika adjusted the brim of his white hat as he recalled the shocked expressions and urgent tone of the Elders earlier.

Their original intention in secretly coming here was to pick up the leftovers—watching to see whether Luffy or Kaido would lose.

But they hadn’t expected to stumble upon such explosive news.

The son of Dotor Orin and Charlotte Linlin?

When they reported it to the Elders, the five of them were stunned for quite a while before widening their eyes and confirming whether it was true.

Then, after learning Dante’s age and battle performance—and that he seemed to be on the verge of exhaustion because he couldn’t replenish energy—they became extremely excited.

They ordered that no matter what, Dante must be prevented from replenishing his energy, and once he ran out of power, he must be captured with Seastone handcuffs and brought back.

A monster who might become even more terrifying than Orin...

Even the immortal Elders were genuinely trembling at that thought.

And Guernika and the others, in order to complete the mission, were naturally sparing no effort.

The first thing they needed to do was stop Sanji from delivering food.

The group launched an attack on Sanji.

But for some reason, their previously unstoppable Finger Pistol and Rankyaku had absolutely no effect when they struck his body.

Sanji’s expression turned dark. At that moment he had no time to think about why he wasn’t injured even though he hadn’t used Armament Haki.

Blue flames ignited around his legs.

"Providing food to the hungry is the duty of a chef!!!"

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