Starting as a Roger Pirates Apprentice

Chapter 575: Chapter 575: Momonosuke Dies

"Give up. It’s impossible for you to pass through here."

Guernika raised his Armament Haki-covered leg and directly blocked Sanji’s kick, speaking coldly.

At this moment, the other CP0 agents also formed a surrounding formation around Sanji, clearly determined to trap him here.

After all, they had just witnessed Dante’s strength.

If they couldn’t let him fall into a weakened state due to lack of food, it would be absolutely impossible for just a few of them to take him down.

They even suspected that if he were at full strength, even sending an Admiral from the Navy might still be somewhat difficult.

After all, that was the existence known as the "Steel Balloon," something that could only be broken through by special Devil Fruit awakenings or Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, and most Admirals were Devil Fruit users.

Such a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity could not be handed over so easily.

On the other side, Sanji was feeling somewhat helpless.

Just one CP0 agent was already troublesome enough, not to mention there was more than one.

His body also seemed to be slowly becoming abnormal. In the middle of battle he had just taken several Shigan head-on and nothing happened...

And so, Sanji’s figure was successfully restrained by the CP0 agents.

Meanwhile, the battlefield at the top of Onigashima was already filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Momonosuke ordered the Nine Red Scabbards to quickly attack while the enemy was weakened from having no food.

Having already lost his younger brother, he had become even more cowardly, sensitive, and selfish. He wanted to desperately protect the legacy Oden had left him.

At this moment, he could no longer care about anything else.

"But Momonosuke-sama..."

Kin’emon and the others felt somewhat helpless, but since Momonosuke was their lord, Kin’emon could only step forward with his sword in hand.

Seeing this scene, Luffy and Law showed a hint of hesitation on their faces.

But Dante would not indulge them.

He had not truly reached the point of exhaustion. Because of his parents’ genes and his monstrously powerful physique, his body simply had a greater fondness for sugar.

That was why he preferred sweets more strongly and even developed certain negative states without them.

But that didn’t mean he had run out of strength.

Rather, when in a state of sugar craving, Dante only became even more terrifying.

So when facing the charging warriors of Wano—the Nine Red Scabbards—Dante showed no emotional fluctuation.

Crushing them would be no different from crushing ants.

Kin’emon attacked first, using his famous sword technique.

Standing completely still, Dante expressionlessly used his skin to take Kin’emon’s slash head-on. The blade struck his neck, producing a series of harsh metallic grinding sounds.

"Sometimes insects can be quite annoying."

Dante sighed, slowly turned his head, grabbed the blade at his neck with his bare hand, and lightly punched Kin’emon, sending him flying.

Kin’emon’s sword remained in Dante’s hand.

Holding the katana, Dante—who had been sitting cross-legged atop the two Yonko—slowly stood up and swept his gaze across the other charging Nine Red Scabbards.

A bunch of oddly shaped fellows. The only two beauties among them...

Well, they were men.

Dante locked onto them with his Observation Haki. With his sugar deficiency making him somewhat irritable, he decided to get a little serious.

[More-More · Tenfold Form]

Dante jumped down from atop the two Yonko. The moment he landed, his body began to expand.

This left Luffy and the others stunned.

"This is... a giant?!!!"

"So amazing!!!"

Only when he expanded to more than thirty meters—reaching the size of a normal giant—did Dante finally stop. The long blade in his hand had also grown to match the size.

Facing the direction of the Nine Red Scabbards, he took a stance as if holding a golf club.

"Wait!!!"

"That posture is?!!!"

At this moment, Nekomamushi and Inuarashi’s pupils shrank into vertical slits as they cried out in alarm.

The other samurai also slowed their steps and hurried to evade, but it was already too late.

[Spear of Elbaf · Ikoku]!!!

The upward shockwave, delivered by the monstrous physique amplified by the More-More Fruit, smashed countless sections of the ground and shot into the sky.

It even flew toward distant Wano, rampaging across the land and forcibly flattening countless mountains and buildings.

For this attack, Dante had only used a tenfold amplification. Otherwise, he might have punched a hole straight through the entirety of Wano.

With such terrifying and exaggerated power, the Nine Red Scabbards were almost completely annihilated. Everyone was reduced to ashes.

Only Kin’emon, who had previously been thrown aside by Dante, narrowly escaped disaster. Seeing the fate of his companions, he burst into tears.

He wanted to rush forward and fight Dante to the death.

"Please don’t stop me, Law-san!!!"

Kin’emon was held back by Law. Tears and snot streamed uncontrollably down his face, but Law simply told him to look to the side.

It turned out that just before Ikoku struck the Nine Red Scabbards, Law had already teleported them elsewhere.

Although they had suffered injuries like severed arms and legs from brushing against the attack, it was far better than dying.

"Seriously... I didn’t come here just to cover for reckless idiots like you!!!"

Law said irritably, then looked toward Dante in the distance.

"Dante’s body is even harder to break than Big Mom’s. I’m afraid only my Devil Fruit ability can deal with it."

Luffy nodded.

"Then I’ll take on the job of holding this guy back!!!"

"You come with me too. After all, you’re Kozuki Oden’s son. Your body should be very strong!!!"

Hearing this, Momonosuke immediately shrank back in fear.

He wanted to refuse, but before he could say anything—

A figure suddenly appeared behind him.

It was a cold figure with long pink hair.

Momonosuke’s face stiffened as cold sweat streamed down endlessly.

Luffy’s eyes widened in shock. Clenching his fists, he rushed forward to save him.

"So you’re the one who wouldn’t let me eat sweets?"

Irritation and impatience flashed through Dante’s eyes. Losing the calm that once came from his invincibility, he directly grabbed Momonosuke’s head.

"Please, spare me!!!"

Looking at that familiar face, Momonosuke was so frightened he almost burst into tears. His limbs flailed wildly.

"Nine Red Scabbards, come save me!!!"

"Father!!!"

"Mother!!!"

"Why do I have to face a monster like this!!!"

A foul stench caused Dante—already craving sweets—to completely lose his patience.

Under Luffy’s bloodshot gaze, as he desperately tried to save Momonosuke—

"Bang——!!!"

"So you’re even calling for daddy just to beg for mercy?"

"So this is what the samurai of Wano are like..."

Under Luffy’s despairing gaze, Momonosuke’s head tilted to the side and his body collapsed to the ground.

The Kozuki clan—who had ruled Wano like clowns on a stage—from Kozuki Sukiyaki who hid in silence while the country fell, to Kozuki Oden who foolishly danced naked, and finally to Kozuki Momonosuke who was so cowardly he cried for his father and mother—

The Kozuki family that brought calamity upon Wano—

Was completely extinguished.