Chapter 435

"Little thief, where did that little thief who hurt me go?"

While Zhang Jie was talking with Katakuri and the others, Big Mom also rode a horse,

uh, no, she was riding the thundercloud Zeus and arrived around the Queen Mama Chanter.

"Katakuri, hurry up and bring out the food you've prepared!"

Zhang Jie reminded him.

He didn't want to have another battle of attrition with Big Mom that had no hope of victory.

"Mm."

Katakuri nodded, and with a wave of his hand, several people wearing white hats and aprons—

presumably chefs from the Queen Mama Chanter—pushed a huge dining cart out of the ship's cabin.

On the dining cart, a giant cream puff, as tall as two stories and still steaming,

covered in a thick layer of caramel and cream, was quietly standing there.

Although the density of the cream puff wasn't high, such a huge cream puff

still made the few chefs pushing the cart pant with exhaustion; it was clearly a calorie bomb of explosive proportions.

It's a good thing this world possesses extraordinary power; otherwise, with Big Mom's way of eating,

she would have long since had high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high blood lipids—a "three highs" game over.

"Mom, the caramel cream puff you wanted to eat."

Katakuri held up a caramel cream puff that a chef had plated and blocked it in front of Big Mom.

"Get lost!"

Big Mom had already been provoked into a rage by Zhang Jie, and the incredibly sharp Emperor Sword Napoleon in her hand slashed directly at Katakuri.

This is a giant sword endowed with a soul, usually worn on Big Mom's head in the form of a hat,

and transforms into a giant sword during battle.

Although Big Mom lost most of her conscious mind during a hunger pang episode,

her deep-seated combat instincts still led her to draw her weapon after sensing the threat posed by Zhang Jie.

Unfortunately, even so, she could not break through the defense of Zhang Jie's Black God suit,

and the battle between the two turned into a battle of attrition to compare stamina.

Zhang Jie was not surprised that Big Mom attacked Katakuri without hesitation;

in the state of a hunger pang episode, she would become unrecognizable to her own kin,

and even her own sons were among her targets, and she would not listen to anyone's advice.

The incredibly sharp Napoleon slashed across Katakuri's body, cutting him directly in half,

yet not a drop of blood flowed out—Katakuri's waist had turned into a form of countless gathered mochi, dodging this fatal blow.

As the "Xia Luote family's greatest masterpiece," Katakuri inherited Big Mom's terrifying talent.

Originally just a very ordinary Paramecia Devil Fruit, the Mochi-Mochi Fruit,

it was developed by him into the ability of a Logia type that is immune to non-Armament and non-Conqueror's Haki attacks.

"I ask that you please help!"

Katakuri ended his mochi transformation, his body restored to wholeness, and turned to ask Zhang Jie for help.

"Alright."

Zhang Jie, holding to the idea of helping people to the end, nodded.

Although the fact that Totto Land hadn't collapsed internally over these years showed that the Xia Luote family had a mature system for dealing with Big Mom's hunger pangs,

only Katakuri, who possessed the strength of a First Mate, could contend with Big Mom,

while the other Sweet Commanders would just be knocked away by Big Mom in a single blow.

"Thunder Dragon!"

Countless electric lights diffused from Zhang Jie's body, forming a five-clawed thunder dragon with complete scales,

dragon horns, and dragon whiskers, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

Although he himself did not have thunder-element abilities, the true essence of the Devouring Power is to devour the power of others

and other things for his own use, so the thunder that the thundercloud Zeus used to strike him earlier

had already been refined by the devouring space and became a power he could control.

"Thunder Dragon, go!"

Zhang Jie pointed at Big Mom, who was beating Katakuri like a game of Whac-A-Mole, and the thunder dragon turned into a streak of light and slashed at her.

The speed of lightning is the speed of light; how terrifying is that?

Almost the instant Zhang Jie's mind moved, it landed on Big Mom's body.

Crackle, crackle!

Countless electric snakes slithered over Big Mom's body.

Even with Big Mom's "Iron Balloon" constitution, under Zhang Jie's Thunder Dragon—which gathered all the thunder power

that the thundercloud Zeus had used to strike him—she was paralyzed for an imperceptible instant.

"Good chance!"

A deep blue light flashed and vanished in Katakuri's eyes, and his figure flashed, arriving in front of the stiff-bodied Big Mom,

and the caramel cream puff, the size of a human head, fell into Big Mom's mouth.

"Mm."

The corners of Zhang Jie's mouth curled into a slight arc.

Although with Big Mom's "Iron Balloon" defense, let alone one Thunder Dragon,

even if he came with ten or a hundred more, it would be difficult to break through Big Mom's defense

and cause her injury. But friends who are often electrocuted know that besides high damage

and high speed, electricity has another characteristic: its paralyzing effect on the human body.

This is determined by the structure of the human body: the transmission of nerve signals in the human body relies on electrical signals.

Electric current can cause chaos in the human body's nerve signals, which manifests externally as physical paralysis, with hands and feet refusing to obey commands.

Although Big Mom is a monster among monsters, she still has to conform to a little bit of physical law in the basic composition of her body.

Of course, just a little bit; after all, he has never seen an ordinary person

who can withstand sword slashes, axe chops, bullets, and cannon fire with a mere physical body.

What Zhang Jie wanted was just that instant, and with Katakuri's future-predicting level of Observation Haki, he would certainly not miss such an opportunity.

Zhang Jie also sighed with some emotion about this: if they were enemies,

having an enemy who could predict the future would simply be a nightmare;

but if they were teammates, it would be very reliable, because this teammate almost never makes mistakes

and always appears where he should appear, doing what he should do.

"Caramel cream puff, caramel cream puff!"

Big Mom's huge tongue, like a pink giant python, licked,

and the caramel cream puff Katakuri fed her instantly disappeared into her gaping maw.

It is also strange to say, although that piece was as big as an ordinary person's head,

compared to Big Mom's black-hole-like gaping maw, the caramel cream puff was insignificant, and once she swallowed it,

the tyrannical look on her face slowly faded, and her vacant eyes began to reveal the light of wisdom,

and the giant sword Napoleon in her hand was transformed back into a hat by her and worn back on her head.

Big Mom's hunger pang episode had ended this time!

"Great, Big Mom has returned to normal!"

The chefs and pirates on the Queen Mama Chanter all breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Big Mom during a hunger pang episode is simply too terrifying; they didn't want to die young like this.

Well, although no one on the Queen Mama Chanter, other than the Xia Luote family, was younger than thirty.

After all, monsters like Wang Lufei, who could kick Big Mom and punch Kaido to become a Pirate Emperor at twenty,

and genius chefs like Sanji, who could become one of the best chefs at a young age, are simply too rare.

"Mom, this is the caramel cream puff you wanted to eat."

The Xia Luote family officers hurriedly brought the huge caramel cream puff tower in front of Big Mom.

Big Mom's bottomless appetite could not be satisfied by a mere human-head-sized caramel cream puff.

That little bit didn't even count as an appetizer before a meal; it was roughly equivalent to a single grain of rice in an ordinary person's bowl.

"Mom."

Katakuri maintained his cold demeanor, put away his Mochi-Mochi Fruit ability, and stood by Big Mom's side.