Chapter 436

"Move aside."

Big Mom, having regained her senses, pushed the huge caramel cream puff tower away,

and her large eyes stared as if welded onto Zhang Jie, who was standing with his hands behind his back after making one move:

"Brat, where did you come from?"

Smoothie and the others of the Xia Luote family also pricked up their ears:

someone who could fight on par with Mom—even if it was Mom during a hunger pang episode with incomplete combat power—

was a powerhouse who could be counted on the fingers of one hand even across the entire sea.

Such a powerhouse should logically have a name and a famous title.

Yet Zhang Jie seemed to have popped out of a rock; they had never heard of Zhang Jie's name at all.

"Well."

Zhang Jie didn't beat around the bush and raised his finger to point in the direction of Pineapple Island:

"I come from Pineapple Island."

For one, he was upright and didn't think there was anything shameful about it.

For another, with the Xia Luote family's influence, they would soon investigate his background,

so he spoke frankly.

"Pineapple Island? What right does a mere Pineapple Island have to produce a powerhouse like you?"

Smoothie, the long-legged princess with legs several meters long, subconsciously retorted.

As the "Juice Minister" who provides fresh fruit and juice to Mom at any time,

although islands like Pineapple Island, which mainly provide fruit to Whole Cake Island, were not directly under her name,

but belonged to her sister, the eldest daughter of the Xia Luote family, the "Fruit Minister" who manages Fruit Island,

Xia Luote Compote, who is responsible for managing administrative affairs related to fruit,

she herself also knew the details of fruit islands like Pineapple Island very well.

She didn't know of any famous powerhouses on a mere agricultural island.

The only one she thought highly of was just a retired old man.

Zhang Jie retorted with a calm expression: "Deep mountains hide tigers and leopards, fields bury unicorns;

Lady Smoothie's words are a bit too arbitrary."

Although the main factions of the Pirate World—the Navy, the World Government, and the pirates—have carved up the vast majority of powerhouses,

there are also many powerhouses who are content with simplicity, not troubled by fame and fortune, and live in the countryside.

Perhaps one day, a blind gambler arguing hysterically with other gamblers in a gambling house is called Fujitora;

the unkempt, sloppy man met on the road who looks like a beggar is called Aramaki.

A small mountain bandit who claims to be king on an unknown island in the East Blue is the Mountain Bandit King who dares to blow up the head of the Four Emperor Red-Haired,

killing sixty pirate emperors until only four remain, haha~

As for calling her Lady Smoothie, it was naturally not because Zhang Jie considered himself her subordinate, but just out of politeness.

Zhang Jie: Our Zhang Jie has always been a refined and easygoing person~

"Deep mountains hide tigers and leopards, fields bury unicorns?"

The more Katakuri chewed on these words, the more he felt they were extraordinary, and he became more certain in his heart that Zhang Jie was no ordinary person.

"Ho ho ho, I didn't expect there to be such a talent within my Totto Land."

Big Mom, who used the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit to confirm that Zhang Jie was telling the truth, grinned and laughed.

Zhang Jie smiled modestly: "Big Mom, you flatter me."

"Mamamama, no need to be modest; you are worthy of the title of talent. Of course, I prefer to call you a 'monster'!"

Big Mom continued to grin and laugh.

Smoothie and the other Xia Luote family officers all nodded in agreement with Big Mom's statement:

Zhang Jie looked to be only in his teens or twenties, yet he could entangle with a Pirate Emperor who shook the New World for so long,

and even if their Mom's combat power was greatly reduced when her hunger pangs flared up,

she was still definitely a top-tier powerhouse on the sea. With such talent,

if he wasn't worthy of the word "talent," then who would be?

"Mamama, brat, to thank you for stopping me from causing huge destruction,

Mom wants to hold a grand banquet to thank you; I hope you won't refuse."

A strange look flashed in Big Mom's eyes as she invited Zhang Jie.

"Alright!"

Zhang Jie, having fought a fierce battle with Big Mom and consumed a lot of stamina, urgently needing to replenish energy, agreed directly.

Anyway, with the ability of the Munch-Munch Fruit, even if Big Mom or others from the Big Mom

Pirates wanted to poison him in his food, he wouldn't be afraid.

He could digest even heavy metals and rocks like tofu; would he be afraid of other toxins?

The only thing to be careful about is those strange Devil Fruits with bizarre abilities,

such as the Hobby-Hobby Fruit eaten by Sugar, which is held in the hands of Doflamingo.

"Mamama, Mom wants to start a grand banquet!"

Big Mom, having received a satisfactory answer, laughed until her eyes couldn't be seen.

"Banquet! A grand banquet!"

All the Homies on the Queen Mama Chanter echoed in unison.

Big Mom is the absolute ruler of the Queen Mama Chanter; at her command,

chefs and Xia Luote family officers immediately brought out sumptuous food.

From roasted Sea Kings dozens of meters long to blue giant lobsters the size of sea cows,

from fruit from tropical islands to specialties from frigid islands, there was everything.

Of course, what Big Mom liked most was still the caramel cream puff that triggered her hunger pangs.

At this time, she was holding a giant fork several people tall,

eating happily from the caramel cream puff tower that looked like a small mountain.

Katakuri, Smoothie, and other Xia Luote family officers sat around to accompany them.

"I won't stand on ceremony."

Zhang Jie, sitting opposite Big Mom in the guest position, smiled slightly and joined in the eating.

Although it was called a banquet, the main protagonists were Zhang Jie and Big Mom, the two people who had fought a fierce battle and consumed a lot.

One was a natural-born destroyer standing 888 centimeters tall, and the other was an ability user with the Munch-Munch Fruit,

plus the law of the Pirate World that the stronger one is, the bigger the appetite—similar to the conservation of energy—

so countless amounts of food fell into their bottomless stomachs.

"The taste of this Sea King is not bad."

Zhang Jie speared a piece of meat from a Sea King that looked like a combination of a water buffalo and a fish, with a bull's head and a fish's body

and fish tail, and put it into his mouth; his eyes lit up immediately.

Sea King meat is delicious by nature, and coupled with the fact that those who can serve Big Mom on the Queen

Mama Chanter are the world's top chefs,

the combination of the two produced a chemical effect where one plus one is greater than two,

and the taste was so delicious that it made one want to swallow their tongue along with it.

So he changed targets and began to focus on this Sea King.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a Sea King dozens of meters long had disappeared into his stomach.

'To be able to cook such a huge Sea King until it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and in such a short cooking time,

there must be a Devil Fruit ability user in the Big Mom Pirates whose ability is specifically for cooking.'

Zhang Jie thought about the strength of the Big Mom Pirates while enjoying the food.

"Burp~"

Having eaten so much food in a short time, even with the Munch-Munch Fruit as a backup, Zhang Jie still let out a burp.

"Here, juice."

A slender, powerful hand with a healthy brown color handed over a glass of juice.

Zhang Jie turned his head to look; it was Smoothie.

"Thank you."

Zhang Jie thanked her, took the juice, and drank it in one gulp.

"Hehe."

Watching this scene, the corners of Katakuri's mouth curled slightly, as if he had seen something interesting.