Chapter 505: Pirates Must Be Suppressed, But Not All of Them

After Yi Tian Zhang Jie finished speaking, following their respective directions, it was Pirate Zhang Jie's turn to speak.

"I just had a fight with Big Mom, then slipped out of Totto Land..."

Pirate Zhang Jie briefly recounted his experiences during this period.

"Big Mom's Iron Balloon is indeed very hard to break."

Water Shui Hu Zhang Jie and the others were not surprised that Pirate Zhang Jie couldn't break Big Mom's Iron Balloon physique.

Although they had developed and were considered first-class powerhouses in the Pirate world,

they clearly hadn't reached another level where they could easily crush Admirals and Four Emperors.

And Big Mom, relying on her Iron Balloon, as a pirate who lived by killing,

and one of the most brutal among countless pirates,

actually had no obvious scars on her body, which was very astonishing.

The other three Four Emperors all had scars left by fierce battles without exception:

The "World's Strongest Man," Whitebeard Edward Newgate, had a huge scar on his chest.

The origin of this deep scar was a mystery, but according to the latest plot clues,

it was very likely left by Shanks' brother, God's Knights Commander Shamlock.

Because when Whitebeard saw Shanks, he once said that seeing his face reminded him of this scar.

Kaido, known as the "Strongest Creature," had a cross-shaped scar on his right abdomen.

In the Wano Country arc, the origin of this scar was revealed:

Kaido was slashed by Kozuki Oden using twin blades imbued with advanced Armament Haki (Ryou),

"Ame no Habakiri" and "Enma," leaving two huge, indelible scars.

This was one of the few injuries that could truly break his defense and be remembered by him.

And one of Shanks' most prominent features was the three scars on his left eye.

According to him, these scars were left by his arch-enemy Blackbeard in a fierce battle many years ago.

And in the Windmill Village at the beginning of the story, to save young Luffy from the mouth of the "Lord of the Coast,"

he lost his left arm, which became one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Pirate King as the story developed.

A mere sea eel of relatively large size, although looking at its performance,

its size was enough to swallow an adult (like the one

mockingly called the Mountain Bandit King, Higuma) or a small rowboat in one gulp,

but compared to the Sea Kings like "Noah" that appeared later and could lift huge ships,

the Lord of the Coast during the Windmill Village period appeared very "mini" visually, belonging to a smaller type of Sea King.

How could such a sea beast have the ability to make a top powerhouse of the seas like Shanks lose an arm?

It wasn't until Imu appeared in the later stages, and their ability to control others through tattoo marks was revealed,

that this mystery was finally solved: the severed arm was intentional on Shanks' part;

he used an arm as the price to break Imu's control over him.

The Iron Balloon made Big Mom almost invincible in battle.

The only recorded battle where she was injured was the fight with Trafalgar Law.

Law used the ability of the Op-Op Fruit after it awakened.

This ability could directly attack the inside of the enemy's body, ignoring Big Mom's proud iron skin.

He used his long sword "Kikoku," imbued with the ability, to pierce Big Mom's body multiple times,

and created shockwaves inside her, causing Big Mom to vomit blood and suffer serious internal injuries.

And Kid used the ability of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit after it awakened,

absorbing surrounding metal objects (including Big Mom's sword "Napoleon") onto Big Mom,

once causing her to be disarmed and pinned down by a large amount of metal;

he also created a huge "Steel Bull" to ram Big Mom, causing physical impact.

The classic scene of the Wano Country arc—Franky driving his

"Dino Tank 5" (a small motorcycle) and directly ramming Big Mom in the face.

This pure physical impact force successfully broke through Big Mom's

"Iron Balloon" defense at a specific moment, even knocking her down and crushing her face.

These were all auxiliary; without the internal destruction of Law's Op-Op Fruit,

they wouldn't have been able to achieve such high-light combat results at all.

The Iron Balloon's physical defense ability was nearly unsolvable when facing ordinary attacks.

However, Big Mom herself was not without weaknesses, the most typical being the "Eating Disorder" that forced Pirate Zhang Jie to take action.

During the Whole Cake Island incident, she went on a rampage because she couldn't eat the wedding cake she wanted,

causing her body to consume rapidly and become skin and bones, which was also a special form of "trauma."

"Pirate, you also joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea under the invitation of the World Government..."

Consumption Zhang Jie tapped the table with his index finger, lost in thought.

"Mentioning the Seven Warlords of the Sea, I think of the propaganda slogan promoted by the World Government:

'One of the three great powers standing alongside the Navy and the Four Emperors'."

Water Shui Hu Zhang Jie crossed his arms, a smile he couldn't hold back appearing on his face.

In the propaganda of the World Government, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Navy,

and the Four Emperors presented a tripartite balance of power, confronting each other and entangling with one another.

As for the World Government itself, it acted as the chess player balancing the situation in the seas,

ensuring that no one side would become too powerful and affect their rule over the world.

But anyone who knew anything about the strength of the Navy, the Four Emperors, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea knew

that the Seven Warlords of the Sea were just the fillers used to make up the numbers.

The Four Emperors had four pirate emperors as pillars, and each had several Commander-level experts

who could participate in battles between Admirals and Four Emperors, such as Marco the Phoenix of the Whitebeard Pirates,

and Xia Luote Katakuri, the "Masterpiece of the Xia Luote Family" of the Big Mom Pirates.

The Navy was even more incredible. When the World Government looked on coldly,

they maintained order in the seas with nearly the strength of one military force, with three Admirals, Fleet Admiral Sengoku,

and "Iron Fist," five top-tier combatants, and several Admiral candidates equivalent to Commanders.

At critical moments, they could also pull out old Marines who were already semi-retired, such as "Black Arm" and "Former Admiral" Zephyr.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies, Kong, also rose from the position of Fleet Admiral.

It could be said that, not counting the hidden old guy Imu,

even if the Five Elders were included, the Navy was still the true number one power in the world.

It was no wonder the World Government's attitude toward pirates like the Four Emperors was very ambiguous—they wanted to exterminate them, but also didn't want to.

In modern terms, pirates must be suppressed, so that another Pirate King wouldn't emerge, but they couldn't be completely exterminated.

If great pirates like the Four Emperors were exterminated, who would check the Navy?

Would they turn their spears toward the World Government after pacifying the seas?

And compared to the Navy and the Four Emperors, what powerhouses were there among the Seven Warlords of the Sea?

Counting the Seven Warlords of the Sea, before Pirate Zhang Jie joined, only the World's Greatest Swordsman, Mihawk, was holding down the fort. ===== CHAPTER 506 =====