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Chapter 162 - Chapter 162: Steel Balloon?

"Mama, mama, mama!!!

Give my children back! Give me back my lifespan!"

Charlotte Linlin had completely lost her mind.

Her massive body was wrapped in surging purple-black Conqueror's Haki. The great sword Napoleon in her hand had become the sharpest weapon in the world. With Prometheus blazing atop her head and Zeus roaring beside her, she was nothing less than a walking natural disaster.

Emperor Sword: Pao Pao Blade!

Boom!!!

Charlotte Linlin gripped her sword with both hands and brought it down in a furious slash toward the small silver-haired figure before her!

This strike gathered the monstrous strength and Haki she had accumulated over decades as one of the Four Emperors—enough to split all of Whole Cake Island in half!

However—

Facing the violent slash, Tobirama stood amid a pool of blood, not even bothering to draw his kusanagi.

He simply raised his left hand, fingers spread, palm facing upward.

Clang!!!

The deafening sound of metal colliding rang out.

The blade that could cleave mountains and seas… was caught by Tobirama's bare hand.

He didn't move an inch.

Even the ground beneath his feet remained intact.

"What…?!"

Charlotte Linlin's bloodshot eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.

How could anyone catch her sword with one hand?!

Even Kaido couldn't do that!

Tobirama looked at her horrified expression, the corner of his mouth curling into a cruel smile.

"Now, it's my turn."

He clenched his right fist.

There was no chakra flare, no trace of ninjutsu—only pure, overwhelming physical strength.

"Get down."

Boom!!!

His punch slammed straight into Charlotte Linlin's abdomen, which was coated in Armament Haki!

"Pfft—!"

She let out a shrill, animalistic scream.

Her famed defense—the Steel Balloon, said to have never been harmed—collapsed like fragile paper.

It caved in instantly.

Her ribs shattered.

That mountain-like body was launched backward like a ball, smashing straight through the Whole Cake Castle behind her!

Rumble!

The castle collapsed, dust filling the air.

"Ahh… it hurts… it hurts so much!"

Amid the ruins, Charlotte Linlin writhed on the ground, clutching her stomach as blood poured from the corners of her mouth.

Since the age of five, she had never felt pain like this.

"So this is a Four Emperor?"

Tobirama clapped his hands lightly and walked toward her step by step.

"Too disappointing.

Aside from being fat and somewhat durable, you're useless."

"Damn you! I am Big Mom!"

The agony dragged a shred of clarity back to Charlotte Linlin, but it was drowned in humiliation and rage.

She struggled to rise.

"Sacrifice!"

She forcibly extracted the remaining lifespan of every Homie and creature on the island. Her body expanded once more, growing even larger and more grotesque.

"Maser Cannon!"

Napoleon, Prometheus, and Hera fused into one.

A beam of destructive light, capable of piercing the planet's core, surged toward Tobirama with annihilating force!

"Boring."

Tobirama stopped.

Facing her ultimate attack, he slowly drew his right fist back to his waist.

Every muscle in his body tightened. Within him, the meridian pathways of the Eight Gates flickered faintly.

"So you're proud of your body?"

"Then I'll use these fists to completely shatter your ridiculous pride."

Serious Punch!

Thud!!!

The punch was thrown.

The air exploded.

Space itself seemed to rupture.

The terrifying Maser Cannon was blown backward the instant it met the force of his fist!

The remaining shockwave smashed directly into Charlotte Linlin's chest!

Crack!

Splat!

There was no suspense.

Her massive body didn't fly back—it disintegrated.

Like a rotten watermelon struck by a sledgehammer, flesh and blood scattered everywhere, bones reduced to pulp.

"Ho… how… is that possible…"

Only her head remained, tumbling into the ruins, eyes frozen in disbelief.

"A human's flesh… how could it be this strong…"

"Kaido—"

Her voice stopped.

One of the Four Emperors of the New World, the Queen of Totto Land—Charlotte Linlin—was annihilated on the spot.

Tobirama walked up to the grotesque remains.

Without the slightest pity, he reached into the void.

"Ability Extraction."

Hum!

A mass of pink soul energy was pulled out.

Moments later, the Devil Fruit abilities of the Sweet Commanders who had fallen across the battlefield were also drawn in from afar.

Aside from a select few kept alive for his own use, the rest were nothing but nutrients.

Dozens of Devil Fruits vanished into his system space.

He turned around.

Behind him lay nothing but silent ruins—and behind him stood Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi.

"Notify Morgans," Tobirama said coldly.

"Issue a report.

Say the Big Mom Pirates have been erased."

One hour later, the world shook once again.

If the death of Red Hair had brought fear, then the death of Charlotte Linlin brought despair.

In a single day—

Two Four Emperors had fallen.

Both crushed beyond resistance.

[World Economic Journal — Extra Edition]

Steel Balloon Blown Away! Totto Land Reduced to Ruins!

Uchiha Emperor Displays Godlike Physical Might!

Pure Strength Overwhelms the Four Emperors!

Who can stop him? Who dares to stop him?!

The seas fell silent.

Fear spread like a plague.

New World — Moby Dick.

The deck was deathly quiet.

Marco, Jozu, Vista, and the other division commanders exchanged looks, speechless.

Whitebeard sat heavily in his chair, staring at the newspaper for a long time.

"Gurarara…"

The laughter was dry, carrying the loneliness of a hero at the end of his era.

"So even Linlin… is gone."

He looked up at the young faces before him.

"Sons."

His voice softened, yet remained firm.

"Prepare the white flag.

When that Empire comes… surrender.

Don't make meaningless sacrifices. That Uchiha Tobirama wants the world, not to slaughter everyone."

"Old Man!"

Marco knelt, tears streaming down his face.

"Don't joke like that!

We're the Whitebeard Pirates! How could we abandon you?!

If we die, we die together! Even if he's a god, we'll fight him!"

"…Stupid sons."

Whitebeard's fierce eyes glistened, but he said no more.

If that was their resolve… then let the final battle of the old era burn as brightly as possible.

Wano Country — Onigashima.

"Worororo… Linlin…"

Kaido sat on the ground, clutching a massive sake gourd, crying like a child.

"Even you're dead…

Didn't we agree the first to betray dies?! Why did you go first?!"

Boom!

He smashed the gourd into the ground, dragon scales standing on end as grief turned into raging battle intent.

"Uchiha Tobirama!"

"Come!"

"I'll be waiting right here!"

"Kill me—or be killed by me!"

"I'll avenge Linlin! I'll drag this world down with me!"

Grand Line — a battlefield at sea.

"We can't hold them! Retreat! Retreat now!"

The joint defense line of the World Government and the pirates collapsed under the advance of the Ninja army.

Black-armored ninjas wielding advanced weapons and possessing endless resurrection were nothing less than bulldozers on the battlefield.

The allied kings read the reports and broke down completely.

Charlotte Linlin was dead.

Red Hair was dead.

Did this so-called "Absolute Alliance" still mean anything?

"Surrender… If we surrender now, maybe we'll live…"

Revolutionary Army secret base — control room.

Dragon stared at the battle map on the screen.

The red zones representing the Ninja army were devouring the blue resistance at an alarming rate.

Two of the light points representing top-tier combatants had already gone dark.

There was no time left.

Dragon set the newspaper down, determination hardening his expression.

He turned to Imu behind him.

"Activate it," Dragon said coldly.

"Bring out Pluton and Uranus."

"If conventional forces can't win…"

"Then we'll use the Ancient Weapons."

"Even if the sea sinks.

Even if half the world is buried with us."

"As long as Uchiha Tobirama dies—"

"Everything is worth it."

Imu's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Very well."

"Then let us… die together."

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