—Broadcast—
Combining the bloodline of Charlotte Linlin with the legendary Uchiha clan, Charlotte Hikaru attracted immediate attention from most major forces the instant she appeared in the Sky Screen broadcast. The genetic implications alone proved staggering.
Charlotte Linlin had been born mutation her extraordinary innate talent and solid physical foundation is undeniable. Even as someone who'd neglected systematic strength development, she wasn't an opponent ordinary individuals could challenge without courting death.
When her own children hadn't yet matured into formidable combatants, Charlotte Linlin had already claimed one of the Four Emperors' thrones through personal effort alone. This represented the culmination of decades fighting across the seas, accumulating power and territory through sheer force of will and monstrous natural capabilities.
The Uchiha clan represented surviving nobility from Wano Country—a bloodline thought extinct until recent revelations. Counting Charlotte Hikaru's appearance, three Uchiha clan members now existed in the world. The first two had left profoundly deep impressions on global audiences through their demonstrated abilities. Charlotte Hikaru's performance garnered tremendously high expectations from everyone watching.
At first, Hoshigaki Kisame merely observed the little girl who'd suddenly materialized in the mirror world. He'd encountered precocious children before—unfortunately, most proved too brilliant for their own good. Those who displayed excessive intelligence during youth rarely survived to adulthood, as though divine jealousy targeted exceptional talents specifically.
The girl with long black hair named Hikaru witnessed her half-brother suffering systematic mutilation, and her originally clear black eyes gradually shifted to dark crimson. Three tomoe patterns appeared in her pupils, rotating slowly around dilated centers. Then the black texture of the tomoe thickened dramatically, taking the distinctive shape of curved blades arranged in windmill configuration.
The girl already possessed the highest evolution of the Sharingan—the Mangekyō pattern that marked her as something extraordinary even among her legendary bloodline.
When Admiral Kisame witnessed this development, his previously calm expression transformed instantly into genuine panic. The man couldn't restrain a vehement curse: "Damn it! How could these eyes possibly appear here?!"
Kisame chose to shut his eyes immediately, relying entirely on Observation Haki to capture events outside his direct field of vision. The fish-man absolutely refused to make eye contact with those cursed pupils. People who hadn't suffered devastating losses to Sharingan techniques wouldn't react with such desperate speed—his terror spoke to painful experience.
The girl spoke in a childish voice that contrasted sharply with the apocalyptic power radiating from her eyes. "Don't be afraid, Katakuri-nii-san. I'll save you right away."
Charlotte Hikaru opened her Mangekyō Sharingan as wide as physically possible, directing her gaze toward where Charlotte Katakuri endured systematic devouring. Her pupils connected directly with spatial coordinates, and terrifying black flames materialized spontaneously on the nearest water shark's body—flames that shouldn't exist, summoned from nothing through ocular power alone.
This fire appeared without fuel or ignition source, spreading from one shark to ten to a hundred with viral efficiency. The black flames wouldn't cease burning until they'd completely consumed their designated targets—an eternal conflagration that couldn't be extinguished through conventional means. Less than thirty seconds passed before the technique completely neutralized Hoshigaki Kisame's killing move, reducing thousands of water sharks to dissipating steam.
What proved even more remarkable: the black flames never touched Charlotte Katakuri throughout the entire process. Instead, they helped resolve his life-and-death crisis with surgical precision. After the water sharks pouncing on him burned to absolute nothing, the man's catastrophically mutilated condition became visible to all observers.
Charlotte Katakuri had lost both legs completely—severed at the hips, leaving only stumps. His male reproductive organs had been devoured entirely, the area a ragged wound. Both shoulders had been eaten away, exposing gleaming bone and torn muscle. Half his face remained intact while the other half showed skull beneath shredded skin. Several fist-sized bloody holes punctured his chest, daylight visible through the cavities.
Despite sustaining injuries that should have killed him three times over, Charlotte Katakuri—this genuine warrior—had remained completely silent throughout the ordeal. He'd never cried out in pain, never begged for mercy, never surrendered his dignity even as sharks tore chunks from his living body.
His three younger sisters' faces streamed with tears, cheeks wet with grief and horror at witnessing their beloved brother's mutilation. Most disturbingly, one of Charlotte Hikaru's eyes wept tears of blood rather than normal saline—crimson tracks staining her young face as her Mangekyō Sharingan burned away portions of her life force to fuel the black flames.
"I... I'm not dead yet," Charlotte Katakuri's voice emerged as barely a whisper, his vocal cords damaged from screaming he'd suppressed. "Don't... cry..."
The man miraculously retained consciousness through iron willpower alone. No physical harm could truly break someone with such absolute mental fortitude. However, this time his injuries proved too catastrophic—he'd entered a near-death state where even breathing required tremendous effort. He could no longer assist his youngest sister in the coming battle.
Charlotte Hikaru stepped over to her sisters, approaching Charlotte Smoothie with determined purpose. The girl stared directly into her older sister's eyes, recognizing hard truth—to defeat a powerful enemy like the Admiral, she would need to draw upon far deeper reserves of power.
A five-year-old child's body structure remained too physically immature to withstand excessive external pressure. If she miscalculated even slightly, her small frame might literally burst from energy overload. Brother Katakuri represented the ideal candidate to receive transferred power given his tremendous base capabilities, but considering his current mutilated condition, only the comparatively weaker Charlotte Smoothie could step forward as vessel.
"Sister," Hikaru's voice carried gravity beyond her years, "I will transfer accumulated Haki and strength to you through marks placed on distant bodies. When your physical form can no longer contain the power, you must shout immediately. If you hesitate for even a moment, you risk explosive death—your body will rupture from internal pressure."
"Bring it on," Charlotte Smoothie replied with grim determination, her voice steady despite visible fear. "I've wanted to experience genuine strength for a long time."
The girl grasped her sister's larger hand, closing her eyes to transform herself into a receiving conduit. Her entire body became wrapped in brilliant blue luminescence. Charlotte Smoothie began accepting power from external sources, her long-leg tribal physiology also glowing under the embrace of blue light as foreign energy flooded her system.
During this critical process, Hoshigaki Kisame didn't rashly open his eyes despite curiosity. He sensed through advanced Observation Haki that tremendous quantities of energy from outside the mirror world surged from all directions, converging on the two women in concentrated streams. The volume proved genuinely alarming—this represented power gathered from potentially thousands of individual sources.
This technique was Charlotte Hikaru's signature ability—Eight Thousand Spears. Any intelligent creature bearing the girl's mark would have their power extracted at the precise moment she desired, including Haki reserves and various forms of natural energy. The technique operated as parasitic energy vampirism executed at continental scale.
If only one person possessed the mark, then that individual's power would be absorbed completely. If one thousand, ten thousand, or one hundred thousand people all carried the mark simultaneously, they would similarly undergo extraction—their combined strength utilized by Eight Thousand Spears and transformed into Charlotte Hikaru's human batteries. The girl could then transfer absorbed power to other recipients through sustained physical contact.
Charlotte Smoothie's entire body reacted violently to the influx. Every hair stood on end, follicles prickling intensely as foreign energy invaded her system. This represented the first time she'd encountered such overwhelming external force. Fortunately, as Charlotte Linlin's daughter, she possessed exceptional talent and physical foundation among the long-leg tribe. Her superior constitution allowed her to withstand greater volumes from Eight Thousand Spears without immediate rupture.
Her body continued expanding with absorbed power, muscles swelling, veins bulging prominently across her skin as blue light intensified to near-blinding luminescence.
"Enough! Enough!" Charlotte Smoothie's voice rose to a desperate shout. "I'm about to burst open!"
Hearing her sister's frantic warning, Hikaru immediately released her grip and severed physical contact with Charlotte Smoothie. This simple action closed the gate of Eight Thousand Spears, preventing additional energy transfer that would have caused catastrophic physical failure.
"Sister, your borrowed power will dissipate gradually over time," Hikaru explained urgently, blood still trickling from her right eye. "Please defeat the enemy as quickly as possible before the energy depletes completely."
Charlotte Smoothie's entire body radiated blue luminescence, and a confident smile flashed across her face despite the circumstances. This time she possessed tremendous volumes of accumulated Haki flooding her system—whether she could match the Marine Admiral or not remained uncertain, but she would test her enhanced capabilities to their absolute limits.
Since the opponent displayed such confidence, Hoshigaki Kisame didn't mind evaluating her improved quality. His hands began forming seals rapidly before his chest, and an exceptionally full stream of water made the fish-man's face swell dramatically as he gathered the technique.
"Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!"
The flood erupting from Kisame's mouth formed waves dozens of meters high within seconds, sweeping toward the Charlotte family members' position with tsunami-like force. This time, no panic showed on Charlotte Smoothie's face. She took the initiative to position herself at the front, using her own body to intercept Hoshigaki Kisame's probing attack.
Through the combination of her Shibo Shibo no Mi and the borrowed Haki from thousands of distant sources, the woman began frantically absorbing the approaching water. Charlotte Smoothie's body started expanding exponentially—this represented her most proud technique, the Juice Giant transformation.
However, with the added power from external forces enhancing her Devil Fruit's baseline capabilities, the juice giant surpassed twenty meters in height within mere seconds. Then she continued growing rapidly toward heights measuring in hundreds of meters, her sword expanding proportionally to match her increasing scale.
With Kisame deliberately supplying additional water to test her absorption limits, Charlotte Smoothie's body eventually expanded to one thousand meters in total size—a colossal figure that dwarfed everything beneath her feet. From such altitude, even Hoshigaki Kisame appeared as small as an insect.
The mirror world itself groaned under the strain of containing something so massive within its dimensional boundaries. Reflective surfaces cracked as reality bent around her impossible scale.
Charlotte Smoothie raised her proportionally enlarged sword high above her head, blue light still crackling across her titan form.
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