214: Chapter 214 Momonosuke is unlucky yet again"Are you talking about that slime that ate the giant candy?Are you really sure that thing will work on us?" Luffy asked suddenly, squeezing his heart hard as he looked at the maniacally laughing Caesar.Caesar, lying on the ground convulsing, forced back his words despite the pain, "Swoosh!Straw Hat, you're so ignorant!That slime was formed from compressed hydrogen sulfide gas, and it's a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user with the Salamander Fruit, Axolotl form.And Death Kingdom is a weapon of mass destruction I developed.As long as that slime eats the giant candy I carefully prepared for it." Upon explosion, the slime will transform into purple poison gas that spreads rapidly, enveloping those it comes into contact with, entering the body through the skin, causing paralysis, and forming a petrifying shell to envelop them.Those who come into contact with it will lose consciousness and become immobile, slowly dying in despair."Whoosh!Straw Hat Luffy, even if you're strong, you'll die if you're poisoned!" Caesar laughed maniacally, as if he could already see Luffy's agonizing death.At this moment, the giant slime in Caesar's mouth had already swallowed the candy containing the Death Kingdom, and the slime let out a painful roar.After the scream, the entire slime exploded, replaced by a massive cloud of purple gas.This gas rapidly spread throughout the base, and some unlucky ones who were too slow could only watch helplessly as they turned into white statues.Momonosuke, who had previously gone mad, saw the purple gas and instead of running, charged forward.Kin'emon, following behind, could only watch helplessly as his young master was swallowed by this ominous substance."No~~~~!" Kin'emon cried out in anguish, kneeling on the ground.The purple gas drew ever closer.In despair, Kin'emon stopped running.Since Wano Country's last hope was gone, he, as a guard, could only follow his master.As the purple smoke dissipated, Kin'emon also turned into a white statue, kneeling on the ground.Before him lay Momonosuke, now a statue with a maniacal grin on his face."Luffy, let's hurry!I reckon that 'Kingdom of Death' Caesar mentioned is coming soon," Uta urged Luffy, approaching him.Smoker, having retrieved his heart, prepared to lead his men to safety.At this moment, Caesar, lying on the ground, spoke again: "Shhhhh, it's useless.I reckon the Kingdom of Death is now almost everywhere in the base.I told you I would kill you all, shhhhhh!"
"Shut your stinking mouth, you're so annoying!" Luffy exerted force again, deforming Caesar's heart in his hand like a stress-relieving toy.Caesar cried out in pain and begged for mercy again.Luffy twisted his neck and said calmly, "Don't worry, Vivi, it's time for you to show off the results of your training."
Weiwei nodded slightly, took a slow, deep breath, and activated her Observation Haki.She understood that Caesar's words were true; the entire base was now almost entirely filled with purple poison gas.But this was no problem for Weiwei.With a slight movement of her fingers, small black holes appeared throughout the base.The moment they appeared, they unleashed powerful suction, rapidly devouring the purple poison gas.As they absorbed more gas, the black holes grew larger, and soon the poison gas covering the base was completely absorbed.Weiwei then made contact with the black holes; the poison gas was now stored within the black hole space, and in future battles, this would become a powerful killing force.Caesar stared blankly at the disappearing poison gas on the monitor, muttering to himself."No, impossible, this must be a dream," Luffy said, "Come on, let me help you confirm if this is a dream." He then unleashed several Rising Dragon Punches on Caesar's heart.Caesar, lying on the ground convulsing, finally realized it wasn't a dream; it was real.However, Caesar felt a strange liking for the feeling of having his heart manipulated.Luffy, unaware that Caesar had awakened a special attribute, only knew that he now had a stress-relieving toy.Whenever he was unhappy, he could use Caesar's heart to relieve stress."Um, is it too late for me to abandon my evil ways?" Caesar asked with a grin, seeing his last resort defeated.However, what awaited him was a righteous judgment from everyone, regardless of his physical condition.Both the Straw Hat Pirates and Tashigi from the Marines despise those who kidnap children and experiment on them.Luffy, watching Caesar being beaten up by a group of people, suddenly felt like feeding him yellow rice dipped in cold water."Is it resolved?That's right, even without the captain's intervention, the others could easily handle this gas bastard.And this Chicken Feet Miss, aren't you going to confess?" Aokiji on the Sunny smiled and glanced in Luffy's direction, then looked at the still-stubborn Monet beside him and asked.But Monet wouldn't budge.Aokiji sighed helplessly and put Monet back into the ice sculpture to calm down."Why is there another heart?No, Law, I." "Do you have some kind of peculiar fetish for hearts?Why do you like fiddling with them so much?" Luffy said, looking at Law with disgust.Law's lips twitched, ignoring Luffy's question, and he walked over and sat down to fiddle with his personal Den Den Mushi, which he had gotten from Vergo.Luffy, feeling rebuffed by Law, pouted angrily and went off to torment Caesar's heart."Huh, this statue looks familiar," Luffy said, his attention wandering to two white statues lying on the ground.A tall, thin Marine approached and said, "Straw Hat Bro, we moved these out during our search of this base.We're just planning to bury them somewhere after everything's over."
"Why do I feel like these two look so much like Kin'emon and that crazy young master?" Zoro, who was squatting among the group, suddenly spoke up.Luffy then realized why he always felt like kicking the child statue to pieces.Two marines were preparing to lift Kin'emon's statue to bury it when one of them slipped, and the statue fell onto a rock."Seriously, it's bad enough that he became a statue, but now you've ruined it so badly he can't even keep his whole body," the other grumbled as he prepared to gather the pieces and throw them into the sea to feed the fish.Suddenly, the two marines, as if they'd seen a ghost, pointed at Kin'emon on the ground and shouted, "Holy crap, you're not dead?"
Luffy leaned closer and saw Kin'emon lying on the snow, his face ashen, his eyes filled with despair.Suddenly, as if remembering something, he jumped up and grabbed a Marine's arm, asking, "Hey, have you seen a statue of a child, about this tall?" Kin'emon gestured, and the Marine pointed to a spot.When Kin'emon learned that Momonosuke was about to be buried, he rushed over to stop it.The Marine, who was working, was startled by Kin'emon's half-sculpture, half-human appearance.His hand slipped, and the Momonosuke statue fell to the ground, tumbling and crashing into the sea before everyone's eyes."How tragic.He can't even stay on land after he dies; he can only end up as fish food?" Luffy added insult to injury.