Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

Chapter 235 Hades Pluto!

Katakuri's face was grim and extremely dark. He stared intently at Luffy and spoke in a deep voice:

"Your Observation Haki..."

"Yes!"

Before Katakuri could finish speaking, Luffy interrupted, grinning and showing off his bright white teeth:

"I can occasionally 'see' the future too!!"

Luffy was very happy at that moment.

Before his battle with Katakuri, his Observation Haki had already reached the threshold of foreseeing the future, and he was just one opportunity away from breaking through.

He sought out Katakuri to fight, partly to wash away the shame of the past, and partly to find an opportunity to break through his Observation Haki in the battle with Katakuri.

And he was lucky; he actually found it.

During the battle, he learned a lot from Katakuri.

He successfully cultivated his Observation Haki to the point where he could foresee the future.

Although this prediction of the future is sometimes accurate and sometimes not, it can be predicted at times and sometimes it cannot.

But none of the problems are major.

The current situation is just that he has just grasped the concept and is not yet proficient; he will gradually become more familiar with it in the future.

For Luffy, fighting Katakuri would allow him to learn Observation Haki that foresees the future, while fighting Kayle and others wouldn't be as effective.

First of all, his mindset was different when fighting Kyle and others; he didn't have that sense of crisis when facing life and death with the enemy.

Secondly, Kyle and the others have far superior Observation Haki compared to him. Even if they are at the same level of foresight, the difference can be significant.

It is more effective to fight fiercely against opponents of similar skill level than to fight against someone much stronger than yourself.

Even now, though he is not yet proficient in using his Observation Haki to foresee the future, the trouble he has caused Katakuri is incomparable to what it was before.

Nearly a third of his attacks now hit Katakuri, a huge improvement compared to before when he would only land a few hits or even none at all.

This immediately put Katakuri under pressure!

On the other side, Katakuri's expression was more somber than ever before.

If he could confidently say "You have no chance of winning" just now, he really can't say it now.

Even though Luffy's Observation Haki is not yet comparable to his, as long as he reaches the level of foreseeing the future, he can cause him considerable trouble.

After all, he hasn't gone particularly far at this level.

"You little dumpling, are you ready to be sent flying?"

"The humiliation you inflicted on me a year and a half ago, it's time to repay you today!!"

Luffy's voice suddenly rose, and then he darted out, rushing towards Katakuri at an extremely fast speed.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Katakuri, his fist wrapped in Armament Haki, and slammed down on Katakuri.

Katakuri didn't hesitate at all. He also coated his fist with Armament Haki and met Luffy's fist head-on.

bang——

A dull thud was heard, and at the same time, an aftershock suddenly erupted and spread outwards from the two people, causing the air currents to rip up layers of the surrounding ground.

Katakuri narrowed his eyes, stared at Luffy, and spoke in a low voice:

"Monkey D. Luffy!"

"I want to repeat myself: whether you can defeat me or not depends on your strength, not just your words!!"

"Flowing glutinous rice balls!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless mochi balls suddenly surged from beneath Katakuri's feet, wrapping around Luffy.

Seeing this, Luffy did not hesitate at all and immediately retreated, but Katakuri's mochi was not prepared to let him go so easily and continued to chase after him.

It even created a "glutinous rice ball wave" that was over ten meters high, rushing towards Luffy.

Seeing that he was about to be enveloped by the mochi ball, Luffy clenched his fist and threw a punch. Powerful Armament Haki erupted, forming a shockwave that landed directly on the 'mochi ball wave' in front of him.

boom--

The powerful burst of force blasted a large hole in the 'glutinous rice ball wave,' and countless glutinous rice balls exploded like raindrops, scattering in all directions.

But at this moment, Luffy's pupils suddenly contracted, because Katakuri was no longer in his field of vision, and at the same time, an extreme sense of threat came from behind him.

Without thinking, Luffy suddenly turned his body and slammed his fist, which was still covered in Armament Haki, backward.

puff! !

However, this time, instead of a dull thud, a collision was heard.

Luffy's fist sank into a large ball of mochi. The next second, the mochi instantly became coated with Armament Haki, becoming incredibly hard and locking Luffy's fist inside.

Immediately afterward, a tremendous force came from the front, and Luffy's body was uncontrollably pulled over, flying into the air, even causing him to instinctively cry out.

"ah!!!"

After being pulled over, Luffy suddenly felt the surrounding environment darken, and he subconsciously looked up, his pupils widening in shock.

What came into view was a gigantic black fist, hurtling down towards him!

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The underground location of the former site of the ancient Wano Country.

Although this is the seabed, strangely, there is a huge underground space in this location, and there is no seawater in it.

The surrounding and overhead stone walls were covered with many stones that emitted a white light, so the huge underground space did not appear dark at all.

Suddenly, a bolt of purple lightning surged forth, bursting through a crack in the rocks and reforming itself in mid-air.

It's Kyle!

As soon as he revealed himself, Kyle's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the white stones on the stone walls, and a look of curiosity appeared on his face.

"What is this?"

Even with Kyle's knowledge, he had never seen these stones before and had no idea what they were.

Um! !

When we leave, we can collect all these stones and take them back to Marine Headquarters to study them.

These stones are likely from ancient times, as they still glow after such a long period of time.

That's pretty unusual!

Shaking his head, Kyle shifted his attention away from the stones and looked around in the other directions.

Almost instantly, Kyle's attention was drawn to a huge object in front of him.

It's a massive warship!!

Its entire body was as black as hellish iron, the bow was shaped like a ferocious face of a god of the underworld, and the hull was covered with inscriptions of ancient weapons. The main cannons were like the gaping maws of an abyss, seemingly capable of destroying everything.

The ship's hull was as heavy as a mobile fortress, with no superfluous decorations, yet an aura of destruction involuntarily emanated from it.

Although it was the first time he had seen it, Kyle was certain that what he was looking at was the object of his mission.

The legendary Pluton, the most powerful warship in the world, capable of destroying an island with a single shot!

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