[ Third Person POV ]
East Tottoland
Whitebeard and Roger had finally landed on the shores of Tottoland.
As planned, Whitebeard landed on the East, while Roger landed on the south. The goal was to divide both Big Mom and Shiki's attention so that they could fight each of them all out without having to worry about too much.
Whitebeard was now currently facing off against Big Mom's Chess Soldier Army. She was also accompanied by some of the Charolette Family, including Perospero, Daifuku and the young Oven.
"Gurarararara!!! Linlin! You must have lost your mind to pick a fight with me!! Has all those pregnancies finally began messing with your head?!" Whitebeard's voice boomed across the field.
He had also laced it with Conqurer's haki, so it wasn't surprising to see that some of the chess pieces that were on the field began to pass out one by one.
"Newgate, you bastard! All of this could have been resolved if you had given me Ulvehoved and some other territories!! Now you want to raid my Queendom?! You must be getting senile with your age!!" Linlin snarled back at Whitbeard.
Both of them immediately released their Conqurer's haki as they clashed with each other. They were both enormous in size so they had almost covered the entire field. When they met mid-way, the two Conqurer's haki immediately exploded into an even bigger size compared to the last. some of the chess pieces and pirates that were caught in the middle immediately passed out and lay on the ground as the two of them kept releasing their haki.
It was then that the two Conqurer's haki exploded, living faint colors of turquoise and pink spread across the field. Both of their eyebrows furrowed as they both said:
"Attack!"
It was just like that, the battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates had began.
Whitebeard and Big Mom weren't planning on stepping in personally until the peak of the battle. Meaning that they could only watch as their subordinates fight on for their sake.
Marco was now having his first meeting with Perospero. Meanwhile Jozu was clashing with the young Oven, and Vista was clashing with Daifuku.
The residents of Tottoland had been told to stay in their homes because of the impending battle. However, there were some who couldn't help but stick their heads out to watch what would be happening.
What they were currently witnessing was a bloody battle that would be talked about for decades.
It was obvious from the start that the Whitebeard Pirates had lackluster numbers compared to the Big Mom Pirates; who had an army along with their pirates. However, the Whitebeard Pirates had somehow managed to put up quite a bit of a fight in contrast to what Big Mom had been expecting.
Seeing that her plan to weaken Shiki through Whitebeard's forces had failed. Her back-up plan had always been to crush Whitebeard's men with sheer numbers. However, it had seemed that Whitebeard had given his men some thorough training of some sorts because they didn't seem to be fazed by the overwhelming opposition.
On the other hand, Whitebeard's smile only grew wider as he continued watching his 'children' beat up the Big Mom army. However, one thing that they both knew was that the battle was far from over.
South Tottoland
"Roger! This time I'll make sure to make you join my ship!! Whether you like it or not!!" Shiki Roared as he sent his men charging at the Roger Pirates.
Roger's group had always been fundamentally small. They were more based on merit compared to how the Whitebeard, Big Mom, and even the Golden Lion Pirates had been operating.
As a result, they were way more effective; essentially going head to head with the other monsters of the sea like Whitebeard.
"Sorry Shiki, I have somewhere to be, and you're in the way!!" Roger exclaimed as he lunged at him.
Contrary to Big Mom and Whitebeard, Shiki and Roger immediately went head to head the moment that they had managed to spot each other. Roger being sick, wanted to end the battle as soon as possible before his Stamina began to fail him. Meanwhile Shiki wanted to subdue Roger so he could take the oppurtunity to attack Linlin before it was too late.
Rayleigh, Gaban and even the two youths Shanks and Buggy were plunged in the midst of battle with the rest of the Golden Lion Pirates. They were putting up a good fight, causing discomfort among Shiki's ranks.
Oden, who had been unusually quiet throughout the entire scene, finally popped out and began raising havoc among Shiki's men. He didn't have the oppurtunity to meet Kaidou, otherwise he would've found out that Kaidou's forces had settled in Wano and were basically supporting a tyrannical ruling.
However, that's a story for another day.
Anyway, the battle was on between the Golden Lion Pirates and the Roger Pirates, and in the distance stood a young man who looked on at the battle with a cold demeanor. He had purple hair and a scarf covering his mouth.
Who else could it have been other than Charlotte Katakuri?
He was doing nothing more than fulfilling his assignment that his mother had given to him. He decided to maintain a distance from the battle to get an encompassing view of what had been going on. However, more than half of his attention was solely glued towards the battle that was.
However, he couldn't help but notice a rushing figure quickly make it's way towards him. At first he assumed that the figure was going to make its way towards somewhere else. However, the figure kept on approaching him closer and closer as time kept passing.
Katakuri immediately raised his polearm and blocked an attack.
The figure that had been approaching him finally revealed itself to be none other than Kozuki Oden.
"I couldn't help but notice your young self standing far from the battle!! Allow me to indulge you in a brief skirmish!!!!!"
Katakuri didn't even have time to respond as he quickly began to block the many attacks that Kozuki Oden was sending his way. He was much wealer than he currently was in the actual anime where he was introduced. So it became a deadly struggle for Katakuri to defend against Oden effectively.
Even with the use of his Mochi fruit ability. He couldn't even put much of a fight regardless. Oden would always turn to Armament haki and keep dealing blows that would hurt hum. It was a fight that Katakuri could not see himself win through normal means.
So he retreated.
The moment Oden took to the sky to land another big hit on Katakuri. Katakuri immediately used that time gap before he could actually land the attack to turn into mochi and speed off right towards Big Mom's battle.
Oden looked like he was about to follow him, but he was rudely interrupted by one of the Vice-Admirals of the Golden Lion Pirates. Effectively drawing his attention from the young man, towards the Golden Lion Pirate and starting a fresh new fight.
Meanwhile, Roger and Shiki's battle kept getting more and more intense as time went by.