What-If Scenario: Heat and Wire vs. Charlotte Daifuku
Setting:
In the crumbling remains of Onigashima’s armory, Heat and Wire stagger against Charlotte Daifuku’s relentless onslaught. His genie, Gigantified Majin, slams its massive club into the ground, sending shockwaves that topple pillars. Heat’s flames flicker weakly, his body bruised, while Wire’s namesake cables snap under the strain. Daifuku sneers: “You insects dare challenge a son of Big Mom? Your luck ends here!”
The Tide Turns:
Daifuku’s confidence wavers as he senses Compote’s and Oven’s defeats through his Kenbunshoku Haki, his genie’s movements growing sluggish. Wire notices the hesitation: “He’s rattled! Now’s our shot!” Heat ignites a wildfire across the battlefield, obscuring Daifuku’s vision, while Wire weaves a labyrinth of electrified cables around the genie’s limbs.
Clash of Wills:
Daifuku roars, commanding his genie to unleash a “Majin’s Wrath”—a whirlwind strike that crushes everything in its path. Heat intercepts the blow with a blazing uppercut, his flames clashing against the club in a shower of sparks. Wire capitalizes, threading cables into the genie’s lamp itself, disrupting its connection to Daifuku: “No lamp, no genie—right?!”
Finishing Blow:
The genie flickers, its form destabilizing. Daifuku, desperate, lunges at Wire with a seastone dagger, but Heat tackles him mid-strike. In unison, the duo unleashes their ultimate combo: “Scorching Grid”—Heat’s inferno engulfs Daifuku while Wire’s cables coil around him, delivering a paralyzing shock. The genie vanishes with a howl, and Daifuku collapses, smoke rising from his singed coat.
Aftermath:
Heat and Wire slump against a wall, battered but victorious. Wire coughs, “Tell Killer… we want a raise.” Heat smirks, “Tell him yourself… after we nap.” Nearby, the shattered lamp rolls into a crack in the floor—a symbolic end to Daifuku’s reign of terror.
Impact on the Raid:
Daifuku’s defeat fractures the Big Mom Pirates’ morale entirely. With Compote, Oven, and Daifuku down, the remaining forces scramble. Smoothie, locked in her duel against Marco and Sanji, falters momentarily—“Three siblings… defeated by rookies?!”—giving Marco an opening to blast King with a Phoenix Flame and Sanji to land a crushing “Collier Strike” on Queen.
Meanwhile, Big Mom, sensing her children’s collective downfall, roars in fury, her Soul Pocus surging uncontrollably. Law seizes the distraction, teleporting Kid’s scrap-metal cannonpoint-blank into her chest: “This is for Bepo… ROOM: SHOCK WILLIE!”
Thematic Nod:
The battle epitomizes the New Generation’s rise—not through raw power alone, but by exploiting cracks in the old guard’s arrogance. As Kid often growls: “The weak don’t get to choose how they win. They just win.”
Result: The Big Mom Pirates’ collapse becomes irreversible. With Daifuku’s loss, Kid and Law’s alliance gains unstoppable momentum, cornering Big Mom for their final assault. The Beast Pirates’ forces splinter, King and Queen retreating to regroup—but Marco and Sanji give chase. The raid’s endgame begins, forged not by legends, but by the scars and grit of those once deemed "side characters."