Deep night.
Totto Land.
At the port of Whole Cake Island, the lights were brightly lit.
The ministers guarding the outlying towns of the Charlotte Family had successively rushed back from the islands they needed to guard, but instead of returning directly to Whole Cake Chateau, they all gathered here.
"Katakuri, what exactly is going on?"
A middle-aged man wearing a top hat, slender, and with a very long nose and tongue, had just disembarked. He grumbled, unable to contain his displeasure, and loudly questioned Katakuri.
This was Charlotte Perospero, the eldest son of the Charlotte Family and the "Candy Minister," with a bounty of nearly 700 million Berries!
Upon learning that Smoothie, his second-ranked general, was actually directly married off by Big Mom to Vinsmoke Judge, he felt quite absurd and immediately rushed back:
"Smoothie is such an important combat power. How could Mama '730' (arbitrarily) agree to her being taken away by Geralma's Vinsmoke Judge?"
"Yeah, Big Brother Katakuri, what exactly happened?" Cracker, who had just returned from an outing, also looked somewhat surprised and uncertain.
Although Smoothie was his younger sister, her strength was undoubtedly stronger than his, and her importance to the Big Mom Pirates was self-evident.
But now, she was actually going to be married off. How absurd?
"For so many years, none of our Charlotte Family daughters have been married off to outsiders, let alone a 'general'..." Charlotte Compote, the eldest daughter of the Charlotte Family and the "Fruit Minister," furrowed her brow, also looking very suspicious.
Not only them, but even Charlotte Oven, the fourth son and "Baking Minister," and others, also felt equally incredible and surprised, almost to the point that they still couldn't believe it.
Although Big Mom herself was the soul of the entire pirate group, the not-weak-in-combat-power Smoothie, despite not being able to compare to Katakuri, losing her was no small loss.
"This is Mama's decision..."
Katakuri's face was somewhat displeased, but he still said with a wry smile: "That Vinsmoke Judge is not only terrifyingly strong, but he also held Mama's 'deadlock'—the news of Sister Caramel. After a long time of being unable to take him down, Mama was anxious to know Sister Caramel's situation, so she had no choice but to compromise..."
"Sister Caramel!?"
"That bastard actually knows this secret?"
"He wouldn't just make it up to deceive Mama, would he? But even so, he can't marry Smoothie off to him..."
Perospero and Oven, among others, were all somewhat shocked and bewildered, while also gnashing their teeth.
"Mama's decision is absolutely not to be questioned. Even for us, her children, it's the same..." Sitting by his side, Katakuri said helplessly, "She's in a very bad mood right now, which is why I don't dare let you go back to Whole Cake Chateau. We can only discuss it here!"
"And according to what that Vinsmoke Judge said to me before he left, the news about Sister Caramel will very likely cause Mama to go berserk. When that happens, it's best to find a way to get Mama off Whole Cake Island first!" Katakuri swept his gaze over the Charlotte Family siblings present and said in a deep voice.
Totto Land was vast. The various ministers were stationed on the islands forming the archipelago. Naturally, they couldn't all rush back directly in less than half a day. Only the ministers responsible for managing the islands around Whole Cake Island had returned. For example, Charlotte Daifuku, the third son and "Bean Minister," and others had not yet arrived due to their distant locations.
"This is troublesome now. Sister Caramel is Mama's taboo. If she goes berserk on this island, she might directly destroy years of painstaking effort..."
The eldest daughter, "Fruit Minister" Charlotte Compote, frowned: "But no matter how much we want to ally with Geralma, we can't let Smoothie take such a risk with him, can we?"
"That guy is incredibly strong. Even if Mama can defeat him, she can't hold him. Plus, Geralma's enticing technological power, and the fact that the two sides' goals have no conflict in the short term, Mama had no choice but to ally with him..."
Katakuri pulled out a few pieces of paper from his body and handed them to Perospero, his eldest brother, who was closest to him. He said calmly, "Also, to make Mama agree to Smoothie going with him, he also showed some 'sincerity' and agreed to help Mama conduct research on human gigantification!"
"Human gigantification?"
"That's Mama's most desired technology..."
Oven and others fell silent. Vinsmoke Judge's understanding of Big Mom was unexpected...
Perospero took the few pages of paper and looked at them for a few moments. His pupils couldn't help but contract. He sneered, "In the World Government's 'Six Powers' physical techniques, which only a small portion of people are qualified to practice, there's 'Moonwalk,' which allows one to walk in the sky? That guy is truly generous. He doesn't even care about his own things and just throws them away to gain favor..."
"You can't say that either..."
Katakuri, sitting there with crossed fingers, shrugged. Smoothie being married to Vinsmoke Judge was a foregone conclusion. Now, he could only think positively: "Although this is just a physical technique that most headquarters officers in the World Government will know, it must be admitted that Moonwalk, which allows people to move freely in the air, can compensate for the shortcomings of the vast majority of our air combat capabilities. It is very practical."
With Smoothie as this connecting link, Geralma and the Big Mom Pirates, though they had only just allied, could already be said to have a relatively solid alliance.
Otherwise, Vinsmoke Judge would not have offered "Moonwalk," a physical technique that clearly compensated for the Big Mom Pirates' vast majority of shortcomings in air combat.
After his encounter with Judge, Katakuri naturally understood the value of Moonwalk.
To say that it directly boosted his combat power by a level was naturally impossible, but if he had already mastered Moonwalk years ago, then in their previous encounter, he could have flexibly dodged that strange darkness in the air and wouldn't have been so helpless, relying on his powerful Observation Haki, which could glimpse the future, he wouldn't have been suppressed all along.
"That cunning fellow, to prevent Mama from regretting, he'll wait until some time has passed before informing her of Sister Caramel's news. During this time, we need to make preparations..."
"Moreover, that Vinsmoke Judge said that Geralma currently doesn't want to be exposed to the public. Our alliance with them will not be public for now, but we can help each other privately!"
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