Chapter 211 Landing at Elbaf
The huge ship, pulled by two Sea Kings, rapidly advanced across the sea surface.
Tesoro sat on the ship's deck, leisurely grilling meat.
"What the hell does Brett want to chat with Katakuri about?"
He muttered to himself.
Halfway through grilling, Brett had gone into the cabin to find Katakuri, saying he wanted to have a good chat with him.
But Tesoro really couldn't understand what there was to chat about with that man.
After all, between Fish-Man Island and Totto Land, between Brett and Charlotte Linlin, there was only a superficial friendship.
Both sides were bound together by interests, not genuine deep friendship. What was there to chat about with that woman's son?
He really couldn't understand.
Then something even more incomprehensible happened—he saw Brett and Katakuri walk out of the cabin having a pleasant conversation.
If Katakuri wasn't typically a cold-natured man, they might already be hooking arms around each other's shoulders.
What was going on?
Just dozens of minutes ago, hadn't this man been completely unwilling to communicate with them? How did he suddenly look like they were best buddies?
Tesoro looked at Brett with a somewhat bewildered, questioning gaze.
Brett smiled. "You don't mind our barbecue party having one more person, do you Tesoro?"
"I don't particularly care."
Tesoro looked at Brett, but I need an explanation—these words lurked in his heart, knowing Brett could understand.
"From today on, Katakuri is our friend."
Tesoro heard Brett say this with a smile.
"Friend?"
This time Tesoro was genuinely shocked.
For Brett to use the word "friend" meant at least one thing.
This guy would trust Katakuri to a certain degree.
But why?
Wasn't Katakuri Charlotte Linlin's son?
Friends?
Katakuri was silent for a moment. He'd never had anyone around him he could call that.
Then he said, "Don't say such things presumptuously, Brett. I never knew we had that kind of relationship."
"Hey, hey, that's quite cold."
Tesoro laughed somewhat gleefully. "Brett, looks like you've been rejected."
Brett smiled.
Indeed, it was still too early to say he wanted to become friends with Katakuri.
This man now indeed wanted to become stronger, so his family's siblings would no longer be threatened by their mother.
But that didn't mean he'd become close friends with Brett.
Their relationship at most could be called accomplices.
Brett felt Charlotte Linlin and Kaido's relationship ran deep. When moving against Kaido in the future, Charlotte Linlin very likely wouldn't stand by idly.
And Katakuri planned to seize family control from his mother's hands.
Charlotte Linlin could tolerate a powerful family officer, but would never permit anyone to divide her power. Conflict was inevitable.
Thus, the foundation for cooperation between both sides already existed.
One could only say that Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had indeed once been as close as siblings.
Their children were all quite filial.
"Anyway, let's eat something together first."
Brett sat beside Tesoro. "I've always felt food is one of the world's most unforgivable things to waste."
Katakuri silently sat over. He reached out to take the meat Tesoro had already grilled, and Tesoro glared at him angrily.
Then Katakuri's hand hesitated.
Brett knew what he was hesitating about.
"Are you still afraid at this point, Katakuri? If you're always fearful, how can you talk about becoming strong?"
Due to a childhood incident, Katakuri had developed severe psychological trauma. After that, he'd worn thick scarves to hide his face.
He wouldn't show his true emotions before outsiders anymore, always playing the role of a serious, reliable older brother.
Maintaining such a mindset, how could he possibly become a top-tier powerhouse?
In this world, truly strong people were definitely confident and self-assured.
Katakuri took a deep breath, then grabbed his scarf and tore it off.
"Whoa!"
Tesoro exclaimed softly.
This was the first time seeing Katakuri's true appearance.
Not as handsome as imagined, but definitely not ugly either.
He didn't know what was worth hiding.
"Isn't this pretty good?"
Brett said with a smile.
What constrained Katakuri from becoming stronger was mainly his mindset.
Fear of Charlotte Linlin, lack of confidence in himself.
After solving these problems, he might well become stronger—after all, he was the man called the Charlotte family's greatest masterpiece.
He was only missing Conqueror's Haki coating to catch up with the current powerhouses.
Not necessarily possessing strength comparable to Pirate Emperors, but he could definitely hold his own against Yamato.
In this somewhat strange atmosphere, the ship continued forward. After spending quite a long time.
This afternoon, all three—Brett, Tesoro, and Katakuri—came to the ship's deck.
They could already see clearly—at the horizon's edge, an island's outline was distinctly visible.
Tesoro pulled out his eternal pose. The pointer in the glass ball pointed straight at the island ahead, so he happily clapped his hands.
"No mistake—we've finally reached our final destination!"
Brett's face also showed some emotion. This was probably his longest ship journey since the Sun Pirates.
"Let's approach."
Brett said.
As the distance closed, the island's true appearance finally became increasingly clear.
From afar they could see lush forests along the coast—clearly an island with high vegetation coverage.
As they approached closer, one thing became intuitively obvious—this island's area was extraordinarily vast.
Much larger than islands like Dressrosa or Fish-Man Island.
It might even be larger than Wano Country.
Brett made comparisons with the country with the largest land area he'd ever visited.
This was natural—ordinary-sized islands would be as narrow as gardens to giants.
To accommodate the giant race, the area had to be quite expansive.
"Let's just land directly."
Tesoro said. "With such an extensive coastline, finding a port would probably be difficult."
"I don't think you need to worry about that."
The usually taciturn Katakuri rarely spoke up proactively this time.
"I think so too."
Brett also said with a smile.
"Huh?"
Tesoro raised an eyebrow.
He knew these two guys' Observation Haki was extraordinary. They must have observed something.
Sure enough, as the ship continued forward and finally approached Giant Country's coastline, a ship appeared on the sea surface ahead.
"Hey, who are you people!"
Someone on the ship shouted toward them.
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