Takuro raised his hand and pointed directly at Big Mom. His voice was not loud, yet it carried the weight of a thunderclap, booming through the silent, candy-coated hall.
"I came to see you for a serious matter," he stated firmly.
Charlotte Linlin's rage seemed to choke in her throat at this sudden shift in tone. Her massive chest heaved with heavy breaths as she glared at him. "A serious matter? What could possibly be worth crashing my tea party so rudely?!" she demanded.
Takuro met her murderous gaze with a wild, arrogant smile. He spoke each word with chilling clarity: "I want you, Charlotte Linlin—along with Totto Land and every force you command—to join me. We are going to attack Mary Geoise and pull those Celestial Dragon scumbags down from their 'divine' thrones!".+2
A dead silence followed—one far deeper and more profound than before.
If Takuro's messy eating had surprised them, his casual declaration of war against the World Government completely shattered their reality. Attack the Holy Land? Overthrow the Celestial Dragons? The words hit the members of the Charlotte Family like heavy hammers. Even elite warriors like Katakuri and Smoothie felt their pupils shrink to pinpricks in total shock. They knew Takuro was bold, but they never expected a goal this insane.+3
Charlotte Linlin sat back on her throne, her rage momentarily replaced by pure astonishment. Her eyes darted back and forth as she weighed the risks of such a monumental proposal.
"Mamamama..." After a few long seconds, she let out a dry, calculating laugh. "Little brother Takuro... it seems your appetite is even bigger than your lack of manners". She leaned her massive body forward, projecting an aura of cold scrutiny that felt even heavier than her Conqueror's Haki. "Attack Mary Geoise? Just you and this old hag?. The World Government has ruled for eight hundred years. Their foundation is unfathomable! Do you really want to drag me and all of Totto Land to our deaths?! Mama!!".+3
In response to her doubts, Takuro slowly stood up. He brushed a few stray crumbs from his clothes, his lazy demeanor replaced by a look of absolute self-confidence. Within his scarlet pupils, golden Qi began to flicker, and the air around him warped from the sheer intensity of his rising energy.
"Foundation? Power?" He sneered as if she had just told a hilarious joke. "In the face of absolute power, a 'foundation' is just a sturdy sandcastle waiting to be kicked over!". He clenched his right hand into a fist, his knuckles cracking with a sound like snapping wood. The energy emanating from him made the entire Cake Castle tremble, causing frosting and biscuit crumbs to rain down from the ceiling.+2
"Fat old hag, you've got it all wrong," Takuro said, his face twisting into an arrogant, battle-hungry grin. "I'm not here to ask for your help. I'm here to inform you of what's happening. And while I'm at it, I'm going to make you understand—in the way you understand best—who exactly sets the rules now. Let's fight. When you lose, you'll start listening".+3
His words echoed like a final judgment through the hall.
"MAMAMAMA—!!!!"
Linlin's roar of fury shook the very foundations of the castle. She was laughing, but it was the laugh of a Sea Emperor who had been pushed too far. She rose from her throne, her massive shadow swallowing the front of the hall as her Conqueror's Haki erupted like a tsunami.+2
"You arrogant brat!!! Do you think defeating Kaido and Whitebeard gives you the right to talk down to me?!".
Dark red lightning crackled around her. Chandeliers swung wildly and the lights flickered as the pressure became unbearable. Most of the Charlotte children turned pale and retreated, while the weaker ones fainted where they stood.+1
"You want my kingdom?! You want me to take orders?!" she screamed. "Then pay for it with your life! Zeus! Prometheus! Napoleon!!!".
The thundercloud Zeus rumbled, the sun Prometheus erupted in flames, and her bicorne hat, Napoleon, transformed into a giant blade. She gripped the flaming sword with both hands, coating it in her wild Haki.+1
"Emperor Sword: Hakuba!!!".
She unleashed a devastating slash directly at Takuro. The massive wave of flaming Sword Qi tore through the air with enough power to level a mountain, heading straight for Takuro, Whitebeard, and the castle gates.
"Guraguragura! She's going all out from the start!" Whitebeard laughed, slamming his polearm, Murakumogiri, into the floor. An invisible vibration barrier immediately formed, shielding Robin and Gion from the heat. Even behind the barrier, Gion gripped her sword tightly, recognizing that this single strike far surpassed anything she had seen from a typical Marine Admiral candidate.
Faced with the world-ending attack, Takuro merely blinked. "Nice stance," he remarked casually.
He didn't even take his other hand out of his pocket. He simply raised his right arm and splayed his fingers, pressing his palm toward the oncoming fire.
There was no explosion. As the flaming Sword Qi hit the invisible wall of condensed Qi in front of Takuro's palm, it let out a soft "hiss"—like hot iron hitting ice. The massive attack shattered inch by inch, vanishing into thin air as if it had never existed at all.
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