Flames raged across the battlefield, accompanied by endless screams.
Members of the Charlotte Family were struggling desperately, barely holding back the endless tide of summoned beasts.
High above the chaos.
Tobirama stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His Rinnegan swept indifferently over the battlefield below, as though he were merely strolling through a marketplace.
"Too ugly."
He shook his head lightly.
"Other than a handful that are passable, the rest are nothing but freaks."
His gaze locked precisely onto several figures amid the chaos.
Smoothie, the long-legged general.
Pudding, petite and trembling.
Galette, wielder of the Butter-Butter Fruit.
And Cinnamon of the Longleg Tribe.
Tobirama raised one hand and grasped lightly at empty space.
Amenotejikara!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
There was no warning.
In the middle of fierce combat, Smoothie and the other three suddenly felt the space before them twist violently.
In the next instant—
They vanished from the battlefield and reappeared inside the transparent barrier behind Tobirama!
"Eh?! What's happening?!"
"Sister! Pudding!"
The four women pounded desperately on the barrier, but their bodies were completely bound by spatial laws. They couldn't even move a finger.
"Quiet."
Tobirama didn't bother turning around, his voice cold and indifferent.
"Being taken into my collection is the greatest honor of your lives."
Then he looked down at the battlefield below and issued his final judgment to the Uchiha duo.
"As for the remaining trash…"
"Leave none alive."
"Kill."
"Understood! Your Majesty!"
Itachi and Shisui answered in unison, killing intent erupting from their eyes.
…
"Smoothie!! Pudding!!"
Below, Katakuri smashed a giant serpent apart with mochi-coated fists. Through his Observation Haki, he foresaw his sisters being captured.
He snapped his head upward, eyes bloodshot, veins bulging along his neck.
"Bastard!! Give them back to me!!"
Boom!
The ground beneath him instantly turned into mochi. Katakuri launched himself like a cannonball, his trident Mogura coated in pitch-black Armament Haki, stabbing straight toward Tobirama in the sky.
"Your opponent is me."
A dark figure blocked his path without warning.
Itachi Uchiha.
"Get out of my way!!"
Katakuri roared as he thrust wildly.
"Mochi-Mochi Fruit: Peerless Donuts!"
Countless mochi fists burst forth, all coated in Armament Haki, raining down like a storm.
Itachi gazed calmly at the sky filled with fist shadows, his expression unchanged.
He slowly raised his right hand.
The black diamond mark on his palm flared crimson.
Karma Seal — fully activated!
Hum!!
A suffocating chakra storm erupted from Itachi's body.
Black curse marks spread across him as his speed, strength, and ocular power surged explosively!
"This kind of attack…"
"…is too slow."
He tilted his body slightly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Fists that were guaranteed hits in Katakuri's future vision all missed, brushing past Itachi's clothes.
It wasn't that they couldn't be foreseen—
It was that Itachi was simply too fast for foresight to react!
"What?!"
Katakuri's pupils shrank violently.
"Susanoo!"
Blood tears streamed from Itachi's eyes.
Boom!
A crimson half-body Susanoo erupted from the ground, gripping the Totsuka Blade ablaze with spiritual fire.
"Amaterasu!"
Black flames instantly engulfed the blade.
"Flame Control: Susanoo—Totsuka Slash!"
"I can't dodge it—!"
Pfft!!
The flaming giant blade pierced straight through Katakuri's chest!
Black flames spread instantly, burning mochi into ash.
"Ugh… ah…"
Blood spilled from Katakuri's mouth as his body was pinned to the ground, life rapidly fading.
With his final strength, he looked at his remaining siblings still fighting and roared:
"Brulee!!! Hurry!!!"
"Take everyone into the Mirror World!!! Run!!!"
…
"Brother Katakuri!!"
Among the distant ruins, Brulee screamed in terror upon hearing his dying cry.
She hurriedly pulled out a giant mirror.
"Everyone, come here! Into the mirror! Quickly!"
Oven, Daifuku, Perospero, and the others realized all hope was lost and rushed toward the mirror in desperation.
"Escape?"
A soft chuckle sounded, like a whisper from the Shinigami himself.
Shisui appeared silently in front of the mirror, his back to Brulee. His short blade dripped with fresh blood.
"In front of the Body Flicker Technique…"
"Do you really think anyone can be faster than me?"
Whoosh!
A flash of blade light.
Brulee didn't even have time to scream.
Her head flew off, terror frozen on her face forever.
The mirror of escape was cleanly severed in two.
"Brulee!!!"
Despair overtook the remaining Charlotte Family members.
Their retreat was gone.
"Sending you on your way."
Shisui's eyes spun into a pinwheel pattern.
"Susanoo!"
Boom!
A green Susanoo materialized. Its chest opened wide, unleashing countless green chakra senbon like a storm of pear-blossom needles.
Each one locked precisely onto a vital point.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
"Ahhh!!"
"My body—!"
"Mama… help…"
Cracker's biscuit soldiers were riddled with holes, his true body pierced like a hedgehog.
Perospero's candy shield shattered instantly, his body crushed to pulp.
Oven.
Daifuku.
One by one, infamous pirates with bounties in the hundreds of millions—甚至 billions—fell like harvested wheat.
In less than ten seconds—
Aside from the four women who had been captured—
The Charlotte Family was completely annihilated.
The plaza was carpeted with corpses. Blood pooled like rivers, staining the sweet, pastel buildings a deep crimson.
…
"AHHHHHHHHHH—!!!"
A scream shrill enough to tear the heavens erupted from atop Cake Castle.
Rumble!!!
All of Whole Cake Island shook violently as the sky turned pitch black.
Zeus roared with thunder.
Prometheus dimmed into a pale, burning fireball.
Big Mom—Charlotte Linlin.
The Emperor who ruled Totto Land now had her eyes rolled back, drool spilling from her mouth, suffocating black Haki erupting from her body.
She had watched her children be slaughtered.
She had watched her kingdom be destroyed.
"My children!!!"
"My cake!!!"
"I'll kill you all!!! I'll rip out your souls and devour them!!!"
Boom!
Big Mom gripped Napoleon and charged down like a mad demon, her momentum more terrifying than ever before.
This was the absolute fury of a Yonko.
Itachi and Shisui exchanged a glance, preparing to step forward—
"Stand down."
A calm voice rang out.
Both immediately dismissed their Susanoo and stepped aside respectfully.
Tobirama descended slowly from the sky.
Standing amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he faced Big Mom's world-shaking rage without the slightest tension. Instead, his expression was filled with undisguised disgust.
He looked at the bloated, drooling, sobbing madwoman before him.
Tobirama drew his Kusanagi, the blade tip pointing straight at Big Mom's twisted face.
"I heard you once wanted me to marry into your family?"
The crimson light in Tobirama's eyes turned icy, his killing intent exploding—far more violent than Big Mom's own.
"Go look in a mirror."
"With something as disgusting as you…"
"You dared to covet my body?"
"I'll settle this debt with you personally."