Big Mom's Fury, the New World Trembles!

"Cracker... he's dead?"

A low, piercing voice came from Big Mom, making the temperature inside the entire palace drop several degrees.

The fear and pressure that came from the depths of their souls made everyone serving Big Mom in the palace tremble.

Only Katakuri nodded without expression.

"Just now, Cracker's Vivre Card in my hand turned to ashes. Before he died, I was speaking to him and learned that the Marine who was after him seemed to have gone to Curry Island."

"Marines!"

Big Mom revealed her crimson eyes, which were filled with rage.

"Do they want to go to war with me?"

"Mama, given the situation, should someone go to Curry Island and find out what happened?" Katakuri asked after a moment's thought.

"My beloved son is dead. How can I let this go?"

Big Mom spoke slowly, her voice full of rage.

"Katakuri!"

"Mama!"

"Go to Curry Island. Whoever killed Cracker, make them pay!"

"Yes, Mama!"

Katakuri nodded, turned around, and left the palace.

As Katakuri headed to Curry Island with his men, the other brothers and sisters on the island grew curious.

However.

When they learned why Katakuri had set sail, they were stunned.

Cracker was dead!

Who was it?

Who had dared kill Cracker?

The entire Big Mom Pirates were in disbelief.

Cracker was one of the Sweetheart Four Sweet Commanders and one of Mama's trusted officers. Attacking him was a provocation against Mama and the entire Big Mom Pirates!

Wasn't the killer afraid of being hunted down by the entire Big Mom Pirates?

But when everyone learned that Katakuri had gone to avenge him, they were reassured.

As the strongest member of the Big Mom Pirates after Mama, Katakuri could not possibly lose to the person who killed Cracker.

Nothing could stay secret forever.

News of Cracker's death spread from Whole Cake Island at incredible speed, like a whirlwind.

At first, it spread throughout Totto Land.

Finally, it began to travel across the seas of the New World.

For a time.

The entire New World was shaken.

"Heavens, Charlotte Cracker, a senior officer of the Big Mom Pirates and one of the Four Sweet Commanders, is dead!"

"Who had the nerve to kill an officer of the Four Emperors? Aren't they afraid of Big Mom's revenge?"

"Could another powerful pirate have appeared on these seas?"

Countless pirates were stunned.

He was an officer of the Four Emperors!

On the seas of the New World, the Four Emperors reigned supreme, a state of affairs that had not changed for decades.

No one dared attack the Four Emperors' people on these seas.

And now.

Someone had appeared!

That person had not only attacked an officer of the Four Emperors, but had killed him.

Just as everyone was speculating, a different voice suddenly rang out.

"Do you think it could have been that Marine who declared not long ago that he would capture Cracker?"

As soon as that voice spoke.

Everyone was terrified the more they thought about it!

After all, it was too much of a coincidence.

Only a few days ago, that Marine had declared he would capture Charlotte Cracker. Less than three days later, news had arrived that Cracker was dead.

There was no way the two events were unrelated.

"It was very likely him! There are no coincidences without a reason in this world!"

"Heavens, is that Marine really so terrifyingly strong? Even Cracker was no match for him."

"Who was it? Could it have been one of the Three Admirals?"

"Impossible. If it were a Marine Admiral, someone would have recognized him already. No one knows that Marine. He might be a powerful fighter the Marines trained in secret."

"Then did they use Cracker to sharpen their blade?"

"Whoever it was, Cracker is dead. Big Mom definitely won't let this go. It could very well turn into a war between the Marines and the Four Emperors!"

"The times are about to change!"

With Cracker's death, undercurrents began to stir throughout the New World.

Countless people were trying to find out who had killed Cracker!

The New World.

Beneath a cloudless sky, a pirate ship shaped remarkably like a beluga whale floated on the sea.

The Moby Dick!

As the pirate ship of Edward Newgate, the strongest man in the world, it was enough to make other pirates steer well clear at the mere sight of it.

And at that moment.

A pirate ship came sailing swiftly over and pulled up alongside the Moby Dick. The man at its head quickly boarded the Moby Dick and spoke with a man sporting a blond punk hairstyle.

After listening, the man immediately headed for the deck.

A crowd had gathered on the deck, and in the place of honor sat a huge, powerfully built man with a crescent-shaped white mustache and numerous IV tubes attached to his body.

He was the strongest man in the world, the Four Emperor Whitebeard!

"Pops!"

The man came up to him and called out softly.

"Marco, what is it?"

Whitebeard asked slowly.

"We just got word that Charlotte Cracker, one of the Big Mom Pirates' Four Sweet Commanders, was killed by an unknown Marine!" Marco replied.

As soon as he said this.

The commanders on deck all looked surprised.

As members of a Four Emperors pirate crew themselves, they naturally knew the prestige and status the Four Emperors held in the New World. They were like emperors, so who would dare attack one of their people, let alone kill a senior officer?

"Gurarara..."

"What are the Marines trying to do? That crazy woman isn't easy to provoke!"

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes and looked at the sky ahead.

Not long ago, his own beloved son Ace had also been captured by the Marines.

That old bastard Sengoku had quietly been gathering Marines from around the world. Such unusual activity surely meant he was plotting something.

Whitebeard guessed that Sengoku might be planning to use Ace to lure him into a rescue.

But now.

They had attacked the Big Mom Pirates too.

"Sengoku, are you planning to go to war with two of the Four Emperors' crews?"

Whitebeard couldn't quite see through it.

Meanwhile.

On the other side of the New World, Red-Haired, another of the Four Emperors, had naturally also received news of Charlotte Cracker's death.

What was more, the one who killed him was a Marine.

This was undoubtedly a provocation by the Marines against the Four Emperors!

"The Marines seem intent on starting a war with the Four Emperors!"

Aboard the ship, Benn Beckman spoke slowly after receiving the news.

"Yes!"

Red-Haired's expression was somewhat grave.

First, they had captured Ace, the son of his former captain. Then they had quietly transferred Marines from around the world to headquarters. They were clearly targeting Whitebeard.

After all, Whitebeard would never allow harm to come to his family.

So, no matter what, Whitebeard would move to rescue Ace.

And now.

The Marines had also killed Cracker, an officer of the Big Mom Pirates.

He couldn't quite make sense of it!

Could it be that Marine Headquarters was not just targeting Whitebeard, but intended to strike at every one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews?

"Whatever the Marines are planning, pass the word down first. Tell the men to keep an eye on their movements for now, so we don't suffer the same fate!"

Unable to figure it out, Red-Haired could only hold steady in the face of whatever came.

"While you're at it, find out who the Marine who killed Cracker is and where he came from!"

He was very curious.

There were only a few Marines strong enough to kill Cracker on their own!

So where had this Marine, whom no one could name, come from?