Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? Sweet Commanders

Forty-two hours after the Battle of the Totto Land, Ma Qiao's flagship finally arrived at Whole Cake Island.

The island is made up of several cream cakes, with layers of soft cakes and cascading cream decorating it like a dreamlike paradise.

Ma Qiao was still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the previous fierce battle, and the sight of white cream made him feel nauseous.

He was reacted in the same way as newspaper tycoon Big News Morgans, who landed around the same time.

Charlotte Snack, who was in charge of receiving the two, was puzzled.

This was the first time he had ever met someone who didn't like delicious cream.

However, Snack's worldview was soon shaken.

Because everyone who appeared at the Whole Cake Island dock after that, without exception, had a ferocious expression on their face when they stepped onto the snow-white cream dock.

Ma Qiao was put to rest at a hotel on Whole Cake Island, with Zephyr accompanying him wearing Root Division mask and blending into Ma Qiao's bodyguard team.

Fortunately, the Whole Cake Island was filled with all sorts of strange characters at this time, so Zephyr wasn't particularly conspicuous.

Ma Qiao carefully observed the situation on Whole Cake Island along the way.

Just as rumored, this place is inhabited by all sorts of races who live together in equality and enjoy a happy life free from want.

This is very similar to Shurima.

However, every gift in life comes with a hidden price tag.

In Shurima, this price is labor for money.

On Whole Cake Island, however, this price represents soul and lifespan.

Ma Qiao's Life-Shortening Brand Cigarettes and Short-Lived Ghost Spirits can also absorb the lifespan of their users.

But in essence, Ma Qiao did not actively, or deliberately, shorten the lifespan of others for his own use.

He was merely passively collecting the lifespans lost by smokers and alcoholics due to the harmful effects of smoking and drinking.

On Whole Cake Island, the Homies clergy created by Big Mom can directly exploit the lifespan of the residents.

Even so, very few people are willing to move away from Whole Cake Island.

On Whole Cake Island, as long as you're not too unlucky and don't get trampled during a craving on the Big Mom's Hunger Pangs, you'll likely live a comfortable life until your forties or fifties.

But what's the point of wandering the seas, threatened by pirates, exploited by Heavenly Tribute, and preyed upon by various forces, even if one manages to live to a ripe old age?

Therefore, Ma Qiao remains neutral regarding Charlotte Linlin's collection of souls from the residents of Whole Cake Island.

It's like the US letting political correctness run rampant domestically; as an outsider, Ma Qiao doesn't care.

But like the Americans, Whole Cake Island's wealth for "feeding" its citizens was not earned through labor like Shurima's, but through plunder.

Indeed, after Ma Qiao's visit and observation, it was found that apart from food processing workshops, there were almost no industries on the entire Whole Cake Island.

Even everything the entire Whole Totto Land needed was obtained by the Big Mom Pirates through plunder and forced tribute.

Countries like Fish-Man Island, which are relatively wealthy but desperately need the protection of the Big Mom flag, are one such example.

However, many small countries are already very poor, and the protection fees that Big Mom Pirates charges them are even higher than the Heavenly Tribute, and they also force them to offer all kinds of delicacies, completely ignoring the fact that their people are destroyed and their lives are filled with bloodshed as a result. This is despicable.

The air on Whole Cake Island may smell sweet, in a physical sense, but it is undeniably filled with utter bloodshed.

Just as Ma Qiao was wandering around, lamenting the One Piece world version of "the rich feast while the poor freeze to death," a low gunshot suddenly rang out.

The once bustling crowd on the street suddenly descended into chaos.

On top of a cake shop, a man dressed in black with a bloody hole in his head fell straight down.

In his arms was a sniper rifle that was not yet fully assembled.

Meanwhile, a kilometer away, a thin young man with an unremarkable appearance limped away and disappeared into the crowd once again.

Just now, an assassination attempt targeting Ma Qiao himself was quietly thwarted.

After realizing that this was an assassination attempt against him, Ma Qiao frowned.

While assassins of this caliber pose no threat to oneself, being targeted is never a pleasant experience.

Moreover, he has absolutely no clue who is trying to harm him.

Could it be that great albatross from Big News Morgans?

Ma Qiao thought it was unlikely.

As the saying goes, "no fight, no friendship," and after a frank and thorough exchange, Ma Qiao and Big News Morgans could be said to have become friends despite their initial conflict.

Although neither of them gave each other a friendly look when they met again, based on their tacit shared belief—the idea of making a Big News Morgans in this chaotic era— Ma Qiao felt that it was only a matter of time before he and Big News Morgans began to cooperate.

As for the others...

Ma Qiao shook his head and mingled into the crowd of onlookers.

Soon, the chess piece soldiers from Whole Cake Island arrived to handle the situation.

These chess piece soldiers were created by Big Mom using the Soul-Soul Fruit. They don't seem to be very intelligent; they're not as clever as Zeus, Prometheus, or King Bam.

They skillfully and mechanically dragged the killer's body away, then quickly began washing the floor with water and applying cream to the ground with a cream spray gun.

This was just a minor incident before the tea party.

The Big Mom had many enemies throughout her life, and many hotheads wanted to assassinate her to make a name for themselves. It was quite a routine that many people would die or be injured every time she held a tea party.

No one even bothered to investigate the details of the incident, and no one questioned Ma Qiao's connection to it.

The next day, Ma Qiao was informed that all the guests attending the tea party had arrived and that the tea party would be held at noon that day.

Ma Qiao patted his brother Zephyr, whose body was trembling with excitement, and had to remind him, "Don't cause any trouble at Linlin's tea party. She's an unreasonable woman."

"I know."

Zephyr nodded. "Mr. Ma Qiao, don't worry, I'll take care of some personal matters after the meeting; it won't involve you."

It's not a matter of being involved or not.

Ma Qiao shook his head. "But you need to save your health to reunite with your wife. You can't spend all your time on Linlin."

Zephyr shook his head and said nothing more.

Ma Qiao sighed. It was almost impossible to convince a stubborn old man like Zephyr that his deceased wife could be resurrected.

Let him be.

Led by Snack, Ma Qiao and his party went to the tea party with Big News Morgans.

Charlotte Snack was a very obese man with a long, hooked nose and black hair tied up in a bun with a hairpin, his hairstyle resembling a gourd. (See picture)

Although this guy doesn't look particularly impressive, he's actually a young man with a high status in Big Mom Pirates.

Snack, the Big Mom's twenty-fifth son, is only 27 years old.

At a young age, he had already become one of the top officers of the Big Mom Pirates, ranking among the "Sweet Commanders".

However, just as the Five Constants cannot be generalized, the Four Sweet Commanders be generalized either.

Snack was the first high-ranking member of Four Emperors crew in the New World to be overpowered by Supernovas from Sabaody, making him somewhat of a weakling.

However, considering that he is eighteen years younger than Katakuri, Ma Qiao felt that it was somewhat unreasonable for the Big Mom to remove Snack from the "Four Sweet Commanders".

We should give young people a chance to try and make mistakes!

Ma Qiao kept shaking his head and staring at Snack's 600 million Beli head with a sinister look, leaving the latter somewhat bewildered.

The fact that one of the Sweet Commanders brought the event to the venue is enough to show that the Big Mom highly values Ma Qiao and Big News Morgans, these two brilliant young talents in the press.

However, this level of attention is still considerably less than that given to the distinguished guests from the Whitebeard Pirates.

On the way, Ma Qiao ran into his long-lost friend Teach.

"Brother Ma Qiao!"

"Brother Teach!"

The two brothers, who addressed each other as "little brother," warmly bumped fists.

Ma Qiao even deliberately avoided Teach's outstretched right fist and bumped it with his left fist.

After all, Ma Qiao had a premonition.

The chances of clashing with Teach's left fist are numbered.

After exchanging pleasantries, Ma Qiao casually inquired about Ace.

Ma Qiao and Ace are old acquaintances.

The two had indirect contact in the East Blue over the bait, and later at the grand banquet on the Moby Dick, Ma Qiao talked most with Izo, followed by Ace.

Later, Ma Qiao went to Amigasa Village and became friends with Tama, and naturally, he was also talked to a lot about Ace.

In fact, ever since Kaido agreed to make Amigasa Village the only port in Wano Country for trade with the Big Bird Consortium, this small village has experienced rapid development.

The former fishing village has now become a small town.

Ma Qiao took many photos, including one signed by Tama specifically asked him to give it to her Ace.

"Well... Brother Ace, he actually came to Totto Land too..."

"That's wonderful! Where is he? A friend asked me to bring him some local specialties!"

Faced with Ma Qiao's question, Teach hesitated and evaded the question, unable to give a clear answer.

Finally, he simply pointed to a long pillar in front of him and said, "Brother Ma Qiao, see for yourself!"

"Huh?"

It was only then that Ma Qiao realized that this wasn't a long pillar at all; it was clearly an excessively long leg!

Following the long legs upwards, a woman with dark skin, long silver-white wavy hair, and bangs covering her right eye appeared before everyone. (See picture)

Even without Snack's introduction, Ma Qiao immediately recognized the woman with the distinctive features.

Charlotte Smoothie, the fourteenth daughter of the Big Mom and a half-human, Longleg Tribe.

It's quite reasonable for her to be here as Teach's guide.

Because Smoothie, like Snack, is the Juice Minister, one of the "Sweet Commanders," the highest-ranking officers of the Big Mom Pirates.

Moreover, her bounty is 932 million Beli, much higher than Snack's, and she is also much stronger than this little brother.

Smoothie is a very responsible and aloof older sister. Snack is like Nezumi seeing a cat whenever he sees her.

Just as he was about to hide, Smoothie grabbed him with her long legs.

In contrast to her aloofness towards her younger brother, Smoothie was very polite to the guests.

"Dear mothers, we are very sorry, but the Juice Current has been contaminated for an unknown reason. We wonder if you noticed anything unusual during your trip?"

Smoothie, as the Juice Minister, bent down and asked Ma Qiao and Big News Morgans.

Ma Qiao and Big News Morgans exchanged a glance, then shook their heads violently in unison. "We know nothing!"

"It was all my oversight, I'm so sorry!"

Smoothie bowed again, then ruffled her younger brother's gourd-shaped hair in distress. "But this is really strange. I've been in charge of Juice Island for so many years, and I've never encountered anything like this before."

Snack, who was being held captive, didn't dare to resist, fearing that if he displeased the boss, she would squeeze him dry.

Smoothie is Devil Fruit User, which allows her to extract water from objects and produce juice.

Snack was a naughty child and was often caught and juiced by Smoothie, the eldest sister.

Although Smoothie always returned his juice to him in the end, Snack refused to experience the agony of being squeezed dry again.

Snack asked timidly, "Sister, could it be that some Sea Beast secreted toxins that contaminated the juice?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Smoothie shook her head, then pulled out an Exhaust, freckled-faced boy from behind her, grabbed his chin, and gently kissed him...

Ma Qiao was shocked.

He wasn't entirely clear on what had happened.

But he could tell that Ace was poisoned.

What Ma Qiao never expected was that by abducting Vinsmoke Reiju, he had essentially ruined Luffy's destined romantic encounter.

Reiju's kiss that sucked out the fish skin toxins from Luffy's body is a classic scene in Pirate King.

Unexpectedly, after Ma Qiao stole his love, the power of dimensional correction actually compensated his brother for this famous scene.

Smoothie's Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit ability and Reiju's Poison Pink ability are similar in that they can both extract toxins from their targets.

Only...

If Ma Qiao remembers correctly, the "twisting" motion should be done with the hands, right?

Is this the kind of preferential treatment one gets from having a bit of a protagonist's halo?

What a bastard!

Ma Qiao watched helplessly as Smoothie twisted Ace's mouth with her own, then squeezed out white toxins.

"Pah! Pah!"

Smoothie quickly spat out the white poison. "What the hell is this? Who put such a treacherous poison in my Juice Current? Don't let me find out who it is, or I'll squeeze them dry!"

With that, Smoothie carefully wrapped Ace up again and hid him inside her cloak.

"Um... Sister... don't you plan to completely cure this guy?"

Snack asked hesitantly, "Isn't he Fire Fist Ace, the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates? His bounty is only 50 million less than mine!"

Is your bounty high?

Smoothie glanced at him, Snack opened his mouth, speechless.

Smoothie continued, "The juice poisoning incident is a serious provocation against our Big Mom Pirates. This man named 'Ace' is a crucial witness, and the poison on his body is even more important physical evidence. How can I just drain him dry all at once—no, I mean cure him? Squeezing out a little bit at a time is the right way!"

"By the way, were you questioning me just now?"

With that, Smoothie sneered, gently twisted her talkative brother, and turned him into fresh scum and juice.

Ma Qiao and Big News Morgans, their foreheads dripping with sweat, swallowed hard in unison.