The New Online Gaming Grunt

The [Soul Trial] did not last very long.

Mother Carmel, who had been thoroughly beaten, was finally freed and screamed as she escaped into the Big Mom's body.

She hadn't felt the pain of being beaten up in half a century, and her hatred for Ma Qiao had reached its peak.

"Very well, you will pay the price for this!"

Mother Carmel roared as she tried to take control of the Big Mom's body.

However, no matter how hard she tried, the Big Mom continued to happily blow snot bubbles and snore.

For half a century, Carmel has gradually taken over the reins and become part of the Big Mom's personality, even more powerful than Cavendish's second personality.

However, Cavendish's second personality takes over the body while the primary personality is asleep.

The Big Mom is not simply asleep; she has been forcibly anesthetized.

It's exactly the same situation Miss Buckin faced back then.

"That shouldn't be the case. Given Linlin's constitution, this amount of anesthetic should have been metabolized long ago!"

Carmel tried everything he could.

But if it can't be woken up, it simply can't be woken up.

"That's right, I doubled it again!"

Tahm Kench grinned, revealing a row of menacing teeth, holding up the syringe. "In my long life as a clam, I've done many jobs, and being a uniformed nurse is undoubtedly one of my favorites."

"Hateful!"

"We can only wait for Linlin to wake up; until then, we must stop you!"

Mother Carmel had great confidence in Charlotte Linlin's fighting ability. She believed that as long as she could hold out until the anesthetic wore off, she could pilot Charlotte Linlin away from here like a Gundam.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to even kill all three people and the toad in front of us.

Napoleon!

Carmel shouted.

The hat on the Big Mom's head suddenly opened its eyes.

After a slight daze, it excitedly shouted, "Mom, did you do it?"

Things aren't that smooth sailing yet!

Mother Carmel said coldly, "Hold these people off for me, buy at least twenty minutes!"

"Okay, Mom!"

Napoleon revealed his true colors, transforming into a large cleaver that floated up and slashed at Tahm Kench, who was preparing to increase his dosage again.

"Napoleon, Mother hasn't woken up yet! What are you doing!"

Perospero, seeing the large machete fiercely guarding the Big Mom, quickly said, "The one who gave you the order wasn't your mother, but the evil spirit of the nun within her!"

Napoleon laughed loudly, "Ha ha ha, guess whose soul I was created from, and who my real mother is?"

"So you weren't Mom's creation after all!"

Perospero asked in surprise, "Then what about Zeus and the others? Were they traitors too?"

"Traitor? Don't use such harsh language. You should know that you were the ones who came later!"

"As for Zeus, that good-for-nothing who only knows how to eat, of course he's Linlin's child!"

Napoleon brandished his sword, not minding using words to buy time.

Anyway, Mom's order was just to gain twenty minutes.

Perospero alone would be one thing, but as for Katakuri, Napoleon wasn't confident he could hold out for twenty minutes against him.

"And..."

Napoleon grinned maliciously, "You're the eldest son, you should know very well how Charlotte Family's children are born, right? Guess which ones are Linlin's children and which ones are the nuns' children. Should I tell you... oh dear!"

Just as Napoleon was about to reveal the lineage of the Charlotte Family, a mochi pellet struck him precisely, causing him to stumble.

Shut your mouth!

Katakuri's Riot Games clenched, trembling slightly with rage.

Perospero, at this moment, also found himself in a rare moment of perfect harmony with his younger brother.

They exchanged a glance and nodded, both understanding each other's meaning.

That is, this matter must be kept secret under all circumstances, and the bloodline between siblings must not be investigated.

Otherwise, once the cracks of suspicion are formed, they will never be able to be repaired.

Since we have this reason, then...

The two brothers simultaneously turned their gazes toward Napoleon.

This deadly weapon, on par with Enma, could only tremble in fear at this moment.

It doesn't understand why its plan to procrastinate has turned out this way.

Seeing his most capable helper get a good beating,

Carmel was both surprised and angry. "You can't do anything to me!"

"For half a century, Linlin and I have been inseparable; I am Linlin's other personality!"

"Unless Charlotte Linlin is killed, I am immortal!"

Listening to the nun's roar, which masked her fear, Ma Qiao picked at his ear.

"Old lady Mountain Hag, you seem to have misunderstood something."

Ma Qiao checked his skill cooldowns. "Since I can revive your soul once, of course I can revive you a second time! And since you're hiding in a stationary body, my skills definitely won't miss!"

As he spoke, Ma Qiao unleashed his [Soul Trial] once more.

Carmel, who thought he was safe hiding inside the Big Mom, was shocked to discover that Ma Qiao actually had the ability to extract souls directly from the body!

"Ah!"

She let out a scream.

Then,

"Huh?"

Mother Carmel found herself perfectly fine, with no signs of leaving her body.

She looked outside curiously and saw that Ma Qiao was indeed holding a ghost, or rather, a soul.

But that wasn't me at all; it was a chubby little girl snoring and smacking her lips.

This is Charlotte Linlin's soul!

Ma Qiao rubbed his forehead.

His [Soul Trial] had indeed not failed.

But it seems they pulled the wrong person.

This is not my fault.

After all, even professional players are not immune to situations where targets overlap and the wrong skills are used!

However, the fact that Charlotte Linlin's soul was extracted does prove something.

That means Mother Carmel's claim that "I have long been one with Linlin" is utter nonsense.

Linlin's soul has absolutely no connection to her soul.

Moreover, this point is vividly illustrated in the scene in the original work where Big Mom suffers from amnesia in Wano Country.

Since that's the case...

"Brother Katakuri, I need a new sterile operating room."

Ma Qiao made his demands.

"Good!"

Katakuri nodded.

Without even asking why or what the operating room was for, he immediately used his Devil Fruit power to extend a new room behind the original psychotherapy room and turned the original wall into the operating room door.

As for sterility...

That's easy to handle.

Flame-Flame Fruit.

As Devil Fruit User, it's normal for him to use fire-based skills like "Grilled Mochi," right?

The blazing flames scorched the operating room, and the walls and operating table emitted a fragrant aroma.

"It's a bit hot!"

Ma Qiao wiped the sweat from his forehead with his scarf.

As Penguin Devil Fruit User, he is quite sensitive to heat.

This is one of the reasons why Ma Qiao was determined to popularize air conditioning in Alabasta.

Katakuri can set things on fire, but he can't freeze them.

Fortunately, Ma Qiao, along with Ice Fist and Frozen Heart, quickly balanced the room temperature.

At that moment, accompanied by a burst of red spiral light, Dr. Dr. Mundo finally prepared his surgical instruments and arrived using his Teleport skill.

Katakuri nodded at the burly man who had suddenly appeared.

Even using his Observation Haki, he couldn't detect how the giant man had arrived.

As the Ma Qiao brothers were right, we shouldn't rely too much on Haki and neglect our true selves.

Perospero was also startled by Dr. Mundo's sudden appearance.

However, after the initial shock came a deep appreciation.

"Dude, your tongue is beautiful, I love it!"

"Get out of here, you dead gay! Dr. Mundo only marry Gnar!"

After a brief and friendly introduction, the two brothers learned that the big man who looked like a butcher was actually one of the world's best surgeons.

Hogback was like a newborn baby in his presence.

He even reattached Marine Admiral Zephyr's arm.

In short...

Awesome!

However impressive, since it involved their mother's surgery, the two brothers had a disagreement.

Unlike Katakuri, Perospero did not trust Ma Qiao unconditionally. When Dr. Dr. Mundo said that his mother needed to be cut open, he immediately objected.

"There must be some other way to get rid of the evil spirit. I heard that Red Dog seems to be... uh... that's a bit difficult to obtain..."

"Trust my expertise. Your mother has no other treatment besides surgery. Only surgery can provide a permanent solution, addressing both the symptoms and the root cause!"

"You make it sound so easy for you. That's my dearest relative, my mother!"

"I can share the secrets of tongue care with you."

"Make a deal!"

This was the first time Ma Qiao had performed surgery on a patient in an operating room made of rice cakes.

The aroma of Grilled Mochi is the main draw, making it incredibly tempting.

It's not a good thing for a surgeon to be hungry in the operating room.

Because what follows will make you want to vomit.

The combination of hunger and nausea was truly agonizing.

What do you want?!

"Perospero!"

"Katakuri!"

"These two outsiders want to dissect your mother!"

You unfilial sons!

"Ahhh--"

No matter how much Carmel Kikoku, Perospero and Katakuri remained unmoved.

Of course, they didn't go into the operating room.

After all, she's their biological mother... I guess so...

No one could stand idly by and do nothing.

Ma Qiao originally wanted to volunteer to be an assistant.

However, he eventually gave in and went outside the operating room to have afternoon tea with his two brothers.

Katakuri eats sweets at a fixed time every afternoon.

Perospero is similar.

Therefore, they must indeed be Charlotte Linlin's offspring.

Of course, it's a bit inappropriate for a son to be eating a donut outside while his mother is undergoing open surgery.

But this is indeed a unique way for the Charlotte Family to relieve stress.

"Could I... take off my scarf...?"

Katakuri suddenly asked.

The two people present at that moment.

Perospero is the eldest brother.

The eldest brother is like a father.

Of course he knew Katakuri's true appearance.

As for Ma Qiao...

"Haha, what's with all the coyness from a grown man? A grown man should be drinking from big bowls and eating donuts with gusto!"

"Brother Ma Qiao, you're right!"

Katakuri nodded emphatically, ripped off the scarf around his neck, revealing Kog'Maw full of sharp teeth that was completely at odds with his original handsome and cool persona, resembling a carnivorous plant from the original Super Mario.

He looked at Ma Qiao with slight trepidation.

The latter's expression remained unchanged, showing absolutely no sign of discrimination.

Katakuri breathed a sigh of relief, burst into laughter, stretched his mouth to its widest point, and tossed a huge donut into his mouth, chewing it with extremely rough movements.

Perospero was much the same, with a long tongue dripping saliva as he frantically licked the candy, not much different from a husky.

In contrast, Ma Qiao's eating manners were quite refined.

"In ancient times, Oden at the funeral of Kozuki Oden's relatives; more recently, the Charlotte brothers had afternoon tea in front of their mother's operating room..."

Ma Qiao poured everyone a can of milk tea, raised his cup, and shouted, "Cheers!"

Although the afternoon tea atmosphere was cheerful, the Charlotte brothers were not, after all, the carefree Kozuki Oden.

That guy can abandon even his own people who support him, let alone his Pops.

While the Charlotte brothers ate their afternoon tea, their minds remained on the operating room.

After Katakuri had eaten over fifty donuts and Perospero had licked over thirty candy canes raw, the operating room lights finally came on.

The operating room door opened, and Dr. Mundo and Tahm Kench pushed out a mobile hospital bed.

Dr. Mundo was also holding a bundle of candles.

"Doctor, how did the surgery go?"

Charlotte and her brother immediately dropped their food and surrounded Dr. Dr. Mundo.

"The surgery went very smoothly, and I sewed the prettiest bow for your mother!"

"Then... then what you're holding... could it be our new younger brother or sister?"

Perospero glanced at Dr. Mundo.

This handsome man with a long tongue doesn't look human at all.

Could it be that Mom and him...?

These aren't your younger siblings!

Dr. Mundo opened the candle pack, revealing a humanoid creature that emitted no light whatsoever.

Her hair and limbs were almost completely dissolved, and even her facial features were worn away to the point of being barely visible.

He looked like a clumsy clay doll sculpted by a child.

"This is..."

Before Dr. Mundo answer, the faintly visible mouth on the humanoid creature's head began to move. "You... you will all go to hell! God will punish you! You blasphemers!"

"As you can see, this is a teratoma that has been parasitizing your mother's body for fifty years."

Dr. Mundo explained, "I found this parasite in your mother's stomach. It took a lot of work, you know, this patient really eats everything. I shoved so much construction waste out of her stomach!"

Following Dr. Mundo's finger, one could see that half of the operating room was filled with all sorts of construction debris.

After all, the Big Mom also had a "Luffy stomach," which could always unscientifically hold several times, or even tens or hundreds of times its own volume of food.

"So this is the true form of the evil spirit!"

Perospero was furious and reached out to turn Carmel into candy.

Of course, even Perospero had no interest in eating this candy; he planned to smash the Carmel candy to pieces to end this half-century-long farce.

"You can't do that!"

Ma Qiao suddenly intervened and stopped him.

Perospero asked curiously, "Why? Would killing her hurt Mom?"

"No, that won't happen."

Ma Qiao shook his head, then suddenly pulled a gas cylinder from behind his back.

This is the same gas cylinder that used to house Caesar Courland.

Ma Qiao opened the valve, and a leisurely white cloud emerged from it.

"Zeus?"

Perospero asked in surprise, "How did you get in the bottle?"

"Well... Mr. Ma Qiao said he's going to give me to a pretty young lady as a birthday present, and... I'll get delicious lightning-themed snacks every day, and even electric mice to lick..."

Before Zeus could finish speaking, Ma Qiao immediately stuffed it back into the gas cylinder.

Unlike Nami, who uses coaxing, Ma Qiao employs a carrot-and-stick approach, leaving Zeus with absolutely no room for negotiation.

Given Ma Qiao's contributions, getting Zeus from the Big Mom Pirates would be incredibly easy.

The Charlotte brothers, who were wondering how to thank Mr. Ma Qiao other than with money, had no objections whatsoever.

"As you can see."

Ma Qiao shrugged. "Ms. Charlotte Linlin is not a Soul-Soul Devil Fruit User at all. The real Soul-Soul Devil Fruit User has always been this nun who was living inside your mother's body."

"In other words, if the nun is killed, all the Homies in the Totto Land will disappear."

"Whether it's the pawn soldiers maintaining order, the priests collecting soul offerings, or the fantastical forest protecting the nation, they will all vanish instantly, and the entire administrative system of the Totto Land will collapse..."

"I think that would be a terrible, lose-lose situation."

"But..."

Perospero frowned and said, "Are we going to throw this... person... or at least this human being, into prison, or lock him up inside the Book-Book Fruit?"

"No, no! Compared to the Book-Book Fruit, I have a much better place to imprison prisoners, especially things like souls and consciousness."

Ma Qiao smiled. "Judging by the time, it's about time that Infinite Tsukuyomi, as an open-world MMORPG, got a new expansion..."

Ma Qiao counted on his fingers.

The previous "splitting the moon to save mother" arc gradually went astray, and today, the strength of the Konoha genin group has become extremely inflated.

Under the coercion of a violent gang led by Garp Sakura, the Akatsuki organization lived a precarious existence.

If it weren't for Zephyr always trying to sabotage his old classmate, those lawless Konoha genin would probably have already dismantled the Akatsuki and marched to the moon to beat up Otsutsuki Enel.

Therefore, strengthening the "gods'" camp is also very important.

When it comes to serving God, who could be more suitable than a 130-year-old nun?

The latest expansion pack for Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Shining, is coming soon...

Looking at Ma Qiao's smile, for some reason, Perospero felt a chill run down his spine.

I don't really understand what online games are.

But he instinctively felt that perhaps Mother Carmel would rather spend the rest of her life locked away in books...