The Red-Haired Pirates were not the only ones to receive the news; the other Four Emperors had heard it as well.
Katakuri looked at the newspaper in his hand, his expression somewhat grave.
Among the Four Emperors, his strength and influence were currently the weakest. Although he had forced the Escapee Pirates into joining his command through sheer force, those people were hardly obedient. On the surface, they followed his orders, but once a crisis came, they would definitely turn against him!
That was a major problem...
Now, only Smoothie remained among the Sweet Commanders.
Cracker had died at Akainu's hands. His elder brother Perospero was fairly strong, but his age was there for all to see. He was no longer what he used to be. His strength could barely reach Sweet Commander level, but that was somewhat insufficient for the coming situation...
Katakuri was anxious as well. Among the Four Emperors, his own strength ranked near the bottom. He was far from truly powerful, merely decent. If war broke out in the future, things would become difficult.
After losing Big Mom, although he had taken his place among the Four Emperors, his foundations and strength were inferior to when Big Mom had been in power—by more than just a little!
But there was nothing he could do. During the battle against the Quincy, they had already lost too many forces. Now they could only hold their ground on Whole Cake Island and rarely took action.
Katakuri also wanted to strengthen his forces so he could avenge Mama in the future. But his enemy was that monstrously powerful Quincy, who now also possessed the Ancient Weapon Poseidon. How was he supposed to fight that?
He was also searching for the whereabouts of the Ancient Weapons, as well as the Soul-Soul