Unforeseen Disaster

"I'm so hungry! I want cake, I want mousse cake! Mousse cake, where's the mousse cake?"

Charlotte Linlin, who had just regained consciousness, ripped open the Nutrient Solution tank and roared wildly. Doflamingo, who had been standing to the side with a slightly ingratiating smile on his face, froze, suddenly realizing something that could be fatal.

Charlotte Linlin's immense power is matched by her incredibly brutal personality, and at least half of the rumors about her brutality are attributed to her bulimia!

Charlotte Linlin may be cruel, but she is not a psychopath. Her act of eating living people, even her own children, is clearly due to bulimia.

When his bulimia strikes, this guy can even eat his own children, so you can imagine how ruthless he is... Doflamingo doesn't think he'll be an exception!

Realizing what was happening, Doflamingo sprang to his senses and, without a word, turned and ran. At the same time, numerous threads extended from his hands, binding his two subordinates, and he instantly escaped through the door.

The very next second after they escaped the room, a deafening roar shattered the door. The terrifying Gluttony Demon King's eyes turned bloodshot, and his rampant Conqueror's Haki raged wildly, causing even the fleeing Doflamingo to secretly groan in despair.

What kind of mess is this?! I'm such a wicked person, black as a bat, and I finally managed to save someone and do a good deed, only to find myself rescuing a jinx!

Oh, so the one I rescued was Charlotte Linlin, who's even more brutal than me! That's alright then.

"Quickly tell the chef to make a mousse cake!"

Doflamingo stretched out his hand, which transformed into countless threads, and grabbed Buffalo, who had just seen Charlotte Linlin's terrifying figure and was preparing to fly away. He then shouted the order.

"Huh!? Mousse cake?"

Buffalo asked stupidly, but Doflamingo didn't have time to explain to this fat guy! He just slapped him on the head, making him see stars and get a big bump on his head.

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work! Tell the chefs in the kitchen to make more!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

Covering his head and shedding tears, Buffalo understood after being hit and went to carry out the order without saying a word.

Although Buffalo's fighting ability is about the same as that of Charlotte Linlin can easily create Homies that can easily defeat this fat guy.

However, as Devil Fruit User, Buffalo still has his own special qualities. At least he can act as a human helicopter without any problem, and his mobility is off the charts.

Especially now, with Doflamingo having to find a way to keep Charlotte Linlin occupied, the most mobile member of the Donquixote Family is actually this fat guy.

Seeing Buffalo fly away, Doflamingo didn't waste any time and immediately activated the power of his Devil Fruit. He didn't expect to be able to fight Charlotte Linlin, but he still had a chance to confuse and delay Charlotte Linlin a little by using the power of his Devil Fruit.

With her String-String Fruit powers so well developed, and Charlotte Linlin, suffering from bulimia, not being very bright, it should be easy to just stall for time!

A torrent of fine threads erupted from him; relying on his unique Parasite String ability, Doflamingo created numerous thread clones to distract Charlotte Linlin...

"The mousse cake is ready!!"

Half an hour later, upon hearing Buffalo and Baby 5's voices, Doflamingo, who was almost exhausted, nearly burst into tears of joy.

Delaying is no simple matter! Charlotte Linlin is a monster! All Four Emperors are monsters! I almost got eaten!

Charlotte Linlin was indeed delirious when she had an episode, but that doesn't mean she's easy to fool! The string clone she conjured was pulled so casually that it almost dragged Doflamingo himself out of the clone.

The vast ocean of threads created by the Devil Fruit Awakening was no different from a spider web to this monster queen; both were things that would break at the slightest touch.

Even when Doflamingo was almost exhausted and couldn't hold on any longer, he tried to leave through the Sky Path, but Queen Charlotte's strange voice almost made him fall into her mouth.

Sure enough, none of the Four Emperors are easy to fool. Charlotte Linlin has such a big flaw as mental illness, so why was she still able to become one of the Four Emperors?

It's because when Charlotte Linlin goes berserk, her fighting prowess often becomes even more abnormal...

Fortunately, the mousse cake was finally finished before Doflamingo reached his limit. Upon smelling the aroma of the mousse cake, Charlotte Linlin immediately ignored the spider that kept jumping around in front of her, turned around, walked to the cake, grabbed it, and put it into his gaping maw.

After chewing a couple of times, Charlotte Linlin's eyes lit up, and she immediately began to devour the several-meter-tall cake. In just five or six minutes, the mousse cake, which was as tall as a small mountain, was completely gone.

After finishing her meal, Charlotte Linlin didn't say a word and immediately lay down and fell asleep. Doflamingo, panting heavily, looked at his palace, now almost reduced to ruins, and wore a tearful expression.

The next morning, when Charlotte Linlin woke up from the ruins, she looked around in a daze.

Huh?! Where am I? How did I get here?! And where are Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon?! Where are my children?!

After racking her not-so-bright brain, Charlotte Linlin realized, "That's right, I was taking my children with me to conquer Wano Country!"

Then, it seems she encountered something terrifying in Wano Country... What terrifying thing was it? Charlotte Linlin covered her head, but couldn't remember anything.

"Fufufufufu! Captain Charlotte, are you alright?!"

After resting for a night, Doflamingo put his sunglasses back on and swaggered over with a pigeon-toed gait.

Now that Charlotte Linlin has been rescued, Doflamingo naturally wants to gain as much favor as possible from the Charlotte Pirates. As for his initial idea of controlling Charlotte Linlin, that has long been forgotten by Doflamingo.

Just kidding, let whoever wants to control this crazy woman control her! Anyway, I don't have the ability, and I don't want to leave such a time bomb in Dressrosa.

"Huh! You are... you are that Clown Jackie? Doflamingo?"

Charlotte Linlin may be mentally unstable, but when she's not having an episode, she still has basic intelligence. Doflamingo is no small figure at sea, and Charlotte Linlin managed to remember him somewhat.

"Yes, Captain Charlotte, you fell from the sky the day before yesterday and were seriously injured. You've only just recovered..."

Charlotte Linlin tilted her head. Could she have fallen from the atmosphere and gotten seriously injured?

No, I seem to vaguely remember that I wasn't injured from a fall, but rather because...

Clutching her head, Charlotte Linlin, who had no idea what Protective Amnesia was, felt as if she had blacked out from drinking and forgotten something very important.

Doflamingo had no idea that Charlotte Linlin was currently experiencing Protective Amnesia. He feigned concern while also asking with some curiosity:

"Captain Charlotte, what happened? Were you fighting someone that caused you to fall from the sky?"

"Fighting!?"

The word "battle" seemed to have flipped some mysterious switch, and Charlotte Linlin felt a sharp pain in her head as a jumble of memories flooded her mind.

A massive waterfall, boats soaring through the air, a woman of breathtaking beauty yet possessing Haki- inspiring presence...

A pale blue fist, a fleeting, shimmering image of children flying backwards, their offspring scattering like stars across the sky...

"Aaaaaah!!!"

As the memories flooded back, a frenzied, strange roar instantly erupted from Charlotte Linlin's mouth. Doflamingo, standing beside Charlotte Linlin, was caught off guard and was immediately stunned by the terrifying roar, his vision going black and blood flowing from his seven orifices.

The violent, strange noises finally subsided, and at the same time, Doflamingo swayed twice before collapsing to his knees.

He was already considered lucky. Under Charlotte Linlin's brainwashing magic, countless people in this area were killed by the shockwaves. In any case, the ordinary guards and soldiers were basically all wiped out.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Where did this little monster come from?! How could there be such a monster?!"

"That blue fist... is it some kind of Devil Fruit power?! And what kind of Devil Fruit User is it?!"

While roaring wildly, Charlotte Linlin pounded wildly around like a raging Masira, the terrifying force of which made the entire King's Plateau seem to tremble as if an earthquake had struck.

Swaying precariously and nearly unconscious, Doflamingo looked at Charlotte Linlin, who was now going berserk again, and felt utterly ironic—he had been careful, meticulous, and diligent in his training, believing he had achieved perfection in every aspect.

But because he saved a crazy woman who could only eat and have children, he ended up in this state...

Looking at the enormous fist hurtling toward his head, Doflamingo couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating smile, before a sharp pain shot through his head and everything went black.

"Found her! Charlotte Linlin's location!"

On Dream Star, Vegapunk put the Vivre Card sent by the Charlotte Family into the machine and quickly determined Charlotte Linlin's location.

This world possesses something special called Vivre Card. Through research and development of Vivre Card technology, Vegapunk developed a method for precise positioning using Vivre Card very early on.

Compared to the original Vivre Card which undergoes a polymerization reaction, Vegapunk can precisely locate the subject using the Vivre Card and the original paper itself. Even if the person who possesses the Vivre Card discards it, he can still locate the original owner's location.

Theoretically, with just a little bit of cellular material, it is possible to pinpoint a person's location with perfect precision... Of course, this is mainly due to the light from special materials, and Vegapunk's technology can only be considered a catalyst.

"Let me see, this location is... Dressrosa?"

"Hmm, judging from the state of the Vivre Card, Charlotte Linlin is out of danger and is recovering rapidly... Did the Donquixote Family save her?"

With Charlotte Linlin's incredible vitality, she can basically recover slowly as long as she's not dead, but if no one takes care of her, the recovery speed will definitely not be fast.

Judging from the state of the Vivre Card, the recovery is so rapid that the person must have been rescued and is currently receiving medical treatment.

Vegapunk wasn't too worried about this. So what if Charlotte Linlin recovered? It would just mean Hancock would get another punch. At most, he'd make Hancock use only 30% of her strength this time, instead of 60%, to avoid killing her outright.

Now that it was confirmed that he was still alive, there was no rush. Vegapunk calmly distributed and appeased the many Charlottes, and most importantly, he took control of Whole Cake Island.

As Charlotte Family's stronghold, Whole Cake Island 'Totto Land is far superior to Wano Country in terms of resources alone. Wano Country is characterized by its rare minerals, samurai, swordsmiths, and other military industries, while Whole Cake Island 'Totto Land is simply a wealthy country with abundant means of production.

The Beasts Pirates are all war fanatics, and the Charlotte Pirates are all gluttons, so this choice fits their requirements perfectly.

Vegapunk doesn't have high requirements for minerals, since he can directly mine them by crushing asteroids. However, for organic resources, only the current Pirate Planet can provide them.

After all, even though the One Piece universe is a bit more lively than the normal universe, and even though there is thin air in the universe, there can't be too many life-bearing planets. Vegapunk has only just started to explore space technology and doesn't have time to conduct a large-scale exploration of life-bearing planets.

Why did Vegapunk choose machines as the foundation of his army instead of clones, which seemed easier to study in this world?

A large part of the reason stems from the difficulty in food supply. The stronger the physical body, the more high-energy food it needs. Compared to robots that can run for hundreds of years with a simple energy furnace and require no maintenance after using Memory Metal, cloning is undoubtedly much more troublesome.

However, if he had a rich and fertile territory, Vegapunk could have created clones and then handed them over to the Charlotte Family to raise. The Charlotte Family may not have many other skills, but they are absolutely first-rate when it comes to storing food.

These people's own Devil Fruit abilities are mostly related to food. The territories they manage mostly produce high-quality grains, and even the protection money they collect outside of Whole Cake Island consists of desserts and other food items...

It can be said that the Whole Cake Island has an absolute surplus of food, otherwise it would not have been possible to create a country like Cake Island, which is filled with all kinds of food.

This is the complete opposite of Wano Country, which was severely polluted. Even at the very beginning, Wano Country was not known for its fertile land and abundant food.