"Nothing More Than a Homeless King of a Fallen Nation!"

The New World, the heart of Totto Land—Cake Island.

As an elegant yet eerie waltz drifted through the air, countless brilliant fireworks suddenly burst across the sky.

Like an overturned candy jar, they trailed pink, mint green, and bright yellow streaks across the azure heavens.

They cast the entire Dream Island, built of cream, chocolate, and biscuits, in a bewitching glow worthy of a fairy tale.

Before the gates of the Tea Party venue, luxurious carriages had already gathered in droves, surrounded by a dazzling array of finely dressed guests.

The invitees personally named by one of the Four Emperors, BIG MOM, were steadily stepping down from their carriages.

Among them were dark emperors who controlled the lifeblood of the underworld, legendary pirates who killed without batting an eye, and infamous organ traffickers.

Every person walking down the red carpet had bloodstains on their hands that could never be washed away.

Standing directly before this den of demons was an enormous, extravagantly designed pink gate.

This gate was a Homie that BIG MOM had given life to using the Soul-Soul Fruit.

A huge, exaggerated pink polka-dot bow was tied onto it, while a giant female face with vivid features grew from the center of its doors.

"Welcome! Perorin~~"

The female face on the pink gate wore bright lipstick, her exaggerated eyelashes fluttering as she called out to the endless stream of guests in a sickeningly sweet yet strangely gentle voice:

"Everyone, please line up here!"

"Before entering the Tea Party venue, you must undergo a security inspection!"

"For Mama's happiness, please cooperate!"

At the very front of the gate, at the end of the red carpet, stood a cold and ruthless man utterly out of place in this fairy-tale atmosphere.

He wore a black, wide-brimmed mafia fedora, a white silk