"We Are the Divine Dragons Who Will Overturn the Great Sea!"

"All she wanted was your Germa's world-leading cloning technology!"

"Once this wedding is over, once Reiju and Katakuri are married... you Vinsmoke royals who possess free will will be slaughtered like pigs in the net she has laid across this Tea Party!"

Boom!

Those words were like a bolt from the blue, striking Judge squarely on the crown of his head!

His entire body shook violently. He turned toward Perospero in utter terror, and Perospero's evasive gaze and pale face already said everything!

"Impossible... How could a fierce tiger ever stand as an equal beside a plump, delicious lamb?"

Ronan slowly straightened up. Looking at the enormous Cake Castle, his eyes gleamed with the expression of a divine dragon looking down upon ants:

"But we're different."

"We aren't those tigers who resort to schemes and tricks for a bit of technology. We are the—divine dragons who are about to overturn this Great Sea!"

Ronan slung the Eighteen-Foot Spear, radiating endless murderous aura, across his back. A domineering, meaningful, cold smile curled across his lips.

"Even divine dragons need plenty of shrimp soldiers and crab generals to handle the dirty work."

"As for BIG MOM, you don't need to worry about her."

"At the upcoming Tea Party... I'll go have a 'peaceful' talk with her."

"I'm sure she... will be 'more than willing.'"

Before the gates of the Tea Party on Cake Island in Totto Land, the deathly still air that had fallen under the overwhelming presence of the Straw Hat Pirates and Ronan had only just gained a faint moment of relief after the Germa Family bowed their heads.

Yet the storms of the New World never truly subsided.

While Ronan stood in the distance like a chess player surveying the board and the Straw Hat Pirates chatted casually,