The Collapse of Faith in the Four Emperors, and the Eldest Son Perospero's Betrayal!

"Go bring your ships over. Take your men and get all the unconscious guests and your brothers and sisters out of here. Evacuate immediately to the nearest island."

Katakuri's pupils contracted sharply, and the fingers gripping Mogura turned slightly white.

Before he could reply, Ronan's voice rang out again:

"Don't blame me for not warning you. Don't try to escape."

"Our ship will move together with your fleet."

"If you dare pull any tricks at sea, I'll sink your entire fleet to the bottom in an instant."

Ronan watched Katakuri's restrained yet agonized expression, a glint flashing through his eyes. He suddenly softened his tone and laid out a bargaining chip powerful enough to overturn the entire faith of the Big Mom Pirates:

"Katakuri, you're a smart man."

"This is also an opportunity I'm giving the Big Mom Pirates—an opportunity to truly look out at the world and be reborn."

"Rather than staying here like livestock in a pen, desperately guarding a mad mother whose moods change at will and who could drain your lifespans whenever Hunger Pangs strike..."

"Why not join us and completely overturn this rotten world together?"

A meaningful smile curled across Ronan's lips, his gaze seeming to pierce straight through Katakuri's soul.

"I believe that for the family you cherish, you... will definitely make the right choice."

Those words were like a ten-thousand-ton deep-sea bomb, detonating within Katakuri's once rock-solid heart!

Katakuri lowered his head. Of course, he knew Ronan was right.

Mama had never loved them. In Mama's eyes, her children were merely high-grade tools bound to her by blood. The slightest disobedience would result in their lifespans being ruthlessly stripped away, or even their deaths.

For most of his life, he had struggled to maintain the role of the "perfect big brother," living as