Whole Cake Island, Whole Cake Island.
"You little brat!"
After hanging up the phone, Charlotte Linlin was still fuming. "You actually dared to reject my offer!"
"Then, Mama—"
Beneath the throne she leaned against, the tall man and greatest creation of the Charlotte Family, Katakuri, spoke calmly. "What should we do?"
"Katakuri, gather the troops!"
Charlotte Linlin, her huge belly protruding, slapped the armrest of her throne. "That bastard Kaido actually dared to refuse my help! Then let me see just how far he can go against Whitebeard! It would be best if they both came away badly hurt, so I can swallow up all their territory in one go!"
Then she suddenly chuckled. "Of course, if Kaido gets utterly crushed by Whitebeard and has no choice but to come obediently beg for my help, that would be quite a sight too."
"I understand, Mama."
Katakuri nodded lightly.
Marine G-13 Base.
This Marine base was already quite deep within the New World, serving as the Marines' front line against the great pirates of the New World.
On the top floor of the base building, inside the base commander's office.
A man with a round afro, Marine Admiral Buddha Sengoku, stood before a massive sea chart. "The Whitebeard Pirates have already begun advancing toward the Beasts Pirates' territory. The war should break out within a few days."
"Mr. Sengoku,"
A man wearing a Marine coat over a gray hoodie, with a Marine cap on his head, said gravely, "Should we wait until Whitebeard and the others have fought each other to mutual destruction, then wipe them all out in one fell swoop?"
"We'll discuss that later. The priority is to prevent anyone else from interfering with this war."
Sengoku pointed to a spot on the map. It was an archipelago labeled