Ortolan: Whoever Calls Me Heavenly Brother Again, I'll Take His Pig Life!
After finishing discussing his personal matters, Katakuri changed the subject and asked, "Speaking of which, are you really sure you want to fight Kaido and Mom alone, one against two?"
"If we don't do it this way, how can we convince them? We need to create a significant gap in strength," Ortolan said without hesitation.
"That being said, I still want to remind you that while I don't know much about Mr. Kaido, your mother is far more powerful than you imagine. She's put in a lot of effort specifically for you," Katakuri cautioned.
Even Katakuri thought that Whitebeard, who had shown his full strength during the war, was perhaps not as fierce as his mother!
I don't know what kind of drugs my mom has been taking these past few days, but her aura is getting stronger every day!
Especially after Ortolan became Admiral, Katakuri often saw his mother training alone in the back mountains.
Now, almost two months have passed, and Charlotte Linlin has not remarried or had any children. In the past two months, she has been adjusting her condition and conditioning her physical fitness. Her purpose is obvious: she had already begun preparing for the final battle with Ortolan two months ago!
Therefore, Katakuri believes that his mother is now stronger than Whitebeard at his peak!
Ortolan fell silent upon hearing this.
He had never underestimated Charlotte Linlin, especially after their several meetings. Charlotte Linlin's condition always exceeded his expectations. In his original impression, her looks should have deteriorated long ago, but only recently had they declined slightly. As for her supposedly bloated figure, when he went to Cake Island more than two months ago, Charlotte Linlin still maintained a fairly perfect figure, not bloated at all. Moreover, her aura was indeed stronger than he had imagined. Clearly, she was much stronger than in the original story.
Comparing Whitebeard at his peak, Ortolan felt that his cheap mother was no less capable, and perhaps even stronger!
Come to think of it, the reason why my strength has grown to this level is inseparable from the powerful physique inherited from Charlotte Linlin.
As the original Charlotte Linlin, her talent can be said to be top-notch, even the strongest, in this world. She has never slacked off all these years, so if her strength is indeed stronger than Whitebeard's, it wouldn't be unacceptable; on the contrary, it would feel quite natural.
After a moment of silence, Ortolan chuckled and said, "Hey, second brother, won't the old woman be angry if she finds out you're telling me all this? Or are you choosing to stand on my side?"
Katakuri cautioned, "If you call Mom an old woman to her face, I think her fighting power will increase by at least 20 percent. So I suggest you don't provoke her too much. Secondly, I don't want to take sides. To me, the outcome doesn't matter. So, theoretically speaking, I'm on the side of the winner. But you're my adorable little brother, so as your older brother, it's only natural to show you a little favoritism, isn't it?"
Indeed, regardless of who wins or loses this battle, it won't affect Katakuri much. He can no longer be the second-in-command; his status will drop to third. After all, both his mother and his younger brother are stronger than him.
However, Katakuri probably didn't even realize that deep down, he actually hoped Orteau would win.
It's not that Charlotte Linlin isn't good enough, but rather that Ortolan is better.
Katakuri probably felt that, aside from strength, his younger brother was superior to his mother in all other aspects. With the Big Mom Pirates... no, it should be said that the Charlotte Family and Whole Totto Land Totto Land under his control, the space and prospects for future development would be much broader.
This is something he himself has thought about carefully.
"No matter how strong she is, I am confident that I am stronger!" Ortolan said firmly in the end.
Katakuri chuckled and said, "That's true, after all, you're a man destined to stand in the heavens."
"Why are you doing this too?" Ortolan said indignantly. "If you say another word, I'm going to take on three of you, including you!"
"No, no, compared to your Heavenly Brother, I am ashamed of myself." Katakuri laughed again, teasing him.
Then, before Ortolan could even get angry, Katakuri had already hung up the Den Den Mushi.
Ortolan looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand, embarrassed and annoyed, then turned to Hina and said, "Hina!"
"Yes, Admiral!" Hina's heart skipped a beat when she saw Ortolan's serious tone. She thought something important had happened and immediately stood at attention.
"Pass down my Admiral's order: from now on, if anyone dares to spread any talk of 'standing in the heavens' or call me 'Heavenly Brother,' I'll twist their heads off!" Ortolan said angrily.
Hina was shocked upon hearing this and quickly stopped him, saying, "You mustn't, Admiral! You're going to destroy the foundation of our New World Marines!"
"Huh?" Ortolan looked at Hina with a blank expression. What does this have to do with the foundation of the New World Marines?
Then, Hina earnestly comforted him, "Admiral, as far as I know, now Momonga Slayer, Issho Slayer, and the others... no, I should say Squirrel Momonga and Issho Slayer, and the miscellaneous soldiers, everyone calls you 'Heavenly Brother' quite often. The phrase 'Standing in the Sky' is widely known in our New World Marines, it's unstoppable!"
"Damn it!" Ortolan slammed his fist on his thigh and exclaimed, "How dare they do that?"
"This is all out of love and respect for you, out of loyalty!" Hina said with a righteous expression.
Just kidding, although she never said it to Ortolan in front of him, she often referred to Ortolan as "Heavenly Brother" in private.
If the Admiral carries out this order, and she accidentally slips up and mentions something like "Heavenly Brother" in front of Admiral, wouldn't she get her head ripped off?
Huh? I'm the Phoenix? Never mind then, I'll go carry out the orders right away!
Just as Hina was pondering these things, Lucci strolled over leisurely Lucci a short distance away, pointed to a cloud in the distant sky, and said with some wistfulness, "Look, over there in the sky..."
He wanted to say that the shape of that cloud in the sky was really interesting, and wondered if it was Skypiea on top of it.
Before he could finish speaking, Ortolan pounced on Lucci like a tiger, knocking him to the ground and slamming his fists down, saying angrily, "You dare mention the heavens to me?"
"Admiral, it's a misunderstanding, Admiral!" Lucci, pinned to the deck, shook his head left and right, dodging Ortolan's punitive punches, and explained aggrievedly.
"I meant that the cloud looked weird!" Lucci finally explained just as Ortolan's punt was about to hit his face.
After Ortolan stopped punching, he frowned and said, "If you dare to lie to me, this punch will blow your head off!"
As he spoke, he turned to look at the horizon where Lucci had just pointed, and sure enough, there was a strange cloud, though this was actually quite normal in the New World.
Seeing that such a thing really happened, Ortolan no longer doubted that Lucci was implying something about him, and he let go of his hand, preparing to get up.
Just then, Lucci blurted out, "Right? I wasn't lying, was I? Look how strange that cloud looks! Doesn't it resemble a throne in the sky? Just waiting for someone to stand on it!"
The word 'throne' seemed to trigger Ortolan's sensitive word extraction mechanism, and coupled with the phrase 'set up on it,' his emotions, which had already subsided, surged up instantly. Without saying a word, he turned around and punched Lucci, knocking him unconscious!
"You little brat, you're really asking for trouble!" Ortolan cursed.
Hina witnessed the whole scene from the side, covering her mouth and trying hard to suppress her laughter, because she was afraid that if she laughed out loud, she would also be knocked down by the Admiral with a punch!
Meanwhile, Hina was also thinking to herself, "Of course, sometimes the rumors circulating on the high seas aren't entirely wrong."
Look, my Admiral is really petty!