The Wonderful Uses of the Memory-Memory Fruit

"Are you certain about this information?" Katakuri asked, his brow furrowed and his expression grave.

"Stussy and Big Mom can be considered old friends. If the evidence isn't sufficient..."

"That's simple!" Minos said with a smile, whispering to Katakuri, "We can ask Pudding for help!"

"Brother Katakuri, you could just knock out the Queen of the Pleasure District directly, then have Pudding check her memories to see if there's any intelligence related to the CP organization. If I'm wrong, can't Pudding just cut out the memory of us attacking her?"

Katakuri was slightly stunned. People in the Pirate World were generally considered to have well-developed limbs but simple minds; even those who were slightly more normal could be called tactical geniuses. Katakuri's intelligence was already considered quite good, yet he had never thought of such a crafty maneuver.

In reality, Minos felt that this was just because Pudding hadn't fully developed the Memory-Memory Fruit. If she could truly alter memories at will, this Devil Fruit of Pudding's would likely be the most terrifying ability in the Charlotte Family.

Unfortunately, in Pudding's hands, the Memory-Memory Fruit could only be called the Amnesia-Amnesia Fruit; all her techniques were aimed directly at causing memory loss. Even ten years later, she hadn't developed any other uses for it, at most being able to use the Memory-Memory Fruit remotely.

"How about it, Brother Katakuri? Are we going to do it?" Minos asked, feeling strange as he looked at the slightly dazed Katakuri.

"Of course we're going to do it!" Katakuri glanced at Minos and patted him on the shoulder. "A truly clever idea. I hadn't thought of it before. Minos, your strategic planning is not bad at all."

Minos wore an awkward but polite smile. No, it's just because your brains are all stuffed with muscle. I really don't think this idea counts as some brilliant strategy; any normal person should be able to think of it, right?

In fact, if Minos hadn't felt that he might not be a match for Stussy, he probably wouldn't have told Katakuri about this at all, but would have snuck off to do it himself with Pudding.

Stussy's strength was decent, but facing Katakuri—who possessed Observation Haki capable of seeing into the future and was a sub-top-tier powerhouse in the entire ocean—she was naturally not worth mentioning. However, Katakuri still raised a question.

"The plan is excellent. But the key to the problem is how to knock Stussy out silently; that isn't easy to handle."

Although Katakuri's strength was quite formidable, anyone who could become a king of the underworld definitely had some tricks up their sleeve. Furthermore, Stussy was a member of the CP organization's agents; her strength was likely not to be underestimated. Winning was easy, but taking her out in an instant was difficult.

"Captain Katakuri, you're overthinking it. This is Cake Island. You have prestige on this island that is no less than Big Mom's. Isn't it easy to find a way to deal with a subordinate ally? Why do you need to do it yourself?" Minos curled his lips and said.

Hearing Minos's words, Katakuri was suddenly enlightened. Without another word, he went straight to find another Sweet Commander, Charlotte Smoothie.

Katakuri's prestige within the Charlotte Pirates over the years was no joke. After hearing Katakuri's request, Charlotte Smoothie didn't ask for any reason and agreed immediately.

Soon, Charlotte Smoothie, the user of the Wring-Wring Fruit, began serving drinks to these kings of the underworld. This was a standard feature of the Tea Parties throughout the years, so no one had any suspicions.

Stussy also casually ordered a drink made from various squeezed flowers. She drank two sips with a smile while chatting with the other underworld kings, but soon, she felt waves of dizziness.

What's going on!? Just as a trace of surprise rose in Stussy's heart, she felt the world spinning and a wave of vertigo hit her.

At this moment, Violet darted out and supported Stussy's shoulder with one hand: "Miss Stussy seems a bit drunk. I'll take her to rest."

The other underworld kings didn't think much of it. The main thing was that even if the Charlotte Pirates lacked integrity, they were usually straightforward and brutal; the Charlotte Pirates had never done something like drugging someone to knock them out. Therefore, they really didn't suspect anything.

Soon, Violet dragged Stussy into a lounge, where Katakuri, Charlotte Pudding, and others had been waiting for a long time.

"Pudding, this is the target for this time. Try to see if you can extract all of her memories?" Katakuri said.

"Don't worry, Brother Katakuri, this is a piece of cake for me." Pudding said with a smile. She reached out and placed her hand on Stussy's temple, then gently pulled. One could see her pulling out a long, film-like strip from her head.

That was precisely Stussy's memory. A group of people crowded around to take a look, and Katakuri's expression changed immediately.

"As expected... she is actually a member of CP0!" Katakuri said with a hint of surprise. "I had originally assumed she was a member of CP9. It seems she is even more important than I imagined."

As he scanned the vast amount of intelligence, Katakuri's face grew increasingly grim. "Damn it! Almost all of the family's intelligence has been leaked!"

While speaking, Katakuri prepared to take action and finish off Stussy right then and there.

"Wait a moment, Brother Katakuri." Minos hurriedly reached out to stop him. "Don't you think this is a good opportunity?"

"A good opportunity!?" Katakuri asked, sounding surprised. "What do you mean?"

Minos pointed at Stussy's memory. "Brother Katakuri, do you really think this Stussy is wholeheartedly loyal to the World Government?"

Katakuri fell silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

Spies and agents often lean toward one of two extremes: one is extremely simple, and the other is extremely complex.

For instance, those undercover agents of CP9 were simple to the extreme, and because of that, they were fiercely loyal to the entire World Government.

But Stussy had managed to climb to the position of Queen of the Pleasure District; having seen so much of both the black and white sides of the world, the World Government's brainwashing methods were essentially ineffective on her. She belonged to that highly complex type of person who could easily serve as a triple or quadruple agent.

The relationship between the World Government and such agents is actually purely based on interests and threats. As for loyalty?

If Stussy had come from the Revolutionary Army, Minos might believe she possessed loyalty for the sake of her beliefs. But coming from the World Government, having seen so much darkness, there wasn't a shred of loyalty to speak of.

In fact, Stussy's memory confirmed this. Even toward the World Government, she had kept many contingencies in place for fear of being abandoned. Clearly, she had no loyalty toward the World Government whatsoever.