Earlier, when Charlotte Linlin had gone in for the finishing blow, she had left in a great hurry. But Mousse's failure to stop her in time was not entirely because of that. More importantly, a somewhat rebellious and unfilial thought had suddenly arisen in his mind.
Marine Branch G1 had basically been destroyed. Even with the fastest possible reconstruction, it would take more than a year. During that time, merely maintaining its presence in the New World would be difficult enough for the Marines.
Moreover, after the Great Pirate Era began, the first generation of super rookies, represented by the future Shichibukai, would flood into the Grand Line. The Marines would likely be unable to attack Totto Land for the next two or three years.
Considering that Katakuri's Triplet Brothers and Cracker were already far stronger than before and would likely be even stronger by then, Mousse believed that even without their mother, they would be enough to fend off an invading Marine force that had recovered its strength.
And once the Marines were no longer a fatal threat, the greatest danger facing Mousse and his siblings would once again be their mother, who could go mad at any time.
Mousse could never bring himself to plot against his own mother. But Charlotte Linlin had chosen to take that risk herself just now, and a stray thought inevitably surfaced in his subconscious, causing his warning to come half a beat too late.
Yet after Charlotte Linlin had truly flown off, and Mousse had urged his two older brothers to hide with him in the Mirror World, he forgot the fright he had felt before. Instead, he recalled more and more of the love this mother had always shown him, and guilt began to stir in his heart.
Fortunately, his mother