But reaching the top did not matter. Not to mention that Katakuri's Haki still had room to improve, even if his strength stopped growing from this day onward, having entered the ranks of super first-rate powerhouses, he already possessed enough strength to protect the family.
Compared to the largely fully developed Katakuri, the younger Cracker still had plenty of potential to uncover. Even now, his strength was already quite formidable—far superior even to Katakuri before he went to Pharaohs.
Being knocked down by Garp's punch earlier seemingly had not shaken Cracker's confidence. That was clear from the further increase in his Haki.
That was not hard to understand, though. For one, if Kuzan had not stepped in to help, Garp might truly have been worn to death by Cracker's Biscuit Army. For another, that was Monkey D. Garp, the Marine Hero who struck fear into countless pirates!
In fact, even Charlotte Linlin, his mother, believed that Cracker had lost with honor in that battle.
Thus, even though she still had some lingering trauma over those bizarre-tasting biscuits, the Queen of Totto Land added Cracker to the ranks of the Sweet Generals, though only as the lowest-ranked fourth member.
Cracker was not a humble man, but he unexpectedly declined this honor.
Though he had not witnessed it personally, Cracker had learned from the newspapers that his eldest brother Perospero had also shone brilliantly that day. Perospero's ability countered his own, so by all rights, the position of fourth Sweet General should have gone to his eldest brother.
However, Perospero said that he was a civilian official whose main value did not lie in his personal combat ability, so he would not compete for the position of Sweet General.
But Mousse knew what his eldest brother was thinking. "Though the gap in