"The Four Blues are in upheaval now, and the first half of the Grand Line isn't looking much better. The World Government should be more anxious than we are, so why are they still keeping their cool?"
Mousse frowned as he hung up the Den Den Mushi. Putting himself in their position, he quickly found the answer.
"Could they have sent people to investigate the Pudding Kingdom?"
Mousse had previously concluded that the Pudding Royal Family was unlikely to reveal the secret of the King's Fist to the World Government.
And even if the World Government did learn of it, it would not pose any real threat to his side. In fact, in the long run, it would only cause the Marines to suffer even heavier casualties.
But the World Government did not know that!
So the Five Elders might very well be placing their hopes on the King's Fist, intending to wait for the results before deciding whether to make peace with the Charlotte Family—and what terms to accept.
"Should we take this chance to meddle again and screw them over?"
Mousse picked up his Den Den Mushi, only to put it down again almost immediately.
It was not that he feared another battle would derail the negotiations. The key was that Mousse was not home right now. With only his eldest brother Charlotte Perospero and his Nineteenth Brother Charlotte Mont-d'Or devising strategies, and with them having to fight away from home, they might fail to outmaneuver their enemy and instead fall for Sengoku's scheme, ending up worse off than before.
"We'll just adapt to whatever comes. At most, we can bring that king to Totto Land if he asks us for help—assuming he really does."
Mousse picked up the Den Den Mushi again and told his eldest brother