"Your Excellency Katakuri, if we are to launch a direct attack, I suggest we do it at night; otherwise, I cannot provide direct combat assistance."
Sig stated that he was just a lowly and helpless Vampire, completely incapable of fighting during the day.
"It doesn't matter, you don't need to intervene." Katakuri sat on a huge chair on the deck, adopting a boss-like posture, watching his shadow transform into the outline of a Vampire, yet he remained unmoved.
Katakuri dared not be careless towards this Vampire who had even caused Kaido to suffer losses; in fact, he was waiting to find evidence of the vampire's "betrayal" so that he could take him down directly.
However, Katakuri said this, but his body behaved very well, and he waited until nightfall.
However, Sig did not relax at all, because he understood that Katakuri was really not prepared to let him fight, and the reason he waited until night was not for the fighting power of a Vampire.
Sig doesn't dare to read minds directly right now, let alone hypnotize anyone. With no one to consult with Katakuri, Sig has no idea what's going on.
Around midnight, Mondol, whom he had met before, came over and reported to Katakuri, "Brother Katakuri, Brulee and Cracker are ready!"
"Heh, very good!" Katakuri then stood up.
At the same time, Mondol used his power to materialize a book around him and then pulled out a huge, real mirror from it.
The mirror first reflected Katakuri's image, and then, to emphasize the atmosphere, Sig deliberately created a dark shadow behind him.
However, Katakuri didn't seem to care about Sig's atmosphere. The next moment, the mirror showed a completely different scene, looking... like a cave?
On the other side, there were several Big Mom Pirates officers Sig knew or did not know, including Brulee, who looked like a witch.
"Katakuri, we're all ready. We'll give those big guys a surprise soon!" Brulee said with a sneer.
Sig then understood Katakuri and his group's plan— Brulee used the power of the "Mirror-Mirror Fruit" to enter the Mirror World in advance, using the mirrors on the ship as stepping stones to "dig" a path to the mirrors in the Giant Country.
Brulee is Mirror-Mirror Person ate the "Mirror-Mirror Fruit," which allows her to not only reflect attacks and transform into the appearance of her opponents, but also create a "Mirror World."
Just like in BigMom's headquarters, Brulee had already "dug" Mirror Space entrances and exits being mirrors!
However, it seems that her abilities need to be "constructed" in advance; she can't just freely enter and exit any mirror in the world.
That makes sense, otherwise she'd be even more of a Door-Door Fruit user than the Door-Door Fruit itself—it's a way for ordinary people to travel through space without any obstacles.
The "Mirror Space" here is clearly connected to the Big Mom Pirates all around, as well as the mirror in the Giant Kingdom!
Katakuri was clearly wary of "Vladimir," having never mentioned this plan to him beforehand.
BigMom's children had initially surrounded Elbaf from all directions, which Sig thought was a show of force. However, it now appears to be a diversionary tactic!
The Giant Race were originally on guard and in a standoff, so if Big Mom's children gathered together and stormed into the capital, the surprise attack would be incredibly effective.
After understanding some of the unique features of the Mirror Space, Sig suddenly felt that Brulee, who had seemed like an old witch, now actually looked quite "handsome"—tsk tsk, much better than the simple-minded Juicing Princess.
This Mirror Space, or rather, the Mirror Tunnel, already has some implications of using Spirit World Traversal and teleportation.
The Visionary Path Sequence 5, "Dreamwalker," also has the ability to travel through space using dreams, somewhat similar to the Mirror World, except that the "entrances and exits" are replaced by individual dreams instead of mirrors.
In this world, the rules governing both are likely to be interconnected...
Understanding even a part of the mystery will greatly help Sig understand "dreams" and "etherealization," which will be very helpful in completing the ritual.
Unfortunately Katakuri is currently fixated on "Vladimir," and Brulee is his most beloved younger sister, so there's no way he'd give Sig a chance to live in Brulee's shadow.
"Very well, then... notify Cracker to proceed as planned!" Katakuri ordered.
Sure enough, Cracker arrived too.
Cracker is also one of the Three Sweet Commanders, three years younger than Katakuri, and is now in his thirties, with his strength basically fully developed.
Its Biscuit -Devil Fruit ability, aside from its direct combat capabilities, is most importantly able to create a large number of high-strength "cannon fodder"!
"Cannon fodder" refers to quantity. The Biscuit Soldiers created by Cracker are quite powerful in individual combat, equivalent to melee "Pacifista" with weaknesses. Once they are produced in large numbers, they will definitely be a powerful weapon on the battlefield.
Given the fact that almost the entire Giant Race is a soldier, it is necessary to consider military confrontation, and Cracker is undoubtedly the trump card to limit the Titan army.
Of course, the biscuit army has a fatal weakness—it's all gone after a rain, and the deliberate use of water guns will also greatly reduce its practicality.
Katakuri did not act immediately, but waited another half hour. Sig had already noticed the sounds of battle coming from the port of Elbaf.
Katakuri then entered the Mirror World and ran wildly following the signs. Not long after... Katakuri appeared in a royal capital engulfed in war!
At this time, a large number of powerful figures, including Opera, Oven, Daifuku, Custard, Marnier, and the Smoker sisters, were all in the capital, fighting against the powerful Warrior of the Giant Race.
This was precisely Katakuri's plan...
Using the power of the Mirror World, Cracker's biscuit army was quickly transported to contain the giant army residing in the surrounding port villages.
With the giant army unlikely to return to reinforce in the short term, Katakuri led his elite troops directly to the royal capital, defeating these powerful Warrior, and even elders and the king, thus establishing his dominance!
As for taking the opportunity to kill relatively weaker old and young giants in the capital, Katakuri didn't intend to do that. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a deterrent, but rather a prelude to a full-blown war.
Once a mortal feud is formed, given the single-mindedness of the Giant Race, they will seek revenge no matter what. Back then, they even dared to fight the World Government to the death!
When Katakuri arrived, Smoker was locked in a fierce battle with King Fárbauti and was somewhat at a disadvantage, Shururu was also suppressing Oven...
Meanwhile, what intrigued Sig more was that he had discovered a "strange" fellow— Fish-Man? Why did he look exactly like his Fish-Man form?
Besides the "Fish-Man" who is not sure if he should be counted, only White and Snake are here. The other members of the Red-Hair Pirates don't seem to be in the capital either, which makes the battle situation very favorable for the Big Mom Pirates, especially after Katakuri arrived.