"Kid! You dare to do that?" BigMom glared menacingly at Sig, a spear half-stuck in his head.
The handle of Gungnir Sig's gun had already been "push out," but it was still struggling to push itself back in...
At the same time, BigMom is also wearing Seastone Handcuffs on one wrist, and there is another "self" in front of her who looks weak but is actually stronger. If BigMom tries to break free, she will be suppressed by this "self" in front of her!
Under the dual pressure of his soul and body, BigMom couldn't cause any trouble and couldn't even get out of bed.
"That sounds familiar. Kaido said the same thing when he saw me last time... Mom, please don't get agitated. You also feel that there's something wrong with your soul, right? I will help you solve it," Sig said sincerely.
"Solve it? Let me take care of... you first..." BigMom said, as Gungnir slowly stabbed back in, and then BigMom lost consciousness.
Enel breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Although he is now stronger than Big Mom, he is still very afraid of the pirate overlord.
Enel is undoubtedly at his peak right now—with Big Mom's body, even without Haki, he's strong enough to beat up ordinary elite Vice Admiral and Great Pirate. Even Katakuri would have a tough time defeating Enel in his current form.
On the contrary, Big Mom's soul was suppressed by Gungnir and she was handcuffed with Seastone Handcuffs —although it's unknown whether the latter was effective, the former did indeed greatly suppress Big Mom's physical strength.
Sig still doesn't know why Big Mom's soul has such a great influence on the body.
However, in the end, it was a false alarm, but BigMom's conscious will was suppressed, leaving her to spend half a day hungry—BigMom had just been forcibly awakened when the Homies brought her food.
Enel then ate all the food that had been brought to him, as if to calm his nerves.
"Are you even capable? How did she manage to wake you up?" Enel complained while wolfing down his food.
The way they're eating is somewhat reminiscent of Big Mom...
"BigMom's soul is more tenacious than I imagined, but it doesn't matter. As long as we stall until her Food Craving Disorder flare up, we'll definitely have a chance." Sig wasn't too worried.
Big Mom's awakening was so sudden that Enel didn't even need to intervene or engage in a "Big Mom in two" battle to ruin Sig's eyes... The power of "Gungnir Sig" combined with the Seastone Handcuffs was enough to subdue her again.
Food Craving Disorder will make Big Mom unable to distinguish friend from foe, but they won't make her stronger!
As long as Sig keeps her soul under control and doesn't give her the chance to "burn" her soul, it will be fine.
Big Mom's Devil Fruit ability allows her to not only create Homies using her soul power, but also to enhance herself, just like how the Juice-Juice Fruit allows her to absorb water and grow larger, and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit allows her to insert shadows into herself.
The most powerful way to activate it is for BigMom to directly "swallow" a portion of her own soul, which is... burning her life force!
However, Gungnir Sig will always be watching her. Without the Devil Fruit ability, Big Mom's soul is suppressed, and her strength is even less than that of "Big Mom Enel".
"Besides, Katakuri and Cracker have already been sent away. After that, I'll find another excuse to send that Perospero back to his Candy Island. Then there will be no one on Whole Cake Island who can threaten us!" Sig acted every bit the loyal subject.
Meanwhile, at the port, Brulee was also seeing Katakuri off.
"Brother... um... it's okay, brother, hurry up and take care of those guys, Mom will calm down soon!" Brulee only shows her "little girl" side when she's with Katakuri.
Yes, and in front of certain people, she'll show a proud and aloof side.
Katakuri also noticed that Brulee seemed to want to say something to him, but hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong? Did someone bully you?" Katakuri asked.
"No... no! It's nothing!" Brulee's hesitation subsided, and in the end, she didn't say anything to Katakuri even after he left.
Katakuri realized that Brulee definitely wouldn't tell, so he left hesitantly, but before leaving, he instructed, "If anything happens, you can talk to Daifuku and Oven. Those two... can be quite reliable sometimes."
Brulee nodded, but clearly had no intention of going to find them.
Brulee did indeed discover something unusual...
Bryn Brulee had previously warned her that their Mom would never allow her to get married, and Brulee had pretty much accepted that.
The reason Brulee wasn't the Mirror-Mirror Fruit to arrive when the "incident" happened last night was because she took advantage of the chaos to go to the place where a certain Fish-Man was being monitored!
Brulee discovered that Prometheus was actually asleep?
Although the scene before her eyes surprised Brulee, she didn't intend to warn anyone—she had originally planned to let the Fish-Man escape in the chaos, but now it seemed the Fish-Man was quite capable, managing to escape on his own.
Brulee felt a little jealous because he hadn't even come to say goodbye before leaving.
However, after daybreak, Brulee discovered that Prometheus, as usual, went to report to his Mom, and even after seeing Prometheus, his Mom still sent him back to keep watch...
At this point, Brulee realized that things weren't so simple!
The Fish-Man's problem is probably more than just running away...
Considering what happened last night and the Vampire's hypnotic ability, Brulee, though she couldn't fill in every single detail, roughly guessed that something was wrong with her Mom, and that it probably wasn't her Mom who had driven Katakuri away.
But it was precisely because a certain Fish-Man was clearly involved that Brulee hesitated and didn't tell anyone.
This is typical of Big Mom's children—married children will inevitably follow their spouses' lead, and... even unmarried children have very limited filial piety... or rather, "loyalty" towards Big Mom.
Katakuri, who genuinely worries about Big Mom, is actually one of the very few "outliers".
In the original work, Brulee didn't even fall in love with anyone. She was captured by the Straw Hat Pirates crew and immediately betrayed them under duress, becoming an important part of the assassination of Big Mom. She was completely in a "I've been captured, why shouldn't I surrender" attitude.
In contrast, if Sig were to kill Katakuri, or if "Mom has a disease that requires eating mochi to cure her heart condition," Brulee might side with her brother.
Right now, it's just a threat to Mom's safety... Brulee chooses to pretend she doesn't know!
However, after seeing Katakuri off, Brulee hesitated for a while before deciding to go find "Mom".
"Hmm? Brulee? Tell her that Mom is resting and not seeing anyone." Upon hearing the Homies soldier's report, Sig, adopting the air of a loyal subject, routinely turned away all the children who wanted to see Big Mom.
These Homies are now also under Sig's control using BigMom's Vivre Card —what does it mean to wield absolute power, what does it mean to have absolute control?
"Lord Vladimir, Miss Brulee said that if you feel it's unnecessary to meet her, she has informed you that 'the Fish-Man are missing, and the Sun is asleep.'" The Homies soldier relayed the message, somewhat bewildered.
Sig:...
"Let her in!" Sig changed his mind.