A scene that wasn't too unexpected unfolded before Sig.
Given Carmel's "profession," it's hard to imagine that the World Government would easily let her "retire."
Moreover, her physical skills were truly lacking; when she was ambushed at close range, she was immediately struck with a fatal wound...
Meanwhile, on his deathbed, Carmel desperately activated Pandora, transforming it into a ring of fire to protect himself, preventing the CP0 members from getting close for the time being.
Knowing that her heart was already ruptured and there was no way she could survive, the CP0 members did not force their way through, but instead began to capture other children.
This batch of goods was carefully selected by Carmel, and they can be sent to the CP Organization to infiltrate the underworld... Of course, they will be sent to Mary Geoise first to see if any of them are chosen as slaves.
A bunch of little kids, naturally, have no power to resist. Occasionally, if they resist too fiercely, they only end up getting hurt.
Meanwhile, Linlin was still engrossed in the cake...
Because the dream was based on her subconscious memories, the sounds were intermittent, mostly silent, indicating that she was not truly aware of what was happening.
Linlin, who looked like a small mountain, was placed last by the CP0 members. They did indeed have tranquilizer guns ready, but... they couldn't break her skin at all!
Just then, the ring of fire that Pandora had transformed into suddenly exploded, throwing the CP0 members into disarray.
However, the next moment they discovered that Carmel was no longer in the flames, only his blood-stained clothes remained on the ground!
Meanwhile, Carmel, a spirit form invisible to the naked eye, lunged at Charlotte Linlin with a ferocious expression...
In the original development, he should have pounced on it, and even Linlin didn't see it. The reason Sig saw the spirit form of Carmel in her dream was because...
Just as Carmel was about to succeed, a long spear came flying through the air, piercing Carmel's spirit body and pinning him to the ground!
Yes, this is indeed Carmel's soul, attempting to attack Big Mom's soul through a dream, but it still couldn't shake off Gungnir Sig.
[Release me! We can cooperate! Cooperating with me is better than cooperating with a real Devil, isn't it?] Carmel's silent roar resounded.
The reason it is described as "silent" is that, at the dream level, she did not make any sound and did not affect the dream.
Meanwhile, the dream continued, and the CP0 members, unaware of what was happening, continued their attempt to capture Charlotte Linlin.
However, at that moment, as Linlin grabbed the cake, she seemed to unconsciously "grab" the souls of those who came near her as well!
The target, whose soul has been stolen, will instantly become powerless, and then Big Mom will grab them, cake and all, and stuff them into her mouth...
Well, it seems BigMom really did eat some "unclean" things.
Even those CP0 members who hadn't gotten close were deeply shocked by this scene. However, once fear arose, their souls began to dissipate without them even needing to be attacked...
As their souls faded, they grew weaker and weaker, making it difficult for them to escape.
So they began to evacuate, carrying the children they had already captured, and staggered away.
Linlin didn't come to her senses until she had finished eating the cake on the table, and even part of the table and chairs.
Furthermore, in her memory, the Streusen had not yet appeared, nor had the "peeping Giant Race" ever appeared. Sig knew this was because she hadn't seen the two people at all, so they wouldn't appear in the dream woven by her subconscious.
Sig guessed that the giant must have witnessed Big Mom eating people and later Deprivation their souls, which is why it fled...
If we think about the Giant Race's character carefully, if Big Mom really ate the nun, then even if she made a huge sacrifice, the Giant Race wouldn't let the "Devil who killed her benefactor" go.
The elder who was killed by Linlin had been starving for several days. If the Giant Race were determined to kill six-year-old Linlin, they could have piled her up and killed her...
Therefore, it is highly likely that the Giant Race also discovered Carmel's connection with CP0!
If, on the one hand, it was discovered that Carmel was not a good person, and on the other hand, it was discovered that Charlotte Linlin was Monster, then the Giant Race' subsequent attitude would not be surprising—they neither actively sought revenge against Linlin, nor did they actively seek revenge against her, but instead felt great disgust towards her.
Besides witnessing her cannibalism, it was also a case of "hatred extending to the house because of the crow" after discovering Carmel's true colors...
Ignoring Carmel's spirit nailed to the ground, in the actual memory, it should be that in the last moment, after Carmel struggled to use "Pandora" to buy himself time, he transformed into a spirit and possessed Linlin!
After Linlin fully regained consciousness, she was completely confused, not understanding where everyone had gone. Just then, the Streusen appeared...
Sig guessed that he came with CP0 to watch the show and ended up discovering Charlotte Linlin. Since he doesn't have any soul-related abilities, he probably doesn't have that much Observation Haki either, so he probably didn't see Carmel's possession either.
On one hand, he was amazed by Charlotte Linlin's potential; on the other hand, Streusen knew that this "little girl" was already being targeted by CP0, and leaving her unattended would surely lead to her death—she was just a child at heart, and if the World Government was determined to kill her, there were plenty of ways to do so.
So the Streusen invited her to go out to sea with him...
The dream was coming to an end, and Sig glanced at the Carmel spirit pinned down by Gungnir.
Really...
Carmel wasn't completely dead at all!
Big Mom did not truly inherit the Soul-Soul Fruit, so both Seastone and seawater could only suppress her soul abilities, not truly weaken her body, and Big Mom could not become a spirit.
Carmel clearly hadn't expected Big Mom's soul strength to be so terrifying; she simply couldn't take over Big Mom's body.
Even I am gradually being absorbed by BigMom...
Charlotte Linlin gradually transformed into the cunning and domineering Big Mom, partly due to the influence of her environment, but also largely because Carmel was gradually "digested" on a spiritual level.
In the dream, Linlin paused for a moment before leaving, then insisted on going back to find a photograph...
In order to avoid complete annihilation, Carmel repeatedly hinted to Big Mom that she kept a photograph of herself as an "anchor," which can be seen as Carmel's anchoring of his "self."
Sig's previous predictions actually overestimated Carmel and underestimated Big Mom...
Over the past fifty years, it wasn't that Big Mom was controlled by Carmel; rather, it was Carmel who struggled to survive.
Of course, Carmel's actions are certainly not worthy of sympathy, and her final act was indeed a desperate gamble to seize Charlotte Linlin's body; she just hadn't expected that Linlin's soul was also at the "Monster" level...