The choice of head chef had not changed, but after that, the equipment aboard the ship had changed. Auxiliary kitchen tools such as automatic mixers had also appeared in the kitchen.
After sailing for some time, Katakuri brought Oran, Feld, and the others back to Cake Island, the main island of the Totto Land Kingdom and the headquarters of the BIG Pirates.
"Oran, that former head chef gave me something before we got off the ship."
After disembarking, Kate took out a notebook and handed it to Oran.
"What is it?"
"It's a recipe book, I think. It has methods for making desserts and stuff. He said it was for Laili."
"Put it away. Looks like he figured some things out."
Some people were moving more modern kitchen facilities onto the ship. Oran did not know what that head chef had decided to do, but he could see that change had already begun.
"Mm, I understand. But is this island... alive?"
Kate's eyes were filled with all sorts of strange creatures. Cakes ran about in the streets, egg tarts and red bean pies were dating, and a teapot nearby lectured them like an old man.
The large trees nearby had two eyes growing on them, while the grass beneath their feet sang cheerful nursery rhymes.
Cake Island had only just been established, and many things had yet to be planned out. Yet at the center of the island, a massive cake mountain and biscuit castle could already be seen, while strange living beings had begun appearing across the island in batches.
"The island isn't. Those are BIG's Devil Fruit abilities. She's a Soul-Soul Fruit Ability User. Those living things are Homies she created with her fruit powers."
A Soul-Soul Fruit Ability User could freely manipulate human souls, placing them into