A little earlier, Totto Land, Whole Cake Island, inside the Queen's Chamber.
At this moment in Totto Land, an unusual meeting was quietly taking place amid a tense atmosphere.
"Mamamama, who would have thought that the apprentice brat from the Roger Pirates had now become a great pirate ruling one corner of the seas? Time truly shows no mercy at all!"
Charlotte Linlin curled her lips. Her sharp teeth, like those of a Sea King, gleamed with a cold light, while the drool dripping from her mouth seemed like some kind of acid, corroding distinct pits into the floor wherever it fell.
"If this is a trip down memory lane, then you and I really have nothing to talk about. After all, the one with grudges against you was my captain, not me."
"So I'll be straightforward. Will we exchange Poneglyphs, or settle this the simple way and decide who is superior by pirate rules, Big Mom...?"
His eyelids lowered as streaks of red light flashed through his eyes.
After Shanks explained his purpose, Charlotte Linlin clenched the armrest and directly crushed the throne's armrest into powder.
"Mamamama! You little brat, Roger stole rubbings of my Poneglyphs back then, and now you dare suggest deciding the outcome by pirate rules?"
"Damn brat! I'll reclaim the grudge Roger left behind from you! Napoleon—Elbaf Spear: Mighty Nation!"
In an instant, a devastating ring-shaped slash that obliterated everything in its path descended before him. The Red-Haired man, who had long expected this, gradually turned cold-eyed as Gryphon leapt from his waist.
Clang! Ding!
"So negotiations have failed?"
"Mamamama, in this brutal pirate world, victory and defeat are naturally determined by strength. Not only will I take all the treasure aboard your ship, I'll seize the Poneglyph in your hands as well!"
"Prometheus, Heavenly