The Burning Biscuit Army

Charlotte Cracker's heart tightened as he looked uneasily toward the sky, which had already been stained ink-black.

Frosting Forest.

That was where the Charlotte Family's agent team, led by Charlotte Smoothie, was holding back the enemy.

"Who could it be? Isn't it obvious?"

Countless Marines flashed through his mind before the image of a silver-haired young man finally settled before his eyes.

Yatogami Long Yi. No one else could wield such sinister power.

"You have to be safe."

He wanted to rush to the aid of his brothers and sisters, but Cracker, stationed at the castle gates, knew he could not do that.

He outside Cake Castle and Katakuri inside it were the final line of defense protecting Mama.

No matter what, he could not leave this place even a single step!

"No matter who it is, I'll drive them back."

Making a silent vow, Charlotte Cracker activated his Devil Fruit ability and summoned even more grinning soldiers into the already dense Biscuit Army.

This was his fifth summoning.

"Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap."

The troops stood in neat ranks, solemn and murderous. Over a thousand biscuit soldiers waited in battle formation.

"With this, there should be some—"

Sweeping his gaze over those loyal soldiers, Charlotte Cracker felt considerably more at ease.

Human-wave tactics might have been simple, but they were effective.

"Whoosh!"

Unfortunately, Cracker's smile did not last long. A pillar of fire shooting into the sky from Frosting Forest shattered his confidence.

"Who is it?!"

Though he was one of the few powerful figures in the pirate camp, Cracker's Observation Haki was clearly far inferior to that of his second brother, Charlotte Katakuri.

The "Biscuit Minister" failed to recognize the aura of the fire pillar's owner.

But that did not matter. Akainu was fast. Almost the instant