Whole Cake Island, the top floor of Whole Cake City.
Deep within the venue, beside a round table piled high with food, stood a middle-aged woman who was eight meters and eight centimeters tall, fat and bloated, dressed in a voluminous pink gown, with long curly pink hair, a ferocious face, and a pirate hat. She was stuffing herself with all kinds of sweets on the table, without the slightest trace of manners or decorum.
But...
Not one of the well-dressed, refined people around her dared to show any contempt or disgust toward her.
Because...
This old woman was the captain of the Big Mom Pirates, the ruler of the Totto Land Kingdom, one of the Four Emperors—Big Mom Charlotte Linlin!
Sephiroth held a stemmed glass filled with girl juice and walked over to the round table where Big Mom Charlotte Linlin sat, finding himself a seat. Stussy and the others did the same.
After tossing a cream puff into her mouth and swallowing it, Big Mom grinned at him.
"Mamamama! It's been a long time, Sephiroth... No! That was wrong. This should be our first meeting."
Hearing that, Sephiroth raised an eyebrow slightly, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face. However, he did not ask anything and merely smiled and nodded.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
A series of neat footsteps rang out as a squad of Chess Soldiers marched over from afar in orderly formation, neither hurried nor slow. At their head was a Chess King Soldier, holding a picture frame in both hands. Inside was a photograph of a nun in a blue habit, holding a cigarette and laughing with her mouth wide open.
She was Carmel, the nun who had taken in Big Mom Charlotte Linlin when she was young, and the previous user of the Soul-Soul Fruit.