"Got it. I'll keep an eye on what's happening in Totto Land!"
Inside the Castle on Whole Cake Island, Katakuri said this to Crocodile over the Den Den Mushi. After a brief conversation, they hung up. Katakuri went to Charlotte Linlin and reported what he had learned.
"It's true. I think I used to act strangely, too."
Charlotte Linlin's expression turned serious at the news. Looking back on her past actions, she felt as though she had been watching them on a screen. The scenes had played out right before her eyes, and she had even wanted to resist, yet they had always felt impossibly distant. She could never change what happened.
"My children, I love you more than anything! No matter how terrible a mistake you make, I could never want to kill my own sons and daughters. But that Loa... One day, Mama will avenge your younger brothers and sisters!"
"We need to plan that revenge carefully. For now, our priority is tightening security. We can't give her an opening!"
Katakuri spoke with his arms folded. He then ordered Baron Tamago to bring every family with children on Whole Cake Island into the Castle, where they could all be watched together.
As Katakuri saw it, the fact that she had taken up residence in Charlotte Linlin when Linlin was only six had to be tied to her age, not just her extraordinary natural strength. Otherwise, why hadn't the woman chosen one of the world-famous, powerful pirates from Roger's era? Why start from scratch as a child instead?
Katakuri suspected it wasn't that she hadn't wanted to. She couldn't.
Charlotte Linlin had already been possessed once, but no one could guarantee the woman hadn't left herself a way to do it again. If she wanted to slip close to