There was a note of urgency in his voice.
"Don't worry, Brother Cracker!"
To Custard's left, Charlotte Smoothie, a minister and another of the Sweet Commanders, spoke up. "The patrol ship spotted the Silver Hair Crew the moment they entered Totto Land. They couldn't have reached Whole Cake Island so quickly."
"But it's so frustrating!"
As she spoke, she looked toward Whole Cake Island, her eyes full of frustration.
When all the Homies on the island vanished, they knew something had happened. So at noon two days ago, they gathered the entire Charlotte Family on Whole Cake Island.
They waited and waited, only to hear the news that Charlotte Linlin was dead.
At that moment, the Charlotte Family's world collapsed.
If the three Sweet Commanders hadn't still been there, the Charlotte Family might have fallen apart then and there.
But they had clung to a little hope.
The pillar of their family, Charlotte Linlin, was dead, but weren't the three of them still there?
Against ordinary pirates, they were confident they could manage without Charlotte Linlin and hold on to their territory in Totto Land.
That was why they hadn't left immediately.
But an hour ago, they received a message from the patrol ship: the Silver Hair Pirates had arrived.
This was the last crew they wanted to face.
As the children of Charlotte Linlin and members of a Four Emperors crew, no one understood the cruelty of the Sea better than they did.
The strong preyed on the weak.
They used to be strong, so they could do as they pleased, dictate the laws of an entire stretch of sea, and look down on everyone else.
But now, facing Silver Hair, who had killed their mother and Kaido, they were the weaker side.
If they didn't flee...
The Charlotte