No. 333: The Incident / No. 334: Gattem Island

Before Big Mom could finish speaking, a busy tone sounded from the receiver.

The other party had hung up on her.

"..."

Crunch!

Big Mom's face darkened. She crushed the Den Den Mushi in her hand, spraying green fluid across the magnificent hall.

"Homies!"

"Yes, Mama!"

The smooth floor suddenly warped, and a face appeared in it, calling out to Big Mom with excitement.

"Clean this up."

"Yes, Mama!"

Meanwhile, Kaido hung up. After a moment's thought, he bellowed:

"King!"

"Another exquisite addition to my collection. Absolutely flawless!"

A long-nosed woman in bizarre clothes that accentuated her figure slowly studied the sleeping girl before her. Her slender fingers traced shapes over the girl's body.

A perverse delight spread across her heavily made-up face.

"Murufufu. If I skinned her alive while she slept, imagine the look on her face when the pain woke her! It would be even more captivating!"

The woman looked entranced, as though she had already lost herself in that imagined pleasure. Her words, however, sent a chill down the spine.

"Lady Catarina, are you really going to skin her alive...?"

A subordinate who had only recently joined her spoke timidly, unable to hide his discomfort.

"Hmm? Are you questioning me?"

Catarina Devon's face fell. She fixed him with a vicious stare.

"Of course he isn't! Only beauty like that deserves a place in the collection of Lady Catarina, the Moon Hunter!"

Seeing the atmosphere turn tense, another pirate hurried to smooth things over.

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"Murufufu. You certainly know what to say, cutie!"

Catarina Devon's mood brightened at once. She covered her mouth and laughed softly.

But her next words brought cold sweat to the pirate's brow.

"You're so cute I almost want to preserve you as a specimen forever."

The pirate's head buzzed, his thoughts