Charlotte Linlin smiled in satisfaction.
"She is the light of this world..."
Most people present had no idea how important Mother Carmel's photograph was to Charlotte Linlin, but that did not stop them from parroting praise.
After a round of flattery so cloying it could turn bones to jelly, the guests presented their Tea Party gifts: treasure chests filled with gold, silver, and jewels.
And at that moment.
The children of the Charlotte Family, led by Katakuri, also presented their gift—a young man bound tightly in chains.
"Mom! This is our gift!"
Katakuri swung his right hand, turning it into a writhing mass of mochi that stuck to the young man before flinging him with perfect precision to Charlotte Linlin's feet.
"I wonder if you still remember Daifuku and Oven?"
"You mean those two useless fools?"
Charlotte Linlin's gaze turned cold.
At those words, most of the Charlotte Family's children felt a needlelike stab of pain in their hearts.
Their older brothers Daifuku and Oven had once been held in such high regard, yet now all Mom had to say about them was "useless fools"...
Katakuri felt deeply uncomfortable as well, but he did not let it show.
"Mom, this man is the only suspect who knows the identity of the person who killed Daifuku and Oven!"
"Mamamama..."
Charlotte Linlin laughed, her expression softening considerably.
"Then, Katakuri, what exactly do you want to do?"
Silence fell over the venue.
Katakuri looked up at his mother and spoke, stressing every word.
"Extract this man's soul, find the murderer who killed my brothers, and avenge the Charlotte Family!"
"Did you hear what my favorite son said?"
Big Mom looked at Joseph Jangster, imprisoned in his chains. An invisible aura poured from her body, becoming an almost suffocating pressure that engulfed the entire