The news that Red-Hair's daughter would be publicly executed had been kept tightly under wraps.
After all, only Sakazuki and Carol knew she had been captured, along with Vegapunk and his satellites on Egghead Island.
After Uta's mysterious disappearance, a shadow had fallen over the entire Red Hair Pirates. Everyone had grown gloomy...
Uta was not just Shanks's daughter. She was their daughter, too...
Until one day, two months later...
Saiken Island, in the New World.
One of the two remaining End Point islands.
Beneath the enormous volcanic crater.
Inside a specially excavated cavern below the super bomb.
Katakuri and Shanks stood there, watching Brûlée use her power to prepare to swallow the bomb.
Brûlée could not complete the task alone. She needed someone powerful to push the bomb into the Mirror World once she expanded her Mirror-Mirror Fruit ability to its maximum size.
There would be a brief delay before the bomb detonated. It was not enough time for even a powerful fighter to push the deeply buried bomb from the depths of the volcano high into the sky, but pushing it into the Mirror World right beside it was possible.
A trace of worry crossed Katakuri's face, but Brûlée looked utterly confident.
"It'll be fine, Katakuri."
"I'm strong now."
Katakuri frowned slightly.
"That may be true, but..."
Several powerful auras suddenly erupted across the island, all belonging to officers of the Red Hair Pirates.
They immediately went on guard. Had something happened?
Just then, Lucky Roux raced in like the wind, clutching a newspaper, his face stricken with panic.
"This is bad, boss!!!!"
"Uta!!"
"Uta, she's!!!"
Boom-
Red-Hair's expression changed, and his overwhelming aura spilled out uncontrollably.
In an instant, he appeared before Lucky Roux and snatched the newspaper from his hand.
"Uta, daughter of the heinous