Late at night.
The ruins of Whole Cake Island.
Lava blanketed the island, its flowing crimson glow lighting up the night.
The stench of sulfur filled the air. Numerous pirate ships had gathered offshore, while Charlotte Linlin's children searched the island in despair.
But magma covered everything on the island. After searching for hours, they had found only half of Katakuri's weapon...
What that meant needed no explanation...
Many of the younger siblings closest to Katakuri could no longer hold back their tears.
Boom!
Charlotte Oven and Daifuku returned.
The Marines had bombed every last pirate sent to meet them to death. With no other choice, they had returned first.
But now...
Oven stared at Whole Cake Island in disbelief.
"How is this possible?!"
Whole Cake Island had been destroyed in just a single day, and he could no longer sense those familiar presences.
"What the hell happened here?!"
At Oven's voice, the remnants of the Charlotte Family seemed to find someone to rally around. They gathered, all talking at once.
"The Marines ambushed Mama!"
"It must have been that bastard Sakazuki."
"Katakuri is probably already..."
"And Perospero too..."
Seeing Brûlée's tear-streaked face and the broken half of Katakuri's trident in her hands, Oven's eyes burned with rage.
"Damn it!"
"How could this happen?!"
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?!"
Oven thought of the Marine fleet they had destroyed earlier. Looking back, it could not possibly have been a mere coincidence.
If something had happened to Mama, the Marines had probably already begun their encirclement. The fleet they had destroyed was the advance force scouting the way.
Damn it!
If they'd told us sooner, I never would have come back here to die!
The Marine encirclement had already begun. Breaking out now would be far from easy.
Brûlée shook her