Pero reappeared above Whole Cake Island with Kizaru, still carrying the box of takeaway cake.
He had only wanted to enjoy some food in peace, but a self-righteous old hag had utterly ruined his mood.
"Fine... I was going to clear out the Celestial Dragons and pirates, those parasites of this world, sooner or later anyway. I might as well do it now."
He shoved the beautifully packaged cake into Kizaru's arms. "Hold on to this. This might be the last dessert the Big Mom Pirates leave behind in this world."
Kizaru's heart gave a violent jolt at those words.
Pero stopped looking at him and slowly raised his head, his gaze seeming to pierce the clouds as he looked down upon Totto Land, the "kingdom of all nations" made up of thirty-four islands.
"Starting today, I will bring an end to this era ruled by revolting pirates and the thoroughly rotten World Government."
"From this day forward, I will stand above the heavens!"
As his words fell, Pero slowly spread his arms as though embracing the entire world.
An invisible, vast bio-electric field erupted outward with him at its center.
The space for hundreds of miles around began to tremble violently.
The air seemed to turn into thick glue, the clouds stopped drifting, and even the light seemed to warp beneath that terrifying power.
Beneath them, the sea that should have been calm suddenly began to boil.
A terrifying whirlpool too enormous to measure by sight took shape. A black hole-like gravitational pull instantly tore the sea apart and seized the thirty-odd islands of Totto Land.
Rumble-!!!
The earth wailed, and the islands shattered!
Chocolate Island, Biscuit Island, Juice Island... those dreamlike islands made of countless delicacies now collided and disintegrated beneath the whirlpool's violent rotation and pull, like