Totto Land.
The place was ravaged, a complete mess everywhere one looked, without a trace of its former prosperity.
The force once called Heavenly Foot, qualified to contend for a place among the world's strongest pirate crews, had now suffered a devastating blow.
Judging by the smoke and the grief on people's faces, they must have just been through a major battle.
Yet not a single person gave chase. They simply stood there, dazed, having encountered opponents they could not defeat, opponents stronger than any they had faced before.
"Katakuri! Mama is going to be furious!"
"She told us we had to guard those inscriptions, and said Shane would come collect them himself! What are we supposed to do now?"
"I feel like I'm going to die! Mama has already joined the Dragon Emperor Pirates. To her, we must be just as expendable as we were back at Rocky Port on Hachinosu!"
Perospero sounded dejected. Thinking of their days at Rocky Port made him feel especially miserable.
Back then, Big Mom could not even be bothered to spare them a glance and cared nothing for whether they lived or died.
Ever since the Zou War ended, their captain, Mama, Big Mom, had become Shane's right-hand woman.
Once again, she had left them in Totto Land to fend for themselves.
Without their captain's protection, they would only face more challenges. To many people, the Emperors of the Sea commanded such awe that no one would dare act rashly.
But lunatics like the Supernovas wanted to find people to fight every single day.
The greater someone's reputation, and the more unbeatable they seemed, the more those lunatics wanted to slaughter and wipe them out.
Only then could they climb to the pinnacle of the pirate world and claim all the fame and