Wow...
Wow...
Not far from them, Luo Chen and his group, whose view was obscured by water vapor and waves, briefly soared through the sky while pulling the Isel. Seeing that they had finally shaken off their adversaries, Luo Chen and his group breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the ship.
Wow...
clatter!!
Luo Chen released the shackles and threw the ship from the air. The violent Falling Strike caused the sea level directly below to cave in, and the waves surged. It took a while for the waves to gradually subside. Luo Chen was so exhausted that he had no strength left to fly back to Class A and collapsed on the ground like a lump of mud, not even wanting to move a finger.
"Hey, Luo Chen, go back to your room to sleep. What kind of behavior is this, lying here? Don't you care about your captain's dignity?"
Catherine walked over and bends down to scold Luo Chen, who is lying on the deck.
"Phew~ Let me rest for a bit, Catherine. Fighting that guy and pulling the Isel away from that area took a lot of my energy. I'm completely exhausted now, how can I possibly get up and go back to my room? Huff... hiss, huff... hiss..."
Luo Chen's voice grew softer and softer until he finally fell asleep and started snoring.
"Let the captain rest here for a while, Miss Catherine. He must be exhausted after such a long battle..."
After glancing at the sleeping Luo Chen, Monbuma and the others spoke to Catherine.
"Brother, what should we do now? If we don't follow Mom's orders, we'll be punished when we get back..."
Cracker and his two companions gathered on Charlotte's flagship, where Katakuri was aboard. Facing their ever-cold and composed older brother Katakuri shuddered at the thought of their mother's cruel methods and asked him a question.
"It's alright, he'll go. The invitations have already been delivered to them. If he has even the slightest ambition, he'll definitely attend the tea party and come looking for trouble. We just need to go back there and wait for them to arrive!"
Katakuri wasn't worried about this. Knowing Luo Chen as he did, he was certain that Luo Chen would go to Whole Cake Island to seek revenge, so he wasn't too concerned about the mission's failure.
"But brother, what if he's afraid of death and doesn't dare to go? And how are we going to explain the outcome of this mission to Mother?"
Smoothie and the others didn't quite believe Katakuri's assertion that Luo Chen and his group would definitely go to Whole Cake Island to cause them trouble. Moreover, they were now even more apprehensive about returning to their posts, since their mothers wouldn't listen to such nice excuses, and they might even face having their lifespans taken away if they went back.
"Leave this matter entirely to me. You just need to report the facts truthfully, and I'll handle the rest..."
Katakuri, though cold on the outside, is kind on the inside. He loves his younger siblings dearly and decides to shoulder the entire burden himself, bearing Big Mom's wrath alone.
"But..."
"Alright, there's no need to discuss the rest. Let's get the remaining warships organized and head back quickly!"
Smoothie and the other two wanted to say something more, but Katakuri stopped them with a wave of his hand. He shook his head and stopped talking about the previous topic, instructing them to reorganize their respective fleets and bring the surviving men and warships back safely.
Meanwhile, after Katakuri explained the whole story to Perospero, the eldest son of Big Mom who was stationed on Whole Cake Island and was in charge of the incident, he hung up the phone, leaving Perospero deep in thought, pondering how to resolve the situation.
"Lick it~ Oh well, might as well die. There's no way I can hide this from Mom anyway, so I'd better tell her sooner rather than later..."
After figuring it out, he didn't delay and headed straight for the Whole Cake Chateau, the tallest building in the Totto Land, intending to explain everything to Bigom.
"Mommy~"
Not long after, he arrived at the door of the room where the Big Mom was on the top floor of the Whole Cake Chateau, knocked on the door, and called out.
Click...
"Brother, Mom is having a meal. Unless it's something urgent, please don't disturb her..."
The person who opened the door was none other than Pudding, the daughter of Big Mom who would marry Sanji two years later. She gently opened the door, looked back at the middle- Big Mom who was wolfing down her dessert, and whispered.
" Pudding, I really need to talk to Mom about something important. Please let me in first..."
Perospero glanced back at the Big Mom inside, who was roughly grabbing desserts with her hands and stuffing them into her mouth. His heart skipped a beat, but he calmed down and said to his sister, Pudding.
"Really? Then come in first, brother, I'll take you to see Mom..."
Hearing that they had something important to discuss with their mother, Pudding didn't dare to stop them and opened the door to welcome Perospero inside.
Soon, led by Pudding, the two arrived at the dining area next to Bigom and stood there, waiting for her to summon them.
"Mommy~"
The three Homies surrounding Big Mom noticed the two and spoke up to remind Big Mom.
"Huh?? Perospero, what are you doing here??"
Reminded by Homies, Bigom stopped and caught a glimpse of his eldest son Perospero's arrival. Realizing that he hadn't summoned him, yet he had come uninvited and disturbed his meal, Bigom raised his voice and asked him loudly.
"Hoo... Mom, it's like this, they received your order to deliver the tea party invitations to the Seven Warlords of the Sea, including Katakuri and his group!!"
Terrified by Charlotte Linlin's horrifying gaze, Perospero didn't dare keep her in suspense and directly told her the purpose of his visit.
"News about Katakuri?! Tell me quickly, I want to hear what good news my good son has brought me..."
Big Mom has always held a different view of Katakuri. Unlike her other children, whom she could kill at will, she treated him as her heir and was even proud of him. So when she heard news from Katakuri, knowing him as she did, she thought he would bring back some good news and couldn't help but ask Perospero with great joy.
"Uh... it's like this, Mom. We got word from Katakuri that the invitations were delivered to them, but they refused. Then they had a big fight, and in the end, they escaped because of the weather..."
Seeing the Big Mom's excited and joyful expression, Perospero felt a pang of anxiety and had no choice but to continue reporting the matter, even though he was visibly nervous.
"..."
Upon hearing her eldest son Perospero's words, the Big Mom's face instantly darkened, her expression becoming incredibly gloomy. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, like the calm before Storm.
"Oh my god~ Is that so? So Katakuri messed up. Including the last time, that makes it two times now. Can my proud second son still live up to my reliance on him?"
After a while, the Big Mom spoke up, easing the tense atmosphere, but what she said next made Perospero and Pudding turn pale instantly.
"Judging from what she said, could it be that Mom is thinking of taking away Katakuri's position as the older brother?"
The two of them thought to themselves simultaneously.
"Forget it, let him come find me when he gets back, Perospero!!"
As she spoke, the Big Mom's gaze fell upon her eldest son, whose legs were trembling slightly.
"Yes, yes, Mom, is there anything else you need?"
Perospero forced himself to stay calm and continued the Big Mom's words.
"Tell him to come see me after he gets back, understand?"
The Big Mom's eyes flashed with disdain at her eldest son's unproductive performance, and she abandoned her original idea of abolishing the second son. She then gave him instructions.
"Yes, Mom, I'll tell Katakuri..."
"Okay, you and Pudding can both leave now!"
Seeing the two men's trembling behavior in front of her, the Big Mom lost interest and, after finishing her instructions, told them to leave.
"Yes!!"
Perospero, as if a thirsty person in the desert had received a cup of clear water, was overjoyed and quickly took his leave.