"Mom! We can't bring Mora back. Something happened. Dark Dragon used some method, and the four-day journey was completed in less than half an hour! I suspect it's a Devil Fruit ability. Dark Dragon is too strong; we're no match for him. We can only use a last resort. Mora is dead!"
After losing sight of Vic, Katakuri called his mother to report back.
He was still a little shaken. If the man in black robes hadn't suddenly appeared and intervened, none of them would have survived. Dark Dragon's murderous intent was on full display!
He was now more interested in asking if the man in black was someone his mother had sent. He was too powerful; he wanted to become his apprentice, but he needed to explain the whole story first.
"What? Mora is dead? Then this trip was for nothing? Is Dark Dragon really that strong? You guys couldn't even beat him together?"
Dark Dragon had long caught the eye of the Big Mom, who had always wanted to take him back as her husband. However, having a husband who was too strong was not a good thing. If he had the ability to resist, he wouldn't be so obedient. Even having sex with him depended on his mood!
She was no longer the stunning beauty she was twenty years ago, so she didn't want Vic to be that powerful. As for whether Mora lived or died, it didn't matter much; everyone was going to die eventually, it was just a matter of sooner or later. Now that Mora was dead, she could immediately mobilize her forces to search for the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.
"The moment Dark Dragon appeared, he knocked Cracker. Even Smoothie and I, working together, were no match for him; we were completely overwhelmed by Dark Dragon."
His swordsmanship and Haki were both formidable; he was completely toying with us. After realizing we couldn't bring Mora back, we simply killed Mora.
Cracker regained consciousness and attempted to ambush Dark Dragon, but failed and was knocked unconscious again, remaining unconscious to this day.
Later, Dark Dragon probably felt he had played us enough and prepared to kill us directly. I tried to negotiate with him, but because we killed Mora and injured many Marines, Dark Dragon was very angry and did not choose to let us go. In that critical moment, I saw the future, Observation Haki reached a new level!
Katakuri recounted his harrowing experience and what he gained, emphasizing how strong Vic was. He wanted to advise his mother to stop messing with Vick, saying that he had almost killed her son and daughter, and Vick's strength was already comparable to Katakuri's. He warned her that if someone tried to take advantage of him, she might just get herself killed!
"Oh! You've learned Observation Haki to Future Sight, very good! Mmmmmmmmm!"
As expected of my most talented son! Learning to Future Sight allowed him to escape from Dark Dragon, which means Dark Dragon's strength isn't all that great. You'd better hurry back; we'll need you to retrieve the Mirror-Mirror Fruit after we discover it!
Hearing that Vic's strength was about the same as her son's, who had learned to Future Sight, she wasn't so worried anymore. She could still keep him under control. Although she couldn't Future Sight either, her other talents were so powerful that her son was easy to beat.
"Mom! At first, I thought that even if I couldn't beat Dark Dragon, I could still hold my own if I learned to Future Sight. But Dark Dragon not only didn't kill me before I mastered Future Sight the Future Sight!"
Only after I fully mastered the Future Sight did Dark Dragon reveal even greater combat power and speed, leaving me with only the ability to barely parry!
Dark Dragon helped me because he only wanted to learn more about Observation Haki, which allows one to Future Sight. Once he saw I had fully mastered it, he started to kill me, leaving me battered and bruised!
Katakuri sighed. His mother hadn't given up on taking Dark Dragon as her lover. Dark Dragon was indeed the most perfect man he'd ever met, but this man was covered in thorns; getting close meant getting hurt. Couldn't they just stay away?
"Oh! If you were no match for them, how did you manage to escape? What happened?"
When the Big Mom is lucid, she is quite clear-headed and intelligent. Since even Katakuri, who has learned to Future Sight, is no match for her, and she can still call back now, it's definitely not to say her last words. She knows this son well.
"A man in black robes suddenly appeared and saved us. He was faster than Dark Dragon. Dark Dragon was no match for that man in black robes, just like Cracker was no match for Dark Dragon!"
I don't know what happened after that, but Dark Dragon didn't chase after us. I wanted to ask if you invited this man in black?"
Although he had roughly determined from his mother's words that she hadn't called them, he was still somewhat unwilling to give up!
The man in black robes was too strong. From a distance, Dark Dragon looked like a headless fly, powerless to resist in the hands of the man in black robes. That was the kind of power he truly longed for, and he wanted to follow him to cultivate.
"There are plenty of black-robed men in the Underworld, but none are as strong as this one. The person you're talking about is someone I can fight!"
It might be someone from my past who couldn't reveal their identity, but saved you because you are my children. Please come back soon and tell me in detail about the man in black!
The Big Mom did indeed have many powerful old acquaintances. Regardless of whether they were enemies or friends now, old acquaintances are old acquaintances, and there was some past relationship between them. After learning about the existence of the man in black robes, the Big Mom didn't want to say anything more and hung up the Den Den Mushi, as if she was in a hurry to do something.
Katakuri was speechless. "It's only because you're my mother that I'm willing to talk back to you. What do you mean by 'a fight with you'? You're just trying to make yourself look good. Look at the black-robed man's strength; he can keep Dark Dragon at bay without even lifting a finger. He could absolutely crush you!"
Instead of returning directly to his warship, Vic stopped at an island along the way and made a phone call to headquarters.
The call wasn't made directly to Sengoku; if he were contacted for everything, Sengoku 'd be Sengoku.
Vic gave a brief account of the Big Mom Pirates' attempt to hijack the warship; in the end, they escaped, and that was about it.
The Den Den Mushi sensed Vic's ambiguity, but he dared not let Vic tell the truth. He guessed that someone had escaped, Vic was embarrassed, so he didn't elaborate. Unwitting speculation is the most dangerous thing.
Finally, the colonel agreed to let the branch Vice Admiral rest and recuperate before returning to headquarters to report for duty. He also told Vic that the Marine Base under the branch Vice Admiral's jurisdiction would be handed over to someone else to guard, so Vic didn't need to worry.
After making the call, Vic took out Rebecca's Vivre Card, glanced at it, and then vanished again in a flash of lightning. Unlike when he came to rescue someone, this time he wasn't in a hurry to get going.
Once he reached high altitude, he used the Wind Conception to propel himself forward, much like a ship can sail quickly in ocean currents. Vic's speed in controlling the wind was not slow, and this was without him pushing it to its full potential!
As evening fell, Rebecca and the others finally saw Vic flying back!