Katakuri wasn't afraid of actually killing the Straw Hat Boy. A fair fight is something no one can say anything about. Besides, it was the Straw Hat Boy who came to cause trouble and ruin the wedding. Since everyone chose the path of pirates, they should have already thought about what the outcome would be!
However, Katakuri not only failed to defeat Straw Hat Boy, but also intentionally or unintentionally guided him. Coupled with the stimulation of repeatedly pushing him into deadly situations, Luffy finally learned Observation Haki, which allows Future Sight. This can be considered as a significant achievement after two years of training.
Under Rayleigh's special training, Luffy should have already broken through to a new level of Haki. Luffy's talent in Haki is really strong, but his talent is all focused on combat. Learning also needs to be linked to combat in order to learn quickly.
However, Rayleigh was reluctant to use extreme methods to train his disciple, and Future Sight breakthroughs were on the brink of death, Luffy was always just a step behind until Katakuri gave him enough of a shock, which finally helped him break through. It can only be said that Rayleigh's teaching of his disciple was a bit too fussy!
It's not that Rayleigh is incompetent, it's just that he's easily influenced by emotions. No wonder he ended up in the Sabaody Archipelago. As the Pirate King's right-hand man and vice-captain, he should have been the last trump card, appearing at some important juncture in the New World. But instead, he was placed here!
Then the next one to appear must be Gaban, the Pirate King's left-hand man. If all of this was arranged by Pirate King Roger before his death, then Roger, who lived with Rayleigh for so long, must have known Rayleigh's tendency to act on emotion, a weakness that is not suitable for teaching disciples. Therefore, it makes more sense to place Rayleigh in Sabaody!
After Luffy broke through to the Future Sight, Katakuri knew he really couldn't kill him. One reason was that he was afraid of attracting the attention of Vic and the Garp the Hero, and another was that he thought of the mysterious black-robed man who had saved him from Vic!
That mysterious man in black robes appeared after Katakuri broke through to the ability to Future Sight. Katakuri had asked his mother, and it didn't seem like a familiar senior, but rather someone there to protect him, who could Future Sight. So when Straw Hat Boy also broke through to the Future Sight, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and lay down on the ground!
Let them go!
Just as Luffy was about to take Sanji away after defeating Katakuri, his brothers and sisters, who had been watching the spectacle but were in disbelief at Katakuri's defeat, prepared to attack the seriously injured Straw Hat Boy. However, Katakuri stopped them.
Although he collapsed, he did not lose consciousness. He still had to keep his promise to the Straw Hat Boy, and his words carried weight. Even though they were very unwilling, his brothers and sisters still stopped in their tracks!
"Thanks!"
Luffy turned around to thank him, and with Sanji's help, went to find Nami, Chopper, and the others. Meanwhile, Brook was making a copy of Big Mom's Road Poneglyph. He was really cunning; he never came empty-handed.
Nami, Chopper, and Carrot cleared an outlet to the sea and waited there to meet the group.
Big Mom was blocked by Jinbe, and everyone else was restrained by Katakuri. Luffy had it much easier than in the original story. Although they experienced just as many battles, they didn't leave by running for their lives!
Jinbe took the blame for everything, but he's Fish-Man Race, so once he's in the sea, he's free to roam. With Jinbe's strength, escaping wouldn't be difficult; he was just buying time for Luffy!
"When did Katakuri become so easy to talk to? He just let it go so easily."
Looking at the image in the mirror in front of him, Vic thought to himself that the image in the mirror was Katakuri calling to his brothers and sisters to let Luffy go.
Although they were fighting in an open space, there happened to be a shop with a floor-to-ceiling window facing that space, and the scene Vic saw was reflected from that large window.
Meanwhile, Ban stood next to the mirror like someone adjusting surveillance footage, showing Vic footage related to the Straw Hat Pirates on Whole Cake Island. Although there weren't mirrors in every place, and Vic couldn't see everything completely, he had already deduced the general process.
Originally intended as a precaution, Vic was relieved that he didn't have to lift a finger. However, Katakuri's behavior puzzled him, though he wasn't so narcissistic as to think it was his fault.
However, the Whole Cake Island incident is now over, and Luffy has learned to Future Sight. Only Big Mom's heart is burning with rage. Even though her son Katakuri spared Luffy, she will not let him off easily. The wedding tea party was ruined just like that, which is unforgivable!
"We don't need to pay attention to this anymore; let's focus on Mary Geoise next."
"Yes!"
After sending Rebecca and the others into the illusion, Vic moved everyone into their respective rooms. He also sent Bullet away on an errand. It wasn't appropriate to tell him about the illusion yet, since they had just joined and there wasn't much camaraderie between them!
Although Vic and Ban were keeping an eye on Whole Cake Island through the mirror, Rebecca and the others' illusionary trials were still ongoing. With Vic's current mental and spiritual abilities, he was already able to think about and handle problems from multiple perspectives.
Even Ben didn't know that while he was watching the surveillance footage with Vic, he was also constructing multiple illusions to hone everyone's skills. He was just a little surprised that the Four Emperors ' residence was so quiet!
The next day, the story of the Straw Hat Boy's rampage on Whole Cake Island was in the newspapers. After all, Morgans, the head of the newspaper, was a witness to it, so how could he miss such Big News Morgans?
Moreover, he didn't even contact the World Government; he directly spread the news around the world with the new bounty poster for Straw Hat Boy, and the headline was very eye-catching—"The Birth of the Five Emperors," followed by the new bounty poster for Straw Hat Boy.
The accompanying text reported his glorious achievement of defeating Sweet Commander Katakuri with a bounty of one billion, followed by another achievement of facing off against Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, and escaping unscathed. Of course, the latter part was exaggerated. Morgans wanted this effect; he wanted to make the seas really lively!
The title of Emperor is bestowed by the World Government. Morgans overstepped his authority this time. He knew what was going on. After releasing the news, he went into hiding, which can be considered a complete break with the World Government. From now on, he can report whatever news he wants without being restricted by the Five Elders.
His biggest fear right now is Vic, because Vic has his Vivre Card, and Vic can find his hiding place at any time. Fortunately, Vic is no longer Shichibukai and is now on the opposite side of the World Government!
A bounty of 1.5 billion is not enough to place him in the ranks of the Four Emperors, but it surpasses most pirates, including Whitebeard's commanders, Big Mom's Sweet Commander, Kaido's All-Stars, Vic's crewmates, and Shanks ' officers, except for Beckman, the vice-captain who is on Red-Hair with Shanks.
The only ones with a higher bounty than Luffy are those who lost in the battle for the title of Four Emperors, including Loki, the Giant Race prince, who was defeated by Shanks six years ago, and then Shanks officially became the Emperor of the Sea!
Therefore, Luffy's title of Five Emperors is largely undeserved and is considered a joke by many, including his grandfather Garp. Garp knew that a bounty of 1.5 billion was far from being Four Emperors, at most placing him in the third tier. To bestow the title of Emperor on him so early was a form of excessive praise. Fortunately, he understood his grandson and knew he wouldn't become arrogant because of such fame!
Luffy's journey after leaving Whole Cake Island went smoothly, and he arrived in Wano Country without any unexpected incidents. With Sanji, a professional chef, cooking for him, there were no more cases of food poisoning.
However, just two days after they landed in Wano Country, Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, arrived with her eldest son, showing how much anger she was holding back. However, King, who came to stop them, capsized their pirate ship. The situation here didn't change much; Big Mom still fell into the sea and went missing!
Meanwhile, Luffy had already caused a huge disturbance in Wano Country before being knocked unconscious by Kaido and imprisoned in Udon Prison to do hard labor.
Kin'emon and the others had also devised a plan for a full-scale attack on Onigashima on the night of the full moon, but that was several days later.
By this time, Vic had finished training Rebecca and the others in the illusion. Many days had passed in reality, and even longer in the illusion—enough!