"Mama, you're inviting Natural Disaster to Totto Land? He's a man who brings tsunami disasters!"
After Big Mom hung up the Den Den Mushi, Perospero spoke in surprise.
"Mama, are you planning to cooperate with Zesi?" Perospero asked as the thought occurred to him.
"Cooperate? Mamamama! If he knows what's good for him and tells me Laugh Tale's secret, there's no problem with cooperating with him. He's quite a fighting force!"
"But that's Natural Disaster, Natural Disaster Zesi! What if..."
Perospero was only halfway through his sentence when an aura that struck straight at the soul suddenly enveloped him.
"Do you think I'm no match for him?" Big Mom asked coldly.
"No, no! Of course I don't think you're no match for him, Mama. But Natural Disaster Zesi's ability is too unusual. If he unleashes a tsunami, then, then..." Cold sweat kept breaking out on Perospero's forehead.
"Mama, Natural Disaster's ability really does need to be handled cautiously!" Katakuri said from beside them.
Throughout Totto Land, only Katakuri dared to speak up when Big Mom was furious.
Because of Big Mom's ability, everyone feared her, even her sons.
As a result, no one in the entire Big Mom Pirates dared to voice the slightest objection to anything Big Mom said.
Otherwise, once Big Mom became angry, even her sons could have their lifespans extracted.
Only Katakuri possessed Conqueror's Haki and did not fear Big Mom's imposing presence, which was why he dared to speak up.
That was also why Perospero had hurried to bring Katakuri along.
With him there, someone could help speak up when Big Mom became angry.
"A tsunami? Mamamama! That certainly is a troublesome ability, but all we need to do is have the islands prepare their defenses and build a few shelters. Could he really sink entire islands?"
"Besides, once he comes to Whole Cake Island, what trouble could he possibly cause? Mamamama! Once I get Laugh Tale's secret, I'll be the next Pirate King!"
Big Mom laughed, her face filled with delight.
Compared with Laugh Tale's secret, compared with the prestige that came with being Pirate King...
Big Mom did not care at all whether the civilians of Totto Land lived or died.
Having people build a few shelters was already the greatest mercy she could offer.
Even if every civilian in Totto Land died, she could simply go and seize another batch. As long as she could obtain the title of Pirate King, anything was worth it!
If that was the case, why not attack him directly?
Wouldn't that be better?
On his own family's territory, Zesi could not unleash a tsunami attack.
The main reason was that Cracker and the others were currently in Zesi's hands.
Big Mom was quite fond of Cracker and indulged him.
Moreover, Cracker was a Sweet Commander of the Big Mom Pirates. She could not let him fall out there so casually.
Between her own son's life and the lives of those civilians, she naturally chose her son.
"If we make a move against Zesi, there's something else we need to guard against: the Roger Pirates. They won't stand by and watch something happen to their comrade!" Katakuri said.
"Mamamama! I just received word that the Roger Pirates have disbanded. No one even knows where Roger has gone. Why should I fear those Roger Pirates?"
"If that's the case, it's truly good news. As long as we get Laugh Tale's secret from Zesi, Mama will be the next Pirate King, perorin!" Perospero said flatteringly.
"Mamamama! The world's one-of-a-kind One Piece is mine!" Big Mom said, clenching her hand.
A ship flying the Big Mom Pirates' flag sailed across the sea, heading toward Totto Land.
This pirate ship had originally been bound for the Brunei Family. Besides the members of the Charlotte Family aboard, there were now two more people.
Those two were Zesi and Feiluo.
Zesi sat in a reclining chair on the deck while several Homies soldiers from Totto Land attended to him, busily bringing him fine wine, drinks, desserts, and food, afraid of neglecting their guest.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zesi ordered the Homies soldiers to serve him tea and wine, then fetch all sorts of delicious food.
"Hey, Zesi, just what's on Laugh Tale?"
Beside him, Cracker, wrapped in bandages from head to toe, finally could not resist asking out of curiosity.
He truly lived up to being Big Mom's son. By now, his injuries had mostly healed.
Although Roger had vanished without a trace, the whole world was still talking about his exploits.
He had accomplished a great feat that no one else had achieved.
The World Government had even declared that he had obtained the one-of-a-kind One Piece.
Cracker was immensely curious about a treasure that even the World Government called one of a kind.
Was it one of the so-called Ancient Weapons?
Or an island's worth of gold, silver, and jewels?
Or perhaps some treasure beyond his imagination?
So Cracker could not help asking out of curiosity.
Even Feiluo, beside them, grew curious.
"Heh, want to know? As a man of the sea, if you want to know, go find it yourself."
"All I can tell you is that it's something that would astonish everyone. When we found Laugh Tale, everyone in the crew burst out laughing. Captain Roger almost laughed himself to tears!"
Seeing Zesi like that made Cracker itch with anger.
But there was nothing he could do. The man was far stronger than him.
Although Cracker was arrogant, Zesi's power last time had already made the gap between them clear to him.
Cracker even felt that Zesi was no weaker than his mama.
At the thought of how terrifying Mama was, Cracker lost any urge to act recklessly.
Their voyage went smoothly, and they reached Totto Land without encountering any pirate crews trying to rob them or anything of the sort.
There really were not many people in the New World who dared to attack the Big Mom Pirates now.
Especially since these waters were already close to Totto Land.