Stepping out of the room, Katakuri’s tense expression finally relaxed.
Being in the same room as Mama was too stressful.
Even though he was her second son, he still couldn’t help but feel incredibly nervous when facing her.
The reason was Mama’s severe food pangs.
During these episodes, she would indiscriminately attack anyone in sight, even going so far as to eat her own children!
Under such circumstances, the only way to soothe her was to offer the exact sweets she craved.
Otherwise, Mama in the throes of her food pangs was a walking disaster for all of Totto Land!
“Brother Katakuri.”
A voice pulled Katakuri from his thoughts.
He looked up to see a tall, white-haired woman carrying a longsword on her back.
His face immediately softened.
“Ah, Smoothie.
Is something the matter?”
Smoothie, Charlotte Linlin’s 14th daughter, a Longleg Tribe half-blood, one of the Three Sweet Commanders, with a bounty of 932 million Berries!
“Brother Katakuri,”
Smoothie leaned against the wall with her arms crossed.
Her long hair cascaded down, obscuring her expression.
“I heard…
Mama invited Kaido here because she wants a political marriage with the Beasts Pirates?
And I’m the one being married off?”
Katakuri was momentarily at a loss for words.
Although he looked intimidating, he was actually quite gentle at heart and cared deeply for his younger siblings.
However, a political marriage between the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates was not something he could influence.
He figured his sister Smoothie must be quite unhappy about it.
But Smoothie simply rested her longsword against the ground.
“I have no objections to Mama’s arrangement.
I just came to ask you about this Yamato.”
Hearing this, Katakuri breathed a sigh of relief.
It was for the best if Smoothie had no objections.
“Yamato, huh?
I hear he’s Kaido’s son.
He’s eighteen this year, likes to wear an oni mask, and is highly capable…”
The two chatted as they walked, their figures gradually disappearing down the corridor.
The next day.
“A political marriage?”
Raizen sat cross-legged on the deck, tearing into a large chunk of meat.
“A marriage between the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates?”
Karenko sat opposite him, holding a Transponder Snail with a grave expression.
“Yeah, intelligence just sent it in.
Word is it’s between Smoothie of the Big Mom Pirates and Young Master Yamato of the Beasts Pirates.
A political marriage between two Emperor crews…
if it actually goes through, it will completely change the balance of power on the seas.”
Raizen’s mouth twitched.
‘Are you kidding me, a marriage between two women?’
‘Oh, right.
Yamato is probably still wearing that mask and being called Young Master Yamato by the public.
It makes sense that these guys don’t know she’s a woman.’
‘Well, that’s fine then.
Without a doubt, this marriage is doomed to fail.
This Tea Party is destined to end on a sour note, and it wouldn’t even be surprising if Kaido and Big Mom ended up fighting.’
As they spoke, the distant sky suddenly darkened.
Thick, dark clouds gathered, blotting out the sun.
A massive draconic silhouette could faintly be seen churning within the sea of clouds.
The next moment, the dragon transformed into a humanoid figure and plummeted straight down toward Whole Cake Island.
“Is that…
the Emperor, Kaido?”
Raizen stood up, an involuntary smile spreading across his face.
“Wororororo!
Linlin, come out and face me!”
With a thunderous roar, terrifying black and red lightning erupted from Kaido and spread in all directions.
Wherever it passed, the people looking up rolled their eyes back and collapsed unconscious to the ground.
A massive kanabo appeared in Kaido’s hand, crackling with the same black and red lightning.
“Thunder Bagua!”
He swung his club, unleashing a boundless, crushing force over Whole Cake Island, as if threatening to shatter the island into pieces!
At the same time, Charlotte Linlin’s laughter echoed from the island.
“Mamamama!
Kaido, it’s certainly been a while!
Napoleon!”
“Yes, Mama!”
Charlotte Linlin stood atop a building on Whole Cake Island.
Her pirate hat had transformed into a longsword.
The same black and red lightning radiated from Big Mom, coiling around Napoleon as she swung the blade upward.
“Boom!”
The instant the longsword and the kanabo were about to collide, a sphere of black and red light violently erupted between them!
The sheer force of their clash generated a boundless shockwave.
The immense pressure blew away the ships surrounding Whole Cake Island, and the heavy dark clouds were torn apart by the blast.
Even the sky itself split open!
This was not merely a clash of weapons; it was a duel of Conqueror’s Haki!
“So this is a meeting between Emperors of the Sea?”
Raizen stood on the deck, his eyes locked onto the two figures.
The bloodlust in his gaze grew thicker.
Armament Haki involuntarily coated his entire body, forming a distinct golden pattern between his brows.
The surrounding Marines with weaker wills had already fainted from the impact of the two Conqueror’s Haki blasts.
Less than half of them were still able to stand.
“Heh.
Emperors of the Sea, the World Government, Imu, Joy Boy…
it doesn’t matter how powerful you were in the past or how glorious your futures might be.”
A hint of madness crept into the bloodlust in Raizen’s eyes, continuously awakening the primal wildness hidden within his body.
“Since I, Bordeaux Raizen, was born into this era, then this era is destined to have only one name!”
“And that is…”
“Me, Bordeaux Raizen!!!”
As his words fell, an overwhelmingly tyrannical burst of golden-red lightning erupted!
The intense shockwave forcefully wedged itself into the Conqueror’s Haki domain of the two Emperors, creating a three-way standoff!
“Hm?”
At that moment, the gazes of Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Garp, and Sakazuki all converged on Raizen simultaneously.
“Conqueror’s Haki?
It seems the Marines have produced quite an extraordinary brat,” Charlotte Linlin said, her tone low, while Kaido opposite her suddenly grew interested.
The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously withdrew their longsword and kanabo.
Immediately after, Kaido shifted his target, charging directly toward Raizen’s location.
“Wororororo!
Marine brat, you look pretty good.”
Kaido grinned savagely, bringing down his kanabo coated in Conqueror’s Haki.
“If you can take this strike without dying, I’ll let you join my Beasts Pirates!”
Seeing the Haki-infused kanabo rapidly approaching, Raizen made no move to dodge.
Instead, a smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
“Hey, Kaido, you brat.”
The voice was soft, but to Kaido’s ears, it boomed like a clap of thunder!
Turning his head, he saw a gray-haired man standing there, his entire body wreathed in Conqueror’s Haki.
Kaido’s pupils shrank violently.
Garp looked up, his gaze fixed on Kaido as he slightly raised his right hand.
“Just what do you think you’re doing…”
He clenched his hand into a fist, his Haki aimed squarely at Kaido.
“…to my cute disciple?”