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There was no accident. This sudden storm came quickly and left just as fast.
Big Mom, though temperamental and erratic, was not foolish; otherwise, she would have been calculated to death by the Marines long ago. Moreover, her opponent possessed the ability to fly and moved with astonishing speed; she wasn't entirely confident she could hold back this fellow if he truly intended to leave.
Since she couldn't directly seize Germa's technology, she had to change her approach. Ichiji coming here personally clearly indicated he sought cooperation.
The endless darkness began to contract, receding into Ichiji's body, leaving behind a ruined, broken island, but thankfully not utterly destroyed.
"They finally stopped fighting..."
"To make Mama stop fighting, that guy truly isn't simple!"
"Thank heavens! I thought Mama and that Germa guy were really going to go all out..."
Seeing the situation, Katakuri, Perospero, Smoothie, Daifuku, Oven, and others couldn't help but sigh in relief, rushing over from the singing ship. Katakuri, in particular, was still counting on Vinsmoke Ichiji to return his "youth."
"Mama, Mama, say something..."
Big Mom, in her large, wide pink 26-layered dress, her massive sword in hand transformed back into Napoleon the Bicorne, resting on her head. She looked at the red figure in front of her, and her plump face broke into a grotesque grin: "You've come to find this old hag for cooperation, haven't you?"
"This isn't the place to talk!" Ichiji shrugged, glancing around at the ruins.
"Mamahaha, indeed. Then let's talk more back on Whole Cake Island!" Big Mom waved her hand grandly, full of domineering spirit, completely devoid of her previous sharp tension and furious madness. "It's certainly not a place to entertain guests."
Zeus and Prometheus floated in mid-air. However, they were filled with fear and reverence for the red-haired man who could restrain them.
"Mama..." Smoothie, Daifuku, and others rushed over.
"Smoothie, Daifuku..." Big Mom smiled at Smoothie and the others, then looked at Katakuri, who was incredibly old and wrinkled, frowning slightly as she asked, "Who's this old geezer with half a foot in the coffin? I don't seem to have seen him before..."
Katakuri: "..."
"Mama, he should be Lord Katakuri!" Zeus floated silently beside her ear. It had recognized Katakuri long ago and reminded Big Mom, but the enraged Big Mom had completely ignored it.
"Katakuri? How did you end up like this?" Big Mom's face changed as she looked at the incredibly aged Katakuri, who seemed on the verge of death, her eyebrows furrowing in a furious, somewhat angry tone. This was her strongest general, one of the Big Mom Pirates' most important fighting forces, and absolutely could not be lost.
"Mama, he is Lord Katakuri, but his life force was stolen by that Germa fellow..." Perospero quickly interjected, "Can we ask Ichiji to return his life force, to restore Lord Katakuri?"
"Stolen life force? I didn't expect you to have such an ability..." Charlotte Linlin's eyes narrowed, re-evaluating Ichiji, who was walking towards her, with a hint of danger in her aura. "Don't tell me Katakuri can't be restored?"
If Katakuri couldn't be restored, he would practically be half-crippled. In that case, she wouldn't willingly give up. Germa's technological power was important, but for the Big Mom Pirates, as the strongest general with a bounty over a billion Berries, Katakuri was clearly more important. How could she easily swallow this indignity?
"Don't worry, I'm not here to make enemies." Ichiji walked over, smiling faintly, completely unconcerned by the veiled threat in Big Mom's eyes. In fact, if it were anyone else who dared to act like this towards Vinsmoke Ichiji, he would probably directly cripple them.
"Mamama, as long as he can be restored!" Big Mom's face broke into a smile again, and she directly spoke to Smoothie: "Smoothie, tell the Bread Brothers to prepare delicious food; I'm going to entertain Germa's distinguished guest!"
"Yes, Mama..." Smoothie nodded, "I'll notify the head chef immediately."
Ichiji surveyed the incomparably young Vinsmoke Ichiji, finding it hard to imagine that such a young man had not only defeated someone with a bounty over a billion, but whose Observation Haki was so strong he could even faintly glimpse the future, and who could even fight Big Mom, one of the Yonko, to such an extent, even earning her recognition.
"Mamahaha, what a pity we're out of time, otherwise we could have another tea party..." Thinking of the delicious food from past tea parties, Big Mom couldn't help but drool, her stomach aching with hunger.
"That truly is a shame!" Ichiji didn't care. Even if an alliance was formed with the Big Mom Pirates, it couldn't be made public immediately. Before truly being exposed, he temporarily needed the outer shell of being a World Government affiliated nation to avoid unnecessary trouble and prevent being targeted by the World Government and the Marines.
A tea party would inevitably invite a large number of influential figures, and who knew, there might be World Government intelligence agents among them. Even if Big Mom wanted to host a 377th tea party, he would directly decline or dissuade her.
"Quickly, return my life force!" Katakuri gritted his teeth, glaring at Ichiji.
"What's the rush?" Ichiji smirked playfully, walked up to Katakuri, who was glaring at him, and placed his hand directly on his chest.
In everyone's astonished and bewildered gaze, Katakuri's shrunken muscles began to plump up, his faded, dull hair turned black, and his skin was no longer dry. His entire body, at a visible speed, returned to its youthful state...
"He's recovered..."
"What a chilling ability!" Although everyone knew this was his ability, seeing it firsthand still made their scalps tingle. Even Charlotte Smoothie, who was already using a Den Den Mushi to notify Whole Cake Island to prepare a grand feast, was no exception.
"Phew..." Feeling his excellent state, even though his injuries hadn't fully healed, Katakuri sighed in relief. With his life force replenished, his not-so-serious injuries could recover in the shortest possible time.
"Mamamama, let's go, back to Whole Cake Island!!!" Seeing this, Charlotte Linlin's heart became even more wary of Ichiji's abilities, but she couldn't help but burst into laughter...
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