Chapter 208 Katakuri VS Charlotte Linlin
The quiet night was shattered by a monster's fury.
Brett stood at the window, seeing the distant scene clearly.
In the vigorously burning flames, a towering monster roared with rage.
"Cake!! I want chocolate cake!!"
The roar shook hearts like thunder.
But even thunder couldn't match the devastation this monster brought.
Just by stepping forward, she could easily crush the sturdily built castle.
Casually swinging her arms, she could send tall buildings flying into the sky. One stomp on the ground made the entire castle tremble.
"So the rumors were true!"
Tesoro stood beside Brett, gazing at the distant scene with some emotion. "Big Mom suddenly goes berserk under certain circumstances, destroying everything without recognizing friend or foe! This monster actually has such a weakness? If enemies attacked during this opportunity, wouldn't their chances of victory increase greatly?"
"Haha, but anyway, this is getting interesting!"
Tesoro grinned as he leaned against the windowsill. "The Charlotte family officers must be having major headaches right now, wondering how to stop such a monster."
"Hey, Brett," he turned to his good friend who'd remained silent, "why aren't you saying anything?"
"Because I'm listening carefully."
His Observation Haki spread out silently, directly enveloping the entire castle.
In an instant, countless voices reached Brett's ears.
Terrified, panicked, despairing, anguished.
All kinds of voices, all kinds of emotions—tonight was truly incredibly noisy.
"Someone stop Mama!"
In the dazzling firelight, someone cried out in despair.
"What about the kitchen? What does Chef Longbread say! Isn't the cake ready yet! If Mama doesn't get chocolate cake soon, she'll destroy the entire island!"
If anything could make people feel despair, it would be facing a disaster they absolutely cannot resist.
Screaming, wailing—no one even dared block the monster's path. Everyone fled in terror.
Even the family's top officers only dared watch from a distance.
"Go urge Chef Longbread again."
Katakuri's forehead was covered in cold sweat. "We can't let Mama continue like this!"
"I'll go personally."
Perospero hurried away.
Whether he was really going to urge the chefs or fleeing because he feared the current situation was unclear.
The monster's rampage continued, the entire castle falling into near-destruction in moments.
However, there were still brave souls.
"Mama! Please stop this! If this continues, the entire island will be destroyed!"
A man blocked the path of the rampaging monster.
He spread his arms and roared hoarsely, hoping his voice could reach his mother's heart and awaken the mother who'd lost her reason to illness.
"That fool!!"
Katakuri's expression changed and he rushed out instantly.
But—
BOOM!!
A massive fist crashed down from above. The ground simultaneously turned into white mochi, completely wrapping the man.
Then the fist smashed into the mochi.
With a muffled thud, the mochi exploded. Thick cracks spread across the ground like a spider web, and surrounding buildings began collapsing.
"I want chocolate cake!!"
The monster slowly raised her fist. With her roar, an incomparably magnificent aura poured out like a bursting dam.
BUZZ!!
Under such pressure, very few could maintain consciousness. In the blink of an eye, the originally noisy night actually became somewhat quiet.
Katakuri's eyes were somewhat unfocused.
Though this Conqueror's Haki was powerful, it obviously couldn't make him lose fighting ability.
But in that exploded mochi ball—
"This is bad!! The chefs won't lose consciousness from this, will they?!"
His unreliable sister's scream came from behind. "Big brother Katakuri, what should we do now!"
Katakuri took a deep breath.
Then his arm melted and a trident appeared in his hand. The surrounding ground also turned into turbid white mochi, including under the monster's feet.
"Waah!"
The berserk monster let out a confused cry. Her massive, heavy body was completely trapped in the incredibly soft mochi, seemingly about to be buried alive.
But—
WHOOSH!
The monster leaped up, the mochi exploding directly. It couldn't restrain her even slightly.
"I want cake!!"
Like a meteorite crashing, the monster thundered down.
Katakuri retreated backward, having no intention of confronting her directly.
There was absolutely no way to win.
Just delaying time would be enough!
He swung his trident, and the next instant, countless mochi surged up, sweeping directly toward the monster.
"Ooh! Now things are getting interesting!"
On a rooftop of nearby ruined buildings, Brett and Tesoro had silently arrived.
Tesoro looked down at the fighting Katakuri and couldn't help laughing. "Katakuri versus Charlotte Linlin—how about it, Brett? Facing his berserk mother, does Katakuri have any chance of winning?"
Brett looked at Katakuri continuously manipulating mochi trying to stop Charlotte Linlin's movements, then said, "He has no chance at all."
"Eh? Really?"
Tesoro was still somewhat surprised. "Charlotte Linlin is in a rampage state right now, and Katakuri can see the future. Even if he can't defeat her directly, restraining his mother should be no problem, right?"
"Katakuri does possess such strength."
Brett nodded, then shook his head. "But unfortunately."
"Unfortunately?"
Katakuri's mind was completely focused.
If he couldn't stop Mama, more of his younger brothers and sisters' lives would be threatened!
Waves of mochi surged again and again, continuously binding and blocking Charlotte Linlin's movements.
He definitely couldn't beat her, couldn't even break through her steel-hard body.
But if it was just delaying time—
Katakuri's expression suddenly changed.
He saw the future again.
"How annoying!"
Charlotte Linlin, constantly bound by mochi yet continuously breaking free through brute force, suddenly roared, "Give me your soul!!"
As the Soul-Soul Fruit holder, Charlotte Linlin possessed an ability called Soul Pocus. As long as someone feared her, no matter who they were, once she activated her ability, their soul would be instantly extracted.
Katakuri's face had gone pale.
Did he fear his mother?
Of course—there was no need for any doubt.
From childhood to now, his life had been spent in fear of his mother.
Faint soul fluctuations began rising from his body.
His soul was about to be taken.
"Big brother Katakuri!"
In an instant, screams came from all directions.
Was this family's true pillar about to die at their mother's hands today?
"That's enough, Big Mom!"
Just then, a savior descended from heaven, grabbing Charlotte Linlin's head and slamming her entire body into the ground.
The Soul Pocus was interrupted.
Katakuri gasped heavily, having survived the ordeal.
"Brett!"
He called out his savior's name.
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