Chapter 213: A Big Mom Who Uses Her Brain is the World's Number One!
In the depths of the New World, Totto Land.
In the Whole Cake Chateau, Big Mom looked at the newspaper in her hand, her face becoming abnormally twisted, the flames of rage in her eyes almost physically erupting.
"LOUIS!!"
At this moment, Big Mom hated Louis to the core. She had never expected this guy's cunning to be as small as his age.
So what if I was lusting after the bodies of three races?
So what if I framed him a little?
Not only did that guy Louis extort 90% of Totto Land's accumulated wealth and the Road Poneglyph, but he also threw her sons and executives into a Marine branch.
You have to know, in the old era, it was common for pirates to be at each other's throats in the morning and be drinking themselves into a stupor with their arms around each other in the afternoon. Who would be as ruthless as Louis?
Big Mom knew very well that it was impossible to rescue the two of them from a public execution by the Marines. Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, the current three Admirals, and others were no easy characters to deal with, not to mention the two new Admiral Candidates. If she were to set foot in Marine Headquarters, forget about rescuing anyone; she and the entire Charlotte Family would be sunk there.
But she couldn't give up on rescuing the two of them. Once she stood by and watched the two of them be executed, the Big Mom Pirates would not be far from falling apart.
Did the other members of the Big Mom Pirates know that going to rescue their brothers would lead to the annihilation of the crew? They knew. But that wouldn't stop them from being completely disappointed in Big Mom from then on, losing their cohesion, and from that point, the Big Mom Pirates would fall apart.
Beneath the throne, the faces of the various executives of the Big Mom Pirates were also extremely grim. Perospero and Oven were about to be publicly executed by the Marines. This meant that they would forever lose two of their brothers. Although some of them were not on good terms with the two, they were still siblings connected by blood, and their hearts were heavy.
After a long while, Katakuri slowly stepped forward. While thinking about how to deal with the situation, he spoke up, trying to calm his mother down. "Mama, please calm down first. I have already sent Smoothie and Snack to attack the nearest Marine branch and bring all the Marines there back. We can try to use those Marines to negotiate with that guy Sengoku and get Perospero and Oven back."
As the second-in-command of the Big Mom Pirates, Katakuri had made a decision the first moment he received the news, sending people to capture Marines to be used for a hostage exchange. Although a hostage exchange was also extremely dangerous, it was far better than charging into Marine Headquarters.
Big Mom heard him, and her reason gradually returned. But her face remained ashen, her tone incomparably cold. "That's of little use. They don't cherish the lives of the flag officers and soldiers of a Marine branch that much. Especially now that this news has been published in the newspaper, and all the people in the world have seen it. The face of the Marines is at stake. They will not easily agree to a hostage exchange with us."
Not only that, but in the eyes of some of the hawkish flag officers, Marine soldiers being captured and used as hostages was a disgrace. In normal circumstances, extreme hawkish flag officers would annihilate the pirates along with their comrades who were being held hostage, preserving the final face of the captured soldiers and telling their families that they had died in battle.
Therefore, Big Mom felt that Katakuri's actions had some meaning, but not much.
"At least those soldiers and flag officers are not qualified enough." Under the watchful eyes of her children, Big Mom said with a ferocious smile, "We have to get hostages with more weight!"
Then, Big Mom's gaze fell on Cracker. She stared at him and asked, "Hey, you said that the apprentice brat from Roger's crew was fighting near Totto Land with some guys in special military uniforms and with many Zoan ability users, right? If I'm not mistaken, they are Mythical Zoans, right?"
Big Mom's expression gradually became abnormally excited, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly. "Ma~ma~mamama! The hostages have arrived, haven't they?"
As soon as she had received the report from Cracker, she had already guessed that the ones fighting Roger's apprentice brat were the elites among the Celestial Dragons—the God's Knights. Big Mom, who had dealt with them before, after recalling their strangeness, had immediately arranged for all her ministers to check their respective islands for any special inscriptions. After finding nothing, she had not intended to bother with them, preparing to let them fight it out with Roger's apprentice brat.
And now, they had become her only way to counter the World Government.
Then, Big Mom strode forward, smiling as she walked toward the main gate.
Seeing this, Katakuri didn't even think before directly following her. When it came to his siblings, he was always the most concerned one. Immediately after, the rest of the executives saw this and also followed.
Aboard Big Mom's flagship, the Queen Mama Chanter.
As one of the Homies, the Queen Mama Chanter had the ability to move on its own. Now, under Big Mom's command, it had reached the fastest speed of its life, heading straight for the island where Red-Hair and the God's Knights were fighting.
On the dream-like, fairy-tale bow of the ship, Big Mom slowly took the Den Den Mushi that Katakuri handed her and, following her memory, dialed one of the few people in the world who possessed the title of "strongest."
Brrring~ Brrring~ Brrring~
On the deck, all the executives had gathered, watching their mother, who was holding the Den Den Mushi, with unblinking eyes.
Click.
Soon, the call was answered, and a deep, extremely rough voice came through. "What do you want from me, old hag?"
Big Mom heard him, and the corners of her mouth subconsciously turned up in a genuine smile. "Ma~ma~mamama. It's been decades since we've seen each other, hasn't it, Kaido!"
In her palm, the Den Den Mushi mimicked Kaido's appearance and pouted. "Are we on such good terms, old hag? We are competitors fighting for the same goal!"
Big Mom ignored the disdain in his words and directly stated her purpose. "Hey, Kaido! You've seen the news, right? That brat Louis actually threw my sons to the Marines! Now I have to go and get them back!"
On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Kaido heard her, and a gloating expression appeared on his face. He burst out laughing. "Worororo! Old hag, are you finally about to die?"
Hearing this, several dark lines appeared on Big Mom's forehead, and her face instantly fell. "Hah?! Don't you have any plans?"
"Plans?" Kaido's puzzled voice sounded, along with the sound of him putting down his gourd. The next moment, the Den Den Mushi once again mimicked Kaido, pulling a ferocious smile, his tone incomparably cold. "That's right. I'll take in those sons of yours and make them a part of the Beasts Pirates!"
"..."
Hearing this, Big Mom was taken aback for a moment, and then she burst out cursing. "KAIDO! Don't you forget! Back in the Rocks Pirates, I always treated you like a younger brother! Not to mention, you still owe me a huge favor! I was the one who gave you that strongest Azure Dragon fruit back then!"
On the deck of the Queen Mama Chanter, the members of the Charlotte Family who heard this had their expressions gradually turn strange. Only a few who had been born before then already knew about this and didn't have much of a reaction.
Big Mom's continuous bombardment made Kaido, who was far away on Onigashima, look disdainful. He raised a hand and cleaned his ear. "Hmph—that was decades ago, and you're still bringing it up today!"
Big Mom heard him and her smile returned. From her understanding of Kaido, this meant that he had agreed to help her. "Ma~ma~mamama. This is something I can live off for a lifetime!"
Kaido heard her and became even more disdainful. "Just this once, old hag! After this, I won't owe you anything!"
Kaido had finally agreed to her request for help, changing his original plan of taking the Beasts Pirates to clean up the mess to helping the Big Mom Pirates.
Then, Kaido picked up the refilled gourd again, poured a large amount of sake into his mouth, and after wiping the corner of his mouth, asked again, "Old hag, how are you planning to rescue your useless sons from Marine Headquarters? Or are you planning to just charge in?"
Kaido's words made Big Mom's brow furrow slightly, and she retorted, "Do you take me for an idiot like you and Shiki? I'm not planning to go to Marine Headquarters!"
Big Mom's gaze fell on the churning sea currents in the distance, a bloodthirsty look in her eyes. "Some guys from the God's Knights have appeared near Totto Land. It's the perfect chance for me to catch one or two and make a deal with that guy Sengoku!"
"The God's Knights?" Kaido was briefly stunned. "It's been a long time since I've heard of those guys! I wonder if that batch from back then is all dead and gone."
Then, Kaido belatedly realized something was wrong, and he was taken aback. "Wait... Linlin, you actually grew a brain!"
Hearing this, Big Mom's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. What do you mean, "actually grew a brain"?! Big Mom considered her intelligence to be far superior to that of other powerhouses of the same level. It was just that with her formidable physique, she usually didn't need to use her brain.
Seeing Big Mom's silence, Kaido slowly sat up from his seat. He casually picked up his giant kanabō and walked step by step toward the outskirts of Onigashima. "So, after you've caught the members of the God's Knights, where are you planning to exchange the hostages with Sengoku?"
To this question, Big Mom, who already had an answer, had a ferocious and cold expression, her entire body exuding a cold aura like a hissing snake. "Near Dressrosa."
"Dressrosa? Isn't that that brat Louis's territory?" Kaido stopped, completely astonished.
To this, Big Mom replied with a ferocious smile, "That's right. Dressrosa! That brat Louis can't think that after causing me such big trouble, he can still sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight! No one can get away with scheming against us and then just standing by to watch!!"
Big Mom knew that after the hostage exchange, a fight would inevitably break out. Therefore, she planned to exchange the hostages near Dressrosa to drag Louis into the water.
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