Chapter 174: Welcome Back, Monster of Souls!
"..."
At this moment, the scene displayed on the live broadcast plunged Totto Land into ultimate silence.
That was the source of Katakuri's almost unconcealable shock earlier.
"Ac... actually really..."
Perospero held his head with both hands, tongue tied.
"Ma... Mama was..."
Smoothie's expression was almost dazed.
Clearly not just them.
Throughout Totto Land, whether ordinary citizens or Charlotte Family members.
Everyone's jaws almost dropped to the ground; some even fainted on the spot.
What they saw completely exceeded their cognition.
"Four Emperors" were the hegemons of the sea, pirates among pirates.
Since they dominated the New World and gained the title "Emperor of the Sea", countless people challenged them.
But none succeeded in pulling them off the throne and killing an Emperor... not one.
They were the strongest pirates, monsters feared even by Marine Headquarters and the World Government—this was common sense for most people on the sea.
But now, right in front of them.
In the Emperor's lair, the capital of "Totto Land".
The Emperor Big Mom was killed easily!
This unimaginable situation gave everyone a sense of unreality.
"Jo... joking, right? How could that Big Mom?"
"Hey! Hey! Look at the Homies..."
Exclamations came.
Then everyone saw.
The mutation occurring throughout Totto Land at this moment.
The leaping ground, talking walls, dancing clouds all seemed to become "Slack".
Their eyes rolled up, faces began to disappear, and their aura changed significantly, noticeable even to ordinary people.
In the center of the broadcast.
VMMM!
"Thundercloud Zeus's" face began to disappear, and so did "Napoleon's".
"Homies are disappearing? Means Mama really..."
Seeing this, Perospero almost jumped up.
This looked too much like the standard situation of "Ability Creations disappearing after User's Death".
But just then...
"You..."
He heard his brother's incredulous voice.
Turning to Katakuri nearby.
He saw Katakuri clenching his fists tightly.
The complexity in his expression and words was unconcealed.
"What kind of monster are you... Mama?"
Even this powerhouse who followed Big Mom to conquer the sea since childhood.
His words clearly carried... Disbelief.
Meanwhile...
On the ruins of Whole Cake Chateau.
Nezumi, Tori, and Inu, thinking the battle ended, had almost canceled their strongest battle modes—"Winged Dragon of Ra", "True Mirage Shadow", or "World Severance" consumed too much stamina.
But now, they remained tense.
They noticed the Homies' situation—especially non-combat types like sweets Homies or furniture Homies.
They wailed meaninglessly, seemingly dissipating.
Here lay the problem...
They knew well—the Soul-Soul Fruit's ability was special.
Essentially extracting souls and lifespan to create new life.
According to the original story, these creatures could exist even after the user died.
For example, after Big Mom died, Zeus still existed with Nami.
In other words...
The anomaly of these Homies wasn't due to "User Death".
If this wasn't enough to explain.
WHOOSH!
Accompanying burning flames.
A massive figure falling from the sky explained the situation.
A massive fireball like the sun.
One of the three major Homies created from Big Mom's soul—"Sun Prometheus".
This Homie extended two tentacles from its flame body like a human.
Holding "Thundercloud Zeus" and "Napoleon".
Strangely—unlike the clearly conscious Prometheus.
Both Zeus and Napoleon had fallen into that strange "Faceless" state.
Their auras remained strong, but consciousness seemed gone.
"Mama, sorry... failed to protect your body."
Prometheus spoke respectfully to Big Mom's split corpse and severed head.
Speaking as if mad due to its master's death.
But just the next moment...
"Don't blame you, Prometheus."
A deep answer echoed over the ruins.
It seemed to be Big Mom's voice, but the tone was completely different.
If the previous Big Mom's tone was chaotic and willful with inexplicable innocence.
This voice was cold, violent, and... Evil.
"If I didn't 'Die' completely once, how could I fully take control of the soul?"
"As for the body... doesn't matter!"
"Even split open, head severed... Linlin's body is a true monster."
"Moreover—this is Totto Land, the country belonging to 'Me'!"
At the same time...
"Hey, hey—I see it."
In the minds of the three Zodiac members, another member's voice came.
"Main body will transmit vision to you. Big Mom... truly a solid monster."
As he spoke, the vision of the three changed abruptly.
Their perspective seemed to move to the "Sky".
Besides that, their vision observed not just the real world, but everything through the "Soul" perspective.
[Lord of Yomi · Soul Vision]
From the sky, through clouds, looking at the ruins below.
Amidst the ruins...
Among Big Mom's "Corpse", something was standing up slowly.
An incredibly massive soul.
Or rather, a "Monster" created by kneading many souls together.
One, two, three, four—most souls were weak and pure, presenting colorful hues.
Brave red, kind green, cheerful blue.
But two were exceptions.
One was a pink soul—clean and pure.
The other was a black soul.
Within this soul...
Greed, cruelty, violence, despicableness—its ugliness even tainted other pure souls.
Both souls were far larger than others, but the pink soul seemed to lose vitality.
Shrinking rapidly, completely suppressed by the black soul.
That was the source of Totto Land's change.
"Soul Deprivation · Homies!"
With Big Mom's evil voice, her scattered corpse began to change abruptly.
Countless light spots flew from all directions of Totto Land.
The source was those strange Homies.
The difference was—Homies releasing light spots weren't combat types, but sweets Homies, cleaning Homies, or weather Homies guaranteeing Totto Land's weather—"Support Homies".
"That brat Linlin."
"No matter how I influence her, she insists on building this country into a 'Fairytale Land'? 'Utopia'?"
"Clearly a brat with a soul stuck at six, yet firm enough to suppress me on this matter... what an idiot!"
Big Mom's low voice came.
"Weather? Sweets? Life? Who uses collected souls and lifespan on such boring things?"
"With that monster-like power, all citizens are just slaves. This country isn't a 'Dream Home', just 'Trash' to be discarded anytime."
"Slaves' only use is earning money, providing lifespan and souls. Kill if disobedient. No need to care about their lives or weather..."
"Homies needed are only weapons and war tools to help me dominate the world—that's what an 'Emperor' should do!"
Seemingly suppressed for too long, she talked a lot.
But the next moment...
"Soul Endowment · Body · Self-Repair!"
With her growl.
Countless light spots poured into Big Mom's scattered corpse.
Then...
"Mama!"
Her bones seemed to come alive, calling to each other and regrowing.
"Welcome, Mama!"
Her flesh seemed to gain life, roaring and reuniting.
"Welcome, Mama!"
Her shattered heart fragments and head merged and reunited at this moment.
"Welcome, Mama!" (xN)
Overlapping, massive voices echoed throughout Totto Land.
Voices from all Totto Land Homies.
Those combat Homies who seemed faceless and lifeless... began to laugh in unison.
Their faces regrew, but completely different from before.
No longer singing, dancing, or looking utopian and fairylike.
On the contrary.
All reborn Homies in this "Totto Land"... their eyes became extremely fierce and evil.
"Welcome back to rule everything, welcome back to possess everything..."
Amidst such cheers.
WHOOSH!
Prometheus burned fiercely.
Then, Big Mom's massive figure stood up again.
But now, her expression changed completely.
The soul almost tainted black explained her essence.
She was no longer the past "Charlotte Linlin".
She was still Big Mom.
But now, the dominance of her soul belonged to...
"Our Mama—Lord Charlotte Carmel!"
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