"Wow—! The islands here are all so interesting!!!"
On the Dodo Advance, Luffy looked at the various food-styled islands of Totto Land with glowing eyes, the drool at the corner of his mouth flowing down frantically like a waterfall.
Next, he pointed to the distant Wheat Island, which looked like various pastries, and shouted loudly, "Sherwin! Let go to that island first and have a look, that island looks so delicious… ah no, so suspicious!"
As a side note, Wheat Island was managed by the "Flour Minister" Katakuri. Luffy being able to pick it first had to be called a twist of fate.
"You idiot who only knows how to eat! Don't forget what we are here for!"
Before Sherwin could refuse, Nami hit him on the head with her staff first.
And Sabo said with a smile, "Don't worry, Luffy, Totto Land might not have much of other things, but there is absolutely no shortage of food. Whole Cake Island, where we are going, is said to be the place with the most top chefs in the world."
"Really?!!"
Luffy, who was clutching his head and squatting on the deck while hissing from the pain, immediately jumped up with joy, the drool waterfall at the corner of his mouth appearing again.
"Whole Cake Island, it sounds very delicious! Sherwin! Can the Dodo Advance go any faster?!! Franky said our Thousand Sunny borrowed a lot of designs from the Dodo Advance, so you guys should also have a mechanism similar to the Coup de Burst, right?!!"
As long as it involved eating, Luffy brain would become much sharper than usual. Many things he normally wouldn't remember were suddenly recalled by him at this moment.
"Father, is this person really Nika? How come he just looks like an idiot who only knows how to eat?"
Bonney, who also loved to eat, couldn't bear to watch any longer. Having picked up the bad habits of the Felynes, she tugged on Kuma ear and muttered with a look of disgust.
Although Bonney was not as superstitious about Nika as she was in the original manga due to the influence of the cats, it was still the protagonist of a story she had been listening to since childhood, so she still felt a bit of her idol being shattered...
Kuma chuckled dryly and stroked his daughter small head, at a loss for words for a moment.
Regarding the matter of the Nika Fruit, he had already heard about it from Dragon. To be completely honest, his current mood was only more depressed than Bonney.
Sherwin, however, paid no attention to Luffy, who was once again being suppressed by Nami, and instead carefully scrutinized the islands he saw along the way...
Compared to what he had seen back then, these islands, especially the outermost ones, showed obvious signs of damage, which should have been caused by the Navy "base-swapping tactic" back then.
In addition, although it was impossible to see clearly from afar, one could clearly sense that the "vitality" of these islands had also dropped significantly. A small number of islands even bore a trace of being "dilapidated," likely because the ministers responsible for managing them were already dead.
Soon, they spotted Totto Land "capital," Whole Cake Island. Compared to the other islands, Whole Cake Island looked no different from before.
Only...
Sherwin and his group were about to dock, yet they didn't see any tart ships responsible for welcoming guests.
It seemed that the BIG MOM Pirate losses at Egghead Island were exceptionally heavy, to the point where they didn't even have enough hands for reception.
As the Dodo Advance smoothly sailed into the port of Whole Cake Island, Sherwin looked at Perospero and the others who were busily entertaining other guests at the port, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
As the main guests of this tea party, no matter how busy BIG MOM people were, they would never neglect Sherwin and his group.
Therefore, Perospero unhesitatingly abandoned Dragon Pietcro, the head of the "Major Mortician" whom he was currently entertaining, and walked toward Sherwin and the others.
Although the name also contained "Dragon," Pietcro, as the boss of an underground assassin organization, obviously could not be compared with the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
Thus, having been slighted, he didn't mean to be angry at all. Instead, he nodded toward Sherwin with a flattering smile on his face.
"Long time no see, Sherwin, and... Mr. Dragon."
Perospero took off his top hat, leaned over, and performed a chest-touching salute. "Mama and Mr. Kaido are already waiting for you, lick~"
Back when Dragon was still a Marine, he had clashed with the BIG MOM Pirates several times. He never expected that both sides would now be uniting.
"Long time no see, Perospero..."
As Sherwin greeted him, he shifted his gaze to the other right hand.
There was no need to wait for Pedro to launch a suicide attack on him in the future Perospero right hand had already been replaced with a candy prosthetic. No need to ask, it was definitely lost on Egghead Island again.
Noticing Sherwin gaze, Perospero waved his candy right hand and said with feigned casualness, "An instant of carelessness cost me an arm, making a fool of myself in front of you... Fortunately, my ability is quite useful, so it hasn't affected me too much, lick~"
Sherwin naturally wouldn't continue to rub salt in his wound. After calmly withdrawing his gaze, he smiled and said, "Let go, Klee and the others and I have really missed Totto Land food."
"Kukukuku... Food and everything have naturally been prepared long ago. Everyone, please follow me."
After Perospero finished speaking, he turned around and led Sherwin and the others into Cake City, going straight into the Cake Castle.
"Mama currently only intends to see you, Sherwin, and Mr. Dragon..."
After entering the castle, Perospero immediately arranged for Homies guards to take Sabo, Luffy, and the others to the side hall to enjoy delicious food, but he completely turned a blind eye to the Felynes around Sherwin.
However, Sherwin didn't intend to bring a large group of Felynes to see BIG MOM either, and proactively let Huamei Meow and Kaido Meow take a portion of the Felynes, along with Robin and the others, to the side hall.
After the two groups of people (Felynes) separated, Sherwin and the others continued to follow behind Perospero into the main hall of the castle.
Charlotte Linlin was naturally sitting on her throne, but slightly different from last time, this time another throne of the same design was placed next to her, and Kaido, who was missing a horn, was sitting there with a grim expression.
"Mamamama! Sherwin brat, and the cute little Felynes, we meet again!"
While stuffing food into her mouth, BIG MOM laughed loudly and greeted, "And Dragon brat, it been many years since we last met!"
On the other side, Kaido, who was drinking gloomily, instantly erupted with a murderous Conqueror Haki the moment he saw Sherwin and the Palicoes.
However, before Sherwin side could counterattack, or before the surrounding attendants and maids could even finish rolling their eyes halfway, Kaido had already retracted both his Haki and murderous intent.
"Mamamama... That more like it, Kaido. Whatever grudges you have, wait until we deal with that nonsensical 'King of the World' before talking about them."
BIG MOM laughed a few more times to smooth things over, and then quickly put on a serious expression.
"Since we intend to form an alliance, shouldn't you tell us properly about that Imu and the mysterious weapon that directly destroyed Egghead Island?"