Chapter 286: Charlotte Pirates

The center of Totto Land, Whole Cake Island.

As the territory of the Four Emperors Charlotte Linlin, Totto Land had always been prosperous, flourishing, peaceful, and tranquil; even if this so-called peace and prosperity came from the Soul Tax, one had to admit that compared to other places in the New World, this place could already be called a human paradise.

With the Charlotte Pirates holding the fort, the entire Totto Land was full of vitality and never feared any challenges—in reality, there weren't really any challenges either.

Not to mention those other small-time pirates, who had no power to resist the Charlotte Pirates at all; the main rivals of the Charlotte Pirates were simply the other Four Emperors and the Marine.

However, there was a very close relationship between Kaido and Charlotte Linlin; having some minor friction was normal, but a true all-out war was impossible. As for Whitebeard and the Red Hair, neither of these two were the type of true pirates who cared much about occupying territory; as long as one didn't actively invade their territories, there basically wouldn't be any major disputes.

And the Marine was basically a mascot in the New World, serving mainly as an observation point to prevent the Four Emperors' pirate crews from leaving the New World, while also protecting some World Government member nations near the Red Line; but if you wanted the Marine to take the initiative to attack, that was basically an impossible thing.

Under these circumstances, Totto Land had no external threats at all, so naturally, life was very peaceful and leisurely.

It was just that this leisurely atmosphere had been completely shattered a few months ago; the appearance of Uchiha Feiyu not only caused the Marine to suffer a great loss of vitality and its prestige to fall to the bottom, but it also left all pirates terrified.

Although pirates capable of becoming one of the Four Emperors were all full of confidence in themselves, believing that they were the strongest among the Four Emperors, or even the strongest among all top-tier combatants on the sea.

Yet they were not fools; the Power Level displayed by Uchiha Feiyu clearly exceeded the ceiling of the One Piece World by a large margin, and his intent to kill was extremely heavy; since his debut, he had never shown mercy to pirates.

Even though the other party had also severely damaged the Marine, his naked malice toward pirates still had not the slightest bit of concealment.

Now that Whitebeard had already been finished off by Uchiha Feiyu, it went without saying where the remaining targets would be placed.

At the beginning, the Charlotte Pirates still hoped that the World Government would end up in a mutually destructive battle with Uchiha Feiyu, but they hadn't expected the World Government to be so cowardly; while the blood at the Marine Headquarters was not yet dry, they had actually conferred the title of Celestial Dragon upon Uchiha Feiyu, which could be said to be losing even the slightest shred of face.

And with this, the pressure was all placed on the New World side; for this period of time, Totto Land had been mobilizing and preparing for war, and even the ordinary people of Totto Land could feel that murderous atmosphere.

Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin's castle.

As the core of the entire Totto Land, this place had always been where the Charlotte Family made major decisions; generally speaking, the core plans of the Charlotte Pirates were all decided by Charlotte Linlin alone.

However, although Charlotte Linlin was powerful and could keep a cool head at certain critical moments, most of the time she had no brain and even often went insane, so generally speaking, there would still be the eldest son and second son of the Charlotte Family to discuss things with Charlotte Linlin.

At this moment, inside the castle, the head butler of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Perospero, as well as the Sweet Commander who represented the face of the Charlotte Family, and other adult children of the Charlotte Family, were all sitting in the hall of the family castle, looking with serious expressions at Charlotte Linlin, who was sitting at the very head.

And Charlotte Linlin's expression was also rarely somewhat heavy; looking at the intelligence in front of her, there was actually a hint of anxiety in her demeanor.

The so-called intelligence was actually the newspaper of the World Economic Journal, and the headline of the newspaper was precisely a photo of Uchiha Feiyu in Dressrosa.

Feiyu Saint liberates Dressrosa! Sword pointed at the New World!

This was the title of this issue of the World Economic Journal; as for the "liberating Dressrosa" part, just take a look and be done with it; ever since Donquixote Doflamingo died, the Donquixote Family had already become an ordinary pirate crew and no longer had the Seven Warlords of the Sea amulet, so being liberated by someone was nothing more than normal.

The key problem, however, was that this killing star, Uchiha Feiyu, had already entered the New World; who knew what kind of actions he would take next?

Anyway, no matter how you looked at it, the remaining three Four Emperors' pirate crews were eight-to-ten likely to have already become targets of Uchiha Feiyu; under these circumstances, looking at the shipping routes, Whole Cake Island, which was closest to Dressrosa and most likely to become the next target, naturally went on alert immediately.

"Mama... what should we do next? That Uchiha Feiyu is not a character easy to deal with."

Charlotte Perospero frowned and asked with a worried face; even if he had confidence in his mother, he didn't think Charlotte Linlin would be a match for a monster like Uchiha Feiyu, right?

"Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma! This brat is really a headache; I didn't expect him to actually be bought off by the World Government!"

Although there was a smile on Charlotte Linlin's face, her eyes were incomparably heavy, as if she had returned to the days when she was first in the Rocks Pirates.

At that time, even a monster with heaven-sent talent like Charlotte Linlin couldn't be considered invincible in the Rocks Pirates and would still encounter various threats—at that time, Charlotte Linlin didn't have any Eating Disorder; if she had really dared to go crazy in the Rocks Pirates, the monsters of the Rocks Pirates would have dared to beat her to death.

It was only after the Rocks Pirates disbanded and the monsters went their separate ways that the current Charlotte Linlin had become this neurotic fat woman.

And in Charlotte Linlin's view, Uchiha Feiyu's strength was likely stronger than all the members of the Charlotte Pirates combined back then, and she was definitely not the other party's match.

"There's no help for it; the World Government actually brought out the privileges of the Celestial Dragons, so it's very normal for the other party to be bought off, right!"

Charlotte Perospero said helplessly; to tell the truth, even he hadn't expected that the World Government would actually make such a choice, which was simply throwing their own face to the ground to be trampled on!

"I'm afraid it's not just that..."

The second son of the Charlotte Family, Katakuri, said faintly, and then looked at everyone with a very heavy expression:

"With the character of the World Government, this so-called Celestial Dragon status might just be an excuse for Uchiha Feiyu to occupy the magpie's nest—it's even possible that the entire World Government has already been usurped by this Uchiha Feiyu!"

"What?!"

"Impossible!"

"Brother Katakuri, what you said is too unbelievable!"

"That is the World Government; for one person to suppress the entire World Government, it's simply like a fantasy."

The pirates of the Charlotte Family had expressions of disbelief on their faces and were discussing it there, but Charlotte Perospero and Charlotte Linlin, who were sitting at the very head, were both in a thoughtful state.

As the true leaders of the Charlotte Pirates, they also had a vague understanding of the World Government and knew that the World Government still hid many trump cards. Especially since Charlotte Linlin had participated in the God Valley Incident and had seen the scene of God Valley being wiped off the map, she was even more wary of the trump cards in the hands of the World Government.

But at the same time, she was also very clear that the trump cards of the World Government definitely did not include a powerhouse who could crush the Four Emperors in individual combat strength!

Even if the World Government had a weapon of mass destruction in its hands that could destroy an island in one blow, it did not mean that individual powerhouses were useless; otherwise, the World Government wouldn't need to establish the Marine, and couldn't they just sweep the world with super weapons?

The fact was that the attacks of super weapons, while powerful, were ultimately not flexible enough; furthermore, there were countless rule-based Devil Fruits in the One Piece World, and pure destructive power did not mean absolute invincibility.

No matter how powerful an attack was, it had no meaning when facing space-type Devil Fruits like the Teleport-Teleport Fruit, the Door-Door Fruit, or the Mirror-Mirror Fruit; the World Government's super weapons also had signs and pre-casting, and that amount of time would have long been enough for many Devil Fruit users to escape with their lives.

Not to mention that there was also the living example of Sabo; in the original story, regardless of whether this guy relied on Logia elementalization or his own personal strength to withstand the devastating attack on the Lulusia Kingdom, it all showed that the World Government's weapon of mass destruction was not an absolute kill when facing powerhouses.

"If it is that Uchiha Feiyu, it is indeed possible to erode the entire World Government; all the high-level officials of the World Government are in Mary Geoise, and this so-called Holy Land has at least nearly ten top-tier combatants, as well as over a hundred mid-level powerhouses."

"Normally speaking, even if the major forces on the sea joined hands, it would be very difficult to pose a threat to the World Government; however, if it were Uchiha Feiyu, Mary Geoise might not necessarily be able to stop him."

"And even if they stopped him, it would be of no use; Mary Geoise has a large group of Celestial Dragon trash holding them back..."

"Even if Mary Geoise had the certainty to repel Uchiha Feiyu, they definitely would not have the certainty to protect the lives of that bunch of Celestial Dragons."

Charlotte Linlin spoke coldly; such calm and coherent words made many young members of the Charlotte Family show expressions of surprise, as they had never seen their mother have such a side before.

On the contrary, those older members of the Charlotte Family, such as Charlotte Perospero and Katakuri, did not show any surprised expressions; when Big Mom was in the Rocks Pirates, they had already been born or were even approaching adulthood, and they had also stayed in the Rocks Pirates, so they naturally knew what their mother was like when she was young.

The young Charlotte Linlin was not only not a rough and brave "honey badger" type of character, but was instead a treacherous and cunning female fox; among the monsters of the Charlotte family, she could be counted as the "smartest" one.

It was just like the current Beast Pirates Kaido, who was once a subordinate of Charlotte Linlin and also had the same personality as her because of Charlotte Linlin's influence—on the surface, he appeared both heroic and brutal, but in reality, his mind was very cunning.

"If that is really the case... then what should we do? The Blood Demon's strength is already the strongest on the entire sea, and adding the power of the World Government..."

Charlotte Perospero's face was full of melancholy; Charlotte Linlin frowned and tapped the table:

"This Blood Demon is not just a threat to us alone; besides us, whether it is the Red Hair Pirates or the Beast Pirates, and that bunch of remnants of the Rocks Pirates on Hachinosu, they are all targets of that guy."

Once these words were spoken, Charlotte Perospero's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Mama, do you mean..."

"Not bad; in fact, before that, I already reached a consensus with Kaido. Soon, our two Pirate crews will form an alliance."

"Then, relying on the threat of this Blood Demon, we will organize all the Pirates of the New World into a coalition, twisting them into a single rope. The Red Hair Pirates will be unable to stand alone and certainly won't be able to contend with me and Kaido for the right to speak. Relying on this Great Pirate Alliance, not only will we be able to deal with that Blood Demon, but I will also be able to fulfill my dream of becoming the Pirate King!"

If the Pirates of the New World truly formed an alliance, there would only be three candidates for the leader: Charlotte Linlin, Shanks, and Kaido.

Among them, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido are old acquaintances; if the two of them joined forces, Shanks would naturally have no chance. Therefore, if an alliance were truly formed, Charlotte Linlin's only competitor would be Kaido.

Although Kaido is also equally difficult to deal with, compared to the chaotic situation in the New World before, it has already been reduced from Hell difficulty to Hard difficulty.

"As expected of Mama, she easily thought of a countermeasure!"

"Not bad, and if it succeeds, not only will we be able to repel Uchiha Feiyu, but Mama becoming the Pirate King is just around the corner!"

"With all the Great Pirates of the New World joining forces, even that Uchiha Feiyu would likely have to give way. Back then, he only managed to wipe them all out by taking advantage of the Whitebeard Pirates and Marine Headquarters both suffering heavy losses. Now, the New World Pirates joining forces would be far more powerful than the Marine Headquarters of that time!"

A group of Pirates from the Charlotte Pirates were full of joy, as if they had already seen the prospect of Charlotte Linlin becoming the Pirate King and their Pirate crew's strength greatly increasing.

Only Charlotte Linlin, who sat at the very head, and the true core members of the Charlotte Pirates like Katakuri, had smiles that faintly carried a hint of bitterness.

Not to mention how many difficulties Charlotte Linlin's plan would encounter, the Pirates of the New World are all unruly; even when truly facing a desperate situation, there are many who would be unwilling to unite.

Even if the plan succeeded, whether all the Pirates of the New World combined could defeat the Blood Demon is still an unknown.

Not to mention... even if they won, how great a price would they have to pay? How much damage would the Pirates of the New World suffer? Would the Marine and the World Government take the opportunity to intervene?

These questions had actually been considered by the core members of the Charlotte Pirates present, but after thinking it over, they had no solution. The New World Pirate alliance was already the best method they could think of.

(End of this chapter)