Chapter 356

After all...

The core of the BIG? OM Pirates is BIG? OM. Now BIG? OM has been driven into the earth by him. Just now, Sima Di took a look and found that it actually led straight into the magma beneath the ground.

Even during BIG? OM's peak, surviving in a river of magma would still be difficult.

Let alone having taken a full hit from Sima Di...

So...

"Sanji, you decide," Sima Di said with a smile. "Today, you are the protagonist."

This was giving Sanji ample face.

"Yes, Sanji. Today, you are the protagonist," Luffy agreed.

"Putting on a white suit does make you look quite handsome," Nami praised.

"Sanji! You really look handsome!" Chopper gave a thumbs-up.

Since both Sima Di and Luffy had spoken, Sakazuki and the other two could not say much more.

However...

"Young man of the Vinsmoke family, don't blame me for not warning you!" Sakazuki said in a deep voice. "Your Vice-Captain Di is plotting the entire world. Are you sure you want to let these people who know the truth go, only for them to return another day? You have already killed many of their brothers and sisters."

"I sense the scent of hatred," A One said in a literary tone.

"Yo—look at the way you're staring at me; you'd kill me if you could," Borsalino teased.

That's right!

Just Ussop's God's Arrow earlier had already killed their eldest brother, Perospero, not to mention countless other BIG? OM family members.

Hatred...

Had already been forged.

But...

Looking at Brûlée's pitiful appearance, could the Sanji who once vowed to protect her really bring himself to refuse his princess's request?

No, he could not.

So...

"Sigh..."

Sanji let out a heavy sigh, as if he had made a decision.

Just as he was about to speak...

Katakuri suddenly said, "We can join your New Navy and become combatants to fight for the new world!"

—Regarding Sima Di and their alliance and their goals, everyone had already learned about them during the customary trash talk in the midst of the battle.

Clearly...

Katakuri, through his Observation Haki foresight, knew what Sanji was about to say and what tragedy would unfold...

To protect his younger brothers and sisters, he could only tearfully choose this path of survival.

It must be said,

the combat power of the BIG? OM family members is quite considerable. For a moment, Borsalino was actually somewhat tempted...

But A One and Sakazuki frowned quite deeply.

After all...

As a former Emperor crew, they were kings among pirates!

Could they really...

be willing to become ordinary soldiers and charge into battle?

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10. I killed your mother, and you don't even hate me?

As a former Emperor crew, they were kings among pirates!

Could Katakuri and the others really...

be willing to become Navy soldiers and charge into battle?

Sima Di held a skeptical attitude toward this.

But!

It must be said,

Katakuri and the others are indeed formidable mid-to-high-tier combatants. If they could be added to the New Navy, their combat power would be quite considerable.

Therefore...

Sima Di looked at Sakazuki and the other two, shrugged, and said, "Three of the Navy, will you accept them?"

Sakazuki was about to refuse outright. After all, how could someone who hates evil as much as he does accept such a "stain" within the New Navy?

Instead, A One spoke first: "I can see these people. Their panic is mixed with sorrow, but there is no anger... Can you tell me why?"

No anger?

Their own mother was slaughtered right before their eyes, yet they feel no anger?

This story sounds strangely bizarre.

But Sima Di nodded in understanding.

After all...

BIG? OM's cruelty is infamous; even toward her own children, she shows little tolerance.

Or rather...

her children were merely tools for her to realize her own desires.

Which of them has a marriage that is free?

BIG MOM's two mentors in life, the nun and Long Bread, adopted a permissive and indulgent approach to disciplining Linlin's childhood misdeeds born of good intentions.

This is the source of BIG MOM's life tragedy.

If we look back even further at the plot,

BIG MOM's parents were also extremely indulgent of her gluttonous behavior.

A child raised spoiled is a pitiable child.

Bai Hu Zi is the biggest-name father in the World of Pirates, and he truly deserves the title.

BIG MOM is the biggest-name mother in the World of Pirates, yet she does not live up to it.

BIG MOM is not a qualified mother, but a vicious, spoiled giant infant.

Bai Hu Zi is not a father, yet is more fatherly than one; Big Mom is a mother, yet is not a mother.

The opposition between Bai Hu Zi and Big Mom, and the opposition between Big Mom's own title and her way of behaving—this dual opposition is precisely what Oda carefully constructed.

And resolving this opposition into unity, and bringing it to a close in Big Mom's ending, I think this is what Oda-sensei is doing.

The name "Big Mom" will surely be reshaped, from an Emperor of the Sea who metaphorically embodies brute force and greatness, into the most plain, most universal, and also most sublime meaning—a qualified mother.

This is the best ending for BIG MOM, and the only ending she should have.

Therefore...

The Whole Cake Island arc tells of human nature!

The name "big mom" comes from America; because American young children have a limited vocabulary, they can only use "big mom" to describe the fear of an angry-looking mother.

Additionally,

This word also describes a shrew—the character image of Big Mom, who originates from the legend of the witch, and whose abilities also draw from the legend of the witch—Xia Luote Lingling.

Charlotte is a French aristocratic name; non-aristocrats cannot take it, and it means "one loved by God"!

The meaning of "Lingling" could not be traced to any classical source!

Therefore,

The Whole Cake Island arc tells of human nature!

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