Chapter 120: Tea Party Begins

In the secret room, the raven found the direction and jumped onto the chandelier.

Directly in front was a huge red stone tablet.

It was just that it was locked in a prison, and it was almost impossible to take it out without alarming others, so he could only make a rubbing of it.

After ordering the raven not to move, Karl immediately climbed out of bed, took out a large sheet of white paper from the system space, and then closed his eyes, relying on his brain to make a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph.

As time passed, the white paper was soon filled. After checking that there were no errors, Karl stored the rubbing text into the system space. Although he couldn't use it for the time being, it would definitely be useful.

After all, since he was here, he couldn't leave empty-handed, right?

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Caw caw! (I want to eat)"

Karl was prepared for this and took out the dessert he had prepared in advance and placed it on the ground: "Eat!"

The next day.

*Bang bang bang~*

"You can really sleep! What did you do last night?"

"None of your business. Has the tea party started?"

"The Red Hair Pirates are coming soon. Don't you want to watch the show?"

Karl straightened his expression, checked his attire, and after confirming there were no problems, followed Stussy to the tea party site.

This was a garden, surrounded by busy staff and Homies. Big Mom, the protagonist, hadn't arrived yet.

"Miss Stussy, this is your seat. You can take your seat after the tea party starts."

"Thank you."

Stussy poked Karl's waist with her elbow and said with a fake smile: "You just stay here and move around freely, don't come looking for me."

After speaking, Stussy immediately walked to a tall man carrying something Move Move Like a death scythe and chatted happily.

Karl looked around and found a place where several men dressed similarly to him were standing. His eyes lit up and he immediately walked over.

"Eh, are you a bodyguard too? Who is your master?"

Karl didn't speak and pointed coldly at Stussy, who was talking to the King of Funerals.

"What? Stussy, when did she start hiring bodyguards? Sigh~ I'm so envious of you, brother!"

Karl looked at him strangely: "Envious of what?"

The burly bodyguard smiled lewdly: "Miss Stussy is the Queen of the Pleasure District! You know the Pleasure District, right? *Slurp~* The women there are the best of the best!"

"Just a bunch of sluts, nothing to be envious of."

The burly bodyguard said with hatred for iron not becoming steel: "You kid really don't know how lucky you are! Sigh! I'm too lazy to talk to you!"

Whole Cake Island port.

A pirate ship with a red dragon head slowly stopped and dropped anchor.

A group of officers followed Shanks off the ship and landed on Whole Cake Island.

"Welcome to Totto Land, Shanks. Mama has been waiting for you for a long time."

Shanks nodded calmly and said lightly: "We aren't late, are we?"

"The tea party is about to start, you came just in time, follow me!"

Shanks looked at Beckman and said with a smile: "Then I'll trouble you. By the way, what was your name again?"

The man wearing a scarf looked down at Shanks and said lightly: "Charlotte Katakuri."

A flash of light passed through Beckman's eyes. If he remembered correctly, this was Big Mom's second son, one of the Sweet Commanders, known as the masterpiece of the Charlotte family.

Big Mom actually let him come to greet them. It seems this old woman really values them!

Shanks, as the captain, didn't feel anything. He just said "Oh" simply, and then looked around with interest, chatting and joking with his subordinates from time to time.

Katakuri sneered in his heart. Ignorant, you won't be able to laugh in a while.

Not long after, the Red Hair Pirates arrived at the tea party site.

The burly bodyguard immediately shouted: "Look, the Red Hair Pirates!"

Karl asked knowingly: "Just a pirate crew, is it worth it?"

The burly bodyguard looked at Karl with disgust: "Didn't Stussy tell you? The Red Hair Pirates are the protagonists today!"

"Protagonists?"

"That's right. Today they will either join BIG MOM or be eliminated by BIG MOM. After all, this tea party was set up specifically for them."

Karl walked forward a few steps silently, so he could see Shanks.

It was about the same as in his memory. He was about the same height as him, had red hair, three scars on his left eye—scratched by Teach—and stubble on his face.

He was wearing a white shirt and a black cloak. His left arm was blocked, but if you observed carefully, it wasn't hard to find that it was empty.

He was wearing brown cropped pants with patterns on his legs, and flip-flops—the symbol of a big shot—on his feet. The sword at his waist should be Gryphon.

At this time, Shanks had a smile on his face, looked very easygoing, walked into the tea party site carelessly, and shouted loudly: "Hey! Where's Big Mom? Why hasn't she come out yet?"

Several of Charlotte's children were shocked and glared at him, but they soon calmed down under Katakuri's reminder.

*Bang bang bang~*

"Mamamama~ Red Hair brat, I'm really happy you could come today!"

"Hahaha, you invited me, why wouldn't I come? Isn't this a tea party?"

Big Mom's smile gradually faded, but she soon revealed a smile again and said happily: "That's right, it's a tea party. Today's theme is chocolate almond cake, hmm, very delicious!"

"Sit down, Red Hair brat." Big Mom pointed to the seat directly opposite her, inviting Shanks to sit down.

Shanks grinned and sat down generously: "What about my subordinates? They can't just watch us eat, right?"

Katakuri said lightly: "Of course not, that's their seat over there." Then he pointed to the seats not far away.

"That's good. Beckman, come come come, sit down quickly."

Shanks looked carefree and didn't care about Big Mom at all, but Beckman and the others were Move Move Like facing a great enemy after seeing Big Mom. They looked around cautiously before sitting down.

Karl, who was on the edge, lit a cigarette and said lightly: "Interesting."

They didn't fight immediately, which was a little disappointing, but Karl felt that they would definitely fight. Just wait patiently.

If it really didn't work, he would come to stoke the fire.

Subsequently, Karl shifted his gaze to the photo frame behind Big Mom, which was a wrinkled old woman, Mother Carmel.

"Tsk, this outfit is a bit of an eyesore."

Karl observed the Red Hair Pirates' decorations, took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, left the venue quietly, and took out a similar "pirate suit" from the system space and changed into it.

"This should be no problem now!"

The prankster, Karl, is officially online.

Returning to the tea party site again, Karl found that it was already filled with chocolate almond cakes.

Big Mom was eating one after another. As for her eating manner, just look at Shanks' expression.

He must be wishing he could sit at the kids' table right now.