One Piece: Under the Throne

Leo slept until noon and reluctantly left the warm bed. He didn't want to get up, but the fragrance coming from the window made his stomach and belly protest at the same time.

I walked out of the room and found that everything was normal on Cake Island. It seemed that the effect of the drug on Big Mom has not yet worn off. Forget it, I decided to fill my stomach first.

Following the direction of the smell, Leo arrived at the door of a bakery. When he pushed the door open, he saw a wide variety of breads. The golden crust exuded a sweet aroma. The owner was a slightly fat middle-aged man with a big beard. He greeted the customers warmly when they entered the store.

"Welcome to Fat John's Bakery. You've come just in time. A box of freshly baked nectar bread is waiting for you to taste!"

"Nectar bread? A novel recipe." Leo thought it was a kind of bread with a very light taste, but this nectar bread was like an aroma bomb. The aroma of flowers mixed with sweet taste burst in the mouth when he took a bite.

"It's delicious. Your cooking skills are amazing, Boss. This is the best bread I've ever eaten."

Hearing the customer praising his craftsmanship, the boss's beard trembled with excitement: "This is the bread-making craftsmanship that has been passed down in our family for more than 100 years. The name of John Honey Bread was once famous throughout the South China Sea."

“How do you make the sweet but not greasy lava inside the bread? It has a light and sweet taste that is truly top-notch.”

"Haha, the lava in the bread is pure natural nectar, extracted from the jujube flower that is unique to the South China Sea."

"That's great, Boss. Since your family is so famous in the South China Sea, why did you come to the New World?"

Boss John was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said, "Oh, it's because the bread I make is so famous that the Charlotte family favors me. Five years ago, Owen personally invited me to Totland."

Oh! As expected, this was also a poor guy who was caught. Leo lost interest in chatting and ate bread while looking for food that interested him on the counter.

Suddenly there was a loud noise outside the window, and then Leo saw the cake castle in the distance collapse.

The piercing scream filled everyone's eardrums, followed by a loud roar: "Where's my puff? I want puff."

When Big Mom woke up, she had an outbreak of bulimia, and the island was in chaos.

"Run, mom's food cravings are coming back."

"Lord Katakuri, Lord Perospero, help me."

"Hurry up and prepare food for mommy, puffs... Go prepare puffs."

The panicked residents cried and retreated out of the city. Leo walked against the flow of people towards the castle.

But someone arrived early. Katakuri held the Earth Dragon with both hands to hold Big Mom's hand, and there were several children of the Charlotte family around him.

"Where's the long bread? Are the puffs ready yet?" Before he could finish his words, another punch came at him. Katakuri couldn't withstand it and was knocked away.

Big mom didn't chase after it. Instead, she grabbed the roof of the house next to her and stuffed it into her mouth. She finished the whole roof in two bites. But it was obviously not what Big mom wanted: "No, the taste is wrong. This is not a puff."

Just as Big Mom was wreaking havoc, Long Bread and his assistant finally brought out a cart of cream puffs. The freshly-baked puffs exuded an enticing aroma, and each puff was half a meter in diameter.

"Great, the dessert Mom wanted is finally here."

"As expected of you, Mr. Chef. You are so reliable."

"Don't disturb Mom while she's eating, and everyone else please be alert."

The sweet puffs attracted Big Mom's attention as soon as they appeared. She took a few steps to the food cart and bit into the puffs without using her hands. Half of the puffs piled up like a mountain disappeared in an instant.

Leo raised his eyebrows unconsciously. Just watching Big Mom eat made him feel sick and his appetite disappeared in an instant.

Big mom quickly finished the dessert in front of her, but judging from her expression, she was still not satisfied. Suddenly, Big mom got angry like a child and slapped the bread away.

"No, it still doesn't taste right. Where's my puff? I want a birthday puff tower."

Seeing his mother starting to destroy the building again, Katakuri was about to step forward to stop her, but before he could move, Leo's voice came from behind him.

"It's useless to give more if the things are not right. Children are stubborn, especially someone like the aunt. She won't stop until her demands are met."

"How could Leo be like this? Mom only has food cravings when she's looking forward to dessert. Is her current situation caused by the split soul?"

"Don't worry, didn't you hear her say she wanted a birthday puff tower? Tell your men to prepare the caramel puff tower made by Salam. That's what she wants."

Katakuri was also a little desperate and he didn't doubt the accuracy of Leo's words at all. He immediately ordered people to prepare.

However, the effect was surprisingly good. The caramel puffs made by Salam were not high-end dishes, but the chefs made hundreds of them in a few seconds. Seeing his mother happily eating the puffs, Katakuri finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After calming down, he realized the question behind Leo's words: "How do you know what my mother wants? Is this the aftereffect of splitting the soul?"

"I guess. After all, Big Mom's soul abnormality started from her 6-year-old birthday party. After separating the nun's soul, perhaps her memory will be reorganized like a revolving lantern from the day when the error started. But you don't have to worry. People's consciousness flows very quickly. I think Big Mom's abnormal behavior will last for a few days at most. And haven't you noticed that the changes have already begun?"

"What changes?" Leo was saying something incomprehensible again. Why did this bastard always say things that were hard to understand? Katakuri kept complaining in his heart.

"Even though I haven't seen Big Mom's craving attack myself, I've heard that every time she has an attack, she destroys half of the island. This time, she just lost her temper in the same place. At most, she tasted the surrounding houses, right? If the buildings on Cake Island weren't made of candy, I, like Big Mom, wouldn't pay any attention to the houses."

"what do you mean?"

"Big Mom's current symptoms are a bit like a child opening his mouth for food. He will just stand there and make a lot of noise for food. This is probably a sign of her memory restarting."

"I hope so. We can only confirm everything after mom recovers her memory."

"You and your brother better keep your mouth shut. If you tell Big Mom about this, even if she exorcises the nun's soul, you will still get beaten."

"Hmph, thank you for your concern. Now stop standing here and watching the fun. I'll let you know when mom regains consciousness. In the meantime, just stay on the island and don't cause any trouble."

Katakuri thought, Hum! When mom finds out, she will hand you over. She is dissatisfied with the marriage with us, which led to the irrational assassination of the Water Angel. What a perfect scapegoat.

"Okay, then I'll continue to visit Cake Island. You have so many delicious foods here."

Leo turned and left. When he had his back completely to Katakuri, Leo's mouth moved, and the way his lips opened and closed seemed as if he was saying goodbye, brother.

Next, Leo wandered around Cake Island aimlessly, during which time he met Gloria by chance, and then he ran into Gloria and Victoria by chance. Finally, all the members of the Mobile Life Team returned to Leo's house at the same time.

Everyone walked into the house, talking and laughing, not caring at all that the surveillance had surrounded the house.

They were a group of strong men who looked the same, with beards and wearing biscuit armor. After seeing Leo and his group enter the house, they completely surrounded the place. Through the window, one could see what the people in the house were talking about and laughing from time to time.

Suddenly, the petite girl in the team pulled the curtains. Cracker, who was in charge of watching, suddenly became nervous. After waiting for a few minutes and seeing that the other party did not move, he was about to rush in. However, before he could move, the curtains were pulled open again.

It turned out that the three girls were changing clothes. Looking at them showing their clothes to the men, Cracker curled his lips to express his contempt.

Next, the other party pulled up the curtains and opened them several times. Each time, the girls changed into different clothes. Finally, perhaps because they were tired, everyone just sat in the living room and stopped moving.

On the other side of Cake Island, Leo and his friends suddenly appeared in the cabin of the Poseidon.

"Alright guys, get ready to sail!"

Oh! x7

Time went back to an hour ago. After everyone entered the room, Gloria pouted and said unhappily, "The Sea Emperor is too unruly. That wretched uncle has been watching me all day."

Victoria covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Were you followed by the creepy uncle as well? Me too. Sister Xiaocao told me that his eyes were full of malice."

Gloria also rushed to say: "Me too, could it be that the triplets are responsible for monitoring us?"

Then everyone said that the person following them was a bearded, sleazy, muscular man, but Leo smiled and explained, "They are actually the same person, Charlotte Cracker, the tenth son of the Charlotte family, and the user of the Biscuit Fruit. He has the ability to form an army by himself, like the biscuit soldiers he can summon hundreds of at the same time."

"If it's that powerful, then there will be endless cookies."

Ha! Gloria's focus is indeed different from that of normal people.

"Okay, I'm going to set up the teleportation array. Everyone, get ready according to the plan."

What happened next was the clothes-changing scene that Cracker saw. It was repeated several times to lower his vigilance. While he was still despising Leo for his obsession with women, Leo and his crew had already returned to the ship. Before leaving, Leo summoned marine mimicry soldiers to create the illusion that everyone was still in the house.

This ability is the power Leo gained by absorbing part of the Soul-Soul Fruit. Although he cannot collect and divide souls like Big Mom, he can make the creatures simulated by himself with sea water seem to have life.

However, Leo is not familiar with this ability, so the marine mimicry soldiers have basically no intelligence and are just like vegetables.

Leo stood at the bow and said goodbye to the Charlotte family with his eyes. Suddenly, he found that Uncle John from the bakery whom he met in the morning was standing alone on the shore, looking at the sea with a troubled expression.

"Hey, Uncle John, we meet again."

The sudden shout startled John. He looked around and only looked in the direction where the sound came from when he found no one was chasing him.

It turned out to be the young man who had been shopping in the morning: "Are you leaving, customers? Have you got your mother's permission?"

"Hahaha, it's not your turn to decide where I should go. Uncle John, do you want me to give you a ride? Don't you want to go back to your hometown?"

John looked at Leo steadily, wanting to say something but stopping himself. His lips trembled for a long time but he couldn't utter a word. In the end, he just sighed: "My lord, I wish you all the best. I... I live well here."

"Don't pretend. I know you were captured. Apart from the members of the Charlotte family, who else on Cake Island was not forced to come here? If you want freedom, come with me."

Hearing this, Uncle John burst into tears: "My Lord, I am sorry for lying to you. Actually, I ran away before, but when I returned to my hometown, I found that the heavy taxes and the pressure of heavenly gold were too much for me to bear, so I returned to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand. At least here I can survive, so I can't go with you."

Leo waved goodbye indifferently after hearing that.

After seeing the Poseidon disappear into the horizon, Uncle John wiped away his tears and ran towards the town shouting.

"Oh no! Someone has illegally left the island."