Although he wouldn’t give up on the idea of gaining the Giant troops, he wouldn’t wreck Big Mom’s happy occasion either. If they became enemies in the future, it would be more interesting if she were stronger.
War demonstrates a person’s value, and the stronger the enemy, the more it highlights the strength of one’s own people.
Arceus didn’t tell Kaido that Charlotte Linlin’s marriage alliance would never work out. Although the world was changing, and there might be some unexpected twists, regardless of whether it worked out or not, it wouldn’t have much impact on them.
“Moreover, that old hag seems to want Yamato to marry her son. As if those trash are worthy of her. It’s a good chance to let her know what she can never have, Worororo!”
His relationship with Charlotte Linlin was quite strange. Sending someone to participate in the engagement ceremony was meant to be as a blessing, but Kaido wanted to annoy Charlotte Linlin and at the same time let Yamato get in touch with her future business partners.
As for Charlotte Linlin’s children…
Other than Katakuri, none of them really impressed him. Back when they were on Rocks’ ship, Katakuri already stood out a bit.
That’s one unique thing about the Big Mom Pirates. If you looked for the pirate crew with the most remnants of the Rocks crew, it would definitely be Big Mom Pirates.
Aside from Charlotte Linlin herself, many of her children were born during that time. Katakuri was one of them, and when Kaido joined Rocks’ ship, Katakuri was already four years old.
His strength was partly shaped by the environment in which he grew up. After all, merely relying on Charlotte Linlin’s protection wasn’t enough in a place like that.
Besides him, the people of Big Mom Pirates were either lacking in strength or had strange appearances. Katakuri was old enough to be Yamato’s father, so naturally, Charlotte Linlin’s marriage plan fell apart.
“The day is almost here. Have them get ready to set out. As for the gift… just bring some honey and cream.”
In a way, participating in events hosted by Charlotte Linlin was simple; as long as you brought high-quality dessert ingredients, things usually worked out. And the Beasts Pirates had plenty of those.
Whether it was Combee’s honey or Alcremie’s cream, these were cost-free resources for the Beasts Pirates.
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“An engagement ceremony?”
“Yes, Lord Arceus wants us to go.”
Setsuna, who was thinking of new reasons to avoid Hitsugisukan, saw the invitation letter brought by Zeraora. Theoretically, she and Charlotte Linlin had been brief rivals in love.
But she had never worried about losing. From the Minks perspective, humans—these hairless versions of Minks—were not ideal partners. Plus, with Charlotte Linlin’s bizarre personality, their few brief interactions had actually gone surprisingly well.
Especially in recent years, Charlotte Linlin’s figure had started to change. It was hard to recognize her as the same person from decades ago. She’d gone from a snake-like waist to a barrel waist, a transformation only her ex-husbands can truly understand.
Especially her later husbands, who experienced something entirely different from what the earlier ones did.
In some ways, Charlotte Linlin was even more unpredictable than Kaido. While Kaido was generally emotionally stable when sober, Charlotte Linlin was different. Far too many things could trigger her rage.
However, during tea parties, she was generally quite friendly. Setsuna hadn’t yet seen her lose control.
“Wait a moment. I need to pack a few things. It’ll take several days to go back and forth.”
She took out a small white suitcase from the warehouse, an item personally made by Arceus and given exclusively to senior officers.
Just like the Island Cloud bag that Yamato carried, this was a special spatial item created by Arceus using Secret Power.
Although the land beneath the Sky Island possesses the same properties, it is impossible for ordinary Pokémon to process it into a spatial item with an internal space far exceeding its external appearance using Secret Power.
Much like the Undetectable Extension Charm used by wizards at Hogwarts to expand the space of tents and suitcases, this power was exclusive to Arceus.
Because of its rarity, this item wasn’t widely distributed, and only senior officers and a few lucky guys at the annual meeting can obtain them for use.
Yamato initially received an internal experimental version, and as Yamato provided feedback on its use, this convenient item was distributed to more people. In theory, such a scientifically impossible item should have attracted more attention than biotechnology.
After all, pulling out a nearly two-meter-long kanabo from an ordinary bag looks absurd no matter how you view it. But with all the strange and bizarre abilities around, no one had ever paid attention to this fact.
The engagement ceremony would last no more than a day, and while they had fast ways to travel, Zeraora wasn’t going to fly at full speed unless it was an urgent matter.
Just as Setsuna opened the suitcase and turned it around, she found something strange inside.
“You two, get out of there!”
She saw Meowna and Wolff, who were trying to hide inside the suitcase. Due to the unique nature of the Island Cloud, when processed into a suitcase using Secret Power, it retained a bit of breathability. So, Meowna and Wolff were trying to hide inside and tag along to the engagement ceremony.
“No! We want to go too. An engagement sounds so interesting!”
“Yeah! You didn’t take us when you and Dad got engaged, so we want to go this time.”
“If there hadn’t been an engagement, there wouldn’t be the two of you… Where did you learn these crazy ideas… Get out of there, right now! I didn’t say you couldn’t come!”
For some reason, she felt she’d become more irritable since becoming a mom, and at the same time, she began to understand why Rin used to get so angry when she was a kid.
Since it was just a ceremony, she figured there was no harm in bringing the kids. In fact, she considered it more of a family-bonding activity and had already planned to bring the family along.
After pulling the two kids out of the suitcase, Setsuna sent them off to notify the rest of the family. However, on the way, Meowna and Wolff started talking about something else.
“Looks like the book was right, the ‘home-wrecking effect’ really works.”
“Yeah, now Mom’s agreed to take us. But it’s not home-wrecking, it’s house-wrecking.” [TN: When you make a request to someone, you can first make a larger and more difficult request to the other party, and then make a smaller and easier request to him. In this way, the other party will agree to your second request because of the guilt caused by rejecting the first request.]
Meowna corrected Wolff’s word choice, but he didn’t care.
“It’s the same thing. I really want to see what that guy… oh, what was his name? Lu Xun, right? I heard he said some very interesting things.”
They didn’t know that Setsuna had already planned to bring them along and thought their scheme had worked.
As for the name “Lu Xun,” when Misu was writing the doctrine, she collected some of Arceus’ quotes through Shayna. Some of these sayings seemed deeply philosophical to her.
But Arceus said that those words were not his and he couldn’t recall who did, so he casually mentioned the name “Lu Xun,” which ultimately led to the current situation. [TN: Lu Xun is one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers.]
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