Regarding this, all she could say was that it was a matter of experience. Even though her childhood had become drastically different due to Arceus’s presence, her longing for the outside world still remained. She had tried more than once to sneak out and explore.
Although Arceus often took her out to experience the outside world, it was completely different from going out on her own. Repeated failures had shown her that it was simply impossible.
She was not the leader of the Beasts Pirates. While she could do many things without orders from above, when it came to orders given by Kaido or Arceus, all the Beasts Pirates members knew exactly what to do.
When she was a child, and even in her teenage years, she was never able to quietly leave Onigashima without being noticed.
The ships were closely monitored, the ports were under watch, and both Mogura Port and the waterfall were guarded by both people and Pokémon. If she appeared at any point of entry or exit to Wano Country, she would be discovered in no time by them, not to mention the officers.
While this had a lot to do with the terrain of Wano Country, it was essentially the same situation here. Whole Cake Island, as the headquarters of the Big Mom Pirates, was filled with various Homies and crew members.
Even if they didn’t have the right to stop Lola, Charlotte Linlin would definitely know everything that happened.
Moreover, in terms of strength, Lola couldn’t be compared to her.
There were many strong individuals within the Beasts Pirates, with the top two positions indisputably belonging to Arceus and Kaido. However, the third strongest had always been a mystery, as many people’s strength within the Beasts Pirates fluctuated. Yamato was the most extreme example of this.
In her normal state, she could fight evenly with the current, strengthened versions of the 3 Calamities, but these battles didn’t hold much reference value because they were just practicing and didn’t use their everything.
However, when Yamato unleashed her full strength, she could fight Kaido for a whole day. Under the right circumstances, she could even kill Golden Lion, who recovered to his peak, in a short amount of time.
Even among the Beasts Pirates, no one could say for sure who was the third strongest, but in a fight to the death, it would definitely be Yamato.
When she was a teenager, Yamato wasn’t as strong as she is now. But through observing Chiffon, she could roughly gauge Lola’s strength.
The assessment of strength within the Big Mom Pirates is quite unique. Unlike the Beasts Pirates, which have a more detailed system, where they can roughly infer a person’s position based solely on their Number. In their crew, the strongest officers were the Four Sweet Commanders under Charlotte Linlin.
Next in rank were their siblings, followed by the other children, son-in-laws, and daughter-in-laws.
Charlotte Linlin’s number of children born at once is often unknown, but if one child from a set of siblings was outstanding, the others wouldn’t be far behind, as seen with Katakuri and Smoothie.
If Chiffon wasn’t much different from ordinary people, then Lola wouldn’t stray too far from this pattern. If someone like her could slip out of Whole Cake Island unnoticed, the Big Mom Pirates wouldn’t deserve to become one of the Emperor of the Sea.
The Giants slowly disappeared from everyone’s sight, and the place fell completely silent. Charlotte Linlin had been greatly humiliated this time. Originally, she intended to show off in front of the other factions, but things turned out like this.
When this story spreads, she would undoubtedly become a laughtistock, but for now, no one dared to laugh. Regardless of which Emperor of the Sea it was, they maintained their dominance over the sea not through benevolence, but through terror.
Offending Charlotte Linlin at this moment, it won’t be enough no matter how many lives you have.
“It looks like the ceremony is going to end early.”
“Yeah, I thought there would be a few more days of the banquet.”
Zeraora and Setsuna were whispering quietly to each other. The members of the Beasts Pirates were among the few who weren’t afraid of Charlotte Linlin. Meanwhile, Charlotte Flampe and the other younger children had no idea what was happening.
But as the eldest son, Perospero was already trembling.
Slap!
The calm was suddenly broken by the sound of a slap. Charlotte Linlin’s hand struck Chiffon directly across the face, sending her flying in front of all the guests.
“Mama! Please don’t do this! It’s my fault. I’ll go and bring Lola back right away…”
Chiffon didn’t make a sound from the pain. Under the force of Charlotte Linlin’s powerful slap, she had been knocked unconscious. The onlookers couldn’t understand Charlotte Linlin’s hatred. Wanting to build Totto Land, Charlotte Linlin valued the Giants more than outsiders could comprehend.
The opportunity to mend relations with the Giants was right before her, but it was ruined by her own daughter. This only deepened the already fractured relationship, and Charlotte Linlin knew that after this incident, it would be impossible to repair this relationship.
That’s why seeing the face that looked exactly like Lola only fueled her uncontrollable rage.
At this moment, only Katakuri dared to step forward and try to dissuade Charlotte Linlin. She has too many children. To get her love, one must either be a child under 10 years old which can trigger a special “buff,” or a son as valuable as Katakuri.
Right now, Charlotte Linlin was simply enraged, and not experiencing an eating disorder episode. Anger and madness are two different things, so Katakuri wanted to stop her to protect his younger sister.
“There’s no need.”
“Mama…”
“She isn’t my daughter anymore. From this moment on, neither the family nor the crew will have a place for her.
Find her, and kill her! Take Chiffon away. I don’t want to see her.”
“Yes…”
Seeing the brutality in Charlotte Linlin’s eyes, Katakuri understood that saying anything further would be useless. He gestured for his younger brother to take Chiffon away, while hoping that Lola had gotten far away.
【Please don’t come back, Lola…】
Every pirate crew had its own set of ironclad rules, and in the Big Mom Pirates, anything that went against Charlotte Linlin’s will was absolutely forbidden. Her desire to control her children was much stronger than Kaido’s.
Both in the original story and now, Kaido showed some tolerance for Yamato’s rebellious nature. But Charlotte Linlin was different. If someone defied her, even if they were her own child, they would be killed.
In this regard, Lola completely failed to comprehend the kind of person her mother truly was. She ran away not because the arranged marriage was to a Giant prince, but because she yearned for freedom.
Lola is an optimist, somewhat naive, and she doesn’t fully grasp the situation. She desires the freedom to pursue her own happiness and doesn’t want her marriage or life to be controlled by her mother. Therefore, she would have done this regardless of who her marriage was to.
She even naively believed that Charlotte Linlin would only be angry for a while, not knowing that her mother wants to kill her.
Fleeing an arranged marriage, this became a major event in the Charlotte family. Even Katakuri didn’t dare openly defy his mother, but he could secretly sabotage things, like deliberately dragging his feet during the pursuit of Lola and slacking off when leading the search.
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