Chapter 369: The Emperor's Vice-President's Ability, Tailing! (Two-in-One)
It was already dusk when Tsugikoku Yoriichi arrived at Cake Island on Cracker's pirate ship. Cracker and Custard, the siblings, had probably come here to have dinner with Big Mom.
A pirate group like the Big Mom Pirates, which is bound together by blood ties, often displays behavioral patterns in the details of their daily lives that are somewhat incompatible with the identity of "pirates."
There are many ships docked on the coast of Cake Island. When Ji Guoyuanyi looked around, he saw that the styles of these ships were varied. Although the sails of all the ships had been furled, Ji Guoyuanyi could still see that the logos on these sails were different.
Big Mom's married children all build pirate ships according to their own preferences, and all the ships are not "standardized" like those in the navy.
Furthermore, Big Mom doesn't seem to have standardized the ship design to strengthen the management of the pirate group. This small difference in detail is actually the difference between pirates and the army.
"Just stay on the boat."
"I'll be back later."
"Don't run around. This isn't Cookie Island. Running around will get you killed!"
Before going ashore, Cracker walked up to Jiguo Yuanyi and gave him instructions in a serious voice.
Kerikara knew very well that Jigoku Yoshiichi didn't trust him, but it was also because of this that Kerikara needed to "instruct" Jigoku Yoshiichi before leaving.
He is loyal to BIG MOM, and it is precisely because of Cracker's loyalty to MAMA that he will try his best to avoid direct conflict between Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the BIG MOM Pirates.
In Cracker's opinion, that useless stone tablet was no match for the threat posed by the man in front of him.
"Well, don't worry."
In front of Custard, Ji Guoyuan even used honorifics to address Cracker. Seeing that Ji Guoyuan agreed readily, Cracker nodded slightly, then called his sister and went up the wooden ladder to the shore.
"Brother, that..."
"Doesn't he have something to report to MAMA? Isn't he going to the island with us?"
At Cracker's pull, Castard reluctantly moved his gaze away from Tsugikuni Yoriichi. After getting ashore, Castard turned his head to look at the ship docked on the shore, and then asked Cracker beside him.
"Um?!"
"oh--"
"I've already told him. I'll pass it on to MAMA first. If MAMA is interested in meeting him, then invite him to the island."
Cracker didn't expect that Custard still remembered what he had said to Custard before. When he heard his sister's question, he also answered with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
In the BIG MOM Pirates, Casta de Castro doesn't actually take over too many things, and her thoughts are not as deep as those of her other brothers.
"Yeah?"
Custard did not doubt his brother's words, but felt it was a pity in his heart.
Led by Cracker, the brother and sister quickly disappeared from Tsugukuni Yoshiichi's sight. After they disappeared, Tsugukuni Yoshiichi said hello to the crew on board and then turned and walked towards the cabin.
But when no one noticed, Ji Guoyuan, who had just walked to the cabin entrance, suddenly turned into a shadow and disappeared at the cabin entrance.
The speed of Yuichiro Tsugakuni's movement is beyond the limit of what the ordinary people's naked eyes can capture. Coupled with his ability of "state of no self", ordinary people have no way of seeing Yuichiro Tsugakuni's whereabouts.
Cake Island looks like a cake stacked on top of each other, and the tall trees growing on the island are like candles stuck on the cake. Although it looks like a cake, the island is not actually made of cake. Instead, it is home to a group of pastry chefs who are the best at making cakes in the world.
In order to cater to BIG MOM's taste, the pastry chefs on this island work tirelessly all year round, coming up with new ways to make delicious cakes for BIG MOM every day.
After getting off the boat, Jiguo Yuanyi flashed into a tree and used the dense branches and leaves to hide his figure.
It is true that he can hide his breath, and he can indeed avoid the sight of ordinary people when moving at high speed, but he is not invisible after all, and he will still be exposed when he is still.
"Sha"
Gently parting the dense branches, Tsugukuni Yoriichi looked toward the Crackers on the main road in the distance. In the center of Cake Island sat a circular building shaped like a birthday cake.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi's observation Haki can easily cover the entire island. He knows that the cake-shaped building in the distance is BIG MOM's residence. He can sense several powerful auras from it.
The cake building is located on the top of a hill. At the bottom of the cake tower, there is a big gate. The gate alone is more than ten meters high.
Ji Guoyuan looked at it from a distance, roughly estimated the area of the cake tower in his mind, and his heart sank slightly.
The cake tower is really huge.
It is not an easy task for Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who has no information at hand, to accurately find the storage location of the historical text in such a large building.
"This is going to be troublesome. Should we arrest someone and ask them directly?"
"Or, keep a close eye on Cracker?"
"If he really does what he agreed to do then it's fine, but what if he breaks the contract?"
He was watching the backs of the Cracker brother and sister from the tree. After they walked a hundred meters along the main road, Ji Guoyuan flashed and changed his hiding position.
As he followed the Crackers closer to the cake tower, Tsugukuni Yoriichi's mind raced with thought. He didn't have Brook's ability to pass through walls, so searching in such a large cake tower without alerting anyone else was difficult.
At present, it seems that he can only temporarily pin his hopes on Cracker.
If the plan doesn't go well, there's no other way but to rob.
More than ten minutes later, the Cracker brother and sister arrived at the entrance of the cake tower.
Somewhat different from the cool scene at the dock, in front of the cake tower, there is a lot of busy people coming and going. From time to time, transport teams from ports in other directions arrive at the cake tower and deliver truckloads of supplies into the tower.
"Lord Cracker!"
"Lord Custard!"
The arrival of the Cracker siblings quickly attracted the attention of some people, who greeted them one after another.
"Um!"
Facing his subordinates who greeted him, Cracker just said "hmm" indifferently, and then he and his sister crossed the portal and entered the tower.
In the center of the circular building of the cake tower is an open-air lawn. It is not completely dark yet, and the night and dusk have not yet completely replaced each other on the distant skyline. With the light of dusk, a bonfire has been lit on the lawn, and a group of people are drinking and chatting around the bonfire, creating a lively and harmonious scene.
This is the pirates having a party.
When the Cracker siblings walked through the corridor and came onto the lawn, someone in the crowd turned around and saw the Cracker siblings. They immediately ran over happily and pulled Cracker back to join the party.
In front of the giant bonfire, Charlotte Lingling, holding a wine glass, twisted her waist and sang at the top of her lungs. As Charlotte Lingling danced, a living thundercloud and a living flame sang happily alongside her.
Lingling will be able to eat the delicious cake that she has carefully prepared tomorrow, so she is naturally very happy and excited tonight.
The pirate has achieved what she has, and there are actually very few things worth pursuing. The desire for food is the easiest to obtain and the thing that can satisfy her the most.
"Look, who's here?"
Charlotte Linling noticed the Cracker siblings walking into the banquet hall, and a bright smile immediately appeared on her face. She twisted her body and came to Cracker's side, put a big hand gently on Cracker's shoulder, lowered her head, and asked with a smile.
"Sorry, MAMA, something delayed me."
I don't know which brother secretly stuffed a wooden barrel cup filled with wine into Cracker's hand. At this time, Cracker was standing next to BIGMOM. After saying something apologetically, he directly grabbed the cup and drank the wine in his hand.
"mama~mama~"
Seeing Cracker drink the wine generously, Charlotte Lingling immediately laughed happily, then gently patted Cracker's shoulder and continued:
"No matter what happens, it's not as important as having a party with my family!"
After saying that, BIG MOM didn't say anything else. She turned around and returned to her seat, grabbed the microphone, and started singing to herself.
Seeing MAMA leave, Cracker breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then sat down around the campfire with a glass of wine in his hand.
"You're actually late? That's really unlike you!"
"What delayed you? Do you need my help?"
Not long after Cracker sat down, a tall man walked up to him and sat down on the chair next to him.
The man is named Charlotte Katakuri, the second son of BIGMOM. Whether in terms of strength or status in BIG MOM's mind, he is the highest among his many brothers.
There are many ways and methods for the BIG MOM Pirates to expand their strength, but the most core method, in addition to BIG MOM giving birth to her own children, is to strengthen her own strength through "marriage".
In Charlotte Linlin's eyes, there are huge differences between her children. She will keep talented and capable children by her side and let them become "ministers" of certain islands among the Ten Thousand Nations, or help her manage a huge pirate group.
Children who lack strength and talent will become tools for marriage, to help her "bind down" those forces valued by BIG MOM.
For example, Captain Gotti of the Flame Pirates, Capone Bege, one of the supernovas of the Worst Era, and even Sanji of the Vinsmoke family, all became BIG MOM's son-in-law at one point.
In the BIG MOM Pirates, children who can freely decide their own marriage like Katakuri are ultimately a minority among the minority.
This is also a representation of one's own strong strength.
"It's nothing serious, I've already taken care of it."
Cracker glanced at Katakuri, shook his head slightly, and answered casually.
"Yeah?"
Hearing Cracker's answer, Katakuri nodded slightly and drank his wine without saying much.
But will he believe what Cracker says?
No, although Cracker hid it well, Katakuri saw the uneasiness in his brother's eyes. Katakuri's observation Haki is somewhat different from others.
His observation Haki has the same ability as Ichisho's, that is, Katakuri's observation Haki, which can sense other people's emotions.
To some extent, Katakuri's Observation Haki is actually stronger than his MAMA.
Since Cracker didn't say anything, Katakuri didn't ask any more questions, but Katakuri was secretly worried about it.
There was actually a hint of uneasiness in Cracker's eyes?
Except for when Cracker did something wrong as a child and faced MAMA, he had never shown such emotions in front of others.
When the Big Mom Pirates were having a family dinner, Tsugakuin Yoichi had no intention of wandering around in the cake tower. While they were having the dinner, Tsugakuin Yoichi hid above the beams in the corridor, slightly closing his eyes, waiting quietly.
There was no unusual movement among the members of the Big Mom Pirates, and Yoshiichi Tsugakuni also noticed that Cracker did not communicate with many people during the meal. It seemed that the other party was intending to keep his promise, and this discovery also made Yoshiichi Tsugakuni feel a little relieved.
This way, he can save himself a lot of trouble.
This "family dinner" of the Big Mom Pirates lasted for nearly two hours, with no sign of ending.
As night fell and the moon hung high in the sky, the lively atmosphere of the banquet only cooled a little.
After drinking crackers with his brothers and sisters for a long time, he finally found an excuse, stood up staggeringly, said a few words to the people around him, and then walked towards the corridor drunkenly.
Yuichiro Tsugumi, who was hiding on the beam, noticed Cracker's movements and slowly opened his eyes.
"Are we finally going to take action?"
Jiguo Yuanyi thought to himself, his eyes bright. He could sense that Cracker had left the lawn, passed on the corridor below Jiguo Yuanyi himself, and then walked towards the stairs below the cake.
The cake tower that fell on the hillside not only has buildings on land, but also has an underground layer underneath the cake tower.
The treasure house containing the stone tablet is actually right below.
After Cracker left, Ji Guoyuan wanted to come down from the beam and continue to track Cracker, but just as he had this thought in his mind, his observation Haki sensed another powerful aura coming towards him.
"Who?"
Jiguo Yuanyi carefully sensed it and found that Katakuri actually followed Cracker after he left the table.
Judging from Katakuri's expression, he must have noticed something and is tracking Cracker.
“.”
"Can I only say that she's worthy of being the second-in-command of the Big Mom Pirates?"
"Did you notice?"
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi sighed inwardly. Although he wanted to warn Cracker, he couldn't. If he used the Den Den Mushi, his own whereabouts would also be discovered.
And let Cracker be discovered. He only needs to know the treasure house where BIG MOM stores historical texts, and the purpose of this trip will be achieved.
By then, it won’t matter even if your whereabouts are exposed.
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni was confident that he could lead his subordinates to escape from Bankoku safely.
Cracker staggered all the way to the treasure house on the lower level. He pretended to be drunk. Along the way, Cracker was also a little alert and would look back from time to time.
But with his ability, it was obviously impossible for him to detect Katakuri.
Katakuri followed Cracker, and also tried to figure out where Cracker was going, but he didn't show up either. He just hid his figure and followed silently.
At the same time, Katakuri did not notice that behind him, there was a figure moving between the beams, following the two brothers.
Cracker circled around in the cake tower for more than ten minutes before reaching his destination.
In front of a door, Cracker stopped briefly, and suddenly a human face appeared on the door. After seeing Cracker's face clearly, the face on the door slowly disappeared, and the door opened.
Big Mom's treasure house doesn't need anyone to guard it.
In other words, those guarding the treasure house are not humans in the ordinary sense.
Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit can give life to dead things and possesses terrifying abilities like a creator!
(End of this chapter)
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