Mother Caramel?

As almost all members of the Charlotte Family began to despair, a voice seemingly from the underworld echoed across Whole Cake Island.

"I grant you life, you obey my will... Your names are Cronos and Poseidon!"

Accompanied by the terrifying voice, Whole Cake Island and the surrounding seas began to tremble incessantly, as if some terrifying entity was about to awaken.

"Something's definitely wrong."

Watching the obviously unusual scene, Nicholas's gaze was fixed on a certain spot on Whole Cake Island, where Charlotte Linlin had been knocked down before.

But at this moment, that place seemed to be in chaos, and even with Nicholas's terrifying Observation Haki, he couldn't see the specific situation inside.

Suddenly, Nicholas's eyes flashed coldly, and then he raised his long sword high. Since he couldn't see what was happening inside, he would attack.

"Come out!"

Boom!

A surge of energy almost distorted the void surged towards the location where Charlotte Linlin was. The immense force even caused the ground around to crack open, spreading like a spider web.

At the same time as Nicholas's attack, a piercing scream suddenly came from underground.

"Mom... Mother?"

The Minister of Ice Cream, Charlotte Moscato, and the Minister of Finance, Charlotte Noisette, were both shocked. They had heard with their own ears that Charlotte Linlin had died, so what was happening now?

Resurrection?

The two, along with many other Charlotte Family members around, almost simultaneously turned their gaze to Charlotte Katakuri, Compote, and Smoothie, the strongest children of the Charlotte Family, trembling as they spoke:

"Hey, what's going on?"

"Didn't they say Mom was taken out?"

And as soon as the words fell, a sinister atmosphere enveloped them. Seeing this almost half of Whole Cake Island's sky filled with this sinister aura, Charlotte Amande couldn't help but shiver and instinctively shrink her neck.

After all, for the Snakeneck Tribe, their intuition for danger was very accurate.

"Hehehehe..."

Accompanied by the eerie laughter, Charlotte Linlin's figure, like a witch, was lifted by Prometheus and floated up from underground. During this process, the surroundings of Whole Cake Island were undergoing tremendous changes. A mountain, or rather a giant formed from rocks, was constantly expanding, and at this moment, Charlotte Linlin was standing on top of the giant's head, riding Prometheus.

And in the distant sea, a wave thousands of meters high and still growing rapidly was also taking shape. The face in the center of the wave, as if gradually awakening from sleep, was evident that this was a Homie created by Charlotte Linlin.

"Hehehehe..."

Along with the eerie laughter, the voice of "Charlotte Linlin" resounded throughout Whole Cake Island:

"What a terrifying monster you are, actually injuring Linlin like this. I didn't expect that besides Linlin, so many monsters have emerged on the sea. It seems I've missed a lot of things."

Nicholas looked towards Charlotte Linlin, who was now a bit emaciated due to burning parts of herself. At this moment, her body appeared somewhat thin, and even her face was wrinkled.

Combined with the witch-like face and circle pattern eyes, she appeared even more eerie and sinister.

Even Nicholas couldn't help but feel a bit unfamiliar with the person in front of him. However, considering the time he had spent with Charlotte Linlin and her unusual behavior now, it seemed that there was only one possibility left...

"Mom... Mother?"

Just at this moment, a shout came from beside him, and Nicholas looked over, only to see Perospero crouching on Charlotte Linlin's shoulder, tentatively asking:

"Oh, it's you, Perospero, you little guy."

"Mother?"

Perospero, who was on Charlotte Linlin's shoulder, froze at once, and then, as if seeing a ghost, said with disbelief all over his face.

Indeed.

Nicholas's gaze flickered slightly, and he turned his gaze back to Charlotte Linlin.

If he might have felt wrong before, then as the eldest son of the Charlotte Family, the legitimate son of Big Mom, and having been with Charlotte Linlin for nearly thirty years, how could Perospero possibly be mistaken?

It seemed that he was right. The "Charlotte Linlin" in front of him right now was none other than Mother Carmel, the former wielder of the Soru Soru no Mi, who had mysteriously disappeared one day after adopting Charlotte Linlin.

It seemed that for many years, Mother Carmel had been hiding inside Big Mom's body using some means, but now...

Just as Nicholas's thoughts were racing, Mother Carmel was also carefully examining her own body, raising an eyebrow:

"What an enviable body and talent, but it's unforgivable to be injured like this."

Hearing Mother Carmel's words, Perospero, who was on her shoulder, felt like burying his head in the sand like an ostrich.

Apparently, he also knew very well that this sudden appearance of the nun was not the kind and gentle person Charlotte Linlin had described, and this thing didn't seem like a good person at all.

"Perospero, do you know me?"

Mother Carmel looked at Perospero in front of her, and suddenly smiled kindly:

"Oh, Perospero, you're such a filial child. You've been remembering me all this time."1