Attack on Cake Island

Thinking of this, Yota, unable to hold back any longer, casually gave Charlotte Pudding a knuckle rap. "Enough nonsense. Starting tomorrow, you’ll train with me!"

Right, only hard-fought battles could temper the strong—except for cheaters, Yota muttered inwardly. Besides, hadn’t Kaido taken one of my extra lives before? Though I made up for it afterward, that still counted as a battle between life and death.

As for feeling ashamed because he had cheats? Please. Yota only felt that his cheats were not powerful enough. He wished he’d been born with a Kryptonian physique, capable of pushing planets just by basking in the sun!

Of course, there was no need to tell Charlotte Pudding that kind of toxic motivational nonsense.

Although Charlotte Pudding looked thoroughly unwilling when she heard that she would be sparring with Yota, she never slacked off once the battles truly began. Nearly every fight left her seriously injured, and several times ordinary medical treatment could not even save her, forcing Yota to use the Munch-Munch Fruit to heal her.

At the same time, having never undergone battles at such extremes meant that Charlotte Pudding’s potential had never been unearthed. Thus, under this nearly inhumane special training, her strength improved at an astonishing rate.

Especially whenever Yota used the Munch-Munch Fruit to treat her after she was badly hurt, he secretly altered her physical structure toward that of her mother, Charlotte Linlin. Before long, Charlotte Pudding noticed the changes in her body.

Charlotte Pudding had always assumed that her potential and bloodline were being awakened. Instead, she became even more enthusiastic about the special training.

"Captain Yota, can I really do it?"

Charlotte Pudding wore an uneasy expression as she asked.

"Don’t worry. With your current strength, Charlotte Linlin is definitely no match for you." Yota rolled his eyes as he said it for what felt like the hundredth time.

In truth, although Charlotte Pudding had fused with two new Bat Fruits and undergone Yota’s modifications and deathly training, her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. Compared to a true one of the Four Emperors, she was only slightly stronger at most.

However, Yota had long since taken Charlotte Linlin’s Soul-Soul Fruit. Her strength was now slightly weaker than before. With one side rising and the other declining, a clear gap had already opened between them.

Besides, Yota did not believe that Charlotte Linlin could retain her former spirit after enduring his beating. Even Kaido’s Haki had declined somewhat after being defeated by him, let alone Charlotte Linlin, whose will and ambition were far inferior to Kaido’s.

"All right, we’re almost there."

The seawater had long since turned into multicolored juice, and in the distance, an island that looked like something from a fairy tale—a cake—had faintly come into view.

Seeing the hometown where she had been born, Charlotte Pudding instead calmed down. She took a deep breath, then suddenly said to Yota, "Captain, I want to go up there and try on my own first. Can you stay out of sight for now?"

Yota looked at the three-eyed girl in surprise. Honestly, although Charlotte Pudding always appeared lazy and timid on the surface, as though she truly suffered from princess syndrome, whenever it came to a critical moment, her choices had never disappointed anyone.

If Yota showed himself, Charlotte Linlin would definitely not dare to fight Charlotte Pudding with all her strength. But even if Pudding won, the Charlotte Pirates would certainly submit in appearance but not in heart. They might even act obedient in public while defying her in private.

But if she could truly suppress the entire Charlotte Pirates and Charlotte Linlin by herself, then she would be able to take complete control of the Charlotte Pirates!

"Sure." Yota nodded directly. "Let me see what you can do."

The moment he finished speaking, Yota switched Devil Fruits, and his entire body slowly vanished into the air. It was his Clear-Clear Fruit.

Charlotte Pudding smiled faintly and looked up at the sky. Her body instantly transformed into a vampire form, strange dark clouds blanketed the heavens, and then, with a light push from her toes, she transformed into countless bats and flew toward Cake Island.

At that moment, the Charlotte Family was holding a gathering on Cake Island. It was one of the rare occasions when the Charlotte Family members gathered together. In the center of everyone, Charlotte Katakuri suddenly raised his head, and his expression changed.

A strange mass of dark clouds rapidly covered the entire Cake Island. What had been a clear day now felt as though night had fallen.

"Who is it?!" Katakuri was the first to react. The Earth Dragon Trident instantly slid out from his arm, and he stared warily into the sky.

His almost uncanny future-seeing Observation Haki showed Katakuri an unbelievable sight. Thus, although he had already seen who was causing trouble, he still asked in disbelief.

"Hehehehe, Brother Katakuri, have you already forgotten me after such a short time?"

The countless bats in the sky merged into one, and a young girl with blood-red wings spread behind her back appeared before everyone, radiating an eerie charm.

"Pudding, is that really you?"

Katakuri’s expression changed completely. He truly had not expected that, after only a few short months, the once delicate Charlotte Pudding would now exert even greater pressure on him than his own mother!

"That’s right, it’s me, Brother Katakuri!" Charlotte Pudding slowly descended from the sky. The other Sweet Four Generals seemed to want to surround her, but sensing an aura completely unlike her former self, they hesitated.

"I came here today." As Charlotte Pudding spoke, strange light shone from her three eyes. Several Sweet Four Generals surrounding her immediately screamed. Their souls and memories were attacked first, and then they rapidly aged.

"To become the new leader of the Charlotte Family!"

Katakuri sucked in a breath of cold air. Looking at his aged brothers and sisters, before he could react, Charlotte Pudding’s wings suddenly swept forward, sending them flying far away.

"Where is Mother? Tell her to come out. I’m challenging her right now." Charlotte Pudding spoke arrogantly to Katakuri.

Katakuri gritted his teeth and pointed the Earth Dragon Trident at Charlotte Pudding. "If you want to become the leader of the Charlotte Family, then get past me first!"

Charlotte Pudding chuckled. "As expected of Brother Katakuri, you’re still so gentle. You want to test whether I’m qualified to fight Mother? Then I’ll grant your wish."