Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

"Are you two alright?" Belial removed the special nails from their hands.

Nami hugged Belial in a panic and said, "I thought something had happened to you."

Beria laughed and said, "How could I be in trouble? Besides, didn't we agree on this beforehand?"

"What are we going to discuss?" Luffy asked, puzzled.

Belial slowly recounted what had happened. It turned out that Belial had already discussed it with Nami, arranging for the two of them to be captured on purpose in order to lower Big Mom's guard.

"Huh? How come I didn't know?"

Nami said irritably, "If you had known, the plan would have been exposed long ago."

"Alright, let's not delay any longer, let's go."

"By the way, Belial."

"what happened?"

“You’re right, that girl named Brin definitely has a problem.”

As they left, the group talked about how Pudding had come here earlier and maliciously revealed her plan to kill Sanji at the wedding.

That lovely face was filled with a chillingly sinister aura.

“Just as I expected,” Belial said.

Just as the group left the cave entrance, Carrot and Pedro arrived. They also brought Charlotte Brûlée, whom they had captured earlier.

Belial was horrified to see him; she had just heard Carrot say that Belial had been captured by Katakuri.

“You’ve come at the perfect time.” Belial picked up Brulee. “Little girl, I need you to do something for me.”

Upon hearing this, Bryn said in horror, "I could never do such a thing."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Belial laughed and said, "Is that so? I do know a little secret about your brother Katakuri."

"what?"

"You wouldn't want your brother's perfect image to crumble, would you..."

In the end, Brulee was forced to agree to cooperate with some people.

Belial originally intended for Nami, Luffy, and the others to take Brulee to find Bege, while he and Caesar would return temporarily.

But Luffy insisted on finding Sanji, otherwise he would starve to death there.

Belial's attempts to dissuade him failed, so he had no choice but to go with Luffy to find Sanji. He sent Caesar ahead with Nami and the others, along with Brulee, to find Bege.

Meanwhile, Sanji, carrying a basket of exquisite food, left Pudding's castle with a gloomy expression.

……

Belial carried Luffy through the air, but where could they find such a huge place as Whole Cake Island?

In his distress, Luffy suddenly snapped out of his daze, broke free from Belial's grasp, and plummeted downwards.

"Luffy...wait? Sanji?"

Isn't that Sanji walking alone in the heavy rain?

"Oh!"

Sanji was startled by the sudden impact, and before he could react, Luffy shouted, "Sanji!"

"Luffy?"

Immediately afterwards, Beria also landed on the ground.

"Belial, how could you..."

Belial pointed at Luffy and said, "This kid insists on eating your food, or he'll starve to death, so I had no choice but to bring him along."

Upon hearing this, Sanji glanced at Luffy and then handed the food from the basket to Luffy.

Luffy then sat down on the ground and began to eat heartily.

Sanji asked, "But weren't you...?"

"Idiot, how could I possibly get caught? This is all part of the plan."

The three then hid somewhere for a while.

Sanji wanted to apologize, but Belial waved his hand and said, "That's not your fault. Now we have something important to do."

Belial then told Sanji about the plan, and Sanji said with some surprise, "You're really amazing."

"Now we're basically all ready, all we're missing is you."

"Tomorrow, regardless of success or failure, we must all leave safely. The others are still waiting for us in Wano Country."

"Yes, I know."

"Alright, we'll head back now. You should get some sleep too." With that, Belial led Luffy away.

Sanji watched the two figures leave, his eyes filled with guilt.

……

After sending Luffy to Bege, Belial also learned that a girl Luffy and his crew had rescued from Thriller Bark two years ago was none other than Chiffon's twin sister, Lola.

Chiffon was therefore very grateful to the Straw Hat crew.

They also invited the Straw Hat crew to wash up and rest here, while Nami and Chiffon chatted about Lola.

Luffy and his crew were playing and frolicking together.

Belial, Caesar, Bege, and Jinbe discussed their plans for tomorrow.

Belial and Caesar then left together and returned to the laboratory.

Thanks to prior preparations, nothing unusual happened when the two returned. However, to avoid the guards' surveillance, Caesar pretended to draw some of Belial's blood.

Belial lay peacefully on the stage; tomorrow would be the end...

Meanwhile, at Germa's castle, everyone except Reiju was drinking and celebrating the benefits that Sanji, this "useless good-for-nothing," had brought.

Little did they know they had fallen into a trap.

……

The next day, Smoothie, one of the three Sweet Commanders, led a group of people to greet the guests at the port.

Mont-Dor asked the soldiers guarding the lab and was relieved to hear that everything was alright. However, he was still uneasy, even though his brother Opera had told him that the Straw Hat Pirates and the others had been burned to death.

However, in order to prevent BIG MOM from going berserk, he decided to suppress it.

Meanwhile, the guests, led by News King Morgans, arrived at the castle.

In the dressing room, Sanji, dressed in a suit, was ready to meet Pudding.

The Vinsmoke family arrived, led by Judge, but their weapons and combat suits were confiscated by Becky, who was in charge of security.

Ichi and the others initially refused, but Judge ordered them to hand them over.

After the group entered, Katakuri and the others also entered one after another.

After the guests were seated, Big Mom arrived with heavy steps. She greeted the guests. Big Mom laughed heartily, looking at everything before her as if the world revolved around her.

Big Mom only calmed down a bit after that photo of the nun arrived.

Outside, Becky and his men were watching the tea party. The Straw Hat crew was inside his body, preparing.

"Thirty minutes left. Let's go in."

……

Ten minutes before the wedding begins...

Sanji looked at the exquisite, beautiful, and adorable girl Pudding beside him. Even though he knew her true identity, he still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

Then, led by the soldiers, they headed towards the field.

The emcee shouted, "The most exciting moment has arrived! The wedding of Charlotte Pudding, the thirty-fifth daughter of the Charlotte family, and Vinsmoke Sanji, the third son of the Vinsmoke family, is about to begin."

"Please welcome the bride and groom!"

To the strains of a romantic wedding march, Sanji and Pudding head to the highest point of the wedding hall.

The people below all raised their glasses in celebration.

Meanwhile, a huge wedding cake was brought out, and BIG MOM drooled as he looked at it.

Then Sanji and Pudding were taken to the ceremonial platform.

Upon seeing this, BIG MOM couldn't help but burst into laughter, thinking to himself, "Enjoy yourselves, guests. The climax of the banquet is about to begin."

Just then, a loud shout rang out: "BIG MOM! What's going on?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the Vinsmoke family members were trapped with candy by Perospero, the eldest son of Big Mom, and the Charlotte family members were all around them.

At this moment, the Vinsmoke family members realized they had been tricked. It was all a conspiracy.

Judge couldn't believe it. The perfection he had imagined was just a soap bubble that could burst at any moment. His fragile heart was exposed, and he cried out in anguish, "What happened?"

Ichi, Niji, and the three heroes remained expressionless as they looked at their father. Under their father's rule, they had long since become emotionless beings.

BIG MOM ignored Judge's howl and made a gesture to Pudding.

At the same time, Sanji unveiled Pudding's veil.

At that moment, Pudding smiled wickedly. She was ready to draw her gun and kill Sanji. Pudding looked at Sanji and said, "Look at Sanji, this disgusting third eye of mine."

However, Sanji was stunned for a few seconds and said, "What beautiful eyes."

In an instant, the pistol fell to the ground. Pudding stared at Sanji in disbelief, childhood memories flooding back.

She thought Sanji would be disgusted.

She thought Sanji would break down.

She even thought Sanji would be too terrified to believe it.

But now, Sanji's words have shattered her heart.

Pudding's psychological defenses and her pretense were shattered by Sanji's instinctive words, and she knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face.

"Are you kidding me? I'm going to kill you! I'm a hideous monster!" Pudding cried out in despair.

The Charlotte family also noticed something amiss, but due to their perspective, they couldn't see it. Just as they were wondering what was going on, BUG·MOM had already given the priest a signal.

Just as the priest was about to draw his gun, Katakuri below fired a candy bean at Sanji.

Just then, Sanji was about to help Pudding up when Pudding, seeing Katakuri's actions, instinctively pulled Sanji over.

The candy grazed the back of Sanji's head and pierced the priest's chest.

At the same time, a gunshot rang out throughout the wedding venue.

Everyone was stunned by the gunshot. Then the ground shook, the huge wedding cake trembled, and countless Luffys rushed out from it.

Luffy shouted with all his might, "Here I come! Big Mom!"

Immediately afterwards, a dark red beam of light shot out from above the cake, shattering the entire upper half of the cake.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Belial, his hands crackling with dark red lightning, shouted:

"Children, your grandfather has arrived!"