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Charlotte Linlin fate startled everyone, and the scene instantly fell silent.
Originally, Sherwin thought that Big Mom being backfired by Imu would at most cause her severe injury. After all, she had already separated her soul, so theoretically, the one competing with Imu for the control of "Uranus" should have been that separated piece of soul.
The fact that her main body was affected in the first place was already somewhat off and unreasonable. He never expected that her vitality would be directly drained dry!
Moreover, considering that Charlotte Linlin suffered the same fate as St. Saturn...
Could she directly turn into a new Gorosei?
Sherwin had reasons for such a guess. The price of making a contract with a demon was usually the soul. So the situation just now was equivalent to Big Mom actively handing a portion of her soul over to Imu, who then used this portion of the soul to directly devour or contract the rest of her soul?
But if that was the case, why were Prometheus and Zeus, who were also created using Big Mom soul fragments, completely fine?
There was too much missing information, so Sherwin couldn't determine the exact situation either. He estimated that he would only figure out what was going on when he met Imu in the future. What was more important right now was...
"Let go, let go dismantle that big guy!"
Sherwin called out to the Felynes, and then had the Dodo Advance carry everyone as they flew toward "Uranus".
On the other side, the members of the BIG MOM Pirates also recovered from their shock.
"Waaaaah—! Linlin! How could you just abandon me like this?! Didn't we have an agreement?! To use Germa technology to help you become the Pirate King! Waaaaah—!!!"
Judge was hugging Charlotte Linlin oversized skeleton, wailing out loud.
Led by Perospero, the children who were usually relied upon more by Big Mom refused to accept reality.
"Impossible! How could Mama just die like this! It must be an illusion! The World Government must have done something to this."
And some of the children who were usually not close to, or even disliked by, BIG MOM felt no sadness at all. Some were even secretly delighted, because this meant they no longer had to serve their temperamental mother in constant fear.
However, even more people felt lost and panicked...
Although they no longer had to worry about being killed by their own mother one day, without BIG MOM protection, could they still stay comfortably in Totto Land most of the time like before?
Just as the BIG MOM Pirates were in complete chaos, the suddenly moving Dodo Advance caught their attention—or more precisely, the attention of one person among them.
"It all your fault!"
Judge, who had "lost his true love," vented his fury over BIG MOM death onto Sherwin and Dragon. "If you hadn't stopped Linlin from getting Uranus, how could she have left me like this?!!"
How should one put it? The logic behind this scapegoating was very much in line with Judge usual character.
However, compared to Judge, who had lost his mind, the rest of the BIG MOM Pirates still knew better, or rather, understood whose fist was bigger. Thus, no one echoed Judge. Smoothie originally wanted to persuade him a bit, but was stopped by Katakuri, who had long seen through everything.
"Let him make a scene..." Katakuri, having foreseen the future images, knew they couldn't stop the hot-headed Judge and would only get chewed out by him instead.
Deciding not to let his siblings suffer, he decisively shook his head at a few others who also wanted to step forward and persuade him.
"It good for him to learn a lesson. With Reiju there, Sherwin probably won't use lethal force."
Before Katakuri voice even faded, Judge had already rushed toward Sherwin and the others with the three brothers—Red, Blue, and Green—as well as Reiju and the group of clone soldiers.
"Honestly, that old hag is dead, so be it. Why bother avenging her?"
Yonji, who had the worst personality, muttered in a low voice.
This was also one of the reasons why Katakuri had stopped Smoothie and the others. Lacking a portion of their emotions, the three brothers—Red, Blue, and Green—had no respect for BIG MOM.
Therefore, Katakuri and his group did not view these three as brothers either, and they even secretly hoped these three annoying guys would be killed by Sherwin.
"It doesn't matter anyway. I just happen to want to get back at those cats!"
Although Niji was also unhappy about having to avenge BIG MOM, he had always wanted to avenge himself against the Felynes, so Judge decision played right into his hands.
"Shut up, all of you!"
Only Ichiji, the most calm of them, knew that they were absolutely no match for Sherwin and his crew .
However, under Judge orders, they had no choice but to go and "seek death," and it was all for an old woman who had nothing to do with them. Because of this, he was currently in an extremely foul mood.
Reiju sighed silently and picked up her speed, trying her best to get closer to her father.
Having been injected with the liberation potion and personally experienced its effects, she had already guessed what would happen next.
She did not think for a second that her three younger brothers would show any father-son affection after being "liberated." Thus, Reiju drew closer to Judge not to ask Sherwin and the cats to show mercy, but to guard against Ichiji and the other two.
The turn of events did not exceed Reiju expectations. Sherwin and Dragon did not even bother to glance at Judge. Only Haibara Meow climbed up the mast of the Dodo Advance holding a small sniper rifle packed with cat elements, firing one shot each at Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji.
Then, after pondering for a moment, she switched to another bullet and fired an extra shot at Reiju as well.
The three brothers—Red, Blue, and Green—were quite confident in their modified human bodies. Coupled with the fact that the sniper rifle in Haibara Meow hands was far too miniature and cute, they had no intention of dodging at all, and were easily hit by the injection rounds fired by the little kitten.
As for Reiju, there was even less need to mention her. Being smart, she immediately guessed the reason why Haibara Meow fired that extra shot, making it even more impossible for her to dodge.
And then...
"So, why should we listen to his orders and fight that Hunter?"
Yonji was the first to stop, speaking with a look of disgust, "There no way we can beat them, isn't this just going to our deaths?"
Bad-tempered as he was, he still possessed a good amount of self-awareness—unlike Niji, who actually believed that after several years of growth and enhancement, the few of them could beat the Felynes...
Well, the kind where the three of them joining forces against one might win.
And Ichiji, who likewise had self-awareness, also stopped, even commanding those clone soldiers to stop as well.
Because in the eyes of this eldest son, he would inherit Germa 66 sooner or later these clone soldiers were all his future assets, which naturally could not be wasted in such a meaningless battle.
Although Niji still really wanted to fight the Felynes, both of his brothers refused to continue, taking the clone soldiers with them...
No matter how arrogant he was, he wouldn't think he could win a solo fight against those Felynes.
As for Reiju, seeing that Ichiji and the others merely disobeyed Judge orders without immediately launching an attack on their father, she instantly sprayed the poison fog she had already gathered straight at Judge.
"You guys...!!!"
Realizing something was wrong, Judge was about to turn back to berate his sons when he was struck head-on by Reiju poison fog, his whole body going limp as he plummeted downward.
"I'm sorry, Father. After we get back, I'll explain it to you slowly."
Reiju grabbed hold of Judge, who had lost the ability to move, apologizing to him while dragging him back toward the BIG MOM Pirate camp.
As for her three heartless younger brothers, whether they stayed or left, Reiju didn't care in the slightest, nor could she be bothered to deal with them.