Super Card System

Although Ian’s face remained calm and cold, inwardly he was cursing nonstop.

The bad feeling he had earlier turned out to be true. He thought to himself, “I knew it! Since when would the Big Mom Pirates go out of their way to help an outsider!? They even went through the trouble of sending me a tea party invitation, hinting that they could help me take Kaido’s position as a Yonko. There’s no such thing as a free lunch!”

Ian figured that his previous uneasy feeling was probably triggered by comparing the situation to the Vinsmoke family. The Vinsmokes wanted to restore their family’s former glory in the North Blue by using Big Mom’s power, and despite offering the technology of the Germa Group, Big Mom never gave up on the idea of a marriage alliance. It seemed like she was always used to sealing alliances through marriage, as she probably believed that no cooperation could be more secure than making the other party part of her family.

Ian could understand Big Mom’s reasoning—everyone has their own way of doing things. But what frustrated him was that Katakuri and the others hadn’t mentioned a single word about this to him beforehand!

If he had known that Big Mom intended to marry her daughter off to him, he would never have come to this tea party!

What a joke! Did they think he didn’t know what Big Mom’s children were like? To sum it up in one phrase: “A bunch of freaks!”

Setting aside whether he liked any of them or not, Ian had always believed that even without relying on anyone else’s power, he could still claim the position of Yonko. It was only a matter of time. Once the gains from the Golden City raid were fully converted into his own strength, Ian was confident he could take on any of the Yonko!

With that confidence in his heart, Ian had no reason to grovel before Big Mom, and that was why he could act so boldly.

So, he stared directly at Katakuri, thinking, You tricked me into coming to Whole Cake Island. You’d better give me an explanation!

At that moment, Katakuri was also feeling a headache. Back in the Golden City, he had deliberately chosen not to mention the marriage proposal to Ian, but when he returned and tried to reason with his mother, he was unexpectedly denied.

It was simple. Just as Ian had suspected, Big Mom didn’t trust outsiders. She firmly believed that only by becoming family could there be no suspicions between them. Even though Katakuri was usually favored by Big Mom, this time, his suggestion had been rejected.

However, despite his headache, Katakuri felt a slight sense of relief. The fact that this matter had come to light now might not be such a bad thing after all. What he feared most was that it would come up at tomorrow’s tea party, in front of all the guests, and Ian would refuse the proposal, embarrassing his mother. That would make the situation much worse.

“Ian!” After thinking for a moment, Katakuri spoke, “I admit, Mama does want you to marry my sister, Smoothie. But what I don’t understand is, why are you against it?”

He spread his hands and continued, “All of my lovely sisters, aren’t they all powerful and incredibly beautiful? Especially Smoothie—she’s one of the 34 ministers managing Totto Land, with a bounty as high as 932 million Berries. She is definitely a match for you. This is a perfectly fitting union. If you marry her, the entire Big Mom Pirates, with tens of thousands of powerful pirates, will become your strong backing. Whether you want to become a Yonko or even wage war against the World Government, we would support you. So I really can’t think of a reason for you to refuse…”

Powerful? Alright, Ian could admit that. But… “incredibly beautiful”?

Ian glanced across the table at Charlotte Brûlée, the eighth daughter of the Charlotte family and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit user. Because of Katakuri’s praise of his “lovely” sisters, Brûlée, whose face resembled that of an old witch, was currently sitting at the table shyly, looking at Katakuri with eyes full of admiration and longing.

Ian nearly choked on the spot from trying not to laugh!

His forehead was lined with frustration as he wondered if Katakuri was blind. How could he refer to a sister like that as “incredibly beautiful”? 

However, Ian suddenly thought of his own sister, Kuina. Alright, it seemed that in his eyes, Kuina was the most beautiful, even more so than Boa Hancock… So, he kind of understood why Katakuri would say something like that.

It seemed that all older brothers had a bit of a sister complex…

Ian glanced at Reiju, who was sitting beside him. Although her expression was calm, her body was trembling slightly, and there was a hint of laughter she was clearly trying hard to suppress, probably due to Katakuri’s comments.

This made Ian roll his eyes. He tapped the table and said to Katakuri, “Don’t change the subject! Even if I were to get married, who I marry is my own choice. I don’t need the Big Mom Pirates meddling in my affairs. What I want to know now is, why did you hide this matter and trick me into coming here?”

By the time Ian reached the end of his sentence, anyone could hear the anger hidden in his voice.

“What kind of explanation are you looking for?” Katakuri’s forehead also began to show faint blue veins. His hands hung at his sides, clenched into fists, as he coldly replied, “Don’t forget, you’re on Cake Island. This is Big Mom Pirates’ territory!”

None of Big Mom’s guests dared to speak at this moment. Even Caesar, sitting nearby, was trembling like a leaf. Ian and Katakuri were now locked in a tense standoff, and the rising tension made Caesar want to scream in despair. As much as he didn’t want to be involved, he had entered this castle with Ian…

Without saying a word, Ian stood up, wiped his mouth, and casually tossed his napkin onto the table. “Very well then, in that case, I’ll be taking my leave! Reiju, let’s go!”

As Ian turned to leave, Perospero panicked and shouted, “Stop right there!”

“Oh?” Ian turned back, coldly asking, “Are you planning to tie me up and keep me here?”

Perospero’s face darkened as he said, “Without Mama’s permission, no one can miss the tea party, let alone come and go as they please!”

As he said this, Cracker and the others at the table stood up, and the sound of weapons being drawn echoed in the hall. The sons and daughters of the Charlotte family began to surround Ian.

Seeing this, Ian laughed heartily, saying, “You want a fight? I’ll gladly oblige!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden aura erupted from Ian, blazing fiercely. At the same time, countless arcs of electricity crackled and danced around his body.

*Super Saiyan transformation—complete!*

He raised his right hand, and with the jingling sound of bells, black demonic flames surged up his arm. With a casual sweep of his hand, he released them in front of him.

“Not good!” Katakuri’s pupils shrank as he reacted quickly.

*” Style 316: Dark Jackal Flower!”*

No one expected that Ian would be the first to strike—and with a powerful move right off the bat!

Black flames roared upward, exploding in the banquet hall. A surge of fire instantly swept through the room, rising diagonally, blasting open the ceiling of the hall. Every brick and stone it touched turned to vapor as it shot into the sky, breaking free.

Even from miles away, one could see the black pillar of fire suddenly rising from the castle…

The power of Ian’s * Dark Jackal * was far greater than before, and in the blink of an eye, it had reduced the entire banquet hall to ashes.

Reiju instinctively took cover behind Ian the moment the attack was launched. She knew that the safest place was right behind him.

Katakuri, on the other hand, seemed to have foreseen the attack through his advanced Observation Haki. As soon as the flames began to surge from Ian’s hands, his arms extended and grabbed everyone in the hall, crashing through the wall to get them out just in time.

The * Dark Jackal * flames came swiftly and faded just as quickly. When they disappeared, the banquet hall was gone. Everything—from the metal tableware to the stone floor—had been completely vaporized by the explosion of flames, leaving behind a massive, perfectly circular black crater that radiated intense heat.

“Ah! Ah!” Cracker, the tenth son, had been grabbed by Katakuri and thrown out of the hall, but the moment the flames erupted, his leg was still touched by Ian’s black fire. As a Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit user, Cracker usually wore armor made from biscuits, and it was this habit that saved him. The leg armor that had been touched by the flames was completely burned away, leaving only a slight injury on his leg. Still, the pain was excruciating, as a patch of flesh on his calf had been seared off by the flames.

Katakuri was drenched in cold sweat. Although he had anticipated that Ian’s fire would be especially dangerous to them, only when facing Ian directly did he truly comprehend the terrifying nature of his flames. Had he reacted even a second later, the black flames would have caused significant casualties among his brothers, sisters, and the guests.

Ian wasn’t bluffing—he was fully capable of killing on Big Mom Pirates’ territory.

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