Summary:
As the beaten Cracker slowly gets up, Luffy angrily declares that he will reunite with Sanji. Luffy flies towards Cracker to deliver the finishing blow, but Cracker gets up and attacks Luffy with a pretzel roll. Luffy’s fist hits the tip of the sword, breaking it and splitting Cracker’s body in half. However, a smaller figure rises from the lower half of his body and slashes Luffy’s arm, causing him to recoil in pain. Luffy questions who the man is, but the man simply laughs and reveals himself to be Cracker before expressing his surprise that Luffy broke through his “armor”. Shocked by the revelation, Luffy says that Cracker coughed up blood after being hit by the Kong Gun, but Cracker reveals that the blood was actually a specially made jam that he used with his Devil Fruit, Bisu Bisu no Mi. Cracker claims that due to his craftsmanship, he can use his devil fruit to make crackers into anything he desires, giving him an unlimited range of abilities to fight his opponents. As Cracker creates several puppets resembling his original armor, he taunts Luffy that he is barely capable of defeating one of his potentially infinite cracker soldiers. Cracker repeats that Luffy will never be able to see Sanji, but Luffy remembers Sanji’s promise to return to the crew and attacks the puppets with quick strikes from Gear 4. He breaks the puppets’ shields, but Cracker lets them advance as he jumps out from behind them and drives Pretzel to Luffy’s head. Luffy barely manages to dodge the attack and the fight continues.
Nearby, all the friends are running away from the clearing where Luffy and Cracker are fighting. However, Nami stops the buddies in their tracks when she stands in Kingbaum’s mouth and uses Lola’s Vivre card to force the buddies to do her bidding. When asked who they fear more, Cracker or Big Mom, the friends reply that Nami scares them more than any of the Charlottes. At the same time, inside Brûlée’s Mirro-World, a handcuffed Chopper tells Carrot, also handcuffed, that he has a plan, so she should call him “Brother Chopper”. Carrot refers to him as “Choniki” and asks what the plan is, and Chopper explains his discovery that the Mirror World is connected to every mirror on Whole Cake Island. So instead of trying to escape, they should use Brûlée’s power against her. In Sweet City, Brook and Pedro sit inside a biscuit soldier patrolling the streets, knowing that the soldier will return to Whole Cake Castle after the night patrol, allowing them to infiltrate the castle.
The next morning, inside the Whole Cake Chateau, Big Mom’s friends inform her that the Vinsmoke Family will arrive at the castle soon to meet and exchange gifts, and that the wedding cake is scheduled for tomorrow. Big Mom asks about the intruders in the Seducing Woods, but they assure her that they will surely fail against Cracker and that once they enter the castle, their chances of getting to Sanji will be zero. Big Mom notes that not all of Vinsmoke’s children are gathered, but her hat informs her that the two oldest sons have in fact just arrived. Outside the castle, in the Germ Kingdom, Judge and Reiju are happy to receive news of their return, while Yonji expresses his eager anticipation for their reunion with Sanji. Looking down from the balcony at Vinsmoke Castle, Sanji shivers as he watches Vinsmoke Ichiji and Vinsmoke Niji exit; as the Germa 66 soldiers give their commanders a hero’s welcome, Niji angrily wonders why Sanji wasn’t there to greet them, but Ichiji tells him to shut up.