“Well? Any results?”

As soon as Cracker and his team returned, Perospero immediately jumped in to ask.

“Nothing!” Cracker shook his head. “We searched everywhere, but there’s no sign of it…”

“Damn it!” Perospero grabbed Caesar by the collar and screamed, “Caesar, you idiot! Were you so useless when you were kidnapped that you didn’t even try to remember what the place looked like?”

“I… I…” Caesar was on the verge of tears. “If it were you, would you focus on remembering what the room looked like when you could be killed at any moment?”

“What about the mirror’s entrance!?” Perospero shouted. “You escaped from the mirror world, didn’t you? Can’t you remember which mirror it was!?”

Before Caesar could respond, Brûlée cackled nearby, “Perospero, don’t bother asking! This guy’s a fool! When I caught him in the mirror world, I asked him the same question, and he couldn’t even remember which mirror he came through!”

Caesar, feeling wronged, replied, “There were so many mirrors in that strange space. How was I supposed to remember which one it was…”

While things were getting heated on this side, over among the guests, Stussy and Arest were utterly shocked.

Arest couldn’t help but glance at Stussy, silently asking her, What’s going on? Why wasn’t the copy of the Poneglyph found in Ian’s room?

Stussy herself was completely bewildered. She had personally sneaked into Ian’s room to hide the copy, so how could it possibly not be found? It wasn’t like the people searching were idiots who would miss it!

Where did things go wrong!?

Now, Stussy was truly panicking. The plan she and Arest had meticulously crafted was falling apart one step after another, and everything was now completely out of their control.

Their eyes darted nervously, their expressions uncertain, but they were unaware that not far from them, Reiju was calmly observing the situation, quietly watching their performance unfold.

Amidst all the noise and chaos in the hall, Big Mom finally lost her patience. She slammed her fist down on the table in front of her, smashing it to pieces. She roared, “Enough!!!”

With her outburst, the entire venue fell silent. Big Mom, her face dark with rage, pointed at Caesar and shouted, “Caesar! I don’t care if you were a willing participant or not, but you will give me an explanation for all of this! You must pay with at least fifty years of your life to compensate for this!”

Caesar immediately panicked upon hearing this and desperately tried to argue, “No, Mama! This has nothing to do with me!”

“Shut up!” Big Mom roared, her Conqueror’s Haki surging toward Caesar. The direct impact of this overwhelming force caused Caesar to roll his eyes and collapse to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

His strength was far too weak compared to Big Mom…

Then, Big Mom turned her fierce gaze toward all the guests present and said with a savage expression, “As for the rest of you, until I find the copy of the Poneglyph, no one is allowed to leave Cake Island or this castle! If anyone dares sneak away, I will kill them! Now, everyone, take out whatever you’re carrying. I’m going to search each of you!”

Upon hearing this, Reiju’s eyebrows twitched. If they really conducted a body search, she’d be in serious trouble…

At the same time, Ian frowned as well. A body search?

Ian was certain that the Poneglyph theft had nothing to do with him, so when Big Mom’s crew searched the rooms earlier, he hadn’t minded and let them do as they pleased. But if they were going to search everyone personally, that was crossing the line!

Moreover, with all this chaos, the next part of the wedding ceremony was being completely derailed.

Even if Big Mom’s crew carried out body searches, what if they still found nothing? If this dragged on, how would the cake be served?

Thinking of this, Ian suddenly spoke up, “There’s no need, Big Mom. I know who the culprit is!”

“Hmm!?” Instantly, all eyes turned to Ian.

Big Mom narrowed her eyes and glared at Ian, her voice cold. “Ian, if you know who it is, then say it! As long as we catch the culprit, I won’t treat you unfairly!” 𐍂αƝОᛒĚs

Ian smiled, raised his right hand, and as everyone watched in confusion, a black flame suddenly burst into life from his hand.

Then, without giving anyone time to react, Ian flicked his right hand, launching the flaming “Hyakuhachi Shiki: Dark Hook” across the ground with a swift motion!

The black flames roared as they raced straight towards… Stussy!

Sensing the imminent danger, Stussy’s heart raced as she instinctively jumped to dodge Ian’s “Dark Hook” flames.

“Damn it! What are you doing?” Stussy shouted at Ian after dodging mid-air. “Why are you attacking me!?”

But Ian didn’t respond at all. Instead, he pointed his right hand towards the spot beneath where Stussy was still suspended in the air.

“Hado No. 4: Byakurai!” (Way of Destruction No. 4: White Lightning!)

A blazing white bolt of lightning shot out from Ian’s fingertip like a laser, aiming directly at Stussy. Since Ian’s attack targeted her legs, she instinctively kicked mid-air to dodge it.

Though she successfully avoided the Byakurai, her entire body suddenly stiffened.

She realized, too late, that she had fallen into Ian’s trap!

The onlookers watching Stussy noticed something strange — in mid-air, she suddenly jumped even higher.

“That… That looks really familiar!” Judge said in surprise. “Is that… Moonwalk (Geppo)!?”

The moment that word left Judge’s mouth, everyone present immediately understood.

“Damn it! Moonwalk? The Navy’s Six Powers!?” Perospero screamed, stomping his feet in fury. “So she’s the real culprit! And just now, she was pretending to catch the thief!?”

Shing shing shing! The sound of guns being drawn echoed below, and all of Big Mom’s pirates instantly aimed their weapons at Stussy, who was still suspended in mid-air.

Even Big Mom, filled with both shock and rage, shouted up at her, “Stussy! I can’t believe it’s you!!!”

In this world, while there are many martial arts styles, the Navy’s “Rokushiki” (Six Powers) stands apart as unique. It’s a specialized combat technique exclusive to the Navy and the intelligence arms of the World Government. Normally, non-Navy personnel wouldn’t learn it.

Even if someone tried to learn it, mastering it is nearly impossible without immense talent and years of grueling training.

Even Sanji, who is highly skilled in leg-based combat, only mastered one of the Six Powers, “Moonwalk,” to fly in the air. Techniques like “Tekkai” (Iron Body) or “Kami-e” (Paper Art) are incredibly rare to find outside the Navy.

So the moment Stussy used “Moonwalk,” her true identity was instantly exposed!

This was exactly why Ian had suddenly attacked her. He knew that since Stussy was an agent of CP0, people like her instinctively protect themselves when facing danger. Unless she was incredibly shrewd and willing to risk being burned by Ian’s flames, she would naturally dodge the ground-hugging flames of the Dark Hook. The follow-up strike with the White Lightning was simply to force her to jump again…

Simple, brutal, and direct! Ian had no interest in playing mind games with Stussy; he chose this method to immediately expose her identity.

Ian was, after all, quite eager to see a dogfight between the Big Mom Pirates and the World Government.

At this moment, Caesar also jumped in, adding fuel to the fire, shouting, “It’s her! It’s definitely her! She’s the short one who kidnapped me last night! She’s with CP, no doubt about it!”

Caesar had been on the verge of panic after hearing Big Mom’s threat of punishment. Fifty years of his life! He wasn’t even sure if he could live that long, and who knew if he’d drop dead the moment Big Mom drained his lifespan?

He didn’t want to die, so of course, he had to help expose the culprit. At this point, with Stussy being forced by Ian to reveal her identity, even if she hadn’t been exposed, Caesar would still have backed up whatever Ian said, pointing the blame in her direction.

“Fire!” Perospero gritted his teeth and shouted to the Big Mom Pirates, “Shoot her down!”

Bang, bang, bang! The sound of gunfire erupted like popcorn, and the pirates opened fire immediately, sending a hail of bullets toward Stussy in the air.

Stussy, of course, wouldn’t just surrender like that. Now that her cover had been blown, she couldn’t care anymore. She immediately used Moonwalk again, propelling herself higher into the sky. Then, with a quick shift mid-air, she repeatedly used Moonwalk to try and escape toward the sea beyond Whole Cake Island.

However, as she flew through the sky, Stussy’s heart bled. She had spent so much time infiltrating the underworld, painstakingly working her way into Big Mom’s trust and becoming her “friend.” And now, all of that had been ruined in a single day.

Why?! How could Ian, that wretched man, have known it was me? And why did he so specifically force me into using Moonwalk? Did he know about my true identity all along?

Countless questions raced through Stussy’s mind in an instant, but she didn’t dare pause her escape. She knew that if she were caught, Big Mom’s wrath would be inescapable.

As for Arest, she couldn’t afford to think about him right now…

However, before Stussy could flee far, she suddenly felt a tight grip around her ankle, as though someone had grabbed her. Glancing back mid-air, she was shocked to see that a hand had indeed caught hold of her ankle.

It was an elongated hand, and the one who had stretched it out was none other than Katakuri!

Though his expression was hard to discern beneath his scarf, Katakuri’s gaze was piercing. He had been the first to react. The moment Ian had unleashed his attack with the  Dark Hook, Katakuri’s Observation Haki had immediately focused on Stussy. Using his formidable ability, he had foreseen what was about to happen. Acting in advance, he extended his arm, grabbing Stussy just as she attempted to flee using Moonwalk.

“Come down!” Katakuri growled, pulling back his elongated arm with force. Stussy, desperate, tried using her free leg to continue stepping with Moonwalk, hoping to counteract the strength of his pull. However, with one of them on the ground and the other in mid-air, and Katakuri being a physically stronger man, it was inevitable that his strength overpowered hers.

Realizing she couldn’t break free from Katakuri’s grip, Stussy decided to go all out. She unleashed a Finger Pistol attack, striking Katakuri’s arm.

However, her attack merely punctured a hole through Katakuri’s mochi-like arm, causing no significant damage.

With one final tug, Katakuri pulled harder, and Stussy, unable to resist any longer, was yanked from the sky and thrown forcefully to the ground.

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