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"Mom, Wilhelm..."
At that moment—
Footsteps echoed from outside the hall as Katakuri walked in.
Beside him was a man in his thirties with dark blue hair, wearing an extravagant outfit. His gown had a high-standing collar, and on his head sat a top hat decorated with candy. In one hand, he held a candy cane.
His sharp, pointed face wore a grin, and his long nose and extended tongue immediately stood out.
Despite his lavish attire, there was nothing noble about him. Instead, he looked more like a clown from a circus, wearing a gaudy crown like a trained monkey.
This was Perospero, the eldest son of the Charlotte Family and one of the Four Sweet Commanders—the "Minister of Candy!"
"Big Brother Perospero, Big Brother Katakuri~!"
"Katakuri, Perospero, you're here..."
Wilhelm and Charlotte Linlin turned their attention to the two newcomers.
"Hehehehe~ Mama, after all, the most popular brother in our Charlotte Family—Wilhelm—has returned!"
Perospero respectfully saluted Charlotte Linlin.
Then, his gaze fell on Wilhelm.
The young man was dressed in elegant, finely tailored clothes, exuding an air of nobility. His gentlemanly appearance was so perfect that it was almost enviable.
With a sly smile, Perospero added, "By the way, Wilhelm, I heard from Katakuri that you changed his Devil Fruit ability?"
His voice carried clear disbelief as he said, "The Logia-type Air-Air Fruit... That's an incredible power! I must say, I'm beyond envious!"
He never imagined that Wilhelm had the ability to alter someone's Devil Fruit power, transforming Katakuri, the original Mochi-Mochi Fruit user, into a Logia-type Air-Air Fruit user.
A top-tier Logia ability.
It nearly made his jaw hit the floor in shock.
"Mama Mama~, that reminds me..."
Charlotte Linlin suddenly clapped her hands as if recalling something important. She looked at Wilhelm with a wide grin.
"When I first saw Katakuri's new ability, I was shocked! It's completely different from the Mochi-Mochi Fruit!"
"Mamamama~! Unbelievable! How in the world did you pull that off?"
Wilhelm nodded, showing no intention of hiding the truth.
"Yes, Mama. While I was training outside, I managed to awaken a new ability of my Transfer-Transfer Fruit!"
There was no point in keeping it a secret.
After all, Katakuri couldn't possibly hide the fact that he was now using the Air-Air Fruit.
Sooner or later, Charlotte Linlin and the rest of the crew would have noticed and started asking questions.
So Wilhelm decided—why not just reveal it outright?
As Wilhelm's strength continued to grow, he spent countless hours training and experimenting with his powers.
Through this, he not only mastered his Transfer-Transfer Fruit more proficiently but also developed a new broken ability—Transfer Attack.
Previously, he could only transfer physical projectiles like bullets, arrows, cannonballs, and magma bombs.
But now—
He could transfer energy-based attacks as well.
Slashes, lightning, lasers, shockwaves—no matter the form, Wilhelm could now forcefully relocate them at will.
Whether it was a flying sword slash or a direct swing from an enemy's blade, he could use his unstoppable Transfer-Transfer ability to send the attack right back at the opponent, leaving them utterly defenseless.
This was why Wilhelm dared to say he would hunt down the monsters of the Marines—their strongest forces, the Admirals.
Even if the World Government, Marine Headquarters, and other major factions learned the secret of his Paramecia-type Transfer-Transfer Fruit...
So what?
On this sea—
Maybe he wasn't invincible yet.
But if he wanted to leave... who could stop him?
Of course, Wilhelm made sure not to reveal the true origins of Feathered Serpent Kur and Miyamoto Musashi.
These were his trump cards, and he had no intention of laying them bare in front of Charlotte Linlin.
Controlling the BIG MOM Pirates was only the first step.
Charlotte Wilhelm's ambitions went far beyond that.
"My ability doesn't just allow me to transfer the 'demon' within a Devil Fruit user after killing them—letting me steal their power..." Wilhelm explained to Charlotte Linlin.
"It also lets me transfer the soul from the Homies you create."
Strictly speaking, the Soul-Soul Fruit didn't just steal a person's soul—it also took away their lifespan.
These were two different concepts, but in Charlotte Linlin's hands, they had always been merged into one.
"Oh?"
Katakuri raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You can even transfer the soul power of a Homie?"
He hadn't expected that Wilhelm's Paramecia Transfer-Transfer Fruit could do something like this.
"Shff!"
Wilhelm raised his right hand.
The laser cannon in Charlotte Linlin's grasp vanished.
It reappeared in his hands an instant later—its anthropomorphic face twisted in fear.
A strange, mist-like substance floated out.
Then, Wilhelm shoved the transferred soul back inside.
The laser cannon came to life again with a different face, shouting—
"Cannon~~~! Cannon~~~!"
Even though it had the same amount of soul power, this was an entirely different Homie.
Its appearance and personality had changed completely.
Above them, Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon felt a chill run through their beings.
This meant that Wilhelm...
Could directly harm, or even kill, them.
"...This is..."
Katakuri's pupils narrowed sharply.
He stared at Wilhelm, deep in thought. His eyes flickered with emotion.
"Does this ability... completely counter the Soul-Soul Fruit?"
"Hehehehe~, unbelievable."
Perospero was completely stunned.
"Normally, only Mama can create Homies with the Soul-Soul Fruit. But you... you can manipulate their very souls?"
"Mama Mama~, your ability really is something else!"
Charlotte Linlin burst into laughter as she watched Wilhelm transfer the soul in and out of the laser cannon.
"Even Homies' soul power can be moved? That's impressive!"
Wilhelm merely shrugged.
"Too bad I can't pull out a person's soul directly like you, Mama. This ability only works on Homies."
He said this casually—
But deep down, he didn't envy Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit at all.
If anything—
Wilhelm firmly believed his Transfer-Transfer Fruit was far more terrifying.
If the World Government went out of its way to rename the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika as a mere "Paramecia-type Rubber-Rubber Fruit" to deceive the world…
Then his Paramecia Transfer-Transfer Fruit, an ability never recorded in history, had to be the most broken Devil Fruit of all.
And Wilhelm was certain—he hadn't even scratched the surface of its full potential.
If he continued honing his power, it might one day allow him to transfer even more than just attacks and souls.
Conceptual things like—
Lifespan Injuries Aging Emotions Thoughts Personalities
After all, he could already transfer a Devil Fruit's "demon."
He could already remove deadly poisons from a body by transferring them away.
With enough time and effort—
If he kept training, experimenting, and refining his fruit's abilities…
Then the day his Transfer-Transfer Fruit truly awakened…
Even if not all of his theories became reality—
At least some of them certainly would.
And when that day came—
Even the World Government would have no way of stopping him.