It's Brulee!

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Luffy keeps attacking in Gear Fourth, but the strain is catching up to him. He starts another technique with "GOMU GOMU NO..." while thinking, "CRAP! HE'S BACK TO HIS STRONG VERSION!" Katakuri has regained his composure, so Luffy's opening is closing fast. Luffy drives forward with "KONG GUN!" and the massive fist crashes toward Katakuri, but Katakuri steadies himself and meets the exchange without the same panic he showed after being exposed. Luffy's body is still inflated and Haki-covered, yet the page already hints that the advantage is temporary. He can hurt Katakuri when the Sweet Commander loses calm, but once Katakuri is collected again, the fight returns to a brutal contest of timing and endurance.

Katakuri counters with "STRENGTH MOCHI!" His mochi arm punches through the air with crushing force, and Luffy is blown back across the Mirror World. Katakuri's attack tears through Luffy's momentum, sending his rubber body flying with a heavy impact and leaving a donut-shaped cloud of mochi in the path of the blow. Luffy tries to keep moving, but Katakuri has stopped giving him openings. The page is mostly impact and motion: Katakuri is not merely defending against Gear Fourth, he is answering it with techniques that mimic and overpower Luffy's own scale. The earlier surprise has passed, and Katakuri has returned to dictating the fight.

Katakuri recognizes Luffy's deduction and calmly explains the trap. As Luffy tumbles through the battlefield, Katakuri says, "I TAKE IT YOU'VE REALIZED." Luffy answers from inside Gear Fourth, still breathing hard: "THE FACT THAT AS LONG AS I'M CALM, I'M INVINCIBLE, RIGHT?" Katakuri knows Luffy will try to exploit any lapse again, but he also knows Luffy's form has a limit. Luffy admits the problem himself: "YOU'LL SLIP UP AGAIN, I KNOW IT!" and calls Katakuri "A DEFEATABLE ENEMY!" The page reframes the fight as a race: Luffy must break Katakuri's calm before Gear Fourth expires, while Katakuri only has to remain steady until Luffy's power runs out.

Katakuri sees through Luffy's plan: "BUT YOU WILL WILT LONG BEFORE THEN." Luffy realizes exactly what Katakuri means and says, "OH, YEAH! YOU MEAN GEAR FOURTH'S TIME LIMIT, RIGHT? OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW!" He prepares to retreat before the form collapses, thinking, "TIME FOR ME TO GET AS FAR FROM HERE AS I CAN!" and "I WON'T BE ABLE TO USE HAKI FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES!" He even thanks Katakuri for forcing the reminder: "THANKS FOR REMINDING ME!" Katakuri calls it "A POWER-UP WITH A TIME LIMIT, EH?" and launches "FLOWING MOCHI!" Luffy refuses to let the awakened mochi slide under him, saying, "I'M NOT SOFT ENOUGH TO JUST LET THAT SLIDE!"

Luffy runs through the Mirror World while Katakuri's mochi chases him from every angle. He pants "HAA-" and "HAA- HAA-" as the sticky waves stretch after him, and he warns himself, "JUST GOTTA LAST... 10 MINUTES!" The problem is immediate: "THERE'S NO WAY I'LL STAND A CHANCE WITHOUT HAKI!" He tries to keep distance, but Katakuri's power follows too closely. Luffy admits, "I COULDN'T SHAKE HIM. THIS IS BAD. THIS IS REALLY BAD!" and "CRAP." Then he has another grim realization: "WHAT A LET-DOWN. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY OVER." The fight is no longer about landing a decisive blow; it is about surviving the cooldown after Gear Fourth.

Luffy suddenly finds Brulee sitting nearby in the Mirror World and stops short with a startled "HUH?!" Brulee and Luffy stare at each other for one stunned beat. Then Luffy grins with a heart-shaped relief, and Brulee realizes the danger too late. Katakuri, rushing behind him, shouts, "BRULEE?!" and thinks, "THAT IDIOT... WHY WAS SHE SITTING THERE?!" Brulee screams "KYAAAA AAAAH!" and reaches for her brother: "BROOOOOOOTHEEEEEER! SAVE ME!" Luffy has found the one escape route that matters. Brulee's mirror power can take him out of the Mirror World, and her accidental position gives him the chance he needed.

Luffy grabs Brulee and dives through a mirror, escaping Katakuri's immediate reach. Katakuri yells, "WAIT! STRAW HAT!" and "BRU-LEE!" but the two vanish. Luffy lands in a town outside the Mirror World and says, "THIS IS SOME RANDOM TOWN! WE'RE SAFE!" He thanks his unwilling hostage: "THANKS, BRANCH!" Brulee snaps, "IT'S BRULEE!" Luffy decides, "SWEET. I'LL JUST WAIT HERE FOR MY HAKI TO COME BACK, AN-" but the scene around them erupts. Big Mom is already there, tearing through Nuts Island while screaming, "WEEEDDIIIIIING," and Perospero tries to stop her: "MAMA! STOP! THIS IS MY TOWN!" He pleads, "THERE AREN'T EVEN ANY STRAW HATS HERE!" and "MAMA! THIS IS NUTS ISLAND! THERE'S NO CAKE HERE!"

The chaos on Nuts Island turns worse the moment Big Mom notices Luffy. A Charlotte sibling recognizes him: "STRAW HAT IS... HUH?" and another cries, "STRAW HAT! BRULEE?!" Amande appears in the confusion, calling, "SISTER AMANDE!" Someone shouts, "WHAT THE-?! THE PIRATE STRAW HAT LUFFY?!" while Big Mom herself spots him: "MAMA! OVER THERE!" Luffy panics because the situation makes no sense. He asks, "WHY IS BIG MOM HERE?!" and then remembers the last time he saw her: "WASN'T SHE CHASING THE SUNNY OUT AT SE- WHERE EVEN ARE WE?!" Brulee screams beside him. Luffy escaped Katakuri, but he has landed directly in front of another emperor-level disaster.

Big Mom lunges after Luffy and Brulee, ripping through Nuts Island with massive force. People are thrown through the rubble with "GYAA AAH!" and the chase becomes a three-way disaster. Perospero screams, "MAMA! BROTHER PEROS! SAVE ME!" and "SHE'S AFTER US!" while Luffy keeps Brulee clutched under his arm. Perospero tries to protect his sister and uses his candy power: "UNHAND MY SISTER! CANDY WALL!" A thick candy barrier rises, but the destruction continues around it. Luffy's escape is still working, but only barely; he has traded Katakuri's controlled pursuit for Big Mom's uncontrolled rampage, and everyone in the town is now being dragged into the collision.

Luffy uses the confusion to try another exit. He starts, "GOMU GOMU NO... GEAR THIRD!" and inflates his arm for a "GIGANT PISTOL!" aimed at the candy barrier. He thinks, "CAN'T BREAK THROUGH! I'M GONNA GET SURROUNDED BY CANDY!" as Perospero's candy closes in around him. Then Amande intervenes with "SLOW WALTZ!" Her blade cuts slowly and deliberately through the space, forcing Luffy to dodge instead of simply smashing his way out. The page shows why this stopover is so dangerous: Big Mom is rampaging, Perospero's candy can trap him, and Amande's swordsmanship blocks the obvious escape route while Luffy is still waiting for Haki to return.

Luffy keeps Brulee with him and slips through another mirror. Perospero calls out, "BROTHER PEROS!" while someone demands, "GET RID OF THIS CANDY!" Luffy shouts, "MIRROR! I NEED A MIRROR!" and "CANDY SLUG!" as he uses Brulee's ability to move again. He lands back in the Mirror World and realizes the immediate escape succeeded: "MANAGED TO ESCAPE THESE GUYS SAFELY!" But the bigger crisis remains. Big Mom is still rampaging after the wedding cake, and Luffy can only think, "I HOPE NAMI AND THE OTHERS..." while Big Mom roars, "GIMME THAT CAA-AAAAAKE!" Luffy has bought time for his Haki cooldown, but the Sunny and the rest of the crew are still in danger.

At sea in Totland, the Charlotte forces try to recover from the surveillance collapse. The Sunny is sailing quietly through the territory, and Nami says, "IT'S QUIET." Carrot reports, "ALL CLEAR!" and others repeat, "ALL CLEAR!" Nami worries that it is too quiet: "TOO QUIET. THERE'S NO WAY THINGS WILL CONTINUE THIS SMOOTHLY. HER PRIDE AS A YONKOU'S AT STAKE!" She knows the cost if they fail to reunite: "IF WE END UP NOT MEETING UP WITH SANJI AND GETTING THE CAKE FROM HIM, NOT ONLY WILL WE REMAIN SPLIT UP, BUT WE'LL BE CHASED BY MAMA'S RAGE UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER!" Meanwhile Mont d'Or orders the fleet across Totland, shouting, "ATTENTION! ALL TART BATTLESHIPS AT EVERY ISLAND! MOVE OUT! FULL SAIL AHEAD!" He names the enemies who caused "SIGNIFICANT HARM AND DISHONOR": "THE STRAW HAT PIRATES!" "THE SUN PIRATES!" "THE FIRETANK PIRATES!" and the merfolk who vanished.

On Cacao Island in Chocolat Town, the Sweets Factory is nearly overwhelmed by Sanji's cooking. Outside, people scream "GYAAAA AAAAOW!" because the smell is that intense. Someone says, "THE DELICIOUSNESS ALMOST KILLED HIM!" and another marvels, "S-SO DELICIOUS, I COULD JUST DIE..." One man looks like he has "ACHIEVED NIRVANA." Others worry that Pudding's husband may have poisoned the food and are told, "ASK HIM." Inside, the cooks beg Pudding to stop: "PUDDING, HOLD OFF ON TRYING IT FOR NOW! WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE YOU." They shout, "JUST IMAGINE... ONCE THIS CREAM IS SPREAD ONTO THE CAKE..." and "DON'T IMAGINE! YOU'LL DIE!" Sanji announces his result: "IT'S DONE! THE ULTIMATE WHIPPED CREAM! 'SIM SIM WHIP'!" Pudding identifies the danger: "THIS WHIPPED CREAM IS SANJI'S SECRET WEAPON... 'THE TRUE ESSENCE OF SWEETNESS'... I WANNA TASTE IT, TOO!"

The cake work reaches its final stage. Chiffon announces, "I'VE FINISHED BAKING MY FLUFFY CHIFFON CAKE, BLACK LEG!" Sanji answers, "ME TOO! I USED YOUR WHIPPED CREAM TO MAKE A SUPER SWEET AND SILKY CHOCOLATE GANACHE!" The cooks struggle with the cake's texture: "HOLD IT DOWN! IT'S SO FLUFFY IT'S TRYING TO FLOAT AWAY!" and "GET A LID! IT'S SO SILKY IT'S TRYING TO JUMP OUT OF THE BOWL!" Chiffon explains the plan: "WE'LL FINISH THE CAKE ON BOARD, AND MEET UP WITH THE SUNNY AS IT HEADS THIS WAY!" Sanji checks, "IS THE SHIP READY?" and hears, "IT IS!" With the schedule intact, he says, "JUST BEFORE 6:05! WE'RE ON SCHEDULE!" Then Sanji focuses the whole plan into one declaration: "LET'S GO! TIME TO DEFEAT THE WOMAN MAKING OUR FRIENDS SUFFER!" and "DOWN WITH BIG MOM!" The chapter ends with the cake team ready to move.

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