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The fight resumes at full force in the Mirror World. Luffy's Gear Fourth fist finally connects with Katakuri, driving into him with the impact of a "LONG-AWAITED ATTACK!" Katakuri is knocked back across the warped battlefield, but the blow is not treated like a clean victory. Luffy watches Katakuri's face and body closely as the Sweet Commander absorbs the hit and twists away from the follow-up. Luffy presses in with another massive Haki-coated strike, the room tearing around them with heavy impact marks, but Katakuri still keeps control of his movement. The page is mostly motion rather than dialogue: Luffy is proving he can touch Katakuri, while Katakuri is showing that being hit once does not mean he has lost the rhythm of the battle.

Luffy charges after Katakuri and shouts, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE INVINCIBLE!" His point is not just bravado. Katakuri had seemed impossible to hit, but Luffy has now seen a gap. He explains his reasoning while attacking: "BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH ARMAMENT HAKI IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE PEOPLE TAKE FORM, AND EVEN THROUGH ARMAMENT, IT PASSED STRAIGHT THROUGH YOU!" The strange thing is that Katakuri's body behaved like a Logia even when Haki should have forced contact. Luffy says, "WORKS ON LOGIA USERS," while Katakuri reforms after the blow. The page makes Luffy's deduction clear: Katakuri did not survive earlier attacks by being truly untouchable; he avoided contact by changing his shape at exactly the right moments.

Luffy corrects his earlier conclusion as he keeps fighting: "BUT I WAS WRONG!" Katakuri lashes out with mochi arms, and Luffy continues, "ATTACKS CAN STILL HIT YOU!" The proof lands in the middle of the page. Luffy's Gear Fourth blow crashes into Katakuri with a direct "HIT YOU!" and Katakuri grunts "UGHH!" from the impact. This is the important mechanical turn of the fight. Luffy is not claiming Katakuri is weak; he is identifying the exact condition under which Katakuri can be struck. Katakuri's power still lets him deform his body and avoid blows, but if Luffy breaks through his prediction or catches him off timing, a real hit can land.

Luffy hammers the point home while Katakuri keeps defending. Even against Katakuri's "SUPER-HARD 'ARMORED DEFENSE'," the attacks still matter. A note explains the distinction: "BUSOU BOUYGO, WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY THAN ARMAMENT HAKI." Luffy declares, "GEAR FOURTH WON'T LOSE!" Katakuri is forced back, but the fight remains dangerous because Katakuri is still reading him. Luffy realizes, "THE CRAZY THING ABOUT YOU ISN'T YOUR MOCHI POWERS!" and then says the real answer: "IT'S YOUR OBSERVATION HAKI, ISN'T IT?!" The page clarifies the matchup: Luffy's problem was never merely the mochi fruit. Katakuri's future sight let him move his body before each attack arrived.

Luffy attacks with "RHINO SCHNEIDER!" and drives his Gear Fourth legs toward Katakuri. The kick smashes through the Mirror World with enough force to send debris and mochi flying, but Katakuri survives the exchange by riding the motion and reading what comes next. Luffy breathes hard, "HAA-" and "ZZZHHHH," keeping his inflated body moving despite the strain. Katakuri's face is battered now, and the panels linger on his wounds and heavy breathing, but he is still present, still measuring Luffy, and still capable of countering. The page shows that Luffy has gained a real chance without making Katakuri suddenly simple to beat.

Luffy prepares another Gear Fourth attack, starting, "GOMU GOMU NO..." Katakuri glares back, and Luffy launches "KONG ORGAN!" A storm of huge fists pours forward, filling the space between them. Katakuri is impressed despite the danger: "THE FACT THAT YOU FIGURED IT OUT IS IMPRESSIVE." Luffy explains exactly what he has understood: "YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M JUST CHANGING SHAPE AND EFFICIENTLY DODGING YOUR ATTACKS." Katakuri states the necessary condition: "ALL POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN USE HAKI TO SEE THE FUTURE." Luffy's barrage is not blind rage anymore. It is a test of whether enough pressure can overwhelm future sight and force Katakuri into mistakes.

Katakuri admits why Luffy landed a hit: "AND BECAUSE YOU GOT ME A LITTLE HOT-HEADED JUST NOW, I GAVE YOU A CHANCE YOU CAPITALIZED ON. AFTER ALL, IF ONE IS NOT CALM AND COLLECTED, OBSERVATION HAKI DOESN'T WORK!" Luffy swings again and yells, "OBSERVATION HAKI DOESN'T WORK!" while Katakuri asks bitterly, "HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN SINCE I'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN A HIT?" Katakuri then connects Luffy to another humiliation in the family: "I'M BEGINNING TO REALIZE JUST HOW BROTHER CRACKER WAS DONE IN BY YOU..." Luffy snaps, "THAT BISCUIT GUY?!" and attacks what looks like an opening, only for Katakuri to shape a massive mochi donut and call "PEERLESS DONUTS!" Luffy shouts, "THAT'S JUST MOCHI!" but Katakuri's counter is already taking form.

The mochi forms into huge floating rings and arms around Luffy. Katakuri begins "RHI-NO..." as Luffy reacts, "WHY YOU-" and then "WHA-" while the strange mochi construction clamps and shifts around him. Katakuri names the counterattack "STRENGTH MOCHI!" A massive Haki-covered mochi arm drives into Luffy from the side and slams him down. The attack demonstrates that Katakuri can imitate and answer the shape of Luffy's Gear Fourth techniques while adding his own future sight, awakened terrain control, and hardening. Luffy's deduction was correct, but Katakuri immediately proves that understanding the trick is not the same as winning the exchange.

Katakuri keeps the punishment going. His mochi limbs and spear-like extensions strike across the Mirror World, catching Luffy in midair and sending him crashing through the battlefield. Katakuri tells him, "I WILL GIVE YOU NO MORE CHANCES." Luffy pants "HAA-" while trying to recover, and Katakuri adds, "GUESS YOU'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE, HUH?" The page resets the tension after Luffy's breakthrough. He has learned how Katakuri avoids attacks, and he has proved Katakuri can be hit, but Katakuri has calmed himself again. Once his Observation Haki is stable, he can close the opening and return the fight to the overwhelming advantage he held before.

The scene shifts to Cacao Island, Chocolat Town, where Pound pounds at the entrance and cries, "PLEASE, LET ME IN!" and "I'M BEGGING YOU!" He only wants to see Chiffon once. At the Sweets Factory, the guards refuse: "BUT WE CAN'T, MR. POUND! LADY PUDDING HAS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN IT, AND..." Someone asks, "WHO THE HELL IS THAT?" and another answers, "HE'S MAMA'S 25TH HUSBAND, I THINK..." while another confirms, "YEAH." Pound pleads, "I JUST WANT TO SEE CHIFFON ONCE!" and then breaks down about his daughter: "THE MOMENT I SAW HER, I JUST KNEW! HER FACE HASN'T CHANGED A BIT SINCE SHE WAS BORN! SHE'S STILL JUST AS CUTE! I JUST WANT TO SEE HER AND TALK TO HER FOR A BIT! PLEASE!"

At 4 PM, Pudding stays focused inside the factory while noise erupts outside. Someone asks, "DID SOMETHING HAPPEN, PUDDING?" and Brulee continues reporting through the mirror, but Pudding tells her, "NO, SISTER BRULEE. PLEASE, CONTINUE." A worker notices the chaos and asks, "DOESN'T IT SOUND PRETTY NOISY OUTSIDE?" Pudding replies calmly, "IT'S OKAY. NO ONE'LL COME IN! I CAN HEAR SOME MAN SCREAMING!" The cake work continues around her. Someone calls, "BRING THE SUGAR OVER HERE!" and "BAKING POWDER!" Brulee explains the enemy plan: "ANYWAY, AT PRECISELY 1 IN THE MORNING, THE STRAW HAT SHIP WE LOST SIGHT OF IS GOING TO APPEAR AT CACAO ISLAND, WHERE YOU GUYS ARE!"

Sanji, working on the cake, realizes the implication at once: "HERE?!" Brulee explains, "BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE ARRANGED THEIR RENDEZVOUS WITH THEIR SEPARATED CAPTAIN, STRAW HAT LUFFY!" In the Mirror World, Brulee laughs, "WIWI!" and insists, "OF COURSE, THERE'S NO WAY HE'LL BEAT BROTHER DOGTOOTH, AND APPEAR ON THAT ISLAND IN THE FIRST PLACE!" At the factory, the plan is still moving around the cake. Brulee continues, "AT ANY RATE, IN 9 HOURS, THE STRAW HATS WILL SHOW UP TO WAIT FOR A CAPTAIN THAT WILL NEVER COME! AND MAMA, IN ONE OF HER EATING FITS, ALONG WITH BROTHER PEROS, WILL BE RIGHT ON THEIR HEELS!" The page places the deadline clearly: Cacao Island becomes the trap where the crew, Big Mom, Perospero, and Luffy's promised return are all set to collide.

Outside the Sweets Factory, the crowd reacts to a new arrival: "WAAAH! IT'S LORD OVEN!" and "LORD OVEN!" Charlotte Oven appears with the title "4TH SON OF THE CHARLOTTE FAMILY, BROWNING MINISTER, OVEN." He tells the guards, "BUT DON'T WORRY. LEAVE THE STRAW HATS TO BROTHER OVEN AND THE ARMY HE'S TAKEN WITH HIM!" and then asks sharply, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE CAN GO IN THE FACTORY?! NOT EVEN ME?" The answer is firm: "LADY PUDDING SAID SO! NOT A SOUL." Oven accepts it only because Pudding asked. He says, "I GUESS I'LL LISTEN TO MY LITTLE SISTER'S REQUEST... BUT WHAT'S ALL THE RUCKUS AT THE FRONT OF THE FACTORY?" Inside, Brulee urges Pudding, "YOU'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF MAMA, PUDDING! YOU'RE OUR LAST RAY OF HOPE!" Pudding answers, "LEAVE IT TO ME, SISTER BRULEE! I'LL STOP MAMA WITH THE BEST WEDDING CAKE SHE'S EVER SEEN!"

At the front of the factory, Oven finds Pound still trying to reach Chiffon. The guards shout, "S-STOP! NO VIOLENCE!" and "SHUT UP, INTRUDER!" while Pound calls, "D- DO YOU NOT REMEMBER ME? MY DEAR OVEN!" Oven answers coldly, "I REMEMBER YOU, FATHER-IN-LAW. AND THAT'S WHY I'M KICKING YOU OUT OF HERE!" Inside, the cooks hear the noise and ask, "SOMEONE'S MAKING A RUCKUS OUTSIDE..." and "DOES IT BOTHER YA?" Pudding calls to Sanji, "SANJI DEAR, WERE YOU LISTENING? LUFFY'S IN TROUBLE!" and explains, "HE'S FIGHTING A ONE-ON-ONE WITH BROTHER DOGTOOTH... THAT MAN ISN'T EVEN HUMAN! HE'S GOT A BILLION BERRY BOUNTY! HE'S NEVER LOST TO ANYONE!" Sanji answers with absolute confidence, "I GUESS TODAY'LL BE HIS FIRST LOSS. IT'S OKAY. LET'S FOCUS ON THE CAKE."

The final spread connects the crisis at sea with the confusion in Sweet City. Aboard the Sunny, Nami watches the open water and says, "SOMETHING REALLY WEIRD'S GOING ON... HOW ARE WE NOT BEING CHASED RIGHT NOW?!" Carrot says, "THIS IS DEFINITELY SOME KIND OF TRAP!" while others insist, "IT'S OKAY! WE WON'T LET ANYONE SLIP BY US!" and try to stay hopeful: "COME TO THINK OF IT... I HOPE ALADINE AND THE OTHERS MADE IT OUT OKAY..." The reason appears across the sea: Praline is singing with her "CHARMING VOICE," and the sea slugs have stopped doing their jobs. Her song charms them into holiday mode: "MY DEAR SEA SLUUUGS... IF YOU STOP WORKING, IT'S ALL FUN AND HUGS!" The slugs respond, "HEY SING WITH ME!" and "REPORTING? NOPE!" while Praline sings, "THAT'S WHY THEY SAY WHEN IT'S A HOLIDAY!" In Sweet City, Mont d'Or panics over the result. He asks, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN MAMA'S ATTACKING NUTS ISLAND?!" and is told, "UM... WELL... LORD MONT D'OR! BIG TROUBLE!" Another report says, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE ISN'T A SINGLE SEA SLUG ACROSS THE WHOLE TERRITORY?!" and someone adds, "WE'VE FINISHED SURVEYING THE SEA FLOOR... SOMETHING CRAZY'S GOING ON!" The chapter ends as the Charlotte forces realize their surveillance network has collapsed, leaving the Sunny untracked.

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