NOVEL WEB Chapter 193: 193 Tea Party, Real Party!
Smoothie is a real "juicer."
She can squeeze out the juice from any living thing like a fruit, but the price is that the person being juiced will basically turn into a mummy.
"Well, well, well, well~ Now that Lynch is here, let's start today's tea party!"
As she spoke, the Big Mom pulled out a ten-meter-long machete from under her seat. She couldn't wait to cut the cake.
"Come here, bring everything up." Katakuri directed.
Various desserts and cakes that had been prepared in advance were brought to the table by the attendants.
A tea party, as the name suggests, is a banquet for drinking afternoon tea and chatting.
The banquet didn't have heavy meals like steaks, but instead, there were thousands of dazzling desserts and a variety of teas.
Matcha crunchy tarts, nut milk chocolates, strawberry matcha cakes, butter flower dots, osmanthus fudge pudding...
Smoothie picked up a matcha-filled towel roll, gently scooped a small spoonful, and tasted it. The delicate, silky cream and the rich matcha flavor bloomed in her mouth, causing her to narrow her eyes in contentment.
Big Mom's territory had the finest desserts in the world.
Lynch had never seen such a wide array of desserts. It seemed that Big Mom had collected them from all corners of the world.
Curious, he glanced around and picked up a piece of sour plum pudding to try.
The sweet and sour taste of the sour plum pudding, combined with its chewy and refreshing texture, was a perfect match for Lynch's taste.
"Well, well, just eat. We've prepared a lot of food for this tea party," Big Mom said cheerfully, waving her machete while slicing large pieces of dessert into her mouth.
After enjoying the delicious treats, Big Mom felt even better and eagerly looked forward to the grand finale cake.
The atmosphere was lively, with people coming and going, eating desserts, chatting, and laughing.
The sound of tens of thousands of voices filled the air, adding to the excitement.
Suddenly, a cart as large as an RV was pushed in. On it was a tall nineteen-layer cake, ten meters wide and fifteen meters tall!
Two strong men used all their strength to push the massive cake in.
"It's strange," Katakuri muttered. "In the past, the baguette would have come out by this time at the tea party. Why is it so slow today?"
He didn't think much of it. After all, with the strength of the Chef, nothing unusual could happen.
Meanwhile, Big Mom was ready to cut into the cake.
"Gudong~"
Seeing the cake that she had been longing for for a long time, Big Mom swallowed hard. She couldn't help but cut off a large piece of cake and threw it into her mouth.
Suddenly an indescribable wonderful feeling rushed into her mind.
No one could understand how happy Big Mom, who suffers from a thinking disorder, was at this moment.
After taking a few bites, she ignored the knife and fork entirely, grabbing large chunks of cake with her hands and shoving them into her mouth.
Her behavior was wild and monstrous, like a beast, both terrifying and abominable.
No one dared to interrupt. Anyone who tried would surely die.
In no time, more than half of the massive fifteen-meter-high cake had disappeared into Big Mom's stomach.
At that moment, she seemed to regain some awareness. Looking at the remaining pieces of cake, she casually waved her hand and distributed them to everyone.
Another fifteen minutes passed, and suddenly, someone at the tea party collapsed, foaming at the mouth.
"He's a member of the Fire Pirates. What happened to him?!"
"I don't know. It looks like he's been poisoned."
"Poisoned?!"
Someone was poisoned at Big Mom's tea party. This was serious, because it meant that the food present was probably poisonous!
Upon hearing the news, Katakuri immediately rushed over with several of his siblings.
"What happened? Did anyone see what he ate?" Katakuri asked the pirates nearby.
"He... he didn't seem to eat much. He just grabbed some biscuits and ate them."
"Oh, wait," one pirate added, "He also had a small piece of cake from Big Mom."
"Cake?!" A flash of realization struck Katakuri, and he quickly left his younger siblings behind, rushing toward Big Mom.
It couldn't be what he was thinking!
The chef, Baguette, had not shown up yet, and the strange symptoms made Katakuri worry even more.
Bang, bang, bang—
As Katakuri hurried back, more and more people began to collapse from poisoning. Those with weaker constitutions died immediately, while others foamed at the mouth, slowly fading away.
All of them had eaten from the fifteen-meter-high cake.
The former members of the Flame Pirates had the weakest constitutions and were the first to be affected by the poison.
"Who did this?!" Katakuri shouted, still confused.
His worst fear had come true—the food at the tea party was poisoned.
It seemed like the poisoning was a targeted attack, and the culprit might be someone close. Who was the spy?
"Everyone, stay alert! Don't eat anything else—the food is poisoned!"
"Activate level 1 alert for all of Cake Island!"
Katakuri stopped searching for the attacker and urgently ordered the island to be put on high alert.
The top priority was to prevent the situation from worsening.
"One bite of the cake can poison an elite member of the pirate group."
"My mother ate most of the fifteen-meter-high cake by herself. I wonder how she's doing!" Katakuri worried.
Compared to Big Mom, Katakuri acted more like the head of the Charlotte family.
However, Katakuri was still a step too late.
By the time he realized someone had been poisoned, it was already too late to stop it. The poison had already been absorbed into their bodies.
Once one person was poisoned, everyone who had eaten the food was affected.
Those who ate the giant cake were the first to fall, followed by those who ate the regular desserts.
The giant cake was laced with poison for Big Mom, while the other desserts, pastries, and even drinks were spiked with a slow-acting, colorless, and odorless poison developed by the World Government.
Although it couldn't be detected, once it took effect, it was powerful enough to weaken anyone's resistance.
Everyone at Big Mom's tea party, along with the pirates on Cake Island, had eat some of the food.
People across the island collapsed, clutching their stomachs and groaning in pain.
"It hurts! I feel like I'm going to die!"
"Why? Why poison the food? Does Big Mom want to kill us?!"
"Help! I can't take it! Can anyone help me?"
Katakuri had no time to explain as he rushed through the chaos, hearing cries of pain all around him.
Suddenly, Katakuri felt a sharp pain in his chest and nearly collapsed. The poison in his body had started to take effect.
His body turned into mochi, and a piece of black rice cake fell out— the toxin leaving his body.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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