Law was surprised that Cain could call out his full name, but that was clearly not the important point right now. In the end, he spoke anxiously.
"There's no time. It won't be long before those people search this room!"
He turned his head toward Capone Bege, signaling for him to explain the situation.
Being stared at by Cain's murderous gaze, Bege swallowed somewhat uneasily.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his face full of awkwardness.
It was not because he was being overwhelmed by Cain's aura, but because of some indescribable sense of shame.
Then Bege activated his ability.
As the user of the Castle-Castle Fruit, he himself was a moving fortress, and a large number of elites were usually stationed inside his body.
But this time, what he released from that space was not his mafia subordinates.
It was Big Mom's twenty-second daughter, Charlotte Chiffon.
The moment Cain saw her, he finally understood why Bege had looked as if he had just eaten something awful.
So this was the source of it.
Bege lit a cigar, seemingly trying to cover up his embarrassment.
His gaze turned deep as he looked into the distance and began recounting what they had just experienced.
"She is a princess imprisoned by her mother, beaten and scolded at every turn…"
"I am a mafia godfather who walks along the edge of darkness, cruel and ruthless in my methods…"
"Our lives should originally have had no possibility of crossing paths. Until that accident, when she appeared before my eyes…"
"Hey, hey, hey… this is getting more and more ridiculous!"
Law reached out with a dark expression and directly pushed away Bege's self-absorbed face, forcibly interrupting this bizarre "mafia romance."
"In short, this guy fell for one of the Charlotte daughters," Law summarized irritably. "And apparently, Big Mom planned to imprison Chiffon. He couldn't stand it, so he directly took his people and fought Totto Land's guards."
In order not to implicate Jinbe, both groups had used the impact from Fish-Man Karate to separate themselves from the main battlefield.
Only after Jinbe secretly guided them did they learn that Cain had been placed in this room, which was why they hurried over.
Cain frowned tightly when he heard this. He clearly had not yet sorted out the logic behind it, such as why Big Mom would arrest Chiffon at this exact time.
Seeing Cain's confusion, Chiffon directly explained the situation to him.
"I was the one who asked them to bring me here, Little Brother. Although I don't know much, I do know some inside information. There are certain things I have to tell you."
"Although you are the main character of this banquet, you are completely being used by Mama as a tool to win over the giants… And the reason Mama is trying to capture me now is most likely to force Lola to show herself!"
After that, Chiffon told everyone about that old grudge.
Several years ago, Prince Loki of the giants fell in love with Lola at first sight.
This had been the perfect opportunity for Big Mom to resolve her old grudge with the giants and obtain the military power of the world's strongest nation.
However, because Lola ran away from the marriage, Chiffon had no choice but to take Lola's place and complete the wedding.
But even though Chiffon and Lola were twin sisters and looked almost identical, Prince Loki still saw through it on the spot.
He left in disappointment. Not only did the marriage alliance completely fall apart, but Big Mom also poured all her resentment onto Chiffon.
From that point on, Chiffon became the target of her mother's long-term venting.
And now, these old matters had actually dragged Cain into the mess.
After hearing all this, Cain sat on the edge of the bed and froze, the look on his face growing increasingly strange.
What kind of situation was this?
How had his arrival suddenly given Big Mom a reason to contact the giants again, and how had it ended up involving him?
"In short, you absolutely must not attend the banquet one week from now…"
Before Chiffon could finish speaking, hurried footsteps already sounded outside the door.
Capone Bege quickly grabbed Chiffon's hand and stuffed her back into his body.
Cain hurriedly kicked Law into Bege's body as well, then kicked Bege under their bed.
However, Bege's body was too fat and simply could not fit, so Cain could only keep kicking him in the backside.
Mont-d'Or, who had just arrived to search the area, heard the sound of the bed frame moving.
He instinctively ordered the soldiers to stop searching, then knocked on the door.
What followed was a burst of frantic noise.
Then the door opened, and Cain stood there with his clothes in disarray, looking at them with a face full of resentment.
Mont-d'Or was clearly stunned, but he still honestly told Cain about the intruders.
Just as he wanted to peek his head inside and search, Uta also poked her head out from under the blanket.
Because it was too stuffy inside, her face was slightly flushed.
She had heard the conversation between Cain, Bege, and the others just now too, but she had kept herself hidden because of the awkwardness.
But now that the people searching were about to come in, how could that be allowed?
So she instantly thought of a solution for Cain and called out to him in a soft voice.
"Cain~ Are you still not done? I've been waiting for so long!"
Mont-d'Or had not even seen what was going on inside before Cain quickly swung his hand and shut the door directly, smashing Mont-d'Or's red nose hard enough to make it bleed.
Cain leaned against the back of the door and shouted awkwardly.
"I DIDN'T SEE ANY INTRUDERS. WE'RE STILL BUSY. SORRY…"
At the same time, Cain looked at Uta, who wore a mischievous smile, and felt truly helpless.
Outside the door, Mont-d'Or instinctively covered his nose in pain as blood flowed between his fingers.
But he seemed to have guessed something, and instead of getting angry, he shook his head and revealed a meaningful smile.
Thinking back to the sound of the bed frame moving before he entered, the smile on his face grew even stranger.
Then he waved a hand and led the soldiers straight away.
"Hah… they finally left. Uta, that line just now…"
Cain let out a long breath and turned to look at the culprit.
"What? You didn't like it?"
Uta raised a brow, the mischievous smile at the corner of her eyes still not gone.
She lifted the blanket from herself, lay on her stomach on the pillow, and playfully swung her legs.
"THAT'S ENOUGH FROM YOU TWO! HURRY UP AND PULL ME OUT!"
Capone Bege's furious voice came muffled from beneath the bed.
Hearing the two people above him flirt as if nothing had happened nearly drove him mad.
Seeing this, Uta finally reined in her joke and got out of bed.
Cain exerted strength with one hand and lifted the entire bed.
But before Capone Bege could take even one breath of fresh air, the tightly shut room door was knocked on again.
Knock, knock.
Cain's pupils shrank.
Almost by reflex, he pressed down with his hand.
With a loud crash, the bed frame he had just lifted slammed back down hard.
"PFFT—!"
Bege, underneath, was struck by the second heavy blow. His eyes rolled back, and a mouthful of white foam sprayed out.
"Who is it?"
Cain forcefully suppressed his heartbeat, trying his best to make his voice sound calm while carrying a touch of impatience from being disturbed.
"It's me."
Outside the door, a low, magnetic voice sounded.
It was Katakuri.