At this time, in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, the call from the Gorosei was answered.

In fact, they had been paying close attention ever since the battle between Elior and Big Mom began.

They were waiting for Stussy's latest report.

However, when Stussy's report finally came, it wasn't what the Gorosei wanted to hear.

The battle was already over!

Moreover, the Elior Pirates, along with Big Mom's crew, had entered Whole Cake Island and finally arrived at Whole Cake Chateau.

As for Stussy, there was no way she could get inside the Chateau.

"What happened?"

At this moment, the Five Elders felt uneasy, as if something was wrong with the script.

"Weren't those two monsters supposed to fight to the death?"

"What is going on now?"

While they were confused, a call from Akainu also came through.

Through Akainu's furious tone, the Gorosei learned the shocking truth:

Elior and Big Mom were only competing?

A fight between two Yonko crews?

How was that even possible?

What's more, Elior and Big Mom had a mysterious conversation that left the Big Mom Pirates shaken.

What did they talk about?

Neither Akainu nor the Gorosei knew.

After the call ended, the Gorosei fell into deeper contemplation and uneasiness.

They couldn't figure out what Elior and the others were planning.

Such a massive battle couldn't simply be called a competition, and yet now the two forces had reconciled?

How was that even possible?

The Yonko had always been enemies who clashed endlessly with each other.

Even the Red-Hair Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates had their share of conflicts.

And now, what was happening with the Elior Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates?

"Earlier, Elior also went to Wano Country. Although none of us were there, what is certain is that Elior didn't fight with Kaido."

"The two Yonko met, and don't forget, before the war, Elior and Kaido had a massive battle. There should have been bad blood between them, but in Wano Country…"

The Gorosei all frowned. Elior's series of actions were making them increasingly uneasy.

"And Judge… what's going on with him?"

"Has he surrendered to that guy Elior now?"

Judge, king of Germa 66, whose country is a member of the World Government, was now siding with Elior and seemingly working for him?

The Gorosei were furious about this.

"We need to ask him what's going on. By then, I won't hesitate to kick Germa Kingdom out of the list of World Government affiliates."

Meanwhile, inside the Whole Cake Chateau…

The Charlotte Family was in disbelief.

At this time, Big Mom and Elior were in the conference room discussing the matter of an alliance.

Two Yonko forming an alliance!

Katakuri and the others had no idea what Big Mom and Elior were discussing.

But they knew one thing: in all these years, no one had ever been able to sit face-to-face with Big Mom as an equal. Even other Yonko had never sat like this with her.

Facing Big Mom's massive frame, Elior naturally looked small.

However, in terms of strength — though Katakuri and the others hated to admit it — it was obvious that Elior was stronger than their mother.

Elior was that powerful!

Now, Elior was going to cooperate with Big Mom… to establish an alliance!

Moreover, this alliance would also include Kaido!

A terrifying alliance of three Yonko crews!

And what would such an alliance mean for the world?

Once it was formed, taking over the entire New World would be child's play!

Just the thought of it sent shivers down the spines of the Charlotte Family.

At this moment, Big Mom looked at Elior.

She finally understood why Elior had attacked them this time.

It was to intimidate Charlotte Linlin herself!

And then form an alliance—with Elior as the leader!

How infuriating!

What made Big Mom even angrier was that Elior's power surpassed her own!

Defeating Elior wouldn't be easy!

And now an alliance?

Had that bastard Kaido actually joined him already?

What's more, according to Elior, he had gone to Wano and even helped Kaido take control of the entire country.

To Big Mom, Kaido was a bastard.

Of course, she didn't exactly hate him either.

After all, back then, if she hadn't given Kaido his Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, it was questionable whether he would even hold his current status as an Emperor.

But Kaido had always regarded Big Mom as an enemy.

On top of that, Elior mentioned something that even Big Mom couldn't stay calm about.

He had already obtained three Road Poneglyphs! And with his Voice of All Things, Elior could interpret them!

The Voice of All Things!

That ability was the ultimate form of Observation Haki!

Big Mom knew of only three people who had possessed it:

One was Rocks!

The other two were Gol D. Roger and Kozuki Oden!

And now, Elior had the same ability!

It was no secret that the Voice of All Things could be used to read the Poneglyphs.

Naturally, Big Mom understood this.

That meant as soon as Elior found the final Road Poneglyph, he could go to Laugh Tale.

Then he would become the second Pirate King!

However, Big Mom had once sailed under Xebec, so she knew Elior's ambitions couldn't be limited to simply becoming Pirate King.

With his current strength and forces, Elior already commanded the strongest pirate crew in the world!

Once he reached Laugh Tale, the title of Pirate King would be nothing but a stepping stone!

Could it be that he aimed to become King of the World?

At this time, the conversation between Elior and Big Mom had already lasted half an hour.

With deep suspicion, Big Mom finally spoke:

"Form an alliance, then crush Red-Hair and the others… What's your ultimate goal? It's not just conquering the New World and becoming Pirate King, is it?"

The usually ruthless Big Mom was, for once, unusually calm and serious.

Facing Elior, she felt a sense of gravity.

Deep down, she suspected his terrifying ambition.

"One Piece? I'm not interested in that."

Elior smiled. He didn't answer her question directly but instead asked her another.

"Charlotte Linlin, do you think this world is truly unique?"

Note: The conversation between Elior and Big Mom takes place privately in the conference room. No one else knows what they said.