One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 59 This sister-in-law is useless

"Yu! You're finally back!"

"What are you doing in Ka Er's house! Let go! Let go now!"

Yu arrived at Katakuri's house on Wheat Island, opened the door, and was startled by Cracker rushing towards him.

"Do you know that while you're having fun outside, I'm suffering?"

The chocolate bar is like a pendant; no matter how much you shake it, you can't shake it off. You're stuck at the doorway, unable to move, unable to go in, and unable to go out.

Thankfully, Katakuri and Perospero went to report the situation. His mother wouldn't really care what he did; a truthful report was enough. As a son, it wasn't a big deal for him to investigate anything that posed a threat to his mother.

"Little Firecracker, tell me what you've been through. You seem to have gotten quite a bit stronger." You pinched the muscles in Cracker's arm.

"He didn't do anything special, he just looked after his younger siblings for a few days."

"Smoothie is here too!"

Yu's eyes lit up when she saw Smoothie; who doesn't love a long-legged beauty? However, Smoothie had always given her a cold impression, so she was a little surprised to see her here.

"What do you mean by taking care of the child for a few days? Is it even a few days? How can that child be the same as other people's?" Cracker started wailing. "It's all because Katakuri-san went out that my shifts have to be moved up."

"Be careful Katakuri hears you, and you'd better get down here right now. Have you forgotten what Brûlée told you?"

As soon as she said that, Yu felt a sudden emptiness around her, and the feeling of losing gravity almost made her lose her balance.

What did Brulee say that made the firecrackers so effective?

"What are you afraid of? There's someone who can deal with Katakuri now, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Her body language betrayed her as she got off Yu, but she kept chattering. "You're my sister-in-law now! If Katakuri bullies me again, I'll come after you, and you have to stand up for me!"

"Shh, shh, shh, don't let anyone hear and it gets back to the old lady. I want to live a few more years..."

"Don't worry, don't worry, it won't happen."

Meanwhile, Katakuri and Perospero, having finished meeting with Big Mom, prepared to leave the Cake Castle.

A masked person passed by the two on the road. Katakuri had never seen this person before, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

“This is a new member who just joined the pirate crew,” Perospero explained.

"Ah."

"Katakuri, you're really cold-hearted. If this were Yu, would your answer be different? kukukuku1"

Perospero bit his tongue, joking with Katakuri, who was used to it and didn't take it much. Jokes usually require the person making a move, but for someone like Katakuri, it was truly boring.

"Don't underestimate her. My mother kept her because of her abilities. It's said that there's nothing she doesn't know, and she can even predict some major events in the future."

"Ah."

"Kukukuku, Katakuri, give me some other reaction. I'm at my wit's end with you." He was getting tired of talking and licked the candy cane in his hand. "I don't think much of her, Celluloid, but Mom insisted on keeping her. I don't know if it's because she can appear out of thin air in Whole Cake Island. We didn't notice anything at the time."

"You said... what's her name?" Katakuri thought he had misheard; Celluloid should be dead by now.

"Celluloid, what, you know her? kukukuku."

"How did she appear out of thin air?"

"Like this!" Passing by the nursery (where younger siblings lived), Flampe saw Katakuri and excitedly jumped out, blocking their way.

"Flampe?" Perospero was a little surprised, but he quickly realized, "Katakuri, your number one fan has come to see you."

"Katakuri-nii, you haven't come to visit Flampe in so long. Flampe misses you so much."

"The sea voyage was delayed." Katakuri didn't say much. He was always a man of few words in front of his younger siblings, but he still reached out and touched Flampe.

"Flampe, you go back first. Katakuri and I still have something to talk about."

"No, I finally got to see my brother, I'm not leaving." Flampe sat on the ground, acting like a spoiled brat, looking every bit the wronged little sister. "I know, Katakuri must have gone to be with that Yu again."

"Flampe, you go back first. I'll bring you bubble gum on my shift." Katakuri was eager to know about Celluloid, so he could only appease Flampe first.

"Well... alright then. Katakuri-nii-san keeps his word."

"Ah."

Flampe went back to the nursery, hid behind the door, and watched Katakuri's departing figure.

Do you know anything about celluloid's background?

Getting back to the main point, Katakuri wants to verify whether this cel is the same one he encountered before.

"An orphan. She appeared out of nowhere, claiming to join a pirate crew. To show her sincerity, she demonstrated her abilities and convinced my mother." Perospero was intrigued; Katakuri was actually interested in her.

"Okay, Peros, I'll head back now."

"kukukuku~ The perfect man is really in a hurry to get home~"

As the two walked out of the Whole Cake Island, Katakuri roughly understood what had happened. Although it differed somewhat from what he knew, that wasn't important. Just the fact that it appeared out of nowhere was enough to warrant close attention.

Smoothie, having spent a lot of time with Katakuri, has probably picked up Katakuri's cold and aloof demeanor, sitting quietly to the side, drinking her juice alone.

Yu was caught in a dilemma: whether to strike up a conversation with her or not.

But looking at those long legs, You felt her mouth water; why didn't she have them? Looking at it this way, the older woman's genes weren't bad at all; at least there were a few good-looking and fit people in the family. Not bad, not bad.

"Why...are you staring at me like that...?"

"No, no, it's just..." Just what? Did he mean he was looking at her legs?! "How's Chiffon doing lately?"

"..."

The two of them suddenly fell silent.

"Give me a response? This is making me very awkward..."

"It's good that you don't know much about Chiffon. Your mother was never really into you anyway, so this will only make her impression of you worse," Smoothie said casually.

"What do you mean?"

"Mom is very angry because Lola ran away from the wedding. Chiffon and Lola are twins and look alike. Lola left, and Chiffon is the one who will suffer." Cracker was really afraid that Yu would act impulsively, so he quickly explained to her to calm her down.

Where is the chiffon cake?

"She's stayed on her island the whole time and hasn't left. Katakuri hasn't come back yet, shouldn't we wait for him?" Cracker stopped Yu. Ever since Chiffon incurred Big Mom's wrath, even her brothers and sisters rarely went to see her anymore. Actually, you can't blame them. Of the people closest to Chiffon, Lola left, and Bleuboulin and Yu went out. The rest wouldn't bother to look for her.

"I...I'll wait until he gets back!"

"..." It seems like this sister-in-law is going to be pretty useless in the future. Katakuri will still be Katakuri...