One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 104 The World in the Book?!

Katakuri's mission was completed a month ago.

This mission was more troublesome than before, and I was injured a bit, but I still managed to resolve everything smoothly.

What pleased him most was that among the treasures he had looted was a wolf cub.

The target of this mission is a pirate who likes to keep wild beasts. When Katakuri fought him, the wild beasts kept by the pirate also came to help.

However, dealing with multiple opponents will yield the same result.

The wolf cub looked to be very young, and Katakuri felt a pang of worry, thinking that he might have killed its mother or father.

However, the wolf cub in his arms could feel his touch, which didn't rule out the possibility. It seemed he was overthinking it.

Thinking of what Yu had mentioned before, wanting a wolf as a companion, Katakuri's lips involuntarily curled up.

You'll be pleasantly surprised.

He didn't like anything furry. Words like "fluffy and cute" didn't help him at all. Only things with sharp edges, like the spiked knee pads on his knees, could offer any benefit.

But Yu said that the fur felt nice to the touch, so Katakuri wanted to try it and reached out to touch the wolf cub.

The newborn wolf cubs were very soft, and their fur wasn't very thick. Through his gloves, Katakuri couldn't understand the feelings Yu was describing.

The wolf cub hadn't opened its eyes yet. When it felt a touch, it would only rely on its sense of touch to get close, and even stuck out its tongue to lick it.

The pink tongue touched his glove, and it was clear that the wolf cub wasn't feeling well.

Katakuri chuckled, "Like Yu, not very bright." Perhaps thinking of Yu, he became even more curious about the wolf cub and picked it up to examine it closely.

The wolf cub was uncomfortable being held by the neck and whimpered a few times. Katakuri then placed it in his arm, and the cub wriggled a bit, finding a comfortable position before falling asleep.

The little guy slept soundly, and even Katakuri felt sleepy. He slept very well that night.

When he opened his eyes and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings, he thought he was still dreaming.

The wolf cub in his arms was gone, and this was no longer his pirate ship, but a place he had never seen before, and there was another person in front of him.

There was a square object obscuring the man's face, so Katakuri couldn't see his features.

Charlotte Katakuri, the second son of Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors, is the twin brother of Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven. He is the Minister of Flour of Whole Cake Island and one of the Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates. He is a special Paramecia-type Mochi Mochi Fruit user with a bounty of 1,057,000,000 Berries. He possesses extremely powerful Haki of all three types, with Observation Haki being his forte, allowing him to see parts of the future.

"The core figure of the family, the pillar of the Big Mom Pirates, with extremely strong strength, never having been defeated in his life, and hailed as the greatest masterpiece of the Charlotte family. He is the number one most popular older brother in the Charlotte family and has his own fan club. He is also known as the man whose back never touches the ground."

There were only two people in the space. Katakuri didn't speak, so the voice could only be coming from the person in front of him. But why was everything being said about him? His name, identity, abilities, Haki, and his situation in his clan.

However, there are two inconsistencies in this information. First, his bounty is not yet as high as one billion. Second, he does not possess Observation Haki, the ability to see into the future.

Katakuri's current Observation Haki can only predict an opponent's aura and their attacks. Like now, Katakuri uses his Observation Haki to sense that the person in front of him poses no threat, and is certainly no match for him.

But how did I end up here? I had no idea.

The man continued talking.

“2岁时喜欢上吃甜甜圈，3岁吃甜甜圈嘴张得太大导致嘴被撕裂，5岁成为糯糯果实能力者，10岁开始把嘴藏起来。原本是个我行我素的开朗少年，自小拥有怪物般的力量，尽管一直因为外貌而被他人嘲笑，但本人毫不在意，表示做自己就好，有谁嘲笑就揍飞他。后来，一些被卡塔库栗揍的人，为报复他，用刀在他妹妹夏洛特布蕾脸上割了一道长长的口子，布蕾因此留下了永久性地伤痕。卡塔库栗得知此事之后，十分愤怒和自责，觉得是因为自己而导致了布蕾的受伤，并且为布蕾报仇。从此，卡塔库栗用围巾遮住了自己的嘴巴，伪装成一个在世人面前完美而又强大的男人，保护着所爱的兄弟姐妹 。”

Katakuri had initially managed to remain calm, waiting to see what would happen. But this person unleashed the darkness he had hidden deep within his heart since childhood, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent.

This was something he least wanted to recall. Over the years, he had used a scarf to cover up his flaws, and also to conceal his former self. Yet this person recounted it in such detail, without missing a single word.

"Who exactly are you!" Katakuri's trembling hands clenched into fists, his anger on the verge of exploding.

The man moved the square obstruction in front of him aside, raised his head, and calmly said, "Nice to meet you. Let me introduce myself. My name is Salant."

Katakuri's attention was diverted the moment he saw Sarant's face. So much so that he barely heard what Sarant said until he said, "I am Yuran's brother, which is Yu's brother."

If Katakuri had said this before seeing his face, Katakuri would have been skeptical, after all, Yu's brother is Rosinante, not Salant. But, seeing the person in front of him, even if Katakuri couldn't believe it, he couldn't refute it.

Whenever Sharant stands next to Yu, no one would doubt their blood relation. They look almost identical, except that Sharant bears the marks of time and is visibly sickly.

Also, his hair is black, while Yu's is pink.

"This isn't the new world." Katakuri calmed down. Yu had never mentioned this older brother, nor the name Sayuran—it wasn't Yu's! "This is Yu's original world. You brought me here; what do you want?"

Sarant was somewhat surprised that this person could guess it. "No wonder Yu-Yu is interested in you, you are indeed smart." Sarant turned the computer screen in front of him towards Katakuri. "Then I'll make a long story short. What I just said was all about you, and all of this can be found in my world, including all the information about your family, brothers and sisters."

Katakuri was surprised; the world Yu lived in seemed even stranger than he had imagined. Shanks had said that the incident Yu experienced as a child left no trace afterward, and at the time, Shanks seemed to be being manipulated.

Could this brother be responsible for all of this?

Just like him now, he was suddenly "brought" here.

"The new world you're talking about is just a world in a comic book. You, and everything around you, are all fictional. To me and to Youyou, you are just characters in a book."

Katakuri remained calm, showing no alarm at Sharant's words. "So what?"

“You’re just a fictional character in a book, created for our entertainment. You and I are not from the same world. You just became interested in you while reading this comic book, and then somehow entered the world of the book.” Sharant’s tone was particularly strong when he mentioned that we were not from the same world. “The world that You and I live in is completely superior to the world of comics.”

"To put it simply, Youyou shouldn't stay there any longer; she should go back to the world that originally belonged to her."

"So this is why you brought me here." Katakuri felt somewhat relieved after understanding Sharant's purpose. But Sharant shouldn't have come to him, because this wasn't something he could decide, and even if he did, he wouldn't agree to let Yu leave. "You could bring me here, so why can't you bring Yu back?"

Katakuri asked the question bluntly.