Time passed quickly.
Because Charlotte Linlin's due date was approaching, Fang Huo had to give up his plans to travel to the Grand Line and the South Blue.
He devoted himself entirely to accompanying Charlotte Linlin, his two sons, and the three women.
sea calendar Year 1492, January 1st (49 years ago).
While all sorts of rumors were spreading like wildfire in the Outer Seas.
The first child of Fang Huo and Charlotte Linlin was actually born on the first day of the New Year in the Warrior Village of Elbaf.
Stussy, Shimotsuki Furiko, and Erza Uzumaki assisted with the delivery, having prepared everything.
As it turned out, Charlotte Linlin giving birth was as simple as going to the bathroom.
Without any screaming or straining, she effortlessly gave birth to her first child.
This little monster opened his eyes as soon as he was born.
Under the shocked gazes of the three women.
The little monster stood up unsteadily, tore off his own umbilical cord, and then struggled to crawl onto Charlotte Linlin to start nursing.
Charlotte Linlin steadied her child and laughed triumphantly.
"Ma, as expected of my child, he's certainly fierce!"
Charlotte Linlin wasn't frightened; instead, she happily held her son.
She poked the child's cheek with her finger, only to have it swatted away. The strength was so great that even Charlotte Linlin, who possessed monstrous strength, was stunned for a moment.
But the next moment, Charlotte Linlin laughed even louder.
"Haha, great strength is good!"
"From now on, your name shall be Katakuri!"
"Gu Yue Charlotte Katakuri!!"
Charlotte Linlin excitedly held Katakuri tight, quite satisfied with her son's talent.
"Linlin! Be careful! Don't hug the baby so hard!"
Stussy watched with trepidation, fearing that Charlotte Linlin might accidentally crush the newborn into a meat patty.
"Don't worry! Katakuri is very strong."
Charlotte Linlin felt her son's struggling strength; he seemed very displeased that she was interrupting his feeding.
Erza Uzumaki had already run out to report to Fang Huo.
An infant who could open his eyes and stand as soon as he was born, and even tear his own umbilical cord, had terrified the young Erza.
"Tore his own umbilical cord? Is he that fierce?"
Hearing Erza's flustered voice, Rocks, Shiki, and the others shouted, while Fang Huo rushed in immediately.
The other Cadres were equally shocked. Had another monster been born?
They wondered if this child had inherited Fang Huo's Nine Souls talent or Linlin's Steel Balloon talent.
"Gurarara, if this child could awaken Innate Conquerors Haki like Loki and Innate Armament Haki like Linlin, how strong would he be!"
Whitebeard Newgate stood outside, itching to go in and see his third 'Godson'.
But they held back, waiting for Fang Huo, Linlin, and the others to come out.
Gu Yue Shini and Kogetsu Ryuma were perched on the shoulders of Rocks and Newgate, who looked every bit the babysitters.
Inside the huge delivery room.
Fang Huo saw his son already nursing, one small hand constantly swatting away his mother's hand that was teasing him.
"Fang Huo! Katakuri's strength is great, and his body is very strong!"
Charlotte Linlin excitedly shared the good news with Fang Huo. She didn't yet know if Katakuri had inherited her Steel Balloon constitution, let alone if he had inherited Fang Huo's heaven-defying talent.
She only knew that her child's strength was enormous, and his appetite seemed exaggerated!
Being able to eat so much right at birth meant there was a high possibility he inherited her Steel Balloon constitution.
After all, she was also very capable of eating when she was little.
In just four or five short years, she had almost eaten a noble family into bankruptcy.
The Charlotte Family, to which Charlotte Linlin belonged, possessed a hereditary surname and could afford to hire ships and powerful guards to escort Charlotte Linlin to the perilous New World.
Specifically to Elbaf in the latter half of the New World.
This allowed for a rough estimation of the Charlotte Family's strength and foundation.
Charlotte Linlin very rudely interrupted Katakuri's meal and handed him to Fang Huo, like a little girl presenting a toy.
In Charlotte Linlin's eyes, Fang Huo was even more important than her son.
Katakuri struggled in Charlotte Linlin's hands, his eyes filled only with an instinctive craving for food.
Fang Huo took the child, and his first impression was that the strength was indeed immense; even he had to be a bit serious.
"Wah~ Wah!!"
Seeing himself getting further and further from his food source and unable to break free despite his best efforts, the child finally burst into tears.
The sonorous sound made Stussy and Shimotsuki Furiko cover their ears.
"Let our child eat his fill first!"
Seeing his son looking very hungry, Fang Huo didn't immediately test the boy's talent and handed him back to Charlotte Linlin.
But he already felt that this child was very strong!!!
He definitely had the potential to awaken Conqueror's Haki!
Loki had been thrown into the Underworld, and it was under the threat of dangerous beasts and the desire to return to his mother that his Conqueror's Haki erupted.
This meant he possessed the innate basic conditions to awaken Conqueror's Haki!
Fang Huo had just detected the foundation for awakening Conqueror's Haki in this child's strange cries.
Perhaps this child was only one opportunity away from awakening Conqueror's Haki!
Fang Huo was a bit excited; this certainly fell within the scope of Innate Conquerors Haki!
His third son was definitely a talent monster no less than Loki or Linlin.
Back in Charlotte Linlin's arms, the child began to eat heartily again and slowly quieted down.
Stussy immediately tended to the child's umbilical cord and navel.
It was brave of the child to tear the cord himself, but it still needed proper treatment.
Shimotsuki Furiko cleaned the child's body and put him in baby clothes.
As for Charlotte Linlin, giving birth had no effect on her at all, other than her stomach becoming a bit smaller.
This was the terrifying nature of the Steel Balloon.
Once the child had eaten his fill and fallen into a deep sleep, Fang Huo, Charlotte Linlin, and the others left the delivery room.
"Worhahahaha! Let me have a good look at this little monster!!"
Rocks' eyes lit up; he had already noticed something in that sonorous infant cry earlier.
This infant's talent was definitely stronger than his two older brothers'.
As expected of a double Conqueror's bloodline!
This talent might even be stronger than a double D bloodline!
After all, there weren't many women who awakened Conqueror's Haki to begin with.
Every Conqueror's Haki user was extremely domineering and difficult to get along with.
So, people whose parents were both Conqueror's Haki users were very, very rare.
"Today, I'll let you all see what a true genius is!"
Fang Huo grinned and brought the child out, looking every bit the vain father showing off his kid.
"Could it be that he really inherited all the talents of both you and Linlin?"
Golden Lion Shiki's eyes flickered, filled with longing.
Why wait for a natural birth when you can just snatch one?
He wanted to be this child's sole Godfather!!
Rocks and Newgate could both get lost!