Man this plan failed so hard it's hilarious
So how strong can a castle man be ? With some haki i guess he could withstand a great amount of damage... that'd get them so time to make a new plan
About Big Mom this really makes me want to see her vs Kaido, that'd be awesome!
Her cook is her first nakama, that's unexpected ! If they evolved together i guess he must have some skills too, or has he been carried by her this whole time ? Also she's never really been a bad girl so it must have been him influencing her, the guy is evil...
Also the fact that he said "she'll be back eventually" makes me think he must have seen mother caramel do something, and she wasn't eaten or at least she isn't dead.
My guess about this : she was about to be eaten but transformed into her "soul form", so Big Mom ate her in soul form. Mother caramel didn't want to get digested as a soul and fused with BM's soul.
OR
considering BM's powers awakened later, she probably ate mother caramel and just ate a fruit nearby in the next weeks ?.. it's not very exciting tho
Damn i was afraid this would be a full backstory chapter again but the end of the backstory was beautifully merged with the current action, goda all the way.