## One Piece Chapter 873, pages 7-8: Trapped Like Sweets in a Cage - Chapter: 873 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Big Mom, Charlotte Perospero, Opera, Luffy, Straw Hat Pirates, Smoothie ### Summary Page 7: Perospero intervenes with a lie designed to redirect Big Mom's hunger. As she thrashes, he shouts, "MAMA!! THERE IS A WEDDING CAKE!!" Opera panics, "BROTHER PEROS!! STOP! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!" but Perospero continues: "THERE WAS A SPARE CAKE MADE, MAMA!!" Big Mom turns toward him, and he builds the lie carefully: "ONE THAT WAS MADE USING CAREFULLY SELECTED INGREDIENTS, TO THE POINT OF MAKING YOU DROOL... THE BEEEGEST WEDDING CAKE." He then gives the target: "WE WANTED MAMA TO EAT IT NO MATTER WHAT, BUT!! SHOCKINGLY, IT WAS STOLEN BY THE STRAW HAT CREW!! PERORIN~♪" The bottom of the page reveals the danger of the lie: the Straw Hats, still trying to escape, are heading toward the southwestern bay, exactly where Perospero has now pointed Big Mom. Page 8: Perospero calculates that Big Mom should still be able to hear him: "SHE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO HEAR TO SOME EXTENT!! IF SHE GOES AFTER THEM, IT'LL BE TWO-BIRDS-WITH ONE STONE!!" Big Mom repeats the bait, "WEDDING CAKE...!!" while her children watch in fear. Smoothie asks, "STEERING HER AWAY... IS IT POSSIBLE?" Perospero insists, "THAT'S RIGHT!! THEY HAVE IT!!!" Big Mom accepts the direction but not without threatening him. She roars, "IF YOU'RE LYING...!!! YOU'LL DEFINITELY PAY FOR IT WITH YOUR LIFESPAN...!!!" The word "SWIRL" marks her unstable fixation as she turns toward the supposed cake. Perospero smiles because the lie may save Totland, but if the Straw Hats do not produce cake, his own life becomes the price.