Chapter 813

Chapter 813 is titled "An Invitation to the Tea Party".

Cover Page
From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc Vol. 7: Twin Cape: Laboon's having a whale of time.

Short Summary
Sanji refused Bege's wedding invitation, but Bege had no intention of giving him a choice as he threatened to kill the other Straw Hat Pirates. Nami, Brook, and Chopper tried to think about where Sanji could have come from. Vito told Sanji something, which made him agree to write a note. However, Sanji freed his crewmates from Bege's body as he held Caesar at gunpoint, and Bege was forced to retreat when Nekomamushi confronted him. The Straw Hats looked at the note Sanji wrote to give to the rest of the crew, which stated that he was going to meet a woman and would be back.

Long Summary
Nami and Chopper were astonished that Sanji was going to get married as Bege handed him the invitation. Sanji's cigarette dropped out of his mouth and smoldered on the floor as he wondered why this was happening now, which Bege said he did not care to know. Brook thinks about what the Vinsmoke name meant, saying it gave him the chills. Bege noticed that the fire from Sanji's cigarette was growing and quickly stomped it out as Sanji asked who was behind this scheme. Bege replied that it was his family as Nami remembered how he told the crew that he was from the North Blue, which had always sounded fishy. Brook then realized that one must cross the Red Line in order to get from the North to the East Blue, asking Sanji what kind of family he had for him to be able to make that voyage. Caesar revealed that if Sanji married into the Charlotte Family, the entire Straw Hat crew would become de facto underlings of Big Mom.

However, Sanji told Caesar to not get ahead of himself, as he had no intention of going to the tea party. He told Bege that he could take Caesar, but there was no way he would marry a woman he had never met and abandon Luffy's voyage. However, Bege replied that he never gave Sanji a choice and that they were captured in the castle in his body, which had started moving. Bege tied Sanji up with the tablecloth and created two cannons to point at the Straw Hat, revealing he controlled everything inside his castle, and briefly sunk Nami into the floor as an example. Bege told the Straw Hats that no one could escape Big Mom's tea parties, and Vito affirmed this, saying that everyone came because the invitations are really just summons orders. Vito then shared something with Sanji, who grew shocked upon hearing it but then calmed down as he asked how they found that out. Bege said that they had best do everything Big Mom says in order to avoid being someone's underling, and Brook asked Sanji what Vito told him. Sanji requested a pen and paper from Bege, who understood that he would write a note to Luffy.

Sanji wrote the note and gave it to Nami, Chopper, and Brook, telling them to give it to Luffy and the others. He told them that he never intended to keep things hidden from them, as he never expected to deal with this part of his past. Now, he had no choice but to put an end to it himself, and as he talked, he sensed a powerful presence outside. Suddenly, Sanji shoved his three crewmates out of Bege's fortress, and they fall on the ground in front of the Supernova. Caesar realized that Sanji did not free him as the Straw Hat took a gun from a member of the Firetank Pirates and held the scientist at gunpoint, telling the pirates that he would shoot Caesar if they moved. Sanji told the Firetank Pirates that he knew they couldn't kill him, as there was someone watching over him who ensured that his bounty would only be valid if captured alive. This same person also arranged the wedding, and as the pirates prepared to go out and capture the Straw Hats, Sanji told them that he would go to the wedding, but they could not kill his friends. Bege agreed to this, to his crew's protest, revealing to them that he was facing a monster outside.

Outside, a still-injured Nekomamushi stood behind Bege, asking what happened to Pekoms. Bege lied that he and Pekoms had been attacked by one of Jack's remaining crew members as Nami shouted into the doorway on Bege's body, asking why Sanji was still in there. Sanji simply smiled and told her that this was his problem and to give the rest of the crew his regards as Bege turned his legs into tank treads and raced away. Wanda asked the Straw Hats if the minks should chase Bege, but Brook adamantly told her not to, as Sanji had no intention of returning. Sanji's note was then seen, which read that he had to briefly see a woman and he would be back.

Chapter Notes

 * Crocus and Laboon find out about Brook's new bounty, which overjoys Laboon.
 * This means that they have discovered Brook's survival and his connection to the Straw Hats.
 * Brook is apparently familiar with the Vinsmoke Family and he suggests that they have a fearsome reputation.
 * According to Caesar, if one of the Straw Hats becomes related by marriage to Big Mom (in this case, Sanji), the Straw Hat Pirates will automatically become subordinates of the Big Mom Pirates.
 * Sanji's connection to the Vinsmoke Family likewise confirms he had some means in the past to leave his home in North Blue, cross the Red Line, and end up in East Blue.
 * Vito, the advisor of the Firetank Pirates, whispers something to Sanji that makes him more willing to go along with the Firetank Pirates.
 * Sanji threw Nami, Chopper, and Brook out of Bege’s castle before Nekomamushi forced Bege to retreat with Sanji and Caesar.
 * Sanji assumes that the person who made the Marines and World Government write "Only Alive" on his bounty poster is the same person who arranged the wedding.
 * Bege leaves Pekoms behind when he runs away from Nekomamushi.
 * The letter that Sanji left for the Straw Hats is shown.
 * This is the second time Sanji has left his crew a note after leaving to go after someone. The first time was at Water 7 when he sneaked aboard the Puffing Tom, writing an overly conspicuous message in Blue Station for Nami's eyes only, insulting anyone else who tried reading it.