A new world.
Wano country.
The fire festival on Onigashima Island will begin soon.
Orochi, Kaido and the others have already arrived on the island.
"Captain Kaido! Great news!!!"
At that moment, a large bird flew swiftly through the sky over Onigashima and landed near Kaido, immediately taking the form of a human being.
Kaido, who was lying on a lounger waiting for the celebration to begin, opened his eyes and looked at the running subordinate, "Stop shouting! What happened?!"
"Captain Kaido... Admiral Buddha Sengoku has been defeated!"
With a face that showed great shock and disbelief, the man reached out and handed Kaido two copies of the newspaper.
"Sengoku was defeated?"
Kaido turned away from his subordinate and took a large gourd, showing no interest in the paper, "There is nothing surprising about Sengoku's defeat, who did it? must it be old Whitebeard?"
The subordinate said nervously, "No, it wasn't Whitebeard... this is a new person named Yeruashi, the Navy called him 'The Traveler'!"
"A rookie?!"
Kaido was dumbfounded.
He immediately snatched the newspaper from the subordinate's hand and began to read it carefully.
Although he wasn't too surprised by Sengoku's defeat, as a powerful pirate who had faced the Admirals many times before, Kaido was well aware of Sengoku's strength and knew that there were very few people at sea who could defeat him, but now.... a rookie was able to defeat Sengoku!
Even Kaido was surprised by the news.
"The traveler? He looks very young... in the expanse of the sea, another strong guy appeared."
Kaido doesn't mind pirates who have a little more fame than others, or people who have defeated a couple of pirates with a reward of several hundred million belli, but defeating Admiral Sengoku is a completely different matter.
This is not a rookie, but.... A monster!
Kaido tossed the newspaper aside, took a long sip of wine from the gourd bottle and said confidently, "Alright! Let's all go to the new world!"
"In this tumultuous age, there are many powerful people, but there can only be one King!"
...
Somewhere at sea.
On the deck of Moby Dick.
Whitebeard squinted his eyes slightly as he read the paper and laughed out loud, "I didn't think Sengoku would be defeated.... Newbie, goo-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!"
The young Phoenix, Marco, who was sitting next to Whitebeard, said worriedly, "To defeat Sengoku at such a young age... this guy is a freaking monster, he'll be a big threat when he comes to the New World."
"Goo-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra, let him go!"
Whitebeard threw down the newspaper and grabbed a big bowl of wine, "All geniuses, heroes and monsters will come to the New World sooner or later! If any of them want to challenge me, I'll wait here..... because I am Whitebeard!!!"
With Whitebeard's imperious words, the anxiety in the eyes of Marco and the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates immediately dissipated, replaced by confidence and faith.
No one can defeat Whitebeard!
Although the Age of Pirates was discovered by Roger, it cannot belong to a dead man.
This era belongs to his father, Whitebeard!
...
Red line.
Holy Land of Marijoa.
In a spacious room on the top floor of Castle Pangaea, the Gorosei were seated on a sofa and in chairs.
Their faces were grim.
"Sengoku was defeated by a criminal..."
"Furthermore, this criminal houses the surviving archaeologist Ohara, which will allow him to decipher the poneglyphs and learn the forbidden history."
One of the Gorosei turned his head and looked angrily at Kong, who was standing nearby, "What's going on in the Navy?"
There should be three Admirals in the Navy, but one of them resigned, another was beaten by an unknown criminal, and the third refused to take the position at all....
According to Gorosei, the Navy is now in a terrible state.
"Lords of Gorosei..."
Kong's face was unsightly, "It was me who miscalculated the criminal's strength and I am willing to take responsibility."
"Now is not the time to talk about responsibility!!!"
"How are you going to deal with the empty Admiral positions? Is Garp still refusing to take the position? Who will take Zephyr's place?!"
"If the situation continues to deteriorate, we will be forced to conduct a worldwide recruitment!"
Kong had nothing to answer Gorosei's questions.
After Gorosei calmed down a bit, the topic returned to Yeruashi: "What to do about 'the Traveler'? Since Sengoku was defeated, only Garp could defeat him."
"I wouldn't advise you to waste your strength on him, let him go calmly to the New World, where he will inevitably come into conflict with Whitebeard, Kaido and the others."
"It is settled."
"Let's postpone this issue for now."
After a brief discussion, Gorosei decided not to worry about Yeruashi temporarily.
In any case, the traveler would not be able to defeat Marinford and would not dare to enter the Holy Land of Marijoa.
It would not give them any trouble in the short term.
It is much easier to wait until he reaches the second half of Grand Line.
Given the current situation in the New World, Yeruashi will definitely engage in a fierce confrontation with other powerful pirates, and then it will be much easier for them to find an opportunity to deal with him.
...
The first half of Grand Line.
At sea.
The sails of the small ship flapped in the wind.
In the water around them, there were a lot of strange transparent creatures that looked like jellyfish, they actively pushed the ship, significantly increasing its speed.
Robin approached Yeruashi, who was standing on the deck of the ship, and handed him a newspaper.
He read the paper briefly and laughed.
"World government... ah, they made a great effort to contain the news of what happened on Merk Island, but my reward still exceeded a billion."
It is not difficult for an intelligent person to understand that just by running away from the Admiral, it is impossible to immediately receive such a high reward. It is necessary to carry a great danger, so that the first reward immediately exceeded a billion.
But many pirate hunters will inevitably ignore this fact, because the thirst for money and fame can easily eclipse a person's mind.
An ordinary pirate with no fame or name, perhaps even with a bounty of less than 10 million, dared to raise his gun and shoot Kizaru, hoping to make a name for himself by killing an Admiral.
There will always be people like that everywhere.
So, this bounty will definitely cause some problems.
"I would think that the World Government is going to keep raising your bounty, so they may start attributing a variety of violent crimes to you." Robin stood next to him and said.
Defeating a Navy Admiral.
Such a thing deserves a reward of at least two billion belli, but due to the cover-up of the truth about what happened, the World Government was forced to give a much smaller reward, so in the future they will most likely start to gradually increase the reward.
"Most likely it will be."
Yeruashi handed the paper back to Robin and chuckled: "Looks like I'll have to let them feel the pain... ah, we should reach the Sabaody Archipelago pretty soon."