Famous Across the World (2)

On a winter island where heavy snow swirled through the air.

The Red Hair Pirates were holed up in a cave, sleeping off their hangovers...

"My head hurts..."

Four Emperors Red Hair lay beside the fire, his eyes vacant as though he had gone stupid.

Last night, a Polar Bear near their camp had given birth to a cub, so they had happily thrown a banquet on the spot to celebrate the cub's birth.

Who would have thought they would drink all night? Then, someone got drunk and slaughtered the adult Polar Bear, turning it into a bear-meat hot pot...

Of course, even if the Polar Bear had not given birth to a cub, they would have found some random excuse to hold a banquet anyway.

What mattered most was throwing a banquet. They did not care about anything else.

A News Bird flew over the island.

Bang!

The gunshot startled the News Bird into squawking as it frantically flapped its wings, dropping a Newspaper.

The Newspaper fell from the sky and was picked up by Beckman, the Red Hair Pirates' vice-captain.

As a pirate, he had never been in the habit of paying for things.

"Heh, a 1.5 Billion Bounty. This rookie named Lin Yu is pretty capable."

Beckman smiled as he looked at the Newspaper in his hand. He, too, was from the North Sea.

"A rookie has emerged from the North Sea, and his very first Bounty is already 1.5 Billion."

"The Straw Hat Luffy you bet on has a rival now."

Returning to the cave, Beckman tossed the Newspaper to Red Hair, then sat down to one side and blew out a ring of smoke.

The other Red Hair Pirates raised their heads at his words and looked at Beckman with stunned expressions.

A first-time Bounty of 1.5 Billion was far too outrageous.

The North Sea might produce monsters, but this monster was a little too strong.

As the strongest of the four seas, the North Sea had produced many top-tier powerhouses.

Beckman, Doflamingo, Akainu Sakazuki, Kizaru Borsalino, Great Staff Officer Tsuru, and her younger sister, an Admiral candidate, were all from the North Sea.

It was precisely because of people like them that the North Sea had become the strongest of the four seas.

"Beckman, you should trust my judgment."

"Burp... No matter who it is, the position of Pirate King will ultimately belong to Luffy."

Red Hair looked at the Newspaper and let out a drunken burp, completely unconcerned by Beckman's words.

In his eyes—

As the person chosen by the Mythical Zoan Nika Fruit, Luffy would definitely become the future Pirate King.

There was no doubt about it.

As a fruit with "will," the Nika Fruit would automatically choose a host suited to itself.

And throughout the World Government's eight hundred years of pursuit, it had evaded capture time and time again.

All of it had been to await Luffy's birth.

Upon this sea—

Luffy was the child of destiny!

Luffy was the great warrior who would bring hope to the world!

Luffy was the future Pirate King!

Everyone else had to step aside!

Beckman shrugged and said indifferently, "Then let's wait and see."

Grand Line, Calm Belt.

Amazon Lily, Amazon Lily Kingdom.

"God Slayer Lin Yu killed a Celestial Dragon in the North Sea..."

Hancock, the Pirate Empress and one of the Shichibukai, stared at the Newspaper in her hands for a long time, unable to recover.

Beside her, the green-haired Boa Sandersonia and orange-haired Boa Marigold wore equally shocked expressions.

As former slaves of the Celestial Dragons, they had never imagined that someone would actually dare to assassinate a World Noble Celestial Dragon.

The last person to do so had been the great Fish-Man hero Fisher Tiger, who had climbed the Red Line with his bare hands and freed the Celestial Dragons' slaves.

Yet even a hero like that had ultimately met only death at the hands of the World Government.

"Ah!!!"

Sandersonia let out a miserable scream and began clutching her head as she wept. She had just remembered the miserable days she spent in the hands of the Celestial Dragons.

Because of her rare green hair, she had suffered the worst torment among the three sisters.

"Sister." Marigold hurriedly held Sandersonia down and looked to Hancock for help.

Furrowing her delicate brows, Hancock set down the Newspaper, walked over to Sandersonia, and kicked the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious.

"Take her away."

After giving the order, Hancock picked up the Newspaper again and carefully stared at Lin Yu's photograph.

This man who had dared to assassinate a Celestial Dragon had successfully caught her attention.

"I hope you can make it to the Grand Line alive."

World Economic Journal headquarters.

"President."

"This is bad. The World Government has sent people."

"They demand that we remove the report about the Celestial Dragon's death from the Newspaper, and that we stop spreading the matter among the common people."

Morgans raised his head from behind his desk and sneered. "Tell them to get lost!"

As the News King of the underworld, Morgans was not someone who would compromise with the World Government.

What went into his Newspaper could only be decided by him!

"Morgans, you had better watch your words."

"You had better stop your reporting immediately, or else..."

Several World Government staff members in suits entered the office and warned Morgans.

"Heh, or else what?"

"Big News" Morgans took a sip of Red Wine and sneered.

The moment he finished speaking, he pounced on the World Government staff and began beating them viciously.

"You actually dare attack us!"

The World Government staff had not expected Morgans to suddenly attack. They were immediately beaten until they could not fight back, and before long, all of them had been knocked to the ground.

"Pah!"

Seeing the staff sprawled on the ground, Morgans spat.

As the News King of the underworld, he still possessed the strength he needed.

Though he often fabricated sensationalist articles to seize the news market, he also possessed the professional ethics expected of a journalist.

Pouring himself a glass of Red Wine, Morgans ordered, "Throw every one of them out."

"Also, prepare to relocate headquarters to the Secret Sky Island."

Morgans controlled a small Sky Island unknown to anyone else. It was where he stored confidential materials, and it was also what gave him the confidence to offend the World Government.

He had discovered it by chance shortly after obtaining the Zoan Bird-Bird Fruit: Albatross Model, when he could still fly freely through the sky.

"Yes, President."

The reporters beside him immediately got to work.

Elsewhere.

Lin Yu, still unaware that he had already caught the attention of influential figures, stood in the laboratory aboard the God Slave, watching Reiju modify the transformation device for his Science Combat Suit.

The God Slave possessed much of the Marines' latest technology, so it naturally had dedicated repair rooms and laboratories.

After two hours of modifications, Reiju finally finished working on Lin Yu's Battle Suit transformation device.

Picking up the modified Battle Suit transformation device, Reiju looked at Lin Yu and smiled. "Done!"

"That's great!"

Lin Yu was instantly overjoyed and grabbed Reiju, kissing her fiercely.

"Y-you should hurry up and try it."

Lin Yu's kisses left Reiju dazed and flustered. Only after several minutes did she gasp for breath and forcefully break free from his clutches.

If she did not send Lin Yu away, she was afraid he would take her right there.

"Alright."

Lin Yu chuckled and pulled Reiju toward the deck.

He had been looking forward to his transformation device for a long time.