Life was more than the drudgery before one's eyes; there was also a shameless boss demanding overtime.
It was clearly his legally entitled vacation, but with the seas in turmoil, Roy had been drafted into service again.
The first half of the Grand Line, Sabaody Archipelago.
Outside a café, Roy ate breakfast while reading the newspaper he had just bought.
<Shocking! The Unknown Romantic History of a World Beauty Pageant Winner>
<A West Blue Mafia Boss Suspected of Storming a City Overnight>
Whitebeard's Unknown Illegitimate Son Exposed
<Speculation on Whether the Mermaid Princess Hidden Away for Over a Decade Has an Afro>
Looking at the absurd stories in the paper's smaller sections, he took a sip of slightly bitter coffee.
Roy admitted that he was a country bumpkin. He liked reading this sort of gossip.
Turning the page, the most frequently reported news lately was the conflict between the World Government and Whitebeard.
A large number of commentators who had crawled out from who knew where were spouting nonsense in the papers.
Although much of it made Roy feel utterly disgusted, he had to admit that it was quite satisfying to read.
He put down the gossip rag and picked up the World Economic Journal, the most authoritative publication in the Pirate World.
Unlike the crude filth printed in gossip papers, the contents of the World Economic Journal were generally highly reliable.
As such, the World Economic Journal was the only channel through which many people in the Pirate World could access genuine information about the outside world.
Though it was sometimes controlled by the World Government, most of the information in it was still trustworthy.
He looked through the paper's biggest headline.
<The New World Stirs; Yonko Kaido Is Suspected of Intending to Join the Conflict Between Whitebeard and