"One Piece Is Real."
Dark clouds blanketed the sky, making the entire battlefield feel especially oppressive.
Not far from the battlefield at Marineford lay the Sabaody Archipelago.
The interrupted broadcast and the island-wide state of alert had left the people of this island, the closest to Mary Geoise, deeply unsettled.
At what had once been the broadcast plaza of the Sabaody Archipelago, the pitch-black screen had turned everything happening on the Marineford battlefield into an unsettling unknown.
The battle that had erupted at Marine Headquarters today, along with its details, had shocked the entire world.
At this point, no one doubted that this war would change the balance of the world.
With the broadcast cut off, which side had won—the Marines or the pirates—had become the greatest suspense.
Throughout the Pirate World, countless people were sincerely praying for a Marine victory.
Of course, many islands in the New World of the Grand Line that had received Whitebeard's kindness were likewise praying that he could safely return to the territory he loyally protected.
The joys and sorrows of people were never the same, and so neither were their pursuits.
Worried about the outcome at Marineford, many who still held onto a sliver of hope remained in the plaza even after the broadcast was cut off, waiting for communications to be restored.
A flash of electricity streaked past.
The broadcast screen in the plaza suddenly flickered with specks of static like snowflakes, as if the prayers of the people there had been answered.
Bzzzt, bzzzt.
A change suddenly appeared on the once-black broadcast screen, instantly drawing everyone's attention in the plaza.
"Hey, hey, Jack, look at the big broadcast screen! The picture's changing! Is the broadcast coming back?"
"Calling headquarters, calling headquarters! The broadcast has started again! Get all the reporters ready