"Another Emperor of the Sea?!!!"
As news-carrying gulls flew across the world, countless people were deeply shocked by the headlines when they received their papers.
"His achievement was... surviving Black Spear?"
"What does that even mean???"
Newcomers from backwater places, hearing these tales of the New World for the first time, could not help asking curiously,
"Hey, hey, hey!!! Do you even understand how impressive that is?!!!"
His companion was clearly far more knowledgeable. Bloodshot eyes fixed on the photograph, he gripped the newspaper tightly.
"That was the Black Emperor from over a decade ago!!!"
"Black... Emperor???"
"What does that mean? One of the four Emperors of the Sea?"
News from the New World often did not reach the Four Seas, creating many bumpkin Supernovas who had no idea how terrifying the New World truly was.
Only after entering the New World were they crushed until all their confidence was gone.
"It's different!!!"
"The Black Emperor was a legendary pirate who once defeated every one of the Four Emperors! In his youth, he destroyed Marine Headquarters. He was such a legend that even the World Government had to back down and cooperate with him!!!"
"That Whitebeard, Golden Lion... they all died by his hand."
"The last person to become famous across the seas for surviving him was Doflamingo of the Shichibukai—the man who nearly destroyed a World Government member nation!!!"
With his companion's explanation, the man gradually realized just how significant it was to survive the hands of such a terrifying figure, one who had slain Emperors of the Sea.
"This sea... is becoming more and more unstable..."
In the New World, within a beautiful and peaceful little country,
A small old man dressed in royal attire was walking toward the shore when a burly, buzz-cut man in sunglasses