In Marineford Era 1516, not long after the year began, a major piece of news swiftly spread across the entire world.
"Hey! Bright! There's been a new development in the war in the New World!"
Tesoro charged into Bright's office, waving a newspaper excitedly. "Hahahaha! That guy really is capable! Even Kaido can't do anything to him now!"
"Has the war ended?"
Bright raised a brow.
"Not yet, but at this rate, the final result can only be a draw."
Tesoro laughed. "Hahaha, no one had probably ever imagined things would turn out this way!"
"Morgans has already started calling him the fourth Emperor of the Sea."
"A new emperor?"
Bright chuckled. "Then it's the Yonko. That doesn't sound bad."
At the beginning of this year, a war broke out in the New World.
A pirate crew expanded its territory and came into conflict with the Beasts Pirates.
When negotiations failed, war finally erupted.
Kaido and a certain man clashed fiercely in the New World.
It now seemed that it truly had been an incredibly fierce clash.
"Yonko? Shouldn't it be Five Emperors? Bright, did you forget to count yourself?"
Tesoro laughed heartily. "That means that, among the five emperors, aside from you, two of them are our friends!"
"But it's only natural, isn't it? Shanks really is strong to have come this far!" he said.
That was right.
A new Emperor of the Sea had emerged. His name was Shanks, captain of the Red Hair Pirates.
In the war against Kaido, the man displayed extraordinarily terrifying strength.
Although he had no Devil Fruit powers, his immensely powerful swordsmanship and overwhelmingly domineering Haki still allowed him to stand his ground against Kaido without falling even slightly behind.
He had only one arm, yet he still stood among the supreme powerhouses