Bright left Totto Land and returned to Fish-Man Island. After Katakuri handed him the rubbing of the final Road Poneglyph, he had gathered all four.
All that remained was to find someone who could help him translate the ancient script. Then he could obtain the location of Final Island, find the legendary Great Treasure, and become the new Pirate King.
Oh, no.
Forget about being Pirate King.
His junior brother Straw Hat said the Pirate King was the freest person in the world, but Bright did not crave individual freedom.
As Bright set off back toward Fish-Man Island, news of the melee between three Emperors on that deserted island in the New World finally spread across the entire world.
Everyone in the world had been following the course of that war. It was a climactic clash between a new Emperor of the Sea and the existing Emperors, and everyone had been waiting to see who would emerge as the final victor.
But when the outcome truly emerged, people around the world were still dumbfounded and utterly bewildered.
"Charlotte Linlin joined that battle too? So Red-Hair was actually facing the siege of two Emperors!"
"How could that be? Didn't Red-Hair have Hawk Eyes helping him too? That monster's strength is no weaker than Charlotte Linlin's!"
"Who could have imagined that the war between the Red Hair Pirates and the Beasts Pirates would end up escalating to this extent?"
"But Red-Hair won in the end."
"Kaido could only be called unlucky. Katakuri just happened to rebel against Charlotte Linlin at that moment!"
"That means Katakuri has completely inherited Charlotte Linlin's legacy. The position of Emperor of the Sea has changed hands!"
"The New World is really getting more and more chaotic."
That was all people could sigh about.
The already chaotic New