After the war on Zou Island ended, it nearly shook the entire world.
The samurai of Wano Country, the nation on the elephant's back, a carnival feast for swordsmen, the World Government's secret organization, a Division Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates—almost any one of these pieces of news could have stirred up a storm across the seas. When all this information converged, it naturally drew the attention of the entire world.
Especially that mysterious nation made entirely of the Mink Race. It was said that only two or three out of every ten of its people had escaped, making many realize once again that the pirates of the New World did not merely engage in robbery and plunder. They truly dared to destroy an entire nation!
This battle also spread the name of the Crimson Swordsman across the seas, elevating him from a somewhat renowned newcomer to a Great Pirate with a fearsome reputation.
That was right. With CP0 dead, Apophis, the "adventurer" who had always walked between light and darkness, was finally branded a heinous Great Pirate. Moreover, because he had stepped upon the bones of countless defeated foes, his very first bounty had reached the terrifying sum of five hundred million.
However, none of this had anything to do with Longinus. Apophis had a five-hundred-million bounty—what did that have to do with Longinus?
At that moment, he was leisurely seated on a reef by the shore, listening to the waves crashing against the coast and the incessant complaints of the person beside him.
"Crimson Swordsman Apophis, Hawk Eyes Mihawk, Vista the Flower Sword... So many powerful swordmasters gathered together, yet I couldn't experience such a feast for swordsmen in person. What a pity!" Gion hugged her knees, resting her delicate chin on them as she tilted her head