In a small tavern in the first half of the Grand Line.
"Have you heard? The Gluttony Pirates, the tyrants of these waters, were defeated by a group of rookies!"
"They're a Great Pirate with a bounty of seventy million Beli!"
"Tsk, tsk, rookies these days are more terrifying than the last!"
"They're the Ister Pirates. Their captain is a Supernova with a bounty of one hundred and twenty million Beli!"
Amid the words of praise and admiration, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.
"Hey, boss, the Great Pirate BIG MOM, who stands at the pinnacle of the New World, was defeated!"
"Let me see. Oh? Isn't this our old friend, Rear Admiral Longinus... Wait, he's already a Vice Admiral?"
"A twenty-one-year-old Vice Admiral. How terrifying! The next time we hear about him, he might already be an admiral!"
"Damn it, he's left me behind again! At this rate, I really won't be able to take Griffin back!"
"Wake up, boss. Griffin was never yours."
"I don't care, I don't care..."
The pirates on the other side of the tavern first exchanged glances, then burst into uproarious laughter.
"Hahaha! What a joke! Great Pirate BIG MOM? The New World? I've never even heard of them!"
"Maybe New World is the name of their hometown. I wonder if this so-called Great Pirate even has a bounty higher than twenty million Beli."
"Maybe it's two hundred million Beli. After all, they even mentioned Vice Admirals and Marine Admirals!"
In response to their mockery, the man in the Straw Hat sitting at the bar merely laughed. "Actually, her bounty is two billion Beli!"
The people in the tavern froze for a moment, then laughed so hard they could barely straighten their backs.
"Hahahaha! A bounty of two billion Beli? If there were really