More than a month had passed since the Little Garden incident.
However, the turmoil caused by that incident had not died down with the passage of time.
This could be seen from the fact that Issho was still holding on to the newspaper with the headline from back then.
Through the media's extensive coverage, news of Maud killing the former Giant Soldier Pirates' Red Ogre and Blue Ogre had spread throughout the entire Grand Line.
Although Red Ogre and Blue Ogre's bounties were only one hundred million, those had been the bounties from a hundred years ago.
Therefore, those who had followed the incident did not believe that Red Ogre and Blue Ogre were merely worth one hundred million.
Moreover, the accounts of the bounty hunters and pirates who had safely left Little Garden made the previous three days of headline reports even more substantial and credible.
Over time, the Little Garden incident acquired another name—the Battle of Monsters!
The news media's efforts to fan the flames also helped Maud's reputation rise another level.
That was more or less how the pirate world worked.
If one wanted to gain fame quickly, fighting a widely renowned powerhouse was the fastest route.
After that, the news media would naturally come over and take over the hype.
Discussions about the incident were still raging throughout the outside world, while Maud and his group had already returned safely to the waters of Thriller Bark.
"Who are they?"
Inside the castle, Maud stood before a prison with an extremely spacious floor plan. Through the rust-covered iron bars, he looked at the roughly hundred men inside.
"Hoho."
Lafitte, who had led Maud there, gave a sinister chuckle and explained, "They're pirates who went missing in the Thriller Bark waters over the past two months."
"Oh?"
Maud