The Maud Pirates joined forces with the Red-Haired Pirates to crush Marine Headquarters and destroy Enies Lobby—an earth-shaking event.
After two days of spreading, the news had thoroughly fermented.
Throughout the world, countless countries were deeply unsettled by it.
Nobles, civilians, pirates, bounty hunters, and even the various figures active in the underworld.
Everyone could clearly feel that—
The weather vane stirred by the raging winds had, without exception, fallen into absolute chaos.
What loomed over the entire world was the approaching storm and the unseen, surging undercurrents.
And now, the name Bajia D. Maud...
Had already become synonymous with terror.
Marine Headquarters, conference room.
The Japanese-style room contained a low, rectangular table.
One by one, Marines in coats sat cross-legged around the table, their arms folded.
Every face was grave.
A stifling atmosphere filled the conference room.
All eyes were gathered on a Bounty Poster pinned to the conference board.
It was Maud's Bounty Poster.
The main purpose of today's meeting was to discuss Maud's latest bounty.
Less than two days had passed since the war ended. The affairs of their fallen comrades had yet to be settled, yet today they had to determine Maud's new bounty.
The urgency came partly from orders passed down from above, and partly because the impact of this earth-shaking event had already spread across the entire world.
Whether it was nations or civilians.
Everyone in the world knew that the Marines had lost—and lost terribly.
This also meant that, in the eyes of the world, the Maud Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates, who possessed the power to crush the Marines, had become dangerous and destabilizing forces.
"An increase of 1.5 billion all at once?"
In front of the low table, a Marine general with a missing eyebrow blurted out.
"Is there a problem?"