The Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates had formed an alliance.
Once this bombshell was announced, it would plunge this already storm-tossed world into utter chaos.
Through a special intelligence channel, Marine Headquarters intercepted this shocking news ahead of time.
But the world still knew nothing of it.
The New World, Pegasus Island.
It was an island with a summer-island climate. Because its outline resembled a winged horse, it had been named Pegasus Island.
Many years ago, pirates had gradually begun arriving on Pegasus Island because of a false rumor about buried treasure.
As time passed, Pegasus Island became a typical pirate haven.
Although the Four Emperors had divided up most of the New World, there were still places beyond their reach.
Pirate havens like Pegasus Island, which lay outside the Four Emperors' territories, became gathering places for pirates in the New World who refused to submit to any Emperor.
There were actually quite a few places like Pegasus Island in the New World.
After all, even with the Four Emperors ruling the New World, it was impossible for them to recruit every pirate under their banners.
And most of the pirates who refused to rely on the Four Emperors' flags were no ordinary weaklings.
Any pirate capable of surviving in the New World this way could hardly be weak.
Yet this pirate haven, which had gathered experts from all walks of life, teetered on the brink of destruction within half an hour.
The harbor, which normally held dozens of pirate ships, now contained nothing but countless wrecks floating across the inner bay.
At the harbor.
Hundreds of bodies lay strewn about.
The blood steadily flowing from beneath the corpses formed thin streams that ran downhill and eventually merged into the sea.
Further inland from the harbor, the streets