This Scourge

The Reverie was attacked during its proceedings.

Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons met with misfortune.

For such a major incident, the World Government should have done everything in its power to suppress the news.

However, the news still got out, and the report published in the newspaper was extremely detailed. It had clearly been written by someone who was there.

But then again, it made sense—

The Holy Land had gathered the forces of nearly fifty affiliated countries, with so many eyes watching. Unless the World Government went all the way and silenced every witness, suppressing the news would have been impossible.

Unable to suppress the news, the World Government could only suffer another hard slap from Maud under the gaze of the entire world.

The face it valued most had been trampled beneath Maud's feet again and again. The World Government probably wouldn't let the matter go easily. More likely, it would take targeted action against the Maud Pirates after the Reverie ended.

And Maud, the instigator of this incident, had once again forced his way into the public eye.

"Is there anything he can't do?"

"Bajia D. Maud... is the true culprit behind the current turmoil!"

"The crimes he's committed already rival those of Gol D. Roger!!!"

People across the world who saw the newspaper stared at Maud's photograph in silence for a long time.

It was this man—or perhaps he should be called a calamity...

Who had turned the entire world upside down in recent years.

Whitebeard, hailed as the World's Strongest Man, had fallen beneath this calamity's blade.

Blackbeard, who had revealed his vicious side during the Summit War, had only just risen to power before being ruthlessly destroyed by this calamity.

The Shichibukai, who had maintained one corner of the balance