In the New World, a great ship shaped like a white whale sailed proudly onward, smashing through the waves head-on as it cruised freely across the boundless ocean.
"Coo-coo!!"
"Coo-coo!!"
Beneath the sky came the sound of birds calling in unison.
A long line of News Coo came flapping over. They circled overhead twice, calling to let the people aboard know they had arrived, then leisurely settled on the rail and patiently waited for someone to buy a newspaper.
Hearing the familiar calls outside, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates who were eating breakfast in the dining hall immediately burst into a commotion.
"Hey, today's papers are here."
"Whose turn is it to get them? Teach, if I'm not mistaken, you're on duty today, right?"
"Ze-ha-ha-ha-ha!! The papers are here? Wonder if there's any interesting news... Nobody better touch my cherry pie!" The burly, heavily bearded, ocher-skinned middle-aged man—Teach—set down the cherry pie he'd just taken a bite of and stood up.
"Would you shut up? Who'd want to touch a cherry pie you've already bitten?"
"Ze-ha-ha-ha!"
Teach laughed as he walked out of the dining hall.
"Coo-coo-coo—!!!"
The News Coo let out a panicked cry. As Teach approached, its body began to tremble.
"Let's see what's in the news today."
He slipped the prepared Berry bills into the money box hanging from the News Coo, then took a thick stack of newspapers. The Whitebeard Pirates alone had 1,600 members. Most of them could read only a little, but there was a strong demand for newspapers, and a single copy would never be enough for everyone.
Once the transaction was over, the News Coo flapped its wings furiously and fled in a panic. This human was even more terrifying than those enormous Sea Kings! It didn't want to stay by