The News Shook the Four Blues, and the Pirate Empress Appeared

In the New World, aboard the Moby Dick.

"Hey, hey, is that for real? Let me see!"

"Big Mom actually took a hit that bad?"

On the afternoon deck, the Whitebeard Pirates crowded around the newspaper Diamond Jozu had just bought, passing it from hand to hand.

"Here, look at the front-page photo. Big Mom's face is practically green with rage." Jozu planted his hands on his hips and laughed. "Hah! Morgans really had the guts to print this. Isn't he afraid she'll come after him?"

"He's a journalist. He'd do anything for attention and sales."

Marco sat nearby with one leg crossed over the other, chuckling. "What about Pops? Has he heard?"

"Yeah. I took it to his room and showed him."

Diamond Jozu grinned. "Pops said we'd better keep a close eye on that marine named Noah. He might turn into a monster like Garp or Sengoku someday."

"He could."

Marco nodded. "He's only in his early twenties, right? First a Shichibukai, then Drought, and now he's fought Katakuri to a draw and slipped out of Big Mom's hands with ease..."

He clicked his tongue, impressed despite himself.

Katakuri was the Big Mom Pirates' third-in-command. His strength went without saying; even Marco would have to give it everything he had against him.

And escaping Big Mom unscathed... Honestly, Marco wasn't sure he could do it himself.

"That guy's already about as strong as I am."

Marco smiled at Jozu. "Come to think of it, the kid's a marine, but he did you a favor. If he hadn't taken out that Chameleon bastard, your reputation in Paradise would've been dragged through the mud..."

"Don't remind me. Just thinking about that scumbag pisses me off..."

Diamond Jozu grunted and folded his arms, gazing out over the sea.

"As for Noah,