The three men took their seats with calm expressions, their movements perfectly synchronized.
Once they sat down, however, a slight difference emerged.
Akainu and Noah crossed their legs at almost the same instant and folded their arms across their chests, while Aokiji lazily spread his legs, resting both hands casually in front of his crotch...
Noah cast Aokiji a discreet sideways glance.
What?
Looking utterly baffled, Aokiji followed his gaze and looked down at himself, then at Akainu and Noah, whose sitting positions were identical...
"Do we really have to match?"
He sounded exasperated, speaking quietly enough that only the other two could hear.
"What do you think?"
Noah smiled as he looked straight ahead, his lips barely moving.
Fine... we'll do it your way. You're the boss, after all. Aokiji sighed sadly and shifted his posture as naturally as he could, crossing his legs...
Meanwhile.
In a certain part of the Lawless Zone on the Sabaody Archipelago, in the first half of the Grand Line.
Bzz... bzzz!
After a brief flicker of static, the images on three giant LCD screens mounted on a raised platform abruptly cleared, sending the large crowd gathered below into an uproar.
"Hey, hey, look! We've got a picture!"
"Finally! Is the live broadcast starting?"
"All that waiting wasn't for nothing!"
These three LCD screens on the Sabaody Archipelago were the largest live broadcast displays in the surrounding waters.
Among the many people gathered around them were quite a few reporters from newspapers across the world.
They had been waiting here since early morning, hoping to use the live footage provided by the World Economy News Paper to send any newsworthy scoops back to their own newspapers immediately.
Across the Four Blues.
Places with access to equipment capable of showing live video like