When he heard Morgans's question, several black lines appeared on Araki's forehead.
"Yamato came over to the right side of his own accord. He always opposed Kaido's atrocities in Wano Country, so after I defeated Kaido, he surrendered of his own initiative."
Araki stared into Morgans's eyes. "I hope you'll report the facts honestly. Don't try any gimmicks or fake news, or else..."
Faced with that naked threat, Morgans gave a dry laugh and responded, "Now, listen to you. We journalists have always sought truth from facts. How could we possibly put out fake news? Please rest assured."
"You'd better. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind adding an albatross decoration to the top of my Sword Pavilion."
Morgans's questions after that were much more normal, such as Araki's motive for doing this, whether the Beasts Pirates had been completely wiped out, Wano Country's future development, and so on.
Then Araki brought out the story he had prepared about a swordsman of Wano Country escaping during the chaos, enduring hardship for twenty years, and returning to take revenge. As expected, it earned Morgans's loud praise!
As a news writer, he loved stories with this kind of hook.
"Moria once claimed during the Battle of Marineford that he had taken down Kaido... Does he have any connection to you?"
"Moria..."
Araki pondered for a moment. "Back then, in order to avoid arousing Kaido's vigilance, we took his ship to Wano Country. That was all."
After all, Wano Country was an independent nation. No matter how one put it, it was not suitable for it to have overly close ties with pirates, even if that pirate was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea recognized by the World Government.
"Lastly, may I take a photograph of this Sword Pavilion? If you could appear in