In the first half of the Grand Line, on Tamonda Island, MADS's ship had docked to rest and resupply. The island had never been peaceful; two countries had fought for years over true control of it.
By now, both the rulers and the citizens had grown weary of the war. Yet for the sake of pride, neither side was willing to be the first to call for a ceasefire.
The opportunity for them to stop fighting came in the form of Vegapunk's GP.
After testing it in actual combat, Kate concluded that Vegapunk's Flower Bomb was unsuitable for the front lines. Instead, it was better suited for infiltration operations by specialized teams, so Bakin once again became the hired labor.
Under the cover of night, she tossed Flower Bombs into the ammunition depots of both sides' vanguard forces. When they clashed in another decisive battle the next day, flowers poured from rifle barrels and cannon muzzles alike. Even the tanks charging across the plains ended up covered in blossoms.
The long-running war finally came to an end amid a sea of flowers. Both sides began peace negotiations, while newspaper reporters arrived on schedule under Feld's arrangements. Together with Oran's earlier design, the news was sent straight to the front page.
"Oran! Today's paper!"
[Ybel Prize nominee list announced: The friendship between a genius doctor and a genius scientist.]
Kate returned to the ship with the day's newspaper. It carried a mixture of truth and fabrication regarding Oran and Vegapunk. Under Feld's financial offensive, the reporters did not mind spending extra ink praising the two of them.
Some of them had even overdone it. As one of the people involved, Oran found it rather strange.
Since Oran's goal was the Medicine Prize, Feld's advisers felt that calling them both