As news of Black Fox Xisuo's fate spread across the seas, the forces that had been watching from the sidelines began to stir.
Not only the rulers of the seas—even some underground forces could no longer remain calm and set sail one after another.
As one of the main instigators behind this great maritime incident, Big News Morgans mobilized all his manpower and resources, exploiting every possible channel for news to the fullest.
For that very reason, as time passed, the frequency of news appearing in the papers grew faster and faster.
Sometimes, several front-page stories were released in a single day, causing the already white-hot seas to boil over completely.
Three days after the Navy's full mobilization, the Mad Lion Pirates encountered a ghost ship loaded with treasure in the same sea region and fought a fierce battle against seven pirate crews.
Seven days after the full mobilization, a Devil Fruit current appeared once again in the same waters, carrying as many as thirty Devil Fruits.
Ten days after the full mobilization, over a hundred pirate crews entered the same sea region. This time, however, they did not encounter the favor of the goddess of luck, but an attack by enormous Sea Kings.
That day, of the more than one hundred pirate crews with bounties exceeding one hundred million, only two or three managed to flee back the way they had come.
The entire sea region was covered in blood from the fierce battle and fragments of shattered ships.
As this major incident was published in the newspapers, all the forces that had been blinded by the succession of deadly temptations felt as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads, waking them up completely.
Afterward, the forces that attempted to enter the sea region