Gion asked curiously. She had only meant it as a casual question, but Tsuru nodded with a grave expression and handed her the newspaper in her hand.
"Take a look. This world is about to fall into chaos again. Morgans and his lot really are... afraid the world won't be messy enough..."
Only then did Gion grow serious. She took the newspaper. She had not even read the contents yet, but the headline alone made her frown.
"After Roger's Death, Who Will Become the Next One Piece!!!"
Gion drew in a long breath and continued reading.
The first three names did not surprise Gion. They were the three great pirates famous across the Grand Line: Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Silver Axe. But the fourth was someone both unfamiliar and familiar to the Navy: Ye Mu of the Sky Pirates.
Gion quickly finished reading the newspaper, handed it back to Tsuru, then asked with some curiosity, "Is this the World Government's idea?"
Gion could not be blamed for asking. After reading the news, she found the sense of praising someone to destroy them far too obvious.
Forget the news ranking a pirate who had never even entered the New World in fourth place, such a high position overshadowing the names of countless great pirates in the New World. Even the wording of the descriptions had major problems.
For example, when it talked about Whitebeard, ranked first, although it was full of praise, between the lines it faintly revealed the idea that while Whitebeard was powerful, he lacked ambition.
When it talked about Big Mom, ranked second, it emphasized Big Mom's uncontrollable emotions and cruelty at every turn.
As for Silver Axe, ranked third, it went even further, directly calling him a remnant of the old era, an old fossil.
Only when