A World Shaken! Lin Ye the Madman

Seven days had shaken the entire sea.

Morgans seized this huge story and dispatched large numbers of News Coos toward Wano Country. Some fearless ones even charged straight into the battlefield, all for firsthand reports.

Countless News Coos died after being caught in the battle's aftershocks, but Morgans did not feel the slightest regret.

This was a true bombshell.

Kaido, a tyrant who ruled over one side of the Grand Line, a major figure with a bounty of 2.39 billion Beli.

Was a battle lasting this long against someone like him not big enough news?

The newspaper sales alone were proof enough.

It had not been very obvious during the first two days, but as reports of the battle continued, newspaper sales skyrocketed.

This was a genuine headline capable of shaking the seas.

Then, on the seventh day, a fearless News Coo finally broke in. With a Camera Den Den Mushi tied to its chest, it brought back a photograph clearer than all the others.

Getting close enough to take a photograph on a battlefield where Conqueror's Haki clashed, then successfully bringing it back, was no easy task.

This photograph was extraordinarily valuable.

At the headquarters of the World Economy News Paper.

Morgans, in his birdman form, stared at the faxed photograph, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

He knew very well that the photograph was genuine.

After all, it had never changed hands throughout the process, making its authenticity highly reliable.

In the photograph, lightning flashed and thunder roared across the sky as two figures collided in midair.

One figure held a spiked club. Two horns rose from his head, one of them broken. He was tall and powerfully built, while a dragon tail brimming with strength twisted behind him.

Kaido!

Though one of his horns had been broken, Morgans still recognized Kaido at a glance.

But the figure punching Kaido's spiked club...

Compared to Kaido's massive frame, this figure was quite small.

Morgans knew Kaido well enough that, with a little calculation, he could estimate the figure's height.

Yet the presence emanating from the photograph showed that this person was not the slightest bit weaker than Kaido. If anything, he seemed to faintly overpower him.

The photograph did not fully capture his face, but from half of his profile, it was clear that he was quite young.

Morgans stared wide-eyed, knowing that what came next would absolutely shake the world.

A newcomer.

A powerhouse capable of matching a New World monster like Kaido had appeared just like that.

This was unquestionably a major story that would truly shake the seas.

One could imagine that another great figure capable of shaking the world had emerged.

But that silhouette looked strangely familiar.

Morgans used his extraordinarily nimble wings to stroke his beak, his gaze full of confusion.

"President, the Moria Pirates!"

A young human woman in uniform beside him offered a reminder. Morgans froze, then his eyes widened once more, as though they were about to burst from their sockets.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Like a madman, Morgans rummaged through the pile of documents on his desk, scattering them everywhere.

After learning of the disappearance on the first day, he had pulled out the intelligence on the Moria Pirates, with their bounties naturally being the main focus.

After all, with so many pirates aboard one ship, bounty posters would be issued for any pirate with considerable strength.

As for the other cannon-fodder pirates, once their identities were confirmed, they could be claimed for their reward without bounty posters at all.

As a pirate crew that had risen to great fame over the past year, the Moria Pirates naturally had quite a few members with bounty posters.

But only two of them were worth noting.

One was the captain, Gecko Moria, with a bounty of 300 million.

The other was a youth—or rather, a child—who had only appeared aboard Gecko Moria's ship within the last year.

In a single year, his bounty had climbed to 87 million. On the Grand Line, or even in the New World, that could not be considered particularly high.

But he looked very young.

In other words, in the eyes of the Marines and Morgans, it meant he had enormous potential to become a great pirate of the seas.

Morgans's wings trembled as he clutched a bounty poster. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at the person depicted on it.

Lin Ye the Madman, bounty: 87 million Beli, dead or alive.

The accompanying picture showed a cold-faced young swordsman.

Morgans swallowed and placed the bounty poster beside the photograph that had just arrived, his eyes darting back and forth.

The next instant, Morgans felt an electric current rise from the feathers on his backside, race through his body, and shoot straight to the top of his head.

Every feather on his body stood on end.

It was him! It was definitely him!

Lin Ye the Madman!

Morgans stared intently at the bounty poster and the photograph.

They were indeed the same person.

But his bounty was only 87 million?

For a moment, Morgans felt that the entire world was one enormous slapdash circus.

This was too absurd.

A minor pirate with a Marine bounty below 100 million had fought Kaido, whose bounty exceeded 2 billion, for seven days without losing to him in sheer presence.

What the hell were the Marines doing?

But after inwardly criticizing the Marines, Morgans found it strange as well.

If he was this strong, why had there been no news of him before?

Morgans's eyes were full of incomprehension.

This matter was far beyond anything he could understand.

And then there was his age.

This Lin Ye was, at most, barely over ten years old, right?

No older than fifteen at most.

A monster!

This was a true monster!

Those so-called monsters from before did not even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as him.

"President!"

The cautious reminder from his glamorous secretary jolted Morgans awake.

"Right, right, a huge story, a huge story!"

Morgans suddenly came to his senses, only then remembering what he was supposed to do.

"Quick, notify all regional branches to prepare for printing immediately. I'll write it myself. Today's paper will be a special edition."

Morgans suddenly became high-spirited.

He could imagine the shock that this report would bring to the world once it was released.

The thought alone excited Morgans.

Before long, every newspaper office under the World Economy News Paper across the world set aside their current work. Today, they had only one task: distribute a special report personally written by their president throughout the world.

Countless News Coos, carrying bulging packages, spread their wings and flew into the sky.

Newspapers rained down upon islands and ships across the sea.

Whether island residents or people aboard ships, pirates or Marines, everyone who received the newspaper was left dumbfounded by its contents.

Over the past few days, news of the great battle in Wano Country had nearly spread across the entire sea.

In truth, many people had been waiting for the follow-up reports.

Even ordinary people who had never gone to sea knew about an event of this magnitude.

The only regret was that no one knew the identity of the powerhouse fighting Kaido, one of the rulers of the Grand Line.

As for Gecko Moria, no one was speculating about him anymore.

Because someone had already spotted Thriller Bark fleeing Wano Country.

And that ship was completely empty.

Some had even guessed that, even after the battle ended, no one would discover the other party's identity.

After all, no one dared approach the area now.

Anyone without sufficient strength would be killed by the battle's aftershocks the moment they drew near.

No one had expected that there would be an answer on the seventh day.