The One Man Who Couldn't Accept It

Once the newspapers spread across the world, the seas erupted.

Ports, taverns, trading islands, even remote towns in the Four Seas.

Nearly everywhere, people were talking about the same thing.

—the Pirate King had been captured.

People ran through the streets clutching newspapers.

In taverns, fists pounded on tables.

At the docks, sailors crowded together, fighting over copies.

The eye-catching headline took up almost an entire page.

[Shock! Pirate King captured!!!]

[A new era for the Marines begins!!!]

Pages rustled as people turned them. Some read the same story over and over, as if they could not believe what they were seeing.

"Hey, hey, hey—!!!"

In a tavern at one port,

a pirate slammed his hand on the table, knocking over the drinks.

"You've got to be kidding me!!!"

"That's the man who conquered the entire sea!!!"

Pirates at another table shot to their feet.

"The Marines actually captured the Pirate King?!!"

"Is this for real?!!"

Someone gripped a newspaper, his fingers trembling.

He stared at the photograph, at that familiar face.

"Roger..."

His voice fell.

"The Marines actually caught him..."

Elsewhere, though, some islands rang with entirely different cries.

In the squares, residents cheered.

"Vice Admiral Azure Dragon is incredible!!!"

"Long live the Marines!!!"

"They actually caught the legendary Pirate King!!!"

Someone waved a newspaper excitedly, his face flushed red.

"The seas of the future—"

"Will they belong to the Marines?!!"

Reactions around the world could not have been more different.

Some were stunned.

Some were afraid.

Some cheered.

And some fell silent.

But if anyone

had the hardest time accepting it,

that person was undoubtedly at Marine Headquarters.

Bang—!!!

With a deafening crash, a crack split the conference room table at Marine Headquarters.

Garp had slammed his fist into it, his whole face red.

"You've got