The next day.
It should have been an ordinary day, but a single report set the whole world abuzz.
Sabaody Archipelago.
The island, a hub of the news industry, was home to countless reporters and Newspaper Offices.
But after this morning's paper came out, reporters swarmed the largest Newspaper Office on Sabaody: the World Economy News Paper, which belonged to the World Government.
Staff members who normally went unnoticed suddenly found themselves in the spotlight. Reporters crowded around the president of that Newspaper Office as though he were a star.
"Mr. Webbers, is today's report true? Has the ‘Greedy Gold Mine’ really been blown open?"
"Why would the World Government make this public? Aren't they afraid it'll throw the New World into chaos?"
"President Webbers, don't go! Please answer our questions!"
Webbers was the president of a Newspaper Office under the World Government.
Ordinarily, he would have offered his opinion on news this big. Today, he didn't dare. The order to publish it had come directly from the World Government's highest ranks.
They had also ordered him to make every Newspaper free for the next week. The World Government would cover the cost.
Webbers swore he had never received such a strange order, but all he could do was carry it out and keep his mouth shut.
New World, Totto Land.
In a city built entirely of chocolate...
"Mm, this recipe is good. Two days of preparation have changed the chocolate's flavor a little."
A young woman was making handmade chocolates in her Coffee Shop. Strangely, the shop was not built of brick and tile, but of chocolate and other sweets. Perhaps the entire Island gave off a tempting sweetness. Its main buildings were made of chocolate, biscuits, and fruit juice.
The young woman had long flaxen hair tied