Blue Sea, Jaya.
Judging by its coordinates, Jaya lay along one of the Grand Line's seven routes. Every pirate sailing that route had to pass through, so pirates gathered on the island in great numbers. Their presence had even given rise to a town with a character all its own.
Mock Town.
A town where decent people were almost impossible to find and pirates ran wild.
Whoosh—boom!
A cannonball flew in from afar and struck a Pirate Ship docked at the Port. Water poured through the hole, and the ship soon sank beneath the waves.
Another Pirate Ship then sailed slowly into the Port and took the vacant berth. It was the New Witch's Belly, the ship of the Bellamy Pirates.
Their captain, "Hyena" Bellamy, was a notorious pirate with a bounty of 55 million Beli. In Paradise, the First Half of the Grand Line, he stood at the top.
"D-damn it! It's that bastard Bellamy!"
"What do we do, Captain? Without a ship, we can't put to sea!"
The crew of the sunken Pirate Ship glared at the harbor, furious and desperate. They had considered fighting back, but with bounties totaling less than ten million, they were no match for Bellamy.
"Hahahaha! You backwater trash! If you can't keep up with the new age, crawl back where you came from!"
Bellamy laughed wildly and licked his lips, his eyes savage and bloodthirsty.
The island was crowded with pirates, but none could match the Bellamy Pirates in a fight. Even the Executioner Pirates, well known throughout the town, had no desire to make enemies of them.
Bellamy reveled in the pirates' angry, helpless stares.
That's right! Dreams and romance are worthless. The new age doesn't need real pirates. Only the strong can survive in it!
"Captain, that wreck looks like