Today, Whole Cake Island in the New World was hosting the biggest tea party since the founding of the Big Mom Pirates. Powers large and small across the New World had been invited, including the emperors of the Underworld.
Stussy, the Queen of the Pleasure District, controlled pleasure districts around the world and had a hand in the sex trade, intelligence, underground social clubs, and all manner of gray-market businesses.
Umit, the Shipping King known as the Deep Current, monopolized bulk shipping across the seas. He moved among the World Government, the Navy, the Celestial Dragons, the Four Emperors, and even the Revolutionary Army. Nearly every major power relied on his vast fleet for large-scale transport. He was the undisputed ruler of maritime shipping.
Du Feld, the King of Loan Sharks, was the Underworld's biggest moneylender. He controlled more than eighty percent of the world's lending business and dabbled in venture capital. Decades ago, he had funded research by Vegapunk, Caesar, Queen, and others.
Drago Piecro, the Funeral Director and king of the funeral trade, ran a vast underground business in burials and body disposal, as well as the black-market trade in corpses and illegal organs. He had handled the deaths of many powerful people and knew the real causes behind them.
Gibson, the Hider and king of warehousing, specialized in secret storage, hiding stolen goods, and safeguarding assets. He concealed vast stockpiles of weapons, treasure, and contraband for powerful figures. He was the Underworld's ultimate vault.
Then there was the News King, Big News Morgans. The giant bird had come to Whole Cake Island despite being hunted around the world by the World Government for his reporting on the Sabaody Archipelago Incident. He ran a news business and pursued every story with near-fanatical zeal.
He had risked coming this