Edward Newgate was the undisputed King of the Seas of this era. Unless someone lived somewhere utterly cut off from information, it was impossible not to have heard that name.
Though most people had limited knowledge and knew nothing of Edward Newgate's fighting style or abilities, they still had a vague impression of his face and his strength.
In order to consolidate its rule, the World Government had fiercely suppressed technological development, leaving many people with very limited ways to obtain information.
The World Economy News was practically their only source. On relatively prosperous islands, people could also learn scattered bits of news through word of mouth from outsiders.
Otherwise, there would not have been such laughable incidents as someone impersonating a certain Sun God, with rumors claiming that the Sun God possessed the body of a giant.
"Mom! Hehehe... There are so many people in white. They seem really afraid of us."
Weevil gave a foolish grin.
Zephyr poked his head out the window and looked at this so-called enemy before him, his brows instantly knitting tightly together.
This "Whitebeard" before him was completely different from the Edward Newgate he remembered.
"Did he deliberately disguise himself like this to swindle people?"
Zephyr silently analyzed the situation. As far as he knew, some pirates specialized in disguising themselves as famous pirates and committing crimes everywhere.
When he had been active on the front lines, he had encountered quite a few of them and sent them all to Impel Down without mercy.
The only difference was that this impostor across from him was not all show and no substance like the others.
Just as he was assessing the enemy's intelligence, a wrinkled old woman slowly emerged from behind Edward Weevil.
"Not bad. It's only a bunch of rookies."
Buckingham sat on