While everyone focused on the great battle, a pirate in a white coat quietly entered the cabin of an inconspicuous pirate ship.
He was a member of Cipher Pol. As Gaban put it, these people gave off a heavy stench, like rats—you could smell them from a distance.
He rolled up the sleeve of his coat, revealing a Transponder Snail. It was his communication tool for contacting his superiors.
"Bilibili! Bilibili!"
In Mary Geoise, inside CP0's office building, a man wearing a clown mask idly played with a ring in his hand.
At that moment, the Transponder Snail on his desk rang.
This Transponder Snail was activated only in emergencies. It seemed something major had happened, the man in the clown mask muttered to himself.
"What is it?"
The moment he answered, he heard the other party's anxious voice.
"My lord, I'm currently at the entrance to the final sea! The Bloody Swordsman has already reached Final Island, found the One Piece, and become the Pirate King!"
"What?!"
The very first piece of news in the report stunned the man in the clown mask. His voice had begun to tremble. As CP0's highest-ranking commander, he knew certain things.
Both the World Government and the five lords above had been guarding against the emergence of another Roger. That so-called One Piece was not the great treasure people spoke of. He suspected it might be the truth that had vanished for a hundred years!
He wanted to report this news immediately. A new Pirate King had appeared, and the balance of power across the seas was certain to undergo earth-shaking changes.
Roger alone had ushered in the Great Age of Pirates. Now that a new Pirate King, younger and with even greater potential, had emerged, what would become of the world?
But