Pirates: Invincible from the Start

Yet while the idea was beautiful, reality was cruel.

Just like last time on Ore Island, while they were still deciding which naval officer to send to Alabasta, a news report emerged about Alabasta, the Shichibukai Crocodile, and the great pirate "Silver Hair" appearing on the seas once again.

It flew out from the headquarters of the World Economy News Paper, spreading across the world.

In less than a day, a detailed account of everything that had happened in Alabasta reached most parts of the world.

Why call it detailed?

Because the report not only covered the Silver Hair Crew's return and their killing of Crocodile.

It also revealed that Crocodile had been the head of Baroque Works.

And it listed every evil deed Baroque Works had committed in Alabasta.

Of course, Robin deserved thanks for providing so much information.

After all, as the former second-in-command of Baroque Works, she had issued many of its orders herself. With her around, there was no shortage of information about Baroque Works.

The news swept across the world like a gale, dealing a considerable blow to the World Government's prestige.

After all, the Shichibukai were nominally under the World Government's direct jurisdiction.

And their privileges had been granted by the World Government.

Now a scandal had broken out involving a Shichibukai trying to steal a kingdom. It was only because the Reverie was still in session, with most kings of the World Government Member States in the Holy Land, that they had yet to receive the news.

But... the Reverie would eventually come

to an end. When it did, the World Government would surely have a headache on its hands!

After all, this was not how things had gone in the original story.

In the original story, everything had been covered up. Even