Pirates: Invincible from the start

After all, pirates were pirates. He had seen plenty who had dreams one moment, only to turn vicious beyond belief the next.

On the Grand Line, the best way to stay alive was to keep your distance. Don't get involved, don't ask, don't talk. Stay quiet.

That was the lesson he had learned from years in the news business, secretly taking photographs.

Only when Kuta turned away and his gaze left him

did he rub his pounding chest and breathe a sigh of relief.

"So this is a man worth five hundred million?"

"That mental pressure is unreal!"

It wasn't as if he had never seen

major pirates before. He was a reporter, after all. He had even encountered a few Supernovas and secretly photographed them.

Yet none of those Supernovas had put him under as much pressure as Kuta did.

Once his heartbeat settled, he excitedly raised the miniature Den Den Mushi on his right wrist and placed a call.

World Economy News Paper headquarters.

Bang!

Someone suddenly pushed open the door to the President's Office from outside in a rush.

The sudden noise made the president, Big News Morgans, flinch. The cup of black tea in his right hand nearly fell to the floor.

He steadied his hand and took a sip, then looked at the subordinate standing before him with a Den Den Mushi. "What's the hurry?"

He didn't blame his subordinate. His people wouldn't rush in like this unless they had big news.

"President, Firebird is calling. He says he has news about Silver Hair Kuta."

"Oh..."

Morgans quickly set down his teacup and took the Den Den Mushi his subordinate offered. He placed it on his desk, picked up the receiver, and spoke.

"Hello! Morgans here. Come in!"

As Morgans picked up the receiver, the