Meanwhile, the newspaper everyone had scoffed at was still being passed around.
Nami smiled and said, "The front-page headline is actually pretty accurate."
"This is good, too. With this newspaper, the people of the Pudora Kingdom should be able to relax."
"They won't have to keep worrying about us suddenly attacking them!"
As she spoke, a radiant smile spread across Nami's face.
Everyone around her burst out laughing, too.
Holding a steaming cup of black tea, Alvida said with easy poise, "The people at Pudora Kingdom Port have been on high alert since yesterday."
"Seeing those jittery soldiers from a distance, I almost feel sorry for them!"
Sandersonia flicked out her forked tongue and said with a smile, "How could they relax?"
"I think they'll be even more terrified after reading the paper, won't they?"
"Knowing the exact time is practically the same as knowing when they're going to die, isn't it?"
At her words, everyone laughed even harder.
By now, almost no one aboard the Chris was still asleep.
Empress Boa Hancock glanced over the newspaper in her hands, her beautiful eyes shifting slightly as her red lips parted. "They certainly have reason to be frightened."
"This newspaper might be the last straw for them!"
"What's written here is hardly worth mentioning to us."
"But to ordinary soldiers and civilians, it's a bombshell!"
Wearing wooden clogs, Jinbe approached from behind, then found his seat and sat down.
His expression calm, he stroked his little mustache and said, "With a major battle looming, rumors do the most damage to morale."
"And this isn't even a rumor. This is a newspaper from the World Economy News Paper."
"It carries considerable weight in the eyes of ordinary people!"
Jinbe looked away from the newspaper.
He already knew its contents inside out.
Jinbe