"Hmm? A pirate who just rose to prominence in the Sabaody Archipelago?"
Whitebeard skimmed through the newspaper at a glance, then burst into hearty laughter.
"Publicly abusing a Celestial Dragon... Fighting Sengoku for more than half an hour... Gurararara! What a powerful rookie who loves making a scene!"
Marco asked, "Pops, once this White Ghost reaches the New World, should we invite him to join the Whitebeard Pirates?"
As one of the top pirate crews on the seas, the Whitebeard Pirates were likewise eager to replenish their ranks. Nearly every pirate rookie who made a name for themselves in the first half of the Grand Line each year became a potential target for their observation.
"Let's wait and see. He still has to get past Fish-Man Island! Quite a few pirates end up buried in the ten-thousand-meter-deep sea every year."
Whitebeard took a deep drink of wine and threw his head back in laughter.
"Gurararara... Don't pay too much attention to these pirate rookies either, Marco. Go enjoy the banquet!"
Grand Line, New World, Totto Land.
The main island of Totto Land, Whole Cake Island, also known as Cake Island, looked like a cake piled up in layers. At the very center of the island stood the capital of Totto Land, Sweet City, while the towering Whole Cake Chateau rose into the clouds to the north of the city.
At that moment, inside the magnificent and lavish hall of Cake Island, Queen of Totto Land, Big Mom, Charlotte Linlin, sat comfortably on her enormous throne, constantly stuffing sickeningly sweet pastries into her mouth.
"Mamamama, Perospero, has anything happened today that's worth letting me enjoy another big feast?"
Wearing a blue-and-white top hat and holding a candy cane that combined a lollipop with a hooked cane, the slender Candy Duke,