Randall laced his fingers together and rested his chin on them.
"Heh, the World Government is just fattening him up like a pig. They don't want to slaughter him yet."
"So, boss, you mean we should just ask him for it?"
"How did you get this information?
Who else knows about it right now?"
Aequus scratched his head and said:
"Hehe, from an undercover intelligence agent.
There probably aren't many people who know yet."
Randall thought for a moment, then said:
"In that case, let's put our mouthpieces to work.
Spread the news."
Aequus froze for a moment, then immediately caught on.
"Huh? Oh, boss, you're going fishing again."
That was downright ruthless.
A Road Poneglyph.
No fucking pirate could resist that temptation.
Still, after a moment's hesitation, Aequus said:
"Boss, you've already gone fishing several times.
Shouldn't those fish have learned their lesson by now?"
Randall scoffed and said:
"Old A, you still don't get it.
Fish only have a seven-second memory!"
(Fish actually remember things for longer than seven seconds.)
Soon, a rumor began circulating across the seas.
Somewhere on the vast ocean...
There was a ship carrying a city built entirely of gold.
Within that city lay endless wealth and luxury to enjoy.
Of course, most importantly, the city's owner possessed a Poneglyph.
And it was a red one!
Whoever spread the rumor even worried that ignorant pirates might not know what a Road Poneglyph meant.
So they included a detailed explanation.
In short, finding all four Road Poneglyphs would reveal the coordinates of Laugh Tale!
When the news spread, pirates across the seas went wild.
That was a quarter of the way to becoming the Pirate King!
Those pirates who had experienced Randall's fishing schemes did grow somewhat suspicious.
But once they remembered that the thing