By October 1518, the Major Incident Bondrewd had caused a few days earlier had fully blown up.
Everywhere in the world that had access to newspapers, people were heatedly discussing "Bondrewd," the most evil criminal in history.
Without question, the Major Incident would remain a hot topic for a considerable time.
Somewhere in the waters of the New World...
An enormous whale-shaped ship floated quietly on the sea. It was the Whitebeard Pirates' flagship, the Moby Dick.
Edward Newgate sat in his personal chair.
"Gurararara... Has that Red-Haired brat arrived?"
"Pops?"
Marco looked at Whitebeard with concern. He knew roughly why Red-Haired had come.
It was about that monstrous figure whose name had recently spread throughout the world: Bondrewd.
He was like a Sea King that had barged into a pond, stirring up the entire world and leaving it no peace.
"Heh, heh. Don't worry, my sons. I'm Whitebeard!"
While the Whitebeard Pirates were cheering their Pops on,
Shanks stepped onto the deck, dragging a wine jug taller than a man, and walked toward Whitebeard at the center of the crowd with Haki rolling off him.
"...Honestly, Red-Haired brat. You've become quite full of Haki yourself."
Whitebeard was not particularly upset that Red-Haired's Haki had knocked out some of his weaker sons.
In the pirate world, this counted as a gentle greeting.
It would do his sons some good to see what was out there.
"Sorry. I came in a bit of a hurry."
Despite his somewhat grim expression, Shanks had not come to pick a fight with Whitebeard.
He was thinking about the "reliable information" he had received from the Five Elders yesterday.
How reliable was it...? The Five Elders had called it "extremely reliable."
Who knew what underhanded methods they had used?
But the information itself had genuinely