Front-page headline of the World Economy News Paper
Headline: ["Pirate King" Roger arrested! Marine "Heavenquake" Gern brings a legend to an end!]
Subheading: [Earth-shattering battle in the South Blue! The Godfall Ruins emerge! The Marines raise the curtain on a new era!]
Gol D. Roger, the "Pirate King" of the world's foremost pirate crew, the Roger Pirates,
was officially brought into custody yesterday in Loguetown, East Blue, by Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral "Heavenquake" Gern Reginald Sigma!
The world-shaking news swept across the Four Blues like a hurricane, newspapers rustling in countless trembling hands.
"Impossible! That's the 'Pirate King'! The strongest 'king' on the seas since Rocks!!"
"The Marines actually did it?! They arrested the Pirate King!!!"
"That 'Heavenquake'... who the hell is he?!"
In streets and alleys, taverns and docks, civilians, pirates, and underworld figures alike were all feverishly discussing the explosive news.
[An earth-shattering battle! The Godfall Ruins of the South Blue!]
According to this paper's exclusive intelligence, with photographs attached as proof, Vice Admiral Gern and Roger fought a battle to the death lasting three days and nights in the waters around Biax in the South Blue!
The aftermath of the battle directly caused-three islands to sink!
Space itself warped over the sea, creating a "quake zone" ten thousand meters in diameter!
Seawater surged inward and froze in place, and has yet to return to normal!
The battlefield is now known as the "Godfall Ruins," and even scientists cannot explain how it formed.
Witnesses claim that the final flash of the battle even tore the sky apart, as though "a god had fallen"!
[Did Roger surrender? Or did Gern win?]
Although the Marines officially announced that Vice Admiral Gern had "successfully arrested" Roger, inside sources revealed
that Roger wore Seastone shackles on his wrists, yet remained calm, even