And while Xie Wen was still splashing around in the sea...
To be precise, while Kaido was still chasing him all over the place, the rest of the One Piece world had already erupted.
After all, something as major as pirates attacking the Navy's G-5 Branch could not possibly be kept under wraps, especially when Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, had subsequently appeared and destroyed the G-5 Branch's base with a single Bolo Breath.
On top of that, Xie Wen, who had Robin with him, had already been under scrutiny from interested parties. So, not long after he led Kaido into the water, all the well-informed factions learned what had happened.
A few hours later, the World Economy News Paper released an emergency special edition with barely any time spent proofreading it. As News Coos flapped their wings and flew to every corner of the world, word of Sapphire Star Xie Wen "taking on" Kaido of the Beasts spread across the seas.
Of course, thanks to their pleasant past cooperation, Morgans did not exaggerate beyond the sensational headline. The article itself clearly explained that Xie Wen had joined forces with his crewmates to hold Kaido off temporarily, then successfully escaped using their ship's special abilities.
But that alone was already astonishing enough.
The article also mentioned that, because of the appearance of a certain Devil Fruit user, Xie Wen and his crew had been forced to turn back after their first escape and fight Kaido again, before successfully escaping a second time.
If their first escape could still have been down to clever tricks and good luck, their second was undoubtedly a demonstration of the overall strength of Xie Wen and the Palico Research Commission.
What was more, before Kaido arrived, the officers of both the Beasts and Big