Xie Wen looked utterly bewildered after receiving Morgans's call.
What do you mean, I went to Egghead Island? Aren't I on Elegia right now?
He even made a point of looking up, but he saw no sign of Punk Records, which housed Vegapunk's enormous brain.
"Are you drunk?"
Xie Wen blurted out the quip instinctively.
"Huh?"
Morgans was clearly a little bewildered by Xie Wen's reaction too.
"You went to Elegia?"
"Obviously. Weren't you the one who found me the Eternal Pose?"
"All right... I think I probably know what happened..."
Morgans smacked his lips.
What a mess. I thought Xie Wen was about to make big news again, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding.
Hmm... maybe I could still publish it as an amusing little story? It definitely wouldn't make the front-page headline, but page three would work.
While Morgans pondered what to do with the next issue, Xie Wen, who still had no idea what was happening, could not help pressing him. "So what exactly is going on?"
"Earlier, our paper's informants among the pirates told me they'd spotted you heading toward Egghead Island. Now it looks like it was a misunderstanding..." Morgans paused, then continued with considerable schadenfreude, "Honestly, you just had to cause such a commotion over a trip to Elegia. Well, now you've drawn people from the Beasts and Big Mom's crews over there, along with other pirates and the Marines."
Xie Wen: "..."
Finding this turn of events utterly ridiculous, he looked up and saw Uta and Gordon watching him nervously.
He had not stepped away from anyone to take the call, and that birdman Morgans had an incredibly loud voice. Naturally, the two had heard every word.
"How long until those people reach Elegia?"
Xie Wen first gestured for the pair