"Wahahahaha! Xie Wen! This livestream was a huge success!"
Before Shanks could contact him, Morgans had already called first. Judging by his excited voice, he was clearly very pleased with the concert too.
So Xie Wen took the opportunity to tell him about the "Elegia revival plan" they had only recently worked out.
"Help with publicity? No problem! Our World Economy News Paper used to do plenty of business with Elegia. I know this line of work very well!"
With a world-class diva like Uta involved, there was bound to be plenty of attention and traffic. Morgans naturally had no reason to pass up such a huge source of news.
"But... Elegia was destroyed by 'Red-Hair' Shanks back then. Are you sure he won't do it again?"
At Morgans's words, the smiles on Uta's and Gordon's faces instantly froze.
Xie Wen pretended not to notice anything and said calmly, "Don't worry. Shanks will do me this favor."
"Oh, right, there were reports that Red-Hair went out of his way to see you on Karakuri Island..." Morgans probed. "Are you friends with him too? But you clearly asked me about his whereabouts before, didn't you? Or did you two have a fight back then? Did you win again?"
The birdman grew excited as he spun his own theories.
"This is huge news! Xie Wen, why didn't you tell me?!"
Morgans sounded aggrieved.
Xie Wen said, "...We didn't fight. It's just that those drunks in the Red Hair Pirates are craving Suika's Ibuki Sake, so they won't give me trouble unless they have to."
Having tasted Ibuki Sake himself, Morgans immediately understood. "So that's it... That does sound like Red-Hair. Come to think of it, destroying Elegia seems rather unlike him. If Red-Hair hadn't admitted it himself, I would've thought the World