World Economy News Paper.
A large white bird whose attire made him look like a bald eagle, though he was actually an albatross, held his head with a troubled expression.
This large bird was named Morgans, nicknamed "Big News Morgans." He was the president of the World Economy News Paper and a user of the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Albatross. For some unknown reason, he always preferred to remain in his current beastman form, and strangest of all-he could not fly.
Morgans's goal in life was just like his nickname: he was forever chasing big news. The reason he was so troubled now was that the pirates had lately been doing nothing but engaging in petty scuffles, leaving very little worth reporting...
Capone Bege of the West Blue had backstabbed two allies and unified Gures, only to be defeated by a nobody. That already counted as big news lately, and they had reported it long ago.
"Damn it... have all those pirates gone on vacation together? Why don't they try challenging Big Mom or Whitebeard? Even Kaido of the Beasts has stopped causing trouble... is he preparing something big?"
Morgans scratched his head irritably, ruffling the feathers all over it.
"President!" Just then, a newspaper editor ran over. "A News Coo returning from the West Blue brought back a... well... rather unusual manuscript."
"A submission from the West Blue?" Morgans paused.
It was not as though the World Economy News Paper had never accepted outside submissions, but those were generally requests from certain powers, including the World Government. Even the occasional private submission usually went to one of the paper's local branches. This was his first time encountering a private manuscript delivered by News Coo...
Because there was no way to collect a manuscript fee that way!
Normally, after such private