In Water 7, the Whitebeard Pirates had left, and the main Marine force had left as well. They had made their departures readily enough, but they had left Water 7 in ruins.
Whitebeard's earlier Shockwave projectile had not been too bad, only destroying the houses along a single path, but Blackbeard's final attack had been much harsher, essentially leveling the area near the docks.
Fortunately, despite the scale of the chaos, none of the island's residents had been caught up in it and killed. A considerable number had merely fallen and injured themselves because of the violent tremors.
After confirming that the culprits behind the chaos had left, Iceburg, the mayor of Water 7, immediately mobilized people to begin reconstruction.
The CP9 agents working undercover there also breathed a genuine sigh of relief. Despite the huge commotion, the disturbance had only been on the surface and had not affected them. They could continue their mission.
Although almost everyone on the island wore a worried expression, one group was particularly happy: the people working in the news business. They might not quite have wanted the whole world in chaos, but they came close. What ordinary people saw as disasters were news and talking points to them, excellent ways to grab attention.
The bigger the scene, the greater the stir it caused, and the higher the standing of those involved, the more impactful the news would be and the more attention it would attract.
The photographs taken at the scene and the freshly written report were sent back to headquarters immediately. Upon discovering this explosive story, headquarters promptly scrapped the original headline and put a photograph the reporter had risked his life to capture straight onto the newspaper's front page. In it, the expressions on Whitebeard's face and those of the Three