The next day, the latest issue of the World Economy News Paper exploded like a bombshell across the entire Sabaody Archipelago!
Its front-page headline carried a piece of world-shaking news in the boldest type:
The former Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, "Fire Fist" Ace, would be publicly executed one week later at Marine Headquarters in Marineford!
For a time, the entire Sabaody Archipelago was in an uproar!
Pirates, bounty hunters, and ordinary citizens alike were all discussing this earth-shattering news that could change the balance of the world!
Aboard the pirate ship.
Ye Chuan, Robin, and Perona had also seen the newspaper.
"Hey! Hey! Is this for real?!"
Perona stared at the contents of the newspaper, her lovely big eyes going round:
"The Marines... are actually going to war with that Whitebeard?!"
Something suddenly occurred to her, and her expression changed:
"Th-then doesn't that mean all the Shichibukai will be forcibly summoned to fight?!"
"Will Lord Moria... will he go too?!"
"I'm afraid so."
Beside her, Robin put down the newspaper, a trace of gravity on her pretty face:
"The Whitebeard Pirates certainly won't stand by and watch Fire Fist Ace be publicly executed."
"This is no longer a simple clash, but an all-out war to the death between the Marines and one of the Four Emperors."
Yet as Ye Chuan looked at Ace's defiant face in the newspaper, a faint smile curved his lips.
"Yes, it looks like this world is finally about to undergo an unprecedented upheaval."
Seeing how Ye Chuan seemed eager for chaos, Robin covered her mouth and chuckled, a hint of understanding in her beautiful eyes:
"Captain, you seem... a little restless yourself?"
At that, Ye Chuan merely smiled without denying it.
The Paramount War was a stage that would bring together the