The Council Chamber in the center of Hachinosu was a temporary structure built from reef stone and massive logs.
Though called a "Council Chamber," it was really just a large room piled up over the ruins after the Four Emperors' fleets docked, built in the pirates' usual rough fashion: chopping trees, hauling stones, and nailing down planks.
The roof was covered with canvas stripped from warships, its gaps stuffed with dry moss, barely keeping out the damp drifting in from the deep sea.
Four enormous chairs stood in the center of the hall, their towering backs carved with the Four Emperors' respective emblems-Whitebeard's skull and crossbones, Big Mom's hat and twin horns, Kaido's demonic horns, and Red-Hair's red scars.
The chairs surrounded a square table, its surface carved with a chart of the New World. The cuts varied in depth, as though someone had casually scratched them in with a dagger.
Outside the window, ships lined Hachinosu's coast. The Moby Dick's figurehead sat silent in the dusk,
its enormous whale head facing the sea, as though it might let out a mournful cry at any moment.
A massive portrait of Big Mom was embroidered on the Queen Mama Chanter's sails, its lipstick-painted lips looking eerie and sinister in the moonlight.
The Onigashima's hull was covered in armor like dragon scales. Beast-shaped pirates stood on deck, their eyes glowing in the darkness.
The Red Force's figurehead was an enormous dragon's head, its red hull resembling a mass of frozen flame in the deep sea.
Four fleets, four styles, four powers, crowded into the same harbor. Sailors glared at one another, their hands constantly gripping their sword hilts. This had been the norm for over half a year.
Big Mom idly squeezed Zeus in her palm. The thundercloud made squelching noises as