Chapter 327
"Just as headquarters judged,"
"We have no choice but to retreat now," Vice Admiral Vice Admiral Simon, the Marine Guerrilla Unit Vice Admiral, said dejectedly.
"Retreat?"
Binz, who had been standing against the wall without speaking, finally spoke up, "What about Professor Zephyr? G-14 Base is in the most danger right now!"
The cabin fell silent for a moment.
Almost everyone here is a disciple of Zephyr, and now their respected teacher is in danger, but they seem powerless to help.
However, it was in this dangerous moment that true heroes stepped forward.
"Contact G-14 Base and have Professor Zephyr and his team repair the ships."
Naito, who was lounging lazily in his chair, slightly opened his eyes and spoke calmly.
"Naito?"
Kizaru and Aokiji both looked at him.
I'll go there.
That's what Naito said.
"Hey, Naito! We all know you and Professor Zephyr have a deep bond,"
Aokiji said seriously, "But, that's too dangerous!"
"That's right, Naito!"
Kizaru, too, abandoned his usual laziness and said solemnly, "Don't be impulsive!"
"You've really been underestimated."
Naito smirked. "Have you forgotten my abilities?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
It seems, really?
Chapter 223: A Shocking Event!
In the first half of the Grand Line, this is a deserted island rarely visited by humans.
The entire island is covered by dense primeval forests, and no matter which angle you look from, all you can see is lush greenery.
But at this moment, deep within the dense rainforest of this deserted island, there stands a peculiar building.
This is a multi-story wooden building that looks out of place in the surrounding dense primeval forest.
If you look closely, you'll find that this building isn't connected to the ground; it wasn't built in this rainforest, but rather it seems to have fallen from the sky and been placed here.
This seemingly ordinary yet quite amazing building is the headquarters of the World Economy News Paper.
The World Economy News Paper sold all over the world, World Economy News Paper was naturally world-renowned. Its president, Big News Morgans, was even called one of the underground giants of the New World.
However, very few people actually know where the headquarters of the World Economy News Paper is located.
Perhaps they've been fabricating too much fake news lately and are afraid of retaliation.
Meanwhile, inside the world's number one newspaper...
"Hahahaha! This actually happened!"
The strange bird, with its somewhat plump belly, was being excitedly flapped by Big News Morgans, the president of the World Economy News Paper, who clenched his two wings into fists.
"The Night King? Hahahaha! There's actually such a monster in this world! If the World Government hadn't revealed it, who would have thought!"
"President! This is yet another Big News Morgans that will leave the entire world stunned!"
Behind Big News Morgans, an editor from the World Economy News Paper, equally excited and flushed, exclaimed, "Emperor World is just a puppet of the Night King! That monster has attacked Impel Down again, and even those two monsters from the previous era, Redfield and Bullet, are on his side!"
"Their power has completely shattered the balance of the seas! Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin are going to have sleepless nights!"
"If you know, contact all the branches immediately!"
Big News Morgans turned around excitedly, "I'll start writing right now! The moment it's finished, all the branches have to start printing! We must get all the news to everyone as quickly as possible!"
"Yes, President!!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Wild laughter echoed through the wooden building.
Almost simultaneously, at Marine Headquarters, New Marineford.
The three leaders of the Navy are still holding their small meetings.
"Once the World Economy News Paper's newspaper is published, who knows what the world will become?"
The tone of the Sengoku carried a hint of wistfulness.
"Leaving aside the world situation, the government has lost face big time again."
"Impel Down is completely finished," said the Garp the Hero helplessly.
Aside from the most horrible prisoners taken away by the Night King, Impel Down itself is practically destroyed.
All the guards, including the warden, had been killed. The rioting prisoners occupied the prison. Some immediately thought of escaping, while others were audacious enough to try and establish themselves in Impel Down as a base.
Impel Down was once one of the three major organizations under the World Government, known worldwide. Now that it has fallen to this state, how will the world view the World Government?
Even though the G-1 Base had dispatched a fleet to suppress the attack, it was too late.
"This kind of thing can't be hidden. It's better to spread it now than to have it exposed later."
Vice Admiral Tsuru held his teacup with both hands and took a small sip. "At least this will serve one purpose: to make those who should really be worried about this matter take it seriously as soon as possible."
"Once this news spreads throughout the world, those monsters in the New World will be quite uneasy, won't they?"
"That's true."
Sengoku nodded slightly. "The power wielded by the Night King has completely thrown the New World into disarray. Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and even Whitebeard will not stand idly by!"
This is why the World Government proactively disclosed this information to the World Economy News Paper.
The Night King and his gang are too much of a threat.
The World Government is certainly on high alert, but the pirates of the New World should be the ones who should be most fearful.
With such a terrifying neighbor by their side, given the nature of those pirates, could they really expect to coexist peacefully with the Night King as before?
The monsters of the New World will surely take action.
This is what World Government want to see.
It's impossible to expect those guys to defeat the Night King and his gang, but it's good that they can relieve some pressure on the government. Maybe they'll even expose a weakness in the Night King!
"And also,"
Garp the Hero said with a somewhat complicated tone, "Hopefully, we can attract the Night King's attention and allow Naito's operation to proceed smoothly."
Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Chief Strategist Tsuru both fell silent.
Yes, now we can only trust Naito.
Soon after, from the World Economy News Paper's branches scattered across the globe, white News Coo took flight, scattering newly printed newspapers like snowflakes all over the world.
The moment the first person opened the newspaper, a bizarre atmosphere swept across the entire sea in a very short time.
"Impel Down has been attacked again? Chief Warden Shiryu betrayed us, and the warden and all the guards have been killed?"
"Former Shichibukai Doflamingo and Wang Zhi's subordinate Paris have both escaped?"
"What are they! The truly terrifying ones are Patrick Redfield and Douglas Bullet! Those two monsters are still alive!"
"Wait! What do you mean these monsters are all in league with the Night King? And who is this Night King guy?!"
Countless people raised the same question almost simultaneously.
Who is the Night King?
I've never even heard of it.
Then, as they continued reading, their question was immediately answered.
However, as a price to pay, countless people were now deathly pale with fright.
"No way! Is the World Economy News Paper really not joking? What do you mean, 'World is just the Night King's puppet'?!"
"A guy called Night King has the ability to possess other people's bodies? No way! Are there really such terrifying Devil Fruit abilities in the world? And this is only part of his ability!"
"The puppet World already possesses such power! Then how terrifying must the Night King's power be?!"
This news is absolutely shocking.
After all, in the previous two years, World had caused such a stir that everyone thought he was a great pirate standing at the top of the world.
But now he's telling everyone that he was just a puppet on stage!
Therefore, it's only natural that everyone would assume that a far more terrifying monster is manipulating World from behind the scenes!
What brought this shock to its climax was the arrest warrant attached to the newspaper.
"Fifty billion Beli? They don't even know his name or what he looks like, and the bounty is already this high? How afraid is the World Government of that Night King?!"
"Even Whitebeard has been surpassed! Among all the pirates with bounties in history, he's second only to the Pirate King!"
"That guy is probably a super monster beyond everyone's imagination!"
In addition to the shock, people also discovered another arrest warrant.
"Wait, who is this Loki guy? His bounty is 4.5 billion Beli??"
"The traitorous Prince killed King Harald of Elbaf, the Titan who has been secretly attacking the World Government for the past few years, Dragon-Dragon Fruit user with the Mythical Zoan Zoan Nidhogg form? Is that all the information you have? What the hell! Is that all you're worth?"
Unfortunately, people are unaware of Harald's strength or what Nidhogg represents, making it difficult for them to understand why the World Government would offer Loki such an astonishing bounty.
The Night King at least had a foundation built when he controlled World, but Loki was just a complete outsider.
Then, people realized something even more terrifying.
"Wait a minute, Loki is also on the Night King's side, plus his original ally Golden Lion, and the monsters he rescued from Impel Down... Isn't this group's power a bit too exaggerated?"
"Yeah, let alone the pirates in the New World, even the Navy is helpless against them now!"
"The navy can't possibly concentrate all its forces to suppress them, so who can stop these people?"
"What will this world become?!"
It was a bombshell.
It should be said that the entire world was so frightened that it almost fell silent.
This time, the monsters on the sea were probably just as frightened as the ordinary people.
The latter part of the New World, the Moby Dick.
The fat, dark-skinned Teach flipped through the newspaper, his ugly, triangular eyes fixed on Loki's picture on the page.
Nidhogg —