Sailing: I Open Treasure Chests in the Pirate World

Flame Flower quickly held up the newspaper in her hand.

"This is an urgent report published by the World Economic Daily today; it concerns the life and death of our Kingdom of Women!"

"The fate of Amazon Lily is none of your business, Flameflower!"

Boa Hancock impatiently opened her eyes, her sharp, piercing gaze fixed on the Flame Flower.

"You used to be the Nine Serpent Empress, but you were also a traitor who abandoned your country and fled to the open sea!"

"You were able to return to this country entirely because of the benevolence of the previous emperor!"

"Guards, throw her out of here!"

Upon hearing Hancock's command, the surrounding Amazonian warriors swarmed around Flameflower, attempting to capture this "former, previous, previous empress."

"She Ji! Lord Snake Ji!"

Flameflower, with its small stature, darted through the crowd, shouting as it ran.

"This news report says that pirates have invaded the Calm Belt! They even destroyed Impel Down!"

"The distance between Amazon Lily and Impel Down is not far."

"That person can destroy Impel Down, and he can destroy Amazon Lily too!"

Hancock finally heard something useful.

"Salome, go and get me the newspaper from Grandma Za's hand."

The spotted python coiled behind Snake Princess slithered quickly, flicking its tongue as it approached Granny Za, snatched the newspaper from her hand, and then brought it to Snake Princess.

"Imperial City has been submerged by the sea..."

Hancock skimmed through the headlines, her eyes finally settling on the blond man.

"Golden Lion II?"

"Oh, Mother-in-law! What's wrong with this man? Don't you know Golden Lion?"

"The Golden Lion I know is Shiki the Golden Lion, not this young kid."

Flameflower was once a member of the Rocks Pirates, so she naturally knew Shiki the Golden Lion.

"However, this kid looks a lot like Shiki, and he has [Sakura Ten] and [Kikura].

"Look at that massive tsunami that's almost submerged Impel Down, this kid probably has the power of the Float-Float Fruit!"

"Calling him 'the second Golden Lion' is not an exaggeration at all."

【Float Fruit】!

Hancock frowned.

The unintentional display of her delicate charm instantly captivated the Flame Flower, who was not far away, and she was nearly petrified on the spot.

'Oh no! Boa Hancock's charm is too strong!'

Flameflower bit her lip hard, and a trickle of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of being petrified on the spot.

"Boa Hancock! You are the current queen of Amazon Lily!"

Flameflower suppressed her pain and desire and shouted at Hancock.

"You should use your abilities to protect the country and its people!"

"Long-winded!"

Hancock snapped out of her daze, raised her long neck, and looked at the Flameflower with her chin.

Even if I can't protect this country and it perishes, everyone will forgive me!

"Because... I am just too beautiful!"

Flameflower was eventually driven out of the Empress's palace.

Hancock leaned against her pet python Salome, still holding the newspaper in her hand.

"Golden Lion II, [Float-Float Fruit]..."

"Even if you do manage to invade Amazon Lily, I will not be afraid in the slightest!"

"The reason I was able to become the Nine Serpent Empress is precisely because my strength is powerful enough!"

……

Paradise, Alabasta, Rainland.

The crocodile also received the newspaper.

"Imperial Castle was destroyed? The ability to manipulate seawater? The Golden Lion II?"

The sand crocodile wasn't very interested in this matter.

What he cared about more was Douglas Barrett, who was imprisoned in Impel Down.

After all, they were evenly matched rivals in their youth...

I just don't know if that bastard Douglas Barrett is still alive.

"King Shiki II..."

Crocodile glanced at the solo photo in the report and snorted.

"Won't those scum from the Rocks Pirates come back again?"

Crocodile quickly dropped the newspaper he was holding.

Recently, he has reduced his control over Baroque Works and devoted more energy to restoring his strength.

He could almost feel the presence of the [domineering aura]...

Just as the sand crocodile was about to continue his training.

Suddenly, one of his men called via Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi).

"Mr. O, the whereabouts of Edward Weevil, the 'Whitebeard III' you specifically requested to find, have been discovered by our men!"

Whitebeard III, Edward Weevil.

The bounty for this person has been issued for some time now.

However, because the Navy did not have a clear photograph of Edward Weebull, the bounty poster only featured a very abstract image...

Hand-drawn bounty poster.

When the Navy Staff drew the photo for this bounty poster, they were still referring to the appearance of "Edward Teach" who had made a brief appearance at Navy Headquarters.

A known.

Back when Edward Teach was at Marine Headquarters, there was a vague sense of abstract beauty in him: "Imitating Whitebeard, becoming Whitebeard, is not as good as Weevil."

The bounty posters now being manually drawn by the Naval Staff are again based on this initial version of the abstract Edward Teach...

Edward Weebull's bounty was even more abstract.

Therefore, even though this fat guy has the same white beard as Whitebeard and Whitebeard Jr.

Everyone just saw him as a clown...

Even the Whitebeard Pirates didn't pay much attention to this "Edward Weevil".

Even many pirates think so.

The reason why the Marine Headquarters issued a bounty poster for "Whitebeard III Edward Weevil" after the World Government and "Whitebeard Jr. Edward Teach" is...

It was purely to annoy the Whitebeard Pirates.

Because the bounty was too abstract.

Edward Weebull's bounty made no ripples on the sea.

However, having already received Ian's warning, Crocodile still knew that there really was a "Whitebeard III" on the high seas.

Therefore, Crocodile has been sending Baroque Works personnel to the three major regions of the East Blue, Paradise, and South Blue (okay) to gather intelligence on Edward Weevil.

After a period of action.

Baroque Studios has finally found news about Edward Weebull!

Crocodile completely forgot about the matter of "Golden Lion II".

Where is that 'Whitebeard III' now?

"East China Sea!"

……

Paradise, the Devil's Triangle, the terrifying three-masted sailboat.

"Hehehehe..."

Gecko Moria, his body wrapped in numerous bandages, held a newspaper in his hand and let out a strange laugh.

"Imperial City has been destroyed! What a pity for those prisoners..."

"They should have been turned into zombies! But..."

Gecko Moria recalled the four powerful shadows he had recently collected and couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

"Hehehehe! The shadows of four giants are just too powerful!"

"Kaido! One day, I will go to Wano Country and take my revenge on you!"

Fishman Island, 10,000 meters deep in the ocean.

Jinbe, the knight-errant who has returned to his hometown, also received today's newspaper.

"Golden Lion Jr., the man who destroyed Impel Down... Whitebeard would probably be interested in that, right?"

New world, Dressrosa.

Doflamingo, who is still recovering from his injuries, received today's newspaper cover from Sugar.

What's going on with the newspapers lately?

Doflamingo felt as if his brain had been damaged by a blow from Kaido's spiked club.

"First Whitebeard Jr., then Golden Lion Jr.... Are monsters appearing in droves?"

Doflamingo glanced at the newspaper and couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

"Fufufufu... The Five Elders must be having a terrible headache over this news, right?"

Chapter 158 Bounty! The Golden Lion II!

Red Line, Mary Geoise, Between Powers.

"What happened in Impel Down was actually reported so openly!"

"And to make matters worse, it was given such a sensational headline... The world's largest prison collapses? Humph!"

"Morgans, that self-important little reporter, a guy who only knows how to play with his pen, he's practically going against the government!"

"Even though Impel Down wasn't significantly affected, Morgans' news reports make it seem as if Impel Down had been completely destroyed!"

"The government's reputation will be affected by this news report! The government must teach that smug 'big news bird' a lesson it needs!"

Just as Don Quixote Doflamingo had envisioned.

The Five Elders were indeed discussing the major events that had occurred in Impel Down that day.

However, the Five Elders were not only troubled by the appearance of "Golden Lion II".

Meanwhile, the Five Elders were also furious about Morgans's news reports.

Just as Izambaron V. Nassuro said before.

An incident only qualifies as a "problem" when it is discovered by the public.

Without the breaking news report from the World Economic News.

The World Government could easily continue to conceal what happened in Impel Down.

After all, Impel Down is located deep within the Calm Belt, a place almost completely isolated from the outside world.

Even if a major event occurs, as long as the World Government's secrecy measures are adequate, the outside world will never know it happened.