Chapter 210: Newspaper
After a brief farewell to each other, the two ships parted ways.
Roger headed straight toward the interior of Whole Cake Island, eager to see the Road Poneglyph he had been longing for.
Meanwhile, Miss La and her group followed the original route back the way they came.
However, this time Aoxi, without her two little ones to chat with her, couldn’t hold out after enduring for a day and finally spread her wings and flew back.
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Fenrir Island.
“Boss Kaido, Boss Kaido!”
“The newspaper you wanted has arrived!”
Burufaruto burst through the door in a hurry.
Kaido, who had been staying in the wine cellar for many days, was unusually obediently in the meeting hall today, discussing something with Jhin and Wright and them.
“Oh?”
“Bring it here, let me see!”
Although Miss La had already detailed the entire outing process to him via Den Den Mushi, facts are facts, and newspaper is newspaper.
Facts printed in the newspaper, hyped up by busybodies, become public opinion.
Kaido wanted to see how Morgans, the birdman best at manufacturing public opinion, would report this incident.
Given his personality, even if warned by Linlin, he would probably still find ways to pull off some eye-catching stunt.
Thinking this, Kaido turned his line of sight to the newspaper.
This issue of the newspaper unusually used a double-headline layout, with the front page neatly divided into left and right halves.
The left side boldly printed—《Rocks Second! Monsters Reuniting in ‘Whole Cake Island’!》
“Hoh~ Rocks.”
“That Morgans guy really doesn’t even spare a dead man.”
Kaido sneered upon seeing it.
It had been seven or eight years since Rocks died, and during this time the World Government had tried extremely hard to erase all traces of that man.
But after all, the time was too short; mentioning Rocks’ name now could still easily stir many people’s nerves.
That man’s name itself represented a kind of power.
And Morgans this time unhesitatingly used this name as a gimmick, instantly grabbing all readers’ hearts.
Was another massive monster like the Rocks Pirates about to appear on this sea?
Besides that, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, Kaido, Wang Zhi, and… Roger!
These names prominently appeared in the first row under the headline, giving the illusion that these legendary great pirates were personally present.
In short, the entire article deliberately created an unsettling atmosphere that the New World was about to be stormy again, reenacting the Rocks era, truly grabbing all the eyeballs.
Kaido, knowing the inside story, shook his head and then looked at the other half of the newspaper.
The style of the right half was completely different from the left—few words, basically all high-definition photographs.
Right under the headline was a close-up of Aoxi and Obei.
In the photo, Aoxi’s expression was cold and disdainful, as if looking at some disgusting insect.
While Obei’s photo showed her smiling, as if recalling something happy.
Morgans really was a photography genius, capturing expressions the two rarely showed in everyday life.
First-time viewers of these photos would likely be misled into thinking Aoxi had an arrogant and cold personality, while Obei was a lively and cheerful girl.
In any case, the two ridiculously attractive little lolis instantly stole everyone’s line of sight.
If Kaido hadn’t seen them so often, he probably would have been drawn in by these two photos at first glance too.
As for the headline—《Fangs of the Young Beasts, Beasts’ Princess(es).》
“Haha~ Princesses, huh…”
“Those two brats do look like pampered princesses from the outside.”
Burufaruto nearby glanced at the headline on the newspaper and couldn’t help but deeply agree.
Now the two little ones were treated in the pirate crew just like real princesses—whatever they wanted, they got, spoiled by everyone.
『But later he had to remind Boss Kaido and them not to spoil the child like this anymore.』
The certain clueless Fish-Man thought to himself.
Kaido continued reading downward; below the photos was Morgans’ introduction of the two and the nicknames he gave them.
【Underworld Princess—Osiris】
『Executive of the Beasts Pirates, terrifying strength.
Easily one-shot Charlotte Oven, an executive of the Big Mom Pirates, and has a close relationship with “Dark King” Rayleigh.』
『Author’s evaluation—In time, another “Dark King.”』
At this point, Morgans thoughtfully attached a photo of ‘Aoxi pushing the cake to Rayleigh,’ looking like a tsundere daughter caring for her father.
This one was shot using angle misalignment; Shanks and Buggy, who were originally opposite Aoxi and next to Rayleigh, were directly cropped out.
One could only say this birdman, with his journalism background, truly had a heaven-defying talent for taking things out of context.
Since Big Mom wouldn’t let him write about Aoxi’s battle with her, he took a different approach.
Couldn’t rub off Big Mom’s fame? Then rub off “Dark King”‘s instead~
Although not a single explicit word was said, from the title to the photos, it all hinted at some unusual relationship between the two.
……
How to put it~
Others might not know, but everyone in the Beasts Pirates was disgusted by this shameless flat-haired guy.
Especially Kaido and Burufaruto—their expressions were like they had eaten shit.
Their well-raised kid, after just one trip out, was rumored to belong to someone else’s family.
Who knew what reaction Aoxi would have upon seeing it; probably next time she saw this birdman, she’d pluck him bald.
Compared to the embellished account on Aoxi’s side, Obei’s introduction was much more objective.
【War Princess—Obelisk】
『Underworld Princess’s sister, chief engineer of Beasts Heavy Industry, with talent in weapon manufacturing not inferior to Vegapunk!』
『Author’s evaluation—Those who control weapons control war.』
The accompanying image was the scene of Obei one-shotting Daifuku.
……
Compared to the adjacent column’s single scattered photo of the crowd at the banquet, Aoxi and their column was far more exquisite, plastered with close-up photos like they were free!
As a legendary figure who climbed from grassroots reporter to president, Morgans knew exactly what readers wanted to see.
Who didn’t know that whenever a beautiful female pirate appeared on the bounty posters included with the newspapers, that issue’s sales would spike?
Since Aoxi and the other had no dedicated bounty posters this time, just print the photos directly!
Print them boldly!
Print extras!
Best to print one from every angle!
……
At the end of this column, Morgans mentioned the alliance between Beasts Pirates and Big Mom, exaggerating that in time it would become the New World’s most evil alliance surpassing the Rocks Pirates!
“Most evil alliance, huh… That’s a pretty good name.”
After reading the entire front page, Kaido handed the newspaper to Burufaruto, who had been squeezing next to him, so he and the others could take a close look.
“Mm… Huh?”
“Eh?”
“By the way, why isn’t Miss La mentioned in this newspaper?”
“She’s not even in any of the photos.”
Wright, after quickly scanning it, was the first to spot the blind spot.
The entire layout didn’t feature Miss La at all!
Even in the column with extensive coverage of Beasts Pirates, there was no description of Miss La, as if she had been completely forgotten.
“Huh?!”
“Yeah!”
“Why isn’t Miss La mentioned in this newspaper!”
Burufaruto also found it strange.
Logically, even leaving aside her role as Beasts Pirates’ leader, her photo should absolutely be placed in the most prominent spot for her appearance alone?
How come now it was like she didn’t exist?
……
While the Beasts Pirates side was baffled, at the World Economic News Agency headquarters, Morgans had already blown his top.
How many people even still remember the name “War Princess”?
