“You useless bastards!” The moment Kaido finished speaking— Crack!
The Den Den Mushi in his hand was crushed to pieces.
Veins bulged across Kaido’s forehead, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
The next second, he slowly picked up the jug of alcohol beside him and began drinking heavily again.
Because of his rough movements, alcohol spilled from the corners of his mouth and splashed onto his clothes.
After lowering the jug, Kaido wiped the liquor from his lips and stared straight ahead.
“Whitebeard…” “The 17th Division?” “I’ll remember this humiliation.” …
Several days later.
In Whitebeard’s territory in the New World.
The Whitebeard Pirates had just finished replenishing their supplies and were preparing to set sail again.
Everyone had gathered on the deck around Whitebeard, talking and laughing.
The atmosphere was lively.
Suddenly, a shout broke through the noise.
“Pops!” “Pops!” Everyone turned toward the voice.
Marco was pushing through the crowd with a stack of newspapers in his hands.
Before long, he arrived in front of Whitebeard.
“What is it, Marco?” Whitebeard looked at him.
But for some reason, the moment he saw the newspapers in Marco’s hands, an uneasy feeling arose in his heart.
After all, deep down, Whitebeard had never completely stopped worrying about Ren Mori going out on his own.
In Whitebeard’s eyes, Ren Mori still lacked too much experience surviving out at sea.
“It’s…
Ren Mori!” Marco slowly spoke.
The moment Whitebeard heard Ren Mori’s name, his heart sank.
He had the feeling that…
his fears had come true.
And Whitebeard was not the only one who thought that way.
As soon as Marco mentioned Ren Mori, everyone instinctively assumed the worst.
“D-Don’t tell me Brother Ren Mori ran into trouble?!” “Damn it!
When Brother Ren Mori left, I should’ve tried harder to stop him!
Maybe none of this would’ve happened!” “Yeah…
We were careless.
We let Brother Ren Mori down.” Jozu felt equally uneasy, but he still tried to calm everyone down.
“What’s happened has already happened.
There’s nothing we can do about that now.” “Marco, just tell us roughly what happened.” Whitebeard remained seated on his enormous sofa.
His expression had become extremely grim.
It almost seemed as though he too was beginning to think that letting Ren Mori leave to gain experience had been a mistake.
However…
Marco looked completely baffled.
He had not even said anything yet.
Why was everyone already assuming something terrible had happened?
“What…
what are you guys talking about?” “Why are you all acting like something terrible happened to Ren Mori?” Hearing this, Whitebeard’s eyes flickered slightly.
“Marco.” “Give me the newspaper.” “O-Okay, Pops.” Marco immediately handed the newspapers over.
However, just as Whitebeard took them, two bounty posters slipped free and fell to the deck.
They landed right beside Jozu’s feet.
Confused, Jozu bent down and picked them up.
The instant he looked at them, his pupils contracted slightly.
“Whitebeard Pirates, 17th Division Commander.” “Bounty: 200 million Berries.” “Whitebeard Pirates, 17th Division member.” “Bounty: 150 million Berries.” The bounty posters only contained portraits and some basic information.
There were no names.
The moment Jozu read the details aloud, the surrounding crowd exploded into noise.
“Boss Jozu, what did you just say?!
17th Division Commander?
A bounty of 200 million?!” “I swear I heard something about a division member too.
One hundred and fifty million Berries?” “What the hell happened?!” “That Division Commander has to be Brother Ren Mori, right?” “What kind of stupid question is that?
Are you even qualified to call yourself a member of the Whitebeard Pirates?” “But what I don’t understand is…
Ren Mori hasn’t been gone for long.
He already recruited a member that quickly?” “What I’m more curious about is what Brother Ren Mori actually did.” “His very first bounty is already 200 million Berries!” “Same here.
I want to know too.” “Don’t tell me that guy went and destroyed something belonging to the World Government.” While everyone was discussing the matter, Whitebeard, who had been mostly silent until now, suddenly spoke.
“Gurararara…” Everyone turned toward Pops in confusion.
“Looks like I worried about that brat Ren Mori for nothing.” Whitebeard grinned.
“To think he encountered some heavy hitters from the Beasts Pirates and not only escaped unharmed, but even destroyed Jack’s warship.” “And Jack himself fell into the sea.” “His current fate is still unknown.” The moment Whitebeard finished speaking, the entire deck erupted.
“What?!
Jack?!” “Ren Mori actually destroyed a warship led by Jack?!” “Damn!
What the hell happened?
When did Ren Mori become this strong?!” “Exactly!
We’ve clashed with that bastard Jack plenty of times.
We know very well how strong he is!” “And Ren Mori actually beat him?!” “Could this newspaper be making things up?” “I seriously suspect those bastards from the World Government are trying to stir up trouble, and I have solid evidence!” “I don’t think they’d go that far.” Jozu raised Madara Uchiha’s bounty poster in one hand and pointed toward the portrait with the other.
“Maybe Ren Mori wasn’t the one who resolved the crisis.” “Maybe it was…
this new guy he recruited.” Whitebeard looked carefully at Madara’s portrait.
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