In the second half of the Great Voyage, the "New World", the headquarters of the World Economic News Newspaper.

A bird in a top hat with wings on its back paced back and forth in front of a large billboard.

"Isn't there any big news? How can the world be so peaceful these days? What are the Four Emperors doing over there? And the Seven Martial Seas! Why are they all quiet?! ”

This bird is Morgans, the president of the World Economic News newspaper.

Morgans is an animal-based devil fruit "Bird Fruit Albatross Form Ability", and most of the time he sees people in this posture, and he rarely sees his real body.

The staff of his newspaper were silent, and could only bow their heads and flip through the information.

Morgans watched the newspaper's sales decline, and after rolling his eyes, he made a decision on the spot.

"There is no big news on the Great Route, so look outside the Great Route."

"President, this ......," a newspaper clerk hesitated, "will anyone want to read the news outside the Great Voyage?" ”

"Do people want to see it, not in a gimmick?" Morgans slapped the table, "Moreover, the calmer the place, the more big news appears, the more it can cause great contrast, and it is easier to attract people's attention!" ”

"If you say that......," another newspaper clerk searched for a while, finding a piece of information, "This is the latest front-page headline faxed by the South China Sea and East China Sea branches." President, take a look at it, see if there is anything that catches your eye. ”

Morgans took it and looked at one copy after another, the more he looked at it, the more impatient he became, and the movements in his hands became sharper and sharper.

The newspaper staff in the audience were even more nervous, and they did not dare to make any eye contact with Morgans.

At this time, they suddenly heard Morgans "huh".

Then Morgans sat down in his chair and flipped through a document.

He looked at it for a few minutes, then put down the information and said, "You all look at this information." ”

Morgans passed on the information, and the newspaper staff took it, and one by one they took turns reading it, and their expressions became strange.

"The !! of the Villains with the Highest Bounty in the East China Sea"

"The same name as the legendary 'Hades of the Deep', David Jones killed the Colonel of the Navy Branch!!"

"The black market on the sea has been destroyed, the devil fruit has been snatched, and the famous pirates have been gathered, what the hell does this fish-man want to do?!"

At the end of the document, three bounty orders were also attached, which had only recently been updated.

"'Iron Rod' Arrita, 15 million Baileys on the bounty!"

"'Joker' Bucky, 25 million Baileys on offer!"

"'Hades of the Deep' David Jones, 50 million Baileys on the bounty!"

Bucky and Yarrita's bounties were both increased by 10 million Bailey, while David Jones was increased by 20 million Bailey.

This is all thanks to their evil act of attacking the black market at sea a few days ago.

Although the black market on the sea is not protected by the laws of the world government on the surface, those who can participate in it have a lot of power in both black and white in the East China Sea.

As a result, the Navy Headquarters on the Great Voyage raised the bounty to this amount after listening to the report from the East China Sea Branch.

However, even so, the bounty offered by the three of them was nothing on the Great Voyage, which was the reason why the newspaper staff had strange faces.

This kind of pirate, put on the great voyage, how many or how many, what is there to report?

Morgans swept the faces of the crowd and understood what the group of subordinates were thinking, and couldn't help but hold his hat with his wings, shook his head, and sighed.

"I understand what you're thinking." Morgans sat down, legs crossed, and rested on the conference table, "Still, your ideas are too superficial. ”

"First of all, the most interesting thing here is not how high Davy Jones' bounty is, but how often the bounty changes. You see it clearly. ”

Only then did the newspaper clerks turn over the information and confirm when David Jones, the captain, had been offered the bounty, but they were all stunned.

What?

Was David Jones first offered a bounty a month ago?

And in just thirty days, his bounty changed twice, from the original 25 million Bailey, doubled to 50 million Bailey!

What is the speed at which evil is done?

Moreover, following his "Joker" Bucky and "Iron Rod" Yarrita, the bounty has also risen!

"So those unenterprising staff in the East China Sea...... Morgans shook his head and sighed, "In addition, this fish-man has the same name as the legendary 'Hades of the Deep Sea', which is also a good selling point, and it should not be overlooked." ”

The staff of the newspaper nodded their heads again and again, and sure enough, the president was worthy of being the president and was extremely sensitive to big news.

Morgans waved his wings and commanded: "Now, collect more information about David Jones for me, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, let's collect it first." ”

"Yes, President!" The staff of the newspaper responded in unison and were in high spirits.

And Morgans, looking at the three bounty orders, showed a greedy and cunning smile.

"I've thought of the headline of the big news, so it's called ......"

"'The wicked man with the fastest soaring bounty in the East China Sea is actually the legendary King of the Deep Sea?!' ”

"'Davy Jones, the Lord of the Deep, wants to reclaim supremacy of the seas and prepares to declare war on the World Government and the Navy Headquarters!' ”

"Hahaha......"

He couldn't help but let out a burst of laughter, the sales of the last two issues of the newspaper should be able to rebound to a certain extent!

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East China Sea.

The boundary between the sky and the sea is white, and a new day is about to begin.

The Terror Ghost sailed under the gloomy sky, but this time there was neither a storm nor sea fog.

David Jones stood at the rudder, but he didn't reach out to touch it, he could control its rotation with his mind.

Yarrita stood at the bow of the boat, blowing the cool sea breeze.

Originally, according to the custom of David Jones's world, women on ships were often seen as a source of bad luck.

However, in the past, David Jones had already suffered a curse, and he even gave curses to others, so he didn't care much about this, let alone have any prejudice against Yarrita.

In fact, since her return, Arrita has been the right-hand man of the Terror Ghost.

At the very least, she is much more loyal than Bucky and Chloe.

Bucky huddles in his own equipment room, making his "Bucky Bombs", 4 of which have been made so far.

That's a fast speed, after all, he had a pirate group working for him, and now he was the only one left.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of materials.

Chloe was on the lookout above the mast at this time, and it was his turn to be on duty today.

He was still wearing that suit, holding his glasses in the palm of his hand, and his face was cloudy and uncertain looking at the sea, not knowing what he was thinking.

As for the wound on his left chest, it had already been bandaged by David Jones.

The bandaging method is also quite unique, with David Jones taking a small portion of the Terror Ghost and placing it on Crow's wound.

That small part quickly materialized into the shape of a shell, and at the same time, hyphae grew into Chloe's body, firmly taking root and sprouting.

Every time Chloe breathed, every time his heart beats, he could feel the foreign body in his left chest stretch as well, which made him feel creepy.

He wouldn't be naïve enough to think that Captain David Jones would let his guard down on him, so he was quite jealous of the shell on his chest.

If you are not fully prepared, you must not act rashly.

This is Chloe's warning to himself.

And the horror ghost, in recent days, in addition to a detour to "fill the stomach", has been moving in one direction.

That is the entrance to the great shipping route, the Upside-Down Mountain.

It is estimated that in a little more than a week, the Terror Ghost will be able to reach the huge mountain range of the Red Earth Continent.

Chloe knew that the closer the ship got to Upside Down Mountain, the farther away he was from his whitewashed retirement, but there was nothing he could do.

Those who defy the will of David Jones will end up with nothing but death unless they can give him something satisfactory or do something for him.

Chloe decided to endure it.

At this time, he noticed an unusual sight on the surface of the sea, and after picking up the telescope to confirm it, he walked out of the lookout without hurry, and shouted downward:

"Captain."

David Jones was looking at the charts when he heard Chloe's voice and looked up at him from the lookout.

"What's the matter?"

"The navy was spotted exchanging fire with pirates ahead. Three warships are pursuing two pirate ships. Chloe put his hands on the railing, "Captain, what are you going to do?" ”