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"Thanks."

Uchiha Guang touched the seagull's fluffy head, pulled out a newspaper from its bag, and stuffed a handful of Baileys back as a tip. Then he saw the seagull flap its wings and take off into the air, disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye.

Only then did she sit down and begin to look through the newspapers in her arms.

That's right.

When Uchiha Hikaru sent the Photo King away, he also mentioned that he wanted some recently published newspapers. Anyway, this thing is not expensive, an average of 100 Baileys per newspaper, a whole year's total is only 5200 Baileys, equivalent to the price of a few grams of gold. Morgans should also know this, so he packed a year's worth of newspapers at once and sent them to her by express delivery.

[In April 1520 of the Sea Calendar, the Straw Hat Pirates caused a commotion on Judicial Island and declared war on the World Government...]

[In February 1520 of the Sea Calendar, the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea...]

[In September 1519 of the Haiyuan calendar, the identity of Fire Fist Ace was revealed, and he was suspected to be the posthumous son of Pirate King Roger...]

[May 1519 in the Haiyuan calendar…]

[......]

Behind each piece of text are major events that occurred in the world of pirates, which constitute the front-page headlines of every issue of the newspaper.

The latest headline is about them:

[Admiral Aokiji appears in the Grand Line and joins forces with the Dimension Pirates to kill Drought Jack]

Below is the detailed text description.

Next to it is Aokiji's portrait and a small Bulma's portrait.

“…Hey, we took so many photos before, but you only released one?”

Bulma had already come to the deck and stood behind Uchiha Hikaru, watching her flipping through the newspaper. "And what's the meaning of this photo of Aokiji? It takes up too much space, as if he is the protagonist of this incident?"

"After all, we are just riding on other people's popularity."

Uchiha Hikaru smiled slightly and said casually, "Don't worry, as long as we continue to be active in this world, we will become the focus of everyone's attention sooner or later, don't worry."

"……All right."

Bulma curled her lips, still seeming a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Uchiha Hikaru didn't say anything else, but continued to flip through the recent issues of the newspaper, confirming that there were no news reports such as "The Pirate King's son was escorted to Impel Down" or "The Straw Hat Pirates caused a big commotion in the Sabaody Archipelago" - it seemed that there was still some time before the outbreak of the "Marine War".

the other side.

Esdeath held a piece of paper with longitude and latitude written on it between her fingers, her eyes narrowed slightly: "Is this the address where Whitebeard, who is known as the 'strongest man in the world', is now?"

Esdeath deliberately put emphasis on the word "strongest".

Uchiha Guang knew exactly what she was thinking.

——Esdeath still hadn’t had enough fun in the last battle with Kaido.

"Well, this guy was really strong when he was young, maybe much stronger than Yamato's father, but now he's a sick old man in his seventies... Xiao Ai, if you want to challenge him, of course you can, but remember to take it easy, at least don't kill anyone."

"……understood."

In fact, at this point in time, Whitebeard was already in a terminally ill state. Even if there hadn't been the "Marine War" plot, he probably wouldn't have lived for many years.

The outbreak of the "War of Marineford" greatly accelerated this process.

but……

Acceleration is acceleration.

If Whitebeard was killed by Esdeath before rescuing Ace...

That would be great fun.

Of course, given the powerful properties of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, as long as Esdeath doesn't use the "Mokobotmo" trick, Whitebeard shouldn't die so easily. But there is still a risk, so I have to warn you.

"Let's go."

Uchiha Hikaru shook the newspaper and stood up: "The coordinates sent by Morgans should be delayed for a while. If we are late, we may have to track the Whitebeard Pirates again."

……

The coordinate point given by Morgans is not too far from the current location of Uchiha Hikaru and his party.

About three hundred kilometers.

Under normal circumstances, even the fastest warship would take five or six hours to complete this journey.

But the Blue Planet is no ordinary warship.

Bulma returned to the captain's room and operated the main console.

The propellers on both wings of the destroyer began to rotate slowly, and the closed baffles on both sides of the ship opened one after another, emitting blue flames. Then, the entire ship slowly rose from the sea, paused for a moment in mid-air, and then flew out with a "whoosh"!

"woc..."

Even Uchiha Guang was a little shocked.

Yuji Itadori, Tanjiro, Naruto and others were making a lot of noise on the deck.

The hair of the group of people was blown high by the humid sea breeze.

The drinks on the table were also blown away one after another, and the situation was not alleviated until Uchiha Guang opened the "Blood Jade Barrier" to block the strong wind from outside.

“Sister Guang, this is…”

Naruto came to Uchiha Hikaru and grabbed the corner of her clothes with both hands, looking curious and scared.

Naruto now is no longer the silly kid who knew nothing two years ago.

Thanks to the books that Uchiha Hikaru brought back from other worlds, although he has not yet been allowed to leave Konoha, he has some basic understanding of terms such as "ship" and "ocean".

and so.

He adapted to the Blue Planet even faster than Nezuko.

but……

Now what's going on?

The book didn’t even mention that ships can actually fly? ?

"...Well, this is the power of technology. Isn't it amazing?"

Uchiha Hikaru rubbed Naruto's head and said, "Learn more from your sister Bulma. This thing is much more useful than the 'Will of Fire'. I will introduce you to a few friends of your age. You can communicate with each other and improve faster."

——The friends here refer to Karin, Kimimaro and others.

They have been studying under Orochimaru for quite a long time, and I think their scientific literacy should have improved a lot.

At that moment, Uchiha Guang did not say anything more, but just narrowed his eyes and looked forward.

there.

The outline of a large ship has become vaguely visible.

……

At this moment.

On Whitebeard's ship.

Marco, the captain of the first squadron, rubbed his eyes and looked at the huge ship flying in the distance in confusion: "What... is that?!"

A...

A flying pirate ship?