Chapter 116

World Government passes on title of the most wanted man!

Your most loyal and ever watchful reporters from the Maichyo just received the news from the marines that they decided to update the bounties for most criminals and alongside them released a statement which will no doubt shock many around the world, even though it may not come as a big surprise for those that have been reading our articles in recent times.

No doubt that there are many young criminals out there who are currently celebrating at their new status but we of the newspaper simply have to put our main focus on the one person that received the biggest enhancement when it comes to his notoriety. It is yet unknown how said person views his own bounty since he has never declared himself party to any political faction, be it pirates or revolutionaries.

We ever observant and curious reporters naturally enquired to the reasons why the marines saw fit to relocate the title that formerly belonged to the leader of the revolutionaries "Monkey D. Dragon" to someone like "Burning Grim-Azul" simply because of an event like Mary Geoise. After all the bounties reflect not only their danger to the public but also what kind of threat they pose to the rule of the world government directly. Thus it surprised us immensely when the leader of the revolutionaries lost his title to somebody without any political faction to support him and do his bidding. Thus we asked the marines for their reasons as we stated already and received surprisingly none whatsoever.

In order to uncover the mystery we researched the matter on our own accord and what we found shines a remarkable light on the whole matter.

It seems our newly crowned most wanted man was not as invisible after disappearing from Mary Geoise. If our readers remember we recently disclosed an article about the growing tension between the different factions in the new world and two of the four emperor's meeting on a small island, possibly to discuss said matters.

What was not included in the story however was the fact that a third party was involved in the meeting between Whitebeard and Red-Haired Shanks, namely the main subject of this article: Burning Grim-Azul!

Yes our dear readers, you read correctly. We were just as startled as you probably are at the moment. We were not able to find out why exactly he was partial to the meeting between those too giants of the sea but it appears that the burning Grim may play a bigger role in the coming events then we first thought.

After the meeting concluded Whitebeard assembled his fleet and sailed for the island Dress Rosa where he promptly took up residence while claiming said island as his territory. Meanwhile the absence of the currently crowned king and shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo of Dress Rosa remains an open topic of discussion as he simply disappeared shortly before Whitebeard appeared on said island. Why, we do not know yet.

On his way to said island Whitebeard was hailed by a lone marine ship under the flag to parley. Surprisingly on board were two admirals and one vice-admiral who promptly started the negotiations. Though the topic of the conversation eludes us. But it seems as if said conversation did not end on good terms as the admirals shortly after stepping onto the Moby D.i.c.k left it and didn't waste time in leaving the scene behind. As we found out the burning Grim had taken up residence for some time on the emperor's ship, leaving us to speculate on their relationship.

In the coming days or weeks we may look back to this day and remember what was written in this article as we may come to find ourselves with a new alliance at our hands which could possibly be a mix of explosive potential!

Of course we, your ever watchful and curious reporters, of the Maichyo will keep our eyes and ears open for any new development in the matter.

More information on burning Grim-Azul on page 2

More information on the emperor's of the sea on page 4

More information on the recent bounties on page 5

The article went around the world like a newly spread plague and caused shock to many sailors and civilians alike while many marines, especially on the upper echelons grit their teeth in frustration at the obvious spies amongst their ranks that leaked information they would have preferred to keep behind closed doors until they could use said information to their own advantage.

Though the raise in bounty came as no real surprise for many as Azul had caused an incident of such proportions and direness that it had been more of a shock that his bounty hadn't been updated immediately and a man hunt for his head been called.

Grandline, New World, whole cake island

On a specific and rather unique island located in the new world a certain empress had taken up residence. Said unique island was an island notorious for its unbelievable variety of sweets as even the island itself was made up out of sweets.

Charlotte LinLin alias BigMom ruled said island and nobody in their right mind dared to challenge her position as the empress amongst the emperor's of the sea.

Thus it came as no surprise when nobody protested her having left behind her island, which she rarely did, to visit a former comrade of hers who, just like her, had taken up residence on a certain moving island not far away from hers in order to discuss recent events as BigMom may be prone to instances of blind rage but nonetheless you did not become an emperor of the seas by strength alone as a certain sharp mindedness was required as well, as unique as it may be in some cases…

Why she left for her former comrade though now of all times instead of fortifying her current position could only be answered by a single speculation for those that knew the woman personally. Ambition! It seems as if more then one party would be included in the coming conflict and it remained unknown who would possibly come out on top of it in the end…