East Sea, the archipelago below the Oyekot Kingdom, Cocoyashi Village.
Currently caught up in celebration.
"Oh!!"
"Long live Lady Lily!"
"Long live Master Sage!"
"Pah! No way I'm congratulating him, this guy abducted our princess, he's got to be a big villain... no, Pirates are essentially big villains!"
"But Lady Lily is so beautiful!"
A group of villagers mostly holding Lily's wanted order, while a few held Sage's, celebrating inside and outside the tavern with raised glasses.
"Hey, how about enlarging Lady Lily's photo? I'll go home and worship it every day..."
"Nonsense! You call that worship? I'm embarrassed to even say it! Lady Lily is to be admired, just glancing occasionally is an honor, don't be like that sleazy Ken!"
"Hey, what are you guys saying about me!"
The scarred man with a windmill on his hat and a tanned beauty had just approached when he heard someone talking about him, causing his face to turn bright red as he yelled out.
But it only made the people inside and outside the tavern even more boisterous.
Some people laughed at him, calling out how he had a new scar on his face.
Some jokingly asked how many more inches he had enlarged Nami's wanted order.
Ken, with a face turning red, said, "How can you all slander people's innocence like this?!"
"What innocence? Can you say you didn't secretly enlarge Nami's photo?"
"That's right! Being such an adult and doing such things, shameless, even I turn off the lights!"
Ken's face changed, from red to blue, flashing like a traffic light, yelling, "I'm only doing it for easy reporting..."
Followed by nonsensical words, something about 'enlarging for clarity', and 'artistic vision', full of obscure meanings.
Making everyone laugh out loud again, the air inside and outside the tavern filled with happiness.
"Hey! Enough!"
Ken shouted loudly, "In any case, you can't celebrate here with the wanted orders!"
"For Lady Lily!"
"For the Disaster Pirates!"
People inside and outside the tavern raised their glasses, shouting.
"Hehehe, a bit of noise isn't a bad thing."
Noriko laughed, "When Nami's wanted order came, wasn't it also a bit noisy."
Ken sighed, "Keep it down a bit, it's a bad influence."
"Here we come, here we come! Big fish, such a big fish!"
At this moment, two people ran over carrying a huge fish, "Just caught it, let's make sashimi, let's have a feast!"
"Oh!!"
The excitement grew even more intense.
"Johnny! Joseph!" Ken shouted, "Why are you also joining in!"
"Call me Sword God!"
Johnny put down the fish, resting his chin on his fist.
"I'm the Sword Saint!"
Joseph covered his chin with one hand, looking solemn.
"Sword God and Sword Saint! Sword God and Sword Saint!" People inside and outside the tavern continued to cheer.
"Hehehehe..." Noriko laughed very happily.
These people were once poor folks who couldn't survive in Oyekot, later after Sage entered Oyekot, they set sail, some went to live among the islands below.
Cocoyashi Village was just one of them, many people settled here, gradually healing the wounds brought by Evil Dragon due to the growing population.
Ken was also happy to see this, accepting as many people as came, after all, they belonged to the same group of people helped by Pirates, everyone spoke a common language.
Including Johnny and Joseph, the two of them gave up their bounty hunter life after the battle with Evil Dragon, and concentrated on being fishermen here, now living a very good life.
Because they were fast at fishing and killing fish, they were praised by these people from Oyekot as the 'Sword God and Sword Saint', enjoying themselves greatly.
"Nothing wrong with it, it's a small village, no one's coming."
Noriko raised the wanted orders of Sage and Lily in her hand, saying:
"Speaking of which, Nami and I are considered subjects of this Princess, even if the Navy found out, they wouldn't dare do anything, the Princess remembers her subjects, and she ranks just below the 'Four Emperors', no one would dare offend us!"
They were originally orphans left behind by conflicts arising from the Pirate wars.
Noriko and Nami really are from Oyekot, just then were adopted here by Belle-Mere, who was a Navy officer at the time.
In a certain sense, now that Nami also became a Pirate, in law she's a subject of Lily, but since they all became Pirates, no one acknowledges that.
But it's ironic, people from the Navy couldn't protect them, all the people here were saved by Pirates...
Even the Princess went to be a Pirate.
"Ah, the times..."
Ken looked at the wanted order of Sage in his hand, sighed, and looked up at the sky.
"Another world-shaking person has emerged from the East Sea, who knows if it's good or bad..."
...
"Long live Lady Marika!"
East Sea, Deep Forest Kingdom.
There, too, people were cheering and celebrating.
These were formerly residents of the 'Shallow Sand Kingdom', after Sage attacked and they returned here, because there was no King, they quickly seized power, honoring Lady Marika as King, temporarily stabilizing the Deep Forest Kingdom.
Now the throne belongs to Marika, but there's no ruler, just a self-appointed governor running the country.
The whole nation holds respect for Marika, and those few who are dissatisfied are suppressed by the overwhelming public opinion.
They always kept track of Marika's bounty, celebrating each time it increased from thirty million initially, to seven hundred and thirty-eight million now.
At this magnitude of seven hundred million, it already makes her a super massive Great Pirate. In the East Sea, having a bounty over a hundred million already makes you an idol for many.
Previously, a Green Algae Head wanted order already prompted many people to bite their knives.
Their national celebration isn't a big deal!
As for the nearby Navy, they can't control it, nor dare they.
Even if asked, they could answer they were simply celebrating, the wanted order being a coincidence, unrelated to their celebration.
Moreover...
This is the hometown of a high-ranking officer under the Four Emperors, they're just celebrating, haven't even become Pirates, if something actually happened, what if Marika comes over?
They're just the East Sea...
No match for those immense Great Pirates on the Grand Line, not even visible from here.
...
Also within the East Sea.
Atop a hill.
Garp sat up from the grass, holding a wildly flamboyant wanted order, looking at it for a while, then burst into loud laughter:
"Hahahaha, it's already causing such a commotion! Truly remarkable, stronger than that Red Hair guy!"
Red Hair had been a Pirate for so long, only becoming a 'Pirate Emperor' a few years ago, establishing the 'Four Emperors' title.
But how long has Sage been out at sea?
It's only been a year and a half since the Summit War...
And he's already established his position as a Pirate Emperor.
"Luffy huh..."
Garp sighed long, then laughed, "Your future path, full of formidable enemies! Hahahaha!"