High in the sky, a News Bird carrying a load of newspapers spread its wings, gliding on the sea breeze.
Its eyes constantly scanned the sea surface below.
If there was a ship, it would fly alongside it for a short while.
If the people on the ship needed a newspaper, a transaction would be made just like that.
Of course, this was also a dangerous job.
After all, no one could predict what people on the sea might do.
But today was quiet; it hadn't encountered a single ship in a long time.
The bored News Bird glided and looked around, then turned its neck back and forth.
But with that one turn, the entire bird froze in mid-air.
Fortunately, its wings were spread for gliding when it froze, so it didn't just drop from the sky.
As for why, it was because when it turned its head, it saw a person floating beside it, flying forward together.
Especially when it turned to look, the person grinned, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth.
It was a mid-air horror story.
This person was, of course, Cyrus.
Seeing the bird's dazed look, Cyrus took out two hundred-Belly and stuffed them into the News Bird's money pouch.
He then pulled out a newspaper, turned, and flew with a trail of fire toward the sea behind him.
After Cyrus left, the dazed News Bird finally snapped out of its shock and frantically flapped its wings.
That was too damn scary for a bird!
It had scared the piss out of it.
A moment later, a trail of fire descended from the sky, and Cyrus landed on the boat.
"Haven't we found an island yet?"
Seeing Cyrus return, Hawkeye looked up at him as he came onto the deck with a newspaper in hand and asked.
"What's the rush? It's not like we're short on time. Or do you have something you need to do?"
Cyrus retorted upon hearing this.
This conversation had happened several times already.
Even Issho didn't open his eyes when he heard them talking.
Not that it would have made much difference if he did.
Pulling over a beach chair, Cyrus sat down directly, his eyes falling on the newspaper in his hands.
He had originally just been bored, so he picked up a newspaper to see if there was any big news.
When his eyes fell upon the paper, Cyrus's eyes suddenly widened.
He then turned his head to look at Hawkeye.
His action left Hawkeye utterly baffled.
"Speaking of which, it seems you and Red-Haired Shanks have been friends for many years yeah?" Cyrus said.
"Yes, Shanks and I have indeed known each other for a long time."
Hawkeye nodded, his gaze falling on the newspaper in Cyrus's hands, wondering why Cyrus would ask such a thing.
"Red-Haired Shanks has gone to war with Charlotte Linlin in the New World."
Cyrus's gaze returned to the newspaper in his hands as he spoke.
Hearing this, Issho also sat up straight and faced Cyrus.
"It seems Red Hair is planning to do something. As his good friend, you should know something about it."
As Cyrus said this, his eyes never left the newspaper.
This was big news, the World Economic Journal had dedicated an entire issue to reporting on it.
Of course, for such an event, this was not an exaggeration.
After all, Charlotte Linlin was one of the emperors among pirates, occupying a huge territory in the New World.
"Isn't this a very normal thing? If you go to the New World, you'll inevitably have to deal with these people." Hawkeye said.
"Although Red-Haired Shanks is a great pirate, there's still a gap between him and Big Mom, right? At the very least, there must be a considerable gap in terms of power and influence."
Issho was clearly more interested in this matter.
"Not really, Issho!"
Cyrus, who was reading the report, immediately denied it.
"This time, it was Red-Haired Shanks who initiated the attack. From the current situation, it seems he has the upper hand, though Charlotte Linlin has not yet appeared."
Cyrus quickly finished reading the entire newspaper, getting a rough idea of the current state of the war.
Besides Kaido, the territories occupied by Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard in the New World were not small.
Many islands even proactively requested to join these two forces to prevent pirate incursions.
Fish-Man Island, for example.
"You want to go?"
Issho could sense a slight change in Cyrus's mood.
"No rush, let's play with him for a bit... No, I mean, a war of this level won't end in a short time." Cyrus said, then looked at Hawkeye.
"Do you think Red Hair can win this war? You should be very familiar with his strength."
"I don't know!" Hawkeye was concise.
"Give me your best guess."
Cyrus wasn't going to let Hawkeye off the hook so easily.
After all, among the three of them, only he had had contact with Red Hair.
However, considering Red Hair's current age, his strength had already entered its peak period.
Even if his use of Conqueror's Haki wasn't as strong as it would be in the future, he wouldn't necessarily lose to Charlotte Linlin right now.
"With his strength, running rampant in the New World is no problem."
Hearing Cyrus's continued questioning, Hawkeye thought for a moment and finally gave an answer.
"Is that so? Then we need to speed up." Cyrus stroked his chin.
Red-Haired Shanks would become one of the Four Emperors in the next year or two, perhaps right after this war with Charlotte Linlin.
To be able to wage a war against Charlotte Linlin and not lose...
Then it was only natural that in the eyes of other pirates and even the Navy, Red Hair would be on the same level as the three emperors of the New World.
Therefore, they had to be quick.
Fortunately, judging from the newspaper, this war would not end in a short time.
After all, the future Four Emperors would completely carve up the latter half of the New World.
If Red Hair wanted to completely seize a piece of territory, it would probably take a very long time.
Unless, Red Hair could kill Charlotte Linlin right now.
Judging by the outcome, this definitely did not happen.
"Robin, I'll take over!" Cyrus shouted towards the cabin, and Robin poked her head out to look at him.
"We need to speed up."
"Okay!"
Robin nodded and then canceled her ability.
Cyrus got up and walked to the stern of the boat, and a blaze of fire suddenly appeared.
The small boat, which hadn't been moving very fast, instantly accelerated, its speed increasing until it was practically flying across the sea's surface.
Hawkeye held down the hat on his head, his gaze fixed on the blaze of fire shooting from the stern.
"You'll get used to it." Issho said, leaning back while hugging his Cane Sword.
With the boost from Cyrus's flames, their boat was like a ground-effect vehicle, just short of actually taking flight.
After a while, Cyrus, who was accelerating with his flames, retracted his ability and flipped onto the roof of the cabin, his eyes looking ahead.
The boat, having lost its propulsion, slowed down.
Hawkeye and Issho also got up and came to the bow, looking ahead.
Before long, dozens of black dots appeared at the far end of the sea.
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