[The Emperor Has Fallen!!! Big Mom Dies in Battle at Unzan Port!]
— World Economic News Paper!
[Assembly of the Seven Warlords! The Lord of the World Neutral Zone Slays the Yonko Big Mom, a New Yonko is Born!]
— Lightshore News!
[Cataclysmic Battle! The Big Mom Pirates Meet Their Waterloo!]
— Sabaody Daily!
[Beasts Kaido Crashes the Party! Big Mom Falls from the Yonko Throne!! Golden Ring Aeridar Emerges as the Ultimate Victor!]
— Marine Daily!
[The Largest Pirate Grand Fleet in History, the Big Mom Pirates' Grand Fleet Annihilated!]
— Daily Dispatch!
[...]
In merely half a day, the major newspapers used News Coo to spread the outcome of the Battle of Unzan Port across the entire world.
In an instant, the world erupted into a roar of shock and uproar.
Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh—
High up in the sky several thousand meters in the air, a massive, fiery-red dragon beat its wings, churning up violent, chaotic air currents as it flew forward at breakneck speed.
Yet this hundred-meter-long dragon was covered entirely in bloody, gaping wounds, spraying a shower of crimson rain in its wake as it sped along. Even the dragon horns atop its head looked as though they had been cleanly sheared off by a sharp blade.
"Damn it! Why did that bastard return so quickly?! Could that woman Big Mom really have lost? What kind of a joke is this!" The red dragon roared furiously to itself, its voice booming like thunder. Its left eye was closed shut, still faintly weeping blood.
At that moment, a massive flock of News Coo appeared in the distance. Spotting the red dragon, the flock panicked, scattering wildly in all directions.
"Such a massive flock of News Coo moving together... Did some major news drop?"
The red dragon cast a side-long glance, its colossal body, resembling a massive warship, rapidly shrinking as it transformed into a hybrid Dragonman form, closing the distance at blistering speed.
Seeing the red dragon transform into a Dragonman, the clever News Coo calmed down and re-formed their flock.
A moment later, a chorus of loud squawks filled the air.
…
"Nani... Big Mom is dead?!"
On a certain coast of Brady Island, Malha, Tudor, Daren, and Catarina Devon appeared in a disheveled state. Every single one of them bore injuries, and the bandages wrapped around their bodies were stained with drops of blood that continuously dripped onto the ground.
"Master, Tudor-sama, are you alright?"
A black submarine surfaced from the sea, coming to a slow halt near the shoreline. The hatch opened with a loud, metallic screech, and several bare-chested sailors scrambled out, anxiously rushing to greet Malha.
"What happened at Unzan Port?" Malha demanded, ignoring the blood still leaking from his chest as he asked in a grave voice, "Why did the Big Mom Pirates fall so quickly?!"
"Master, the Yonko Big Mom is dead! She was killed by Golden Ring Aeridar!" a sailor reported with a face full of terror.
With that, the sailor hurriedly handed Malha a copy of the World Economy News Paper.
"Nani…"
"How is that possible?"
"How could it happen so fast?"
"..."
Instantly, Malha and his companions changed expression, horror dawning across their faces.
"No wonder! No wonder that man brought his forces back so fast!" Malha scanned the contents of the newspaper at lightning speed, his eyes shifting erratically as a look of grim realization washed over his pale face.
"A-Are you kidding me?! That monster Big Mom... how could she possibly die?!" Catarina Devon's face turned ghastly pale, locked in an expression of sheer disbelief. She still refused to accept it.
"That man has actually reached the level where he can kill a Yonko..." Daren stared blankly at the newspaper in Malha's hands, muttering under his breath, "Today really is a terrible day!"
…
Sabaody Archipelago.
"What major event just happened? Could the war at Unzan Port have finally been decided?"
Dragon walked through the lawless zone of one of the islands, draped in his dark green cloak. He raised his head in surprise as a rain of newspapers drifted down from the sky. Reaching out, he snatched a copy out of the air and lowered his head to read.
[BIG MOM is Dead!!!]
[Beasts Kaido Intervenes at the Unzan Port Battlefield, the Big Mom Pirates' Grand Fleet Annihilated, Remnants of the Big Mom Pirates Flee the Clifford Kingdom!]
[Nakor City Struck by a Giant Dragon, Two Colossal Beasts Clash in the Skies!]
[...]
Taking in every single headline printed in the paper, Dragon's expression shifted continuously, turning dark and uncertain.
After remaining silent for a long time, Dragon looked up, gazing at the surrounding pirates and outlaws who had plunged into a state of manic fanaticism. They fired their guns wildly into the air with deafening bang, bang, bang sounds, celebrating as if it were a grand holiday.
"Looks like I need to redraw our next phase of plans!"
…
East Blue.
Flocks of News Coo scattered newspapers down like a heavy rain over Loguetown, Baratie, the Goa Kingdom, Shiga Island... Wherever there were pirates, it sparked a frenzied carnival party. Even ordinary citizens in many towns found themselves swept up in the wild celebrations.
"Hahahaha! Aeridar-sama is mighty!"
"The West Blue has Red-Haired Shanks! The East Blue has Golden Ring Aeridar!!"
"So cool! Aeridar-sama actually killed the Yonko Big Mom! I want to bear children for him!"
"I'm going out to sea! I'm joining Aeridar-sama's fleet!"
"To the sea! To the sea! Become world-famous just like Golden Ring Aeridar!!"
"..."
Within just half a day, countless people across the East Blue, North Blue, South Blue, West Blue, and the first half of the Grand Line hoisted their sails and set off. Swarms of pirates began raiding ports, and city after city fell under attack by maddened hordes of seafarers.
The Marines couldn't react in time. For a period, numerous fleets escorting royal delegations from various kingdoms to Mariejois were ambushed. Sakazuki's Den Den Mushi on his desk rang incessantly without a single moment of pause, every single call was a plea for reinforcement. Borsalino was sent flying across the world from crisis to crisis, nearly worked to exhaustion.
…
Totto Land.
"M-Mama is dead! Mama actually died?!"
"You've gotta be kidding me! Mama is a Yonko! An invincible existence!"
"It's over! The Big Mom Pirates are done for! Totto Land is finished!"
"We clearly… we clearly handed over our lifespans, so why did it end up like this? Is there seriously no place in this world that is truly safe?!"
"..."
The news of Charlotte Linlin's death at Unzan Port had reached the nation, instantly triggering a degree of chaos across every island.
The queen of the Totto Land Kingdom was dead, which meant this kingdom, long symbolizing a safe haven amidst a turbulent era, had lost its ultimate protective umbrella. Just like when Whitebeard died years ago, the various islands that had enjoyed decades of peace plunged right back into the flames of war.
Whole Cake Island.
"Pretzel Roll!!!"
"Double Pretzel Rolls!!!"
"Slash Pretzel!!"
Cracker roared, thrusting his sword out time and time again. Spiral shockwaves and razor-sharp slashes tore straight through one massive pastry building after another before him, kicking up pillars of dust and explosive shockwaves into the sky.
A moment later, after cutting down the last intruder, Cracker surveyed the corpse-strewn streets and damaged buildings, raging, "Mama has only just died, and you bastards are already trying to eye the territory of the Big Mom Pirates? Do you take me, one of the Sweet Commanders, for a joke?!"
Hundreds of corpses lay scattered haphazardly across the streets. Some belonged to members of the Big Mom Pirates, but an even greater number were outside intruders.
"Cracker-sama! An uprising has broken out on Cacao Island!"
"The Demon Spider Pirates are attacking the guards on Nuts Island!"
"Milk Island is under attack by the Greenbeard Pirates!"
"..."
It wasn't just Whole Cake Island. A succession of islands faced incursions from various other factions attempting to seize territory from the Big Mom Pirates.