"It's finally starting! I was getting impatient waiting!"
"That birdman Morgans really has a knack for making money... First, he distributed the World Economic Journal for free to attract the world's attention, then he started charging for the hype, with each headline more gimmicky than the last. But after several days of hype, there was no real substance inside. What a scoundrel!"
"Not only that, but the price of the newspapers that scoundrel sold was several times more expensive than usual, yet I still bought it every day. Damn birdman!"
"..."
"So the live broadcast screens were set up by the World Economic Journal, Gran Tesoro, and the Donquixote Family, authorizing the major newspaper companies!"
"So all this merchandise was produced by the Donquixote Family?"
"Whose idea was this? A true genius in business."
"The cameraman is actually one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. As expected of the world-shaking battle for the era, both the host and the cameraman are at the level of underworld kings."
"Doflamingo, that guy's smile is so punchable."
"Damn Heavenly Yaksha..."
"Look, the screen is changing!"
"..."
Watching the two great underworld kings on the screen, the atmosphere all over the world completely boiled over.
As all sorts of discussions resounded in the squares of all the prosperous towns, the picture on the screen changed again.
With a gentle flick of Doflamingo's fingers, a white, thin thread that ninety-nine percent of the world's people couldn't see instantly controlled a large steel bird floating in the air, which had no life aura and only revealed a pair of Den Den Mushi eyes. The camera's perspective was pulled back again.
Just as Morgans had introduced.
Doflamingo was responsible for being the cameraman for the worldwide broadcast of this battle for the era.
Since the news coos couldn't withstand Conqueror's Haki Infusion, and they couldn't broadcast the battle from a long distance, they had no choice but to have one of the world's top three puppeteers, Doflamingo, personally take action.
By placing the Visual Den Den Mushi inside a specially made steel bird, Doflamingo could use his String-String Fruit ability to protect the Den Den Mushi inside the steel bird with his Haki, allowing it to be within the range of the clash of Conqueror's Haki Infusion without being knocked out or killed by the Haki fluctuations.
As the camera's perspective pulled back again...
The people of the world were astonished to find that Morgans and Doflamingo were actually in the sky.
The stage beneath their feet was actually a stage made of gold.
On the billboard, there was a huge white screen, which was playing the live broadcast in sync with the rest of the world. This stage was clearly covered by the power of the Float-Float Fruit, a flying stage that ignored the pull of gravity.
"Gentlemen and ladies, the location I am at now is the world's largest entertainment city, made entirely of gold, ten thousand meters long, and inside it is hidden the huge sum of 500 billion Berries for this event, as well as the legendary priceless treasure, the Golden Bell, with a total value that could buy a super kingdom—Gran Tesoro."
Morgans's astonishingly fast shouting sounded again.
The camera quickly descended, landing on the sea below.
A golden island ship, ten thousand meters long and pulled forward by a giant island turtle, entered the eyes of the world.
Countless people of the world who had always heard the great name of the world's largest entertainment city but had never been able to witness it with their own eyes, immediately let out a cry of surprise.
"Is that the legendary Gran Tesoro?!"
"Gold, so much gold..."
"Besides the hull, the city and the ground inside are also made of gold. How much gold would that require?"
"And it has 500 billion Berries in cash, and the legendary Golden Bell that led to the death of a Celestial Dragon. Is this the headquarters of the world's richest man?"
"Poverty has limited my imagination."
"..."
Karl was unaware of the world's exclamations.
He didn't use his Observation Haki, but he did see the live broadcast playing on the golden square.
On the rooftop of the Golden Hotel, Karl was bidding farewell to Carina and the other girls.
"Karl, remember to be careful."
Carina, who had transformed from a girl into a woman, now had a mature temperament.
Gently tying the knot of Karl's cloak, Carina said softly.
"Yeah..."
Karl nodded with a smile, then kissed Carina, Robin, and Perona, the three women with whom he had a close relationship, one after another.
Finally, after kissing Tama's forehead, Karl picked up a rectangular box several meters high and jumped onto the back of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in its dragon form.
"Roar..."
The next second, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon let out a roar that shook all things and soared into the sky.
At a speed that was neither fast nor slow, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon flew towards the Totto Land Kingdom.
At an altitude of several thousand meters, a graceful figure also controlled the golden stage beneath Doflamingo's feet and followed closely behind.
"Flying in the picture is a creature of myth, a rare, non-ability user, a pure dragon."
"Born powerful, with the abilities of both light and lightning attributes, able to freely switch between its young dragon and giant dragon forms, its combat power can even match that of a Marine Admiral."
"Recognized by the entire world as the second strongest combat power of Gran Tesoro, with a first bounty as high as 500 million Berries, and now at the level of 1 billion Berries—the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
The steel bird, controlled by Doflamingo, followed behind the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, projecting the backs of the dragon and Karl to all parts of the world.
On the golden stage, Morgans looked at the picture on the white screen and shouted with an excited tone:
"The person on the back of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon is one of the five main characters of this battle for the era."
"He went to sea at the age of 7, became a bounty hunter at 9, and then, in just one short year, became the strongest bounty hunter in the East Blue..."
"At 15, he entered the first half of the Grand Line. At 16, he became the first to defeat one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the world's number one bounty hunter. Not long after, he killed a Celestial Dragon at the Sabaody Archipelago, making history twice in a row."
"He retreated unscathed from an encirclement led personally by a Marine Admiral, and his first bounty broke the 1 billion Berry mark. Half a year later, he entered the New World and killed one of Mary Geoise's lackeys."
"The Golden Emperor, Gildo Tesoro. He led a crew of less than ten people to defeat the largest-scale Buster Call led by two Marine Admirals, making history again, and his second bounty was as high as 2,011,000,000 Berries."
"He announced to the world his decision not to be a pirate. When everyone thought he was starting to keep a low profile, he defeated one of the Four Emperors of that time, known as the World's Strongest Creature."
"Kaido of the Beasts. At the age of 16, he became the fifth Emperor of the Sea in the New World."
"In Sea Circle Calendar 1517, he made history multiple times in a row, completely turning Sea Circle Calendar 1517 into an unsurpassable legend—the Year of the Dragon Knight."
"He is one of the five highest peaks of the New World, the strongest king of the underworld, the former world's number one bounty hunter, the current world's richest man, the user of the strongest Logia, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and an overlord of the seas with a bounty of 2,511,000,000 Berries—Dragon Knight Karl!"
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