Grand Line.
Banaro Island.
"Ze ha, Ze haha, Ze hahahaha!"
In a town on the island, Teach kicked a man who had fallen to the ground, looking at a newspaper and laughing while pointing at the news:
"Hey, are you kidding? That guy Sage actually got captured!"
Laffitte glanced over from behind and chuckled, "Oh ho ho... Someone we worked with, a bounty of six hundred million, a disaster you called 'powerful,' Captain? This is bad now."
Van Augur, carrying a long gun, glanced at the newspaper, shook his head, and said blandly, "It's all destiny's choice."
The man gasping and coughing on the verge of dying on the horse said, "Cough, cough, Captain... The disaster got caught, what happens to our cooperation?"
"Weihaha, Captain, we're really unlucky, finally got someone to cooperate with us, and now they've been caught!" Bashas laughed heartily, carrying the spoils collected from this town.
"Ze hahaha, his luck is bad, but this is also an opportunity!"
Teach's eyes shifted, baring several missing teeth, he flipped the newspaper over, laughed, and said:
"Look, the Straw Hat gang also did something incredible, destroying Enies Lobby with Sage... Eh? Would Sage do something like this? Never mind, the Straw Hat gang's bounty will definitely skyrocket now!"
"Enies Lobby..."
Van Augur raised his head, calmly said: "Not far from here, within our hunting range, Captain, it's also destiny's choice."
"Ze hahaha, exactly! The person I've got my eye on is indeed different, this time trading his head for a position among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, absolutely doable! Then..."
Teach flipped the newspaper over again, looking at the news of Sage's capture, his eyes filled with ambition and greed, "You'll owe me a great favor! If you become my partner, that would be perfect! I'll seize this opportunity!"
He rolled the newspaper up, held it in his hand, and shouted to the people around him: "Let's go, little ones! Go find the Straw Hat kid!"
"Teach!"
From the side, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
Teach instinctively turned his head, his pupils shrank, the corners of his mouth stretched: "Oh! Captain! Captain Ace!"
...
Almost simultaneously, at the port of Novbri.
The sound from the Radio Snail almost made everyone silent.
Lily blinked, suddenly thought of something, and looked at the two standing Defense Captains, "Take care of them."
Zoom!
Marika flashed in front of the Defense Captain holding a giant hammer, her chest heaved and rose higher. Her fist, covered with Armament, slammed into his chest.
Bam!!
With just one punch, his chest caved inward, a fist imprint bulging outward at the back, his body shook and fell to the ground.
At the same time, Renedia appeared before the Defense Captain wearing gauntlets, the Mechanical Hammer extended into a Sheep Horn Hammer, raised high, and forcefully smashed downward.
The Mechanical Hammer, sparking with electricity, carrying enormous momentum, struck his head into his chest. His legs cracked under this force, like melting, the joints collapsed inward, like a turtle retracting into its shell, smashed into the ground.
"Done!" Renedia lifted the Mechanical Hammer, skipped ahead briskly, "Is it Sage! Is it really Sage! Has he not been caught?! Where did he retreat to?!"
Then, she saw the newspaper Lily had just obtained in her hand first.
The newspaper had pages on both sides, the front showed a photo of Enies Lobby's destruction, along with titles about the same.
"Disasters and the Straw Hat Gang Destroy Enies Lobby!"
"The Fall of Enies Lobby!"
"Warship wrecks near Enies Lobby waters!"
Such titles appeared on the news front pages, roughly narrating how Sage and the Straw Hat Gang led the assault on Enies Lobby, completely destroying that City of No Night, one of the World Government's three institutions situated here.
But the newspaper was rolled up by Lily, aside from seeing most of the front page, part of the back page showed a photo identical to Sage's wanted poster, revealing the entire section.
"Confirmed! Disaster Captured by the Navy!"
Captured?
Renedia's body stiffened, somewhat stunned at the rolled-up newspaper page, then looked at the connected Radio Snail, her mind not comprehending.
Lily unrolled the newspaper fully, looked at the back.
Sage's news occupied two-thirds of the back, all about his capture.
"The End of the Six Hundred Million Bounty!"
"The Most Evil Pirate Ever Captured!"
"Navy Victory!"
The newspaper was dated two days ago.
As for receiving it now, it's likely a problem with the news birds, considering it's sent worldwide, arrival times vary, and Lily's crew as a Pirate Ship doesn't have fixed news bird reception.
But that's not the point!
The point is Sage!
"Not a recording?" Lily asked uncertainly, "Was there some plan before, and now specifically informing us?"
"Recording what?"
The voice continued from the Radio Snail, "Where are you, give me your location, I've escaped!"
It's really Sage!
Lily's spirit lifted, "We're at Sisomia Kingdom's Novbri..."