Phoenix Reborn In One Piece-Chapter 305 - Four Emperors: Controlling public opinion sure is nice

Chapter 305: Chapter 305 - Four Emperors: Controlling public opinion sure is nice

The New World had been full of news these past few days.

Everyone in the New World had heard about the story of Liv’s family, her six companions, and the civilians of the Magiatska Kingdom being oppressed by the nobles and the Marines together.

If that was all, the big powers probably wouldn’t have paid that much attention.

The key part was that the newspaper called out Akainu directly, saying his so-called "absolute justice" was just empty talk.

When his justice goes up against people inside the Marines or those tied to the World Government, it’s no longer "absolute"!

These words were printed right on the front page. Some people who saw the news just thought someone was trying to provoke Akainu.

But the smart ones — like the Four Emperors — didn’t see it that way.

"Wororororo~~~"

"This kid did a pretty good job, using public opinion to fight back against the Marines. King, tell me... how do you think they got Morgans to go along with it?" Onigashima — Kaido was in a good mood as he looked at the intel.

Feeling pleased, he treated himself to a few more gulps of sake.

"Um... Big Brother Kaido, there are rumors that Morgans has joined the Dream Exploration Team. There are also rumors that he’s being controlled by them. We haven’t confirmed anything yet."

"But either way, it means Morgans is now working very closely with the Dream Exploration Team."

"It might even be that Morgans is completely taking orders from them now," King said after going over the recent intel in his mind, then replied to Kaido.

"What a lucky guy. In that case, let’s keep watching. If they’re trying to draw a world map, then they’ll probably come to our place too, right?"

"King, send out the word. When they come, make sure they get a warm welcome. Just tell them... I really admire what they’re doing!" Kaido said, his eyes flashing with a fierce glint.

"Got it, Big Brother Kaido. So... what about Jack?" King nodded, then asked about Jack’s actions.

"Tell him to come back before someone slices him up out there," Kaido replied without even thinking.

"That’s what I thought too. We’ll have to give him a strict order, or he’ll think we don’t believe the enemy is stronger than him. Alright, I’ll go take care of some other things now, Boss Kaido." With that, King turned and left Kaido’s hall.

"Mythical Zoan... phoenix form... this is getting interesting. Wu-ro-ro-ro-ro~~~"

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Just like Kaido, the Big Mom Pirates were also shocked.

Not long ago, after Akainu announced the Marine Headquarters would move into the New World, the Four Emperors had all been watching to see how the Dream Exploration Team would respond.

After all, the bounties for the Dream Exploration Team had been released at the same time.

No one expected that even though the Marines and the Dream Exploration Team hadn’t fought directly, their clash in public opinion was even more intense than an actual battle.

"Mommommommom~"

"Perospero, didn’t the intel say that little brat was controlling Morgans? Go check if it’s true. You can also ask Stussy—she should know what’s going on." Charlotte Linlin said, a greedy look in her eyes.

It was the first time she’d seen someone make the Marines look so bad in the media. And this kind of power over public opinion? She wanted that for herself too.

"Got it, Mama! I’ll take care of it right away!" Perospero replied at once.

Elbaf, New World.

The Red-Haired Pirates, after helping the Whitebeard Pirates return Whitebeard’s body to his hometown Sphinx for burial, had now returned to Elbaf.

"Hahahaha~"

"Boss, you lost! Beckman called it right—they really did use the media to hit back at the Marines," sniper Yasopp laughed loudly at Shanks.

"Ahahahaha~"

"Looks like I lost after all. I really thought Ryuen would choose to fight Akainu..." Shanks didn’t seem to mind being teased. He looked like he was enjoying himself.

"I can say for sure now—Morgans is under the control of the Dream Expedition Team. I just don’t know what method they used. It’s like he willingly gave in to them," Beckman said, confused.

"By the way, Beckman," Lucky Roo suddenly asked, "some Marine officers in the past cut ties with the Celestial Dragons and joined the Marine Headquarters instead. Wasn’t that also connected to the Dream Expedition Team?"

"That’s true. Are you saying Morgans is the same as those Marine officers?" Beckman looked at Lucky Roo.

"That doctor on their ship... wasn’t he the one with some kind of anatomy-related ability?" Shanks thought for a while, then looked over at Beckman.

"A bit like the Operation Fruit... the kind that lets you remove a person’s heart?" Beckman muttered. He turned to face the sea, his eyes slowly falling into deep thought.

If those Marine officers really had their hearts taken out, then it’s very possible the Dream Expedition Team was controlling them.

But someone like Morgans... if it was just his heart being removed, that doesn’t seem like enough.

So what really happened...?

...

Seeing the look on Beckman’s face, everyone started talking more quietly. They didn’t want to interrupt his thinking.

Looking at the intel they got back from the Kingdom of Magiatska, Shanks had a look of envy on his face. "The power to control public opinion really does make a big difference..."

Hearing this, the rest of the Red-Haired Pirates nodded in agreement.

Still, things that involve brainwork... they decided to leave that kind of stuff to the vice-captain instead.

Shanks suddenly thought of Luffy and asked, "Where’s Luffy now? Haven’t heard from them in a while..."

"Oh~"

"I heard he just formed an alliance with the Kid Pirates and the Heart Pirates. But then they ran into Kaido right as he was trying to kill himself. Kaido ended up beating all of them, and now the three pirate crews are locked up in Wano Country," Lucky Roo said casually, taking another bite of meat.

"Kaido caught them?"

"Hahaha! Luffy is such a loser! Ahahahaha~~~" Shanks burst into laughter when he heard that Luffy got caught.

The rest of the Red-Haired Pirates couldn’t help but laugh along too.

Unlike those three pirate crews, the Whitebeard Pirates were holding a serious meeting.

The mood was heavy.

A lot of the Whitebeard Pirates’ islands are located in the first half of the New World. Now that Whitebeard is dead, their flag doesn’t scare people like it used to.

So a lot of pirates are using this chance to invade their territory.

And on top of that, they’re also facing the threat of the Marine Headquarters. Ever since Akainu became Fleet Admiral, he’s planned to move the Marine base into the New World.

When that happens, the Whitebeard Pirates will be the first ones in danger.

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