News King Morgans.
Possessor of the Zoan-type Devil Fruit—the Albatross Form.
President of the world's best-selling newspaper, the World Economic News.
Known throughout the seas as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the Dark World.
Within the global news industry, his influence is absolute.
As a senior journalist, Morgans has spent his life chasing one thing—big news.
Half a month ago, the Coco Yashi Village incident erupted in East Blue.
The name Fairy Tail appeared in the headlines for the first time. And alongside it, their president—Sugisawa Yuuto.
His first bounty skyrocketed straight to 80 million berries.
That alone was enough to catch Morgans' eye.
Relying on his sharp instincts as a professional journalist, he sensed that Fairy Tail was no ordinary group.
So—
He flew thousands of miles from the Grand Line to East Blue, intent on gathering information and paying a visit.
But by the time he arrived, he learned Fairy Tail had already entered the Grand Line.
Without hesitation, he turned back immediately.
Soon after, another shocking story spread:
The desert kingdom of Alabasta—ravaged by drought for two years—had suddenly been blessed with a torrential downpour across the entire land.
Once again, Morgans' sixth sense as a newsman rang out like an alarm bell.
His intuition screamed at him—Fairy Tail was in Alabasta.
And this rain… was connected to them.
He didn't waste a moment.
Within two days, he had crossed into Alabasta, conducting swift investigations and following leads.
Step by step, he closed in.
Until finally, he found them—
Fairy Tail, locked in a fierce confrontation with Baroque Works.
For Morgans, it was like destiny handing him the story of the century.
The unseen "voyeur" Yuuto had sensed earlier with his heightened perception had been none other than Morgans himself.
"You're… Morgans? The president of World Economic News? The legendary News King is actually… a birdman?!"
Nami's jaw nearly dropped.
Having sailed the seas for years, she was no stranger to the World Economic News. Unlike reckless pirates like the Straw Hats, Nami had always kept an eye on the news.
The newspaper she read the most was Morgans' very own.
And now—
The legendary president himself had appeared before her eyes. And not only that—he was a literal birdman.
"Hahahaha! That's right!" Morgans' booming laugh filled the deck. "It's my honor that someone in Fairy Tail recognizes me!"
He didn't mind Nami's blunt "birdman" title at all. If anything, he seemed flattered.
Erza, however, frowned slightly, unimpressed by his jovial tone.
"So. What business do you have here?" she asked sharply.
"To be frank, I've had my eyes on Fairy Tail ever since East Blue," Morgans replied. "Your existence… it's nothing short of heroic. You're destined to become the storm that shakes the seas of this era."
"Enough flattery," Yuuto cut him off with a raised hand. "Just say what you came for."
"Ahem…" Morgans straightened his tie. "Then I'll be blunt. I came here to witness the birth of a legend! I want to conduct a full follow-up interview—chronicling the rise of Fairy Tail!"
"You sound awfully sure we'll rise that far," Yuuto said, his tone testing.
"At first, I wasn't," Morgans admitted honestly. "I didn't even consider an exclusive interview. But—after seeing Fairy Tail's valor on the battlefield, after watching President Sugisawa Yuuto defeat the Shichibukai Locke… I'm one hundred percent certain. Fairy Tail will become a legend!"
His conviction rang with absolute certainty.
"Hah! Now that's the kind of talk I like to hear," Yuuto smirked.
Morgans' eyes lit up. "Then, President Yuuto, does that mean you'll grant me this interview?"
Yuuto shook his head. "Compared to our little exclusive, don't you have something even more urgent to report?"
"Ah! Yes, yes, of course!" Morgans flapped his wings in excitement. "The fall of a Shichibukai—Locke—absolutely must be reported! And…" His sharp gaze shifted toward Vivi.
"If I'm not mistaken… you must be Princess Vivi of Alabasta. Princess, Fairy Tail, Baroque Works, Shichibukai…"
In Morgans' mind, the story threads were already connecting, weaving themselves into a world-shaking headline.
But the details… he still needed those.
Yuuto glanced at Mirajane.
She immediately understood.
Fairy Tail had only been established for less than four months. Almost no one in the world truly understood what kind of guild they were.
Only a handful of people in East Blue—those who had been helped directly—knew their true nature.
That was why Fairy Tail had been chasing commissions themselves all this time, rather than receiving them naturally.
A reversal of the way guilds were meant to function.
Normally, a guild received requests from clients, and its wizards chose which jobs to accept.
But that required reputation.
And Fairy Tail's reputation?
Yes, they had some.
Yuuto's 80 million berry bounty had seen to that.
But it was negative reputation.
To the average person, a crew whose president was wanted by the Marines looked no different from a typical pirate crew.
That was the problem.
But Morgans' arrival—that changed everything.
This was an opportunity.
An opportunity to introduce Fairy Tail to the world. To show who they truly were.
And when the truth of the Alabasta affair was revealed…
The world would tremble.
The defeat of a Shichibukai.
The salvation of an entire kingdom.
And the ones behind it—Fairy Tail.
Their reputation would flip overnight.
From pirates… to heroes.
After that, the requests and commissions would never stop coming.
The only thing Yuuto would need to worry about then—
was not the lack of work…
but being drowned beneath too much of it.
After all, in this pirate world…
there were far too many souls living in hell, desperate for saving.