Returning to the World Economic Journal headquarters, Morgans slapped the written manuscript onto the face of the Printing Factory manager again.
"Print it exactly according to the draft, don't change a single word."
"Increase the print run, increase it tenfold!!!"
Why was Morgans so confident in the sales? It was because the events occurring in the waters of the Sabaody Archipelago, no matter the era, would be considered explosive news—
First, Beelzebul kidnapped a Celestial Dragon and successfully extorted the World Government.
Second, the former Captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, the giants Dorry and Brogy, whose bounties exceeded a hundred million eighty years ago, joined the Morning Star Pirates.
Third, the Marine launched a Buster Call consisting of two current Admirals, the Marine Hero Garp, more than ten Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals, twenty warships, and twenty thousand Marines.
The result: the Morning Star Pirates left without injury.
Eighteen ships of the Marine fleet were overturned... forget it, change it to the Marine being almost completely wiped out, with only two warships surviving. Anyway, the photos from the scene were clear enough.
Fourth, the legendary great pirate Golden Lion, who was recently captured alive by Beelzebul, joined the Morning Star Pirates.
Fifth, the world thought Beelzebul had eaten the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit, but who would have thought it was actually the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu.
Whether he had this Devil Fruit or not wasn't important.
What was important was that besides controlling lightning, Beelzebul could simultaneously control the sea and flames; this evidence provided enough of a gimmick.
Morgans stood with hands on hips, already imagining the scene of the newspapers being sold out again. Making money was secondary; what mattered was this career.
The thrill of manipulating public opinion was truly exhilarating!
That sense of control, where a flick of his pen could easily stir the public opinion of the sea and shape facts in the eyes of the world as he pleased, made Morgans' heart swell.
The sense of achievement this career could bring was the real reason Morgans was intoxicated by it.
Marineford, Marineford.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku hung up the den den mushi and kept rubbing his temples. There was so much news reported by the Marine that Sengoku felt his head was about to explode.
Garp suspected: Beelzebul must have eaten three Devil Fruits to simultaneously control the three elements of lightning, seawater, and flames.
Isn't this a damn joke? How could a person eat three Devil Fruits at the same time?
That each person can only eat one Devil Fruit is common knowledge on the sea.
It's not like the Marine haven't performed experiments; the test subjects who ate a second Devil Fruit had only one result: death, a very miserable death.
However, from the information reported from the scene, Beelzebul just happened to control three elemental powers at the same time.
Lightning, seawater, and flames!
The reports filed by Garp, the reports from the Vice Admirals, and the photos taken by the messengers all indicated that Garp's guess was very reasonable.
Borsalino suspected: Beelzebul likely possesses several types of Lineage Factors to be able to control the power of three elements simultaneously.
As well as mastering an extremely bizarre method of attack: manipulating the blood within the human body.
Kizaru firmly believed that elementalization is the hallmark of a Logia, so Beelzebul must have eaten the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and controlling seawater was most likely due to an ancient Fish-Man Race bloodline.
As for the flames, only the Lunarian Tribe.
Kizaru's report claimed: Beelzebul is very likely a hybrid of the Lunarian Tribe and the Fish-Man Race; as for blood manipulation... there are currently no suspected targets.
But Sengoku knew that the skin of the Lunarian Tribe is brown, which is a world of difference from Beelzebul's fair and delicate skin.
Moreover, Beelzebul doesn't have wings on his back.
The Fish-Man Race part was even more of an absurdity.
Where on Beelzebul's body were there any characteristics of a Fish-Man Race hybrid? Not a single one!
All of the above was far from enough to give Sengoku a headache; what truly gave him a headache was—
The legendary great pirate Golden Lion, who escaped from Impel Down a few months ago, actually joined the Morning Star Pirates after being captured alive by Beelzebul.
The photos sent back to headquarters were very clear.
In the images, Golden Lion was a step behind Beelzebul, walking away in a swaggering manner; it was clearly the attitude of a crew member toward a Captain.
Sengoku knew that the hierarchy among pirates was strict; even for something like boarding a ship, the Captain must go first, the vice-captain second, and then the officers and crew.
Golden Lion's attitude was ironclad proof!
"Even the Golden Lion has been brought under your command. Beelzebul, you really are... terrifying!"
Mastering three elemental powers and summoning elemental dragons larger than islands—a bounty of three billion clearly no longer matched Beelzebul's strength.
The only thing that made Sengoku feel fortunate was.
Beelzebul kept his promise and handed over the Celestial Dragon Saint Elaine completely intact to the Marine, so the Marine wouldn't be blamed by the World Government.
Even though he overturned eighteen Marine warships in one blow, it didn't cause too many casualties; only some unlucky Marines were... sacrificed after being hit by falling cannons.
Through these events, Sengoku finally understood.
The Gorosei's so-called tampering with the coating was truly laughable.
With Golden Lion joining, Beelzebul didn't even take the usual path.
Additionally, the Morning Star Pirates had no intention of completely falling out with the Marine and the World Government. Perhaps the kidnapping of Saint Elaine was truly a temporary decision?
According to Kizaru, it was Saint Elaine who provoked first, and then Beelzebul fought back.
Not only did Sengoku think so, but after receiving the battle report of the Buster Call, the Gorosei also had the same thought.
Holy Land Mary Geoise, Pangu City.
In the spacious and bright palace, the Gorosei took their positions one by one. Satan Saint sat on the sofa and spread out the photos sent by the Marine on the table.
"The Buster Call failed."
"Fortunately, Beelzebul is a man of his word and didn't make things too difficult for Saint Elaine. The news revealed through Kizaru is that Saint Elaine was the first to make things difficult."
"Saint Elaine also admitted that she was gambling when she hurled a few insults, and Beelzebul didn't make things difficult for her."
A trace of amusement flashed across the face of Saint V. Nusjuro.
"In other words, Beelzebul was just practicing the traditional skills of a pirate, making a temporary decision to kidnap Saint Elaine and demand a ransom from the World Government?"
"He originally just wanted to go to the New World through the undersea cave after the coating?"
Satan Saint nodded with a conflicted expression.
"Looking at it now, that indeed seems to be the case."
"Beelzebul had enough strength to wipe out the twenty thousand Marines of the Buster Call fleet, yet only a few unlucky ones were crushed to death."
"Saint V. Nusjuro, your previous suggestion was very good. Beelzebul is indeed someone worth—the World Government winning over."
"Simultaneously mastering three elemental powers is truly somewhat inconceivable..."
In fact, Satan Saint also immediately thought of the former Lunarian Tribe, but besides controlling fire and having white hair, Beelzebul didn't have any characteristics of the Lunarian Tribe.
Saint V. Nusjuro interrupted him.
"What's so strange about mastering three elemental powers? I, on the other hand, think Beelzebul most likely ate a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit."
Having said that, Saint V. Nusjuro added.
"How should we handle the aftermath of the Buster Call?"
Satan Saint looked up in surprise, his face filled with deep confusion and incomprehension.
"Aftermath? What aftermath?"
Although the Buster Call failed, the descendant of that lord, Saint Elaine, was rescued. What else needs to be handled?
It was simply nonsensical.
The Warrior God of Finance holding the first generation oni-giri—Saint V. Nusjuro, spoke calmly.
"The Buster Call failed. Will Beelzebul and the others seek revenge afterward? With his speed, if he really lies in wait outside Holy Land Mary Geoise and kidnaps Celestial Dragons who go out..."
"Also, he knows about the Room of Flowers, and we can't kill him in a short time. If, because of the Buster Call, he spreads these secrets..."
Satan Saint finally understood: Fine, you guys want to compensate Beelzebul after the fact?!
"Then... send him another Devil Fruit?"
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."