One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons.

Crocodile's "Career Classroom" time.

"news."

Crocodile was sitting on the sofa, wearing sunglasses and holding a cigar.

He repeated quietly:

"news."

"——If you want to gain an advantage in intelligence warfare, news is a very important part."

Crocodile picked up a photo.

Big beak, small eyes, big tail, white feathers all over.

The wings are shaped like hands, and he is wearing a black top hat and a light blue shirt.

It was a huge human-shaped albatross!

But he is not some rare beast.

He is one of the emperors of the underground world, the president of the World Economic News Agency, and the bird-fruit albatross form user known as [Big News] - Morgans!

Crocodile said:

"Currently, the newspaper gull, which is the main means for most people on the sea to receive newspapers, is also an employee of Morgans."

"This guy is special."

"He is very interested in big news and always wants to make big news known to the world, and is even willing to risk his life to do so."

"But sometimes, he will exaggerate facts or even make up news based on his own subjective wishes or simply to attract attention."

"The world government once wanted to bribe him, but he was obviously a 'miser', but he claimed that he would not report things he didn't want to report for black money, and he hated others controlling his reports."

"What is published in the newspaper must be decided by him. Even the world government cannot interfere."

Snapped!

Crocodile threw the photo aside and said with a dark smile:

"So, even if you are as tough as the World Government, you have to admit one thing -"

"In this ocean, the news and the world government have never been 'strongly bound', and there is even a huge 'separation' between the two parties."

"Not everything reported in the news is what the world government wants."

……

"Like your—or our—death."

Crocodile picked up the newspaper and waved it in front of Alvin Lindsay's eyes.

He grinned and said with a dark smile:

"Falling into the sea? Stop joking."

"The world government will not believe that [the devil] will die in the sea like this. They must be trying every means to find your whereabouts!"

"But I have to admit that the three naval admirals did personally go out."

"Although it is a pursuit battle rather than a head-on confrontation, if even the three navy admirals cannot arrest the [Devil], then where will the navy's reputation go?"

Crocodile sipped his coffee and said leisurely:

"So the best way to deal with it is to minimize all impacts as much as possible, similar to what happened at the Powerful Conference."

"But it is a pity that the actions of the three admirals were too loud and alerted the news king of the underground world."

"The world government can no longer suppress this news."

Crocodile shrugged his shoulders and said with a playful smile:

"Imagine how hard the Navy will be slapped in the face when you appear on this sea again?"

"Hahahaha!"

When Lindsay heard this, she immediately became happy.

But Crocodile was shocked when he saw this.

He knew very well that the primitive people's laughter was different from his own, but he didn't expect that they would laugh together this time.

but……

To be on the safe side, Crocodile asked:

"You are laughing at what I said, right?"

Lindsay shook her head, "No."

Crocodile: "..."

Crocodile: "So, what are you laughing at?"

Lindsay stretched out her finger, pointed directly above everyone, and grinned:

"What do you think the other people at sea would think when they saw the news of my death?"

Crocodile: "..."

Crocodile: "Haha..."

Don't tell me, it's quite interesting.

……

Time travels back to not so long ago.

When this newspaper with the news of [Devil]'s death was distributed to all parts of the sea, many people's expressions changed.

Fisher Tiger from the Sun Pirates;

Kobra, Vivi, Bell, etc. from Alabasta;

Gordon of New Elegia, and many people;

Fujitora, the red-haired pirates;

There’s even Tom’s Studio as a whole…

One by one in this group, when they saw the newspaper, they all frowned and their facial features were pulled back and tangled together.

No matter how you look at it, how awkward!

What?What?What?

What is written in this newspaper?

……

The days of cultivation passed day by day.

It was obviously the off-season for tourism, but the Mermaid Cafe was overcrowded because of the appearance of an "idol".

Uta slightly activated her singing fruit ability, disguised herself as a fish tail with musical notes, and successfully debuted as a "Mermaid Idol".

"Everyone!"

The curtain opens and Uta appears.

Suddenly, the entire cafe was filled with cheers from customers, and some even held up support signs.

"u·t·a! u·t·a!"

"Come on, come on!"

"Uta!"

"..."

What Uta possesses is a wonderful singing voice that is described as "different dimension" by the world-famous musician Gordon.

In addition, she has initially reached an agreement with Totemjika, which allows Uta to hold a grand solo concert on her own without relying on external help!

"This is the first song of the day!"

"..."

When the song started to sing, the whole cafe immediately became noisy and lively.

Not far away from the stage, Lindsay, Crocodile, and Robin were sitting on the security seats wearing sunglasses.

Crocodile: "..."

Crocodile: "What are we doing?"

Lindsay tilted her head and replied calmly: "I'm just working."

He picked up a glass of sweet wine, drank it in one gulp, and showed his signature drunken smile.

After this period of rest, the physical strength and energy of several people have fully recovered.

But for some reason, when everyone went out to investigate and try to get some information from "non-news" channels, they found that there are very few humans on Fishman Island today.

Is it just because of the "tourist off-season"?

What about the pirates who traveled between the first half of the Grand Line and the New World?

Several people became more and more confused.

Intelligence warfare is very important, so Crocodile is wondering whether to take the risk of returning to the top and go to the Chambord Islands to find out.

But today, things finally took a turn for the better.

In the corner of the fish-man cafe, a group of disgraced pirates were taking a rest.

Uta's singing soothed their nerves, but they still looked a little downcast and tired, as if they had just experienced a hard battle.

"..."

Crocodile walked over and sat opposite the group of pirates.

"Murloc?"

Seeing Crocodile's disguise, the pirate captain raised his eyebrows and said impatiently:

"We are not in the mood to stir up trouble. If we have any problems, we will speak up."

"Alright."

Crocodile was too lazy to talk in circles, holding a cigar in his mouth and said: "I want to know some information on the sea, it is best to keep it secret."

The pirate captain was stunned when he heard this, and said slightly dissatisfied: "Why should I tell you?"

"Um……"

Crocodile pretended to be thoughtful.

At this moment, Lindsay brought a cup of coffee to the pirate captain.

That's the drink the captain ordered earlier.

Crocodile didn't care about this, but smiled gloomily and said: "Drink."

Pirate Captain: "?"

Lindsay from behind suddenly spoke and added: "But you'd better think about what the 'price' is first."

Pirate Captain: "?!"

Snapped!

Lindsay's palm gently patted the pirate captain's shoulder.

For a moment, the pirate captain seemed to feel the endless hail of bullets spreading behind him, gradually approaching his "life" itself.

"Gudu..."

The pirate captain swallowed and laughed shakily.

His brain was running at high speed, and he finally locked on to a piece of information that was weighty enough and blurted it out.

"In the new world, a certain Yonko has taken action, but I don't know who it is, and I don't know the purpose."

"However, the navy seems to be on guard against that Yonko."

"Therefore, the control of access to and from the bottom of Fish-Man Island is particularly strict. This is why there are very few pirates coming here recently."

Afraid that the price was not enough, the pirate captain added another surprise.

"And the reason why they acted like this is rumored to be for the 'treasure' that the [Devil] found in the Capital of Seven Waters..."