Chapter 68: Big News and Bounties
Mortomas swallowed hard. His first thought was figuring out how to clear Brook's name—how to shape the narrative so that the world saw him as a hero resisting the Celestial Dragons. There was no way he could let the World Government smear Brook unchallenged!
Without hesitation, Mortomas personally took up his pen and began crafting the news. Truth or not, it didn't matter—he would write whatever was necessary to frame Brook as a revolutionary standing against oppression.
He worked through the night, pushing his printing presses to their limit. As the first light of dawn broke, the newspapers of the World Economy News spread across the seas—far earlier than usual, even outpacing the World Peace Dove News.
By the time the Navy's latest bounty posters arrived, Mortomas had them reprinted and sent out immediately using every available News Coo.
Exhausted, he slumped into his leather office chair, holding Brook's latest bounty poster. He had done everything he could.
"Brook... it's all up to you now."
...
All over the world, people grabbed the latest issue of the World Economy News. What they read was nothing short of astonishing.
"A Pirate, Yet Also a Hero! The Hell Pirates Defy the Celestial Dragons and Fire the First Shot in the Liberation of Slaves!"
Mortomas had carefully worded the article, avoiding details that could incriminate Brook while painting the crew as righteous liberators. Many citizens, unaware of the full story, were left bewildered. Then, the World Peace Dove News arrived—along with the bounty posters.
What they saw left them speechless.