The 11th day of the 1519th year of the Haiyuan calendar.
The long year of 1518 has finally come to an end. To sum up the whole year, it can be said that it was a year belonging to the two young people.
One is the Spade Pirates, who kept a low profile in the Grand Line for a long time in the first half of 1518 and only broke out in the New World. Their captain, Portgas D. Ace, was a physical warrior who mastered the three colors of domineering. After failing in his challenge to the world's strongest man, he joined the Whitebeard Pirates and became the captain of the second division at the fastest speed. In the second half of the year, he was already famous in the world in 1517, but he had been settling down in the Sabaody Archipelago. Not long after going to the New World, he returned to Paradise. Conspiracy theorists said that he was the strongest rookie in history who escaped from the New World. He returned to the arena with the ability of the Thunder Fruit, stepped on the corpses of countless pirates, and firmly established his position as the strongest rookie in history, and gave the world's number one bounty hunter a thicker layer of gold content.
Now, a year has passed, and these two super newcomers have finally gotten rid of the halo of newcomers and become well-known figures in the sea.
However, unlike Portgas D. Ace, who stayed in the Whitebeard Pirates and fought with his brothers and sisters, the whereabouts of the strongest rookie in history has been uncertain.
Ever since rumors leaked out on the black market, the strongest rookie in history defeated Portgas and Ace challenged Whitebeard and lost, and then disappeared into the sea again.
Countless people believe that the next time they hear the name of the strongest newcomer in history, it might be that he has made big news again.
Just as they thought!
A new year, a new day… The newspaper, commissioned and contracted by the World Government and the Navy Headquarters and published by the World Economic News, was distributed free of charge by countless news birds all over the world.
Such a grand scene is destined to be the headline of today's news, and it will definitely shock the whole world and set off huge waves on this ocean.
As expected, when all those who knew something about the last era saw the headlines in this year's newspapers, they were stunned, and then expressions of shock and disbelief appeared on their faces.
"The legend ends, the strongest hunter who killed the legend!"
The cover of the headline showed a picture of Dewey holding the body of the Golden Lion in one hand and two famous swords, Yingju and Kumu, in the other.
In addition to this, there is a second photo, which shows Navy General Yuan Zhan Guo personally putting the highest-level badge awarded to bounty hunters on Dewey.
It is not difficult to see from these two photos that the photo was taken at the Navy Headquarters.
That badge also means that the Navy Headquarters and the World Government have recognized the title of Dewey's Golden Hunter. When all the young people who knew about the last pirate, or who didn't know about the pirate's identity through the newspaper, read today's news, the four seas and the front and back of the Grand Line were completely blown up.
"Open open open open… Are you kidding me? The flying pirate who was as famous as the Pirate King and Whitebeard is actually dead, and he was killed by a little kid!?"
"It's unbelievable. The legend who disappeared for nearly twenty years actually died just like that?"
"The strongest rookie in history, the strongest hunter… How old is this kid, and he's already at the top?"
"Didn't he fail in his challenge to Whitebeard and flee in disgrace? If he couldn't even beat Whitebeard, how could he possibly kill Shiki, the Golden Lion who is as famous as Whitebeard? He must have some kind of conspiracy. Bounty hunters are indeed despicable and shameless bastards. I absolutely do not recognize him as the top!"
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"Great! The demon who used to take away islands and hold the civilians and kingdoms hostage is finally dead!"
"Has the threat of the Float-Float Fruit finally disappeared? Great! From today on, the strongest rookie in history, the strongest hunter, is my idol!"
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Unlike the cheers, disbelief and curses from the lower-class common people, nobles and pirates, the major forces in the New World had mixed reactions.
"Mama… I thought that guy was hiding in some corner of the sky, gathering his strength for his next comeback, but I didn't expect that when he appeared again, he was actually a corpse." Charlotte Linlin, who was also a member of the Rocks Pirates in the previous era, smiled with some gloating.
"Killed by a little kid, Shiki, you are really a waste!" Kaido, who is also a member of the Rocks Pirates, sneered coldly. With his drunken eyes, he seemed to see the lion who had become a flying pirate and whose status was second only to the captain when he was still extremely weak.
Then, Kaido became extremely irritable and started to get drunk: "Being killed by a little devil, you are simply insulting the name of the legend. I want to see what that little devil can do – roar!"
With the final roar, a breath of heat shot up into the sky, breaking the clouds gathered over Onigashima.
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"Shiki, what a nostalgic name."
Shanks, who was a member of the famous Battle of Etwal, looked at the body of the golden lion with incomplete limbs in the newspaper with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.
"The broken arm is covered with burns and gold dust. This injury should be caused by the attack of fire and gold." Ben Beckman, Shanks's deputy, bit his cigarette and said calmly: "He should be killed by the combination of the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Thunder Fruit. The most important thing should be the legendary Thunder Fruit ability user. It is a natural ability that has reached the extreme in single-target attack and comprehensiveness. If that girl is allowed to grow up, she will definitely not be inferior to the admiral Kizaru of the Marine Headquarters."
"The strongest hunter, what an amazing young man." Shanks sighed and teased himself: "When I was his age, I didn't have this level of reputation, hahahaha…"
"Shiki, are you dead too…"
On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard was also remembering his former opponent. He didn't expect that the visit from the Golden Lion would be their last meeting.
Looking at the little devil who had killed his opponent and was now becoming more and more presentable, Whitebeard seemed to hear Dewey's declaration that he would not lose again next time, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Gulala… It's too early for you, little devil, to be at the top!"
Negative words are full of strong expectations.