Soon after Kuina disappeared, she returned to the port together with El.
At that moment, El was still carrying an oversized backpack on his back—only now, the food inside had been replaced with household supplies.
Yes.
El's task had been shopping for things like bedding and daily necessities, while the three girls were responsible for robbing a pirate ship.
What El hadn't expected—
Was that the speed at which the three girls finished robbing a ship would be faster than him finishing his shopping.
While moving through the town, El quietly observed them using Observation Haki, and he soon reached a conclusion:
In the future, the task of dealing with small fry could safely be handed over to the three girls.
They were far more efficient than him when it came to cleaning up such trash.
Under the gaze of countless stunned eyes, the four departed Jaya Island aboard the pirate ship they had seized.
"T-that kid… isn't that the 'young swordsman' El, with an 80 million Belly bounty?"
"You're right! I remember him!"
"Hey… that boy should be just as terrifying as that girl, right?"
"That girl can use lightning! And that explosion just now—what kind of Devil Fruit ability was that?!"
"That level of destruction… and teleportation too. If nothing's wrong, isn't that ability similar to Vice Admiral Kizaru's?!"
"…No."
A more knowledgeable pirate swallowed hard.
"That's not the same."
"That Devil Fruit hasn't appeared for several generations. It's already become a legend…"
"The Goro Goro no Mi."
As the pirate ship sailed away, Jaya Island erupted into heated discussion.
Everyone was talking about the four—
More accurately, they were talking about El and Kuina.
Some recognized El.
Some lamented how terrifying children had become.
Others trembled at Kuina's overwhelming power.
Those with deeper knowledge quickly realized that Kuina's ability did not belong to a Paramecia or Zoan—
But to a Logia-type Devil Fruit.
And not just any Logia—
The strongest of its kind.
A reporter, who had just snapped a photo, felt his hands tremble as he gripped the camera.
"I heard the girl's name is Kuina… and I even got her picture…"
"I'm going to report this."
Just as the reporter said—
He truly intended to report it.
Because of the monopoly held by the World Economy News Paper, no independent newspapers could survive in either half of the Grand Line.
All of them had become subordinates of Big News Morgans.
The number of freelance paparazzi journalists who relied on Morgans' rewards for survival reached tens of thousands.
Every day, countless news materials were gathered from all over the world and sent to him.
A newspaper only had a few pages.
And only a handful of stories could be published each day.
Therefore, only news that stood out among tens of thousands of reports would catch the attention of the World Economy News Paper.
The more sensational the story—
The greater the reward.
The reporter was certain.
This piece of news would absolutely stand out—and might even make it into the top three.
Thinking of the enormous rewards, he was filled with motivation and couldn't wait to return and organize his materials.
That night, he transmitted the sorted report to the review department of the World Economy News Paper.
Just as he expected, his submission quickly emerged from the mountain of reports.
But what he hadn't expected—
Was that he had severely underestimated its value.
Top three?
That wasn't even close.
When the audit department saw this report, they skipped all normal procedures.
This wasn't small news.
This was big news.
They immediately brought it straight to Morgans himself.
"What?" Morgans' eyes gleamed.
"The Goro Goro no Mi has reappeared?!"
"Are you sure this is accurate?"
"If there's no mistake in that level of lightning destruction and teleportation, then yes—this must be the legendary Logia-type Goro Goro no Mi."
"…Hah!"
"They even got her name and a clear photo?"
"Reward the reporter immediately."
"I'll write tomorrow's headline myself."
"The Logia that vanished for generations has returned."
"This will shake the entire sea!"
The next morning, after News Coos returned from all over the world, they were loaded with freshly printed newspapers.
Then, once again, they split up and flew toward every corner of the sea.
And just as Morgans predicted—
The moment pirates bought the World Economy News Paper and saw the headline, the entire world erupted.
HEADLINE
"THE STRONGEST LOGIA DEVIL FRUIT USER —
LIGHTNING SWORD SORCERER: KUINA!"
Most commoners at the bottom of the world—and even many pirates in the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line—didn't truly understand what "the strongest Logia" meant.
But that didn't stop them from being shocked.
Because the figure on the front page—
Was just a little girl.
What was truly shaken, however, were the major powers of the world.
Just like El, who had entered their sight at the age of eight due to his terrifying sword talent—
Kuina, now eleven years old, had also stepped onto the world stage.
Names like "Thunderstorm Kuina" and "Lightning Sword Kuina" began sweeping across the seas.
The sensation she caused was even greater than El's.
After all—
When El first became famous, he only received a second-page feature.
And this time—
The article had been written by Morgans himself.
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