Next day the world wake up with a new story.
It was not a small story whispered in secret. It was a big and loud story that printed in black ink on the front page of almost every newspaper delivered by the cheerful a flying News Coos to every corner of the world.
On the front page there was a picture.
It was a picture of a man with black hair and serious, glowing red eyes with a white cloth of cipher poll agent and held a beautiful sword.
The headline above the picture was big and bold:
THE HERO OF THE NORTH BLUE, AGENT 'UMI' SAVES FOUR KINGDOMS FROM THE TERROR AND EVIL OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY!
Underneath the story told a fantastic tale. It told of four kingdoms that had been taken over by the evil Revolutionary Army led by the terrible Monkey D. Dragon.
It told of how the people were starved, how their children were stolen for revolutionary army's youth brigade, and how they were forced to labor and how they forced to produce more children for the revolutionary army people of this kingdoms have to live in fear.
And then a secret agent from the World Government, with his team had defeated the revolutionaries and saved everyone. The story even said that Umi had recovered the technology from the Germa Kingdom, which the revolutionaries had stolen from Germa Kingdom after they destroyed it more than week ago.
And this Hero 'UMI' is promoted to the rank of Vice admiral of the Marines for all of his achievements by the World Government.
The story was a perfect lie. And almost the whole world believed it.
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Rakesh Island, North Blue
The little girl who had given Imu his new name sat at the breakfast table. Her mother was reading the newspaper, and her eyes were wide with surprise.
"Mommy what is it?" the little girl asked, munching on a piece of toast.
Her mother turned the newspaper around and pointed to the picture on the front page.
"Look dear," she said, her voice full of excitement. "It's him. It is the hero who saved us"
The little girl's eyes lit up like two bright stars.
It was him. It was the quiet, amazing man she had asked Hero-sama his name. And his name really was Umi.
Her name is Ava. She looked at the picture for a long time. He looked so strong and brave.
The newspaper said he had saved four whole kingdoms. He was a real-life superhero.
"Wow," Ava whispered, her heart full of a happy and warm feeling. She looked up at her mother with her eyes shining with her brand new dream.
"Mommy," she said, her voice was serious and full of hope.
"When I grow up…I....I want to become a hero just like Umi-sama!"
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Lvneel , Sortis , Balsamico , Fresta Kingdom, North Blue
In the city of Fresta the blacksmith was helping to rebuild a broken walls.
He was not being forced to work. He was helping because he wanted to. His belly was full of good food and his granddaughter Elara was playing safely in the town square with all the other children.
At this time man came running down the street, waving a newspaper.
"Have you seen this?" he shouted. "It's about Umi-sama"
A big crowd gathered around to read the news.
The blacksmith walked over and wiping the sweat from his face. He saw the picture of Umi and his heart was filled with a deep happy feeling of thanks and gratitude for him.
But then he read the story.
He read about the other three kingdoms: Lvneel, Sortis, and Balsamico. He read that the same terrible things had happened to them. The stolen food, the stolen children, the forced work… it was the exact same nightmare.
"They went through it too," the blacksmith whispered to his wife, who had come to stand beside him.
The people of all four kingdoms were all reading the same story.
A man in Sortis who had been a miner read about the farmers in Balsamico. A woman in Lvneel read about the blacksmiths in Fresta.
They all realized something very important. They were not alone in their suffering. And they were not alone in their salvation.
This made their new feelings even stronger. Their hatred for the Revolutionary Army and their love for the World Government and for hero Umi grew bigger and bigger.
They were all connected now by a shared nightmare and a shared hero.
They would never, ever forget who had hurt them and who had saved them.
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Certain Member nation of the a World Government
In a beautiful peaceful kingdom far away, a king sat in his throne room with his advisors.
He was a king who cared about his people. He was reading the newspaper and his face was pale with worry.
"This is terrible," the king said, putting the paper down. "The Revolutionary Army… to destroy a whole kingdom like Germa and then to torture four more? They are not revolutionaries. They are Devils in human skin."
His top advisor an old man with a long white beard nodded in agreement. "Indeed Your Majesty. This shows how dangerous they truly are. No kingdom is safe from them."
The king looked out the window at his happy and peaceful city. He felt a new fear.
What if Dragon's army came here?
"But," the king said and his voice was a little stronger now, "it also shows how powerful the World Government is. This agent, Umi… he saved four kingdoms all by himself. That is very impressive."
The advisor agreed. "The World Government has proven that it can and will protect its allies. This news will make all the other kingdoms feel much safer. Our Heavenly tribute to them is very well spent."
The king nodded.
The fear was still there but now there was a feeling of security there too.
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Thousand Sunny, Paradise , Grand Line
The Straw Hat Pirates were sailing on the bright blue sea.
They had a brand new ship a beautiful and strong ship that Franky had built for them. They were leaving the city of Water 7 behind a week ago and now they are heading for their next big adventure.
Luffy was sitting on the lion figurehead at the front of the ship, laughing and enjoying the wind. Zoro was sleeping on the deck. Usopp and Chopper were playing a game. Franky was proudly polishing the ship's railing. Nami was looking at her maps and Robin was reading a book. Sanji was in the kitchen getting ready to make a delicious lunch.
It was a happy and peaceful moment.
Then a News Coo flew down and dropped a newspaper onto the deck.
Nami picked it up. "Oh the morning paper" she said cheerfully. Then she saw the headline. Her smile disappeared.
"Everyone…" she said, her voice sounding strange. "You need to see this."
After a few moments everyone except Robin gathered around.
They saw the picture of Umi(IMU) and read the story of the four kingdoms.
"Whoa...This Umi guy sounds SUPEEEEEEER strong" Franky said with his signature striking pose.
"He saved four kingdoms? He must be a real hero" Chopper said which his eyes sparkling.
But at this moment Sanji was not looking at the picture of Umi. He was staring at the name that was mentioned over and over in the story.
Monkey D. Dragon. The man who had supposedly destroyed Germa Kingdom and killed his enitre family.
Sanji's face became dark. He looked at his captain, Monkey D. Luffy who was still stranding near him.
"Luffy," Sanji said, and his voice was cold and full of pain. "Your father… he really is a devil."
Luffy looked back to him and confused by Sanji's angry tone. "My dad?"
Before he could say more Zoro said "Oi, Cook this has nothing to do with Luffy. It's not his fault who his father is."
"Shut up you moss-head!" Sanji said with angry tone "My entire family was wiped out because of him. I have every right to be angry."
Nami and Usopp looked back and forth between them and their faces full of worry.
"Come on you guys don't fight," Nami said nervously. "Luffy's family is just… really...really complicated and scary."
Just as the argument was about to get bigger between Zoro and Sanji at this moment Robin closed her book with a soft snap.
At this moment everyone looked at her.
"Wait a minute," she said, her voice calm and thoughtful.
Robin stood up and walked over to the newspaper and read entire newspaper in few moments.
"The Revolutionary Army's goal is to win the support of the people and turn them against the World Government. Does torturing four kingdoms and making everyone hate them sound like a good way to do that?"
She looked at them and her eyes serious. "The world government did the thing to my own home town. The World Government needed a reason to destroy it to hide their secrets. So they called us devils and burned our island to the ground. And they are experts at creating stories like this to make themselves look like heroes."
She then asked the most important question of all.
"Ask yourselves this," Robin said with her voice which was a powerful whisper.
"Who benefits the most from this story? The Revolutionary Army is now seen as a group of evil monsters all over the world. But the World Government? They will look like strong and noble saviors. And," she added by tapping the part of the story about the Germa technology, "they now have a perfect excuse for having powerful new weapons for themselves."
The Straw Hats were becomes silent after hearing this.
They had never thought about it like that. Robin's words made them see the whole story in a new darker light. It wasn't just a story about a hero and a villain anymore.
It was a puzzle.
Luffy, who had been listening quietly finally spoke and broke the silence.
"I don't know if my dad is a good guy or a bad guy," he said, his voice simple and honest. "I never even met him."
He looked at Sanji and his eyes were full of care for his friend. "But I know that Sanji is being hurt by this and," he looked at Robin, "I know the World Government lies."
"It is all too confusing. We will figure it out later. Right now Sanji I am hungry. Let's eat." Luffy said with a wide and happy smile.
The argument was over.
Robin's smart words and Luffy's simple love for his friends had calmed everyone down.
Sanji looked at Luffy and the anger in his face softened.
"Yeah...yeah.....you idiot," he said with a small smile on his face. "Lunch is almost ready."