The Price of Sugar
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It is a well documented fact that the world has seen a slight increase in crime rates across the globe after the recent commotion at Marineford. This has mostly been kept under control thanks to the tireless efforts of our marines, but unfortunately they are too few in number to be everywhere at once. While this is something that is being rectified at this very moment, new recruits entering the corps in droves, for now the occasional petty crime does take place.
As one resident of the island of Jam told us: "They stole half the strawberries! And the **** tribute to the ***** most gracious, most generous, divine World Nobles **** accepted the other half." The resident's request that he be allowed to remain anonymous has been filed with the appropriate agencies.
As Jam and her sister islands of Confiture and Marmalade were responsible for 52.8% of the world's sweet strawberry preserve, the audacious fruit robbery is expected to have dire consequences for the global supply chains.
Already the price of jams, confitures and marmalades has risen by a whopping 34.1% within the last three weeks and is not expected to slow down any time soon as the scramble for the limited stockpile has begun.
Thankfully the divine land of Mariejois is above such petty concerns and is as stable and peaceful as ever, but rumblings of concern have been detected within the new world.
Even before the shortages began, the shipping routes had been hazardous, the convoys having to navigate pirate infested waters, protected only by the flag of one of the four emperors. Now, not even that seems to be enough.
As the famed jam is a staple of every breakfast table of note, it is hardly surprising that some overly eager subordinates sought to curry favor with their tyrannical captains, leading to raids and counter raids on the supply convoys headed to Whole Cake Island and Wano.
Rumor has it that an entire shipment was hijacked, leading to severely heightened tensions between the Big Mom Pirates fearing for their lives should Big Mom not get her daily dose of breakfast confiture and the Beast Pirates seeking to defend their overlord's right to a peanut butter and jam sandwich in a confrontation already being called the second Jam Crisis. (The first had been caused by Gold Roger stealing the heavenly tribute twenty five years prior).
On a completely unrelated note, the sole Emperor uninvolved in the Jam Crisis was witnessed spreading generous helpings of limited order strawberry delight marmalade on his scones during afternoon tea.
Whether this standoff will lead to outright war between the two superpowers of the New World remains to be seen but for now the build up of forces continues as the world waits with bated breath.
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This was Marineford Daily reporting.
Author's note:
A brief look at what is happening in the new world as the Yonko are too distracted to pay the Whitebeard remnants any attention. The Red Hair pirates deny all involvement.