One piece : A Lotus

Then Ezekiel naturally developed the Ocean Forum app.

Initially, he wanted to enable direct message communication, but it seemed the main app couldn't work that way directly, so he created a basic forum.

He divided this massive forum into hundreds of sections to attract millions of mobile phone users.

Soon, the forum's popularity far exceeded all expectations...

Even within the Marines, there are many who are fascinated by the forum chats, including some senior military officers at headquarters, and even Vice Admiral Momonga, who swore he had no interest in mobile phones...

At first, Momonga paid no attention to the mobile phone, thinking it was just a mechanical Den Den Mushi, but when Toutiao actually provided him with the great convenience of reading news, he began to pay more attention to the phone. After all, no newspaper could do the same. Only by gathering information from dozens of newspapers could it reach the informative capacity of Toutiao. Later, he discovered that he could find comments about the sea and possible movements of some pirates!

As he became more and more intrigued, Momonga felt that this mobile phone was indeed something special.

"Ocean Forum? What is that?" he saw a new app on the phone.

"East Blue Life Section"

"My God, the Red-Haired Pirates are actually in Foosha Village. I'm not mistaken. Is this guy one of the Four Emperors mentioned in the news?" – East Blue, Little Farmer.

In the past, due to the high cost of newspapers, not everyone could afford them for a long time. Therefore, there was extremely little news from the sea. Ordinary people didn't even know what a Devil Fruit was or which powerful pirates existed today. But since mobile phones are now sold in large quantities, some people finally have the opportunity to watch free news. Now they also know about the existence of the Four Emperors, the Shichibukai, and so on.

"Shanks in Foosha Village?" Momonga awkwardly stood up. Was it true or not?

"So is it true or not?" – Calm Justice.

"Indeed! I saw it with my own eyes, just like in the news! He was talking and laughing with the residents of Foosha Village. It was terrifying. These people don't know who he is!" – East Blue, Little Farmer.

It's a pity that Ezekiel hasn't developed a blocking feature yet, so Little Farmer, in despair, will spread the information across the world.

Momonga asked him in the chat to describe the number and appearance of the people Little Farmer had seen. Finally, he confirmed it, groaned, grabbed the phone, and hurried to Sengoku's office. Whether it was true or not, he needed to head to the scene. After all, it was information about an Emperor!

Sengoku, after listening to the report, said with a surprised expression:

"You said you were on a forum and got information from someone in East Blue that Red-Haired is in Foosha?"

"Yes," Momonga replied confidently, which actually seemed strange to Sengoku.

In reality, this guy was indeed in Foosha Village, but neither Momonga nor even the Fleet Admiral knew this for sure.

"Is this guy in East Blue your friend?" Sengoku asked.

"No, Admiral Sengoku," Vice Admiral Momonga said more seriously.

"Please let me take this mechanical gadget from you. It possesses a power worthy of the attention of the Marines!" Sengoku paused, sitting in a tense posture. He was a wise Fleet Admiral. He quickly analyzed that this thing, called a mobile phone, truly had extremely high strategic value, far surpassing the Den Den Mushi!

If people all over the world use mobile phones, and those with mobile phones can freely talk on them, it means there might not be many real secrets in the world!

"Who created such a thing?" Sengoku asked the key question.

"As far as I know," Momonga replied, "the Royal Family of Alabasta."

"Alabasta?" Sengoku was astonished. "Could this country in the first half of the Grand Line be capable of such an amazing invention?" Thinking about it, he gave the order:

"Send one of them to Doctor Vegapunk, let him analyze it first and then see if there's any possibility of imitation."

In this world, there's no such thing as a patent. When someone powerful encounters such a useful thing, of course, they would want to copy it.

After all, Alabasta is an important member of the World Government, but the Marines must be strong and independent from any Royal family. So, this seemed like a good idea to Sengoku.

If it were a regular mobile phone, Vegapunk, with his experience and superior level of expertise, would surely be able to study it. But this is not an ordinary mobile phone; it's a product created by the power of a Devil Fruit.

"I can't study this; it's not a technological creation," concluded Vegapunk.

Then Sengoku set the idea of imitating the mobile phone aside, but he still had enough interest in this technology, and he ordered one to be bought for himself, hoping to familiarize himself with the device by using it. Momonga carried out the order and instructed Sengoku on how to use the phone:

"This is the power button. This is the keyboard... This is what is called an 'app', which means the mobile phone is a platform, and apps are the applied tools placed on that platform."

Following his instructions, Sengoku awkwardly opened the phone's main interface.

Ezekiel hadn't upgraded the phone to the era of touch screens, but there was a clear color screen. Sengoku's palm was quite large, so using the buttons was a bit inconvenient for him.

On the concise screen, there was a digital clock showing 11:31.

Then he scrolled and saw the Toutiao app and the Ocean Forum. He opened Toutiao, and immediately a dozen columns appeared:

"Big News"

"Grand Line"

"Evening News Water 7"

"East Blue"

...

"Are these news items from the World Economic Newspaper?" Sengoku was astonished and opened "Big News," the replicated newspaper of Morgans, which is quite important for the Marines.

The app immediately displayed news of various events from today. Then he opened other sections, and it seemed there was no difference between the app and the actual newspapers.

"Aren't there charges for these newspapers on the phone?" Sengoku asked.

"In fact, there are. The monthly communication cost is three hundred Berries," said Momonga.

"Only three hundred Berries?" Sengoku asked in surprise.

As he said this, he opened the Forum and saw the first message at the top of the most popular column recently, "New World":

"Live broadcast of the battle between the Emperors Whitebeard and Kaido!"

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