User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 800: Freedom/@comment-3529684-20150916095741/@comment-10543621-20150917002450

I'm just rolling my eyes at everyone who's ready to pounce on anything remotely related to new bounties.

It could very well refer to Usopp. They did say that they wanted to make Riku follow through with the deal.

Just wait for the newspaper man. That's the only reliable source. Trust their OPed international world journalism delivered by birds.