A few days later.
Naval headquarters.
Brannew, who was then a lieutenant commander at the Navy Headquarters and was rumored to be the 'meeting king', stood in front of the meeting room, facing many navy officers with solemn expressions, and said:
"Since entering the Grand Line, the Navy has discovered that they appeared in Alabasta and confirmed that they are related to the rebellion in Alabasta. This kind of person is becoming more and more dangerous and needs to be eradicated as soon as possible!"
Pah!
He slapped the whiteboard next to him, on which there were two bounties. "After our evaluation, the bounty for the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Monkey D. Luffy, is 100 million berries."
"Roronoa Zoro, killed a hundred bounty hunters alone at Whiskey Peak, and also defeated Daz Bonez in Alabasta. The bounty is 60 million berries."
The naval officers in the left and right rows bit their cigars, folded their arms, and remained silent, as if they were still waiting for Brannew to continue.
Brannew took down two bounty warrants and replaced a few more. After seeing these bounty warrants, the eyes of the naval officers became sharp.
Brannew also glanced at the bounty placed at the top and said,
"After entering the Grand Line, he first destroyed three cruise ships of the navy, then went to Alabasta and formed an alliance with Crocodile, the former Shichibukai who was plotting to seize the country. After the failure, Crocodile was arrested by the navy, but he evacuated unscathed and robbed the royal city of Alabasta and the city of 'Rainland'."
"Among them, he conspired with Crocodile to use a bomb to destroy the royal palace and nearly one-fifth of the buildings when Alabasta was caught in a civil war. According to statistics, the number of soldiers killed and injured in the explosion reached about 50,000!"
"From the beginning, this guy was targeting the king. Not only is he dangerous, but his strength should not be underestimated. In the port city of Narohara alone, he defeated Colonel Smoker and Portgas D. Ace, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division."
"The pirates under his command are becoming more and more rampant. Colonel Hina encountered one of his members in Alabasta. Not only did she fail to arrest him, but she was also seriously injured. According to intelligence, many of these guys have mastered the Six Styles!"
This kind of superhuman physical skill requires inhuman training to master. With this kind of power, it is impossible to treat him as a small pirate.
And now, he is no longer a little pirate.
"Add to that the repeated destruction of the country and looting of the royal family. They are already the worst generation yet! We must stop them as soon as possible before they become even bigger!"
Bang!
Brannew slammed the whiteboard, and seven bounty warrants appeared on it.
The three pictures below, from left to right, are Ajin, Palu, and Miot.
The bounties are 35 million, 20 million, and 11 million.
The three pictures above, from left to right, are Lily, Marika, and Renetia.
The bounties are 86 million, 80 million, and 65 million.
As for the one at the top, the naval officers were already very familiar with it. After all, it had attracted their attention since they entered the Grand Line with its high bounty. After conspiring with Crocodile to destroy the country, this bounty could not be too low.
"Norton Sager, the natural disaster, bounty of 420 million Baileys!"
Just as Brannew shouted, at the top of the largest building of the Navy Headquarters, in the Admiral's officer, Sengoku's glasses glowed brightly. He looked at Sager's bounty order and said in a deep voice:
"It's getting more and more dangerous! Garp, you did a great job!"
"Hahahaha, the bounty is too high!"
Sitting on the sofa nearby, eating donuts, Garp threw his head back and laughed.
"No, not at all. You don't know what this guy did."
Sengoku shook his head, glanced at Garp, and said, "That kid of yours defeated Crocodile, but this matter cannot be said openly. We have to consider the face of the World Government. Due to the rebellion, the bounty has been raised to 100 million. But even so, he cannot threaten the World Government."
"The real threat is this guy!"
He picked up Sager's bounty order and said, "According to the intelligence, it seems that Nico Robin is also in Alabasta. She disappeared after contacting him. As a survivor of O'Hara, she stole the historical text buried deep in the Alabasta royal mausoleum. What on earth does she want to do!"
Garp's laughter suddenly froze, he looked at the donut in his hand and said, "Pluto?"
Crocodile knew about Pluto in Alabasta, and as high-ranking naval officials, they also knew about it.
But it's just news, and it has nothing to do with them in itself.
If the navy hadn't come in and Cobra hadn't testified, they wouldn't have known that the original historical text was buried in the royal tomb.
But now it has been stolen by someone, and it happened to be the survivors of O'Hara!
Thinking of this, Zhan Guo's head began to hurt.
"Garp! You will take responsibility for what you did!"
Sengoku glared at Garp and shouted, "We can't let him go on like this. Once this dangerous guy enters the New World, he will cause more chaos in the ocean!"
"Haha, the New World has always been pretty chaotic." Garp laughed.
"Garp!!"
"Okay, okay."
Garp finished the donut in his hand, stood up and walked out, "If I see him again, I will bring him back!"
After watching Garp leave, Zhan Guo sighed, and looked at the arrogant photo on the bounty order again, muttering: "Natural disaster."
…
A few days later.
On the calm sea, the Death Star was sailing on the sea. On its deck, Ajin was training his men. In front of them was a deck chair where Sager, wearing sunglasses and no shirt, was lying down to bask in the sun.
The sky was clear and the weather was comfortable.
"Sager."
Marika brought a glass of prepared drink and walked towards Sager.
Sager raised his hand to take it, lifted his sunglasses and glanced at her.
Maybe it was because of the good weather, Marika was wearing something cool today, a white tank top that revealed her smooth shoulders and belly button, which made her chest look even more magnificent, and a pair of hot pants that revealed her slightly fleshy thighs, which seemed to glow in the sun.
"Got it!"
On the railing of the boat, Renetia, who was wearing a swimsuit-like outfit but with a skirt at the bottom, held the fishing rod and reached up to hook a fish that was almost as long as herself.
"Sager Sager! I caught a fish!" She turned around excitedly and said to Sager.
"Shut up!"
A vein popped out on Sager's forehead and he screamed.
The fishing rod originally belonged to him, but after fishing for a long time without any fish, he gave it to Renetia. It had only been a short time and she had already caught a fish.
"That's great, Letty, come and have a drink," Marika smiled at the side.
"Okay!"
Renetia jumped down from the railing and left the fish on the deck, where her men would come and take it away.
It has been more than ten days since they set out from Alabasta. During this time, they passed two islands, one was a deserted island, and the other had a small town, but it was too small. Sager had no interest in robbing. He bought some supplies and waited for the recording pointer to be fully charged before continuing on his journey.
There weren't many dancers in that town, and no one was willing to board a ship as a pirate.
"There are too many things to replenish. I need to build a new singing and dancing troupe, recruit people to serve me meals, and there is no doctor on the ship, so I have to find a medical team."
Sager half straightened up, drank half of the prepared wine in a few gulps, and placed it on the small table next to the chair.
"Ah, shouldn't we enter the new world as soon as possible, Sager? Your bounty seems to be too much." Marika said.
Two days ago, they encountered the Newsbird and bought the newspaper, while also discovering their respective bounties.
It's not surprising that their own bounty has increased to this level.
Although the battle in Alabasta was temporarily interrupted, Marika clearly had the upper hand in the battle with Hina, and her bounty will definitely increase.
In addition, they looted a royal city, a city with a good economy, and after Crocodile was defeated, they had to bear half of the blame for conspiring to seize the country.
Naturally, the other people who participated in the robbery also suffered losses.
The bounty for the three women is within the normal range.
Only Sager's bounty was indeed very high in the eyes of others.
"That's normal. There's inflation going on right now. Everyone has 100 million or 200 million. It's not that my money is too high, it's that your money is too low." Sager waved his hand nonchalantly.
Alabasta is one of the largest countries in the World Government. Although he did not gain anything from the royal city, he did rob it and escaped unscathed.
The bounty at this level seemed normal to Sager.
He remembered that there were quite a lot of supernovas in his period, some with more than 300 million. It was normal for him to have 400 million.
"Since we are all pirates, the bounty must not be low. The higher it is, the easier it is to gain a reputation. With a reputation, it will be easier for us to do things. You guys work harder. In this place in the first half, the bounty must be over 100 million. Then we can attract some strong people to join us and expand our power."
"But there is another scenario."
A voice sounded behind me.
Lily came down from the control room on the third floor. She was not wearing the armor skirt at this time, but just a simple suspender skirt. The hem of the skirt reached above the knees. Although it looked conservative, it outlined her figure well. As she walked, her chest swayed like a big jelly.
"There is a pirate ship heading towards us. It was sailing normally, but it seems that it discovered us and changed direction."
"Oh? What kind?" asked Sager.
Renetia ran to the bow, pulled down the goggles on her head, and her little hands flashed with sparks as she adjusted the magnification function.
As a powerhouse, she makes things that, when used by herself, can see farther than an ordinary telescope.
Because as long as there is motivation, it will be fine.
After looking at it for a while, Renetia turned around and said, "Sager, a skull with two scimitars stuck in it and a bunch of red hair on its head. According to the characteristics, I know, should it be called 'Red Hair'?"
Sager: "…"
"If he were to come here, the shock he would cause would be no less than a tsunami, and the area around him should have been surrounded by the admirals of the navy long ago."
He rolled his eyes, drank the wine in the glass, walked to the bow, and watched quietly until he could see the outline of the ship with his naked eyes. Then, a red light flashed in his eyes and he shook his head: "Palu."
"yes!"
Palu, who was in training, stood up straight upon hearing this.
"Take some people over there and see what's going on. If it's the enemy, then we'll steal the things and sink the boat." Sager said.
"Yes, Captain, leave it to me, Palu, who can defend absolutely. No problem!" Palu bared his teeth, and a white light flashed.
"Eh? Sager, do you know him? Is he an enemy?" Renetia asked.
"Who knows this little bastard? It's not important. Don't disturb me from basking in the sun."
Sager shook his head, walked back to the recliner and lay down.
The aura sensed by the Observation Haki was not strong at all, and there were only dozens of them. They were completely weak. Palu could easily deal with that level.
Palu, along with a dozen of his men, carried out several motorcycles. These things looked like a large spread-out disc with a long handle on the front of the motorcycle.
It is not small in size, and three people can sit on the main body. There are also boat-like pendants on the left and right sides, which can seat three more people each.
This thing is an amphibious motorcycle made by Renetia. It is much more useful than a small assault boat. Nine of them can be mounted on one vehicle, and three have been made so far.
Named 'Yuanmo' by Renidia.
Palu sat in one of the cars, waiting for his men to get on, pointed it at the side of the deck, turned the handle, and shouted, "Yuanmo, start!"
As a burst of smoke billowed out, three motorcycles rushed out from the side of the deck, landed on the sea and splashed water, and then Palu turned the front of the motorcycle and rushed straight towards the pirate ship in front.
"fire!"
Ajin hastily finished the training and ordered his men to load the shells and fire chain bullets, hitting the canvas on the opposite side and breaking all the masts.
This also eliminates the possibility of the ship escaping.
Not long after, Palu approached the pirate ship, put on the thick hook, and ran up directly on the rope. Soon, shouts of killing were heard from the ship.
"It seems that he is not coming to me."
Sager shook his head, handed the cup to Marika, and said, "Another one."
Marika took it with a smile and went to the kitchen to remix it.
After she had mixed another glass of wine, the pirate ship gradually became silent. The three motorcycles that Palu brought had returned to the waters near the Death Star, waiting for other men to lower the hook and pull up both the people and the boat.
Palu was carrying a small cloth bag, which contained a small amount of gold and some Baileys. The total amount should not exceed five million. He was very poor.
The other men grabbed some supplies and brought them up.
"Captain, it's Red Hair!" Palu shouted.
"Ah?" Sager was stunned, "What red hair?"
"The captain of the pirate group on the other side calls himself Red Hair, and his bounty is 29 million Baileys. He said he saw your flag and wants to take your head to become famous."
"Where are the people?"
"Killed it and thrown it into the sea. I found this."
Palu took out something like a treasure and said, "Permanent pointer."
That was a permanent pointer with a line of letters engraved on it.
"Gaya?"
Lily took it, took a look, and said, "It points to an island called 'Gaya'."
Suddenly, a small black dot appeared in the cloudless sky and fell rapidly, about to hit Sager on the head.
Marika reached out and grabbed it, then froze for a moment, "Rudder?"
The thing that fell from the sky...
was a ship's rudder?
"Da!"
Lily's ears moved at this moment, and she heard the sound. She subconsciously looked at her hand, and saw a small compass with a recording pointer in her hand. The pointer suddenly pointed to the sky and never moved again.
(End of this chapter)