Morgans group of birds would scatter papers all over the world.
For most people, it's just knowing that a new emerging force called the Straw Hat Pirates has appeared in East Blue, and the captain's bounty appears to have broken East Blue's record in recent years.
But for a small group of people, the meaning is completely different.
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Grand Line, near the entrance to the maritime area.
Mihawk, who had just returned from East Blue, saw a news report fly low over his head and dropped a newspaper.
He reached out and picked up the two wanted posters that fell out of the newspaper.
"Oh? That's impressive"
Mogawk looked at the face in the photo, the corners of the mouth raised, revealing a meaningful smile.
Roronoa Zoro.
Alive or dead.
Reward: 19,000,000 berries!
His gaze turned to someone else.
"71 million? The sailors don't really understand their true strength."
What happened at the Baratie restaurant at sea happened a few days ago.
He was being looked for, obviously not because of that incident, the sailors probably don't even know about that fight.
Mihawk looked at Luffy's wanted poster, his expression showing a bit of confusion.
"The content of this is really interesting..."
...
Still on the Grand Line.
Near the Drum Kingdom.
In a small boat.
No, it can't even be called a boat.
Just enough space for one person to move around, in addition to an extremely rustic sail, it also has a propulsion system.
In this small, rudimentary but technologically advanced boat,
A young man wearing an orange cowboy hat, no shirt, with the "ACE" tattoo on his left arm, with a cross in the letter S.
"Luffy... he finally became a pirate?"
Ace smiled, "71 million? Not bad, Luffy. Don't worry, we'll meet up soon!"
But the content of the wanted poster left him a little confused.
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Still on the Grand Line.
Baltigo.
Known as the "land of White Clay", it is the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army led by the world's most ruthless criminal, Monkey D. Dragon.
Right now, on a balcony at the base.
Wearing a green cape and with a tattoo on the left side of his face, Dragon held a wanted poster and looked at the desolate landscape outside.
"Luffy... the tide of the times is advancing. Since you have chosen to become a pirate, don't stop. The world is waiting for our answer!"
While muttering in his heart, he looked at the wanted poster again and saw something interesting.
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East Blue, Foosha Village.
The small village bar was extremely lively today, with new wanted posters plastered all over the walls.
The landlady, Makino, looked helplessly at the celebrating men.
Everyone was drinking and their faces were full of joy.
"Look, this is Luffy!"
"He became a pirate with a bounty of 71 million. We should hang his wanted poster at the port!"
"Hahaha, that kid Luffy, in all these years in East Blue, it's the first time I've seen a criminal with such a high bounty. He's truly the pride of Foosha Village!"
"But what does that phrase on the wanted poster mean?"
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Nami's hometown, Cocoyasi Village.
Here there is also singing and dancing, and a great party.
"It's Luffy-sama!"
"Amazing, his reward is much higher than that damn Arlong!"
"Marine is really unreliable. Let's hang Luffy-sama's pirate flag at the village's entrance! I want to see which foolish pirate would dare to come here!"
Some people were still suggesting it, but Genzo had already done it.
He placed Luffy's wanted poster at the village's entrance.
Looking at the numbers on the wanted poster, he couldn't help but laugh.
But upon closer inspection, he was stunned again.
After a while, he smiled knowingly.
"So that's how it is. It makes sense. Marine still knows how to do some things."
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At the sea restaurant, Baratie.
"It's only been a few days and he's already wanted." Patty held the reward sign and admired it. "Too bad I couldn't see Sanji's stupid face."
"Feeling lonely, Patty?" A chef joked.
"Who's feeling lonely! I would mine that bastard's grave!!!"
"If he was still here, you two would be fighting all day. Now that he's gone, you keep mentioning Sanji all day. My ears are calloused from it."
At that moment, Zeff walked down the spiral staircase and smiled. "What are you guys doing standing there? Go to work!"
"Oh!"
...
The Straw Hat crew sailed smoothly, with clear skies and calm seas.
On the deck of the Sunny.
Nami brought a table and chairs and read the newspaper calmly.
Kaya was excitedly flipping through medical books, apparently wanting to learn medicine.
Luffy was lying on the Sunny's figurehead, taking a nap.
Suddenly, a scream echoed.
"Luffy!"
"What's wrong?"
"Your reward poster. And Zoro's."
Two reward posters fell from the folds of the newspaper, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
Nami dropped the pot of water and went downstairs.
"Are we wanted?"
"It's Luffy and Zoro," Nami explained. "The amounts are quite high..."
"19 million, 71 million..." Kaya covered her mouth, extremely surprised.
Luffy jumped over the others with a single jump.
Looking down, he saw his own portrait and the corresponding reward amount.
71 million fruits.
Neither high nor low.
Not too high because if the Navy knew what happened on the Baratie, the reward wouldn't be so low.
It's not low because the average reward in East Blue is only 3 million, and the highest before seemed to be 20 million Arlong.
"Hmm? Wait a minute." Nami smiled as she admired Luffy's photo, but suddenly froze and pointed to a line above, "What does that mean?"
Then everyone realized something was wrong.
The two reward posters had obvious differences.
Monkey D. Luffy.
Just alive.
Reward: 71,000,000 berries!
"Just alive?"
Luffy raised an eyebrow and remained calm. "Oh, it's probably because of my grandfather's influence."
Nami: "..."
Nojiko: "..."
Kaya: "..."
"Maybe they want to capture me and then my grandfather will break me out of prison and finally force me to become a Marine."
The three girls were speechless once again.
(End of chapter)
Ok my friends, I'm pretty sure that tomorrow I'll be able to have more time to write the chapters of all the fics🗿🗿