Chapter 188: The Role of Bounty

Ten minutes later, the battle ended.

3 died, 8 were captured alive, including Captain Arlong and officer Hatchan, etc.

"Officer, here is a little girl with the Arlong Pirates tattoo on her shoulder."

Karl hooked his finger: "Bring her over!"

"Nami, she is Nami, big brother!" Nojiko hurriedly pulled Karl's cloak, reminding him.

"Hahaha, don't worry!"

Nami was brought over quickly, and Nojiko hugged Nami, crying uncontrollably.

"Nami, we are saved. You don't have to work for these bad guys anymore!"

"Mmm! Sister, we are saved!"

Karl looked at the tattoo on Nami's shoulder and scratched his head, instantly condensing a white light ball in his palm and integrating it into Nami's body.

"Hey! Nami, look quickly, the tattoo on your shoulder is gone!"

"Let me see! Wow!"

Nami looked at her shoulder that had recovered as before with surprise, laughing through tears. Without this tattoo, she wouldn't have to endure strange looks in the future!

"Karl, this is the evidence that the Arlong Pirates bought Nezumi."

"Very good, now we can go directly to Branch 16 to implement the arrest."

Smoker nodded, glanced at the two little lolis hugging together, and whispered: "These two little brats are..."

"Don't worry about them, mission accomplished, let's go!"

"Wait a minute!"

Karl turned back to look. Nami was looking at him prettily, her eyes firm.

"Little Nami, is there anything else?"

Nami shook her head and said seriously: "Thank you! Thank you for saving our village!"

Karl chuckled: "You're welcome, we are Navy."

Nami stood there in a daze. By the time she reacted, the Navy had disappeared without a trace.

On the coast, Karl refused Genzo who wanted to keep them for a meal and left Cocoyasi Village. Just kidding, they are Navy; they don't have the tradition of having to stay for a banquet just for helping out.

Besides, the main task of coming here was to collect evidence of Nezumi's corruption; solving the Arlong Pirates was really by the way.

Even Nami, the protagonist, Karl didn't care much. After all, she was just a little loli. Although she had some nautical talent, to him, she was dispensable and didn't count as any help.

In short, having any thoughts is not okay, otherwise it would be very 'criminal'.

In the lounge.

Smoker flipped through the transaction records between Arlong and Colonel Nezumi, his face pale.

"This bastard, 10 million Berries can buy him. How poor is he?"

Karl laughed: "10 million is already quite a lot! Otherwise, with his salary, it would take more than ten years to earn so much!"

To be honest, Karl's monthly salary now is only 1 million Berries, but the benefits and treatment are quite good: food and housing included, great power, equipped with transportation, and the salary is basically enough.

But the Navy doesn't just live on a fixed salary; the bulk comes from bonuses.

How do bonuses come? Pirates!

Capturing pirates with different bounties, the headquarters will issue one-third of the pirate's bounty as a bonus to the officers who captured the pirates to show encouragement.

When Karl first joined the Navy, he found it hard to understand what the use of bounty was?

Let bounty hunters catch pirates? Stimulate pirates to compare with each other?

Gradually, Karl understood.

The so-called bounty is that there must be brave men under heavy rewards.

The purpose of the Navy's bounty on pirates is to summon heroes from all over the world to discuss them together.

Since pirates dare to go to sea to burn, kill, and loot, there must be righteous people who will strike hard at these pirates. As a reward, they will get their own remuneration from the Navy.

For the Navy, the most important role of the bounty is to let the Navy encountering pirates have a rough judgment of the pirates' strength, so that Navy officers can issue orders to attack, retreat, or call for rescue.

For example, an ordinary Navy soldier suddenly encounters an ordinary pirate. If the Navy simply printed a wanted poster saying this person is a pirate without indicating the bounty amount, then this Navy soldier might be confused.

He doesn't know what kind of powerful forces are behind the other party, nor does he understand to what extent the other party has reached in terms of strength. If he rushes up to fight the other party to the death, he might just give his life away directly.

But if he chooses to retreat because the other party looks fierce and scary and seems very powerful, not fighting hard, and then finds out later that the other party is just a small fry, how embarrassing would that be?

Secondly, it is bonus incentive, or performance. The harder you work to catch pirates, the more bonuses you get, and the faster you upgrade.

Although you only get one-third, warships, manpower, material resources, and pensions for fallen soldiers all cost money. Being able to get one-third is already quite good; it's better than nothing.

For example, during the time from Major to Rear Admiral, Karl alone earned more than 200 million in bonuses just by capturing pirates, which is more than ten years of his salary.

It can only be said that for people with strong strength, making money is very simple, but for Navy officers at the level of Colonel Nezumi, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to get 10 million Berries without corruption and bribery.

For pirates, the bounty is a recognition of their strength and also a death warrant. Unless you can become one of the Four Emperors, what awaits you will be the endless pursuit of the Navy and bounty hunters.

As strong as Roger, he was chased around the world by Garp back then, especially after becoming the Pirate King, there were a lot of peers who wanted to challenge him.

But it cannot be denied that the existence of the bounty indeed fostered the atmosphere of comparison among pirates, so much so that some pirates committed crimes to become famous, thereby achieving the effect of increasing the bounty.

As for bounty hunters, Karl doesn't comment too much. Anyway, their existence can help the Navy solve some small fry, allowing the Navy to focus on dealing with those big pirates.

Simply put, it's a bit useful, but not much.

Cocoyasi Village.

Nami and Nojiko came to Bellemere's tombstone together, sobbing in a low voice. After a long time, the two little lolis walked out of the grief.

"Sigh~ If only big brother Karl and the others could have come earlier, then..."

Nojiko wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked directly into Nami's eyes: "Nami, don't say that. Let the past be the past!"

"Mmm, you're right. From today on, I will study harder and become an excellent navigator!"

Nojiko revealed a smile. She didn't have the talent for drawing, she just wanted to take over Bellemere's burden and guard their orange orchard.

"Keep it up, Nami! Maybe one day, you can also become a Navy officer!"

Nami nodded, didn't speak, placed the flowers on Bellemere's tombstone, and left holding Nojiko's hand.

After the two little lolis left, Genzo walked out of the bushes and stood in front of Bellemere's grave.

"Sigh......" ===== CHAPTER 190 =====