[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-one-piece-starting-as-a-navy-captain-i-get-stron":3,"chapter-one-piece-starting-as-a-navy-captain-i-get-stron-one-piece-i-grow-stronger-by-slacking-off-as-a-n-chapter-299":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","One Piece: Starting as a Navy Captain, I Grow Stronger by Slacking Off",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2156352,3595,"Chapter 299: Beginning the Descent","one-piece-i-grow-stronger-by-slacking-off-as-a-n-chapter-299",299,"\u003Cp>\"Commercialization of pirates! What is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karl smiled slightly and began to explain the concept of pirate commercialization to the Straw Hat crew...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to Karl's explanation, Nami muttered to herself: \"In other words, from now on, there will be people wanting to kill us at any time to claim the bounty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karl waved his hand: \"From the day you decided to become pirates, bounty hunters would never have let you go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's just that because your strength is high and the bounties are hard to redeem, the investment didn't match the return, so you basically haven't encountered many bounty hunters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now, the Marines have significantly increased the bounties and cleared 99% of the obstacles on the path to redeeming them. So, now, whether it's bounty hunters or civilians who are extremely short on money, they will choose to attack you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sneak attacks and poisoning are just daily routines for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps you don't believe me when I say this, but if I told you that after the Marines significantly increased the bounties, the Holy Light Group spent nearly 2 trillion in two years just to pay out pirate bounties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami's body shook: \"2, 2, 2 trillion Berries!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karl shrugged: \"About that. Anyway, the Marines only need to deal with pirates with bounties over 300 million now, because for pirates with bounties under 300 million, it's not even the Marines' turn to act.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Gulp*~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usopp swallowed hard. After the Enies Lobby incident, his bounty was 30 million Berries. According to Karl, his bounty should have risen to 90 million Berries now. Was he actually worth that much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In short, the risk of being a pirate now is very high. If you're a bit weak, you'll be targeted by bounty hunters; if you're a bit strong, you'll be targeted by the Marines. Unless you can become a pirate crew at the level of the Four Emperors, that way... it doesn't seem very safe either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, that's all I'll say. I won't try to persuade you not to be pirates, because you have no way to turn back now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, these are your respective bounties. Take a look for yourselves! I need to go rest. Call me when we reach Fish-Man Island!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karl took a stack of bounty posters out of his pocket and handed them to Nami, then slowly walked to a corner and slept on the lounge chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Straw Hat crew was silent for a while, then gathered around with a tacit understanding, wanting to see exactly how much their bounties were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, my bounty is actually 720 million Berries, it went up so much!\" Luffy didn't take Karl's words to heart at all and remained as carefree as ever. Everyone else was already too tired to complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoro's bounty was 240 million; Zoro's bounty had doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sanji's bounty was 231 million; Sanji's bounty had tripled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usopp's was 90 million, tripled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami's bounty was 54 million, tripled. This bounty range was the most popular among mid-level bounty hunters; it was basically free money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robin's bounty remained at 80 million Berries, but she had been marked as a political criminal. Her bounty was not paid by the Marines, but by the World Government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Franky's bounty was 132 million, tripled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brook's bounty was 231 million Berries, a sevenfold increase, because considering Brook was an old antique, his original 33 million Berry bounty inflated and then doubled—that's about how it ended up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then... Chopper, let's not even mention him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Marines' new rules, the bounty for pirate underlings is 0.1% of the pirate captain's bounty. That is to say, if Chopper were calculated as an underling, his bounty would be 720,000 Berries...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, his bounty was simply tripled, which was 150 Berries—just 50 Berries more than the price of a newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chopper: I don't even want this bounty!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his bounty, Nami was in tears: \"Wuwuwu, why, why, 54 million Berries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chopper let out a long sigh, walked silently to a corner, and looked up at the sea surface at a 45-degree angle. Tired, let it all be destroyed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami was sad because her bounty was too high, but what about him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human joys and sorrows are not the same. Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji were very open-minded. Pirates, after all—what kind of pirate would you be without a bounty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, why did it get dark?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiot, because we've already descended to a place where sunlight can't reach. This is the deep sea!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, oh! That's amazing! Does that mean we'll reach Fish-Man Island soon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami turned on a light and looked at the sea chart in her hand, then shook her head: \"No, it will take a while longer, but if everything goes smoothly, we'll be there soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning that they would arrive at Fish-Man Island soon, Sanji's little heart began to beat uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mermaids, hee-hee, mermaids...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner, Robin sat quietly beside Karl, looking at Karl who was closing his eyes and feigning sleep, and said softly: \"We're about to reach Fish-Man Island. Aren't you going to get up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karl slowly opened his eyes: \"No rush, let's wait until we get there. Why, do you have something you want to say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I want to ask you, will the Revolutionary Army succeed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karl chuckled and shook his head: \"I don't know. In the past, I did have the intention of using the Revolutionary Army to overthrow the World Government, but now, the Marines have separated from the World Government, so I don't need to worry about it too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you saying that no matter what actions the Revolutionary Army takes, the Marines won't interfere?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They will, but it's just going through the motions. If the Revolutionary Army can overthrow the World Government, that's their ability. If they fail, the Marines don't care either. Anyway, the Marines only need to deal with pirates; other matters are not within the Marines' scope of consideration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the sponsorship he had given the Revolutionary Army was already enough. Over these years, the Revolutionary Army had made a fortune as the number one distributor of Holy Light Shells. With Dragon's ability, he probably already had the strength to challenge the World Government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the timing wasn't right yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this answer, Robin didn't know what to say for a moment, so she changed the subject: \"By the way, do you remember those Poneglyph rubbings you gave me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, of course. Did you find anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile appeared on Robin's face: \"Now I'm only missing the final red Road Poneglyph, and I'll be able to calculate the location of Laugh Tale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finding the last Road Poneglyph won't be that easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robin raised an eyebrow: \"Why? Even the one on Zou you were able to find, why is the last one...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the red Road Poneglyph of Fish-Man Island has gone missing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robin's eyes widened immediately: \"Are you saying that the last Road Poneglyph was originally on Fish-Man Island?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct! I confirmed this with King Neptune a long time ago, but now there is only one ordinary Poneglyph left on Fish-Man Island.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The red one disappeared mysteriously many years ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1193,"2026-06-16T20:20:52.563Z","2026-06-16T20:55:41.535Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","581643412985ebf6b0caaabcb02fcdc253cf7d3366ca65eeb6662f037bed9d53","one-piece-i-grow-stronger-by-slacking-off-as-a-n-chapter-300","one-piece-i-grow-stronger-by-slacking-off-as-a-n-chapter-298",397,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fone-piece-i-grow-stronger-by-slacking-off-as-a-n-cover.jpg"]