Chapter 514

"It is just because your strength is high and the bounties are difficult to redeem, among other reasons, that the investment hasn't been worth the return, which is why you have basically never encountered bounty hunters."

"But now, the Navy has significantly increased bounty rewards and cleared away 99% of the obstacles on the path to redeeming them. Therefore, whether it is bounty hunters or civilians who are extremely short on money, they will all choose to make a move against you."

"Ambushes and poisoning are just daily routines for them."

"Perhaps you still don't believe me when I say this, but if I told you that after the Navy significantly increased the bounty rewards, the Holy Light Group spent nearly 2 trillion in two years just to pay out pirate bounties."

Nami's body shook: "2, 2, 2 trillion Berries!!!"

Karl shrugged: "About that. Anyway, the Navy only needs to deal with pirates with bounties over 300 million now, because for pirates with bounties under 300 million, it's not even the Navy's turn to act."

Gulp~

Usopp swallowed hard. After the Enies Lobby incident, his bounty was 30 million Berries. According to Karl's statement, his bounty should have risen to 90 million Berries. Is he actually worth that much?

"In short, the risk of being a pirate now is very high. If you are a bit weak, you will be targeted by bounty hunters; if you are a bit strong, you will be targeted by the Navy. Unless you can become a pirate crew at the level of the Four Emperors, and even then... it doesn't seem very safe either."

"Anyway, I've said what I needed to say. I won't try to persuade you not to be pirates anymore, because there is no way for you to turn back now."

"Here, these are your respective bounty posters. Take a look for yourselves! I need to go rest. Call me when we reach Fish-Man Island!"

Karl took a stack of bounty posters from his pocket and handed them to Nami, then slowly walked to a corner and slept on a lounge chair.

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.

"Hahaha, my bounty is actually 720 million Berries! It went up so much!" Luffy didn't take Karl's words to heart at all, still his usual carefree self. The others were already beyond speechless.

Zoro's bounty was 240 million; Zoro's bounty had doubled.

Sanji's bounty was 231 million; Sanji's bounty had tripled.

Usopp's was 90 million, tripled.

Nami's bounty was 54 million, tripled. This bounty range is the most popular among mid-tier bounty hunters; it's basically free money.

Luo Bin's bounty remained 80 million Berries, but she had already been marked as a political prisoner. Her bounty was not paid by the Navy, but by the World Government.

Franky's bounty was 132 million, tripled.

Brook's bounty was 231 million Berries, a sevenfold increase, because considering Brook is an old antique, after his original 33 million Berry bounty inflated and then doubled, it came out to about this much.

And then... Chopper, it's better not to mention him.

According to the Navy's new regulations, the bounty for pirate underlings is 0.1% of the pirate crew's captain. That is to say, if Chopper's bounty were calculated as an underling, he would have 720,000 Berries...

But now, his bounty had simply tripled, which was 150 Berries—just 50 Berries more than the price of a newspaper.

Chopper: I don't even want this bounty!!!

Seeing his own bounty, Nami was in tears: "Woooo, why, why, 54 million Berries."

Chopper let out a long sigh, walked silently to the corner, and looked up at the sea surface at a 45-degree angle. He was tired; let it all be destroyed!

Nami was sad because her bounty was too high, but what about him?

The joys and sorrows of people are not the same; Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji see things very clearly—after all, what kind of pirate are you if you don't have a bounty?

"Huh, why did it get dark?"

"Idiot, it's because we've already dived to a place where sunlight can't reach. This is the deep sea!"

"Oh oh! So amazing! Does that mean we'll be at Fish-Man Island soon?"

Nami held a light to look at the nautical chart in her hand and shook her head: "No, it will still take some time, but as long as everything goes smoothly, we'll be there soon."

Learning that they were about to arrive at Fish-Man Island, Sanji's little heart began to beat uncontrollably.

"Mermaids, hehe, mermaids..."

In the corner, Luo Bin sat quietly beside Karl, watching him with his eyes closed in a light sleep, and said softly: "We are about to arrive at Fish-Man Island. Aren't you going to get up?"

Karl slowly opened his eyes: "No rush, wait until we get there. Why, do you have something you want to say?"

"Yes, I want to ask you, will the Revolutionary Army succeed?"

Karl chuckled and shook his head: "I don't know. In the past, I indeed had the intention of using the Revolutionary Army to overthrow the World Government, but now, the Navy has separated from the World Government, so I don't need to worry too much."

"Are you saying that no matter what actions the Revolutionary Army takes, the Navy won't interfere?"

"They will, but it's just for show. If the Revolutionary Army can overthrow the World Government, that's their ability. If they fail, the Navy doesn't care. Anyway, the Navy only needs to deal with pirates; other matters are not within the Navy's scope of consideration."

Besides, the sponsorship he had given the Revolutionary Army was already enough. Over these years, the Revolutionary Army had made a fortune through their status as the number one distributor of Holy Light Shells. With Dragon's ability, he was afraid they already had the strength to challenge the World Government.

It was just that the timing wasn't right yet.

Hearing this answer, Luo Bin didn't know what to say for a moment, so she changed the subject: "By the way, do you still remember those Poneglyph rubbings you gave me?"

"Yes, of course. Did you discover anything?"

A smile appeared on Luo Bin's face: "Now I'm only missing the final red Road Poneglyph, and I'll be able to calculate the location of Laugh Tale."

"It's not that easy to find the last Road Poneglyph."

Luo Bin raised an eyebrow: "Why? You were even able to find the one on Zou, why is the last one..."

"Because the red Road Poneglyph of Fish-Man Island has gone missing!"

Luo Bin's eyes widened suddenly: "You mean, the last Road Poneglyph was originally on Fish-Man Island?"

"Correct! I confirmed this with King Neptune a long time ago, but now there is only one ordinary Poneglyph left on Fish-Man Island."

"The red one disappeared mysteriously many years ago." ===== CHAPTER 516 =====