Chapter 59

"The next one is a bit special."

Brandnew looked back, his tone becoming complicated, "I believe everyone present, especially those who were once students of Mr. Zephyr, will not be unfamiliar with this person."

SNAP!

Where the stick tip fell, a white-haired man biting a cigar was sitting on a motorcycle with an expressionless face, puffing on smoke.

"The former 'White Hunter' of the Marines, known for his irritable temper, a Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit user, former Loguetown branch Colonel base commander, Smoker."

Brandnew sighed, "Multiple Marine soldiers testified that he fought fiercely with Onigumo on the warship. After being subdued, he was resentful. After waking up, he took advantage of the weak forces on the warship, cruelly killed the pitiful Majesty Altay, and disappeared without a trace afterward. According to reliable information, he has followed these pirates and boarded the ship of the 'Closer' Pirate Crew."

"This kind of vicious behavior can already be regarded as betraying the Marines! Considering that his position was dragged down by his temper and style, and his real strength is far superior to a Headquarters Colonel, the tentative bounty is 70 million Berries, nickname: 'Defector Hunter'!"

SNAP!

The stick pointed to the last wanted poster. It wasn't a person, but a silver giant wolf that was three meters long.

Howling at the moon, its fur was like a snow waterfall in the moonlight, looking elegant and beautiful without losing its kingly aura.

"What species of creature is this?"

Several of the officers present showed interested expressions, "It's quite handsome. Compared to those weirdos transformed by the Beasts Pirates, it's much more pleasing to the eye..."

"It hasn't been investigated yet, but what is certain is that this wolf named 'Gin' is the second most powerful combat force hidden on the ship!"

Brandnew's expression was heavy, "Another Rear Admiral under Mr. Onigumo was covered in scars after fighting it for less than a few minutes, and was almost bitten to death. According to his later description and recollection, this wolf performed quite casually during the battle and didn't use its full strength at all!"

A giant wolf that could defeat a Headquarters Rear Admiral without using its full strength?

Everyone's gaze narrowed slightly, and Brandnew continued:

"Because this giant wolf also showed the ability to control lightning in the battle, the tentative nickname is 'Thunder Silver Wolf', and the bounty is 80 million Berries!"

"As for the most important one today, the man who personally snapped the neck of Vice Admiral Onigumo..."

Speaking of this, Brandnew took down all the wanted posters on the whiteboard and pasted a brand-new wanted poster alone in the center of the whiteboard.

"Closer Pirate Crew Captain, 'Tachi Swordsman' Siano!"

"He was famous in the East Blue many years ago. At the age of fourteen, he defeated the Arlong crew under the former Sun Pirates, and later killed many pirates with bounties exceeding ten million Berries one after another. In the eyes of the local islanders in the East Blue, he almost became an incarnation of justice more trustworthy than us Marines!"

"But there is no doubt that these are all superficial illusions! In this Loguetown incident, his vicious nature was exposed!"

Rear Admiral Fahn frowned and wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by Brandnew, "His vicious act of publicly executing Vice Admiral Onigumo beyond his authority is a naked provocation to the Marines and the World Government! And according to the investigation, he also pulled out the Roger execution platform used by the Headquarters to deter pirates and threw it into the sea, and declared to the world that he wanted to become the closer who ends the Great Pirate Era. It can be described as extremely arrogant!"

"And it was at that time that he showed the Conqueror's aptitude, rarely seen among millions!"

"Such a madman with both ambition and strength, even if it's his first bounty, is worthy of us breaking the rules and specially formulating a bounty amount that matches his threat level!"

THUD!

Brandnew's right hand slapped heavily on the whiteboard.

The corners of the wanted poster lifted, making the pitch-black bounty number below the black-haired boy with a sword on his back in the photo even more eye-catching—

One hundred and eighty million Berries!!!

…………

"How much?"

East Blue, in a sea area near Reverse Mountain. Siano, who was originally lying comfortably under a parasol drinking a cocktail personally prepared by Zeff, spat out a mouthful of wine.

"Yes, Captain, you heard that right, a full one hundred and eighty million Berries."

Kuina took the wanted poster out of the newspaper and handed it over, "It's broken the record in history. Never has a pirate been given such a high bounty before entering the Grand Line."

"It seems the Marine Headquarters is dying for me to die this time."

Looking at his wanted poster, Siano grinned.

He had expected that his bounty might break the record in the East Blue.

But he estimated it would be around one hundred million Berries. He never thought it would be so exaggerated right from the start.

Even if it were four years later, among those Supernovas of the Worst Generation who arrived at Sabaody Archipelago, this bounty would rank high.

And he, right now, hasn't even entered the Grand Line...

"Closer Pirate Crew Captain... tsk, the intelligence system is quite powerful. This name was only finalized a few days ago, and they already know about it."

Behind him, a flag with a white background was flying on the mast.

'Closer Adventure Group'—this was the group name Siano finally finalized for his group. Of course, the World Government wouldn't admit that there was such a thing as an adventure group, so the outside world would likely still be influenced by public opinion and call them a pirate crew.

Not just the group name, Siano had already set up various names and flags after leaving Loguetown.

Even the ship's name, which had been undecided for a long time, was officially finalized and named 'Closer'.

Corresponding to the name Closer Adventure Group, it means the ship that will carry the mission of bringing the curtain down on the Great Pirate Era.

The flag was also clearly distinguished from the pirate flag; it didn't use a skull as the base map, as Siano didn't like that stuff.

He simply imitated Drake's style, designing the pattern on a white background as two swords diagonally inserted into the Marine's iconic scale-holding seagull.

Looking up like this, it was much more handsome.

As for whether the Marines would have an extra mocking hard-control effect when they saw it, or be pissed off to death, that was none of his business.

"Speaking of which, the report in the newspaper seems very unfavorable to us."

Kuina flipped through the newspaper in her hand and shook her head, "It glossed over Onigumo's shelling of civilians and his act of attacking us without distinguishing right from wrong, making it seem like we attacked Loguetown first, and Onigumo became a tragic hero who came to save the civilians."

"Normal."

Siano didn't care. Could he not know the urine-like nature of the World Government and Marine Headquarters?

But fake is fake after all. Justice is in the hearts of the people. So many civilians in Loguetown saw it. As for what the real situation was, it might not take long before it spreads throughout the East Blue.

"After all, even the largest newspaper, the World Economic News, has to look at the World Government's face to eat. And we, clearly, don't have the qualifications to make Morgans fall out with the World Government yet."

He put down the cocktail casually and said with a smile.

(End of chapter)