A Bounty of 100 Million?

Dusk.

Kachinobu Kingdom.

Inside the palace.

Vice Admiral Doro looked at the decapitated corpses of Saint Rosward and his son, his expression grim.

World Noble Celestial Dragons had died tragically within his jurisdiction. His days ahead would likely not be easy.

"Vice Admiral, according to King of Kachinobu's statement, Lady Charlos and Princess Anna of the Kachinobu Kingdom were both kidnapped by that man."

"Even the Celestial Dragons' ship was seized by him. Its whereabouts are now unknown."

"All the guards responsible for protecting the Celestial Dragons and every member of CP0 were killed. The Kachinobu Palace's wealth was also completely looted."

"According to the king and the kingdom's ministers, this man possesses extraordinary strength!"

"Those CP0 agents and Celestial Dragon guards were basically killed in a single move. His strength is terrifying!"

A Rear Admiral approached Vice Admiral Doro and carefully reported the investigation results.

Vice Admiral Doro's expression darkened further at this, and he asked in a low voice:

"Who is the culprit?"

The Rear Admiral handed a photograph to Vice Admiral Doro and said:

"According to information provided by the Celestial Dragons' attendants, this man is called Lin Yu."

"He is around eighteen years old and highly skilled in Swordsmanship, suspected to be a Great Swordsman."

"Furthermore, he displayed Armament Haki and Observation Haki."

"He is also suspected of possessing the ability to control a ship by himself."

Looking at the photograph of Lin Yu, with his short black hair and handsome features, Vice Admiral Doro narrowed his eyes and asked:

"Lin Yu? Is he from the Flower Country?"

The Rear Admiral hesitated before nodding. "That possibility cannot be ruled out."

In the pirate world, only the Flower Country had names like this.

"Heh, Lin Yu!"

"No matter where you run, you will never escape the Navy's pursuit!"

"Sooner or later, you will pay for what you did today!"

At this point, Vice Admiral Doro crumpled the photograph in his hand into a ball and continued, looking at the Rear Admiral before him:

"Send all the information here back to Navy Headquarters."

"Have Headquarters issue a Wanted Poster for God Slayer Lin Yu!"

Hearing this, the Rear Admiral raised his head and asked:

"What should the bounty be?"

Thinking of Lady Charlos, the Celestial Dragon kidnapped by Lin Yu,

Vice Admiral Doro narrowed his eyes and said heavily, "Recommend a bounty of 100 million to Headquarters!"

"100 million?"

The Navy Rear Admiral looked up in astonishment, his face full of disbelief.

A first bounty of 100 million was an exceptionally rare occurrence even in the entire pirate world.

Vice Admiral Doro glanced at the Rear Admiral and said:

"Considering the crimes he committed against the World Nobles, 100 million is already the bare minimum."

"Understood, Vice Admiral."

The Rear Admiral turned and left, preparing to return to the warship and send the news back to Navy Headquarters.

"Vice Admiral Doro, CP0 from the World Government has arrived."

A Navy soldier hurried over to Vice Admiral Doro and reported urgently.

At this, Vice Admiral Doro suddenly turned to look toward the palace entrance.

Three figures wearing strange masks, white suits, and dark ties were entering through the palace gates.

In their hands, they carried several heads.

They were the heads of the King of Kachinobu and the royal ministers.

"Navy, CP0 is taking over from here."

As the leading CP0 agent passed Vice Admiral Doro, he spoke softly.

"They..."

The Rear Admiral, who had just finished sending the message, looked at the heads in CP0's hands with fury on his face.

He had not expected these people to dare execute the King of Kachinobu directly.

"They died at the hands of the villain who murdered Celestial Dragons. Do you have any objections?"

The leading CP0 agent glanced at the Rear Admiral, casually tossed the head in his hand to the ground, and walked toward the room where the Celestial Dragons' accompanying servants were being held.

At the time, Lin Yu had only killed the Celestial Dragon guards and CP0 agents. He had spared all the accompanying servants and had even told them to leave quickly.

Those who remained were mostly people who had held onto a slim hope of reporting Lin Yu.

"Don't make trouble!"

Vice Admiral Doro stopped the furious Rear Admiral, then led all the Navy personnel away.

He could tell that these three CP0 agents were all far stronger than he was. They were definitely not ordinary CP0 members.

Arriving at the room where the servants were held, the leading CP0 agent looked at the Celestial Dragon servants inside and spoke coldly:

"Failure to protect the World Nobles is a crime deserving death!"

Tempest Kick!

As soon as he spoke, the CP0 agent swept out a kick, and a massive horizontal slash cut every servant in the room in half at the waist.

"Let's go. It's time to find the Poneglyph Rubbing that Kachinobu Kingdom hid away."

Their main purpose in coming here had been to find the Poneglyph Rubbing secretly stored by Kachinobu Kingdom.

Handling the murder of the Celestial Dragons and pinning the murder of the King of Kachinobu on Lin Yu had merely been secondary objectives.

An hour later, night fell.

The three CP0 agents left Kachinobu Palace.

Behind them, Kachinobu Palace burned fiercely and collapsed, illuminating the surrounding night as brightly as day.

Navy Headquarters, Marineford.

Brannew, known as the "Meeting King," was sitting in the communications office, handling the documents in his hands.

Suddenly, a Navy soldier hurriedly pushed open the door and handed him a document.

"Sir, something has happened."

Brannew frowned at the soldier, displeased.

"Why are you panicking? What exactly happened?"

The Navy soldier swallowed and quickly said:

"The World Noble Celestial Dragons were attacked in Kachinobu Kingdom in the North Sea. Saint Rosward and Saint Charlos are dead, while Lady Charlos is missing."

Brannew's eyes widened in shock. He immediately snatched the intelligence report from the soldier's hand and rapidly read through it.

"It's actually true!"

"God Slayer Lin Yu? He really has no fear of death."

"This is a serious disaster."

"I must inform Marshal Sengoku immediately."

Looking at the information sent by Vice Admiral Doro in the North Sea, Brannew muttered a few words to himself before rushing out of the office toward the Navy Marshal's office.

Inside the Marshal's office.

"Garp!"

"You stole my tea again! This is outrageous!"

"You bastard, you brewed so much of it!"

Navy Marshal Buddha Sengoku howled in anguish at the sight of his precious tea leaves being ruined by Garp.

These were precious tea leaves he had painstakingly acquired from the Flower Country. Each time, only two leaves were needed to release the tea's fragrance to its fullest and satisfy him for an entire day.

Yet Garp had brewed a whole handful at once. It pained him to death.

"Ha ha ha ha! Sengoku, don't be so stingy."

"Come on, I'll treat you to some senbei."

Garp smiled as he patted Sengoku on the shoulder and laughed loudly.

"You bastard!"

"Is this about being stingy?"

"It's because you're wasting something precious!"

Sengoku flew into a rage again, snatched the senbei from Garp's hand, and stuffed them all into his mouth, making Garp glare furiously.

"Sengoku, you ate them all! That's too much."

"Get out!" Sengoku said indistinctly as he chewed the senbei.

Bang!

Just as the two old men were bickering, Brannew ran into the office and shouted in panic:

"Marshal Sengoku, something terrible has happened."

"The World Noble Celestial Dragons were attacked in Kachinobu Kingdom in the North Sea. Saint Rosward and Saint Charlos are dead, while Lady Charlos's whereabouts are unknown."