Carlos raised an eyebrow, stopped in his tracks, and looked toward the tavern entrance. A towering figure nearly seven meters tall slowly emerged. He wore a bear-eared hat, a black-and-white top patterned with paw pads, white spotted pants, and carried an exquisite book that looked very much like a religious text.
This man was Bartholomew Bear from the original story, one of the Shichibukai, Bear the Tyrant.
It was said that Bear had once been the King of the Sorbeth Kingdom, but he was now a ruthless pirate who ran wild. His starting bounty was seventy million Berries; Carlos had seen Bear's face on the bounty posters issued by the Marines.
As for what Bear had done to earn a Marine bounty, Carlos had no idea.
In truth, being wanted by the Marines or the World Government did not necessarily mean someone had committed some unforgivable atrocity. Opposing the Marines or World Government, doing anything detrimental to them, or even merely posing a potential threat could earn someone a bounty.
Just like little Robin. What unforgivable thing had she ever done? Yet because she could decipher Poneglyphs and represented a potential threat, she had received a bounty higher than many utterly vile Pirates.
In the original story, the Bear they saw had already joined the Revolutionary Army and become a Shichibukai. For some unknown reason, he had voluntarily undergone modification. His attacks against Luffy's group seemed violent, but he had actually been playing around, holding back, and helping them. He was, in fact, an exceptionally gentle and great man.
But Bear most likely had not joined the Revolutionary Army yet. It was uncertain whether the Revolutionary Army had even been established by now. After all, it was only Oceanic Era 1500. Carlos had not seen Dragon's bounty poster, and Dragon