Target: Kuro the Hundred Plans

Loguetown

This is the town of beginnings and endings, where the Pirate King Roger was born and died.

The Navy is also stationed here. The Marine Colonel here comes from Marine Headquarters, is powerful, and shows no mercy to pirates, thus protecting the residents from pirate harassment.

A casual inquiry reveals that the newcomer is much better than the previous branch colonel who was incompetent and colluded with pirates.

A sea ship approached across the horizon. At the port, a Marine Soldier immediately took out his telescope. If it were pirates, someone would need to report it immediately. What he saw was the usual scene.

A pirate's corpse hung from the ship's prow. Behind the clean-cut man was a group of trembling pirates. The man was very handsome, yet they were terrified of him.

"It's Rodney, he's here to redeem bounties again." The Marine Soldier breathed a sigh of relief. Rodney was a recently rising Bounty Hunter who often brought in an entire pirate crew.

"Call someone over immediately to prepare to receive the pirates."

"Yes."

Not long after, the ship belonging to the Saw Pirates docked. A group of Marine Soldiers dispersed the crowd, each holding handcuffs and shackles, ready to take away all these pirates.

Leading them was a Beauty with glasses and a long sword at her waist, Marine Ensign Tashigi.

"Mr. Rodney," Tashigi walked up and greeted Rodney very politely.

"Hello, Tashigi. That group from the Saw Pirates are all here. How much bounty do you think they'll fetch?"

Tashigi smiled and said, "Please wait a moment, we still need to calculate, but we definitely won't shortchange you." Her gaze towards Rodney was filled with respect, as his actions were contributing to this sea.

"Alright." He nodded. Tashigi was a kind person and wouldn't deceive him. He wasn't afraid that Smoker would pocket the money either. If even he did that, then the Navy would be finished.

Soon, four stacks of banknotes landed in his hands. One stack was smaller. The entire Saw Pirates crew was worth five million six hundred thirty thousand Belly. Three million Belly was used to buy Explosive Tags, one hundred thousand Belly for Shuriken and Kunai, and the remaining money was for expenses.

He found a hotel to rest and bought Explosive Tags, Shuriken, Senbon, Steel Wire, and Kunai from the System Mall.

The System Mall didn't just have these items; it also had Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Kekkei Genkai, and more, but they required Mission Points.

Eight Inner Gates, Chakra Blade White Fang, Chakra Extraction Technique, and his own Chakra were all gifts from the System Gift Pack.

He could only open the first gate of the Eight Inner Gates now; he needed to continuously hone his body before he could use more.

Mission Points and Belly in the mall were like Game Coupons and Diamonds in a game, clearly contrasted and very familiar.

But this time, even paying with real money wasn't very effective.

A stack of Explosive Tags was placed into his waist pouch, along with the small pile of ninja tools.

The waist pouch had a cubic meter of space, similar to a Space Scroll, but Space Scrolls in the mall were too expensive, and their storage space wasn't large.

"Broke again."

"Ding! Mission released."

As soon as he mentioned being poor, a mission appeared. He opened the mission.

"Mission: Kill Kuro the Hundred Plans.

Mission Rank: C

Reward: Eternal Chakra Fruit, 150 Mission Points."

Chakra Fruit?

This was a good thing. The Chakra Fruits here were not the one Kaguya Otsutsuki ate, but a weakened version, divided into Eternal and Burst types.

The Eternal Chakra Fruit could increase his internal Chakra by a certain amount, expanding his Chakra Capacity. The Burst Chakra Fruit, on the other hand, possessed more Chakra than the Eternal Chakra Fruit, but it could only be obtained for a short period. Once the time was up, it would disappear.

Kuro the Hundred Plans? That wasn't an easy guy to deal with.

And wasn't it too reckless to go directly from 4.5 million to 16 million?

Kuro the Hundred Plans was rated as the second smartest person after the Red-Haired Pirates' second-in-command, Benn Beckman. He faked his death to escape, infiltrated Syrup Village, and lurked in a rich family's home to plot for their fortune.

He was a very clever guy, but unfortunately, he encountered the Great God Usopp and Straw Hat Luffy.

It was the latter half of Sea Prism Calendar 1517. According to the timeline, he had only been at Kaya's house for about half a year.

"That sinister guy is a bit difficult to deal with." It was inconvenient to deal with smart people, or rather, not inconvenient.

Rodney embarked on his journey once more, traveling with a merchant ship. Without proper Navigation Knowledge on the Great Sea, it was easy to wander into the Calm Belt or encounter Natural Disasters.

Rodney, who knew nothing about this, naturally followed the merchant ship. The merchant ship passed by Syrup Village and needed guards. It was a good opportunity to follow along and earn some more money.

The merchant ship stopped and went, buying or selling goods. The journey was relatively peaceful. After receiving fifty thousand Belly from the merchant ship's captain, he took a small boat to Syrup Village.

The merchant ship was only passing through, not docking, so he could only take his small boat and anchor north of Syrup Village.

Syrup Village was a peaceful village, the hometown of the Red-Haired Pirates' Sniper Yasopp and the Straw Hat Pirates' Sniper Usopp, father and son.

"This is bad, pirates are coming! Pirates are coming!"

Shouting sounds echoed through the village. Judging by the voice, it was a boy. Did he mistake him for a pirate?

A cloud of smoke and dust rose in the distance. Rodney looked closely and saw a boy with a headscarf, a long nose, and explosive hair running wildly at the front, followed by a group of adults. The adults were holding brooms and wooden sticks, chasing him with faces full of Anger.

Usopp?

The future Great God slipped past him quickly. The adults were still chasing him relentlessly. Rodney grabbed one of the adults and said, "He's just a kid, it's not that serious, is it?"

"You don't think so?" That Adult said, "This kid is like this every day. Once or twice is fine, but every day? It's so annoying. He really is a Son of a Pirate, just like his father!"

The villagers disliked Usopp because he lied to them every day to scare them. A few times would be fine, but doing it every day was definitely annoying. Coupled with their disgust for Usopp's father becoming a pirate, his behavior could be understood.

Pirates were bad people in the hearts of many.

Usopp's father, Yasopp, accepted an invitation from the Face Giver Red-Haired Shanks and became a pirate. In the villagers' eyes, he was a scoundrel who abandoned his wife and child. Especially since his wife wanted to see him one last time before she died, Usopp, to put his mother at ease, told the lie of "Pirates are Coming" every day after she fell ill, giving her hope.

After his mother died, he also developed the habit of saying "Pirates are Coming" every day, becoming a Big Talker who everyone disliked.

"Oh? Is that so? By the way, where is the richest family in this village?"

The person pointed to the Villa on the Hilltop and said, "That's it. Wait, why are you asking?"

He carefully examined Rodney's attire. To be honest, he didn't look like a good person.

"I'm a Bounty Hunter. A pirate has infiltrated this village."

"Wasn't that the kid just now? His father is also a pirate."

"No, what kind of pirate is that kid? Thanks." He infused Chakra into Legs and ran directly towards the Villa on the Hilltop. His speed far surpassed ordinary people, like a gust of wind, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Wasn't that person just now a pirate?" The man scratched his face, thought for a moment, and called a few people to follow.

But how could they keep up with Rodney's speed?

The distance wasn't far. He arrived at the Villa's Backyard and infiltrated directly.

This was the richest family in Syrup Village, and also the hiding place of Kuro the Hundred Plans.

This guy realized that as a pirate, he was too conspicuous, so he faked his death to escape. He used one of his crew members as a double, had the Hypnotist Jango hypnotize him, making the subordinate mistakenly believe he was Kuro the Hundred Plans. He then arranged for the Marines to surround and kill him, killing all the witnesses at the time, leaving only that subordinate and a Marine Officer, perfectly clearing himself.

He came to Syrup Village, disguised himself as a crew member who was kicked off the ship by the Fleet, and was taken in by this family, becoming their butler. Wearing a hypocritical mask, he made everyone in the village believe him.

As the smartest person second only to Benn Beckman, the things he did could be described as extremely brilliant. His schemes were terrifyingly deep.

Rodney walked into the Back Garden where Flowers and Plants were grown, jumped onto a tree, and hid among the leaves.

The houses of rich families were too large, making it troublesome to search. Therefore, he chose to Wait for a Hare.