Mousse naturally knew that his older brothers and sisters truly loved him, but with them bragging about him to everyone they met, there was no way he could keep a low profile.
Yet he could not explain this to them, so Mousse could only sigh inwardly. At this rate, I'll be on a wanted poster soon, won't I? Looks like I really can only live and die with the family. If I had to flee everywhere from childhood like Robin, never mind whether I could endure it or whether I had Robin's cunning and luck—just the fact that I don't have some big shot secretly protecting me within the Marines would be an immediate death sentence, wouldn't it?
No matter what, once Charlotte Oven made his stance clear, King Riku finally began to take Mousse seriously.
Mousse then added at the right moment, "If you do not believe us, we can pay the reward first."
The human weakness of loving a bargain was difficult to avoid even for the ruler of a kingdom. Moreover, agreeing to pay first proved that the BIG Pirates were confident they could eliminate the Betta fish threat. King Riku could no longer suppress the delight on his face and nodded in agreement.
As long as they dealt with the Betta fish menace, Dressrosa Kingdom would have an easier time. Even if the World Government blamed him for it in the future, he could not care about that now.
Before the group even reached the broken bridge northwest of Dressrosa, they experienced the Betta fish's rampant arrogance.
Fierce Betta fish leaped from the water in groups and crashed into the bridge railings. The booming impacts could be heard from far away. Once they drew closer, some Betta fish even jumped onto shore to attack them. Their