Twenty miles off Kuja Island, in the Calm Belt of the Grand Line.
This was clearly the Calm Belt, where ordinary ships could hardly sail, yet a massive vessel moved through it without the slightest hindrance.
It sped toward Kuja Island.
The people aboard were none other than Uchiha Yoru and his group.
More than six months had passed since they had first left Kuja Island.
During that time, Yoru had led the Uchiha clan around the seas, gathering relatively powerful Devil Fruits.
But the results could only be described as mediocre.
After all, most powerful people were accustomed to drifting from place to place. As for locations where they could reliably hunt targets, Yoru could not think of many.
Of the Devil Fruits in his possession, he considered only two truly valuable.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Sand-Sand Fruit.
That was right. After taking Enel's fruit, Yoru had taken his people to Alabasta and paid a friendly visit to Sand Crocodile Crocodile.
The two sides reached an amicable agreement. Yoru obtained the Sand-Sand Fruit, while Crocodile received eternal release.
Everyone was happy.
"Clan head, what are you looking at?"
Bored out of his mind, Inabi saw the thick stack of flyer-like papers in Yoru's hands and asked curiously,
"Oh, our Bounty Orders. The Marines seem quite unhappy about what we did in Alabasta. They actually raised our bounties by this much all at once."
"New Bounty Orders are out again? What about me? How much did mine go up this time?"
At Yoru's words, Inabi immediately became interested, and several Uchiha around them turned to look as well.
After months of traveling everywhere, the Uchiha had gained a deeper understanding of this world.
They had also quickly adapted to local customs. Like countless pirates, they regarded the amount of