Besides Wood, Vegapunk and Morgans had also been given bounties of 3 billion and 1.8 billion Berries, respectively.
Neither man was worth that much in terms of combat strength. Vegapunk, in particular, was a complete weakling.
But just as eight-year-old Robin had been given a bounty of 89 million Berries, the reason Vegapunk and Morgans had such high bounties had nothing to do with their strength. Their very existence posed a threat to the world.
Morgans controlled public opinion across the entire world. Most people were blind followers, and once a narrative took hold, they would all jump on the bandwagon.
One or two times wouldn't be enough to shatter the World Government's solid reputation, which it had spent 800 years building.
But as the saying went, repeat a lie often enough and people would believe it. Once the rumors spread, and given the Nobles' outrageous actions over the years, it was only a matter of time before everything got out of hand.
There was even less to say about Vegapunk. His scientific talent alone made him an extremely dangerous person.
What was more, Vegapunk could investigate history. He had only uncovered part of the "Void Century" so far, but what if one day he learned more of its secrets? How would they deal with that?
The bounties on Wood, Vegapunk, and Morgans also led most people to believe the news in the papers was true.
After all, if the information in the papers had all been fake, the three of them wouldn't have suddenly received such outrageous bounties.
And if those things were true, then it was truly shocking!
Leaving aside the fact that the World Government, which had always styled itself as justice and the Creator, was actually the real executioner, the news that Wood had killed one