Old Komodo Doubts His Life! Ninety Million

Of course, the temptation lasted only for a moment, and you would... ahem, he was a Marine Headquarters Colonel after all, so Bogard adjusted quickly.

Although there are many scoundrels in the Navy, there are indeed many Marines who truly hold justice in their hearts.

It was just that Dunn's words left Bogard not knowing how to respond.

Joining the Navy would certainly never yield such gains.

Unless, you were a corrupt Marine.

As for the justice of the Navy, Bogard actually wanted to chat with Dunn about it, but Dunn clearly had no interest.

"Tell Captain Mouse that I'm at the usual spot; just calculate the bounty and send it over."

Dunn waved his hand and then headed toward the town.

And right now, the town was already in an uproar.

It was truly rare to see such a grand spectacle, with pirate after pirate being escorted by the Marines to the base for imprisonment.

It had barely stopped, and everyone had come out to watch the excitement.

The people from the taverns had all gone to the street to watch, and the tavern owner, Old Komodo, had also come out.

Watching the pirates being escorted one by one, Old Komodo even recognized quite a few; these were guys who had bounty posters.

"Are the Marines having a major operation? But I haven't heard anything, and the Marines from this base don't seem to have been deployed. Where were these pirates caught?"

Old Komodo looked bewildered.

To catch so many pirates, the Navy would certainly have to deploy a lot of people, and whoever caught them would get the credit.

If they had been caught by Marines from another base, they wouldn't have been sent here.

"I heard a pirate ship came straight to the pier and happened to run into the warship docked there, so these pirates just surrendered."

Someone spoke up to show off their inside information, but it was clearly only a half-baked understanding.

"The tavern isn't open today?"

A voice made Old Komodo turn his head, and he saw the tall Dunn holding his sword and looking at him.

"It's open, it's open! I was just watching the commotion."

Old Komodo said, quickly heading back to the tavern.

"The usual, bring me a fruit juice!"

Dunn followed him into the tavern and sat down at the counter.

"Alright!"

Old Komodo didn't ask any questions, simply lowering his head to get busy, peeling fresh oranges to prepare the juice.

"Are there any new bounty posters?"

Watching Old Komodo work, Dunn asked.

"Bounty posters?"

Old Komodo, who was busy working, paused and looked up at Dunn.

Wait, those pirates couldn't have been caught by him, could they?

Old Komodo knew that Dunn was a Pirate Hunter.

No, that couldn't be right; there were too many pirates. How could one person catch so many?

Old Komodo shook his head with a chuckle.

"There aren't many new bounty posters. After all, the East Blue is the Weakest Sea, so there aren't that many pirates to begin with, and most of them are just setting sail, guys who don't even have bounties yet. But there is a big one recently."

Old Komodo said, pushing the freshly squeezed juice in front of Dunn.

"A big one? Tell me about it!"

Dunn was a bit curious upon hearing this.

"It's said to be a pirate who came from the New World. After returning to the East Blue, he almost ran into the Marines at Loguetown but managed to escape. It's said to be a ship full of Fishmen, and the leader is apparently called something like Dragon."

Old Komodo lowered his head to take out a stack of bounty posters and flipped through them.

"Arlong!"

Dunn said.

"Yes, yes, it's Arlong. It's said he was a subordinate of a great pirate in the New World, and his bounty is a full twenty million."

Old Komodo was clearly amazed by this bounty.

Although it was unremarkable in the New World, in the East Blue, he was a great white shark.

"Do you have his location?"

Dunn watched as Old Komodo took out a bounty poster with Arlong's photo on it.

"No, this pirate just arrived in the East Blue. Even the Navy doesn't know the specific situation; other than the fact that he escaped from a Marine pursuit, there is currently no other news."

Dunn nodded upon hearing this.

"However, this place isn't too far from Loguetown. If that guy were to run off to this vicinity, I'm afraid he'd cause quite a stir."

Old Komodo glanced at Dunn and sighed.

"This is an archipelago, after all. In the eyes of pirates, this place is a fat piece of meat."

An archipelago is composed of several adjacent islands located very close to one another; they might have been connected originally, only to be separated by rising sea levels or land subsidence in certain areas.

The 16th Branch Base, Cocoyasi Village, and the surrounding twenty-plus island villages are all located within the Conomi Islands.

However, Dunn did not respond.

It was still lively outside. Evidently, the escorting of such a large number of pirates had drawn the entire town out to watch, and cheers could be heard from outside from time to time.

Perhaps they had recognized some of the pirates.

"Do you know the situation with those pirates outside?"

Seeing Dunn turn his head to look outside, Old Komodo asked out of boredom.

"I caught them!"

Dunn replied casually.

Old Komodo was stunned, rendered speechless for a moment.

"Stop joking. That's not just one or two pirates; how could you catch so many by yourself? But it looks like you really do know the news—why not sell the information to me?"

Old Komodo said with a chuckle.

This information could be turned into cash for him, or at the very least, he could talk about it at the tavern.

Such secret information was also a great way to attract customers.

After all, the people here still had a very strong sense of curiosity.

"Sure, 150,000 Beli!"

Dunn turned his head upon hearing this, looked at Old Komodo with a smile, and stated his price directly.

"150,000? That's too expensive. Wait, isn't this the money I collected for selling you information earlier?"

Old Komodo stared, his face full of speechlessness.

This young man was quite vengeful, but hadn't he only collected 100,000 Beli later on?

"Think about it: to be able to catch so many pirates, it must be a big shot. Can the information about such a big shot be cheap?"

"That's true!"

Old Komodo nodded upon hearing this, then dawdled as he took 150,000 Beli out from the counter and handed it to Dunn.

Dunn didn't stand on ceremony and took the money handed over.

"The person who captured these pirates is me. I ran into the pirates gathered together, so I just rounded them all up at once."

Dunn said seriously.

Old Komodo's face turned a shade of green and white.

Could this young man be swindling him out of his money?

Just as Old Komodo was doubting him, two Marines walked in carrying large bags.

After seeing Dunn, the two Marines set the bags down and saluted.

"Hello, Mr. Pirate Hunter. This is the bounty the Colonel asked us to deliver, totaling 91,770,000 Beli."

"Are you done with the escort?"

Dunn looked at the two Marines and asked.

"Not yet, but the Colonel said we shouldn't keep you waiting too long, so we calculated the bounty first."

Dunn realized, then nodded.

The two Marines saluted and turned to leave.

"See, I told you it was me. I didn't lie to you!"

Dunn said with a shrug.

"It really was you?"

Old Komodo was dumbfounded.

This young man seemed to have exceeded his imagination.

To capture so many people at once—just how strong was this guy?

Just as Old Komodo was questioning his life, Bogard at the docks contacted Garp, who had returned to his hometown to visit his grandson.

"Vice Admiral Garp, the person has returned."