The vast dock fell deathly silent in an instant.
Seeing his attack blocked, Apoo froze for a moment before his gaze fell upon the fading Haki on Jewelry Bonney's hand. He said grimly, "You crazy woman, so you really do know Armament Haki. I never expected you to have mastered it before even reaching the New World."
"But don't get cocky just yet. You may have Haki and a few more tricks than I do, but I'm not the only Supernova here."
"You made such a huge commotion just now. I'm sure those guys have been alerted too. When they arrive, I'd like to see just how capable you really are—and whether you can settle this."
For pirates—especially those vicious, bloodthirsty ones—the things they valued most were notoriety and bounties, symbols of both strength and fame.
Just as in the Original Work, Captain Kid's strength was not much greater than Luffy's.
Luffy had even achieved the glorious feat of defeating two Seven Warlords of the Sea, yet his bounty still could not surpass Kid's.
That was because Kid's actions along the way had been far too cruel. Slaughtering innocents, destroying towns and islands—such acts were all too common for him.
When Marine Headquarters and even the World Government set bounty amounts, one of their criteria was the severity of a criminal's crimes.
That was precisely why Kid's bounty had taken the lead.
"Heh, I didn't expect that after spending several days at the Sabaody Archipelago, I'd finally run into something interesting. It seems someone's badmouthing us Supernovas in public."
A somewhat arrogant voice rang out without warning.
Soon, everyone saw that seven or eight figures had appeared at some point on a pirate ship flying the flag of the Kid Pirates.
At their head stood Captain Kid, known as the