Gato also received news that his bounty had risen. After all, a bounty of five hundred million was simply too shocking, and with Crocodile, the local kingpin, around, it would have been hard not to know.
Crocodile looked at Gato as though he were a monster.
"Captain, can I quit? I feel like following you is going to be very dangerous."
Gato burst out laughing. He had not expected even someone as serious as Crocodile to learn how to joke.
Crocodile looked over the note on the bounty poster again and read it aloud to Gato. "Captain Gato of the Red Eye Pirates. Other members unknown... Captain, aren't we the Six Paths Pirates?"
Gato's smile froze. What the hell were the Red Eye Pirates? He hurriedly snatched the bounty poster away.
"Seriously? Did I become some cheap Red-Haired knockoff? Don't just give people names whenever you feel like it, damn Marines!"
The Red Eye Pirates? That name was far too tasteless. Thinking that this title had already begun spreading across the seas made him feel deeply irritated.
Gato listlessly unfurled a flag. "I think it's because of this. The Marines saw our pirate flag."
Crocodile understood. The only distinctive feature of their pirate flag was that scarlet, eerie eye. No wonder the Marines had given them such a name.
But he still had one question. "Then what is that Ten-Tails title about?"
The nicknames of great pirates often represented their most prominent traits. Take Desert Crocodile, for example—one could tell from the name alone what sort of powers he possessed. But the title Ten-Tails was truly baffling.
Could it mean he had ten tails...
Gato was happy to explain his first mate's question. Many people would surely be confused by this in the future, so he might as well tell