Two Hundred Million

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Among the Four Seas, the South Blue was directly governed by Vice Admiral Mashir of Headquarters.

Whenever the various Marine branches in the South Blue uncovered important information, they reported it to Vice Admiral Mashir for his decision.

Today, Mashir was working in his office as usual.

After finishing one of the white files on his desk, he leaned back in his chair to rest for a while. He poured himself a cup of hot coffee and sat there leisurely enjoying it.

"Knock, knock, knock."

However, just as he was relaxing comfortably, a light knock came from outside his office.

"Come in."

Mashir straightened slightly, set down the cup in his hand, and called toward the door.

Soon afterward, a Marine soldier dressed in white and carrying a file walked in.

The moment he entered, he placed a white document before Mashir and said, "Vice Admiral Mashir, this is the latest report sent by the Marine branch in Siri Town, South Blue. According to Colonel Jor, this document is extremely important. He requested that you review it personally."

"Oh? What kind of report did Jor write that it's so important?"

Mashir raised a brow, somewhat surprised.

He had a good relationship with Colonel Jor and understood him well. Jor was an extremely serious Marine who never liked joking around. He would never send Mashir a message over some trivial matter. Mashir was curious what could have made Jor deem it important enough for him to review personally.

"Please review it." The Marine handed the document to Mashir.

Mashir took it in one hand. His gaze remained on the document for several seconds before his brow suddenly furrowed, and he froze there for a long time.

"It seems another troublesome fellow has appeared in the South Blue," Mashir said gravely.

"You may leave first. I think this matter needs to be reported to Fleet Admiral Sengoku."

After thinking for a moment, Mashir spoke to the Marine.

Inside Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office.

"Oh? Mashir, why are you here? Did something happen in the South Blue?"

Sengoku, who had been working, looked at Mashir with some confusion.

Since it was working hours, Mashir would not have come looking for him unless it was something urgent.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, a rookie pirate has appeared in the South Blue. I have his file here. In my judgment, he is an extremely dangerous individual, so I believe it is necessary to report this to you."

Mashir nodded to Sengoku and handed the file over.

"Oh? A rookie?"

Fleet Admiral Sengoku's brow tightened. He found it strange. What exactly had this rookie done to make Mashir take him so seriously that he had even come to report it personally?

He took Mashir's file and quickly read through it. A moment later, after finishing the entire document, Fleet Admiral Sengoku's expression had become stern as well.

"One man slaughtered every Marine in a Marine branch?"

"He killed more than thirty pirates with bounties exceeding seventy million around Dog Town?"

"On an island in the Or Sea, he wiped out South Blue's super rookie, Eustass Kid, along with eight other pirate crews—over one hundred and thirty pirates in total?"

"..."

Sengoku muttered through Luo Ze's file, his expression growing uglier and uglier.

From the file, Sengoku made a rough count and discovered that, including Marines, pirates, and even pirate hunters, nearly a thousand people had died at the hands of this pirate called Luo Ze.

Moreover, what shocked him most was that this Luo Ze even ate Fish-Men. Was this guy a monster?

"Mm. He truly is dangerous." Fleet Admiral Sengoku put down the file and said calmly, "Fortunately, he is still in his growth stage. Otherwise, if someone this dangerous entered the Grand Line, he would surely become another major scourge."

"Do this. First dispatch some capable Marines to kill him. Dangerous individuals like this should be eliminated as quickly as possible before they have grown. Otherwise, once they do, dangerous madmen like him are the most troublesome."

Mashir nodded in agreement. "That's right. Someone this dangerous must be dealt with as soon as possible. Fortunately, he has yet to master Haki, so his strength is not too great. I intend to request permission from you, Fleet Admiral, to deploy P9 to handle him. Most of Headquarters' rear admirals are on missions, while the commodores are probably no match for him."

"That will do. If it's P9, dealing with a mere rookie will be effortless." Sengoku nodded as well and quickly issued the order.

Such a scourge had to be removed early.

Otherwise, if he grew in the future, he might become another lawless great pirate in the New World.

The next day, Luo Ze's deeds once again made the newspapers.

His bounty also rose from one hundred million Berries to two hundred million Berries.

At that moment, in Boke Village.

Monya and the old craftsman were still rebuilding the village.

In the meantime, a seagull flew over Bock Town and dropped countless newspapers.

Monya had no work to do at the moment, so she picked up a newspaper to read. Her black eyes swept over it a few times, and her expression quickly turned to shock.

"Pirate Luo Ze, bounty: two hundred million!"

"He killed more than a hundred pirates from eight pirate crews led by Eustass Kid..."

She stared at the newspaper in disbelief. She had never expected that in just one month, Luo Ze had already caused such earth-shaking events in the South Blue.

"He really was a terrifying guy. It was hard to imagine that he had once been just a pirate hunter."

Monya murmured to herself. Thinking back to when she had attacked Luo Ze, she still felt a lingering fear. She had actually fought someone as crazy as that.

Dog Town.

As usual, Luca was out patrolling Dog Town when several seagulls suddenly flew overhead, scattering newspapers into the air. He picked up the latest issue.

After glancing over the paper, Luca's expression became animated.

He said excitedly, "Haha! That kid did something this terrifying in just one month!"

"Not only did he kill Kid, he also wiped out another eight pirate crews—over a hundred people in total. He really is a terrifying guy!"

"Even his bounty has risen to 200 million Beli. That's higher than many pirates in the Grand Line. If we fought now, even I, a rear admiral, might not be a match for him."