What Are You Thinking?

"Lord Moria, this is bad!" Perona floated frantically over to Gecko Moria, clutching the latest newspaper in her hand. Of course, she had gotten that newspaper from Nojiko and the others.

Gecko Moria had just defeated his greatest enemy and was feeling quite pleased with himself. On top of that, Absalom's embellishment in the news had made Gecko Moria one of the hottest topics in the New World lately.

Seeing Perona's panicked expression, Gecko Moria asked irritably, "Perona, what are you panicking about?"

"The World Government has issued a new bounty for Lord Moria!" Perona said worriedly.

Two years ago, right after the Summit War ended, before the World Government had even begun cleaning up the aftermath, they had attempted to assassinate Gecko Moria. Although he had endured in hiding for two years and his strength had improved greatly compared to before, if the World Government truly got serious, then even if Gecko Moria's strength and forces increased tenfold, he would still be unable to escape their clutches.

After all, Gecko Moria knew far too many secrets, and two years ago, he had been an embarrassment to the World Government. Given the World Government's style, how could they not hurry to erase Gecko Moria?

Yet after hearing this, Gecko Moria showed no change in expression. Clearly, he already knew that his bounty had risen again. Absalom said, "Oh, that? Lord Moria is now a great pirate with a bounty of one billion Beli!"

As a "news reporter," Absalom was able to obtain much information at the earliest opportunity. They had learned about the World Government placing a one-billion-Beli bounty on Gecko Moria long before the newspapers reached the isolated nation of Wano Country.

At first, Gecko Moria had been somewhat worried, but he quickly calmed down. After all, how many