In Damir, Danitz stood before a rack plastered with wanted posters outside the Flying Fish and Wine. He searched from top to bottom for quite a while before finding his name.
"Shit, still only 3,000 pounds... Maybe I've kept too low a profile these past six months..." Danitz grumbled, then looked over the posters again for new faces.
"King of the Five Seas Nast's bounty hasn't changed. Still 800,000 pounds... Next are the King of Immortality and Queen Mystic...
"Huh? The Wind Demoness from The Black Emperor has a bounty of 11,000 pounds in Loen now. What did she do?
"Wait... Why is there a Fire Demoness worth 10,000 pounds right after the Wind Demoness? She's under the King of the Five Seas too? Has His Excellency joined forces with the Demoness Sect?
"The Admiral of Stars has a new subordinate too, Lady Sickle, worth 7,000 pounds... A lot of female pirates have made names for themselves lately!"
After a few more remarks, Danitz pushed into the bar, threaded his way past the noisy drunks, and took a stool at the counter. He tapped the wooden surface and tossed down a gold coin.
"A Southville Beer."
The bartender, bronze-skinned and white-toothed, wiped a glass and poured him a beer without a trace of warmth.
"Hey, I know your boss, White Shark!" Danitz said indignantly.
The bartender's face remained cold. "White Shark disappeared after a trip out to sea. Mad Fox owns the place now."
"White Shark disappeared? When? And who's Mad Fox?" Danitz asked in surprise.
The bartender glanced at him but said nothing.
Danitz immediately understood what he wanted. Muttering under his breath, he took out another gold coin and set it on the counter.
Only after pocketing it did the bartender continue. "White Shark disappeared over two months