Nami shakily handed the wanted poster to Rubick. His bounty was one billion Beli.
Twin Cape was the gateway to the Grand Line for every pirate, and the Marines had plenty of scouts there feeding intelligence to headquarters. That was where Rubick had been spotted.
Rubick's ability to copy other people's Devil Fruit powers had stunned Marine Headquarters and the Five Elders. The people at the top had been watching him for a long time.
Now that he had gone to sea as a pirate, they had put a bounty on his head at once. To make his life difficult, they had set it at a full billion.
An ordinary pirate crew might have turned on itself the moment it saw Rubick's bounty. But that was never going to happen among the Straw Hat Pirates.
"Looks like the Marines take my Devil Fruit power very seriously," Rubick said.
Luffy pressed him. "Uncle, what do we have to do to get bounties? I want to reach a billion too!"
"Beat Crocodile. He's a Shichibukai. Defeat him and you'll jump straight past a hundred million."
Luffy fired up at once. "All right! Full speed ahead! I'm going to send Crocodile flying and get a bounty too!"
Usopp said quietly, "Is a bounty that high really a good thing? Wouldn't pirates and bounty hunters all come after us?"
Zoro didn't care. "What kind of pirate doesn't have a bounty?"
He asked Rubick, "Uncle, how much do you think each of us will be worth after we fight a Shichibukai?"
Rubick pointed at Zoro and Sanji. "You two? Around thirty million each, I'd guess. Usopp might scrape ten million. Nami probably won't get a bounty."
"Huh? Why not?" Nami asked, startled.
"With me here, you won't need to fight," Rubick said confidently. "Just stay