"Didn't that fellow Barn want to make an enemy of the world? Heh, then I'll grant his wish. Change his bounty. I'll personally put up 10 billion Beli for his head! I'll show him just how foolish he was to provoke the Celestial Dragons. Hmph."
Jelforin left, leaving behind four enormous chests filled with Beli.
Silence fell over the Council Chamber once more. The Five Elders stared blankly at the four enormous chests. Finally, the blond elder sighed and spoke.
"Inform Sengoku."
The Pirate with the highest bounty in history had been born!
"Inform Sengoku."
Those words carried a tremendous weight, as though even they, the supreme rulers of the Marines, had needed considerable resolve to make that decision. The man who had previously worn a Taoist robe now lay in bed, covered in bandages. He looked at the IV bottle connected to his body and sighed.
The blond elder said nothing more. He, too, sighed, then picked up the Den Den Mushi on the nearby piano.
Meanwhile, at Marine Headquarters, the frantic Sengoku was still raging at Garp.
"Garp, you old bastard! Your whole family is nothing but trouble! Look what you've done!"
Garp, who had been blocking everything thrown at him, guessed what had happened the moment Sengoku said those words. Since Sengoku had mentioned his family, the only possibility was that son of his who never gave him a moment's peace.
Garp stopped blocking and stood rooted to the spot, his face ashen. A thick stack of documents hurled by Sengoku struck him hard in the face.
Just then, the Den Den Mushi rang again.
Sengoku shot a vicious glare at Garp, who was no longer fighting back, then retrieved the innocent Den Den Mushi from the wreckage of his desk once more and answered it.
"Sengoku,