On the high seas, the pirate ship continued its voyage.
A day had passed, and Kuro saw the bounty poster on the news bird that flew by.
At this moment, he was lying on a deck chair on the deck, holding the bounty poster in one hand and resting the other hand under the back of his head, looking at the freshly issued bounty poster.
On the wanted poster, his own figure stood proudly on the pillar, arms crossed, head held high with arrogance, surrounded by a large number of weapons aimed at him.
He looks like a domineering person.
Below it reads: "[King] Gilgamesh, bounty of 300 million, dead or alive."
"Tsk, not bad."
Kuro shook the bounty poster, then casually tossed it away.
Headquarters reacted quickly, issuing a bounty immediately.
As for the name, Kuro randomly chose one from among the people he had created.
After all, they were already standing on pillars with so many weapons behind them; it wouldn't be appropriate to choose a name other than this one.
"I also have a bounty on my head."
Lida looked at her own bounty poster and sighed, "Back then, I always tried my best not to have a bounty on my head."
When she was sailing the seas alone, she was extremely cautious. It was difficult to even discover her true appearance, let alone the bounty.
But because of this, a so-called treasure legend circulated on the sea.
Lida didn't care when she found out about this. Instead, she used the so-called legend to lure the pirates and then double-cross them to fill her stomach.
Very few people can find her, especially in the East Blue. Apart from that red-nosed guy, there's only Kuro.
Red Nose was beaten down by her and ran away, leaving behind a pile of supplies.
When she met Kuro, she was completely taken in by him.
Forget about the bounty, she herself has become a navy officer.
But as a former pirate, it would be impossible for her not to want to be impressive.
What kind of pirate is he if he doesn't have a bounty?
A bounty of 200 million—in the first half of the story, that's practically a major pirate.
In the East China Sea, they are practically the overlords; who wouldn't be afraid of them?
Lida's title is 'Queen of Food' Lolita, and she has reverted to the name her brother often used to call her.
As for Kro, who was standing to the side, he twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at his bounty poster, and felt somewhat depressed.
His appearance hasn't changed; it's the bounty he posted five or six years ago. The only difference is the reward, which has increased from over ten million to one hundred million. "Black Cat King" Kro, just with the addition of "King" to his name, is the same as before.
Bounty posters don't have any official titles or affiliations, especially for chaotic entities like pirates. Today you might be a combatant in one pirate crew, and tomorrow you might be the captain of another. The Navy's evaluation team naturally won't assign pirates affiliations arbitrarily. Whether you're a captain or a first mate is your business; they'll address you based on intelligence. If you change positions, they'll use the current intelligence.
Even the Four Emperors only have titles earned through their own efforts on their bounties.
Kaido's title is "Beasts," but even if he changes it to something else, such as under Rocks, his title remains "Beasts." He earned the position of governor of the "Beasts Pirates" himself.
As for the remaining two, Smoker's photo is of a man wearing a pirate bandana and sunglasses, with half of his face shrouded in smoke, looking both surreal and fierce, holding a jitte and roaring. He is clearly Vice Admiral 'White Demon'.
Let's not even mention Tashigi; she's not famous, and with her pirate attire, she's not easily recognized.
Her position is navigator of the 'Flying Rudder Pirates'.
"Hey, Kuro, there seems to be some trouble ahead."
At this moment, Smoker descended from the mast above, turning into smoke. He had nothing to do, so he went up and replaced the naval officer in charge of reconnaissance. Using his ability to fly and float, he turned his upper body into smoke to conduct reconnaissance and actually discovered something different.
"What?" Kuro asked, looking up.
The smoke changed shape, and the head transformed into Smoker's appearance, saying, "It looks like a battle. If I'm not mistaken, one of them looks like one of our warships. But the situation isn't good; they're being surrounded and attacked by two ships."
"ah?"
Kuro was taken aback. "Two ships dare to surround a warship and fight? Are you sure it's not fighting, but rather an escape or something like being chased?"
Warships and pirate ships are completely different.
Aside from a few great pirates, most pirate ships are small because they need to rob and escape from the Navy's pursuit, so most are medium-sized or small fast ships, and large ships are rare.
However, even patrol ships are larger than the lowest-ranking pirate ships.
The navy needs to pay attention to firepower and manpower, which is different from the pirates.
Even in the New World, when pirates encounter the Marines, their first reaction is always to run away.
Because killing the navy brings no benefit other than increasing their bounty.
Not all pirates in this world are idiots. Many pirates know that if their bounty gets too high and their strength doesn't keep up, they will attract the attention of bounty hunters, and in that case, they could easily court death.
Unless absolutely necessary, no pirate would consider fighting the Navy.
The warships patrolling the New World are not small.
Two pirate ships generally cannot defeat a warship.
“They must be fighting, and they’re surrounded,” Smoker asserted.
Kuro sat up from the recliner. "Then let's go take a look."
At his command, the navy on board moved, changed course, and headed toward the location Smoker had spotted.
boom!
boom!!
Before they even reached the area, Kuro heard the sound of cannons. Looking ahead, he could indeed see the outlines of three ships, one of which was larger in the center and surrounded by two other ships.
"telescope."
Kuro beckoned, and a navy officer handed him a pair of binoculars. He put them to his eyes, instantly widening his field of vision and allowing him to clearly see the shape of the ship.
The one in the middle is a warship, and those two ships do indeed fly pirate flags.
The same pirate flag.
This is a small pirate fleet.
Through the telescope, the two ships were seen circling the warship, which was constantly firing cannons from both sides. However, the pirate ship was too fast, and most of the cannonballs sank into the sea. The occasional cannonballs that managed to hit the pirate ship were all blocked by the two pirates.
It can withstand artillery shells, so its strength must be quite good.
"Tsk, which branch?" Kuro put down his binoculars and handed them to Smoker next to him.
Smoker didn't understand either, and he looked at Tashigi beside him.
Tashigi thought for a moment and said, "It should be the G-2 branch. The sea area here is not far from them."
“Then let’s find their signal and call them to leave,” Kuro said.
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