He really hadn't noticed. Although he hadn't gone back much since he started cultivating and hadn't paid much attention to the town, it was interesting that a Devil Fruit user had appeared right at his doorstep, and that he was also a powerful pirate.
To be honest, he was even a little jealous!
Why should I?!
Why did he join the navy for safety, yet still rise to the rank of vice admiral, and every old man he encountered was so dangerous?
You're still a pirate, a chaotic pirate, yet you've managed to stay in the East Blue until now.
He was famous, respected by the locals, owned property, had plenty of money, and had a few lackeys; he was a wealthy man in every sense of the word.
But damn it, he's a pirate!
He, a pirate, could do what even a member of the Navy couldn't!
Kuro doesn't care about the idea that the East Blue doesn't allow such a powerful figure.
"If I don't force you to the Grand Line and make you famous, I'll have wasted ten years of my hard work!"
Kuro thought to himself with a ruthless grin.
"Put a bounty on his head and find out what crimes he's committed!"
As they walked toward the port, Kuro spoke fiercely.
Kuro, standing nearby, glanced over and said, "Mr. Kuro, with this kind of strength, we could just put a bounty on him and fabricate a crime..."
Before he could finish speaking, Kuro glared at him.
"Why are you offering a reward if someone hasn't done anything wrong? You should be upright and honest in your dealings with others. First, find evidence. There's no way someone like that could be innocent."
Yes, William is guilty, but he won't let anyone find out.
In the East Blue, having escaped the Navy's pursuit, a pirate fleet of ten ships sailed the seas.
"William, I don't understand!"
Inside the captain's cabin, Montblanc said somewhat irritably, "Why won't you let us board? What's the point of just shooting down the mast and then using your abilities to escape?"
"I have my own way of doing things."
William shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to confront the navy head-on. We are still in the East China Sea. Although the sea area is vast, the navy of the four seas is extremely powerful. If we attack the navy, there will be a bounty. Once the bounty is on our heads, we will be surrounded by the navy, which is not suitable for our plans. I don't want the bounty in the East China Sea."
He is a pirate, and a pirate who dreams of becoming a great pirate. It would be impossible for him not to like bounties. For a pirate, a bounty means fame.
Long ago, when he first became a pirate, he always felt that these pirates were too weak and had too little vision.
With just a sword, I could easily kill everyone on the ship.
But he didn't dare, because at that time there was Kuro in the East Blue, and if this person didn't leave, he wouldn't dare to become famous.
Later, after Kuro left, he actually developed a habit of planning ahead before acting.
What's the point of making a name for himself in the East China Sea? He needs to go out into the Grand Line, but he's not ready yet.
“William…”
Elmira looked over and said, "Since someone is investigating you, what you did will be discovered, right? If we were still in the East China Sea at that time, it would be too late once a bounty was placed on our heads."
He had been with William the longest, having been by his side since William wiped out the first pirate crew, so he knew William's actions better than anyone else.
Including but not limited to double-crossing, extortion, and murder, the things they did were truly appalling.
William has killed pirates, marines, and also wealthy and noble people.
Although William was always careful about his reputation, the people he killed were all notorious.
The marines he killed were essentially worse scoundrels than Morgan at the time, only knowing how to embezzle, extort, and collude with pirates.
The wealthy people who were killed were also using their money to do dirty business.
The nobles who were killed were the kind who didn't care about the lives of commoners and whose actions were even worse than those of the Celestial Dragons.
But they are people from the World Government.
The World Government doesn't consider these things; if things are exposed, William will definitely be offered a bounty.
"No, no, I've been careful."
William said in a deep voice, "When I killed that naval captain back then, I sneaked in. I even wore a hood for it. He was no match for me. I killed him with a single sword to the throat. He definitely wouldn't recognize me."
"I set fire to that rich man's house when he was home alone, forced him to come out, and then killed him with a sword. I faked the scene as a fire, and no one recognized me."
“We worked together on that nobleman, you remember? We stirred up a power struggle in that country, making that nobleman want to seek refuge, but we intercepted and killed him on the way. That’s how we gained our prestige in that country.”
"What I've done will definitely not be discovered."
He dared not let anyone discover him, so when something happened, his first priority was not to prepare an action plan, but to figure out how to avoid being discovered. Apart from his whereabouts, he didn't even have a face. The World Government didn't know what he looked like, so how could a bounty be placed on his head?
As for the people on the island, he was confident that no one would betray him after all these years.
All of this was to avoid having a bounty on his head, because Kuro was still in the East Blue at that time.
"Our foundation is in the East China Sea, and we will not give up on that."
William said, "We have more than one base. If we lose Swites, we'll just find another place. The East China Sea is so big that as long as we hide well, no one will find us."
He even considered changing the flag.
But firstly, his subordinates would never agree; the pirate flag was their symbol, and if it were changed, the symbol would be gone.
Secondly, this pirate flag is also recognized by the civilians in their sphere of influence, and it would be very troublesome to change it.
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