Chapter 53: A Bounty of 1 Billion and 10 Million

  While Hobbits are doing the most primitive human movement, at the same time, the Navy Headquarters, Marinvanto.

  Navy Conference Room.

  A row of officers sat in a neat and orderly manner, with their ranks arranged from high to low, on both sides. In the middle was placed a small wooden table measuring 30 cm long, 20 cm wide and 10 cm high, on which were placed tea and snacks.

  With the table as a reference point, the officers closer to the table have higher ranks in the Navy. Among those closest to the table are some of the admirals who frequently appear in the New World, such as "Dog" Doberman, "Shark Cutter" Bastille... These are all familiar figures among pirates in the New World.

  In the center, and on either side of them, there were two people. On one side was Admiral Lord Fathom, and on the other, near the door, if Hoppy had been there he would have seen that Bran New's green hair was now half bald.

  "King! Identity and origins unknown, first appeared in North Sea Rubek Island, killing ordinary civilians just because they were on the same boat. Later, in the neighboring Seagull Island, a series of crimes broke out, disrupting law and order."

  It's not hard to see from these two points that the man himself has an existence will, which is contemptuous of our navy and views the law as nothing! Such a heinous criminal, according to the news brought back by newly promoted General Drake, single-handedly overturned the auction house of Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, on his third attempt. But that's not all - after overturning the auction house, this man went on to brutally slaughter many nobles from various kingdoms in the North Sea, leaving none alive! In the end, he even defeated the Natural-type Devil Fruit user who was guarding the auction house at the time!

  "Hmm!?" To the previous nonsense that was intentionally exaggerated, some old and cunning naval officers simply let it in one ear and out the other. However, when they heard the last sentence, they all put on a solemn expression.

  "Oh my, nine years ago that little devil Don Quixote from Minyue Island did something like that and still managed to hide the auction house right under our noses. This is unbelievable!"

  "Haha, this is a beautiful move! I like this kid King. Xiao He, it seems that this kid has avenged you for the loss of Minyue nine years ago."

  An old woman wearing a cloak of justice and tied with a ponytail had an expressionless face: "Even so, I still can't be happy."

  "Ah, Captain...," Braun murmured weakly. It was his first time presiding over this kind of meeting, and he was really a bit nervous inside.

  "Oh no, I accidentally drank all the tea."

  "Karp, you son of a bitch, interrupt this meeting one more time and get the hell out!" He then calmly looked across at the other side: "Continue, Brannew."

  "Yes." Blaine Newman took out a document he had prepared by himself and posted it on the wall. The list on it was Hawkins and Luo.

  "Besides the mysterious man King, there are also his two accomplices, whom I suggest should be offered a reward as well! Both from North Sea origin, ruling over the surrounding areas of Rubek Island is the 'magician' Basil Hawkins, and known to locals as the 'Death Surgeon', Hart, no, it's Trafalgar Law. They are all Devil Fruit eaters and according to local rumors, their ambitions are to become pirates! Not just our Navy, but also our undercover agents in the underground forces reported that on that day, these three men - King, Trafalgar Law, had a 1 billion Berries bounty placed on them, as well as Basil Hawkins' 50 million!"

  "That is to say, the underworld also thinks that the strength of the first two people is equivalent to at least a billion bounty hunters who have been beheaded, in order to take their lives? "War Country hesitated for a moment and said: "It seems that Drake's words still hide something, but since so. Bran New, these two Trafalgar Law gave a reward of 1 billion, Basil Hawkins 500 million Berries. And..."

  "Huh?" Blanche was taken aback.

  The Warring States mirror reflected the wall opposite, with a wanted poster of a man with a pockmarked face and cowboy attire, marked "100,000,000".

  "This man, plus a reward of 10 million. Not to mention that defeating him is worth the reward in itself, but with this sneaky guy giving me the feeling that he's not just the mastermind..." As he spoke, Sengoku's thoughts drifted outside.

  Drake, what exactly did you experience on your trip to the North Sea that would make you withhold intelligence...

  ……

  North Sea

  After the most intense exercise, Hobodi looked at Monet who was sleeping soundly beside her and shook her head helplessly. This woman wanted to be a secretary like Punk Hazard's, she needed some training for a while.

  He sat up in bed, Hobodi poured a glass of water and drank it with a gurgling sound, then put the cup back on the table. Suddenly, there was a faint rustling sound coming from the pocket of his clothes placed on the table.

  "Bloop bloop......"

  "What's a phone bug?" Hobodi reached into his pocket and felt a soft, warm object. He let out a shout of surprise as a small person quickly crawled out of the pocket.

  "Vika?" Hobodi was taken aback; he had indeed forgotten about this little guy's existence for a long time.

  Vika held up the phone with both hands and said in a childish tone, "This snail has been ringing nonstop, Vika told it to shut up but it won't listen."

  "This is Telephone Bug, hand it over!" Hobodi took over the telephone bug, opened the horn on the telephone bug: "Hello!"

  "Is it the officer?" A worried voice came from the opposite side.

  "Matt? You called my number, can't handle something on your own? I'm in the middle of something in Shirolbu Village right now." Hobodi said with a frown. The latter part was intentional, although as an officer, Hobodi shouldn't be overheard like a pirate, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.

  "No, it's not that..." Mate's voice suddenly became hesitant.

  "What's going on?"

  "Sorry, sir! Just now... Pirate Clown Buggy and Alvida escaped from prison!"

  "What!?! I've already dunked him in the sea, Yarlita should have also tied you up, how did they manage to escape?" Another identity creation failure, and now this side is also a mess. Hobodi wanted to scold them, but he didn't feel any anger in his heart.

  This mood, even Hobodi himself felt very unexpected, completely didn't care about it?

  "He is... a foot that can act on its own, it sneaked into the prison by itself and kicked over the water bucket to free Buggy the Clown, then merged with him and escaped together with Alvida."

  "Keep an eye on them, I'll be back soon, you continue doing what I've arranged for you."

  Hobbit let out a sigh of relief, and the bad things all came together, but instead made him understand a lot more.

  "Uh... Lieutenant, are you coming back soon?" The phone suddenly rang out from the other end, interrupting Hobodi's thoughts.

  "Hopkins nodded and said, 'Don't blame yourselves for the Clown Baki incident, I'll explain it to headquarters myself. Alright, I'm hanging up now, there are still things I need you to take care of when I get back.'"

  Was it because of the missing pair of legs on that day?

  ……

  Time rewinds back one hour ago, Donghai Jieke Archipelago, Beigen Town, 76th Branch Prison.

  To say how Bozo the Clown was able to escape, it's necessary to go back to when Hobo picked up the pieces of Boko in Orange Town, minus a pair of legs.

  "I feel it, I feel it! This old man feels it!" At this moment, in a cell of the 76th branch with only a clown nose exposed, the red-nosed face excitedly said, as the wine barrel filled with seawater swung back and forth.

  "What's all the yelling about?" a stout woman with a pockmarked face said unpleasantly beside him.

  "Yalita, do you want to escape?"

  "Huh? Now that we're like this, how are we supposed to escape?" Yarlita glared at Bakki.

  "No, my legs are right outside the door. All you need to do is distract the guards and let them in. Then, break this annoying water bucket, and this prison will be nothing to me. Last time I was caught by that little brat, luckily, I cleverly let my legs escape first. If I meet that little brat again, humph..."

  "Biped? What kind of nonsense are you spouting?"

  "No, if you want to escape, do as I say!" At the same time, Bakki suddenly shouted loudly towards the prison gate: "It's bad! It's bad, Yarlita is going to die..."

  "What?!" A loud shout came from outside, and two naval soldiers walked in.

  Baqi hastily made a signal with his eyes to Yalita: "You quickly make a painful expression, and let this lord's feet slip in."

  Yarrita hesitated for a moment, tempted by Bakki's initiative and persuasion. After thinking for a while, she agreed immediately. Her plump body, bound up, leaned against the wall and suddenly rolled to the ground.

  "It hurts so much... it really hurts..."

  "Hey, nothing's wrong?" The two soldiers walked to the prison gate. Due to Commander Hobadi's orders, they subconsciously kept a distance from the prison bars, but neither of them noticed that behind their backs, a pair of feet was slowly approaching.

  "Hey, hurry up, she's not going to make it!" Bakri hastily fanned the flames and added more fuel.

  Two soldiers hesitated for a moment, exchanged a glance, and then slowly approached, while behind them a pair of feet also drew near in sync with their footsteps.

  Baki revealed an evil smile, and although his mouth kept telling the two naval soldiers to focus on Yalrita, the power of the fragmented fruit was slowly drawing them closer.

  When the two soldiers crouched down to take a closer look at Yalita's face, suddenly they saw a pair of feet walking between their legs, kicking towards the bucket filled with seawater, and with a loud "bang", the bucket shattered.

  Two soldiers saw this scene and hastily retreated, subconsciously raising their rifles.

  Seawater splashed all over the ground, and Bak's body also appeared, with his white-gloved hands flying out to slap the faces of two soldiers, who immediately fell to the ground with their eyes rolled back.

  Bahqui snorted: "This base, apart from that damned Hoboldi, you little rascals are not even worth looking at. Hey, Yarlita, thanks a lot just now!"

  "Is this the power of the Devil Fruit?" Yalrita was stunned to the point that even after Bakki untied her, she didn't come back to herself.

  "That's right, I'm the fragmented person who ate the fragmented fruit. So next..." Bakki looked at the fence in front of him, stretched out his hand and flew out, finding the key in the pocket of a soldier outside the fence.

  The gate creaked open.

  "Let's make a quick escape before we're discovered, Yalita."

  "Weren't you just saying you wanted to take revenge on that kid? I'll join in too——"

  "No... never mind!" Bakki's face was a bit embarrassed, jokingly, he didn't want to meet that huge catfish's terrifying kid again.