Chapter 363: The 1.5 Billion Captain!

Three days later.

The early morning sea breeze carried a salty, fresh scent.

After the series of fierce battles in Dressrosa.

The Straw Hat crew finally welcomed their long-awaited daily routine on this vast sea.

Sunlight poured onto the lush green lawn of the deck.

Zoro was shirtless, his muscles bulging as sweat trickled down his firm lines.

He was lifting a massive barbell weighing several tons, dripping with sweat as he performed his endless, monotonous training with heavy breaths.

By the ship's railing, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were lined up.

Each holding a fishing rod, they leaned over the wooden railing, shouting and hollering as they held a fishing competition for the right to an extra side dish at lunch.

On a wooden barrel nearby, Brook was elegantly playing the violin, the light and melodious music drifting across the sea with the wind.

And on the terrace with an excellent view on the second floor.

Nami and Robin, wearing cool swimsuits, were lazily lying on comfortable beach chairs, enjoying a sunbath.

After several days of ample rest and continuous nourishment, a lingering sense of laziness and charm hung about the corners of the two women's eyes and brows.

Under the sunlight, their skin appeared fair and translucent, radiating a charming luster like fine suet jade.

Tatsuya, wearing a loose casual shirt, sat relaxed between their beach chairs.

He comfortably enjoyed the cool morning sea breeze.

A crisp "coo-coo" sound suddenly came from the sky.

A News Coo wearing a Marine hat pierced through the clouds and landed precisely on the Thousand Sunny's lawn.

From the large cloth bag around its neck, it dropped a thick bundle of today's newspapers and a stack of brand-new bounty posters smelling of fresh ink, then flapped its wings and flew into the distance.

"The newspapers are here!"

Luffy, who had been focused on fishing just a moment ago, was the first to drop his rod without hesitation and dash over like a gust of wind.

Seeing this, Usopp and Chopper also immediately threw down their gear and followed closely behind, their faces full of curiosity.

Luffy tore open the strip of paper wrapping the bounty posters and quickly rummaged through them for his own.

When he pulled out the bounty poster with his wide grinning face and saw the dizzying string of zeros at the bottom.

He froze for a second, then jumped up and down on the deck in excitement, his cheers echoing through the skies:

"Yossha! 1.5 billion Berries!"

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... It really is 1.5 billion! I'm the big winner!"

Usopp swallowed hard and, with trembling hands, carefully picked up his own bounty poster from the stack.

Looking at the photo of himself covered in blood but illuminated by the sun like a descending god, and the exaggerated title "God Usopp" printed prominently on it.

Then looking at the terrifying bounty of 400 million Berries.

Usopp first put his hands on his hips and let out a burst of arrogant, ecstatic laughter toward the sky.

But after just three seconds, he suddenly realized the deadly danger represented by this massive sum of money.

"Waaaah! I'm doomed!"

Usopp's legs went weak with fear, and he collapsed onto the deck, clutching his head and wailing as tears streamed down.

"400 million! Those monsters in the New World will definitely come to eat me alive for this money!"

Zoro put down the massive barbell and wiped his sweat with a towel.

He glanced at his bounty poster, which had risen to 820 million, and a smile slowly curled on his lips as he looked at the murderous photo.

Robin walked down the stairs and merely smiled slightly at her bounty of 930 million.

Franky looked at his 200 million bounty and his brand-new perverted design, striking a "SUPER" pose with satisfaction.

Brook held his 180 million wanted poster and happily hummed a little tune.

Nami looked at her 160 million bounty with incredibly complex emotions.

Meanwhile, Chopper was holding his bounty poster, which had only risen to "1,999 Berries."

The photo was still of him looking cute while eating cotton candy; he crouched in a dark corner, drawing circles on the floor with a face full of grievance.

Finally, everyone gathered around to look at Tatsuya's bounty poster.

Because Tatsuya had maintained a mysterious style of action on the Dressrosa battlefield, he hadn't shown his face many times.

The Marines hadn't captured any more of his threatening actions.

Therefore, his bounty remained unchanged at 2.5 billion.

However, the photo on the poster had been updated to a clear front-facing shot of him on the palace terrace, holding a black blade.

"Finally, it's my turn!"

Sanji rubbed his hands in anticipation and picked up his bounty poster from the very back.

Looking at the photo, Sanji was so moved he was almost moved to tears.

This time, the Marines had finally stopped using those ugly portraits drawn by a "soul artist."

Instead, they had replaced it with a very clear, handsome profile shot of him with a cigarette in his mouth.

What made him even happier was that his bounty had also jumped to a quite respectable 370 million.

However, as Sanji's gaze moved down the photo and saw the line of small print at the bottom of the bounty poster.

His happy, lecherous, and frivolous expression from seeing the handsome photo vanished instantly without a trace.

Tatsuya and Robin noticed Sanji's abnormality and leaned in to take a look.

They saw that for everyone else in the Straw Hat crew, regardless of the amount, the condition printed below was uniformly "Dead or Alive."

Only on Sanji's poster, below the bounty figure, were the unprecedented words—"Only Alive."

Sanji's face was as grim as water, and he didn't say a word.

He silently folded the bounty poster and stuffed it into his pocket, walked alone to the deserted railing, lit a cigarette, and took a deep drag.

Amidst the swirling smoke, his eyes became incredibly complex.

Meanwhile, as the News Coos flew all over the sky.

This newspaper, documenting the earth-shaking changes in Dressrosa and the Straw Hat crew's new bounties, seemed to have grown wings and flown to every corner of the world.

In a tavern in Foosha Village in the East Sea.

Makino stood behind the bar, wiping a glass with a white towel.

She looked at Luffy's brand-new 1.5 billion bounty poster on the bar, at the boy grinning heartlessly in the photo, her eyes full of softness and relief as she smiled gently.

On Mt. Colubo, the Dadan Family was holding the heavy newspaper.

The mountain bandits were wailing and snotting in fear because of this dangerous bounty, which was enough to draw an Admiral's suppression.

At the same time, they were incredibly proud that the brat they had raised since childhood was now world-famous.

Dadan wiped her tears and loudly ordered her subordinates to go hunting in the back mountain immediately, preparing to hold a large celebratory banquet in the hideout.

In the first half of the Grand Line, the Alabasta Kingdom.

On the spacious palace balcony, Princess Vivi wore a magnificent floor-length gown.

She tightly clutched the newspaper that had come from the New World.

The breeze blew through her light-blue hair as she looked at the new, confident smiles of her former companions in the newspaper.

With tears in her eyes, she smiled and murmured, "Everyone has become so very strong."

Standing nearby, King Cobra and the Guard Captain Pell looked at the astronomical bounties of 2.5 billion for Tatsuya and 1.5 billion for Luffy.

The two were so shocked their jaws almost hit the ground, unable to say a word for a long time.

In the Galley-La Company's shipyard in Water 7.

Mayor Iceburg and a group of shirtless top shipwrights were excitedly passing the newspaper around.

They looked at Franky's perverted new look, which was like a steel beast.

They watched as the thousand sunny, which they had built with their own hands, braved the winds and waves in the New World, overturning the world's structure.

The group of men couldn't help but burst into proud and fanatical laughter.

In the New World, Dressrosa.

King Riku, Kyros, and Rebecca, who were leading the people in the hard work of rebuilding the country amidst the ruins, looked up at the newspapers and bounty posters fluttering in the sky with the breeze.

Rebecca closed her eyes, her hands piously folded before her chest.

She silently offered her most sincere prayers for the benefactors who had brought them dawn and freedom.

...

Piercing through the deep sea, we arrive inside the dark and quiet Ryugu Palace.

The giant Princess Shirahoshi was quietly lying on her soft, wide shell bed.

The light in the deep sea was somewhat dim, and her long pink hair spread out like seaweed.

In her hand, she was tightly clutching Tatsuya's wanted poster.

The token of love Tatsuya had given her, that pink gemstone, had been strung into a necklace by her.

At this moment, it was sinking deep into her alluring cleavage with her breaths.

At this time, Shirahoshi's face no longer held its original simple shyness and cowardice.

She reached out with her giant fair finger and, with gentle and obsessed movements, stroked Tatsuya's cold face on the bounty poster bit by bit.

Looking at the string of ridiculously high bounty numbers.

Her beautiful large eyes, which were originally as clear as water, gradually became clouded with a deep shadow.

Shirahoshi pressed her cheek against the cold wanted poster, her voice murmuring as if in a dream:

"Such a high bounty..."

"The outside world must be full of bad people who want to take away or hurt Lord Tatsuya right now..."

"It's too dangerous, really too dangerous."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, a smile of infatuation curling on her lips:

"As I thought, it would be safest to hide him forever in this deep sea where no one can find him..."

Just as Shirahoshi was about to fall into an inescapable paranoid fantasy.

Suddenly, an urgent low hum echoed in Shirahoshi's mind without warning.

The sound crossed distant waters and rang directly in her mind.

It was a mental message from a super-large Sea King friend she had secretly sent a few days ago to guard the Straw Hat crew.

"Princess Shirahoshi! This is bad!"

"A massive fleet radiating a terrifying aura is rapidly approaching Lord Luffy and his crew's ship!"

"What should we do!"

The moment she heard this news, Shirahoshi's body stiffened.

She slowly raised her head, and all the gentleness and dreaminess were stripped away from her beautiful, pure face at this moment.

Those clear and soft eyes instantly turned gloomy, like a deep-sea trench that devours everything.

Any person who attempts to harm Lord Tatsuya is unforgivable.

Shirahoshi's red lips parted slightly, her emotionless voice echoing in the empty room:

"Eat them."

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