One Piece: Burning the Prison Clothes in the Setting Sun, Mihawk is dumbfounded.

"Is all of this true?"

Dunn held up the bounty poster, pointed to the record on it, and asked old Komodo.

"Of course it's true. These are the stories told by the survivors. In a village of over a hundred people, only a few survived."

Sensing Dunn's doubt, Komodo, seemingly to prove the authenticity of his record, raised his voice slightly.

"So a pirate who killed hundreds of people only has such a small bounty?"

"Don't ask me about this, it's a bounty posted by the Navy."

Komodo shook his head.

These pirates routinely killed, burned, and plundered merchant ships. Some merchant ships even perished ship after ship when they encountered pirates. This kind of thing was all too common.

"I can explain!"

Colonel Rat walked in from outside the tavern, followed by the Navy.

The tavern immediately fell silent as everyone stared at the navy officer who had entered.

"Because he is weak."

"So the bounty is based on strength?"

Dunn was not surprised by the arrival of Colonel Rat; his Observation Haki had already detected his arrival.

"One of the reasons!"

After saying that, Colonel Mouse took the money bag from the navy officer behind him.

"Four million Berries, here is your bounty."

Dunn glanced at the money pouch and nodded. "If I capture other pirates, can I bring them here to exchange for bounties?"

Upon hearing this, Colonel Mouse glanced at the stack of bounty posters in front of Dunn and then nodded.

"Of course, if we capture these pirates, we can get a bounty, but I have something else to do now."

With that, Colonel Mouse told the marines behind him to go out and wait, then sat down at the counter and ordered a beer.

"The Navy would like to invite you to join. If you agree, you can go directly to headquarters."

"Colonel Mouse said."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the tavern widened their eyes.

Naval Headquarters?

For these people, that was a legendary place. It was said that all the big shots of the Navy were at headquarters in the Grand Line, including Vice Admiral Garp.

"I refuse!"

Dunn shook his head.

"Why? Since you want to catch pirates, wouldn't it be better to join the Navy? That way you won't have to search for them yourself, and they'll even provide you with warships."

Colonel Old Tree was somewhat unwilling to accept Dunn's refusal.

"Garp invited me last time too, but I declined. As for the reason..."

Dunn thought for a moment and shook his head.

"I hate Celestial Dragons."

The moment he said that, the entire tavern fell silent; everyone stared at Dunn in horror.

What audacity! To even mention the Celestial Dragons like that.

Colonel Mouse's eyes widened suddenly as he watched Dunn's mind race.

His gaze fell on the sword in front of Dunn, and he thought of Dunn's suspected identity as a power user.

I probably wouldn't be able to win if we took action.

What should we do then?

Pretend you didn't hear it.

"Haha...hahaha!" Colonel Rat chuckled dryly a few times. "So Lieutenant General Garp invited me. In that case, just pretend I never said anything."

After saying that, Colonel Mouse got up and left without lingering for a moment.

Watching Colonel Mouse's departing figure, Dunn withdrew his gaze.

However, the tavern remained quiet at this moment, and everyone stared at Dunn in horror.

But to openly express one's dislike for the Celestial Dragons in front of the Navy, what would happen if the Celestial Dragons found out...?

Thinking of this, the people in the tavern hurriedly got up and left.

Old Komodo looked at Dunn with a bitter expression.

If this gets out, every single one of them will be in trouble.

Dunn certainly understood the consequences of his words, but dislike was dislike.

If he encounters a Celestial Dragon, he might actually kill someone.

After all, he only had one stereotype about this world: that all Celestial Dragons were damned.

"Let's go!"

Dunn took out the drinks and the bounty money, threw them on the counter, grabbed the two bags, and left.

Colonel Mouse returned to the naval base.

He reported his contact with Dunn directly, but of course, he concealed the fact that Dunn had told him he disliked the Celestial Dragons.

After all, Dunn is right here. If he really tells them, then headquarters will definitely order him to make the arrest. Then he will be the one to face this pirate hunter who is suspected of having a Devil Fruit ability.

……

Headquarters, Office of the Admiral of the Navy.

The office door was kicked open from the outside, and Garp strode in with an air of indifference.

"Can't you knock, you bastard?"

Sengoku, who had originally intended to cause trouble for Garp, turned as black as the bottom of a pot upon seeing this scene.

"I've just finished my rice crackers."

Garp, completely unconcerned about Sengoku's anger, walked effortlessly to the desk, opened the drawer, and found the senbei that Sengoku had hidden.

After grabbing two bags, he walked back to his seat, sat down, tore open the bags, and started eating them with gusto.

This scene made Sengoku's eyelids twitch wildly, his forehead veins bulge, and he looked like he was about to explode.

"You bastard, didn't you say you couldn't find that brat in the East China Sea?"

Sengoku glared at Garp, took several deep breaths before speaking, looking like he was there to interrogate him.

"What brat from the East China Sea?"

Garp, who was eating a senbei (rice cracker), was taken aback and mumbled something, spraying out crumbs of the senbei as he spoke.

"That pirate hunter, that kid who seems to be a Devil Fruit user."

Zhan Guo snorted coldly.

This matter wouldn't normally have reached him; given the vast and complex affairs of the navy, it wouldn't have been a big deal.

But since it involves Garp, that's why it was sent over.

When Garp found Dunn but was rejected, Garp replied that he hadn't found him.

One of them lied. So who was the liar?

That's not hard to guess.

"Hahaha, Sengoku, you mean that brat?"

Garp, however, seemed unconcerned and laughed heartily.

"Didn't you say you couldn't find it?"

Looking at Garp laughing, Sengoku asked with a gloomy face.

"It's all the same, anyway, that kid refused."

Garp waved his hand.

"You can refuse and then invite me again, you bastard."

The people of the Warring States period were numb.

"I can tell that brat has no interest in the navy."

Garp also thought of the young man who had spoken about the Celestial Dragons, and waved his hand dismissively.

"So, how strong is that kid?"

Sengoku took a few deep breaths to suppress his volatile emotions before asking the question.

"I can't tell, but he must be really good."

Garp thought for a moment and then shook his head.

They didn't actually fight, but the other party arrived just as he did, so they must have sensed him beforehand, probably due to Observation Haki.

In the East Sea, those who can master Haki are not weak, let alone a young brat.

"Fine, go to Donghai again. That brat is at Branch 16 now. Go and bring him back."

The Warring States period issued a direct order.

"He doesn't want to join the Navy."

"But we can't let a person with superpowers run around on the sea, especially since he's so young. If he becomes a pirate in the future, he'll be a problem."

"There are quite a few people with special abilities on the high seas."

Garp stiffened his neck and stared at Sengoku.

"The Navy's ideals will change him."

The tone of the Warring States period softened somewhat.

Garp was taken aback by what he heard, and remained speechless.

That brat hates Celestial Dragons, just like him.

Join the Navy?

That brat definitely won't agree.

Although they had only met once, Garp could clearly sense it.

"I see!"

Garp thought for a moment and got up.

"If you can't find him, you don't need to come back."

Seeing Garp stand up, Sengoku said instinctively.

"real?"

Garp paused in his steps, then turned around abruptly, his face beaming with joy.

Zhan Guo slapped his forehead.

"It's fake. You need to find that person right now."

Garp looked disappointed, waved, and left.

Zhan Guo looked helpless.

This guy!

……

"Charge, my men!"

A pirate ship rushed down from the Upside-Down Mountain at an extremely high speed.

Arlong the fishman stood at the bow of the ship, his face full of arrogance.

His ship was full of excited merfolk.

Arlong painted a grand vision for these fish-men: conquering the East Blue and then returning to the Grand Line, which greatly excited them.

The Reverse Mountain is the only way for ordinary people to reach the Grand Line. For pirates, they either have to cross the terrifying Calm Belt or go through the Reverse Mountain.

There aren't many ways to return to the four seas from the Grand Line.

But what pirates can do is wait for the rare reversal of the ocean currents, when the direction of the ocean currents will be reversed.

Only at this time can one board a ship and return to the four seas via the Grand Line.