The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions..."

As she checked the numbers one by one, she quickly noticed something was wrong.

"Luffy, your bounty isn't just 180 million Berries!!"

Once the rank was clearly counted, even Robin's pupils contracted slightly, and a look of amazement appeared on her face as she exclaimed:

"It's a whopping 1.8 billion Berries!!!"

Um? ! !

All movement at the port seemed to freeze for a moment, as if time itself had stood still.

Everyone else was stunned for a moment, and then...

"Eh eh eh?!!"

Everyone was staring in disbelief at the bounty poster in Luffy's hand, including Luffy himself.

The snot that was about to drip down to his mouth suddenly flew up and was launched into the air!

"Ten billion... 1.8 billion?!"

In Brooke's words, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out, even though he didn't have eyes.

"It's that tall?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's gazes, which had previously been less attentive to the "0," widened even further.

"It really is... 1.8 billion!!!"

After they checked again and confirmed that the numbers were correct, they showed that classic look of shock.

"Hahaha, 1.8 billion Berries!!!"

Luffy, with his nostrils flared, checked each number one by one, and couldn't help but let his lips curl into a wild smile.

"Look at this! Eighteen billion!! A whopping eighteen billion! Hahahaha!!!"

Fully revived, he immediately started jumping around.

Holding the brand-new bounty poster, he was as excited as a child who had eaten a few extra pieces of candy, waving his arms and legs and patting it.

"Eighteen billion..."

Everyone couldn't help but gasp again.

That's certainly a number worthy of their captain.

However, it far exceeded their expectations; they never imagined there would be such a quota!

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"1.8 billion! It jumped from 555 million Berries to this amount. It's clear that the World Government's desire to kill Luffy is exceptionally strong."

"After all, they played a crucial role in the operation to rescue Ace during this war, and they also took down so many lieutenant generals."

"Even the general was sent flying by a single punch."

"My grandfather was a naval hero and my father was a revolutionary."

"Especially since it has awakened some of the Nika-type Devil Fruit abilities, this Devil Fruit is definitely something the World Government is wary of."

"They were hidden for eight hundred years, until they met Luffy and were awakened again..."

Everyone was talking at once, analyzing the situation where Luffy had been targeted by the World Government and given such a high bounty.

After this explanation, it seems... that giving such an amount isn't really a big problem.

"Hahaha, 1.8 billion! 1.8 billion..."

Luffy was still like a fool, clutching his bounty poster, unwilling to let go, rubbing his cheeks with a happy, silly grin on his face.

Everyone was used to his silly behavior.

"correct……"

Brooke suddenly realized something, "We still don't know how much the bounty is on First Mate Link... '820'..."

As soon as he said that, everyone immediately realized what he meant and looked at Link, who was holding the bounty poster and looking at it alone.

"Link, what's your bounty?"

Usopp, curious, was the first to ask.

Although he knew that Luffy already had a bounty of 1.8 billion, he estimated that Link, as the vice-captain who had also shone brightly in the Marineford War, would have a bounty that was not much lower.

It could be an astronomical figure.

Eight hundred million? Nine hundred million? One billion? Or even more than one billion?

"My bounty amount?"

Link looked up from the bounty poster and smiled.

"Not much, only about 166,000 in quota."

He gave a rather unreliable figure there.

"Pshaw, how could that be?"

Everyone knew immediately that he was joking and bragging.

Usopp waved his hand and said, "Link, how could your bounty be so low?"

"You're not like Luffy, who underestimates such a large number and admits his mistake..."

At this point, Usopp suddenly paused.

He then widened his eyes slightly, "Could it be..."

His voice was slightly stammering.

The others, like Usopp, reacted the same way, all looking at Link with surprise.

"Ah, that's exactly what you're thinking."

Link stopped being mysterious and directly placed the bounty poster in front of everyone.

"These are also new photos..."

The first thing that caught everyone's attention was naturally the photo on the wanted poster.

There, Link, dressed in a trench coat, stood with his hands behind his back, half of his body crackling with lightning, the dazzling lightning even obscuring half of his face.

Especially the smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

Some people might find it gentle, others might find it amusing, and still others might find it somewhat aloof.

In short, everyone has their own interpretation of Hamlet, and each person can draw different opinions about Link from this photograph.

"They look much more handsome in the photos than ours..."

Usopp smacked his lips, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.

"Then there's the amount of the bounty..."

This is what everyone, or rather, any pirate, is focused on.

"One and six?!"

The first "1" and the five "sixes" were so dazzling.

This time, everyone had the lesson learned from Luffy's earlier experience, plus the foreshadowing provided by Link.

A group of people started counting numbers seriously.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions..."

Usopp was muttering to himself.

After he finished looking up the last number "1", he couldn't help but gasp.

Hiss~! !

"Even Link has a bounty of over 1.66 billion!!"

He was genuinely startled and was shouting.

To be more precise, it's 1.66666 billion!

"Compared to Luffy, he's only less than 200 million Berries short..."

Zoro and the others still found it hard to believe.

A bounty of over a billion is something that countless pirates on this high seas can only dream of!

Even within Yonko-level pirate crews, those with bounties exceeding one billion are the backbone of the crew, upholding its prestige!

And now, there are actually two people on their ship, both of whom are worth over a billion...

The navy's level of attention was so great that even they felt somewhat flattered.

"They really think so highly of us!!"

Zoro first let out a long sigh of relief, and then...

A proud smile reappeared on his face.

"Only a bounty of over a billion can truly befit the pirates who venture into the latter half of the New World!!"

"That's decided! Our next goal is to aim for a billion!"

The flame of ambition in Zoro's eyes never waned.

"There seems to be another layer of smaller characters below, oh dear!"

Franky, however, had excellent eyesight and noticed something unusual about Link's bounty poster that set it apart from the others.

Below the bounty poster, in the section marked "DEADORALIVE," there was a small note indicating whether the person was alive or dead:

That is, "the amount will be doubled if captured alive!"

"If it doubles, wouldn't that mean... a full 3.3 billion Berries?!"

When Usopp and Brook saw the list of names on the boys' names, they gaped in astonishment once again.

"If you calculate it that way, wouldn't the bounty be higher than Luffy's?!"

"That's not quite right. After all, capturing Link alive is much more difficult than killing him..."

"Huh? Are we here to discuss capturing and killing Link?!"

As everyone chatted, the conversation drifted off-topic again.

"The chances of capturing them alive are doubled. It seems the World Government is also eyeing the items I have..."

Link flipped the bounty poster over and looked at it again.

His gaze lingered on that line of small print for a few moments.

He also knew how much trouble and impact those items in his possession, which did not belong to this world, would cause in this world.

Putting everything else aside, during the Marineford War, the gourd of "Fountain of Age" that he gave to Whitebeard allowed him to return to his peak condition once again.

Based on this alone, Link was pretty much certain that many people would be eyeing this youth-restoring water.

Or to be more specific, target yourself.

Besides these, there are many other props that, if discovered and noticed by a brilliant scientist like Vegapunk...

They will definitely be very interested in this.

The Navy and the World Government will not tolerate having science and technology that surpasses their own being left abroad.

The boost from his performance in the Marineford War, the immense power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the groundbreaking supernatural artifacts...

All these factors combined to create this brand-new, latest version of the Navy's bounty poster.

"Although it can't compare to Luffy's in terms of amount, five consecutive 'sixes' are still much more auspicious and comforting than Luffy's single 'eight'..."

Well, from that perspective, Link thinks his bounty is actually pretty good.

As for not being as tall as Luffy...