One Piece: Establishing a Pirate Family

"Damn it! That damned Charlotte!"

Steelbone Kong slammed his fist on the table and roared.

"Your Excellency, we have now lost track of Charlotte. We can't find him, and his ships are no longer at the port where he was supposed to be docked. We have completely lost track of him. Do you have any further instructions?"

Wells continued to ask.

When Wells asked the question, the people behind him all pricked up their ears to listen to the answer from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

They deliberately didn't check because what they saw at the auction had terrified them, making them fear Charlotte.

They didn't want to be asked to track down Charlotte again, so the group agreed to keep putting up a stalemate and dragging their feet until Charlotte disappeared without a trace.

Even Wells didn't know.

The mastermind behind all of this was the colonel who served alongside Wells.

Steelbone Kong was stunned after hearing Wells's words.

There was a three-second silence.

Bang!

Wells could clearly hear a loud bang from the Den Den Mushi, which made him very uneasy.

Not only Wells, but especially the colonel behind him and his men, were all sweating profusely.

"call!"

Wells could already hear the heavy breathing from the other side.

"Shall we bring the team back?"

Steelbone·Empty’s tired and helpless voice rang out, and then he hung up the phone.

Wells breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the words "come back".

It seems that General Steelbone Sky didn't blame him.

The colonel and the navy behind her also put down the heavy burden in her heart.

Wells carefully put away the Den Den Mushi and looked at the people behind him.

"Close the team!"

After saying this, Wells led the way toward the port.

More than thirty naval personnel followed closely behind.

Meanwhile, at the Navy Headquarters.

Steelbone Skylink banged on the table three times, the sound echoing throughout the entire Marine Headquarters.

Both the Warring States period and the crane came together.

"What happened to the general?"

The two stood before Steelbone Sky, and Crane asked.

Steel Bones rubbed his temples.

"It was Charlotte who did it. He carried out a massacre at the Water Seven auction house, killing nearly six or seven hundred people. This is what Wells reported. Take a look."

Steelbone Sky recorded everything Wells had just reported.

Both Crane and Sengoku glanced at it.

Then he frowned deeply.

Because they saw two words: slave.

It is important to know that the world government has explicitly prohibited the slave trade.

However, the Seven Waters openly engaged in the slave trade.

This made them all quite angry, but there was nothing they could do about it.

It's important to know that the Sabaody Archipelago, the closest island to Marineford, is where the slave trade takes place every single day.

The Navy could only turn a blind eye to these transactions.

We can't control it, and we can't manage it.

Because the connections behind it are too huge, with the Celestial Dragons backing them up.

The Navy Headquarters was also at a loss.

"I remember the mayor of Water Seven was named Hoyle. Wasn't he an official of the World Government?"

Crane has an excellent memory and immediately thought of Hoyle.

Steelbone Kong nodded.

“That’s right! Hoyle is an official planted in Water Seven by the World Government and is under its command.”

Upon hearing this, the Warring States period seemed to lose interest in the matter.

If world government officials are openly trading slaves, what right do they have to care?

Seeing Sengoku's expression, Steelbone Hollow also sighed.

"Now that this matter has involved officials of the World Government, our Navy can't get involved. But we can still arrest Charlotte, the murderer. However, the people monitoring Charlotte have discovered that she has disappeared."

This means we can't find Charlotte, the culprit. Finding a group of people in this vast ocean is extremely difficult. We'll have to give up the search and increase the bounty instead. That way, we can give the World Government an explanation.

Chapter 80 Bounty

"Iron Bone Kong looked at the intelligence in his hand and said helplessly."

After hearing Kong's words, Sengoku and Tsuru nodded silently.

This is indeed the best solution. Although the Navy Headquarters has expanded its recruitment, it cannot be used immediately after the expansion; training is still required.

It's impossible to recruit someone and send them to the battlefield immediately.

Moreover, only high-end combat power is needed to deal with Charlotte.

Only a handful of people from Marine Headquarters were capable of capturing Charlotte.

It's impossible to send a high-ranking naval officer all over the world to chase after Charlotte.

"How much should we offer as a bounty? You know, Charlotte's bounty is already a whopping 950 million Berries, which is among the highest in the entire world."

Sengoku looked at Steelbone Sky and asked.

Steelbone Sky is also a rather troublesome thinker.

Nowadays, bounties are no longer just simple reward notices, but a symbol of power.

Furthermore, pirates often use bounties as a comparison to increase their popularity.

"Let's set it at ten billion! Anyway, his strength is definitely there. Just his swordsmanship alone is worth ten billion."

Steelbone Kong rubbed his forehead and said.

"Okay! I'll go post the bounty!"

"That's what the crane said from the side."

"Let's also send out the bounty for that Red Earl, set it at 900 million Berries! A little lower than Charlotte's, that way it'll make them dislike each other."

"Steelbow Sky said."

Sengoku frowned.

"Won't such a sudden improvement have any negative consequences?"

"Warring States period said with concern."

Steelbone Kong waved his hand.

"What impact could it have? It just means there are more pirates. Aren't there already enough pirates on the high seas?"

"Steelbow Sky said with a self-deprecating laugh."

Since he became a Marine Admiral, a new pirate, Rocks, has emerged.

Rocks turned the latter half of the Grand Line upside down, and the number of people going to sea to become pirates skyrocketed, making them impossible to eradicate.

Sengoku fell silent after hearing Kong's words.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, He silently turned around to arrange the bounty order.

Watching the crane depart, Steelbone Kong already knew how much of a stir this bounty would cause once it was released.

……

With the release of the latest bounty notice, it was spread across the sea by the newspaper gull.

Beehive Island!

"Captain Rocks, we have news of Captain Charlotte of the Eighth Division. Captain Charlotte has done something big in Water Seven!"

Just as Lox was sitting on his throne, a servant trotted over with today's newspaper.

"Ok?"