"How many pirate crews have we encountered this month? Is challenging us some kind of honor? Do they never consider the consequences of defeat?" Yamato sighed as she watched the wreckage and struggling pirates in the waters.
"Had I known being a Supernova would be this troublesome, I'd have held back back then."
"Held back? Are you joking, Yamato?" Jack emerged from the cabin. "Unlike me and Bonney, who are only known within the Angel Alliance with little outside recognition... you're different. After all, you have a biological father named 'Kaido.'"
"That's what bothers me most." Yamato curled her lip. "I've spent my whole life trying to escape Kaido and his influence... yet that goal remains distant."
"Such is the life of a pirate—especially a top-tier one." Jack stood beside Yamato. "Revolutionary Army defector, Daughter of Kaido, adopted daughter of Michael, highest-bounty Supernova, Worst Generation... Any one of those titles alone makes you shine like a beacon in the dark."
"Exactly, Yamato-nee!" Bonney nodded vigorously. "Besides, this way we gain more fame on the seas, making it easier for Uncle Michael to find us when he returns."
Yamato sighed.
Right...
Her beloved father figure, Michael, had been missing for seven years.
Though Kozuki Toki, the Wano shogun's wife whom she regarded as a sister, told them Michael had been sent far into the past...
Yamato still clung to the faint hope that she was wrong—that Michael was hiding somewhere in the world.
If her name became renowned enough, it would surely cross the seas and reach his ears.
So...
She had readily accepted Rosinante's suggestion to publicly defect from the Revolutionary Army before the Angel Alliance's formal establishment, becoming a pirate.
Looking back, she'd been a pirate for seven years now.Jack, still his partner and brother, had stood by his side from the very beginning.
Meanwhile, the younger Bonney had already celebrated four birthdays at sea.
"Yohohohoho, Captain, what are you all up to?"
Just then, an unusually high-pitched voice rang out from behind them.
A skeleton with an afro, dressed in a proper but tattered suit and wielding a cane sword, appeared at their backs.
Yes, a skeleton—a living, breathing skeleton.
"If you're not too busy... might I have the pleasure of admiring your underwear?"
"Hey hey hey! You bastard! Show some respect to the Captain, damn it!"
A flying kick slammed squarely into Brook's lower back, sending him sprawling.
The one who delivered the kick was a small, fluffy, and adorable humanoid reindeer.
"Hey! Chopper, no matter what, I'm still your comrade! How could you hit me so hard?"
"Brook... it's not like I haven't kicked you before. Quit acting pitiful! And besides... I'm in a really bad mood today!"
"Alright, you two, why do you keep falling into this cycle of kicking each other?" Yamato pressed a hand to her temple, looking exasperated.
Tony Tony Chopper, a member of the junior class, had been secretly sent here by Rosinante after completing his training and a two-year patrol mission.
One of only two doctors in the junior class, his future had seemed boundless...
Yet Rosinante had directly assigned him to Yamato's ship as their ship's doctor.
At first, Chopper had been a little upset about becoming a ship's doctor...
After all, he'd worked so hard in the junior class, only to become a pirate before he could even become a pillar of the Angel Alliance!
Even if it was an undercover mission, it was still disheartening.
But soon... he encountered something even more disappointing.
"Hey! There's something wrong with my bounty, isn't there!?" Chopper roared, clutching his wanted poster.
"I pulled my weight during the Port incident, didn't I!? I took down plenty of Blackbeard's officers and pirates from Hachinosu, right!?"
"Yes, yes," Bonney sidled up to Chopper, patting his fluffy fur in a comforting manner.
"Chopper-chan is the best!"
"Then can someone explain why my bounty only went up from 100 berry to 1,000 berry!?"
"Ah, well..."
Bonney's hand froze, and her whole body began to tremble.
Clearly, she was holding back laughter.
"That's not how you should look at it, Chopper," Jack stepped forward, crouching down in front of Chopper with a serious expression.
"You have to consider it from another angle—your bounty increased tenfold!"
"Oh, you're right!" Chopper nodded as if suddenly enlightened. "Then I'll let the bounty setters off the hook this time..."
"Wait, if Chopper's new bounty is out... doesn't that mean ours are too?" Brook sprang up from the deck.
"After the Port incident, I'm really looking forward to it."
"That's why I brought our latest bounties with me," Chopper waved the stack of wanted posters in his other hand.
"Gotta say, the commotion we caused this time... was pretty huge."
"Let me read it!" Brook took the bounty poster and announced loudly, "Soul King Brook, original bounty 83 million Berries, updated bounty... 383 million Berries?! Must be captured alive?!"
Brook turned his head, his skeletal face actually showing a hint of... confusion.
"Captured alive? Capture a skeleton alive? Yohohoho! What a shame, I'm already dead!"
"What they mean is taking you back as a pet..." Chopper chuckled behind his hoof, "After all, a skeleton that can fight and sing—I'm sure many wealthy people would pay a premium for you. Who knew a medical specimen could be so valuable!"
"Ahem, please show some respect to the Soul King with a 383 million Berry bounty."
Clearing his throat, Brook continued reading.
"'Flying Witch' Bartholomew Bonney, original bounty 320 million Berries, current bounty 1.1 billion!"
"'Drought' Jack, original bounty 590 million Berries, current bounty 1.5 billion Berries!"
"'Blood Rain Angel' Yamato, original bounty 655 million Berries, current bounty... 3 billion Berries?!"
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