Morgans?
Sounds like the president of the World Economic News Agency?
Kuina pondered. She was always a bit curious about how, many times, Lord Shano's knowledge of this world far exceeded hers.
Even though she has read extensively since childhood, and has a father like Koushirou, a fine teacher who understands worldly matters...
"Oh, by the way."
Kuina suddenly remembered something and pulled out a warrant from the stack, "This one is quite strange too. I don't know why it seems the Navy Headquarters has classified this guy as part of our crew."
"Smoker?"
Shano furrowed his brows slightly.
It's quite interesting, after he publicly executed Onigumo, the island's Navy showed two completely different reactions.
Those directly under Onigumo's command wished they had more legs to flee in panic long ago;
While the branch Marines from Log Town were grateful to them, both sides even cooperated in the end to heal the wounded in the houses on both sides of the square.
However.
They hadn't seen this base commander, Smoker, from the beginning to the end.
The other party seemed to have vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace.
Later, Shano learned from reports that Alta, the officer on Onigumo's warship, was killed by Smoker on the spot.
For the Navy, this indeed counts as an unforgivable betrayal.
But to be inexplicably considered part of my crew...
Probably because the two incidents exploded simultaneously on the same spot, closely linked to each other.
Afterward, Smoker left Log Town.
Thus, the Navy Headquarters mistakenly judged him as having boarded my ship.
"Just leave him be."
Shano shook his head. When both parties show up at different occasions next time, the Navy Headquarters will naturally realize they are not allies, and the warrants will be separated accordingly.
Speaking of...
In his impression, Smoker was indeed hot-tempered and free-spirited, but held a strong sense of belief and belonging towards the Navy.
Forcing such a person to leave the Navy and kill the king is a hard thing to achieve, and it's unknown what truly happened on that warship before and after.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
From the front, the dull thuds of fists hitting frequently echoed from Silver Wolf's figurehead.
"Hey, Nami." Shano looked over, speechless, "Why are you still there? It's been a few minutes, haven't you vented enough?"
"Navy Headquarters, Navy Headquarters!!!" Nami gritted her teeth, punching repeatedly at the statue's head that resembled Ah Yin, "Ahhhh, that lousy Ah Yin, he's driving me mad!!"
As a pet, Ah Yin also had a bounty of eighty million Belly.
But as the captain's sister, she only received a mere eight thousand!!!
Exactly one ten-thousandth of Ah Yin's, it's simply intolerable, who could put up with this!
Is the Navy's intelligence department made of fools? Didn't they notice that during the Log Town incident, she was secretly helping all along?
Many of the captains who arrived for support were blocked by her flame ability, yet they still failed to recognize her as a Devil Fruit user!
"Leave her be."
Shano ultimately chose to ignore her, casually asking, "How long until we reach Inverted Mountain?"
"Soon."
Kuina looked up into the distance, the towering Red Earth Continent was already visible in their view, "Tomorrow, if everything goes smoothly, we'll be ready to cross Inverted Mountain by dawn."
Finally entering the Grand Line…
Her expression was slightly emotional. When setting out to sea, she never expected to become a "Great Pirate" with a bounty of over seventy million Belly before even crossing Inverted Mountain.
As for the captain…
Tch, deep down she was a bit looking forward to it, and wondered what expression the pirates they encounter on the Grand Line will show when, after surrounding this group of newcomers fiercely, learn that their captain has a bounty of one hundred and eighty million.
Shano was unaware of these thoughts of hers. After reading the newspaper and confirming there was no useful information missed, he casually opened the system panel to browse.
Displayed at the top was the latest sacrifice information from a few days ago.
[You sacrificed Roger's execution platform, gaining 18000 points]
[You sacrificed the Hound's severed arm, gaining 300 points]
[You sacrificed Onigumo's Flying Dragon Helmet, gaining 1000 points]
[Current remaining points: 48600]
...
Roger's execution platform provided a total of eighteen thousand points, second only to Luffy's authentic Straw Hat.
It was worth the effort on the night of departure when Shano searched under the sea for half an hour.
As for the Hound's severed arm, it was obtained from the four bound major generals.
Since these people dared to attack him, they must be prepared to pay the price.
Thus, not a single one escaped, all were severed by Shano to demonstrate the threat, and also to see if any potential could be extracted.
Unfortunately, only the Hound was a named character with a presence from the comics.
Shano did have some impression of this fellow.
A Dog-Dog Fruit: Hunting Hound Form ability user, original timeline six years later, he was one of the eight Vice Admirals to follow Defense Martial God Saint Saturn to Egg Peak Island to eliminate Vegapunk and Straw Hat Gang.
As for those low-level Marines, they ran fast enough, and he couldn't be bothered to chase them down.
The pirates on the square who were knocked out were all captured by Log Town's branch.
"Almost fifty thousand points now..."
Looking at the points balance, Shano emptied his cocktail glass with satisfaction.
He casually opened the trading market. Having money means spending it, right? If he recalled correctly, the market's merchandise had just been refreshed a few days ago, a perfect time to check for suitable items.
[Hokage Rock of Konoha]
[Type: Wonder]
[Price: 5000 points]
[Description: A massive mountain behind Konoha Village, carved into the likeness of past Hokages, currently updated to the Sixth Hokage]
[Seller's remark: Just dug it up, if you have space at home you can put it in your living room, anyone interested?]
Shano directly ignored it, moving on to the next item.
Five thousand points, he could indeed afford it.
But it had no cost-effectiveness...
Who's crazy enough to build wonders in the early stages!
...
[Piccolo's Regeneration Serum]
[Type: Special Item]
[Price: 7000 points]
[Description: A special serum from Second Generation Piccolo of the Dragon Ball World, when injected, grants the talent for regeneration skill, allowing rapid repair of any damaged parts other than the head by expending one's own energy, the energy consumed is proportional to the weight of the body part being repaired]
[Seller's remark: This stuff is really hard to steal, huh? Wait, a round iron ball fell down in front, I gotta go check it out]
Regeneration Serum?
Shano froze slightly, his eyes exploded with desire as he immediately added it to the shopping cart.
Any hesitation for a second is disrespect towards the Great Demon King Piccolo!
With the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Technique enhancing him, Shano's physique had indeed reached a freakishly monstrous level.
But even Aokiji was capable of having his leg broken, Whitebeard of having half his head blown off, who can guarantee that fierce battles against strong foes won't leave him missing a few pounds and ounces?
"As long as you consume a bit of body energy, you can repair anywhere except the head?"
Shano pondered, thinking to privately test the specific effects later in the training room.
Just, where would be a good start?
He subconsciously lowered his head, glancing at Sabo.