Chapter 49: The Bounty Arrives!
Akame and Sheele were happy to receive Lister's praise.
But at this moment, they wanted to know even more which of the two had struck down their opponent first.
After all, this was related to the gift Lister was giving.
They both cared about it.
"Captain, who... who between me and Sheele struck down the enemy first just now!" Akame asked.
"Yeah! Captain, who struck down the enemy first?" Sheele also stared at Lister with wide eyes.
Lister looked at the two's expectant faces.
He couldn't help but find it amusing.
At a time like this, it wouldn't be good to favor either one...
So, Lister smiled faintly and said: "You two should have struck down the enemies at the same time."
"Then what about the gift??" Sheele asked.
"One for each of you!" Lister smiled.
"Yay, thank you, Captain!" The two heard this and happily thanked Lister.
Although this meant the gift wasn't unique, they didn't mind.
As long as Lister gave them a gift, it was fine.
"Someone's there??"
The commotion outside the castle quickly attracted the attention of the Small Knife Society mafia inside the castle.
Several mafia members walked out to check the situation.
"Akame and Sheele have completed their mission. Next, it's your turn!" Lister said to the other girls beside him.
"Yes!"
Youlan was the first to dash out.
Her Silent Flash Step seemed to be practiced even better than Akame's and Sheele's.
She was so fast that those mafia members couldn't react at all. A cold light flashed.
Swords fell.
The several mafia members who came out to check the situation were directly cut down.
"Sister, you killed them all. What am I supposed to use for my trial??" Shizuka looked at Youlan, a bit airheaded.
"There are more inside the castle!!" Youlan said naturally.
Shizuka heard this and walked towards the inside of the castle.
Seeing this, the other girls quickly followed.
Soon.
Inside the castle, not only were there waves of miserable screams, but also the sound of gunfire and fighting.
But, quickly, it returned to silence.
Not long after.
Shizuka and the other nine girls all walked out.
Every one of them was covered in blood.
Two of them had even been shot.
Fortunately.
No vitals were hit!
They were helped out by four of the girls.
"How is it? Are you alright?" Lister walked up to the shot girls and asked with concern.
"The bullet didn't hit any vitals. My sisters gave me a simple bandage. I can hold on until we get back to the ship for treatment!!" one of the shot girls revealed a strong smile and said to Lister.
"Right!!" The other injured girl next to her also nodded.
She said stubbornly: "I'm fine!!"
"Stronger than I thought. Not bad! Let's go, we're heading back!!"
Lister praised them.
He didn't go in to plunder the mafia's lair.
He directly led the girls back to the pirate ship.
"Lister, you're finally back!! Something big has happened!"
When Nami saw Lister return, she immediately ran over and shouted in a panic.
"Something happened??"
Lister glanced at the surrounding pirates, who didn't seem flustered, and figured it probably wasn't a huge deal. He first had someone take the two injured girls down for treatment, then asked Nami.
"We've been given bounties! Look, these are my bounty posters!"
Nami said, handing a stack of bounty posters to Lister.
Lister took them and looked. The first one was his bounty poster.
Looking at the photo on the bounty poster, he smiled with satisfaction.
"Man, this photo was taken really well. The artistic level is at least three or four stories high!!"
"The photo looks good, but aren't you going to look at how many Beri the bounty is for?!!" Nami said, speechless.
"Let me count! One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million... Sixty million??
They gave a sixty million Beri bounty for the first time?? That guy Sengoku is pretty generous!!"
Lister was a little surprised.
He actually knew they would be wanted with a bounty soon after destroying the 16th Branch.
But he hadn't expected Sengoku to raise the bounty so high.
But, although he was a little surprised, he also felt it was reasonable.
After all, he had led the Money Pirates to destroy a Marine base.
It would be abnormal if Sengoku didn't react at all.
"Besides you, Nojiko was also given a 50 million bounty. After Nojiko saw the bounty, she was so shocked she fainted directly!" Nami said.
"Fifty million??" Lister's expression changed slightly.
He put his bounty at the bottom.
The second bounty poster was indeed Nojiko's.
[Nojiko]
[Crime: Shooting a Marine Captain!]
[Bounty: 50,000,000]
[Dead or Alive!]
When Lister saw the crime section, he finally knew why Nojiko's bounty was so high.
"Nami, *you* were the one who told Nojiko to finish off Captain Nezumi!! The fact that Nojiko has such a high bounty now has a lot to do with you." Lister teased Nami.
"That's why I regret it! Although Nojiko doesn't blame me, I just feel like I've wronged her!" Nami said, on the verge of tears.
"Relax, I'm here. Even with a bounty as high as fifty million Beri, no bounty hunter will be able to get near her," Lister comforted Nami.
Regarding this, Nami could only place her hopes on Lister.
Afterward, Lister looked through the other bounty posters.
Besides him and Nojiko.
Zoro was wanted for 20 million Beri.
Nami and Jango were wanted for 10 million.
Johnson and Rocky were also wanted for 5 million.
Adding Gin's 12 million bounty.
The Money Pirates had eight people with bounties.
Six of them had bounties in the tens of millions!
Such a lineup was unique in the East Blue.
While Nami was agonizing over the bounty matter.
Lister was preparing to use this as an excuse to hold another banquet.
"Men, we finally have bounties! From today on, our Money Pirates are no longer an unknown little pirate crew!
As your captain, I am happy. Today, we will continue to hold a banquet to celebrate our Money Pirates finally becoming famous in the world!!"
Lister shouted loudly to all his pirate underlings.
"Long live the Captain!!"
All the underlings heard this and cheered.
"Hmph!!" The corner of Zoro's mouth curled up slightly.
Although he was wanted, his mood at this moment was exceptionally good.
"I really can't do anything with you!" Nami looked at this scene and completely gave up.
Let it be.
If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.
She couldn't be bothered to care anymore.
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