1 Billion Berries!

Meanwhile, in another place, on an island that serves as the marine headquarters for the East Blue region, a loud voice was heard from Den Den Mushi. This Den Den Mushi is a means of telecommunication in this world. This Den Den Mushi is a snail dressed in marine attributes, complete with a marine hat and a seagull bird logo on the side of its shell.

*ringing

*ringing

"*click, hello, this is the captain from the Marine base in East Blue. How can I help you?"

The Den Den Mushi was answered by a large man with a solemn expression, and he introduced himself as a captain, which was a fairly high rank in the Marine Corps. However, as soon as he heard the voice on the other end of the line, the color left his face completely, and he appeared terrified.

"This is Vice Admiral Garp speaking, and I would like to give you orders from Headquarters."

This hefty man excitedly stood up from his seat and shouted, "V-Vice Admiral Garp!... I am ready to accept any given orders," even though no one was looking at him.

Garp, who was on the other lines, let out a hearty laugh that caused his voice to reverberate throughout the room. He then said, "mahhh, don't be so stiff. How should I put it... you just have to be on guard in case the red pirates enter your territory, that's all."

This time the captain was even more shocked than before. In fact, his body even shook, and his voice became frantic as he hurriedly replied, "R-Red hair pirates?... they are in East Blue now?..."

"Don't worry, it's just a rumor going around at headquarters, so it's not certain yet, but well, I can guarantee that brat won't cause any trouble, bwahahahaha..."

Even though the captain experienced a small amount of relief, he continued to break out in a cold sweat because the red-haired pirate had a bad reputation among the Marines.

"Alright, that settles it, don't make a big deal out of it, I'll go first, bwahahaha..."

*Click

After the call was over, the captain went back to his chair and sat there weakly, which was a sharp contrast to his courageous and serious demeanor at the beginning. Nevertheless, he fortified his resolve when he started calling his men one by one to give them a mission.

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"ohh, so this is your treasure room," said Luffy with a hint of amazement as he walked into the room, which was not too large, but inside, there was already a lot of glitter and glitter of gold scattered about, as well as treasures in wooden boxes that look old piled up into small mountains.

Uta, who was being carried by Luffy behind his back, gave him a proud smile as she responded, "This is actually nothing because some of them have been sold, but yeah, for a country boy like you who has never even seen one million Berries, it's no wonder you're so surprised."

Luffy, who was made fun of for being a country boy, didn't seem angry any more because it is true that he had never seen such a large amount of money since his transmigration to this world. Yet, out of curiosity, Luffy then asked:

"Hey, Uta, how many Berries did you guys ever get while sailing?"

Luffy patiently waited for an answer from Uta as he looked around the treasure room. Uta eventually responded by saying, "I saw once when Shanks exchanged all of his treasure stock, and at that time, he got around 1 Billion Berries if I remember correctly."

"1 Billion Berries!...hahaha, I guess that's fair enough for a red hair pirate."

Since the audience of One Piece always follows a group of poor pirates who are always short on money, Luffy is really feeling a little disappointed with the previous owner of this body, which is why he is currently very surprised.

When Luffy looked at the scattered treasure boxes, he noticed something was missing. This was because, since earlier, he hadn't found any Devil Fruits, so he asked Uta:

"By the way, don't you have a Devil Fruit?"

While this was going on, Uta, who was being carried on Luffy's back at the time, was going through an emotional roller coaster. In addition to the fact that her leg was still hurting a little, her heart was also beating quickly. At first, Uta tried not to think about it too much, but the warmth that she felt from Luffy's body caused her to slowly draw closer again.

As she was thinking to herself, 'tsk, is this boy trying to embarrass me with all of this,' Uta began to subconsciously rest her head on Luffy's back.

'but in all honesty, who cares? I just need to pay back many times over someday.'

When Uta felt as though someone was squeezing her butt, she yelled, "kyaah, my ass, what are you doing, Luffy?" However, Luffy, who was stared at by Uta, stared back.

"I asked why there aren't any Devil Fruits here. Are you trying to avoid it because you don't have one?"

"hmph, I'm surprised a country kid like you could know about Devil Fruits, but I won't tell you anything."

When Luffy does as he pleases to Uta, especially when he makes her a piece of luggage that he could ask around for, making Uta irritated. Luffy, who saw that, became silent for a moment before the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. Meanwhile, Uta, who was still pouting behind Luffy, didn't know what would happen to her next because soon she felt a slight tingling in her sprained leg.

"ahhh, please stop it, don't... hahahaha.... please, uhh, it's hurt... Luffy!"

Uta was caught off guard when Luffy suddenly tickled her leg, which caused her to feel both ticklish and painful when she moved to struggle and try to fight back. But, since she was riding on Luffy's back, she was limited in the amount of movement she could make.

"Are you still not going to answer? I can tickle your feet all day if you want."