Chapter 22: First Bounty

"We must eradicate Lucifer." said Onigumo, one of the Hawk's [Vice Admirals], and continued, "A dangerous person like him will only make the world chaotic. Let me lead the troops to hunt him down."

"Please count me in!"

"I would too!"

Not only Onigumo, a hawk marine, but some dove marines have also joined to hunt down Lucifer.

"Don't act rashly! Sending a troop is not guaranteed to eliminate Lucifer." said Tsuru while glancing at the marines in the meeting room and continuing, "Don't forget, Doberman's fleet was wiped out, and Lucifer still has the ability to fly."

After Tsuru finished speaking, everyone looked at the photo on the screen and saw wings on Lucifer's back, and after viewing the photo, all eyes were on [Admiral] Kizaru, who was in the corner sitting leisurely.

After hearing Tsuru, many marines in the room are not sure that they can take down Lucifer, who can fly. The only one in the Marines who has the ability to fly is [Admiral] Kizaru.

Meanwhile, Kizaru, who's on the corner and being stared at by everyone, said helplessly, "It seems that I have to go to work again."

"Kizaru, I'll leave this task to you." Sengoku gave the order and said, "Don't delay the time and prepare yourself."

"Okay, I know, I know." Kizaru nodded, but he was really troubled because it meant his leisurely life would be ruined again.

"Sigh~ I always worked overtime and didn't have a bonus payment. I really envy some people who can sleep well every day without having to work overtime." Kizaru looked at Aokiji, who was sitting next to him, and earlier, when Sengoku called out Kizaru's name, Aokiji had already put on his blindfold and fallen asleep.

"Alright, everyone dismiss." Sengoku ended the meeting, turned around, and said, "The hunting mission is led by Kizaru. Tsuru-san, you are responsible for Lucifer's bounty reward."

"Okay." Tsuru nodded.

...

On the vast and endless sea, a pirate ship sails slowly on the sea.

On the ship, Lucifer was lying on the chair, basking in the sun while holding a glass of red wine in his hand.

"Ah~ this wine is really good." Lucifer took a sip of red wine and nodded.

It's been a week since Lucifer killed [Vice Admiral] Doberman. This week, Lucifer is rushing to Crescent Island and doing nothing.

"Cuckoo~"

"Cuckoo~"

At this moment, many news coo flew over Lucifer's head, and one of them flew toward the ship and landed beside Lucifer.

"You are really brave." Lucifer raised his eyebrows and smiled, flicked his fingers, and a coin shot out.

Then, the news coo took out a newspaper and gave it to Lucifer.

Lucifer took the newspaper and opened it, and he saw a wanted poster attached to the newspaper.

"After waiting for several days, it finally came out." said Lucifer excitedly.

This wanted poster is clearly for Lucifer himself, and the photo is a picture of Lucifer casting the [Laser Rain].

In the photo, Lucifer spreads his devil wings in the sky while looking down at the blurred warships below.

"Heh~ why are the warships in the photo blurred? Are the Marines afraid of losing their faces? HAHAHA, but these reporters' photography skills are really good." said Lucifer.

With such a badass picture of him, Lucifer didn't mind for secretly taking pictures of him again.

"It's just that the bounty is a bit low." Lucifer looked at the bounty amount and was a little dissatisfied.

[WANTED: The [Devil] Lucifer

BOUNTY: 230 million berry

DEAD or ALIVE.]

Lucifer knows that Marine Headquarters must have suppressed his bounty amount.

In the Grand Line, a pirate's first bounty often represents his potential. The higher the amount, the greater the potential.

But if the bounty is set too high, it will appear to the public that the Marine Headquarters is incompetent, and they will lose face.

What Lucifer didn't know was that the 230 million bounty was also the result of many discussions at Marine Headquarters.

The bounty originally set by some Marine executives was 100 million berries, but it was rejected by [Vice Admiral] Tsuru and raised to 230 million berries.

Lucifer is too dangerous, and when his bounty is too low, it may cause some of the branch Marines to look down on him. At that time, if casualties are caused, it will be too late to reverse the situation.

"Forget it, let's keep a low profile then. It won't be long before my bounty rises up though." said Lucifer, and he threw the wanted poster into the sea.

"Now that I have a bounty, should I create my own pirate group? But first, I need to find a few capable crew members." said Lucifer, and thought of a few suitable people in his mind.

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Puro... Puro... Puro... Puro... *KACHA* Moshi-mosh, Author-san here! can I get Power Stone for motivation? *KACHA*

Q&A Time!!

What happens if someone didn't pay money for the newspaper coming from the News Coo?

Can they steal money too from the bird pouch thing?

Can the coo bird be like a spy to spy on pirate's, etc and locate them?