Bounties.
Across the world, on a pirate ship.
A large man with blonde hair was drinking from a huge sake glass.
"Pops! Come look at this! Yoi!" A man with a pineapple shaped head called out.
The large man looked down. "What is it, Marco?"
Marco handed the large man a piece of paper.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive.
"Evil Genius" Alex
$150,000,000
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The large man smiled. "GURARARARARARA! Looks like he escaped!"
Marco smiled. "So, are we going to get him?"
Whitebeard thought for a moment. "Where did it say he was again?"
"The west blue." Marco replied.
"Then, call Roger. He can pick him up for us, along with his little redhead." Whitebeard replied.
"We aren't going, Pops?"
Whitebeard sighed. "We are on the wrong side of the red line. Roger should be right near the west blue right now. He can get there in a couple months at most."
Marco nodded. "But, how are they even going to find him?"
Whitebeard laughed. "Gurarararara! There is only one place in the west blue that brat would ever go!"
Whitebeard stood up and smiled. "Tell Roger to set sail… for Ohara!"
Meanwhile, back with Alex and Shanks.
An island came into view as the people on board were a little preoccupied.
"What the fuck?! What is this picture?!?!! I finally get a bounty and it's THIS!!" Alex screamed as he pointed at a picture of himself.
He had an aloof look on his face and he was holding two rolls of toilet paper.
Shanks was rolling on the ground in fits of giggles. "This is why you shouldn't drink so much, I remember that night! You were so fucked up!"
Alex frowned before looking at another bounty. He smiled when he saw it. "At least you don't have a good one either.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive.
"Red Hair" Shanks
$150,000,000
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The picture showed Shanks staring directly at the camera with fear in his eyes.
Shanks jumped up. "What? That's the best picture they had!"
It was Alex's turn to laugh at his friend's misfortune.
Shanks gumbled. "They just had to get a picture of me right when Maya appeared. Of course I was scared! My virginity was in danger!"
Alex laughed and flipped to the next bounty.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
Buggy D. Clown
$200,000,000
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Alex threw the paper into the air. "Bullshit! Why does Buggy get a good picture!"
Buggy caught the paper and looked at his bounty. His eyes popped out of their sockets. "T-t-t-t-t- two hundred million?!"
Shanks laughed. "Obviously your bounty would be higher, you had a higher rank after all."
Buggy started shaking his head. "N-nononononono! This can't be happening! W-we need to go back! I'll die! Don't you get it!? I'll die!"
Alex and Shanks laughed at him as Alex looked at the next poster.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
April
$30,000,000
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Alex handed April her bounty. "Hey, you got a good pic too. Good for you."
April smiled. "Thanks. If I had of known this would happen I might have submit my own picture first."
Alex smacked the palm of his hand. "Good idea! We should do that sometime!"
Shanks laughed. "What? Are you gonna knock on the marines' doors and ask for a better picture?"
Alex nodded.
Shanks laughed again. "Count me in! That sounds fun!"
Alex chuckled and flipped to the last bounty.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
Monkey D. Dragon
$500,000,000
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Alex laughed. "Why the fuck is your first bounty so high?!"
Dragon looked at it and smirked. "I thought it would be higher. I'm a little disappointed."
Shanks chuckled. "Stop trying to brag. You won't have the highest bounty for long. I give it two more years before we are all over a billion."
Alex nodded. "Yeah, and Buggy will probably have a higher bounty than you within the year."
"NO! I WILL NOT!" Buggy screamed.
Everyone laughed and grabbed their own bounties. They all hung them in their own rooms and continued to sail until they reached the island in front of them.
"So, this is Ohara." Alex said with an excited look in his eyes. "Cool!"
Shanks shrugged and hopped off the boat and onto the island. "I still don't understand what's so cool about a huge tree and a bunch of books…"
Alex shook his head. "That cause you're an idiot. Welp… I'm gonna go on ahead. You all have fun!"
Alex ran away without looking back and headed straight for the tree in the center of the island. As he was running through town he accidentally bumped into someone. Alex stopped running and went to help the girl he accidently knocked into.
"Sorry, I was in a rush to get to the library. I'm Alex." Alex said as he helped her up.
The girl with white hair who looked like she was around 20 years old smiled at him kindly. "I'm Nico Olivia. Are you new here?"
Alex nodded. "We were sailing by and decided to stop off here. I've always wanted to visit! The library of Ohara is somewhere I've always wanted to explore!" Alex said with a huge smile.
"Fufufu. Would you like me to show you around? I know this place like the back of my hand and it's always nice to see young and ambitious minds, who are so eager to learn." Olivia replied.
Alex nodded his head furiously. "Yes, please!"
Olivia giggled and led him through the street towards the giant tree. "So, what are you here to learn?"
Alex smiled and laughed like a maniac. "Everything!"
Olivia laughed. "Fufufufu. That might be a little hard, it's a pretty big library after all. You might just die before you can read everything in it."
Alex smiled. "Great! Then I'll never run out of things to read!"
Olivia was a little taken aback by his response before she started giggling. "You're a pretty interesting kid. I can't wait to see who you grow up to be."
Alex smiled. "I'm gonna be the smartest person in the world… and one of the four strongest pirates in the world. The Yonko!"
Olivia looked at him confused. "The Yonko? What's that?"
Alex chuckled and scratched the back of his neck. "It's something me and my friend made up, for when we become the strongest pirates in the world, along with my Pops and his captain!"
Olivia laughed. "You're certainly an ambitious kid. Both the smartest and one of the strongest. That sounds impossible."
Alex giggled. "Nothing's impossible. All I have to do is survive another day, then I'll be a bit stronger and smarter. Eventually, I'll be the smartest and the strongest!"
"Fufufufufu. If you're going to be the smartest, then maybe you can figure out what happened in the century lost to history." Olivia said, not particularly speaking to Alex, more voicing her own thoughts.
"You mean the void century? Well… I'm trying. I was actually hoping I could learn to read the ancient language here. They had absolutely nothing on it or about the void century on Marineford." Alex replied.
"You… did you just say Marineford?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah, I used to be a marine. Just escaped actually!" Alex said proudly.
"FUFUFUFU. You're a really interesting kid. I think that Clover would like you." Olivia said as she laughed.
"Who's that?" Alex asked.
Olivia hummed. "I'll introduce you two. Maybe he'll teach you something."
Alex laughed. "Thanks!"