Shell Town.
Zoro, carrying a burlap sack, stood before the Navy base, feeling a bit dizzy.
When he first left the Frost Moon Village, his mind was full of dreams of becoming the world’s greatest swordsman, like the Sword Demon, Musashi. He had even made a plan, if he couldn't find the world’s greatest swordsman, Mihawk, in the East Blue, he would find a way to enter the Grand Line!
For the long term, he needed to earn enough money to travel to the Grand Line and buy a bigger ship.
The fastest way to get money and a ship was to become a bounty hunter!
The plan was perfect.
The reality was even more fantastic!
Because a criminal with a 500 million berry bounty literally fell from the sky, right into his hands!
However, he didn't want a single berry of that bounty.
After all, he didn’t capture the Red Rabbit.
This unbelievable experience made him question the reality of the situation, even standing right in front of the Navy base!
Which criminal would voluntarily hand themselves over to be captured?
There must be some kind of grand conspiracy!
Just as Zoro hesitated whether to knock, the tightly shut gate suddenly swung open.
A middle-aged Navy officer stormed out, his face flushed with anger.
Before Zoro could react, two Navy soldiers rushed out of the gate.
"Lieutenant Monka, our current mission is to capture the Red Rabbit, not get hung up on the Black Cat Pirates!"
"Besides, didn't Lieutenant Colonel Tyna capture the Black Cat Pirates? Why are you still angry?"
Monka, having exited the base, stopped in his tracks and roared, "I've been chasing the Black Cat Pirates for so long, and Tyna came in and stole my thunder. You think I'm not angry?"
"Hey, didn't Lieutenant Colonel Tyna explain? She ran into the Black Cat Pirates by chance…"
Before the Navy soldier could finish his sentence, he tilted his head to look at Zoro standing not far away, "Hey, you, what are you doing standing at the gate? Get out of here, get out of here!"
Zoro ignored the Navy soldier, his eyes fixed on Monka, a sturdy, imposing figure, "Sir, are you Lieutenant Monka of this base?"
"Yes, it's me!" Monka sized up Zoro, "Bounty hunter?"
Zoro nodded, then pulled out the wanted poster Drupy gave him, pointing at the image of the Red Rabbit, "Sir, if I capture this Red Rabbit, where should I go to claim the reward?"
The two soldiers standing beside Monka burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, you talk as if you've already captured the rabbit."
"Kid, go find a cooler place to hang out. If you can capture this rabbit, I'll stand on my head and answer your questions!"
Monka didn't laugh, instead, he glanced at the burlap sack beside Zoro, and said bluntly, "If you capture that damn Red Rabbit, bring it to me. I'll inform my superiors and verify that it's the Red Rabbit on the wanted poster. Then, I'll give you the 500 million berry bounty in full!"
Hearing this, Zoro secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly untied the sack.
As the sack opened, the Red Rabbit inside was immediately exposed to the eyes of Monka and the other two Navy soldiers!
"!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing the Red Rabbit, the two Navy soldiers almost simultaneously widened their eyes and exclaimed in unison, "Red... Red Rabbit!"
Before they could finish their sentence, one of the Navy soldiers, as if losing his mind, took a step forward, reaching out to pinch the Red Rabbit's face.
Then, he laughed maniacally, "It's the Red Rabbit! Lieutenant Monka, we're going to be rich haha…"
Boom—
The Navy soldier's laughter abruptly stopped.
The next second, he was sent flying backward, like a cannonball soaring through the air, before crashing heavily into the square inside the base.
This sudden turn of events shocked Monka and the remaining soldier, and they both turned their gazes to the Red Rabbit, who stood up from the sack.
"Red Rabbit, Red Rabbit—"
At this moment, the Navy soldier who had been knocked into the square struggled to get up, using all his strength to shout, "Red Rabbit… has been captured!"
As the Navy soldier's words echoed, countless figures surged out of the base, swarming towards the gate!
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"What? The Red Rabbit was captured by a bounty hunter? It's in Shell Town's 153rd branch?"
"Great, let’s go there now!"
"We've been searching for three days and haven't found any trace of the Red Rabbit, and a bounty hunter got lucky? Are you kidding me? This bounty hunter must have been blessed by the gods!"
"Hurry, hurry, target Shell Town's 153rd branch, full speed ahead!"
As the news of the Red Rabbit being captured by a bounty hunter and delivered to Shell Town's 153rd branch spread among the navy ships executing the search mission in the East Blue, they immediately changed course, heading towards Shell Town in a mighty fleet.
On one of the ships, stood Garp, whose internal injuries had almost fully recovered.
He knew the Red Rabbit's strength best, so when he heard that the Red Rabbit had been captured by a bounty hunter, his first thought was that it couldn't be the same one that knocked him flying.
Even when he arrived in Shell Town ahead of everyone else and saw the Red Rabbit, confirming the truth of the news with Kizaru, he still found it hard to believe.
The Red Rabbit, so powerful that it effortlessly defeated him, would fall to a bounty hunter? It was said to be a young newbie with green hair?
At Shell Town's naval base harbor, one ship after another docked.
Gion, Tsuru, Hina, and Oni-Gumo, the several Navy Headquarters Vice Admirals, disembarked one after another, surrounded by a throng of Navy soldiers, and headed straight to the base's prison.
Immediately after, Smoker and Tyna arrived, both eager to see the Red Rabbit, the villain who dared to single-handedly kill members of the Goa Kingdom royal family and the Celestial Dragon, Charlos.
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