Momonosuke felt a surge of panic.
Others might not understand, but at this moment, he was truly terrified.
It was because he saw a bounty poster...
Name: ???
Bounty: 100,000,000 Berries.
The bounty poster depicted a child so dazzling, it was almost impossible to believe.
Long black hair, a delicate, porcelain-like face, a serene and innocent smile, gentle and soft, like a crescent moon shining in the night sky...
Anyone seeing this picture would only think he was an exceptionally cute child...
However, Momonosuke felt fear, because he knew this person shouldn't exist in his world!
“There's no mistake...It must be someone from that chat group!”
He gritted his teeth, his voice trembling.
In his memories, there was no record of this person in his world. Moreover, the fact that the bounty poster only had a question mark as a name was also telling. - If the person truly belonged to this world, with the World Government's capabilities, how could they not have uncovered their identity?
They must be after him!
Momonosuke felt it in his gut.
After all, the chat group's administrator had repeatedly said "Momonosuke must die." Plus, he had learned about his world's future trajectory from that chat group...Just this alone, Momonosuke understood that they wouldn't let him go!
He couldn't just sit back and wait for his fate!
Thinking this, Momonosuke glanced at the pitch-black night outside the window, clenched his teeth, and abruptly stood up.
He had to find his retainers and hide somewhere.
The New World was vast, there were countless places to hide. He didn't believe they could spend years searching for him!
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“Hey.”
“Oh, it's to the west.”
Watching the tree branch fall towards the deck, Fang Mingjing nodded understandingly.
“W-West?”
Hearing this, Bruno, with trembling hands, turned the steering wheel hard to the left.
The pirate ship immediately changed course.
Five days had passed since they encountered the Admiral blockade.
After Fang Mingjing displayed his power, everything had fallen into place.
He and Hawkeye had hijacked a warship, threw all the unresisting Navy and World Government personnel overboard, and then captured Bruno, ordering him to be the helmsman.
It was interesting, at this point in time, Bruno and the others should still be on the run after the events of "Enies Lobby". But to save the Celestial Dragon who had been taken to play by Fang Mingjing, the World Government, considering Bruno's "Door-Door Fruit" abilities, had pardoned the fleeing CP9.
While navigating the New World, considering that a whole warship was too hard to handle, Hawkeye had taken it upon himself to hijack a smaller pirate ship.
“Here.”
Hawkeye, emerging from the cabin, handed Bruno an oak cup.
“Ah - Th-thank you.”
Bruno, receiving the cup, was a bit taken aback.
“What is that?”
“Rum.”
“…Why does it seem like every ship only has alcohol?”
“All that's left in the hold is a barrel of lemons, but they've gone bad.”
Hawkeye replied calmly.
He held the cup, reading a nautical log he had just found in the captain's quarters, looking completely relaxed.
But when he took a sip of the rum in the oak cup, he couldn't help but frown.
The most common low-grade rum -
Almost every broke pirate ship was stocked with this.
Although this rum was made from sugarcane juice, it was a bit bitter, not as good as wine or brandy in terms of taste. However, it was cheap and, compared to freshwater, had a longer shelf life.
The barrelled water on a ship would become undrinkable after a month, and would breed all kinds of plankton. But rum could last for a year or two and was a staple on board.
“Sir…the ship's supplies are running low. Should we really keep sailing like this?”
Bruno asked cautiously.
Navigating the Grand Line required log pointers or Eternal Pointers, but in the past few days, Bruno had observed that they were heading westward based on random tree branches that Fang Mingjing had thrown.
Once or twice was fine.
But their supplies were nearly gone. If they didn't find an island to replenish, they would starve and die on this ship.
“Don't worry about that.”
Fang Mingjing threw another branch, which landed on the deck, pointing westward again.
“Y-yes.”
Bruno ultimately dared not say anything more.
And so, this pirate ship, stripped of its Jolly Roger, continued to sail westward at full speed.
Until dusk.
As the sun dipped below the horizon and night was about to fall, Fang Mingjing threw another branch.
This time, the branch didn't point west, but slightly north, and in the direction of the branch, a small ship was slowly advancing.
Fang Mingjing's eyes widened slightly.
Then, he laughed in a joyful way.
“Found you.”
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New book period, the backend data isn't growing much...
Dads, please give some support, pear paste.