Under Marine Headquarters’ deliberate push, information about Morin’s Devil Fruit and his wanted poster spread across the entire world through the News Coo.
Everyone who saw today’s news was shocked.
“Hee-hihihihi!
Five hundred million Berries.
If I can get Morin to join the Moria Pirates, then I’ll have even more confidence when I challenge Kaido!”
On a massive three-masted ship as huge as an island, Moria, with his leek-like hair and giant saber on his back, burst into laughter when he saw Morin’s wanted poster.
Among the pirates currently active in the first half of the Grand Line, Moria was not only the oldest, but also the one with the largest crew.
Moria’s target was Kaido of the Beasts.
In order to deal with Kaido, Moria had been frantically recruiting soldiers and buying horses throughout the first half of the Grand Line.
In Moria’s view, a monster like Morin was qualified to hold back the Three Calamities of the Beasts Pirates.
North Blue, Donquixote Family mansion.
“Fufufufufu, Morin, huh?
To think he can actually fight Borsalino.
I really want to enter the Grand Line soon and meet this guy.”
Doflamingo held a glass of red wine as he looked at Morin’s bounty and Devil Fruit information, a smile appearing on his face.
Compared to pirates who only wanted to dominate the sea and search for the great treasure, the One Piece, Doflamingo was an outlier.
Behind the scenes, he and his family had unified the underworld of the North Blue.
Even Germa 66, the former overlord, had been driven out of the North Blue by Doflamingo.
He did not only burn, kill, and plunder like ordinary pirates.
He also provided slaves to the Celestial Dragons, wealthy merchants, and nobles.
He dealt in the arms trade in the underworld, using the codename “Joker” in the dark world.
He had also sent the first-generation Corazon, “Demon Bamboo” Vergo, to infiltrate the Marines as a spy.
Although he seemed to be confined to the North Blue right now, he had already entered the World Government’s sights and been placed on the same level as Supernovas like Moria.
As a broker of the underworld, Doflamingo paid close attention to every powerful figure.
In Doflamingo’s view, someone like Morin was qualified to do business with him.
Being able to retreat unscathed from Borsalino, who was about to become an admiral, meant Morin already possessed the qualifications to challenge the Pirate Emperors standing at the peak of the New World.
The fact that Sengoku could assign Morin such a high bounty already showed how much importance Sengoku placed on him.
“Hey, Pops, looks like another incredible rookie has appeared on the Grand Line!”
In the second half of the Grand Line, aboard the Moby Dick, Marco handed a newspaper to a man with a crescent-shaped mustache.
This man was none other than the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world.
“Gurararara!
He’s an impressive little brat.
I hope a kid like this comes to challenge me soon!”
Whitebeard held the newspaper, drinking as he laughed heartily.
“Yeah.
To fight Borsalino for the sake of a few slaves who escaped from Mary Geoise, this little brother really is brave!”
Marco echoed.
Those slaves were the private property of the Celestial Dragons.
Not only had Morin dared to protect those slaves, he had even dared to fight Borsalino, who was about to become an admiral.
There were already very few men on the sea with that kind of courage.
“Morin is a Mythical Zoan user like Marco.
Just from the information in the newspaper, I can tell this is an extremely powerful Devil Fruit!”
After Jozu finished reading the newspaper, his attention was focused on Morin’s Devil Fruit ability.
“A single Mythical Zoan fruit is already this strong.
Then how powerful must the Dark-Dark Fruit, said to be the strongest Logia, be?”
Among the ordinary members of the Whitebeard Pirates’ Second Division, Blackbeard had nearly crushed the newspaper in his hand.
In Blackbeard’s view, the reason Morin had such powerful strength at such a young age was all because of his Devil Fruit ability.
This made Blackbeard’s anticipation for the Dark-Dark Fruit burn even hotter.
Morin had already become a famous figure on the sea, and the entire sea was discussing him.
Out on the sea, the Kunpeng had once again transformed into a large ship and was sailing across the ocean.
“Captain Morin, you’ve been given a bounty!”
While Morin was lying on the deck enjoying the sun, Sandersonia hurried over with a newspaper.
Hearing that Morin had been given a bounty, the three Boa sisters all gathered around him.
The headline of today’s newspaper was very long.
Pirate Supernova Morin Fiercely Battles Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Borsalino and Retreats Unscathed.
The photo in the newspaper was the one taken when the Kunpeng had just been born on Bone Island and smashed through the island.
In the photo, Morin stood at the very front of the Kunpeng, adding a bit more domineering presence to him.
This newspaper did not record the detailed process of the battle between the two.
It only focused on describing some of the abilities of Morin’s Mythical Zoan Meruem Fruit.
Although all the information had been cut down, it was still enough to show how terrifying Morin was.
“This is your wanted poster, Captain Morin!”
Sandersonia placed a wanted poster in front of Morin.
Ant King Morin.
User of the Zoan-Type Bug-Bug Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Meruem.
Extremely vicious.
Dead or alive.
Bounty: 500 million Berries!
“Five hundred million Berries.
Even the emperors of our Amazon Lily have never had such a high bounty.
As expected of Captain Morin!”
Boa Hancock’s eyes were filled with worship as she looked at Morin.
For Amazon Lily, a nation where the entire country was made up of pirates, their values were different from those of ordinary civilians.
Sandersonia and Marigold were the same as Boa Hancock.
Their eyes were already sparkling as they looked at Morin.
Being able to follow such a powerful captain would be something they could talk about for the rest of their lives.
“Five hundred million Berries, huh?
A bounty like this should already be the highest in the first half of the Grand Line, right?”
Looking at his wanted poster, Morin smiled faintly.
He could see through Sengoku’s thoughts.
Sengoku had given him such a high bounty to make other pirates jealous, so that internal conflict among pirates would begin.
Unfortunately, Morin currently had no plans to head to the New World.
Right now, he still needed to keep developing quietly.
At the moment, Morin only had one squadron leader-level Chimera Ant.
In Morin’s view, that kind of strength was still too thin.
Only when Morin had a dozen or twenty squadron leader-level Chimera Ants and more than three Royal Guard Ants would it be time for him to sweep across the sea.
Other than that, Morin also needed to find an expert to learn the three types of Haki from.
Although his total amount of Haki was not weak, he was truly far too amateurish when it came to using it.