"Heh, that's something to look forward to!"

  Ontis, Ryan chuckled darkly as he listeo El's expnation.

  Over the past few days, he had finally carved out some time to study the Pluton blueprints, and he had already made some progress. With a bit more time, he believed he could develop ser ons based on Pluton's auxiliary ons.

  Moreover, after a month of manufacturing massive amounts of explosives, he had used his Munch-Munch Fruit abilities to create a brand-new explosive formu. This new high-powered explosive was the key to pletely destroying Navy Headquarters in their ret attack.

  Especially remarkable was the fact that only Ryan, with his Munch-Munch Fruit ability, could synthesize this explosive. Even if others khe formu and ingredients, they wouldn't be able to replicate it. If someoried to imitate his method, the resulting explosive wouldn't e close to the inal in terms of destructive power.

  Given enough time, Ryan was fident he could create super bombs, poison gas grenades, cer bombs, or even other biochemical ons—perfect surprises for the Wover.

  "Now, we just have to see if Jien and the others successfully bring him back..." El turo Lillian, the Three-Eyed Girl, and smiled. "If they fail, it'll be hard to locate him again. We might have to send you out instead!"

  "Hehe, no problem! Leave it to me!"

  Lillian puffed out her chest, her crest-shaped eyes beaming with fidence. I days, her mastery of her Gre-Gre Fruit abilities had signifitly improved. As long as Vander De was within a few hundred kilometers of Fish-Man Isnd, she was fident she could track him down—even if it took some time.

  "Speaking of surprises, those bounty posters from the Woverhis time are something else, aren’t they?" Tsuru pulled out a stack of freshly printed bounty posters, chug. "It seems like they absolutely hate Barry, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit user. They’ve marked him as a priority target for elimination!"

  She pulled one from the stad dispyed it to the group. The poster depicted "Mirri" Barry, the Snakeribe user of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, with a bounty of 500 million berries—an amount that left the group astounded.

  "Mamahahaha~ 500 million berries?" Linlin raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Isn’t that around the same as mine?"

  "You’ve already been bumped up to 1 billion berries," Tsuru replied with a gnce, handing Linlin her updated bounty poster.

  "One billion? That’s incredible!" Lily’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she stepped forward. "What about me?"

  "Hmm, 'Green Witch,' bounty: 100 million berries!"

  Tsuru quickly found Lily's bounty poster and ha to her. Clearly, the Wover had gathered a siderable amount of intelligen the Fallen Angel Pirates. Not only had Lily been given a bounty, but most of the crew’s officers were now heavily wanted as well. This included Helen, Witt, Hajrudin, Saul, the Ace Brothers, Sanjuan Wolf, and iant warriors who had participated itle. Even Gerd, the Soul-Soul Fruit user who hadn’t made a move during the flict, hadn’t bee out.

  "Only 100 million?" Lily pouted in disappoi. pared to the others, who had bounties ranging from 500 million to over 3 billion, her 100 million bounty felt underwhelming.

  "You were expeg more?" Gerd lightly knocked on Lily’s head, exasperated. "You should know that even the Blue Ogre and Red Ogre leaders have only been given bounties of 100 million berries, and that’s mostly because they’ve been dueling on A Isnd for decades without any involvement iside world!"

  "Mamahahaha~ This photo turned out great!" Linlin admired the bounty poster featuring her wielding a broken n her normal form. o her was the t figure of El, though his image had been cropped. Clearly, this was a se of her standing beside El. Satisfied, she smiled brightly and turo Tsuru. "By the way, how much is El onii's bounty now?"

  "sidering that, in the eyes of the Wover, I’m the captain of the Fallen Angel Pirates and the mastermind behind all these events—including the bombing of Marineford and the assault on Mary Geoise by the angeliies—it shouldn’t be too low," El said with a smile. For his own bounty, he wasn’t particurly ed. After all, his current bounty was already extremely high. At the end of the day, strength mattered more than numbers.

  "Of course..." Tsuru reached into the stack of bounty posters, pulled out El's poster, and dispyed it for the group. "El, you are officially reized as the most dangerous criminal in the world and a priority target of the Wover. Naturally, your bounty reflects that—4 billion berries!"

  "What!?"

  "Four billion!?"

  "Wow, that’s eous!"

  The group was stunned as they looked at the poster, which showed El in a anding pose, wielding the mighty dragon halberd. Below his photo was the jaw-dropping bounty amount.

  "Tsuru, let me see!" Curious, Lillian eagerly grabbed the stack of bounty posters and began flipping through them.

  …

  "Fallen Angel" El, Lunarian race, bounty: 4 billion berries

  "Lady Demon" Irma Irene, bounty: 1.13 billion berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Kaminari" Cyril Oka, Bueers race, bounty: 1.057 billion berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Vampire" Charlotte Linlin, bounty: 1 billion berries

  "Mirri" Barry, Snakeribe, bounty: 500 million berries

  "Barrier" Francis Bangi, Longarm Tribe, bounty: 400 million berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Metal Drill" Flesh, Loribe, bounty: 350 million berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Bck Panther" Wade, bounty: 300 million berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Shapeshifting Witch" Sally, bounty: 300 million berries

  "Pet Doctor" Nef, bounty: 200 million berries

  "Griffin" Moss, Mink Tribe, bounty: 179 million berries

  "Schemer" Tsuru, bounty: 165 million berries

  "Fallen Chef" Streusen, bounty: 150 million berries

  "Flea Man" Rock, Loribe, bounty: 145 million berries

  "Mad Stist" Ryan, bounty: 130 million berries

  "Evil Eye" Lillian, Three-Eye Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "Sea Tiger" Jien, Fish-men, bounty: 98 million berries

  "Sea Giant" Sebastian, Fish-men, bounty: 80 million berries

  "Minotaur" Uthan, Bullhorn Tribe, bounty: 77 million berries

  "Arms Woman" Stussy, bounty: 35 million berries

  "Witch" Dr. Kureha, bounty: 30 million berries

  Additionally, the bounty posters for the giant warriors were listed:

  "Little Devil" Oars, A Giant Tribe, bounty: 333 million berries

  "Shinigami" Gerd, Giant Tribe, bounty: 300 million berries

  "Butcher" Hajrudin, Giant Tribe, bounty: 255 million berries

  "Quetzalcoatlus Pterace, Giant Tribe, bounty: 250 million berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Pteranodon" Jace, Giant Tribe, bounty: 250 million berries (Former Impel Down prisoner)

  "Cloud Giant" Helen, Giant Tribe, bounty: 227 million berries

  "Stone Giant" Jaguar D. Saul, Giant Tribe, bounty: 200 million berries

  "Colossal Battleship" Sanjuan Wolf, Giant Tribe, bounty: 155 million berries

  "Iron Wall" Witt, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "Saber-Tooth" Lacroix, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "Triceratops" Lonz, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "Tyrannosaurus" Bic, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "Mammoth" Kane, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "otaurus" Cury, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

  "Green Witch" Lily, Giant Tribe, bounty: 100 million berries

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