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A few days later, Shin, holding a newspaper delivered by a News Coo, also saw his bounty. As expected, the bounty he had been waiting for had arrived.
Name: ???
Identity: Unknown
Ability: Suspected Space Fruit user
Bounty: 956,000,000 Berries
This was Shin’s bounty. They didn’t even know his name. There was a picture of Shin, probably drawn by Kuzan.
A bounty of over 900 million Berries… in the New World, he could be called a great pirate. After all, the bounties of some great pirates at this time were not particularly high.
There were very few with bounties over a billion Berries.
The highest bounty, of course, belonged to the Pirate King, Roger, with a bounty of 5,564,800,000 Berries. But Roger was already dead, so it was pointless to mention. There was also Whitebeard, with a bounty of over five billion Berries, second only to the Pirate King, Roger.
Olvia also had a bounty, branded as the Demon of Ohara, with a bounty of 530 million Berries—far surpassing the original 79 million—Similarly, Robin, the Devil Child, had a bounty of 100 million Berries, a significant increase from what it was in the original story.
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“Robin, you’re probably the youngest person with a bounty over 100 million,” Shin said to Robin with a smile.
“Shin-nii, this doesn’t seem like a good thing, right?” Robin couldn’t help but say. Such a high bounty was definitely not a good thing. She didn’t know how many people would be after them.
Wealth moves people’s hearts. The reason those pirates became pirates wasn’t it for money? Anyway, most pirates were in it for the money. Robin, a little girl of only eight, with a bounty of over 100 million Berries, had definitely been targeted by many people.
“Why don’t I have a bounty?” Hancock was somewhat gloomy, seemingly unhappy.
“Hancock, you don’t think being wanted is a good thing, do you?” Olvia smiled wryly and shook her head.
Seeing the bounty, she knew they were in real trouble. The World Government would not easily let them go.
Shin wasn’t worried at all. He threw the newspaper aside. The information on it was heavily censored.
“I advise you to improve your strength as much as possible in the future. Though I can protect you when you’re with me, I’m not a nanny.”
Shin said to Olvia and Robin.
“You need to understand that this is a world where the strong prey on the weak. No matter what your goals are, whether it’s to reveal the truth of history or simply out of interest in history.”
“But you need to understand one thing: without strength, you can’t do anything.”
Shin had said all he needed to say. As for whether they wanted to improve their strength, that depended on their own resolve.
Olvia glanced at Robin, then nodded solemnly and requested of Shin, “I hope you can teach me. Please.”
Even for her daughter’s sake, she had to find a way to improve her strength. Before, she had irresponsibly left Robin to go out to sea in search of the Poneglyphs, wanting to know the truth of the Void Century.
Now, Olvia had come to terms with it. These things were perhaps not as important as her daughter. She had to protect Robin.
“Me too. Please teach me, Shin-nii. I want to protect Mother and Shin-nii,” Robin said firmly.
“You don’t need to protect me. Just don’t cause me any trouble,” Shin said to Robin.
He didn’t think he would ever fall to the point of needing to be protected by others.
Robin stuck out her tongue, but secretly resolved in her heart to one day have the strength to protect Shin-nii.
“That’s right. I’ll protect Shin-nii.”
Hancock looked at Robin with hostility.
Normally, Hancock was nice to Robin. But when it came to Shin, Hancock immediately changed.
“Where are we going now?”
Olvia asked Shin. She was the navigator now, but it was Shin who determined the destination.
“Let’s go back to Amazon Lily.” Shin looked at Olvia and the others and chose a destination.
He was returning to Amazon Lily because Shin wanted to build a large ship. Being attacked by those pirates before was probably because his was a small ship.
Indeed, compared to those pirate fleet flagships, his was just a small, shabby boat, quite out of place.
In the future, when sailing the seas, he should at least have a large ship. That way, he wouldn’t lose face when he went out.
“Are we really going to Amazon Lily?” Olvia confirmed with Shin.
Though Olvia hadn’t been to Amazon Lily, she knew its location. It was an island in the Calm Belt, a nesting ground for Sea Kings. Their small ship would be a snack for them.
“You don’t think I can protect you?” Shin asked Olvia.
“Shin, though you are indeed very strong, but the true rulers of the sea are the Sea Kings.”
Olvia shook her head and said to Shin.
“You’re overthinking it.”
Shin scoffed.
“If you accidentally fall into the sea, you’ll lose your abilities.” Olvia tried to persuade Shin again.
“First of all, I’m not a Devil Fruit user. Don’t get that wrong,” Shin said to Olvia.
“Not a Devil Fruit user?” Olvia’s eyes widened at Shin. Though she didn’t quite believe it, Shin didn’t seem to have a reason to deceive her.
“The world is vast. Don’t be limited by what you know.” Shin said meaningfully to Olvia.
His power didn’t come from this world. But if Shin encountered a strong Devil Fruit user, he definitely wouldn’t mind copying it.
For example, the Glint-Glint Fruit, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, and even the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
As for the Dark-Dark Fruit—it was useless to Shin. The Dark-Dark Fruit countered other Devil Fruits, which was irrelevant to Shin.
Then there was its repulsive and attractive force. Shin’s Nine-Tomoe Rinne-Tenseigan definitely surpassed the Dark-Dark Fruit by who knows how much.
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Olvia looked at Shin with surprise.
Not a Devil Fruit user…
Olvia was very curious about what kind of power Shin possessed.
Though she really wanted to know, Olvia didn’t ask Shin. Everyone had their own secrets.
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