One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 91 Bounty
"Because he needs me."

Big Bear had a gentle smile on his face.

"Caesar cured Bonnie's jade scales. This is a very rare and terminal disease. There are only a few people in the world who can treat this disease..."

"So you're doing this to repay a favor?" Ace asked.

"No, he didn't threaten me with this. Instead, after curing Bonnie's illness, he formally invited me."

Big Bear explained, "So I boarded the ship not out of gratitude, but out of a genuine desire to follow him and help him complete his journey to unify the world."

Ace pondered: "Unify the world... is this his ambition?"

"No, he didn't do it out of ambition. I could sense that."

Big Bear shook his head slightly. "It's like he thought it was the right thing to do, so he did it. You saw it before, didn't you? He even extended an invitation to the admiral. Bloodline or status, he never cared about such things."

"Is this so..."

Ace raised his hand to press down the brim of his hat, and pursed his lips slightly.

"By the way, let me remind you..."

Big Bear smiled slightly: "Caesar's ability is very strong. If you don't eat this fruit, there is no way you can defeat him."

"Fruit...what is its ability?"

Ace asked hurriedly, knowing the opponent's intelligence was also a necessary condition for victory.

"It's okay to tell you, but don't tell anyone."

Big Bear raised two fingers: "Caesar, due to his own special nature, has two fruit abilities. One is the rarest mythical beast-type vampire fruit, and the other is the natural-type dark-dark fruit."

"Speciality? Two abilities?"

Ace pressed the issue, "Does that mean a person can only eat one devil fruit under normal circumstances?"

Big Bear nodded and said, "That's right. Each person can only eat one devil fruit in their lifetime. It is rumored that anyone who eats the second fruit will explode."

"That's too shameless!"

Ace's face twitched. "Just one ability is troublesome, right? For example, your ability, I have no idea how to deal with it. Damn, I always thought that people with abilities were as funny as Luffy!"

"funny?"

Big Bear tilted his head, clearly very interested in Luffy.

Thinking of his brother, Ace grinned, "Ah, he's the user of the Gum-Gum Fruit, and he often accidentally sends himself flying."

“That was really interesting.”

Big Bear laughed: "But even if we don't take into account the ability of the fruit, Caesar's Haki and swordsmanship are both top-notch. He has no weaknesses at all. In my opinion, he should be the strongest man in the world right now."

“Domineering…”

Ace was obviously unfamiliar with this term.

"That's what I said, Sabo is ahead of you."

Big Bear explained, "If you don't learn Haki, you won't be able to survive in the New World, let alone challenge Caesar."

Ace was a little embarrassed: "Then... can you teach me?"

"of course."

Big Bear nodded and said, "I was originally responsible for teaching you Haki, but for some more advanced Haki uses, you'll need Caesar to teach you. He has a high level of attainment in Haki."

"Is that so?"

Ace nodded and looked at Caesar who was pulling his head out of Yamato's mouth and was furious.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yamato turned around and ran, but Caesar dodged and carried him on his shoulders and brought him into the cabin.

Ace: "What are those two doing?"

Big Bear: "I can't teach you about physiology. I suggest you find a girlfriend and study it privately."

"..."

A young man's shyness flashed across Ace's face, and he scratched his cheek awkwardly.

Then he looked at the fruit in his hand, as if he had made up his mind, and ate it all in a few bites.

"Ugh—it tastes so bad!"

"You're eating too fast. You only need one bite."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Ace's face turned dark, and with a loud bang, dazzling flames burned from above his head.

"Ouch! Ace's head is on fire!"

Noticing the commotion, Bonnie yelled, "Are all the idiots' heads on fire?"

"This is the power of the fruit, you little brat!" Ace roared with his shark face.

"Nature Department..."

Nami was a little curious. The target Caesar had chosen for her was also a nature-type. "Hurry up, let's see what abilities it has."

"ability…"

Ace raised his hand, and with a thought, a blazing flame burned fiercely. Then he made a pistol gesture towards the sea.

Puff puff…

A series of flaming bullets flew out, exploding into brilliant flames on the distant sea.

"Haha! Looks like it's really interesting?"

Bonnie clapped her hands and said, "Can we set off fireworks?"

"Let me try…"

Ace thought for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

Another flash of fire shot up into the sky, and with a bang it exploded into brilliant sparks.

Robin chuckled, "That's great! We don't have to buy fireworks on the ship anymore."

"More than that!"

Hearing the noise, Deus rushed out of the cabin, his face brimming with excitement. "Flame is a very good power source! If I had enough materials, I could build a small flame-powered assault ship!"

Barto patted Ace on the shoulder and said, "Yoshi! From today on, you're a member of the support team!"

Ace was a little confused: "Support team?"

"It's a team specifically responsible for combat support. The current captain is Daxiong."

Barto explained, "By the way, I'm from the combat team, and the captain is Miss Yamato!"

Deuce thought for a moment and said, "So I'm the medical team?"

Nami pointed at herself, "Then what am I? The Weather Team?"

"Should it be considered a logistics team?"

Robin pondered, "For now, I should be included. Big Bear is in charge of the logistics team. His ability allows for strong mobility. Besides, Baby5 and Bonnie are both considered part of the combat team."

"How about this? Kuma will still be in charge of the support team. Currently, Kuma and Ace are on the team. As for me, Nami, Deuce, and other civilian and medical personnel, we will form the logistics team. I will be the team leader and be responsible for coordinating the support team."

"Yamato is still in charge of the battle team, and the members are Barto, Baby5, and Bonnie."

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Ace pointed at Bonnie, his face filled with indignation. "With my strength, I should be in the combat team, right? Bonnie can be a combatant, so why should I be in the support team?"

"The support team also has to fight."

Robin explained, "Even compared to combatants in a single battlefield, support teams may face continuous combat due to their high mobility, so only those with relatively strong capabilities can be selected."

"That's it..."

Ace grinned, "That's fine with me."

Deuce hesitated. "Speaking of which...isn't this something the Captain should decide?"

"It doesn't matter. I'm Caesar's secretary."

Robin smiled, quite appreciative of Deus's attitude: "Once things develop further, these kinds of matters will inevitably fall into my hands sooner or later." "Secretary..."

Deuce was silent for a moment. "I really don't understand. The Captain is so popular with women, why does he have to conquer the world? He could have lived a carefree life by being the overlord of the East China Sea."

"To be honest, that's what I originally thought, but I still want to give it a try. It won't be a wasted trip to this world..."

Caesar came behind everyone at some point and smiled faintly when he heard this. Yamato covered his burning butt and followed him with a grin.

"Robin's assignment is fine. From now on, apart from their respective duties, the ship will be divided into three teams: combat, support, and logistics. In addition, considering the difference in strength, Barto will be transferred to the logistics team."

"Okay! I'll risk my life! I will definitely protect Robin and Miss Nami!" Barto promised, patting his chest.

Deuce pointed at himself and said, "Wait! What about me? What about me?"

"Who cares about you? If you're a man, protect yourself! My mission is to protect Mr. Caesar and his ladies."

"What? You better not be sick, asshole!"

"Hey, haha, I've never been sick since I was a child~"

"Hey, who is his wife?"

Several people started arguing, and Caesar scratched his head. There were only young people on the ship now, and most of them were in their frivolous age. It seemed that they still needed some stable members to complement each other.

Big Bear is steady enough, but his temperament is too gentle, so he still needs to find a smile as soon as possible.

Soon, another two days passed.

Mount Levis.

Ace, Deus, and Nami looked at the endless red earth continent and exclaimed in unison, "It's so high!"

Barto held onto the guardrail and said excitedly, "Hahaha! I'm finally on my journey with Mr. Caesar!"

boom--

The boat rushed into the rising river again and sailed rapidly towards the top of the mountain.

Ace jumped onto the mast, holding the mast with one hand and holding his hat with the other, looking towards the peak with a faint smile on his lips.

Originally, he had expected that he should gather his companions in the East China Sea and then lead his pirate group into the Grand Line from here.

However, he never expected that by accident, he would get on Caesar's ship.

In the past few days, he challenged Caesar several times, and unsurprisingly, he was knocked down by the opponent in one move every time. The current win-loss ratio between the two has reached 12:0.

Fortunately, he has started practicing domineering power with Big Bear. Once he masters the dual-color domineering power, he will be able to change this situation of being crushed!

Compared to Ace's indifference, Deuce seemed much more excited.

"I've seen it in a book before!"

Deuce smoothed his hair, his eyes sparkling.

"The book says the entrance to the Grand Line is a mountain, and you have to ride the rising current to get in! But those guys laughed at me for thinking too much! However, the facts prove that what the book says is right! I am not a liar! Hahahaha, you bastards!"

"What a foolish place you lived in..."

Nami couldn't help but complain: "By the way, is it true that the medical skills learned in that kind of place are okay?"

"Ah, as for medical skills..."

Deuce smiled sheepishly: "I am a medical graduate, but I have no professional experience yet."

"Hey, is this doctor you found really okay?"

Nami pointed at Deuce and asked Caesar at the bow of the ship.

"It's okay. Isn't this your first time traveling to the Grand Line as well?"

Caesar turned around and said, "Remember this current. We'll have to ride a vertical current to the sky later!"

"N-ni?!"

Nami's expression changed drastically.

boom--

Soon, accompanied by the roar of water on the top of the mountain, Caesar flew high, and a blood-red river carried the ship into the rising river channel of the North Sea.

After a rapid descent, the ship rushed into the North Sea and, under Nami's command, quickly escaped from the turbulent current near the Red Earth Continent.

"call--"

Wiping the sweat off her forehead, Nami breathed a sigh of relief and took out a sea chart: "Where is our next destination?"

"Kingdom of Harald."

Caesar said calmly, this was what he got from Doflamingo, where Yixiao appeared most recently.

"That place is a non-World Government member country, and it's quite chaotic. Be careful not to get left alone. Although... apart from Nami, you guys are no threat in the Four Seas."

Nami was speechless: "So this is totally directed at me, right? I will follow everyone!"

"In fact, your recent strength improvement is obvious."

Big Bear reminded him, "Your physical fitness level has reached that of a naval petty officer."

"Hey? Is that so?"

Nami smiled in relief, then roared with Shark Face again: "No! Isn't that just slightly better than an ordinary soldier!"

As they were talking, a newsgull flew over their heads. Robin waved and the newsgull landed obediently on the guardrail.

Taking out a newspaper, Robin stuffed 50 berries into the small bag in front of the other person. (At this time, the newspaper was still 50 berries, and it became 100 berries after Luffy went out to sea)
The Newseum saluted and flew off into the sky.

Robin spread out the newspaper, and several bounty notices fell onto the deck.

“Huh? This is…”

Noticing a familiar face on one of the wanted posters, Robin picked up the wanted poster: "Demon's Daughter...Yamato."

On the bounty warrant, a white-haired ghost girl was licking her lips with a smile, holding a five-layer ice cream cone in her hand, looking sunny and cute.

"No matter life or death... 1.3 billion Baileys?!"

Even Robin, who was used to the ups and downs of life, was still shocked after seeing the series of numbers below!

After counting carefully twice, I finally confirmed it.

"1.3 billion?!"

Nami exclaimed, and everyone gathered around Robin upon seeing this.

Ace's face was filled with envy: "Wow! Is this true? 1.3 billion?"

Seeing this, Baby5 hurriedly picked up several other bounty warrants, searched through them quickly, and finally found the one he wanted to see.

"Honey! Look at this!"

Baby5 held up the bounty order, his face excited: "Your bounty!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Caesar on the bounty order tilting his head slightly with a faint smile on his lips, looking calm and relaxed.

"Vampire Kim Caesar, dead or alive..."

Barto looked at the long string of numbers below, his eyes shining brightly and tears of excitement streaming down his face.

"Bounty: 2.8 billion berries!"

"Two hundred and eight hundred million?!"

Ace and Deuce exclaimed in unison.

“This number…”

Nami covered her mouth and let out a soft cry, looking at Caesar excitedly. She was obviously moved, but it was hard to tell where her heart was moved.

"It's a little lower than expected."

Caesar was a little surprised. Although it was normal that the bounty was low the first time, his strength certainly could not be regarded as that of those new pirates.

Is it because the name doesn't have a D?

Or is it because it hasn't posed a clear threat to the World Government yet?
"And the title of vampire... No, tell them to give me a new one later."

“Is this the point?!”×N
(End of this chapter)