After my triumphs and defeats, I created multiple aliases across countless worlds.

That means, what exactly is the purpose of their navy?

It was said to be to protect civilians.

However, when the Celestial Dragons hunted civilians, they were protecting not the civilians but the Celestial Dragons themselves.

How ironic.

The higher you stand in the navy, the more you understand just how helpless you feel.

"Heh, isn't it just those bastards trying to do something again!?"

How could Garp not know what those Celestial Dragons were thinking?

He knew he couldn't change it, but he didn't want to get involved.

He can't protect everyone; all he can do is protect others to the best of his ability.

Compared to the darkness within the Navy, the darkness of pirates runs even deeper. Although the Navy does serve the Celestial Dragons, compared to the burning, killing, and looting of pirate crews, Garp believes that as long as he doesn't abandon the Celestial Dragons, it's much better than becoming a pirate.

Of course, he didn't want to become a pirate just like that; the Navy could still protect the people he wanted to protect.

"Kapp!!!"

A hint of helplessness flashed in Kong's eyes, signaling Garp to stop talking.

"Heh, what's there to be afraid of? If it weren't for these guys, how could there be so many pirates?!"

Garp continued, seemingly unconcerned, saying that in his opinion, if it weren't for the existence of the Celestial Dragons...

Then there simply wouldn't be that many pirates in the world.

Even in his own hometown, the exorbitant sums of money from the heavens caused utter chaos.

Not to mention other places.

If you can't pay the Heavenly Gold, you won't get the World Government's protection, and not getting the World Government's protection means that many pirates will go there.

When everyone else can't survive either.

Then a new batch of pirates will appear.

It's like a cycle of reincarnation.

However, after saying that, Garp didn't say anything more. Instead, he got up to leave: "I'm planning to take a vacation soon, and my ship is broken anyway!"

I was already feeling a bit down because I didn't manage to catch up with Roger this time.

Since my boat is broken, I might as well take this opportunity to give myself a proper vacation.

Faced with Garp's attitude, Kong was somewhat helpless.

"Okay, you should take a break for a while!"

This guy is a typical ticking time bomb.

Steel Bone Kong dared not let Garp stay here any longer.

In short, if this guy wants to rest, then let him rest.

...

"Are we just going to let Garp rest like this?"

Sengoku asked with some concern, "The Rocks Pirates could act at any moment these days."

And their navy's current strength is indeed as Garp said.

There really aren't many strong people left; many powerful individuals have become pirates.

"Zeff is coming back too. With the rest of you, that should be enough. Besides, Garp can come back eventually, right?!"

As he spoke, Kong continued as if he had thought of something: "Besides, it might be more dangerous to leave Garp here at this time. His words are becoming more and more dangerous!"

If those guys hear this, I reckon it'll take a lot of effort to solve this problem. Also, for now, I just need to keep a close watch on the Rocks Pirates. Oh, and it would be best to capture that brat with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit; he'll definitely be a huge problem later on. So... how about the bounty?

Seeing this, Steel Bone Kong stopped worrying about the issue.

"And that guy named Kaido."

"Kaido can only be captured alive..."

Currently, the only option for Kaido is to be captured alive.

Because the World Government still needs to study Kaido.

The original purpose of exchanging Kaido was to study him, not to gain more combat power.

The constitution of the demon race still needs to be studied carefully!

"By the way, if the kid with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit can be captured alive, let's capture him alive too. After all, sending him to Impel Down is better than him dying and having his fruit regenerate!"

Although the fruit of rebirth may eventually fall into the hands of the Navy.

But what if it still gets eaten by pirates?

That would be the most troublesome thing, so the World Government established Impel Down to some extent because they didn't want that to happen.

While it's being tormented inside, this also helps prevent some powerful fruits from regenerating.

"This is difficult. If we want to capture the user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit..."

Crane frowned deeply; capturing a user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was no easy task.

"It's not mandatory. Anyway... I don't know either. The Five Elders said they'd capture them if they could, just like Kaido. They're also giving them bounties of 310 million each, and 300 million for Kaido!"

Steelbone Kong actually thought the bounty was too high.

The first bounty was over 300 million.

But this is also what the World Government said, that they don't have much opportunity to intervene.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Both the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Demon Clan are people the World Government wants to capture, so naturally the bounty is higher.

...

Newsbird's newspapers spread all over the world.

Bai Ye's eyes lit up when he saw his bounty.

This seems to be my first time setting a bounty!

Three hundred and ten million?

There's also Kaido's bounty next to it.

This guy's bounty is ten million less than mine.

"Damn it!!!! My performance that day was just as good as yours, so why is my bounty lower than yours?!"

Kaido is not convinced!!!

Clearly, his performance was not much worse than Bai Ye's.

However, the bounty the World Government gave him was less than that of White Night, and by a whole ten million less.

While he was killing enemies, Bai Ye was dodging Garp's attacks, yet he was still taller than him!?

Does the world government even know how to put bounties on people?!

As he thought about it, Kaido became quite depressed.

I really want to punch the person who put the bounty on my head!

Chapter 155 - Kaido: Byakuya, you unlucky bastard!

"Does the bounty depend on how well you perform that day?!"

Byakuya looked at Kaido with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

That look instantly enraged Kaido.

How dare that bastard look at me like that!

What the hell!

Although I know that what Bai Ye said makes a lot of sense.

But Kaido just wouldn't accept it!

What else should we look at if not performance?!

I worked so hard that day, and when I saw the navy arrive, I performed even better.

He also had his own ulterior motives.

On one hand, he was thinking about what would happen if he really couldn't beat Bai Ye in a fight.

Therefore, the only option left is to resort to other unorthodox methods.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems like the only thing that comes up is the bounty.

So, he took action.