One Piece: We already have the Four Gods, so my Six Paths Sage is reasonable, right?

Ron turned around and saw Kaido rushing towards him from the street corner like a gust of wind, carrying a spiked club in one hand and a pale yellow piece of paper in the other.

"Your wanted poster?" Ron glanced at the familiar format and asked casually.

"No, it's yours." Kaido's expression was complex, a mixture of envy and jealousy, before he lowered his voice and asked, "Guess how much?"

Ron pondered. Previously, his bounty was less than 100 million, but now it has been increased, most likely because of the robbery of "Heavenly Gold".

Annika blinked and cautiously raised her hand: "Lord Kaido, can I guess?"

Kaido glanced at her, his tone indifferent: "Whatever."

Having received permission, Annika immediately began to count on her fingers, quickly estimating the amount in her mind.

She remembered Shakky telling her that on this vast ocean, a bounty of over 100 million Berries already qualifies someone as a great pirate.

Lord Ron... is just an intern.

In Annika's mind, apprentices in a pirate crew are generally weak and mostly play the role of doing odd jobs and running errands.

Even if they're incredibly skilled, how skilled can they really be?

"2000 million Berries?" Annika said seriously. She actually wanted to say 1000 million, but then she thought that it was better to overestimate than underestimate, and it would be embarrassing if she guessed too low.

Kaido's expression froze instantly. He stared at Annika in disbelief, his mouth opening and closing repeatedly. Was she serious?

Annika blinked, startled by Kaido's reaction, her voice lowering slightly: "W-what's wrong? Could it be that I guessed right?"

Kaido took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He finally understood that this woman was just there to cause trouble.

2000 million peles? Only a complete novice would guess such an outrageous number.

When he was fifteen, his bounty was already 7000 million Berries.

"You guessed correctly," Kaido said expressionlessly. "But... don't guess next time."

Annika's eyes lit up, and she blurted out, "Is it close? Could it be 1900 million Berries?"

Kaido's lips twitched. He suddenly lost his calm tone, his face hardening as he said, word by word, "Stop guessing. Guess again and I'll kill you."

Annika immediately covered her mouth, too afraid to say another word.

"Hehehe..." Ron chuckled twice and casually said, "Stop guessing, just announce it already."

Kaido didn't say it directly, but instead displayed a wanted poster in front of Ron.

Annika leaned closer curiously and read aloud the words on the wanted poster, one by one: "Ron, member of the Rocks Pirates... nicknamed 'Demon Butcher', bounty: one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million, hundred million..."

Her voice grew slower and softer.

"One billion...?"

She rubbed her eyes, thinking she was seeing things.

"Uh... 1.5 billion Berries?"

Annika seemed frozen in place, her mouth slightly agape and her eyes wide open.

Not fifteen million, not one hundred and fifty million, it's fifteen billion!!!

That's 1.5 billion!!!

Annika's mind raced at that moment. The predecessor she saw as unimaginably powerful, capable of single-handedly dominating the seas, 'Shakky,' had a bounty of only around seven hundred million.

The man standing in front of her, this man who was just an "intern," had a bounty more than double that of Xia Qi.

What about the official members?

Where is the captain?

Annika didn't dare to think any further. She slowly raised her head and looked at Ron, only to find that Ron's expression was unusually calm.

Annika suddenly remembered a very important piece of information.

She once asked Shakky out of curiosity: Which is the strongest pirate crew on this sea?

Shakky's answer was: At present, the most feared creature in the sea is the Rocks Pirates.

"A mere intern with a 15-Berry bounty? The Rocks Pirates are terrifying!"

"Shakky said back then that the Rocks Pirates were all ambitious, crazy, and utterly wicked. Now it seems that wasn't entirely true."

Thinking about this, Annika's feelings suddenly became complicated.

She has now been "kidnapped" by the Rocks Pirates.

With the Kuja Pirates' strength... they couldn't save themselves at all.

While Annika was lost in thought, Ron had already put away the wanted poster.

He turned his head to look at Kaido: "What? You seem pretty unconvinced, Kaido."

Kaido deflated like a punctured balloon, his shoulders slumped, and his tone carried a hint of sourness: "These Marines are really blind... I was involved too, so why hasn't my bounty touched a muscle?"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard Ron casually reply, "It's just a bounty, right? I have a way to raise it."

Ron smiled and walked forward.

Kaido paused for a moment, then chased after him with great interest: "Really? What's the method?"

"A single trip through Mary Geoise," Ron said seriously. "If you walk out alive, your bounty will definitely go up."

"Go to hell! What's the difference between sending me to my death and doing this?" Kaido yelled.

"Never mind that, just tell me if my method will work," Ron continued.

"Okay, that's great, but you should go through it once first."

"I don't need to increase the bounty."

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After wandering around town all morning, when Ron stepped back onto the deck of the mate ship, he saw a familiar figure sitting there, but one that he didn't really want to see.

Wang Zhi.

Yes, Wang Zhi has come back.

Seeing Ron return, Wang Zhi didn't react strongly. He just sneered and said, "Ron, you bastard, you've given me a hard time."

Ron glanced at him as if he were a minor decoration, not even bothering to acknowledge him, and then turned to Annika and said, "I want to eat chicken today, hmm... I'll make some poached chicken."

"Yes, Lord Ron!" Annika replied crisply, then turned and walked into the cabin.

Ron followed behind, walking at a leisurely pace.

Kaido, carrying his spiked club, walked along shouting, "White-cut chicken? What's that? Did you invent it? Just the name doesn't sound good, Ron!"

"You don't know anything."

"Why don't I understand?"

The two walked into the boat, talking to each other, and their voices gradually faded into the distance.

On the deck, the sea breeze was blowing fiercely.

Wang Zhi sat on the railing, watching Ron's back, his expression changing several times.

Finally, he chuckled coldly a few times, neither chasing after them nor doing anything irrational.

It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't dare.

Wang Zhi knew in his heart that he was no match for that guy who could treat warships like toys and make energy balls with his hands.

"Wang Zhi," the white-bearded man suddenly spoke, his voice calm, "You'd better not do anything foolish. Otherwise, I won't let you off the hook."

Wang Zhi's smile froze for a moment, then returned to his nonchalant expression. He turned his head, squinted at the white-bearded man, and said with a hint of disdain, "Hey? Newgate? How come even you're on his side now?"

Before he set off, his relationship with Ron was neither warm nor cold, but after only a few days, he's already taken sides?

"It's my business. Mind your own business," the white-bearded man replied.

Wang Zhi was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, "You're still as unlikable as ever."

He paused, then tentatively asked, "But where did Ron get this servant from?"

The white-bearded man didn't follow the expected response at all; he casually said, "If you like, no one will care how many you kidnap."