I collect everything in the One Piece world.

After searching, he also came out carrying a bulging cloth bag filled with all kinds of gold and silver treasures, roughly estimated to be worth no less than ten million Berries.

With Captain Jack Sparrow's 18 million bounty added, the haul from this trip has already exceeded 20 million.

"The haul is pretty good." Mo Sen weighed the bag in his hand, and with a thought, the heavy bag disappeared, turning into a [Pirate Treasure] sticker, which was then stored in his collection.

As for Jack and the others' corpses and heads, he dealt with them briefly and then, suppressing his discomfort, temporarily stored them away.

"Unfortunately, Water Seven doesn't have a Marine branch, so exchanging bounties isn't very convenient," Mosen said with some disdain, looking at the sticker in his hand with its blood-stained design.

"Wait two more days, collect a few more, and then go to the nearby branch base to exchange them together."

Yes, this is how Morsen makes money: by hunting pirates, plundering their wealth, and exchanging bounties to raise the deposit needed for shipbuilding.

Blood Axe Jack was just his first target; there were several other pirates he had already scouted out waiting for him to take them down.

Chapter 30, Together at the Franky House, Setting Sail Once Again

For the next two days, Mosen wandered like a ghost around the docks and surrounding waters of Water Seven at night.

The second target is the "Rending Sail" pirate crew, a ruthless group that mainly plunders merchant ships, with a bounty of 18 million on their captain's head.

Their ship was anchored near a more distant abandoned shipyard. Morsen boarded before dawn. Most of the crew were asleep, so the battle was quieter and more efficient than at Bloodaxe Jack's place.

The third target was more cunning: the "Sea Fox" pirate crew disguised as a merchant ship. Their captain was known for his cunning and had a bounty of 21 million.

They seemed to have heard some rumors, so they increased their vigilance, but it was of little use. Faced with an absolute difference in strength, no amount of preparation would help.

Mosen's swordsmanship and Haki are now more than enough to easily defeat these early-stage bosses, not to mention he also has the aid of his Devil Fruit ability.

After this period of application and development, Morsen has become much more proficient in mastering the fruit's abilities, and he can even collect some attack states that are not physical objects.

This gave Morsen great confidence in his Devil Fruit ability. He felt that if he continued to develop it, he might even be able to collect all the Devil Fruit abilities.

However, although the battle went smoothly, there was a slight hiccup when Mosen was about to leave.

Hey! You over there! Stop right there!

A rude shout came from the direction of the dock, and then a dozen men dressed in different ways, carrying sticks, knives and swords, emerged from the shadows.

The leader was a tall, burly man with a mohawk and a scar on his face. He stared at Mosen with hostility, then glanced at the pirate corpses lying haphazardly on the deck.

"Kid, you're pretty quick, aren't you?" the scarred, burly man said with a grin and an unfriendly tone.

"This pirate crew has been a target of our 'Franky House' for days. You just went and hogged them all by yourself? Don't you know the rules?"

"Frankie's House?" Upon hearing this name, Morsen stopped in his tracks, lost in thought.

He remembered that this was an underground gang from Water Seven, and its leader was Franky, the boatman from the main characters' group.

Their main job is ship dismantling, and their side jobs include doing odd jobs, collecting protection money, and occasionally working as pirate hunters. They are quite influential in the local underworld.

As local bullies, they are well-informed and it's not surprising that they're keeping an eye on the pirate crew.

But the problem is that if you have any opinions, you can raise them before he takes action. Now that he has killed everyone, what does he mean by saying this?

Moreover, pirate crews are inherently without ownership; whoever is the most capable kills the pirate and that's who gets to keep it. There's no such thing as first come, first served.

As his thoughts raced, Mosen said calmly, "I've never heard of such a rule for hunting pirates. I only know that whoever has the ability to kill one gets to keep it; that's the rule on the high seas."

"Hey! You're pretty cocky, kid!" one of the henchmen behind the scarred burly man yelled. "In Water Seven, the rules are set by the Franky family!"

"If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave the bounty on the corpse and the gold and silver you've retrieved behind and get out of here. Otherwise, you'll be in big trouble. We'll beat you to a pulp!"

"Beat me up like a pig's head? Ha! Let's see if you have the ability." Mo Sen crossed his arms and looked at them with great disdain.

"Hey! You've got some nerve! Brothers, get him! Let's teach this ignorant outsider a lesson!" The scarred, burly man waved his hand, and a dozen men immediately charged forward, howling.

Although they are just thugs, they have been fighting for years, have excellent teamwork, and are ruthless. Ordinary pirate hunters or lone wolves may not be able to deal with them.

Unfortunately, they've run into Morsen now.

Faced with the swinging sticks and machetes, Mosen didn't even draw his knife; he simply stomped his feet on the ground and moved swiftly through the crowd.

Bang! Snap! Thud! Ouch!

A series of muffled thuds and cries of pain rang out as the people at the front were sent flying backward at an even faster speed than they had come, crashing into the group behind them.

In less than a minute, all the men who had rushed up were down, leaving only the scarred, burly man.

"Who...who exactly are you?!" The scarred, burly man's voice was somewhat dry.

“Just a collector passing by, currently working part-time as a pirate hunter.” Mosen dusted off his hands and continued looking at the scarred, muscular man, “Now it’s your turn.”

"Wait...wait! Ah!!!"

A few seconds later, the scarred, burly man, his face swollen, also landed on top of the group of henchmen who had already fallen to the ground.

"Ouch! That hurts! That damned pirate hunter!"

"B-Big Brother, what do we do now?" a henchman whose head was swollen like a pig's head asked the scarred, burly man.

Upon hearing this, the scarred, burly man rubbed his swollen face, grimaced, and got up, saying, "Let's go! Let's go back!"

"We need to tell Franky that a tough opponent has arrived."

……

Two days later, Mosen returned to Carrera Corporation and, under the watchful eyes of Kalifa and Iceberg, opened a large leather suitcase and took out a full 150 million Berries in cash.

"This is the deposit, you can count it," Mo Sen said as he pushed the suitcase over.

Kalifa gestured to the finance staff to take inventory, and at the same time, she thought of the news circulating in the port area in the past two days about the pirate crew being inexplicably wiped out, suspected of being targeted by powerful pirate hunters, and she immediately had the answer in her mind.

It seems their guest is indeed quite powerful, having wiped out several pirate crews in just a few days. Although none of them were particularly formidable, Morsen didn't seem to exert much effort, which suggests that his strength is far greater than that.

Iceberg didn't ask any further questions, but simply nodded and said, "The money is no problem. The contract is ready, Mr. Mo, please sign it."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Iceberg." Mo Sen readily signed the document.

The payment of the deposit signified the official start of the shipbuilding project, and a weight was lifted from Mosen's mind.

When he returns from the East China Sea, he will see a dream ship that belongs to him, with the precious tree Adam at its core.

"Also," Iceberg put away the contract and asked casually, "Mr. Mo, how have things been in Water Seven these past few days? Have you encountered any... trouble?"

Mosen knew that Iceberg might have heard some rumors, but he just smiled and said, "It went very smoothly. Water Seven is doing very well. Although there were some minor hiccups, they were all resolved. Thanks for your concern."

Iceberg said no more after hearing this. Of course, he had also heard the rumors of the past two days, and he also knew that Franky's men had suffered a great loss at the hands of this pirate hunter.

However, none of Franky's thugs were injured; they were just taught a lesson.

After paying the deposit and confirming the initial design communication process, Mosen's stay in Water Seven began to count down.

The next morning, he boarded a passenger ship bound for the East China Sea and set sail again.

Chapter 31, Pirate Hunter Collector, Alabasta

At the same time that Mosen left Water Seven, inside a secluded, abandoned ship island, Iceberg was talking to a tall, strange-looking man.

"Damn Iceberg! What are you doing stopping me? That pirate hunter called Collector actually dared to injure my Franky's underling! This is absolutely unforgivable!"

Wearing only swim trunks, with his hair styled like an airplane and his body made entirely of metal, Franky angrily clenched his fists and shouted at the iceberg in front of him.

Iceberg rubbed his temples helplessly and said, "Calm down, Franky."

"He's already left Water Seven, and it was clearly your underling who tried to steal his prey."

"He didn't use any serious force, and your men only suffered a minor physical punishment. Let's leave it at that."

"That's it?! Are you kidding me! He's provoking 'Frankie's House'!"

"He got away fast this time, but if he dares to come again next time, I'll make sure he tastes the power of my newly modified 'Franky Iron Fist'!" Franky struck an exaggerated pose, still indignant.

Looking at his impulsive junior brother, Bing Shan knew that simple persuasion would be useless, so he could only sigh, his expression turned serious, and his voice lowered.

"Frankie, you should know that I didn't call you out for something so trivial. I have something more important to tell you."

"More important? What could be more important than upholding the family's honor? Is it because Coke has gone up in price again?" Franky said, tilting his head.

Iceberg ignored his banter, glanced around solemnly, and then said in a deep voice, word by word, "It's about 'Pluto, the King of the Underworld'."

Iceberg's words instantly froze the previously carefree Franky, and the exaggerated expression on his face also froze.

He slowly lowered his posed arm, his gaze becoming sharper and deeper than ever before.

"Are you kidding me?" Franky's voice turned low, no longer carrying any hint of a joke.

He had previously realized that his master seemed to be protecting something, but he never expected it to be this kind of thing.

Iceberg didn't repeat himself, but just looked at him quietly. The two brothers were speechless, and the air was filled with a heaviness and sense of crisis that only they could understand.

……

Half a month later, after continuous sailing, Mosen finally approached the Reverse Mountain where the four seas meet and arrived at the nearest large docking point, Alabasta.

"We're almost at the port. This is the rapeseed flower city of Alabasta..." A middle-aged captain with binoculars said to Morsen beside him from the ship's side.

"Indeed, it has a completely different feel from other islands." Upon hearing this, Mo Sen also put on sunglasses. The golden sand dunes in the distance reflected the sunlight, making them look somewhat dazzling.

“Of course it’s different. Alabasta is a desert country, so remember to wear sunscreen, Mr. Collector,” the captain said with a smile, putting down his binoculars.

During his two-week voyage, Mosen not only experienced the different customs of various island towns, but also gained the code name of a pirate hunter, Collector.

Because every time he disembarked, he would take advantage of his few days of rest to deal with some pirates and earn some extra money.

After all, he had only paid the deposit, and there was still at least 150 million yuan to pay in the remaining balance, so he had to start planning ahead.

Not all places are large cities like Water Seven, where the shipbuilding industry is the mainstay and many pirates reside. On most islands, even if you encounter pirates, they are just minor characters, better than nothing.

Although Mosen was doing this to earn extra money, it provided an extra layer of security for the passenger ship he was traveling on.

The middle-aged captain in front of them was a beneficiary. Not long after they left the previous island, they encountered a group of pirates. Before the pirates could even get close, Mosen had already sunk them with several cannonballs and then went to collect the corpses.

Therefore, the captain could be more enthusiastic than usual when it comes to such passengers. He would love to pick one up on every flight in the future, so that he could save himself some trouble and have a much higher chance of survival.

While talking to the captain, the passenger ship had already approached the rapeseed flower port.

After saying goodbye to the captain, Mosen put on a hat and sunglasses and stepped off the ship.

As soon as I stepped onto the dry, warm pier, a hot wind, completely different from the humid island I had just been on, hit me.

It smelled of sand and various spices, and even a faint animal odor.

The huge port is bustling and orderly, with merchant ships from all over the world loading and unloading cargo.