29 chapter 29

After slashing the crew of the pirates, Lucas made a small calculation using the eye of the bounty, he would gain a few more than 40 million when counting Kuro and the weak pirates, and there should be another 2,5 million from Alvida's crew.

Lucas walked on the beach while lifting his sword, then he stabbed the bodies of the pirates in non-vital points gaining XP for his swordsmanship making the half needed XP to level 10.

Now you may ask why Lucas doesn't use his accumulated XP points and level up his swordsmanship some levels in a row.

the reason behind that is the stronger Lucas would become, the less accumulated XP he would gain, he is already strong for the east Blue's standards, and if his swordsmanship became too OP then he would gain very few accumulated XP from his XP cows which would make him lose a lot, so it is basically to gain more experience. And for Lucas who likes to play it safe, he would disturb his XP on the skills once he decided to leave the east blue.

he stored the pirates inside his storage, some of them were pretending to lose consciousness which forced Lucas to knock them off. After clearing the beach, Lucas looked to the pirate ship. Pirates should have some amount of wealth, especially if they deserve their bad reputation. Lucas touched the ship and moved it to the system's storage, then using the system's functions, he was able to move the treasures, the money and the other things inside the ship into separated slots in the system.

Counting the money and the treasures, Lucas gained around another 30 million berries.

the sky that was slowly turning from black to blue, on the beach, Lucas lit up a cigarette and enjoyed the sunrise.

Then, from his pocket, he took Den Den Mushi that usually belonged to his cousin and called the marines to come, he reported that he is a bounty hunter and he caught a famous pirate crew with their supposed dead leader. The marines asked Lucas to wait for them as this is a very important matter.

As Lucas was waiting, he noticed someone hiding behind the trees, so he went to see who is there, what he saw was usopp sleeping next to a boat that had some food inside it.

"Usopp...I wonder what he is doing here in the early morning" Lucas started to think what the BFF of his girl is doing here, looking to the boat, it seems that he is going to the sea.

"Is he going to leave the island, but this isn't meant to happen ... Mm.. Did my actions affect the timeline to this degree"

from the moment he came to this world, Lucas was aware that even a simple action can change everything, however, he cares about himself and his goals more than the original story, so he doesn't give a shit.

'doesn't matter, but if he wants to leave then it's good for Kaya, but he can't leave with such low amount of food, after all, sea can be cruel ' Lucas felt a bit of pity for usopp, so he put more food in the boat, then he lifted the boat along with usopp and put them on the beach, once usopp wakes up, he would find himself close to the sea, and there may be some wave that may take him to the sea.

After some hours, a huge marine ship reached the island of Syrup village. As soon about to reach it, the young marines on the ship saw something that made their jaws drop. What they saw on the beach was a mountain, a mountain made of the bodies of pirates standing in front of them a young blond youth smoking. if it was not for the report that the marines got earlier then they may think that some serial killer was here.

Soon, as the ship reached the beach, the marine got down. Lucas was greeted by a marine officer, he asked him some questions like what is his name and how did he find Kuro is alive. After a small talk, the marines looked to the bodies on the beach, they recognized the Pirates and confirmed their identities as the crew of Alvida and Kuro. The marines picked up the pirates up to their ship, then they went to Kuro's ship to see if there is some treasure left, but they found nothing.

"now where is my money," Lucas asked the officer.

"I'm not holding it with me for now, but I can give you a cheque of 43 million, you can handle this paper to any marine's office and you will get your money," The officer said as he handed some blue paper with the navy symbol to Lucas. Lucas put inside his pocket and just nodded.

"excuse me, can I take a picture for you," a young thin man said as he approached Lucas with a snail in his hands.

"of course you can, but are you going to publish it," Lucas asked, he wouldn't mind since his goal is to build a reputation here.

"well, not exactly, we need to write a report, but yes, your picture can be published in our official newspaper if you don't mind" the thin youth felt a bit nervousness.

"fine, make sure to take from a good angle, " Lucas crossed his arms and looked somewhere else so the picture would look natural, he took a pose where his muscles and handsome face appear.

"Don't move sir" the snail winked and a flashlight left its eye which made meant that the picture was taken.

Two days passed.

The daily newspapers were spread in the east blue, today the main headline was about catching a supposed dead pirate and two crews by the new risen bounty hunter. The article took a full-page talking about the pirates and Fernando Lucas, half of the page was occupied by his picture alone.

In the garden of Kaya's Mansion, Lucas was reading the news with a cold face. Seems that things are going smooth as he planned.

"But I look like a stripper in this pose"

Lucas wasn't the only one who reacted to this picture, some knew him and many people took interest on him when they saw the news, pirates were always wary, bounty hunters felt competition, especially the one who is known by strongest bounty hunter in east Blue took interest on him after knowing that he is sword user. since Lucas's picture showed his handsome face and sexy features, some ladies started developing some crush on him, and some already became his fan.

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In some town that was inside an island in the east blue, there was a tall woman about 2 meters tall (blame Oda) walking in the street while holding the newspaper, she was slender with a curvy busty body, her face was beautiful and flawless with beautiful green eyes. Her clothes were some cowgirl outfit with a white hat above her smooth curly hair, she had large breasts and beautiful thighs, as for her skin it was very jade smooth and beautiful, it can be the smoothest thing in the world. Above her shoulder, she was holding a large spiky iron rod.

Whenever she was walking, the men and even some women had their eyes turn into the shape of the heart.

"so his name is Fernando Lucas," the woman said with a deep sight, she was obviously Alvida who was thrown by Lucas that day, it was her luck that the waves took her to some island that had a weird fruit.

"Tsk." She still remembers how he refused to fight her despite him being stronger, he even called her beauty and even touched her hands. However, he said that they can't be together because they are walking on two different paths then he threw her to the sea: "hmph Fernando, if you think that you can get rid of me just like that then you are sadly mistaken"

As Alvida was walking, a man got close and tried to flirt with her, but he ended up getting hit by the iron rod. Then she continued her way " now where can I find him"

Back to Lucas in Syrup village.

He was sitting in the mansion while holding some snail, earlier Calorina called him when the den den mushi wasn't in his storage.

"Hey Calorina, how are you doing" Lucas smiled weirdly to the snail, it seems that the Den Den Mushi can copy the facial expression of the caller which made it funny and weird.

"oy, you quietly surprised me, you even caught Kuro with his crew..." Calorina said, but another voice interrupted her, it belonged to Lilia "Oy Lucas, it was only two weeks and you are risking your life come back"

"HEY DON'T JUMP LIKE THAT, IM TALKING WITH HIM" Calorina yelled...

"hehe, Lilia, Calorina, I missed you both" Lucas smiled, he felt happy to hear the two women voice again after short two weeks.

"Aww me too, when are you coming back," Lilia said with a gentle tone.

"maybe one or two weeks later, Anyway, how is your camp." and So Lucas had his chat with the two women, he had missed them since life is very nice with them. But he still has to hunt two more Pirates.