Bounty #3

In an unknown island, many sleeping or drunk people were laid out randomly after partying all night.

Among them was a red haired man named Shanks who was reading the newspaper and looked towards the bounty too.

Yasopp came forward and asked. "Captain, Is there anything interesting going on in the world?"

Shanks showed him the bounty. "Just one thing that has caught my eye… it could be a hoax judging from the lack of a clear image and information but the event that birthed this bounty has some suspicious places too. For a first bounty, this is very high for someone who has only just appeared which suggests two things… this person is skilled at concealing themselves and their goals are unknown but most of all they are either highly dangerous or a strong contender for those within power in the world… or the second would be that some kind of mistake has been made somewhere and this may be a targeted attack on this individual. It is unknown if the two events mentioned even match up to be done by the same person so there are some unknown variables involved that have not been mentioned or have been concealed even from those within power."

Yasopp asked. "If it is the birth of another competitor for the Emperor position then how should we respond?"

Shanks halfheartedly responded. "If it comes to it we can either fight or run away depending on their potential but of course it all depends on that persons personality type whether we will even become enemies in the first place. There is also whether that person really has that potential to match their early bounty and can survive long enough to grow into that potential that they hold. If they really do match the evaluation given to them then I expect that we will hear about them again."

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Whole Cake Island within Big Mom's main room, Perospero read the newspaper to her mother and awaited her response.

Big Mom laughed loudly and then responded to him. "Mamamamaha… is there another coming to claim my spot? Another Mink? I must add it to my collection if it is worthy! Call for Pedoms and ask him if he knows anything."

Perospero bowed and left the room only to return with the lion Mink Pekoms.

Upon being shown the image and reading the information within, he was aboe to piece things together. 'A L? Mink? High combat power? It couldn't be? Something is wrong… there would be no way that little sis Alyssia would do the second part unless it was absolutely the last thing she had to do. On Zou, she always showed mercy to others… I do not believe it.'

Big Mom looked at his expression and asked. "What do you think about this?"

Pekoms knew that lying would be difficult in front of her but he could also not expose someone within his race to this old demon. "The image is too unclear to identify this person and the first report shows no use of Electro during the first battle so it is unclear if they are truly of my own race. The second part seems to not match up to the temperament of us Minks, there is no way we would so casually massacre so many people without being provoked into it so they both incidents were either done by the same person who has a high combat power and was identified as a Mink but was provoked into a life and death battle or both incidents were done by two separate people. Electro is the trait unique to my own race and is the best way to identify them so either the person is a Mink and is trying to hide that fact, has a similar body shape or species as ourselves or possesses a Zoan Devil Fruit. Grr.. This whole thing has something wrong with it, I suggest looking into your underworld contacts if you wish to find out further details about what really happened."

Perospero looked at him and responded. "You still have not truly given us a proper answer yet so let me ask this question. Do you know of this person or can you think of anyone within your race that could possibly do this?"

Pekoms looked up at Big Mom's intimidating eyes and could only try to withstand her pressure. "There are many with high combat abilities within my race but as I have said, there are none that match what the newspapers have described. There may be one or two people that come to mind but those people would never act in such a way unless provoked."

Big Mom looked down at him and activated her ability to get the truth from him. "Tell me who it is that you suspect most Pekoms… Truth.. or.. Life!"

'I am sorry!' Pekoms soul felt as if it would be drawn from his body at any moment. "Alyssia Lucine she is called but she is not like they have explained… she is just a martial arts fanatic but her nature has always been good! There is no way she could be capable of such a massacre unless she has greatly changed in a short time or was forced to desperately counterattack. You should know how fiercely those human traffickers hunt our kind, it must be connected to the underworld. Grr.. If it is truly this person then I will gladly speak up for them."

Big Mom took back control of the Soul Soul Devil Fruit powers and laughed. "Mamamahaha… how interesting. It seems that something fun is happening in the dark without my knowledge. Peros! Investigate right away!"

Perospero bowed and then dragged the mentally drained Pekoms from the room to begin looking into the changes of the underworld.

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Wano Country within Onigashima, Kaido sat drinking from his large sake bottle and displayed a mix of different emotions during his drunken phases.

By him was a crumpled newspaper and some daggers.

He picked up a dagger and threw it across the room landing upon the bounty poster showing Alyssia's bounty. "Suspicious but very interesting… is this connected to the Minks that were Oden's retainers? Are they planning on reappearing and attacking soon? If so.. I look forward to it. Waaa… Oden, I wish we could have had a fair fight before your death. Aaargh! So many unconfirmed dead bodies and potential threats still lurk around but have yet to show themselves. Should I stomp them out right away or wait for them to come? Worororo… kuhihihihi!"

His subordinates watched his display as if used to it but listened quietly to figure out which was truly his decision."

After Kaido had sobered up he looked at the mess he had created and then spoke to King who silently awaited his orders. "There is no need for action against this person so soon. They are nothing but a bug at the moment, sending a group of people or one of our stronger people will only be a waste of our resources when someone else can do the work for us."

King asked to make sure. "Are you certain? Even a small bug can grow up to become a threat one day and this particular bug is already rated very highly in terms of power and potential."

Kaido looked towards him and then spoke. "If they come then let them come! First they have to survive being hunted by many others and make their way into Wano which is my territory. I welcome a good fight if they can make me be serious in battle. Worororo!"