CHAPTER 40: Logue Town

It's not really surprising that he is only allowed to be captured alive.

In the original work, Sanji, as the prince of the Germa Kingdom, had his bounty changed to only allow capture alive after his father made a deal with the government.

Garp doesn't even need to make a deal, Marine Headquarters would voluntarily change to only allow him to be captured alive, out of respect for Garp.

If we think from the perspective of the Marine Headquarters, they would also have a headache dealing with Luffy.

For one thing, they can't just let him go and pretend they didn't see anything.

On the other hand, this kid is the grandson of the Navy hero.

After thinking it through, changing the reward to only allow live capture is a smarter approach.

If they manage to capture him, let Garp decide how to handle it.

"My grandfather might already be in East Blue looking for me, we need to leave for the Grand Line as soon as possible, wouldn't it be good if we found him."

Luffy said helplessly, "Nami, how long until we reach Logue Town?"

Nami thought to herself, Luffy's grandfather is also her grandfather now, if they really find him, what should she call him? Should she call him grandfather too? Or maybe father-in-law?

"Nami?"

"Oh? What's wrong?"

Nami blushed and hurriedly replied, "We should be able to get there tomorrow."

Luffy nodded and took Zoro's reward poster.

"I'll give it to him, this guy will definitely be arrogant for a while."

Saying this, he stretched out his arm and shot forward, clinging to the mast.

No Going Merry.

After losing to Mihawk, Zoro became even more diligent in his training.

At that moment, he was doing one-handed push-ups, with his upper body bare and sweat covering the floor.

Furthermore, he was also biting a heavy dumbbell and counting:

"999...1000...1001..."

Apparently noticing Luffy's arrival, he stopped his training.

"Here, your reward poster."

"What?! A reward poster? Where is it? Let me see."

Usopp and the others ran upon hearing the news.

Johnny saw Zoro's photo and the number below it and exclaimed, "Zoro, you have a reward of 19 million berries!!"

"What?! This is incredible! It's even higher than Krieg's reward!" Yosaku exclaimed.

"19...19 million..."

Usopp was stunned.

Zoro wiped his sweat with a towel and said proudly, "19 million? Not bad. Luffy, you must have one too, right?"

"71 million."

Zoro turned and walked away.

"Where are you going, Zoro?" Usopp shouted immediately.

"To train!"

Zoro quickly entered the cabin.

With such a high bounty, he would certainly be targeted by bounty hunters. Once they entered the Grand Line, who knew what kind of monsters they would encounter.

He had to make the most of every minute and second to become stronger.

It wasn't about competing with Luffy or comparing rewards with his captain.

It was because among all the current team members, only Luffy was strong enough to deal with the Grand Line. He had to accompany him, and as Vice Captain, he had to have the power to protect others at critical moments.

"Male competitiveness..." Usopp shook his head.

"I don't think so."

Luffy smiled. That's exactly what he wanted, for Zoro to strive to become stronger.

"That's great, when will we get rewards too?" Yosaku said longingly. "It doesn't need to be as tall as Luffy-aniki, just hoping to keep up with Zoro and not become a burden."

"You'll get yours sooner or later." Luffy said with a smile.

Usopp's face turned green with fear. "Just not that thing, please!"

"I've decided, I'm going to train with Zoro. We're not here to tour the Grand Line!"

Johnny made a declaration of effort and immediately pulled Yosaku to chase after Zoro.

"They're all excited..."

Luffy smiled. "By the way, have you seen Sanji?"

"Sanji is in the warehouse, delivering food to those two pirates."

Going Merry, deposit.

As prisoners, Krieg and Gin were completely tied up.

Sanji placed two plates of fried rice in front of them, and they could only lower their heads and eat like dogs.

"We will soon arrive at the next city, where we will send you to the Marine Base. That's what our captain said."

Sanji sat down and lit a cigarette.

"Sanji…" Gin's swallowing motion stopped, and he hesitated to lift his head. "I am really sorry!"

Krieg chose Baratie because he led the way.

And when he was almost starving, it was Sanji who gave him a plate of fried rice.

Although Krieg promised him not to attack the restaurant, just to fill his stomach.

But obviously he had no intention of keeping the agreement, and it was their fault that they ended up in this situation.

"It's okay, anyway, he was severely injured by Miss Nami." Sanji blew a smoke ring.

While the two were talking, Krieg had already finished eating a bowl of fried rice.

In a weak voice, he pleaded, "Can you spare me? I won't be a pirate anymore. From now on, I will be an honest person."

"Eh? That's really funny." Luffy entered slowly. "Whether you are a pirate or want to be an honest person has nothing to do with us. If it weren't for you to receive the full reward, I wouldn't even bother treating your injuries."

One can only receive seventy percent of the bounty for killed pirates.

Only living pirates would the Navy be willing to pay the full amount.

Why does Marine have a system like that... It must be to control the Devil Fruit powers.

When a user dies, the fruit is reborn somewhere in the world.

If the reborn fruit is eaten by someone else, it is the same as not capturing anything.

Of course, it's also possible that it's intentional, to save money.

After all, capturing alive is more difficult than killing.

"Luffy." Sanji stood up.

Upon seeing Luffy appear, Krieg abandoned his dignity and bowed excitedly. "Captain Luffy! I can become your subordinate and join your crew."

"You are also a pirate, there is no need to hand over the Navy to me."

"My reward is only 17 million, I will help you get ten or a hundred times that amount!"

It is common for pirate crews to merge, with the loser becoming a subordinate of the winner. This has always been the case at sea.

Luffy's mouth curved, his expression dismissive. "Nah~ You're too insignificant."

"What?" Krieg was surprised.

"You are too insignificant. Even your crew members are stronger than you."

Krieg's face changed. "Gin is very powerful, but I'm still stronger than him! Captain Luffy, I was very weak before. When I recover completely, I will definitely become stronger..."

"You just don't understand what I mean." Luffy shook his head. "Ahh~ Okay. Sanji, you don't need to feed him anymore, we'll arrive at Logue Town tomorrow."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Seeing Luffu leave, Krieg was scared. He looked at Sanji with a frantic expression. "Sanji, please don't hand me over to the Marine. With what I've done in the past, I'm definitely going to be executed! Hey Gin! Beg with me, why are you still hesitating?"

"Krieg... When everyone chose to set sail as pirates, they gambled their lives. Now, please stop talking, leave some dignity for yourself, captain." Gin's gaze was calm.

"No! I don't want to die! I can't die!"

Krieg fought.

Boom!

A wave of Conqueror's Haki suddenly appeared.

In an instant, Krieg's head received the impact of the conqueror's will, rolling his eyes and fainting.

"So noisy." Luffy's voice came from outside.

"If you don't care about your dignity, I'll help you with that."

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The next day.

"Luffy! We can see land now!"

Usopp's loud voice penetrated Sunny's walls and reached Luffy's ears.

"Hmm? What?" Nami squeezed Luffy's arm and muttered in a daze.

Luffy opened his eyes and helplessly patted her ass.

"Nami, wake up, we're here."

(End of chapter)

Hey! Did you miss me? A lot of things have kept me from updating here during this time.

Lack of time, illness and even a robbery (they stole my cell phone which had basically everything in my life).

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