However, later on, he was hired by Morgans, the president of the World Economy News Paper, to take photographs of the nobles from various countries who had come to attend the Levely.
And Roy's photograph had been obtained precisely because it had been captured by this legendary paparazzo with an exceptionally sharp nose for news.
After thinking it over for a while, Sengoku finally waved his pen and decided the amount of the bounty.
...
The incident that took place on top of the Holy Land Mary Geoise could not be hidden from everyone's eyes at all. And so, this major news story, defined as the "Mary Geoise Attack Incident," began to be printed across the newspapers by every media outlet in overwhelming numbers, then spread to every corner of the world through the News Coos.
After something like this happened, according to the World Government's usual methods, they should have reduced the exposure of the incident, then created other matters to gradually divert the public's attention, lowering the impact of public opinion to the minimum.
But in order to cover up the theft of the items inside their core warehouse—and because Roy had gone far enough this time, plundering the Celestial Dragons' family wealth and making them bother the Five Elders day and night—the World Government not only failed to suppress the matter, but instead used the influence of the mainstream media to hype the entire incident until it grew more and more intense.
Especially when the wanted poster was issued, the entire incident was pushed straight to its peak.
"Extremely Evil Criminal" Roy. Bounty: 550 million Belly! Double if captured alive!
One had to know that this was the year 1503. Belly had not yet suffered inflation and depreciation. The current Belly was still quite valuable.
A great pirate with a current bounty of 100 million Belly was roughly equivalent to a pirate with a bounty of around 300 million Belly twenty years later.
Therefore, once Roy's bounty came out, it directly shocked the entire world!
In this world, there had never been any criminal who could receive a bounty of over 500 million right after making his debut.
The current criminals with bounties of 500 million Belly were all great pirates who had roamed across the Grand Line, or even the New World.
And on top of that, the reward doubled if he was captured alive!
So, after this bounty amount stunned countless people, innumerable others began to grow curious about Roy, the originator of the great Mary Geoise incident.
Just what exactly had this guy done in Mary Geoise to make them so furious?
If it had merely been setting fires and freeing slaves, there probably would not have been such an outrageously high bounty, right?
The newspapers, along with the wanted posters, were delivered by News Coos to every corner of the world.
In the North Blue, on the island where the Donquixote Family was stationed after sailing the Grand Line for five years and then swiftly returning to the North Blue.
"Eheheh, a bounty of over 500 million? Looks like this guy must have done something else that made those bastards even angrier. It even doubles if he's captured alive. Even I'm tempted by that amount."
Twenty-year-old Doflamingo laughed heartily. As long as it was something that made the Celestial Dragons suffer, he was happy.
Out at sea, a tall man with a pointed chin who was riding the wind and waves through the Grand Line glanced at the newspaper twice, then tossed it aside.
"Men, our goal is the New World! Our goal is the Pirate King! Once I become the Pirate King, my bounty will definitely be higher than his! Kishishishishi!"
"Yes! Captain Moria!"
In the New World, on a ship resembling a white whale, a robust man whose entire body radiated a terrifying aura was drinking wine in great gulps.
"Pops, this is that person's wanted poster. Did you read about what happened yesterday? This guy really is interesting. He's seriously bold!"
"He is quite bold."
Whitebeard glanced at the amount on it, then withdrew his gaze and continued drinking.
The current him was not the sickly body covered in tubes from twenty years later. At this moment, he was in the prime of his life, fully worthy of the title of the strongest!
"But people who are generally this bold usually don't live long. Especially with an amount like this, the World Government should be getting serious."
Marco thought about it, then shrugged and returned to the deck.
Whitebeard was not the only one who held similar thoughts.
Kaido, who had horns on his head, glanced at it, then continued drinking his wine and swinging his kanabō.
Charlotte Linlin was also eating cake while reading the news in the paper. Then she instructed her children and subordinates, "If you see any giant slaves, capture them and bring them to Totto Land!"
She did not mention Roy at all.
In the East Blue, Yasopp looked at the news in the paper, as well as the wanted poster printed on it, and could not help grinning.
It seemed the captain had already begun his operation. Then the day he went out to sea should not be far away, right?
Earlier, there had also been a red-haired guy wearing a straw hat who had come to recruit him. Although that guy was not bad either, and suited his tastes quite well, he had already decided to follow Captain Roy. So he could only apologize to that red-haired guy.
Yasopp looked at Banchina, who was feeding Usopp milk, smiled, and once again began practicing his sniping skills.
The captain had left him quite a lot of Belly to support his household, so he could spare more time to practice sniping techniques and repay his captain!
...
While the outside world was in an uproar, Roy was currently on the Boin Archipelago in the South Blue.
While enjoying the island's tempting delicacies, he used the Fruit Radar to inspect the type of every Devil Fruit he had obtained.
The Devil Fruits Roy had gotten his hands on, including those he had obtained from the Celestial Dragons, totaled seventeen.
Among them, seven had been obtained from the core warehouse, while ten had been obtained from the surrounding Celestial Dragon families. They had originally planned to have slaves eat them for entertainment, but in the end, Roy benefited instead.
After Roy inspected the Devil Fruits from the core warehouse with the Fruit Radar, there were two Logia-type Devil Fruits, three Mythical Zoan-type fruits, and two Special Paramecia-type fruits.
The two Logia-type fruits were the Earth-Earth Fruit and the Cloud-Cloud Fruit.
The Earth-Earth Fruit could be called the power to control the land itself. As long as one's feet were planted on the ground, an endless stream of strength would support them. It could also freely control soil and land. It was definitely an extremely powerful fruit!
However, powerful was powerful, but in the world of One Piece, a world centered on the sea, the Earth-Earth Fruit… was indeed a little awkward.
Of course, awkward or not, its powerful strength was undeniable.
As for the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, it seemed useless at first glance, but as long as this fruit fell into the hands of someone who understood even a little bit of geography, it could unleash fairly impressive power!
Flowing clouds, stratus clouds, cirrocumulus clouds—any of them could be summoned at will, and it could completely create terrifying damage.
(End of Chapter)
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