New bounties are released with daily releases. This is the amount of money the world government is willing to pay to sanction pirates, but to the pirates, it represents combat power that represents achievement.

"Hahaha, this amount is really incredible."

Before Rayleigh could take a closer look at the newspaper he bought from Newsbird, he was snatched away by the onlookers Roger. Compared with the major events happening in the world, changes in net worth are the focus of pirates.

"Seven hundred million Baileys, that's awesome! You're worthy of being the captain!"

"Hahaha, after a few years of silence, we finally let those smelly seagulls see how powerful we are!"

The new bounty immediately made the deck lively.

"Hey! Rayleigh, let's have a party today! Hey, that guy Garp must be very angry!"

Looking at the series of zeros on his bounty, Roger held his chin and felt happy thinking about Garp's furious face. The atmosphere is right now, it would be a pity not to celebrate.

Before Rayleigh could object, Collier came over and pushed Rayleigh aside again. She picked up the newspaper in Roger's hand and saw Kaido next to his bounty order. The amount made her eyes light up.

"Ah, and Kaido's bounty has also increased a lot!"

This "firefight" with the Rocks Pirates has greatly increased the value of the two main participants.

"It actually increased to 200 million Baileys, not bad!"

Collier happily waved to Kaido who was standing by the mast, pointed at the latest bounty list on the news page, and motioned for him to look over.

"Hey! Kaido——!"

She shouted, but what she got in return was Kaido's glance. Cory was stunned for a moment, and then Kaido turned around and walked into the restaurant, disappearing directly from her sight.

"...Kaido?"

It was the first time she felt such indifference from Kaido. Collier's heart, which had just been boiling, immediately became cold, and she stood there helplessly. There was a sudden silence on the deck. Everyone looked at Roger with hesitation, and those who were brave enough directly squeezed him past.

"What, you haven't reconciled yet?"

Roger, who was squeezed out, staggered and leaned out to block the entrance of the restaurant. His appearance occupied Collier's entire sight, which brought her back to her senses.

"...Now we are in trouble."

She murmured, realizing something was seriously wrong.

Due to her own tantrum a few days ago, Collier started a cold war between the two. She willfully refused to treat Kaido's wounds and refused to talk to him. It wasn't until she lost her temper yesterday that she helped Kaido get back to his state.

And her conversation today also contained the intention of ending the Cold War. But apparently Kaido did not accept her [reconciliation] application.

Reilly took the newspaper back from Collier's hand, caressed the wrinkled paper surface due to the snatching, and after sorting it, he rolled the source of information into a tube and stuffed it into his arms.

"If you want to quarrel, one person can do it, but if you want to reconcile, it requires the consent of two people."

As he spoke, he raised his fingers and struck Collier on her exposed forehead. The latter immediately regained his energy and started chirping.

"A sneak attack! How despicable Rayleigh!"

"That's right! How despicable!"

Seeing the opportunity to accuse Rayleigh, Roger quickly joined the crusade. He had a serious look on his face, as if Rayleigh had done something terrible and was teasing him.

"Shut up, you guy!"

Soon, Reilly gave Roger a loud punch. The huge force directly made Roger fall to the ground and physically shut his mouth.

"..."

Collier, whose hair was stirred up by the airflow generated by Roger's fall to the ground, swallowed all the words in an instant, pursed her lips, blinked her eyes, and looked at Riley obediently.

The entire deck was slightly stagnant, and everyone skillfully found excuses to escape quickly to avoid being affected by the vice captain's anger.

"Really."

Looking at the cleared surroundings, Rayleigh sighed, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and pinched the corners of his eyes helplessly.

"That kid Kaido is different from ordinary brats."

He said and looked at Collier, who immediately stiffened.

"At least he's not just an idiot like you and Roger. If you want to reconcile, show some sincerity."

Rayleigh's words made sense. Collier scratched her cheek and began to think about it. Seeing that she had listened, Rayleigh said no more. He held the newspaper in his arms, passed Roger's body lying on the ground, and turned around to leave. This place of right and wrong made his blood pressure soar.

In the past few days when that kid Kaido was showing off his temper, the wine on the ship always disappeared at the speed of light. The shortage of drinks now far exceeds that of food. Without enough drinks to soothe his spirit, even Rayleigh has become irritable. No matter what, everyone hopes this farce will end soon.

Speaking of sincerity, Collier thought of Kaidona's training mission reward for reaching the second stage. Hmm - what the system gives is considered hers, right?

"It hurts...! That guy Rayleigh made it clear that he would not hit me in front of Collier..."

Roger rubbed his head and got up from the ground. He muttered, and when he saw that Collier didn't come over to care about the fact that he was beaten, his expression suddenly felt aggrieved.

"Collier, I need treatment, it hurts so much from Rayleigh's hit!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the fresh big bag on top of his head.

"Is it better now?"

After all, Roger was also beaten when he was giving her a mouth. Collier raised her hand and rubbed the bump. When the healing spell was activated, the bump quickly disappeared.

"Huh? It should be fine if you rub it for a while, right?"

Roger had a sullen face and seemed to be pinching himself seriously.

"what about now?"

Collier looked puzzled, she knew the effect of the healing spell best. But seeing that Roger's sullen face didn't look like he was lying, she continued to rub it a few times.

"Hey~ It seems to be getting better soon."

Women's hands are exceptionally soft, and they don't develop calluses even though they often hold a knife. A soothing touch is comforting.

"Hey, Roger, if you lie, I'll beat you."

Seeing that Roger's expression was getting more and more wrong, Collier immediately understood his intention. She clenched her palms and Roger's expression instantly collapsed as his hair was pulled up.

"..sorry!"

His entire scalp was pulled upwards. He hesitated and looked away uneasily. It was obvious whether he was lying or not.

"...I really admire you."

Collier was not averse to proper intimacy with Roger, she was just worried that he was really hurt.

"What? If you just want me to rub it for you, just say so. Anyway, as long as you're not hurt, idiot."

"Pop!" With a sound, Collier flicked Roger on the forehead. As punishment for cheating on her, he learned the lesson Rayleigh had just learned and sold it to Roger.

"Hey! I'm going to find Kaido, bye!"

Then after the beating, she turned around and ran away, disappearing without a trace, for fear that Roger would catch up and ask him to beat her back.

"Hiss! This strength really comes from the true inheritance of Rayleigh."

You didn't need to look at Roger to know that his forehead was definitely red. But he was not angry at all. The experiment just now made him realize that as long as he tightened his expression, he could deceive Collier's eyes. The innocent girl would only care about his condition, and unknowingly gave more and more permission.

"But the pain is nothing to me."

Seeing that the girl's figure had completely disappeared, Roger, who was still bent over and crying out in pain, straightened up. The brim of his straw hat suppressed the redness on his forehead, but it could not cover his sparkling eyes. How could a man who was put on a bounty of 700 million by the world government be beaten until he howled just because of a snap of his fingers?

On the observation deck, the navigator wearing sunglasses glanced at the confident young man below, and then looked up at the distant sea. The endless blue was what he should focus on most.

So, when is the rebellious period for boys?

Seeing Kaido ignoring her and just drinking, Collier used her few brain cells to think of words to strike up a conversation with.

"Hahaha, the weather is nice today!"

To be conservative, Collier chose this safest opening statement. Everyone who was observing the movement paused at the same time.

‘Collier, this is not a good introduction! ’

Taro, who covered his face with a newspaper, nervously clenched the corners of the newspaper. He waited patiently for Kaido's reaction.

"Tons, tons, tons!"

Kaido raised his head and just drank. After a while, the huge wine bottle was drank clean. He had no intention of replying. He stopped drinking until no more wine could be poured out of the flask, and smashed the flask aside angrily.

"belch!"

Too much alcohol intake made him burp, and redness crept up his cheeks. The smell of alcohol permeated his body, and the word "drunk" appeared clearly in his status bar.

This made Collier frown. In the past, Kaido's state would have been enough for her to teach him a lesson, but now as the party seeking peace, she still held back her dissatisfaction.

Seeing that Collier didn't take any action, Doringo and Si Sabin in the corner breathed a sigh of relief. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, they were far more worried than the parties involved.

"I was too willful last time, sorry."

After suppressing her dissatisfaction with Kaido's drinking, Collier calmed down and spoke out her apology.

"But I also hope you don't do things too randomly. After all."

"Oh!"

Before Collier could finish her words, the sound of the bottle breaking stopped her.

Kaido's face was sullen, and his body still maintained the "smashing" motion. So everyone looked at him in disbelief.

The boy finally broke out.

"It's so long-winded!"

he roared. The vocal cords that had been washed away by wine for a long time were a little hoarse at the moment.

"How can you be a pirate if you are afraid of everything?"

"I can fight whenever I want, and kill whenever I want! If I can't even fight, then this world will be so boring!"

The young man's eyes were red, and his sinister look, coupled with the two horns on his head, made him a living ghost, just like his race.

"What did you say..?"

Collier was stunned by such vicious remarks. She knew that Kaido had a bad character, but she always felt that after time, his cruel attributes would be eliminated to some extent. From this point of view, this was the boy's true nature.

Real [evil] will not change with the passage of time.

"Kaido, cruelty will not bring good results."

Seeing that her little brother was developing towards the goal of being a villain, Collier felt extremely unwilling. Now she no longer felt sorry for the effort she had spent on him, but she really didn't want to watch the young man whom she regarded as her biological brother go into the abyss.

She knows exactly what will happen to the villains in the game.

"Shut up! I don't need your help in my future! Hiccup!"

Kaido said excitedly while belching wine. Speaking of excitement, he raised his foot and trampled the wine bottles piled at his feet into pieces.

"Anyway, you're just hanging out with that Roger now, so why do you care so much about me!"

"Huh?! Brat! This doesn't conflict with my need to take care of you!"

Collier admitted that she has become a little close to Roger recently. After all, the relationship between the two was in a sweet period not long ago, and she also accepted the change in Roger's identity from the bottom of her heart. But this does not mean that she will give up on Kaido. As her direct subordinate, Kaido is not under Roger's jurisdiction. His status on the Oral Jackson is extremely special.

This relationship and Collier's indulgence gave him great freedom. However, this also encouraged Kaido's unscrupulous style of doing things.

"Come to the deck!"

The air pressure around Collier dropped, and she dragged Kaido out. Everyone knows what this sentence means. Seeing that the situation was not right, Doringo and Scebin immediately started a fight.

"Hahaha, little Kaido is just drunk, Collier, don't take it seriously."

"That's right, don't be like a drunkard!"

"I'm not drunk!"

Upon hearing this, before Collier could say anything, Kaido jumped up first. He shook off Collier's drag and staggered outside.

"Go to the deck, go to the deck! I won't lose! Hiccup!"

"Stupid!" x2

This made Dolingo and Sisabin, who came to start a fight, instantly feel lonely.

"Not always."

Collier put her hand on the white wing on her waist and pulled out Kaido's status bar with her free hand. Her output is indeed not high, but she has a lot of bonuses and damage reduction against Kaido.

As Kaido staggered out, there were many people standing scattered on the deck, but no one stood up to stop the fight. Even Roger had no right to interfere in this battle before Collier spoke.

"Oh!"

With a muffled sound as he landed, Kaido dragged the iron/rod that was used as a makeshift weapon and stood opposite Collier. This confrontation reminded her of the first time she met Kaido.

He was so unyielding at that time. But he didn't have such power at that time.

The thunder and lightning was entangled with the weapon, and the violent crackling sound revealed the power contained in this blow.

“Oh la la la—!”

As the young man roared, the attack named [Thunder Gossip] swept across. With a flick of Collier's fingertips, the famous sword at her waist was immediately unsheathed, and the snow-white blade refracted a colorful light in the air under her swish. Everyone who looked at it had a flash in their eyes.

"Sword Skill·Flying Dance!"

As the skill was activated, the girl's body immediately swayed like a ghost to avoid the incoming iron rod. Then the sword in her hand was thrown out and deftly passed through the opponent's defense, stabbing straight. On the young man's shoulder.

The sinking of the blade shocked Collier, and she immediately pulled back the sword tip. The pain also woke Kaido up from his drunken state. He dazedly touched his right shoulder, which was still bleeding. This injury could not kill him at all. But the painful feeling brought tears to his eyes.

His cry made Collier panic.

"Um...uh! Stop the bleeding first, treat first!"

She activated her skills in a panic, took out a handkerchief and covered it. The wound was not deep, and the missing corner of the health bar immediately returned to full. The wound stopped bleeding, but Kaido's tears did not stop. Tears were streaming down his cheeks, and verbal comfort was completely ineffective.

"Hey...are you really crying?"

"Children are children. They cry when they lose in a fight."

And the complaints that were whispered around her made Collier, who was already panicking, immediately irritated.

"Shut up!"

She roared, immediately suppressing her whispers.

After Kaido cried like this, she was completely in no mood to be angry now. Collier sighed and sat helplessly waiting for Kaido to vent his dissatisfaction.

By the time Kaido stopped crying, orange dusk had spread on the deck.

"Are you done crying?"

"Humph..."

Although Kaido's tone was still full of gunpowder, he still responded.

"Don't be angry. I was going to give you a gift. I didn't expect it to end up like this. Can't you not make me angry?"

Kaido did not answer Collier's words this time. He looked stubbornly to one side, his red eyes filled with stubbornness.

"Sigh, your bad temper won't please girls."

Collier did not continue to argue with him and took out a new mace from her backpack.

"Here. If it's for you, you'd better use this."

The appearance of the new weapon made Kaido look at Collier again, but he just looked at the weapon and made no move.

"Why are you looking like this? What I gave you isn't bad. Just take it and do whatever you want."

Kaido's restraint made Collier very uncomfortable. She hated his change and stuffed the mace into Kaido's hand.

"Humph, any trouble that can be solved is not trouble. As long as you can do this from now on, you can be happy."

In this incident, Collier really felt the difference between Kaido and herself. Her forced norms will only become a shackles for him, which is harmful to both of them.

Maybe the binding between the two was a mistake from the beginning, but it doesn't matter anymore. Even if it was a mistake, now she has decided to go all the way. A villain is just a villain, and she's not a good person anyway with the red mark on her head.

Collier looked at the setting sun beside her and lay on the ground resignedly. Stars began to appear in the dark clouds. Suddenly her vision dimmed, and Roger's smiling face blocked all her sight.

"Hey! Collier, dinner is ready and it's time to eat!"

The sadness dissipated in an instant.

"Speaking of which, I'm hungry too."

The aroma wafting from the distance immediately makes people feel hungry. Collier followed Roger's outstretched hand and stood up. She looked at Kaido, who was playing with his newly acquired weapons seriously and showed no intention of responding to her.

"Forget it, I'll save some for him later."

Collier gave up communicating with Kaido. Now it may be time for both of them to calm down.

Newgate didn't expect that he would meet Kaido again because of the captain's orders.

He knew only too well what kind of potential this ghost boy had. So he was a little lucky when he and Collier escaped from Rocks. In this quagmire, he couldn't learn anything except cruelty and despicability.

Yet evil always attracts one another. No matter how dazzling Roger was, Jibek still fell in love with Kaido at a glance.

"Go! Newgate. Since Kaido is your team member, bring him back!"

On the steps, the man who was the captain gave such an order.

"I see."

However, he could only answer this way.

"Newgate, do we really want to bring Kaido back? Collier won't agree."

Chilias asked nervously. Such a task is far more difficult than asking them to duel with the navy.

Newgate did not directly answer Chilias' question. He was silent for a while, facing the sea breeze and not knowing what he was thinking.

"Maybe we don't need her permission."

After a while, he said this. On the new reward list belonging to Kaido in his hand, the boy with two horns smiled cruelly and arrogantly. It is completely the look that a pirate should have.

"Ah?! How is this possible!"

Chilias was a little in disbelief.

"Kaido and Collier are not the same kind of people."

Newgate let go of his hand and let the reward fly fly to the sea with the sea breeze.

"I have seen ambition in that boy's eyes."

And people with that kind of eyes would not be happy to grow up in a stable environment.

But knowing this, she would be sad.

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