New Bounties! Change in the seas!?

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Yami was currently looking at the crew's bounties. He scratched his head and looked at them with mild confusion... Weren't these a bit too high?

'Straw Hat' Luffy 800 Million Belli

'Silent Sword' Yami 700 Million Belli

'Sword Demon' Roronoa Zoro 600 Million Belli

'Giant Sword' Yachiru Kusajishi 500 Million Belli

'Black Leg' Sanji 300 Million Belli

'Monster' Chopper 250 Million Belli

'Weather Witch' Nami 200 Million Belli

'King of Snipers' Sogeking 200 Million Belli

'Demon Child' Nico Robin 100 Million Belli

The crew were absolutely shocked, Luffy was so happy and Nami gulped "Isn't this a bit topo high?" Yami frowned and Robin gave her own opinion "Well, there was a Vice-Admiral there... He probably saw our fights, hence, why my bounty is still so low."

Yami said "But... He was fighting me the entire time..." he suddenly got a blaring ringing tone from his pocket. He picked up the phone and the rest looked curiously at it, wondering what it was. Yami flipped it open and said "Hel-" Zerotwo's voice shouted over the phone "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!"

Yami held the phone away from his ear as Zerotwo continued "HOW DOES A ROOKIE GROUP OF PIRATES IN PARADISE HAVE A TOTAL BOUNTY OF 3.65 BILLION?!?!?!?! HOW?! TELL ME RIGHT NOW! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" The crew was stunned, looking at Yami, seemingly for an explanation while the Franky Family guy felt awkward.

He pulled out a bounty and showed it to them, they looked and gasped.

'Cyborg' Franky 75 Million Belli

Luffy clearly made a decision about something and nodded, giving the guy a thumbs up. The guy let out a breath of relief and bowed, thanking them silently before flashing a 3 with his fingers and running away.

Yami cleared his throat and said "Mom, listen. I-" the crew's eyes widened and Zerotwo cut him off saying "You better have a good explanation, young man." Yami swallowed and said "Well, I stole some stuff from dad and gave it to them. They're my crewmates so..." there was a long silence and Yami started to sweat, Zerotwo roared "YOU WHAT?!"

Yami stayed silent and she growled "You're a real..." there was a sigh and then a mumble, then the voice changed "So you stole from me?" Hiro's voice was rough and deep, Yami coughed and said "Just a few things." Hiro hummed "A few things? More like a few hundred things. Metal bones, Impurity cleanses, nearly 60% of all my materials, Merge tokens, experience tokens.... You got guts kid."

Yami started sweating and everyone heard Zerotwo shout "What are you complimenting him for?! They're all in big trouble now! As if the Marines are just going to let them go!" Hiro replied "Honey, relax. He's fine, the rest are fine as well. Though, these bounties are not what I expected..." he chuckled "Even the reindeer got a high bounty." Yami frowned and said "You're watching me?"

Hiro laughed and said "No. Me and your mother are doing other things at the moment." she pouted "Darling!" he chuckled and Yami's face turned black, Hiro coughed and said "Anyway, I'm not watching you, but I know where you have and have not been. You forgot that I know everything, didn't you?"

Yami looked at the rest, who were extremely curious about Yami's family. After finding out Luffy's dad id Dragon and his Grandpa is Garp, they wanted to know what Yami's family was like. Hiro chuckled and added "You didn't see the newspapers? Marines are stationed everywhere now... They're also recruiting, I heard they changed the Admiral count to 5 instead of three. They also switched in fresh blood in the New World..."

He sighed and continued "I didn't except this, now I have marines crawling all over my territories." Luffy said "Territories?!" Hiro said "Hey! You didn't say anything? Tight lipped as ever, what a kid. Hello, Straw Hat. Did you listen to the message I left?"

Luffy was confused and said "Message?" Robin's eyes widened and she grabbed the whole saying "That was you?!" Hiro hummed "I'm assuming this is... Nico Robin? Sure enough." Robin had a lot of questions and Hiro added "Relax, little girl. I'm not telling you anything. Hehe, not without something in return~ Ow! Honey! What?!" Zerotwo pouted "What are you taking about?!"

Hiro replied quickly "I just want to figure out how to read the Poneglyphs! That damn Gozarou bastard never taught me! He only taught me how to write on the Poneglyphs, remember? 'This is a Family secret-gozarou!' No?" she 'hmph'd' and Hiro said "I love you, stupid girl."

The crew deadpanned and Yami was embarrassed but Yachiru giggled, Robin was speechless and Hiro said "Are you okay now? As if I could look at anyone else, my little angel is the only one for me~" she said with a giggled "You're still on the phone, Darling~" Hiro coughed and said "Right! I knew that! Anyway! What happened, why are your bounties so high? I mean, if I had to guess, I would say you gave them all Metal Bones and Impurity cleanses... Plus the Healing potions and stamina potions for Regeneration and Stamina increases... What else did you slip your crew, give it to me straight, kid."

Yami replied "Nothing, really. I don't even know what half the stuff I took does..." Hiro explained "Well, the Tokens with 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 are instant learning tokens. Basically think about what you want to improve and crush the token, based on the number, you will get that much experience in years. Like for example, if you wanted to improve your hand to hand combat abilities, then you would get 10 years of experience. Very magical stuff, and extremely powerful. It's a crutch though, if better to do it yourself."

He coughed and added "What I mean is, the experience you get is from a normal perspective without any talent. If you did it on your own, depending on your talent, you would achieve better results in much less time. But then again, its free so, meh. By the way, there was a Vice-Admiral at Enies Lobby?"

Yami nodded, saying "Strawberry is what he called himself." Hiro asked "The guy with an absurdly long hat?" Yami replied "Yeah, I cut his hair short." Hiro burst out laughing and there was a splash, then "Fuck!" Zerotwo laughed at him and he came back, saying "You're pretty good! That explains why your bounties are so high?"

Yachiru asked "What do you mean?" Hiro explained "Vice-Admirals are very strong, compared to you all. He used his Observation Haki and probably watched you all, if he did, the bounties are pretty reasonable." Luffy took the phone and said "Hello! I'm Monkey D. Luffy! What's Observation Haki?!"

Hiro chuckled and said "Ah yes, the King of the Pirates wannabe. I can't tell you what it is, because I like making things difficult for people related to my son. But I will tell you why your bounties are so high." Luffy shouted "OI! I WILL BE THE KING OF THE PIRATES!"

Hiro chuckled and said "Right, yeah, for sure. ANYWAY! AS I WAS SAYING! Your bounties are most likely because of the potential Strawberry saw, higher bounties equals more bounty hunters after you as well as a higher priority for Marines to take seriously. Basically, he saw your potential and wants you use the bounty hunters as a borrowed knife to nip you all in the bud before you grow into a real problem."

Hiro chuckled evilly and said "You know what this means?" the crew was silent as the realization hit them and Hiro's voice added "It means, all eyes are on the Straw Hat pirates. 3.65 Billion is a hefty sum, even New World Pirate groups are starting to move, I wouldn't be surprised if some have already crossed into Paradise and are looking for you all. In short, the road to the King of the Pirates is filling itself with thorns, if you don't have a good enough Machete... Heh, you'll die before you can even reach the end."

Yami said quickly "What do you mean?!" Hiro laughed "Stupid kid! You know exactly what I mean! Every Pirate in the New World knows Haki and both forms at that. Survive and grow stronger, or die and feed the Sea Kings on the ocean floor. It's your choice."

Luffy grinned and said "No problem! Whoever comes, I'll just beat the shit out of them! Who are you, old man!" Hiro chuckled and said "Didn't you see the newspapers?" Nami picked up the newspaper that arrived just before and two bounties slipped out.

She picked them up and froze in fear as the rest looked at them and their eyes widened, Hiro chuckled "I'm the new Emperor." before ending the call.