Chapter 12 Bounty! The Pirate Group Is Established
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When Captain Nezumi, the head of the 16th branch of East Blue, led the Marines to inspect Cocoyasi Village, he was attacked by former bounty hunter Amber and "Warrior" Zoro, along with the former cadre of the Arlong Pirates, "Cat Burglar" Nami. The Marine captain and his forces were annihilated.
Amber is suspected to be a Logia Devil Fruit user with the power of the Thunder-Thunder Fruit. He once hunted down the pirate "One-Eyed" Beta Andal, who had a bounty of 13 million Berries, and killed the fish-man Arlong, a pirate with a bounty of 20 million Berries. His crewmate, "Warrior" Zoro, is the strongest bounty hunter in East Blue. He has hunted several pirates with bounties over ten million on his own. Both of them are stronger than the average pirate in East Blue. It is recommended to place a high bounty on them!
The Marines quickly received the news, investigated everything that Amber and his crew had done, and sent the information and photos taken by a mysterious reporter to Marine Headquarters. The new wanted posters were distributed worldwide with the latest issue of the newspaper, causing an uproar.
The days of sailing on the ship were boring. Initially, they relied on Amber, a captain who knew nothing, and Zoro, who had no sense of direction. The two would have starved to death at sea if they had not been able to sail to the next island. Thanks to Nami joining them, under her command as the navigator, the ship could finally move in the right direction.
"It's hard to imagine how you two managed to sail the boat to Cocoyasi Village without knowing anything about navigation," Nami couldn't help but complain about the unreliable captain.
"Well, I hired a few crew members in the last town and asked them to help," Amber said nonchalantly. If the captain knew everything, why would he hire crew members?
At this time, a News Coo flew onto the boat. Nami called the News Coo over and chatted for a while. It's amazing how Nami can understand a bird talking.
"What? You actually want 100 Berries? You're stealing money!" Nami exclaimed.
"Coo!"
"Even 50 Berries is too much," Nami argued.
In the end, Nami managed to buy a newspaper for 70 Berries.
"Amber, Zoro, we have your bounty posters!" Nami announced.
"Oh! Really? As expected," Amber said, already guessing it.
Zoro, who was exercising with dumbbells nearby, also came closer, curious about his first bounty.
"Thunder" Amber - bounty of 90 million Berries (dead or alive)
(Slaughtered the "One-Eyed" Pirates and the Arlong Pirates, attacked and massacred hundreds of Marines, including the captain of the 16th Marine Division patrolling Cocoyasi Village. Extremely dangerous!)
"Warrior" Roronoa Zoro - bounty of 25 million Berries (dead or alive)
(Formerly a pirate hunter from East Blue, later joined Amber's crew and assisted in massacring Marines.)
"Cat Burglar" Nami - bounty of 5 million Berries (dead or alive)
(Former member of the Arlong Pirates, later joined Amber's crew.)
"Is this the Marine's report? That rat-like Marine colluded with the Arlong Pirates and later pointed a gun at the villagers of Cocoyasi Village, but there's no mention of that at all," Nami said angrily.
"This is just the consistent style of the Marines and the World Government behind them. Public opinion is in their hands, and they can write whatever they want. We've become what they call pirates and can only take the blame," Amber analyzed.
Zoro, who had been silent, suggested, "Since we're already pirates in the eyes of the Marines, we should truly form a pirate crew."
"Then, let's give the pirate crew a name first!" Nami agreed.
"Let's call it the Swordsman Pirates!" Zoro suggested.
"No!" Amber and Nami objected simultaneously.
"How about the Orange Pirates?" Nami suggested.
"Not as good as my Swordsman Pirates!" Zoro complained.
"What!" Nami glared at Zoro.
Amber ignored the quarrel and walked to the bow of the ship to look at the seascape in the distance.
"Let's call it the Sky Shadow Pirates! Soaring in the sky represents freedom, and shadows represent figures chasing freedom. We are a group of people chasing freedom!" Amber declared.
"This is a good name!" Nami agreed.
"Now that the captain has spoken!" Zoro relented.
Nami and Zoro didn't have any objections, and it was finally decided that the name of the pirate crew would be the Sky Shadow Pirates. The pirate flag was a simple skull with thunder and lightning. The pirate ship was named "Thunder" (lazy).
The Sky Shadow Pirates: Captain Amber, swordsman Zoro, navigator Nami.
"Captain, please start teaching me how to practice Haki," Zoro requested one day.
Amber silently opened Zoro's properties panel.
Name: Roronoa Zoro
Age: 17
Power: [3 stars]
Agility: [3 stars]
Physique: [3 stars]
Spirit: [4 stars]
(Note: The average for ordinary people is 1 star)
Devil Fruit ability: None
Haki: None
Comprehensive combat power: [3.5 stars]
The basic conditions for learning Haki have been met, and Zoro's physical fitness has reached three stars. Although Amber's own Armament and Observation Haki are only 2 stars, he can still teach. Just throw all the Haki training methods at Zoro. As the saying goes, the master leads you in, but cultivation depends on the individual. Amber thought mischievously.