Chapter 77
After returning to the warship, Kuzan said nothing more and ignored Sakazuki. He simply stood on the deck, brows tightly furrowed, silently watching the raging flames on Ohara, along with the dense cannon fire and explosions.
The firelight reflected in his bright eyes, but at this moment his heart felt incredibly cold.
This feeling was just like his Ice-Ice Fruit ability—even he could feel its chill now.
His current thought was to go find Zephyr and Garp once he returned to Navy Headquarters.
Meanwhile, Sakazuki's scorching magma, after the battle, was now destroying Ohara.
Sakazuki even wanted to pursue the innocent people who had already fled—truly carrying out orders and his absolute justice to the end.
But after so much time had passed, Spandine was long gone.
The news of Ohara's destruction by the Navy's Buster Call spread rapidly across the world as time passed.
There was no way to cover it up—even if the World Government wanted to, they couldn't silence so many mouths.
Now, Morgans' newspapers and the latest bounties were flying everywhere.
Pirates across the seas were discussing Victor and his crew's bounties.
"Victor really is a top-tier powerhouse on the seas—his bounty is insane. 4.8 billion berries, almost as high as Whitebeard's, and close to Roger's."
"What did they do? Didn't their bounties get withdrawn a while ago?"
"I heard it was because of the Ohara incident. Victor and his crew saved some Ohara scholars and a little girl."
"Huh? Isn't that a good thing? Sigh, this world is really dark."
As news of Ohara continued to spread and ferment, people couldn't help discussing it.
At the same time, Victor and his crew's bounties once again appeared before everyone's eyes.
Victor's bounty: 4.8 billion berries. (If Roger's bounty hadn't been only 5 billion, the World Government might have added another 200 million.)
Heracles (Botanist) bounty: 2.26 billion berries.
Barrels bounty: 2.05 billion berries.
Bailey (Mink Tribe) bounty: 820 million berries.
Gavin (Botanist) bounty: 580 million berries.
Ryan (Fish-Man) bounty: 550 million berries.
Crocus (Doctor) bounty: 530 million berries.
The others' bounties were mostly in the tens of millions, and even the twin medic girls had a symbolic 1,000 berries.
Meanwhile, the crew on the Plant Scholars was also looking at their bounty posters.
Victor and the others shook their heads upon seeing them.
The rest happily discussed them—especially Barrels, who was the happiest right now.
"Hahaha, my bounty went up again."
Barrels laughed heartily while looking at his poster.
And right then, Victor suddenly noticed something.
"Hehe, we've run into friends."
Victor smiled.
"Victor, who is it?"
Heracles immediately asked curiously.
"Garp's son Dragon, and the kids I saved from God Valley."
Victor said with a smile.
"Oh? It's them. You saved others at God Valley too? How come I didn't know?"
Heracles suddenly understood, then grew puzzled.
"You never asked. When I saved Shakky, I casually saved a whole ship of people."
Victor didn't take it to heart—it was just something he did in passing.
"Haha, Victor really is kind."
Hearing Victor's words, Heracles immediately laughed.
"Alright, let's head over."
Victor ordered the ship to sail toward Dragon's direction.
Meeting Dragon was incidental—the main reason was the surviving scholars they had with them.
Victor had been worrying about how to settle them, and now the perfect person had shown up.
Soon, Dragon's ship also spotted the Plant Scholars.
"Big Bear, come look quick. It's the Plant Scholars—it's Victor-san and his crew."
Ivankov saw the Plant Scholars and immediately shouted excitedly to Big Bear.
"Where? Let me see. It really is Victor-san—this is great."
Big Bear also saw Victor eating heartily and, after confirming, shouted in surprise.
"Oh? It really is Victor-san. Quick, let's go meet them."
Dragon, who was reading a book, also noticed the Plant Scholars. After confirming, he immediately ordered them to approach.
After the two ships met, they greeted each other and then found a nearby small island to anchor.
"Victor-san, we are eternally grateful for saving our lives." ×N
Ivankov and Big Bear knelt before Victor the moment they disembarked, repeatedly kowtowing in thanks.
"Alright, get up. Looks like you're all doing well now."
Victor said with a smile.
"Yes, it's all thanks to Victor-san's life-saving grace—otherwise we wouldn't be here today."
Ivankov said with immense gratitude.
Big Bear beside him nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Victor-san, thank you for your gift. It gave me a clear direction—we plan to establish a brand-new revolutionary organization."
"That's right—the one you asked about in Loguetown before."
Dragon also expressed deep gratitude to Victor.
Although Victor was a pirate, Dragon knew Victor had good character.
"That's a good thing. Then I wish you success in your endeavor."
Victor said with a smile.
"I'd like to invite Victor-san to witness the birth of our organization—would Victor-san be willing?"
Dragon asked very sincerely.
"Sure, no problem. Since that's the case, I'll give you some gifts too."
"I know you were heading to Ohara, but Ohara has already been destroyed—you don't need to go."
"The surviving scholars are all behind me."
"Let them go with you later, and I'll leave you some of the books too."
Victor pointed at the scholars and explained the situation.
"Victor-san, thank you so much. These are exactly the talents we need most right now."
"Victor-san is nothing like the vicious pirate the outside world claims—instead, he's like a true chivalrous hero ."
Dragon said with deep gratitude.
"Haha, you saw it yourself at God Valley, didn't you?"
"Look at Ivankov and Big Bear—they're the best proof."
Victor accepted the praise without humility, then smiled.
"Yes yes, Victor-san is a good person—an absolutely good person."
Ivankov got excited again.
Big Bear nodded repeatedly.
Then, with Victor as witness, Dragon and the others founded the Revolutionary Army.
The group of scholars, persuaded by Dragon, joined the Revolutionary Army.
Victor also had a title—Honorary Advisor—but he declined it.
Anyway, Victor had no interest in getting involved in these matters.
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