Romans & histoires Straw Hats Bounties

Jake shook his head as he scrolled through the messages. This was the real face of the apocalypse—hunger, cold, disease, monsters. Most people were still fighting just to survive another day. Meanwhile, he was sitting in an armored fortress, wondering how to spend his mountain of supplies. Then, a few pinned bounty notices caught his eye. [Gigatron Bounty: Buying all Gene Serums at top prices! Bring us one, and you'll get a spot as Vice-Leader!] [Rose Society Bounty: Recruiting players with awakened "Specializations"! If you've awakened a specialization—Strength, Recon, anything—and you're female, join us! Food guaranteed!]

awerfadf typed: "Just send money." awerfadf added: "Oh, it's for a child? Why not build her a playground then?" fafa suggested: "Cartoon stickers? Cartoon character clothes? Animated DVDs?" BossX chimed in: "Cute accessories, cute clothes, cute hats... Anything cute will do."

It was a map of the world. Dozens of golden icons began to pop up. London. Tokyo. Dubai. Paris. Rio. > NEW MESSAGE: FROM THE HIGH COUNCIL Candidate 407 (Elara_V), your 'Broadcast' was... illuminating. You have disrupted a billion-dollar recruitment cycle. The Renaissance is not a game. It is an Ecosystem. GLOBAL BOUNTY ISSUED: $10,000,000 TARGET: THE ARCHITECT. STATUS: OPEN. Sienna stepped back, her eyes wide as she looked at her own phone. "Elara... every contestant in the world just got that notification. Every Hunter on the planet has your GPS coordinates now."

“Come on, Nathan. Please, man...“ By the fourth ring, he picked up. “If it isn't the famous Ethan Vale!“ he teased, his voice oozing with mockery. “Did you catch today's news? Congratulations on being one of the most famous criminals in the country with a fifteen-thousand-dollar bounty on your head!“ I froze. “A bounty? That's ridiculous. Has Aurelia lost her goddamn mind? Where the hell would she get fifteen grand?“ Nathan burst into full-blown laughter. “Your thinking process is slower than a snail if you think your little girlfriend is the one offering the money.“ My grip tightened around the phone as realization washed over me. “It's Adrian Hartley!“ He snapped his fingers on the other e

~Antonio~ “Somehow, asking about your motives will be a waste of my time.” Antonio said, breathing in another drag of smoke. Kenji let out a low chuckle. “You know there's a bounty on your head right?” Antonio didn't reply, his face remained emotionless. Everyone wanted him dead, and he knows. The bounty was no news to him. “One billion dollars, I'm very aware.” Antonio said gruffly while squatting down to meet his eye level. “Too bad you're going to hell this way.” He slowly breathed the smoke from his cigar onto the beaten up face of Sato.

I opened it. BOUNTY ISSUED. TARGET: ABIGAIL [ALIAS: IVORY] STATUS: DEAD OR ALIVE VALUE: $1,000,000 My vision blurred. “What the fuck!” I whispered. “This woman is moving so fast.” A million dollars. That wasn’t just Georgina’s men. That was freelancers. Hunters. People who didn’t ask questions and didn’t hesitate. I didn’t finish packing. I dropped everything except the documents already in my hands and ran.

“Guess we can kiss that nine thousand chaffs goodbye.” “What?” we all snapped again. “Wait, Brock,” Katie exclaimed as her hostile tone disappeared. “Huh?” He stopped to glance over his shoulder. “You said something about nine thousand chaffs, right?” “Uh, yeah. There’s a nine thousand chaffs reward for completing the quest.” Alex gasped, “That’s fifteen hundred for each of us, or we can surely buy —” “A flag of our own,” Wilt finished. Uh-oh, there was a sudden change in their tones. I didn’t like where this was going. “Can we take a look at that for a second?”

M. Yuri, Devin, Koji, and Sang-woo stood around the main table. A large screen displayed a flashing Council alert: BOUNTY INCREASED: 20 MILLION DEAD. 15 MILLION ALIVE. SUBJECT N•17 DEEMED GLOBAL CLASS THREAT. Yuri’s mouth dropped. “They doubled it overnight?!” Devin’s expression hardened. “They want her wiped out before she figures out who she is.” Koji added quietly, “And before we do.”

“Yes, they did. They’re going to declare a bounty on you ladies’ heads.” “A bounty on us?” Layla gasped as her eyes widened. ‘A bounty on me and Eleanor’s head! If I didn’t feel like a criminal before, Alaric’s words made me feel that one now. I can’t believe the parliamentarians actually put a bounty on our heads, but it would make sense since according to them we’re the most dangerous creatures alive.’ “A billion for anyone that can bring any of the Children of Iniquities, dead or alive. Ten billion if they can bring the two of you at once. Five hundred million for whoever can bring reliable information about the location of the rebels.”

Bounty says, “When did you want to pay me If I borrow you the money?“ Angela asked, “I will wash your wears for two weeks and dress your hair in any style,” Sandra says, “I will pay you when my father sends my project money to me,” Bounty says, “I know, everybody will promise to pay me back,” Angela says, “but, am ready to finance the project on one condition,” Angela says, “which condition?“ Bounty asked, “You will have to join me in my business,” Angela says,