High-level Cadre Ganzi's bounty is 870 million Berries, Silver Axe Fierce is 800 million Berries, Barbel is 788 million Berries, Kiel Bastard is 770 million Berries... the low-profile Fūgetsu Kisaburō is 733 million Berries, Sanbel is 620 million Berries, and Bolo Gram is 564 million Berries... but everyone within the Rocks Pirates knows how strong these three low-profile guys are.
A Fūgetsu Kisaburō who has gone into a killing frenzy cannot even be stopped by Ganzi and Silver Axe Fierce.
Kiel Bastard admitted he couldn't beat Bolo Gram, but his bounty is higher than the low-profile Bolo Gram.
Sanbel's strength is also not inferior to Barbel's.
This is what is known internally within the Rocks Pirates as the second tier.
As for the ordinary Cadres of the third tier, their bounties haven't even reached 500 million Berries, not even comparable to Charlotte Linlin back then.
Maron's is 438 million, Chef Streusen's bounty is 377 million, and Stussy's bounty is 388 million.
Maron ultimately failed to complete his counterattack against Silver Axe Fierce.
He was even blinded by Silver Axe Fierce, who had eaten the Dice-Dice Fruit; the gap widened once again.
If it weren't for the fact that Streusen almost never participates in battles, and Stussy was pregnant and taking care of a child, their bounties would have hardly changed.
Otherwise, Maron would really have to stay at the bottom position forever.
However, his status on the ship isn't very high right now anyway.
Of course, if he had stayed in West Blue, he wouldn't have been able to soar his bounty to 438 million Berries in just a few years.
Keep in mind that the future Mafia leader Capone Bege, after spending two years in the New World and participating in the Whole Cake Island incident to assassinate the Four Emperors Big Mom, reached a bounty of 350 million Berries.
And that was the amount after Berry inflation.
This shows how high it is to have such a bounty in this era.
And how great of a threat it is to the World Government.
Charlotte Linlin's bounty was as high as 500 million Berries at the age of twelve, and Kiel Bastard's peak bounty when he participated in the God Valley Incident was 970 million Berries.
This is the prestige of the world's number one and most dangerous pirate group in this era.
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Fang Huo looked at Redfield's cold and aloof face.
"After recruiting the Roger Pirates, we indeed need to prepare to deal with the Celestial Dragons and give those decadent and brutal bastards a world-shaking incident."
"I can only ask you to endure it a bit longer."
Fang Huo spoke seriously; in fact, they could have completely relocated Red Soil Island in advance.
But Fang Huo and Rocks didn't want to miss this competition where the Celestial Dragons gathered.
So, they could only continue to let Red Soil Island serve as bait.
Otherwise, they wouldn't even know the location of the Celestial Dragons' next Native Purge Competition.
This was indeed a bit cruel and unfair to Redfield.
"I know you are using Red Soil Island, but this is also my chance for revenge against the World Government and the Celestial Dragons."
Redfield indeed felt some reluctance; it didn't feel good to treat the residents of Red Soil Island as chips and bait.
But simply saving Red Soil Island had no meaning or value to the Rocks Pirates.
Rocks and Fang Huo valued the opportunity to deal with the Celestial Dragons.
Without this opportunity, perhaps Rocks and Fang Huo wouldn't care about Red Soil Island at all, and might even eliminate him as a potential threat.
It was precisely because Redfield and Red Soil Island had urgent survival needs that Fang Huo accepted Redfield, this genius.
"This opportunity is very rare; I can only apologize to you once again."
Fang Huo comforted Redfield again; it was indeed difficult for him and this genius to truly open up to each other.
Their relationship was filled with grievances and exploitation.
Even Fang Huo didn't know how far they would go in the future.
Whether Redfield would finally let go in relief, or if Fang Huo would end up killing Redfield with his own hands.
All of this was unpredictable.
"There's no need to comfort or enlighten me; I'm not one of those reckless fools!"
"I know the cruelty of this world and the underlying logic of how it operates."
Redfield didn't lose his temper, nor did he show much emotion; there was only the calmest elegance and reflection.
He could only hope that the number of casualties among the residents of Red Soil Island wouldn't be too severe.
Sacrifice is inevitable.
"As a matter of routine, let me ask once more: if you wanted a Devil Fruit power, what power would you want?"
Out of a sense of compensation, Fang Huo asked Redfield once again.
In fact, he had already asked several times.
But the young Redfield now had no obsession with longevity or youth.
Moreover, he was very conceited and proud of his Three Types of Haki and martial arts; he had no desire to add the fatal weakness of being a non-swimmer to himself.
He wanted to become a peerless powerhouse like Rocks, who could reach the world's peak without the need for Devil Fruit abilities.
"I'll answer you once more! I don't need it!"
"Even without a Devil Fruit power, I can still reach the peak!"
"Furthermore, seawater is one of my chances to kill those God's Knights."
"If I didn't know you weren't afraid of seawater, this would also be an opportunity to kill an ability user like you."
Redfield already knew the secret of the God's Knights' immortality from Fang Huo.
Currently, he hadn't mastered Conquerors Haki Infusion, so he didn't have the power to kill those God's Knights.
But seawater is the nemesis of all ability users.
Except for Fang Huo, of course.
If he could knock a God's Knight into the sea, even if they had powerful immortal regenerative abilities...
...he would still have the chance to gradually wear them down and drown them.
"Hope your will and conviction won't change."
Fang Huo looked at Redfield with appreciation; the current Red Count was indeed overflowing with pride, which was an important reason why his Three Types of Haki were so formidable.
But if he were locked up in Impel Down for decades, exhausting his spirit and lifespan, he probably wouldn't be so obsessed with longevity and youth.
Haki is a power that is relatively idealistic, especially Conqueror's Haki.
Any Conqueror's Haki awakener with kingly potential will face major issues with their Haki if their mental state shatters or their convictions collapse; it will weaken significantly or even disappear.
For example, Don Chinjao whose head was dented by Iron Fist Garp, Fire Fist Ace who joined the Whitebeard Pirates, Doflamingo who was terrified by Beast Kaido... even powerhouses without Conqueror's Haki, like the Seven Warlords of the Sea Moonlight Moriah and Crocodile, had issues with their two types of Haki after being beaten to the point of self-doubt by Beast Kaido and Whitebeard Newgate...
"What do you mean?"
Redfield frowned. Had Fang Huo seen some future where his own will and conviction changed?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
His family destroyed, his hometown in crisis—these things had long ago made his heart as firm as iron and as hard as steel!
Nothing in this world could change his heart's desire to become stronger and seek revenge!
"It's nothing! Believe in yourself!"
Fang Huo smiled faintly and did not continue the topic.
He wondered if Rayleigh and Jabra had awakened their Conqueror's Haki after almost a year.
If not, then Fang Huo would have to properly train these two guys.
He still wanted to see the scene of Rocks beating up Roger; he had even prepared the Camera transponder snail and Vision Dial.