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  Time passed.

  Several days had gone by, and the Wover was in a state of extreme fury following the resignation of the giant vice admirals. Losing the military strength of the giants, which they had worked so hard to manipute, had undone years of pnning.

  The gover-trolled media relentlessly exploited the death of "Holy Mother" Carmel to sublic opinion, ing anger worldwide. People everywhere expressed e at the brutal as of the giants of Elbaf, and global seoward the giants soured, with increasiment and distrust.

  Despite their domihe Wover was cautious when dealing with the world's stro aowledged nation, Elbaf. Beyond issuing bounties for the giant warriors involved in the war, they had no iion of risking an all-out frontation with Elbaf by ung a "Buster Call."

  Instead, Admiral "Iron Cw" Hark was sent to take and at the G-11 base. Orders were given to gather fleets and troops from various New World bases to rebuild the G-12 fortress, while surveilnce ships were dispatched to monitor Elbaf’s movements and prevent further as by the giants.

  Within the Navy, a new directive intensified the crackdown on giant pirates. Now that the retionship with Elbaf had broken down, there was no longer ao show leniency toward these giants.

  "What?!"

  "The Fallen Angel, El?"

  "Is this guy really a Lunarian?"

  "Six hundred million Berries, dead or alive? Is that true?"

  "Nine years old and already has a bounty of six hundred million? That's unbelievable..."

  "Did he really participate itle where the giants destroyed the G-12 naval fortress?"

  "Wasn't there a bounty for any information on the Lunarians? You could get 100 million Berries just for rep their whereabouts, right?"

  "Ahe one suspected of killing 'Holy Mother' Carmel and attag the Wover ship?"

  Five days after the fall of the G-12 base, news birds flew across the seas, delivering freshly issued bounty posters tucked inside neers. The world was in an uproar, shocked by the news.

  No one had anticipated that a nine-year-old child would debut with a bounty exceeding five hundred million Berries, reag a staggering six hundred million.

  Even sidering that he was a Lunarian, this was astonishing. The leaders of the Giant Pirates, Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy, had ealy been bou 100 million Berries, though that was over thirty years ago. Had they not disappeared, their bounties would likely have increased, but not beyond five hundred million.

  …

  "What's this..."

  In the Dreamnd Amusement Park near Elbaf, in the New World, a surprised Gerd held the neer she had just purchased from a news bird. As a bounty poster slipped out of the pages, she excitedly ran to El, who was training nearby.

  "El, you’ve been bou six hundred million Berries!"

  "Six hundred million?"

  "Really?"

  "Gerd, show it to us!"

  "Fallen Angel? Is that El’s niame?"

  "That’s incredible! El really is amazing!"

  The children of Dreamnd all crowded around, eager to see Gerd's giant-sized bounty poster.

  "The Fallen Angel, El? It really says six hundred million..."

  Hajrudin, who had just run over, widened his eyes as he stared at the familiar fa the poster. "That’s incredible! Even the leaders of the Giant Pirates, Dorry and Brogy, didn’t have such a high bounty!"

  Meanwhile, Linlin, who had been pying as a giant bat while chasing the highest-level homies, Zeus, Hera, and Prometheus, suddenly stopped. She nded on the ground, transformed bato human form, and bit her finger curiously. "Is six hundred million a lot?"

  "It’s not just a lot, Linlin, it’s an insanely high amount!" Hajrudin excimed loudly.

  "Six hundred million, huh?" El, who had walked over while wiping away sweat, took the bounty poster from Gerd. As he g the photo, he quickly reized the background as Elbaf. "This photo robably taken by Carmel and sold to the Wover."

  "Fallen Ahat niame’s not too bad..."

  He wasn’t too surprised by the bounty or the title. Being a Lunarian alone guaranteed a high bounty. Adding Carmel’s reports to the Wover about him being a natural-born monster, along with his dispy of the Mythical Zoazalcoatl form that could summon storms and trol lightning at G-12, it was only natural for the Navy to take him seriously.

  "Everyone, something's happening out at sea..."

  At that moment, the lion mink boy Moss, who had been peering through a spygss at the distant o, suddenly pointed and shouted.

  "What’s wrong?"

  "There’s a big wave moving..."

  Many turheir heads in surprise, but they could only see a faint ripple in the distah nothing signifit in sight.

  "It’s Umibōzu. It seems someone has ehe waters..." Gerd excimed in shock. "Is it pirates?"

  Sure enough, in the distance, a massive wave shaped like a demon's face, seemingly alive, was rapidly surging toward Dreamnd. A small capsized boat was carried along by the wave and dumped onto the shore, with a small, unscious figure washed ashore as well.

  "Gerd-sama, El-sama..."

  The massive Umibōzu homie, made entirely of seawater, bellowed from the sea. "This boat tried to approach Dreamnd, so I overtur. However, it seems there was only one person aboard!"

  "Good job, Umibōzu. Well done." El smiled and stepped forward, croug o the small figure.

  He pressed his finger on the person’s bloated stomach.

  "Cough, cough!"

  A fountain of seawater erupted from the person's mouth as they regained sciousness. They bli the imposing figure before them, and their pupils shrank in fear.

  "You’re... the Fallen Angel, El?"

  The sight of the young, t figure before him, with bck wings and fmes burning behind his head, firmed his identity. This was the same boy whose bounty poster he had just seen.

  Kneeling before him was Kukulkahe nine-year-old boy with a six hundred million Berry bounty, the monstrous "Fallen Angel.”