## One Piece Chapter 96, pages 4-5: WORST IN THE EAST - Chapter: 96 - Pages: 4-5 - Characters: Unidentified Marine officers, Brannew ### Summary Page 4: The scene shifts to Marine Headquarters. A large, traditional Japanese-style building is shown with a sign above the entrance that reads "Marines" (海軍). Inside, a massive meeting room is filled with high-ranking Marine officers seated at long tables that stretch far into the back. A voice addresses the assembly: "SO IN SHORT, OUR BRANCH FORCES, ARE UNABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIRATE CREW...?" Another voice simply answers, "YES." Page 5: Three wanted posters are displayed on the wall. The first is for Arlong: "THE FISHMAN PIRATE'S ARLONG THE SAW, 20 MILLION BELI!". The second is for Don Krieg: "PIRATE FLEET ADMIRAL DON KRIEG, 17 MILLION BELI.". The third is for Buggy: "BUGGY THE CLOWN, 15 MILLION BELI.". Marine Headquarters Commander Brannew, a man with dark curly hair and sunglasses, addresses the room. "HERE IN EAST BLUE, WHERE THE AVERAGE BOUNTY IS 3 MILLION, THESE 3 PIRATE CREWS HAVE MANAGED TO LABEL THEMSELVES AS THE TOP-DOGS, EACH LED BY CAPTAINS WITH BOUNTIES OF OVER 10 MILLION. YET EVEN THEY HAVE ALL BEEN CRUSHED." Brannew then slams a new wanted poster onto the table with a loud thud. It is a poster of Luffy, smiling broadly, with a bounty of 30,000,000 Beli. Brannew continues, "AND SO, THOUGH IT WOULD SEEM THAT AN INITIAL BOUNTY OF 30 MILLION MIGHT SEEM A TAD EXCESSIVE, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN APPROPRIATE PRICE TO ISSUE. LIKE WEEDS, EVIL MUST BE UPROOTED WHEN THEY ARE MERELY BUDS!"