Luffy and his group went to change the gold into berry. With the amount they had—and Nami's scheming nature—they were able to get a good 500 million berries from it. After all, there was a lot of gold.
So they had a shit ton of gold. Luckily, with Kairo's seals, they were able to leave without looking like they were carrying a shit ton of money.
They had five seals, each seal containing 100 million berries.
So they were alright for the most part. Nami did comment on how nifty those were. Anyway, they had gotten the money.
And Luffy wanted to test out the food... well, she supposed there was no harm in trying some delicacy.
Anyway, Luffy was eating like crazy.
Meanwhile, Kairo.
He had entered the place where the Franky Family was. Since he had taken an extra month to get there, the Aqua Laguna had passed about a month ago, give or take.
The city was still somewhat rebuilding from the damage caused by the thing.
Anyway, Franky was still in his costume.
"SUPER!" He was hitting that pose, and so were his minions. The man seemed to be in his element.
"Sorry, Boss, we haven't been able to gather the 250 million needed to help you," one of the goons said.
Franky simply smiled.
Taking some cola, he sipped that shit and said,
"It's fine, a man's got to drink."
He looked and sounded like an American—and wore no pants at all.
Kairo felt like this was the American guy of the world.
Oh well.
Kairo vanished from his spot, appearing in the middle of the place.
"Who's there?" Mozi and Kiwi said together, turning toward the sound, only to see a shadow standing there.
"Who the hell are you?" one of the goons said, pointing their gun at him.
Kairo took in a deep breath before releasing Conqueror's Haki.
As he did so, every single man present fell to the floor, their mouths foaming.
Franky was on guard. Mozi and Kiwi were barely hanging on for dear life.
Kairo gazed at them.
"Franky... I desire your help rebuilding a ship."
Franky's brow furrowed.
"You come to my house, knock out my men, and now you're asking me for a favor?" he said, looking annoyed at the mysterious fighter.
"Well, I do see this is not the best way to meet for the first time. They would have caused unnecessary trouble," Kairo said politely.
Franky still wasn't having it.
"Who the hell are you?!" Mozi shouted. Kiwi stood right next to her, waiting to hear the name of the man who had attacked them.
"...Oh, me? I am Kairo. Soryu D. Kairo."
As those words left his mouth, the temperature in the room dropped.
"...You... you're... Soryu..." Kiwi stammered, shaking.
Mozi trembled, her hand going toward the nearest bounty poster. There, Kairo's face could be seen—or at least, his shifted appearance.
{Soryu D. Kairo}
{Wanted}
{Dead}
{3,500,000,000฿}
The newbie pirate who had fought an admiral—and lived. Though the report didn't give much, some people had reported seeing Kuzan with a huge scar on his chest.
A scar that never healed—partly because of Kairo's Conqueror's Haki, and partly due to the fact that Kairo may have used Abyssal Energy to make sure that wound never healed.
Kuzan moved like All Might post–All for One fight: a huge hole in his chest and operating at 70% of his peak power. Even then, any time he operated at that strength, he couldn't do it for long.
TL;DR — Kairo had basically nerfed the man.
So yeah, his bounty was warranted—and that's excluding all the shit he knew about the world.
"Didn't think such a big shot would come looking for me," Franky said, looking at Kairo.
"You're the best mechanic in Water 7," Kairo responded.
"You bet your ass I am." He seemed quite proud of his work.
"I want you to build the Straw Hat crew a ship."
Franky took some soda and drank it.
"Why don't you go to Galley-La? If it's a ship you want repaired or made, they can do it."
"...The Government has their spies there. From the info I've gathered, CP5 agents work there. Going there would basically be announcing my presence to the enemy."
Franky's brow furrowed. The Government... and CP5... the same bastards who slimed out his pops.
He was about to go out and give them a piece of his mind, but Kairo stopped him.
"If you go, you'll die. And since I'm here, it's more than likely the Celestial Dragon elite guards came too. They can kill anyone without facing backlash. They can even call a Buster Call on the island, killing everyone here. So calm down."
Franky cooled off a bit.
"Why the hell are you telling me all this stuff?" he asked, looking at Kairo.
"Well, I wanted us to have a decent understanding. Since I know your real name, it's only fair you know mine, am I not right... Cutty Flame?"
A/N which admiral does he beat or lose to.