Nami's Gambler's Mentality

For a moment, the entire screen was flooded with the numbers {two} and {three}.

As for {one}, nobody posted it at all, because no one believed the Golden Lion would willingly let Nami go.

The Golden Lion himself probably wouldn't have believed it either.

Somewhere on the Grand Line, aboard the Thousand Sunny.

"Chopper, Usopp, you two choose {one}. Sanji, Zoro, you choose {two}. Everyone else, including me, chooses {three}," Nami instructed. "Got it?"

"Got it, Nami," everyone replied, saluting her.

Then Usopp asked in confusion, "Nami, why don't we just choose {two} or {three}? I think {one} is completely impossible. That Golden Lion guy doesn't have a conscience at all. If we all chose {two} or {three}, wouldn't we get more Beli?"

"What do you know? It's called casting a wide net. Better to choose it by mistake than let it slip through. Besides, it's precisely because everyone thinks {one} is impossible that someone needs to choose it now. You never know, that Golden Lion guy might actually have a change of heart and let me go. It's not impossible." Nami analyzed it like a gambler, then said smugly, "Although I think the chances of that are minuscule, and I probably escaped using my own intelligence, so {three} should be the safest choice. But I want to win more Beli, so you and Chopper should still choose {one}!"

"..."

The free minute for bullet comments soon passed. This time, the system didn't reveal the answer right away, but continued playing the video.

The footage went back to a short while earlier, in the room where Nami was being held in the Golden Lion's palace. She discovered the swimming pool's secret: it was connected to the block of seawater floating below.

With the help of the unidentified bird, she passed through the block of seawater and fell into the lake beneath the island.

But before Nami could celebrate, a huge pack of ferocious beasts emerged below and approached her and the unidentified bird with savage expressions.

At the critical moment, the unidentified bird unleashed a powerful electric current, electrocuting the beasts until they were charred on the outside and tender on the inside. It also shocked Nami unconscious.

The unidentified bird panicked and hurriedly carried Nami ashore. It gently nudged her face, and when it saw her respond, it immediately began pecking her head repeatedly with its beak.

Nami finally sat up in pain, punched it and sent it flying, roaring, "That hurts!"

The unidentified bird wasn't angry. The moment it saw Nami wake up, it excitedly rushed at her, releasing a powerful electric current in its joy.

Nami quickly held out a hand to stop it. "Stop! I can't take another one of those."

The unidentified bird, which had already reached her, immediately drooped and looked at her dejectedly.

But a second later, it perked up again, because Nami said to it, "Still, thanks for saving me."

As she spoke, she looked around in confusion and muttered, "Come to think of it, where is this place?!"

Then, with the unidentified bird's help, Nami grabbed its feet and was carried out of the valley she had fallen into.

The first thing she saw was a vast forest. Then she spotted a ship moored below the valley. It had a lion-shaped figurehead, and the skull on its flag wore a hat. It was the Thousand Sunny.

"The Thousand Sunny!" Nami shouted excitedly and ran toward it below.

But she had barely taken a few steps when a loud crash came from the woods to the right of the Thousand Sunny.

The next second, Luffy burst out of the woods. He first spotted the Thousand Sunny and gave a happy shout. Then Nami called out to him from the hillside, and he immediately turned around and ran toward her, happily calling her name.

But Nami turned and ran, because three giant scorpions and a giant lion as burly as a wild boar were following him.

Fortunately, the unidentified bird charged at the beasts without hesitation and unleashed a powerful electric current, electrocuting them to death.

Luffy's eyes immediately shone as he watched excitedly.

Behind him, Nami sighed helplessly.

The two of them and the bird then went down to the Thousand Sunny. Nami changed out of her soaked clothes, while Luffy built a fire and roasted scorpion claws with the unidentified bird, eating as they cooked.

Meanwhile, Nami asked whether he had run into any of their other companions.

Luffy told her he hadn't met anyone since arriving here. The place was so huge, and he was glad she was the first person he had found!

He then invited Nami to eat, saying the scorpion tasted great, and called the unidentified bird Bili.

Nami naturally refused outright, then asked in confusion who Bili was.

Luffy told her it was the unidentified bird beside him. It made a "bili bili" sound when it discharged electricity, so he had given it that name.

He then put his hand on Bili and pinched it. An electric current immediately sprang from Bili's body, but it had no effect on him.

Only then did Nami realize that Luffy was a Rubber Man, which was why Bili's electricity had no effect on him.

The two discussed it and decided to look for the others once Luffy and Bili had finished eating.

Before long, Luffy and Nami were riding Bili through the air, searching for the others.

Afraid of being shocked by Bili again, Nami rode on Luffy's back.

They flew for a long time before finally spotting a village. They were about to have Bili fly closer when the pungent smell from the daft green trees surrounding the village forced it to fly frantically upward.

After asking Bili, Luffy and Nami learned that it couldn't stand the smell, which was why it couldn't approach the village.

So they used the same method as Chopper and plugged Bili's nose, allowing it to approach the village, where they found Sanji and the others.

At that moment, the system's text appeared. "Therefore, the answer to this multiple-choice question is three: Nami escaped through her own intelligence."

"Next, I shall distribute the shared prize of 300 million Beli among those of you who chose three."

"Note: Because there are too many correct respondents, I shall distribute the 300 million Beli in prize money at random. Some of you will receive more and others less. It all depends on your individual luck!"

"Now, the prize distribution begins!"