What Did Fisher Tiger Refuse Before He Died?

"Bring Arlong in."

Nami turned to Bellemere's page.

The naval guard in Cocoyasi Village quickly sent a reply.

"Arlong refuses to communicate."

"Tell him that Fisher Tiger's death record has been opened."

The Den Den Mushi remained silent for half a minute.

The sound of chains dragging across the ground came through the air, Arlong finally appeared on the screen.

"You dare touch Big Brother's records?"

Jinbe spoke first.

"Then tell me, what did my brother say before he died?"

"Humanity betrayed him."

"Anything else?"

He refused human blood.

"Anything else?"

Arlong gets close to the Den Den Mushi).

"What do you want to hear, Jinbe? Do you want to hear him forgive humanity, thank the Marines who surrounded him, or regret burning Mary Geoise?"

I only asked him what he said at the end.

"You were right next to me, didn't you hear me?"

Jinbe displayed the completed deathbed page on the screen.

Arlong stared at the words, "Don't tell them, human blood killed me," and then his words trailed off.

Nami asked, "Did you understand?"

"This is fake."

"The handwriting was confirmed by Aladdin, and the source of the record was jointly verified by five parties."

Humans can fake things.

"That's why I called you here, not to have you identify the paper, but to have you tell me what happened back then."

I have nothing to say.

Nami pushed Bellemere's death annotation between the two records.

"You used the same wording for Fisher Tiger's cause of death on her."

Arlong glanced at the line of text.

"That woman refuses to pay."

"She paid 100,000 Beli."

"One adult, two kids; she only has enough to buy the lives of two kids."

"She didn't pay for herself, so you wrote that she voluntarily gave up on survival."

Rules are rules.

Lin Qi looked at Arlong.

Who taught you that?

"No one needs to teach you."

"Fischer Fisher Tiger's death report stated the same thing first, and you later used it to manage Cocoyasi Village."

Arlong grinned, pressing his teeth against the screen of the Den Den Mushi.

"Humans used the rules to kill our leader, so I'll return the rules to humanity. Is there a problem with that?"

"Have."

Nami closed the ledger halfway.

"Bellemere didn't participate in the attack on Fisher Tiger; she's never even met your captain."

She is human.

"Koala too."

Arlong's jaw snapped shut.

Koala said from the Revolutionary Army line, "I know you don't want to hear me."

"Shut up."

"Mr. Fisher Tiger took me home; you were on the boat too."

"Shut up!"

"People from my hometown tipped off the navy, and I've been investigating for years. I won't ask for forgiveness on their behalf."

Arlong raised his handcuffed hand and slammed it against the communications table.

"Then why do you work for humanity!"

"I help those who have been arrested go home, and I also help the Fish-Man."

"Can the Revolutionary Army bring Fisher Tiger back to life?"

"Cannot."

"Then don't lecture me with his name."

Koala did not shy away from the question.

"Mr. Fisher Tiger doesn't want me to pass on the hatred to the next generation; at least I heard that."

Arlong turned to Jinbe.

She's lying.

Jinbe replied, "My elder brother did say that."

"You all want to be good people."

"I bear responsibility for letting you go to the East Blue back then."

"Stop apologizing. You're just afraid the Navy will continue to hunt down the Sun Pirates."

"I'm also afraid that Fish-Man Island will lose the protection of the Shichibukai."

"So you throw me out, and then I'll return the human blood to you."

Nami's hand stopped on the ledger.

"Jinbe know what you're doing in Cocoyasi Village?"

Jinbe said, "I don't know."

Arlong chuckled a few times.

"Of course he doesn't know that I send money to the Navy every year, and the Navy keeps the news out of the East Blue for me. The Shichibukai can just sit on Fish-Man Island and enjoy the legitimate status given to him by humans."

Akainu retrieved the payment records of the 16th Marine Branch of the East Blue.

"Captain Nezumi has been detained, and relevant officers are under investigation."

"Review?"

Arlong leaned back in his chair.

"I've been sending money for eight years, and you're only now starting to investigate?"

Nami reopened the page about Bellemere's Death Page.

"So this time, it's not just Arlong will be interrogated."

In addition to the statement that the person had voluntarily given up their life, the page also included a seal confirming the safety of the East Blue Navy.

The confirmation stated that there were no unusual deaths in Cocoyasi Village.

Akainu's face moved away from the Den Den Mushi, and the sound of files being flipped through came from the side.

"The 16th Marine Branch has reported zero casualties for eight consecutive years."

"People die in the village every year."

"The actual records were altered to show population outflow."

Ju Bei pushed the old Tax Token towards Nami's side.

"We are the same way."

After the Tax Token came into contact with Arlong's ledger, the population transfer line left by East Tax Nine lit up.

The deceased from Cocoyasi Village were not included in the burial records; forty-three of them were recorded as being from outlying islands.

Bellemere is also on the list.

[Location of origin: Grand Line]

Nami looked up.

"She was clearly buried in the village."

Robin asked, "Has the cemetery been verified?"

Nojiko's communication request appeared on the screen.

"I'll go now."

Don't open the tomb alone.

"I know."

The villagers led the naval medical personnel to the cemetery, and the footage was shaky throughout.

Arlong stared at the relocation record.

"I didn't write that."

"You wrote a death comment."

"I never write a 'relocation' notice when I commit murder."

Akainu said, "The death record was rewritten by the 16th Marine Branch, and the relocation route was later connected to the East People's General Ledger."

Lin Qi looked at Arlong.

What was done with Bellemere's identity after her death?

Ask your own people.

Why do you retain the deceased's household registration when collecting taxes?

"The living can't afford to pay, but the dead can still owe money."

Nami turned to the next page.

Bellemere has an annual head tax that is paid by Nami and Nojiko.

When did we submit it?

"You draw the nautical chart for me, and your salary will be taxed first."

You said that money was for the village redemption fee.

I've changed my mind.

Nami didn't look at him again and handed the ledger to Lin Qi.

"Bellemere's investigation into responsibility for the death found Arlong to be the direct perpetrator, with Captain Nezumi and the 16th Marine Branch responsible for covering it up, and the tax system continuing to misuse the deceased's identity."

The Throne immediately displayed a problem.

[Does Bellemere's act of voluntarily giving 100,000 Beli to her two adopted daughters constitute a voluntary abandonment of her own life?]

[A: Composition, tax payment order represents survival choices]

[B: The guardian should bear the consequences of resource allocation.]

[C: Composition, Arlong follows local rules]

When Arlong saw the three options, his smile returned to his face.

"Don't you guys like voting? Go ahead and vote."

Nami picked up her pen and wrote the fourth line.

[D: A mother protecting her child does not constitute abandoning life; a murderer cannot rewrite the victim's choice as a warrant to kill.]

She didn't wait for the other seats.

Makino, from the Civilian Witness Seat, voted D first.

"She gave money to the child so the child could live, not so she could die."

Akainu, from the Navy Seat, later confirmed this.

"The so-called local rules were established through coercion and have no legitimacy."

Dragon chooses D.

Buggy looked at Arlong on the screen and confirmed it with the Pirate Seat.

"Pirates kill people and then blame it on their mothers—shameful!"

Arlong pulled on the chain.

"Buggy, who gives you the right to talk to me like that?"

"I, for one, will not use 100,000 Beli to prove that I have rules."

The last vote fell.

The statement about Bellemere's voluntary surrender on the Death Page was removed, and the evidence of Arlong's murder was transferred.

However, the original location has not disappeared.

Nojiko's voice came from the cemetery.

"Nami, the coffin is still there."

"Don't open it yet, do external verification first."

"Medical personnel said there was no sign of life inside."

"She has been dead for many years, so she wouldn't be showing any signs of life."

"That's not it."

Nojiko shifted the camera's focus to the side of the coffin.

A small square door had appeared on the wooden board, and the keyhole was stuffed with an old seal from the 16th Marine Branch.

A line of text was written below the seal.

[Unlocked after the adopted daughter relationship is successfully transferred]