Captain Nezumi

After Nojiko's explanation, Nami finally understood the whole story.

"Thank you so much!"

Nami walked up to the three of them and bowed deeply. As the villagers cheered, Tashigi, who had learned of Arlong's gang's atrocities over the years from the villagers, lowered her head in shame.

She felt the Marines bore a great responsibility for the tragic years the village of Cocoyasi had endured!

As Marines tasked with maintaining world peace, they couldn't even keep a small corner of the East Blue in order. It was important to remember that the Four Seas and Paradise were the Marines' territory!

"Is there anything you need? I'll do my best to satisfy it!"

Nami was in a great mood and wondered if she should give all the money she had saved over the years to Cifer and the others, since they had saved the village.

"Satisfy me! I have many needs!" a lewd voice came from behind.

A man with shifty eyes, wearing a cape of Justice, walked in through the shattered gate, followed by a group of armed Marines.

"I never thought the infamous Arlong would die at the hands of some unknown people."

Captain Nezumi said with a smile. Now that Arlong was dead, all his treasure and the credit for his death would be his. Not to mention the money the girl he mentioned had hidden!

He could already imagine how wonderful it would be to have a fortune of hundreds of millions of Belly, and perhaps even be transferred from a branch to Marineford!

"You Marines, why are you showing up at this particular moment!"

Gen shielded Nami and Nojiko behind him and shouted. Arlong's decades of evil deeds were closely related to the Marine in front of them.

Everyone reacted fiercely. Now that Arlong was dead and the mountain weighing them down had disappeared, they naturally wanted to resist.

Seeing their reactions, the Marines raised their guns, as if waiting for Captain Nezumi's order to riddle everyone present with bullets.

"I, Captain Nezumi, am not an unreasonable person. It took so much effort to deal with Arlong's gang, you should at least thank me!"

With a wide grin, he tried to claim all the credit in a few words and shamelessly demanded benefits from the villagers.

Everyone was filled with anger, but they didn't know how to deal with such a shameless person.

After all, he was a Marine, and the common people could never fight against officials!

"Which branch are you from! How can you claim someone else's credit as your own!"

Tashigi was already deeply dissatisfied with Captain Nezumi's behavior. Hearing his words, coupled with the villagers' attitude towards him, it was clear that this group of Marines had colluded with the pirates.

It was because of these scumbags that Justice could not reach every corner of the sea!

"I am Tashigi, a Marine Headquarters Sergeant. I will definitely report your words and actions to Marineford!"

Seeing Tashigi's hateful expression, Captain Nezumi felt like he had kicked a steel plate.

She was a Marine Headquarters Sergeant!

Although her rank seemed lower than his, the prestige of Marineford was incomparable to any branch. Among the people she knew, there might be someone who could easily crush him.

Since things had come to this, he could only make a move!

"A Marine Headquarters Sergeant, then I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to stay!"

Tashigi never dreamed that her colleague would try to kill her to cover up his crimes.

Under her disbelieving gaze, Captain Nezumi waved his hand, and the Marines pulled the triggers without hesitation, not even caring about the villagers beside her.

Everyone closed their eyes in fear, only hearing the crackling sound of gunfire, but not feeling any bullets hitting them.

They opened their eyes and saw an unbelievable scene: Captain Nezumi and his subordinates were terrified and on the ground, while the bullets they had fired were suspended in mid-air before Cifer!

"A... Devil Fruit user?!"

Captain Nezumi could only think of Devil Fruits, and slumped to the ground, retreating.

Then he thought, they were all Marines, and at most they would be punished and dismissed if reported. As for killing their comrades, he would never admit it.

Anyway, the money he had earned over the years was enough for him to live a comfortable life for the rest of his days, but it would be best if he could get out of this situation.

"Uh, the three of you, I was careless and lost my mind just now. Please forgive me. How about I just pretend I never came? I'll definitely send a big gift afterward!"

He rubbed his hands and walked obsequiously to Tashigi's side.

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, the ugliness of human nature was fully displayed in him, but Tashigi had no intention of stopping there.

If Cifer hadn't intervened in time just now, not only she but also the civilians around her would have died! This was something she could not tolerate.

Just as she was about to speak, Cifer spoke first.

"Enel, kill them all."

"Understood!"

In his words, he completely disregarded the lives of these dozens of people. To Cifer, these scumbags hiding behind the guise of Justice deserved to die just as much as pirates who committed murder and arson.

They couldn't even be considered human.

"Wait, I'm a Marine! Even if I did something wrong, it should be handled by people from Marineford!"

Captain Nezumi was truly terrified now. These two men looked like ruthless killers. He now only hoped that the regulations of Marineford could restrain them.

Gen and the others also looked at Cifer with worry. They hated these Marines, but they were afraid that Cifer and the others would make a mistake because of them.

"Who told you I was a Marine?"

Cifer's gaze was cold as he signaled for Enel to act.

"Divine Judgment!"

Captain Nezumi tried to say something more, but Enel's lightning had already arrived. An attack that even Arlong couldn't withstand naturally wiped out this group of idle Marines.

"Um... benefactor, won't killing Captain Nezumi cause trouble for you?" Gen asked with concern.

"Don't worry, Uncle, we'll be fine!"

Tashigi answered for Cifer. Originally, as a mere Headquarters Sergeant, she wouldn't have the authority to make decisions in such matters, but with this man here, it was different.

A Marine branch captain who was a menace to the area had been killed by a Shichibukai. As long as the report was written well, Headquarters wouldn't have any objections.

"That's good! That's good!"

Hearing their answers, the worried people finally relaxed completely. Afterward, they asked Cifer and Enel for their names and expressed their desire to hold a banquet to thank the three of them for their help.

"Yeah~ Hahahaha~ It's a celebration befitting a god!" Enel's chuunibyou was out of control.

And Cifer finally answered the question Nami had initially asked him: "I heard the oranges here are good, can I have some?"

"Mm!"

Hearing that he wanted to eat oranges, Nami, who was already happy, became even more delighted and eagerly wanted to take them to her family's orange grove.

At the coast, a small boat was quietly docked.

"No mistake... why is that guy also here..." Seeing the flag hanging on the Little Ul, Zoro's expression turned grim.