After escaping the Navy branch, Nami wandered back to the island where Cocoyasi Village was located, but she had no idea what to do.
Escaping from the Navy branch had worsened her injuries, which had not healed properly to begin with. She had no fighting strength left at all.
Several days had passed, and she had no idea what had become of the Cocoyasi villagers. Though she wanted to go and check on them, she was afraid the fish-men had not left.
Although Nami was timid, when someone crossed her bottom line, she could be incredibly brave. She did not lack the resolve to fight the fish-men to the death.
But if she were captured too, then Cocoyasi Village would truly have no hope left. Kinoko, who had been captured by the Navy, would also be imprisoned under the false charge of piracy.
With Captain Nezumi's personality, how could he possibly leave behind such a major loose end? Kinoko's final fate would surely be execution!
Thus, after returning to Cocoyasi Village's island, Nami remained anxious and hesitant, completely at a loss over what to do. In the end, overwhelmed by her injuries, she fell into an exhausted, heavy sleep.
That was where the memory ended. Now that she had awakened, Nami finally gritted her teeth and prepared to head to Cocoyasi Village to see what had happened.
Dragging her weary, wounded body up the hill, Nami froze.
Cocoyasi Village had been burned to ashes. More than half the orange trees around the village had been cut down and turned into wooden crosses.
Hanging from those crosses were the corpses of every villager!
Like a madwoman, Nami rushed down and began taking down the bodies. Each time she untied one, she shook it and cried out, "Uncle Jim!" "Sister Alia!"