Nami jogged away from the side of Arlong Park, but she had barely gone far before running into several people.
"Ken-san, Nojiko." Nami froze when she saw the figures before her.
"Nami."
The moment Nojiko saw Nami, she rushed over, hugged her, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Nami spoke softly, then raised her head and looked at Genzo and the others with a complicated expression.
"Nami, the Marines are here," Genzo said as he looked at her.
"I know."
Nami's expression darkened. "So you came to arrest me and hand me over to the Marines?"
"How could that be?"
Genzo quickly said, "I mean, three Marine warships have arrived. They can definitely defeat Arlong's Crew. You don't have to stay with the Arlong Pirates anymore. You can go home."
"Huh?"
Nami was slightly stunned and looked at Genzo in disbelief.
She still remembered what Genzo had told her after Aunt Bellemere died and she joined the Arlong Pirates: Get out of this village and never come back.
But why now...
Genzo smiled and said, "We all know that you joined the Arlong Pirates to protect the village, and that you planned to buy the village back with one hundred million Belly. But there's no need for that anymore."
"Nojiko, you..." Nami looked at Nojiko.
Nojiko nodded and said, "I told everyone."
"But didn't I tell you not—not to tell them?" Nami said with her head lowered.
"I just felt that the villagers needed to know what you were doing," Nojiko said with a smile.
"We never imagined that you had been carrying so much, Nami." Genzo sighed. "But it's all right now. The Marines have come to capture Arlong's Crew, and they brought three warships. They'll definitely wipe them out."
"No, Arlong and the others went to raid