At this moment, on the back mountain of Cocoyasi Village.
The scene froze.
Arlong had been kicked to the ground, while a heroic-looking woman straddled him, stuffing the spear in her hand directly into his mouth.
What seemed to follow was a brutal scene of his head being blown apart by a single shot.
Yet the surrounding Fish-Man One Piece showed no panic whatsoever. They merely watched the scene with mocking smiles.
The crowd watching from afar felt both joy and worry. They were glad that Arlong had actually let his guard down, but worried that the other Fish-Man One Piece would retaliate.
"Didn't expect this, did you, One Piece? Standing before you is a Marine who retired from the battlefield!" Bellemere deliberately pressed the muzzle deeper. "If you don't want to die, make your men stay out of this village forever!"
"She broke a taboo! That woman is probably dead!"
"Yeah! Those are the two words Boss Arlong hates hearing most!"
Amid the Fish-Man One Piece's hushed whispers, the smile on Arlong's face completely vanished.
Before Bellemere's disbelieving eyes, his tooth-filled maw bit the spearhead apart and chewed it to pieces. "Marines? What I hate most are Marines!"
"Oh no!" Bellemere knew something was wrong, but before she could retreat, Arlong grabbed her arm and hurled her over his shoulder.
"Ah!" Bellemere let out a scream. Excruciating pain surged through her in wave after wave. Had her will not been exceptionally strong, she would have fainted from the pain long ago.
Even an ordinary Fish-Man possessed more than ten times a human's arm strength. Someone like Arlong, who ranked among the strongest even among Fish-Men, was naturally even more formidable.
If he had not wanted to toy with this human a little longer, Arlong's blow could have smashed her