"Nojiko, where are you going?"
"We're going home!"
"Home? But didn't Bellemere tell us to hide first? Our house is too obvious, isn't it?"
Nojiko did not answer Nami's question. She fell silent and pulled Nami along faster.
At last, the two returned home.
Nojiko rushed into her bedroom and took out the Flying Thunder God Kunai Senga had given her from beneath her pillow.
Nami stared at Nojiko in disbelief and said,
"At a time like this, you're still thinking about the kunai Brother Senga gave you?"
Nojiko shook her head. Senga's words from when he had left echoed in her mind.
"If anything dangerous happens in the village while I'm away, hold this and call my name in your heart."
She clutched the kunai tightly to her chest. She had no idea whether it would work, but Brother Senga was the only thing that could give Nojiko hope now.
Nami grew anxious. She stepped forward, grabbed Nojiko's clothes, and shouted,
"Stop wasting time! Let's find somewhere to hide first! Don't let Bellemere down!"
Only after hearing Nami's call did Nojiko snap out of it and nod. The two turned to leave the house, which could no longer give them even a shred of security.
But just then, several gunshots rang out, freezing them in place with fright.
After a while, Nami said tremblingly,
"Th-that was gunfire. It came from the village chief's house... Bellemere is still there!!"
Smack! Nojiko grabbed Nami's hand again and ran madly toward the village chief's house.
At the village chief's house,
Nearly all the villagers had gathered there. They stared fearfully at the group of Fish-Men grinning like demons before them.
Arlong held a gun, its muzzle aimed at the villagers. His foot was planted on Bellemere's head as he threw his head