"Nami, you don't want your companions to die either, do you?"
Hearing Kisame's words, Nami raised her head.
Tears still welled in her eyes, but she stubbornly kept them from falling.
"Yes, Mr. Kisame. Please spare them."
"Then, are you willing to die in their place?" Kisame asked, watching Nami's emotions gradually settle.
"If I die, will all of this end?"
Her voice no longer trembled, and her tone had begun to calm as Nami looked at Kisame pleadingly.
Nojiko saw the shadow of their mother in her sister, but having already lost her mother, she would never allow Nami to die.
"I'll die in Nami's place." Nojiko rushed forward and stood in front of her sister.
"Now... it's too early to talk about life and death, Nami. Luffy needs a navigator, cough cough." Zoro, whose chest had caved in, propped himself up with Wado Ichimonji and stood before the two sisters. His eyes were sharp as he looked at Kisame and shouted, "I don't know what you want. If you only want to kill one person, then trade my soul for peace. Though it would be a shame to die now, I'm willing to give everything I have."
Watching one "bug" after another step forward, Kisame Hoshigaki felt an inexplicable surge of irritation.
Massive chakra once again burst forth from his body. Right now, he only wanted to destroy everything.
"If you want to die that badly, then all of you can die!"
His shark-like teeth gleamed as Kisame's expression twisted viciously. It had been a long time since he had felt such emotional turmoil.
Everyone present, even the helpless villagers, felt the terror of that attack.
"Expelliarmus!"
"Petrificus Totalus!"
Just as everyone closed their eyes and waited for death, Uchiha Mai, who had been watching the show for