I Suspect Arlong Is Dissatisfied With The Boss

Under a colossal, dragon-like water wave of force, Kaler was sent flying, smashing through several giant trees before collapsing on the ground, unconscious.

Sig, meanwhile, removed his tattered shirt and tied up his wounds.

"Are you... alright?" Bellemere hesitated before finally asking.

Sig looked at the little girl in her arms, who appeared to be two or three years old. Considering the malnutrition in orphanages, she might actually be a year older—was Nami this big when she was adopted?

But Sig immediately shook his head. Not everything might happen as in the original story... and what did it have to do with him?

"A Marine Sergeant? I can take ten of them," Sig said, raising his fist, the size of a sandbag, wary of the woman making a sudden move.

Bellemere was annoyed by his words but couldn't retort, as the hostility between Marines and pirates was normal.

At this moment, Sig untied his shirt, revealing the sun tattoo on his back even more clearly!

Recalling their chance encounter outside the tavern earlier...

Bellemere also realized, He must have discovered my identity back then? Could it be...

"Are you human? Or a Fish-Man? What happened to Rear Admiral Kuri?" Bellemere asked, her tone becoming more serious.

Sig didn't answer the first question, only saying, "That curly-haired guy? He's alive. Our captain 'never kills.' After we deal with the Two-Headed Wolf, we'll probably let that useless Marine go." He glanced in the direction of the port.

The sounds of battle from the port had already begun to subside.

Bellemere, who had been worried about Machu Picchu Island, breathed a sigh of relief...

But thinking that it was a group of pirates who had brought her relief, Bellemere felt conflicted again—the words spoken by the Two-Headed Wolf's men earlier still bothered her deeply.

Some people in the Marines are colluding with slavers, while pirates... after a conflict with the Marines, they received a mission report and traveled all this way to stop the slavers?

This is absurd!

Sig, however, had no time for her thoughts. Clutching his wound, he walked towards the unconscious Kaler.

Just then, Hachi suddenly emerged from the side—he had been specifically sent to find Sig. The signal flare had been in this direction, but after the Sea Bass approached and discovered the chaos at the port, the main force went to the rescue first. Hachi was dispatched to find Sig as a precaution.

When he arrived, he happened to see Sig blast Kaler away. He had been stunned just moments ago and now, seeing Sig's movement, he quickly appeared and stopped Sig, saying, "Little Fei, Boss Fisher Tiger sent me to find you... Ah! Are you injured? Let's go find Uncle Aladdin quickly!"

Hachi couldn't read minds, but he could sense the killing intent emanating from Sig. Although not explicitly stated, Hachi was reminding him of the "captain's rules."

Seeing that Hachi had arrived and was firmly pressing on his shoulder, Sig had no choice but to go with him towards the town to regroup with the others, especially the ship's doctor, Aladdin.

Hachi breathed a sigh of relief. If Sig had insisted on breaking the captain's rules, Hachi would have been in a difficult position, unsure of what to do.

Having softened up, Hachi winked at Sig and said, "Want to treat her too?"

Sig hesitated for a moment, glancing at Bellemere. Just as she was about to refuse, Sig spoke, "En, you go grab her then. She's a Marine!"

Bellemere: !!!

"Huh? Huh?" Hachi only saw Sig talking to this woman with the nice backside and didn't pay attention to anything else.

When Sig returned to the town, the Sun Pirates had indeed finished their battle.

Boss Jinbe, with a feigned exertion, performed a "Water Shoulder Throw," using the posture of a shoulder throw to "throw" a large stream of sea current from the surface onto the burning street before him.

Although it washed away several houses, it managed to crudely but effectively extinguish the fire.

As for the Two-Headed Wolf Slaver Squad, they had long since been thoroughly dealt with by the enraged Fish-Men.

Seeing Sig and Hachi return, with Sig injured, Aladdin quickly put down his trident and went to find his medical kit.

"Hahaha, no way, no way? One of the combat members is actually injured!" Arlong immediately started mocking Sig upon seeing his injury.

"Brother Arlong, Little Fei is quite capable. The guy he took down seems to be their right claw... The one you took down earlier was probably the left claw," Hachi said in Sig's defense, only to be hit on the head with the hilt of Arlong's saw-toothed knife.

"Boss Fisher Tiger, Arlong always hits our crew flag with his knife hilt. I suspect he's unhappy with you, boss," Sig immediately complained to Fisher Tiger.

Fisher Tiger twitched his thick lips and ignored him...

"Tch, did you team up with him after you arrived?" Arlong said with some annoyance.

The "left claw" Arlong encountered earlier, though not a match for Arlong, had still given him some trouble to deal with!

"No, no, by the time I arrived, that guy was already down. Little Fei was chatting with that woman with the nice backside," Hachi quickly explained, pointing to Bellemere, who was following behind.

Sig: ...

Bellemere's expression turned annoyed upon hearing this.

Although Sig had called her a Marine, since she hadn't shown any intention of escaping, Hachi hadn't actually "escorted" her.

Arlong looked at her with disgust. "Female human? Why don't you just get off the ship? Find a human and dilute the noble blood of the Fish-Men, stop showing it off."

Along the way, female Mermaids without combat ability had been looking for opportunities to leave the ship—cases of female Mermaids and humans combining were relatively common.

Moreover, after the age of thirty, female Mermaids' tails would turn into legs, so many Mermaids who found true love while docked would disembark.

Then, as long as they hid their fugitive status...

It would be best to hide their Mermaid identity as well, and they could live a peaceful life.

Arlong was still somewhat displeased about this—Humans are worthy?

This was not only due to the difference in aesthetics between Fish-Men and humans but also an extension of his dissatisfaction with humans.

However, Arlong had always been very tolerant and friendly towards his own kind. He understood that this was indeed the best outcome for those mermaids who couldn't fight, so he tacitly approved of the situation.

As soon as it was mentioned, they started complaining!

"She's a Marine mole here," Sig said, rolling his eyes.

"Marines?" Arlong heard this and immediately glared fiercely at Bellemere, then glared at Sig, as if wanting to ask why she hadn't been beaten away.

Is it just because her butt is perky? Human aesthetics are truly superficial...

"I didn't expect a Marine mole to still be on the island. She just tried to get the Marines to punish the Two-Headed Wolf... But according to the Two-Headed Wolf's mole, Wolf Tail, at the orphanage, the Marines should have an inside contact among them. That curly-haired guy being transferred to capture us was also to buy time for the Two-Headed Wolf," Sig explained simply.

Arlong scoffed upon hearing this, cursed the Marines with a sweeping generalization, and looked at Bellemere with displeasure.

As expected, after hearing Sig's explanation, Fisher Tiger had already walked towards Bellemere. Compared to her, Arlong preferred fierce Marines; even if he couldn't kill them, he could at least beat them up severely.