Overlord of the East Sea? Slapped to death with one palm.

Kino hugged Nami. Although Nami had paid back all the protection fees for the villagers after she returned, some villagers had already died. "Nami, it's not your fault. It's probably just our fate. Nami, you should leave, get away from here, and fulfill your dream. This is everyone's unanimous opinion."

"No, I'm staying here until everyone is rescued." Nami lowered her head, her tone firm.

Arlong Empire. A warship was docked by the sea. A shifty-eyed officer who strongly resembled a rat sat opposite Arlong. Arlong placed a briefcase on the table. Major General Rat squinted. "Arlong, you've been a bit too much lately. You know Rogue Town isn't far from here."

Arlong grinned. "Then I'll trouble you, Major General Rat. I hope you can help us cover things up. This is this time's cut, please take a look."

Major General Rat opened the briefcase. Neatly stacked Belly filled the case. Major General Rat's eyes turned into Belly shapes. "There's an extra million this time."

Arlong smirked disdainfully at Major General Rat's pathetic display, then regained his composure and continued respectfully, "This is the extra tax from those lowly peasants. Are you satisfied, Major General Rat?"

"Satisfied, satisfied. Leave this matter to me. I guarantee it will be completed." Major General Rat closed the briefcase with a crisp bang. He prepared to leave. If anyone saw a dignified Marine entering the Arlong Empire, which they hated the most, he would probably be beaten to death.

Rono and his group finally arrived near Cocoyasi Village. "Miss, excuse me, where is the Arlong Empire? We... um, we're lost." Rono saw two girls kneeling on the ground and asked for directions humbly. Sairona frowned slightly as he looked at Cocoyasi Village, which was like a ruin, but he didn't say anything. They had seen worse pirate hideouts.

"Hi~" Gelu greeted politely.

"Who are you? What are you going to the Arlong Empire for?" Kino looked at Rono's group vigilantly, standing up and shielding Nami behind him.

"If we're going to the Arlong Empire... I don't like him, so I plan to kill him." Killing intent leaked from Rono. Kino shivered. How many people would one have to kill to have such intense killing intent?

"Ahem, could you please tell us the direction, miss? Or are you working with him?" Sairona coughed to regain his presence.

"!" Kino was shocked. When did someone else appear? Sairona ignored the stares; he had experienced too much and was numb.

"No way! We would never work with that bastard Arlong!" Nami stood up, her voice hoarse from crying, and shouted.

"Nami! We are not part of the Arlong Pirates. I advise you not to go to your death. Arlong is a Fishman. His Arlong Empire is the overlord of East Blue." Kino kindly warned. He said the latter part to Rono.

"Do you know who we are?" Rono's lips curled up. He truly looked down on a weakling pirate with a bounty of 20 million who didn't dare to enter the Grand Line.

Kino looked at Rono's group again. Flashy armguards, fiery red hair, tall stature, bare upper body. This was Rono. Wearing a black stand-up collar trench coat, holding a Sniper Rifle, with plain black hair and simple features, making him easily overlooked. This was Sairona. And a strange tree person about half a meter tall.

The Red Devil Pirates! That Shichibukai who took pleasure in destroying pirate crews!

"Red Devil Pirates!" Nami exclaimed first. Seeing Rono's smug look, Nami gritted her teeth and made a decision. With a plop, she knelt before Rono. "Please, please help me kill Arlong. If you can do it, I'll do anything. Even... even my body is fine." Nami pleaded, her forehead touching the ground.

Sairona remained calm. Hadn't the pirates they killed also knelt? And those female pirates had even stripped naked to save their lives. Sairona's only reaction was to pull the trigger.

Rono looked disgusted. "What? You'd kneel to a stranger for such a small matter? I really don't dare to accept payment from someone like you." These words were like a fuse, provoking Nami. She was not a shameless girl.

"What do you know! You have no idea what happened in this town!" Nami raised her head excitedly and roared at Rono.

"Did I say something wrong? Relying only on the charity of others is truly disgusting." Rono sneered. "Tell me, where is the Arlong Empire? I don't have that much patience. Arlong? The overlord of East Blue? I can crush him with one slap."

"I'll take you there." Kino walked to Nami's side and said to Rono.

Nami stood up. "I'll go with you. I'm also a member of the Arlong Pirates, so I can lead you in."

"You must have something special to be forced to join those fishman racists," Sairona sized up Nami with interest. With his IQ, it was easy to deduce why Nami had joined the Arlong Pirates. If Nami was a research talent, that would be a huge gain. He had to take her away no matter what.

"I was forcibly recruited by Arlong because of my map-making and navigation talents," Nami said with mixed emotions, proud of her talent but bitter about being taken in by Arlong.

"Navigator, huh..." Honestly, the Red Devil Pirates weren't short of navigators. Rono the Navigator was also very awesome and usually fearless. When faced with natural disasters, they could only race their ships. "I've sailed countless times in my life, never relying on oars, only the waves." -- Wolf Rono.

Sairona pondered as they gradually approached the Arlong Empire. Fishmen were patrolling not far away.

Kino stopped and looked at Nami, "Let's see if you can lead us in."

Nami was about to speak when Rono said impatiently, "This dump needs to be infiltrated?" With that, he walked out of the small woods.

"Who's there?" a Pointy Mouth Fishman spotted Rono, which was why Rono hadn't hidden himself.

"The person who will kill you." Rono said coldly, secretly praising himself.

"Whoosh—" The Pointy Mouth Fishman spat out a small water bead. It was fast, but who was Rono? He caught the water bead, activated his Bone Planting Armor, and the next moment, he was behind the Pointy Mouth Fishman.

Pfft—Blood splattered. The Pointy Mouth Fishman looked at him with disbelief as his body was cut into several pieces.

Sairona took out his pistol and fired, bang bang bang. Three fishmen fell to the ground, a hole in their foreheads.

The patrolling fishmen were all wiped out. Nami couldn't help but vomit as she looked at the Pointy Mouth Fishman's gruesome death.

Gelu patted her back, "Gelu Gelu (You'll get used to vomiting)."

Flowing Fire emitted a red light, and pink streams of light danced with Rono's movements. Standing before the wall, bang—the entire wall turned into rubble. "Enemy attack!" Before a fishman could finish speaking, a bullet had already lodged itself in his forehead.

"A single shot to the soul. Gelu, want to go play?" Sairona blew the smoke from his gun and asked Gelu.

"Gelu Gelu." Gelu was excited, his body gradually growing larger as he entered the crowd of fishmen.