The packed plaza fell into a wordless silence.
Everyone stared in disbelief at Nami, who had suddenly appeared and defeated Hody's group with a mere wave of her hand.
"W-Who is she?"
The gathered civilians, the suspended royal family, and Hody's tens of thousands of troops all had only one question left in their minds.
Who was she?
It had all happened too suddenly. From Nami's overwhelming entrance to Hody collapsing, it had been too fast for anyone to have time to think.
Having lost their officers, the New Fish-Man Pirates stood frozen in place, looking at one another. They knew she was an enemy, yet not a single one stepped forward.
It was as though they were waiting for some leader to stand up and shout, "She's only one person! We have a hundred thousand troops!"
But no one stepped forward. They all stared at Nami, swallowed hard, and grew wary.
Nami turned around and swept her gaze across the crowd. Wherever her eyes passed, everyone instinctively took a step back.
"..."
What do I do? This is so awkward.
Standing beneath a spotlight formed by countless gazes, Nami was at a loss, but she still forced herself to remain calm and shot Jinbe a pleading look.
"Hey, hey, you didn't leave any chance for the rest of us to show off. Isn't that a little unfair?" Franky joked as he leaped down from the cliff.
While secretly shocked by Nami's strength, Jinbe quickly made his way down to the plaza and began untying King Neptune.
Only after seeing Jinbe appear did the people in the plaza react.
"Boss Jinbe is here!"
"Wasn't he defeated by Hody?!"
"Could that girl be the helper Boss Jinbe brought in?!"
"So that's it! Great, Hody has been defeated!"
As the civilians cheered