Who says the undead can't be weapons?

"Nami, we've come to save you!"

"Let's fight Arlong and his crew!"

At this moment, outside Arlong Park.

Groups of villagers surged forward, all with angry expressions, clutching crude weapons in their hands.

Hearing the commotion, a few people turned their heads to look.

The person leading them wore a dark brown security uniform, with a pinwheel attached to his police cap, and stitches covering wounds all over his body.

"Genzo?"

Nami turned her head, looking at the newcomers in surprise. "Why are you all here? Did Nojiko..."

"That uncle is so weird, he has a pinwheel on his head."

Luffy, wearing his Straw Hat, said curiously.

Reiner understood, roughly guessing the villagers' intentions, and turned to sneak into Arlong's tower.

"Nami, you handle things here for now. I'm going to do some searching."

A while later.

Inside Arlong's room, Reiner looked at the scattered cash he had found, counting about 400 million Beli.

He scratched his golden hair and sighed, "Ugh, it's a lot less than I expected."

It was definitely a huge sum, but indeed less than he had imagined.

Arlong and his crew controlled over twenty villages here; apart from a few that were completely destroyed, the rest had been under his exploitation for years.

A monthly protection fee of 100,000 Beli for adults and 50,000 Beli for children—even the smallest village would have at least a hundred residents.

How could they have accumulated so little over so many years?

Thinking this, Reiner couldn't help but curse under his breath, "Are these bastards really that good at spending money?"

"Never mind, at least it's plenty to feed a Luffy, right?"

Reiner couldn't help but think of Luffy, who could devour a hundred million Beli at a single banquet.

"Ugh~"

Reiner sighed, packed up all the money, put on his backpack, and left.

As he walked out the door, he bumped into Nami, who was about to enter.

"Nami, what are you doing here?"

"I came to get the sea charts I drew before. What's that on your back?"

Nami stared at Reiner with an unfriendly expression, a flicker of eagerness in her eyes.

Reiner: "...Heh heh."

"Fifty-fifty?"

"No."

"Forty-sixty!"

"No!"

Soon, the group returned to the village with the villagers, and Reiner and the others went to Nami and Nojiko's home to rest.

"This is dried tangerine peel we made ourselves. Please try some."

Nojiko brought over several cups of tangerine peel tea, offering them with a smile.

Earlier, when Nami had taken them to Arlong Park, she had immediately gone to find Genzo, which was why the villagers had arrived later.

"Delicious!"

"It's really good."

"As long as you like it. Our poor little village truly has nothing to repay you with. Later, I'll pack some dried tangerine peel for you to take with you."

"Don't talk about repayment; we've already received the best treasure."

"Is that so? I suppose Nami will be very happy being with you all."

Nojiko left contentedly; she was going to pack some dried tangerine peel as a thank-you gift.

Having just finished fighting, everyone was a bit hungry, slumping weakly on the sofa.

"Grumble~~"

"Ah, I'm going to die~"

Luffy slumped down listlessly.

The villagers were already cooking, preparing to reward them.

Reiner lit a cigarette and began to conceptualize Arlong's template.

With a wave of his hand, several flickering azure flames appeared. Reiner could faintly feel the two flames, representing Arlong and Zoro, attracting each other.

"Should I merge them?" Reiner murmured.

That's right, templates that reached a certain level of compatibility could be merged.

However, the attributes wouldn't stack. Instead, they would complement each other, with each attribute taking the higher of the two values.

Both Arlong and Zoro had outstanding arm strength.

Additionally, Arlong's bite force was extremely strong, and Zoro, due to his Three-Sword Style, had also specifically trained his bite force.

That's why these two templates had such a high degree of compatibility.

"Forget it, it's too much of a waste for just that little bit of attribute gain."

"With Zoro's rate of improvement, if I update it later, the attributes will just shoot up directly."

He had other ideas for Arlong's template. More than Arlong's arm strength, Reiner valued Arlong's steel-like nose and rock-shattering fangs.

Especially the characteristic that his teeth could regenerate continuously.

After pondering for a moment, Reiner had a thought, and a void rift opened out of thin air.

"Wahahaha, Reiner, are you going to create a new monster again?"

Luffy's eyes immediately lit up when he saw Reiner's actions.

"A robot! Make a robot this time, Reiner!"

"...I already told you I can't make robots."

"Then what are you going to make?"

"A weapon."

"Is it a laser gun?!"

"..."

Through the void rift, a silvery-white hilt gradually emerged.

Reiner reached out, grabbed the hilt, and pulled it out sharply. A double-edged sword, entirely silvery-white with sharp serrations lining both sides, was now in Reiner's hand.

At the front was a hideous, fist-sized skull, with a saw-like tip, similar to Arlong's nasal bone, extending from its center.

"...Emmm, it looks just okay."

Luffy said with a look of disdain.

Reiner, however, showed a strange smile. "What if I told you it could extend?"

"Extend! Doesn't that make it like me?"

Reiner aimed the bone sword in his hand at a huge rock outside the door, and with a thought.

The next instant, the blade of the bone sword suddenly extended, and the saw-like tip shot towards the large rock.

Boom!!!

The huge rock instantly shattered.

"Wait a minute, this move is…"

"Hmm, Arlong's Shark something Thrust, right? But it's far from that simple."

Reiner said, and the bone sword suddenly curved, its tip abruptly turning back and rushing straight towards Luffy, like a snake.

"After all, it's an Undead Creature. You can think of it as a Bone Snake; I just molded the snake's tail into a hilt."

To be precise, it was a Chain Sword.

It could extend because the sword body was made of bone teeth, utilizing Arlong's teeth, which could regenerate continuously by consuming stamina.

Chain Swords were very useful weapons, but the techniques for using them were difficult to master.

However, Reiner thought, did Undead Creatures even need to practice?

It could be controlled freely, with a single thought, transforming into a sword, a whip, or even…

The bone sword suddenly coiled up, forming a silvery-white circular shield with layers of bone, its surface covered in sharp spikes, and the hideous skull at its very center.

If anyone thought this was just a shield and got close, Reiner would show them in minutes what it meant to "Shoot them, God Spear."

"Wahaha, it transformed! Reiner, quick, make me one!"

Reiner: "..."

Reiner directly threw the bone Chain Sword to him to play with, ordering the Undead to obey Luffy.

Luffy excitedly ran off with his new toy, having a blast, but in less than three minutes, he came back dejected and dispirited.

"I'm so hungry~~~"

"..."

"Dinner's ready, everyone!"

"Oh-ho! It's party time!"

Luffy rushed out immediately upon hearing the shouts, with the others following closely behind.

"Reiner, wait a second, I want to talk to you about something."

"Huh? What's up?"

Reiner turned to look at Nami, who had called out to him. Was there still some shyness on her face?

Could it be...?

"Um... the money we got from Arlong..."

"..." "No way!"

"No, that's not it! I was wondering if we could leave some for the villagers of Cocoyasi Village?"

"Sure, how much should we leave?"

"...Fifty million?"

"Take whatever you want."

"Then, one hundred million?"

"That works too."

"Then how about..."

"Hold on, are you sure the amounts you're adding on aren't for you to pocket?" Reiner couldn't help but interrupt.

Nami's face suddenly flushed even more.

"Ahem... well, then let's make it one hundred million."

"..."

Alright, alright, the little rascal looks quite impressive, hiding it all this time, huh?