"Arlong, I'm back..." Nami pushed open the lacquered red door, walked into Arlong Empire Plaza, looked around, and his eyes fell on Kuroobi swimming in the pool, "Where is Arlong?"
"It's you, Nami..." Kuroobi continued swimming fast in the pool, "Arlong just went out, please wait here for a moment."
Nami concealed a trace of anxious joy in his heart and said with a cold expression, "He actually left here... where did he go?"
"I heard that you are about to collect 100 million Beli. Arlong happily went to the sea to hunt for food. Don't worry, he will come back after a while." Kuroobi said calmly, and jumped onto the shore with a sudden jump, splashing countless water splashes.
Nami's calm expression turned a little surprised the moment the water splashed down, "How did you know that I had collected 100 million Beli..."
Kuroobi didn't say much, twisted his neck, picked up a towel and wiped his face. "You are about to say goodbye to this place. How about going to the room where you grew up and take a look. There are the fruits of your hard work for nearly eight years."
Nami trembled slightly and uttered a few words: "No, no need, I'll just wait here for him to come back..."
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, I had to wait for only an hour...
Nami tried hard to keep a calm and indifferent look, but as soon as she stepped into the Arlong realm, she felt uncomfortable all over, as if she was in a rusty prison. There was a terrible sense of suffocation all the time. Her inner expectations for liberating the village were also rising, and her burning thoughts were almost unbearable.
Bang!
The reverberation of a burst of gunfire came from a distance, it was the location of Tangerine Grove!
Nami's pupils dilated, a bad premonition emerged in his mind, and he hurriedly ran outside.
"Nami, wait a little longer." Kuroobi grabbed Nami's wrist with his strong hand, "Arlong will be back soon."
"Let me go!" Nami instantly took out three wooden sticks from the side of his thigh with his other hand, put them together skillfully, and struck Kuroobi without hesitation.
Snap!
Kuroobi effortlessly slapped the stick to the ground. "You are really rude, you don't look like our partner at all."
"Let me go! Let me go!"
Nami repeated these words, the resentment in his eyes almost burning out his reason, and the remaining bit was still trying to convince himself not to let the hard work of the past eight years be ruined.
Kuroobi glanced sideways at the location of the gunfire, and slowly let go of Nami's hand. After watching Nami rush out impatiently, he murmured, "This human being has never really wanted to join us. Arlong is right, human beings can only be used..."
Nojiko, Mikuru... Don't let anything happen to you!
Nami ran towards Tangerine Grove anxiously, his feet were covered with mud, and he didn't even notice when one of his sandals fell off.
She lowered her head and watched as she ran. Along the way, she passed several severely injured sailors carrying huge packages. She just paid a little surprised attention and continued running.
Drip, drip, drip...
The sky became gloomy without warning. One or two drops of rain fell one after another. The rain gradually became heavier. The raindrops falling all over the sky were thin and dense. The lonely figure looked small and thin in the rain...
Snap!
The door of the house was pushed open forcefully. Nami looked around in panic, and his eyes fell on Nojiko, who was lying unconscious on the bed.
Her face was pale, her body was wrapped in bandages one after another, and she looked in great pain with her eyes closed.
Mikuru's face was full of tears. He looked up at Nami sadly. His tears kept falling like a floodgate. He choked and said, "Nami... I'm sorry, if it wasn't for me yesterday I was drunk at night and woke up only after hearing the gunshots. Such a thing would never have happened... But if Nojiko was not saved, she would die. I... I had no way to stop them. It's all my fault. It's all my fault."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Mikuru sobbed blaming herself, but did not dare to speak too loudly, "It's all my fault."
"Calm down..." Nami felt his head spinning. He took a breath and put his hands on Mikuru's shoulders. "What on earth is going on? Why did Nojiko become like this!"
"It's that group of navy... the group of navy that made a deal with Arlong. They injured Nojiko and took away the treasures we accumulated..." Mikuru said intermittently while crying.
Nami closed his eyes tightly, and the scene when he bumped into the navy just appeared in his mind. Behind them was...
It was covered with blood and almost life in exchange for 100 million Beli to save the entire village from hell!!!
"No... no...Arlong!"
Nami rushed out of the door and disappeared into the rain.
"Nami..." Mikuru looked worriedly at Nami's disappearing figure, then turned around and touched Nojiko's hot forehead, "The fever is so severe...Nojiko, please be sure nothing happens to you."
Nami ran towards Arlong Empire Plaza with all his strength. Looking at Arlong who had returned, his eyes drooped, deeply buried in the shadows, and he suddenly raised his head, burning with anger.
"Arlong, you bastard!!!"
"What's wrong, our excellent surveyor?" Arlong sat on the exclusive seat as if nothing had happened, looking up at the heavy rain with joy, "This rain came at the right time, making me feel that every part of my body is jumping for joy."
"It was you who used tricks to get the navy to come and steal my money..."
Nami walked over step by step, reached out and grabbed Arlong's collar, and roared loudly, "You won't break your promise on money even if you die?!"
"When did I... break my promise?"
"Don't act stupid, you and the navy..."
Before he finished speaking, Nami's mouth was tightly held by Arlong's huge hand. His eyes were like a furious Sea Kings, full of murderous intent and cruelty.
"When did I violate the agreement? Why didn't I know? Why don't you tell me?"
"Hahaha--"
Amidst the tears shed by Nami, Arlong and all Fish-Man were laughing mercilessly and cheering wildly, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"It's really unlucky that the money was robbed, but there is nothing we can do about it. An agreement is an agreement. If we can't fulfill it, I can't return the village to you."
Arlong slowly loosened his grip on his hand, "I never break my promise regarding money. Whenever you put 100 million Beli in front of me, I will return the village to you, haha--"
The merciless ridicule constantly broke down the defense line in Nami's heart. She felt that she could no longer control herself. All she could think of was the urge to fight for her life against the disgusting Fish-Man in front of her.
"Isn't it just 100 million Beli? If it is robbed, just save it up..." Arlong realized that Nami's emotions had reached the extreme, and said in a slightly slower and threatening tone, "Don't tell me you can't escape if you want to, it won't work, then everyone in the village will be killed, and no one will survive."
Nami took a breath, and the resentment that was about to explode was like a thick layer of ice, frozen instantly. She slapped Arlong's hand away with all her strength, and fled like a timid and helpless cat from the square filled with Fish-Man's stench.