Heading to Cocoyasi Village

Nami, aboard Ye Feng's ship, saw five or six pirates approaching from ahead, each carrying one of three large chests. The moment those pirates set the chests down on Ye Feng's ship, they saw a woman running toward them. She immediately threw herself over the chests.

Ye Feng stepped onto the ship from the other side and told the pirates, "You can go back." Then he said to Nami, who was sprawled over the chests, "I only have one hundred million Beli to give you for now. I'll give you the rest later."

When Nami heard that Ye Feng was giving her one hundred million Beli, she felt somewhat unwilling.

But she finally had one hundred million Beli—enough to buy Cocoyasi Village.

She just couldn't go back yet. Glancing at Ye Feng, who was smiling at her, she thought darkly, This guy is too strong. Looks like I can only leave at night.

When Ye Feng saw Nami glance at him, he knew in his heart, This little thief cat will probably leave tonight after getting the money.

Sure enough, that night during dinner, Nami took advantage of a moment when Ye Feng was not paying attention and slipped a sleeping pill into his bowl.

Halfway through the meal, Ye Feng directly collapsed onto the table and fell asleep. Nami hurried over and used all her strength to drag Ye Feng onto the bed. Then she leaned over him, cupped his face in both hands, and kissed him. She said gently, with a trace of guilt, "I'm sorry. I deceived you. I'm a thief. Thank you for giving me such a happy day. I know that I've already fallen in love with you."

Then she gently kissed Ye Feng's face again and said, "There's something very important waiting for me now. Once I've taken care of it, I'll come back and find you. I'll be your girlfriend."

The moment Nami stepped out of Ye Feng's bedroom, Ye Feng, who had supposedly been knocked unconscious by her sleeping pill, opened his eyes and murmured softly, "Fool. You're mine. You'll be mine for the rest of this life, and you won't escape me in the next one either."

Nami somehow found the strength to carry the three large chests filled with one hundred million Beli onto a small boat with her tiny body.

Then the small boat carrying Nami's figure slowly vanished into the moonlight.

Ye Feng watched as Nami's figure slowly disappeared from his sight. He had long known what she was going to do, so he made a major decision.

He slung his sword over his back and ran toward Fierdo's pirate ship. With a leap, he rose above Fierdo's pirate ship and shouted down, "Fierdo, come out!"

Inside the pirate ship's cabin, Fierdo was continuing what he had not finished earlier. He was just about to get to the good part when Ye Feng's sudden shout scared him so badly he nearly went limp. But knowing what kind of person this was, he quickly pulled on his pants and ran onto the deck. He looked around, found no one, and cursed, "Which bastard is shouting for me? Don't let me catch you, or I'll throw you into the sea to feed the Sea Kings!"

After hearing Fierdo's words from the deck below, Ye Feng slashed down with his sword. Then, narrowing his eyes into a line, he said to Fierdo below, "What did you just say?"

The sharp sword aura struck the bow directly. The originally pointed prow was sliced flat by Ye Feng's single slash.

Fierdo had just been about to search for the bastard who had called out to him when a sudden slash from above turned his pirate ship's pointed bow flat.

Fierdo raised his head in fear and stared in shock at Ye Feng standing in the air. He immediately dropped to his knees and said fearfully, "Sir, sir, I wasn't talking about you."

Ye Feng had no time to waste talking to him, so he coldly told the kneeling Fierdo, "Get me a sea chart of all the nearby waters. Hurry!"

Fierdo, kneeling on the ground, heard that the lord above wanted a sea chart of all the waters around this place.

He shouted toward the cabin, "You lot, bring me the sea chart!"

Three or four minutes later, Ye Feng received a parchment sea chart that Fierdo had ordered his men to bring. After studying it for a while, he learned Cocoyasi Village's exact location.

He casually tossed the sea chart back to Fierdo and said, "Thank you for your hospitality these past few days. I'm leaving!"

After saying that, under everyone's astonished gazes, he turned around and used Lingering Wave Steps to run across the sea.

Fierdo and the other pirates were terrified by the sight. What Devil Fruit user could walk on the sea? No, that wasn't walking—it was running.

After running across the sea for a day, Ye Feng finally arrived a day ahead of Nami at her hometown, Cocoyasi Village.

After entering Cocoyasi Village, Ye Feng did not alert anyone. He secretly infiltrated the headquarters of the Arlong Pirates.

Based on his experience from his previous life, Ye Feng went directly to Arlong's office and found Arlong lying in his chair asleep.

Seeing Arlong sleeping there, Ye Feng used Lingering Wave Steps and silently arrived in front of him.

Ye Feng raised the sword in his hand high overhead, pointed the tip downward, and thrust it down.

The chair shattered, and even the floor was blasted open with a massive hole.

Arlong sensed the danger at the first instant and immediately jumped away, but he was still a step too late and was injured by Ye Feng's sword aura.

Seeing that his strike had not directly killed Arlong, Ye Feng looked at him on the ground in surprise and said, "Oh, not bad. You're not as weak as I imagined."

Arlong covered the spot where Ye Feng's sword aura had wounded him with one hand. Hearing Ye Feng's words, he stared at him with a sinister expression and said, "Kid, who are you? I don't remember having any grudge against you. Why are you trying to kill me?"