Arlong's Anomaly

Ye Feng looked at Arlong, who was roaring at him, and said, "It can't be helped. That's the difference between humans and beasts. Oh, right! I'm not here to kill you now. A few years from now, help me wipe out a group called the Straw Hat Pirates, and I'll let you go. If you can't kill them, heh heh, you know the consequences."

Ye Feng seemed to recall something else and said to Arlong, "If I see even the slightest injury on Nami again, you'll die horribly. Of course, you can run. But if you do, I'll go to Fish-Man Island and kill a hundred fish-men every day. If you don't believe me, feel free to try."

"Oh, right, one more thing. If Nami comes back, don't tell her I was here."

After saying all that, Ye Feng vanished directly before Arlong's eyes.

After seeing Ye Feng leave, Arlong recalled what he had just said and furiously roared at the sky, "Bastard!"

Everyone in Cocoyasi Village heard that furious roar.

They all turned in unison toward Arlong Park, and every fish-man there heard their boss Arlong's roar as well. They hurried upstairs one after another.

Before they even opened the door upon arriving upstairs, they discovered that their boss Arlong's teeth and his beloved nose had both been broken. A fierce battle had clearly taken place here.

An octopus fish-man rushed forward, helped Arlong up from the ground, and asked in astonishment, "Boss, what happened here just now? Where's the enemy?"

A long-mouthed fish-man beside him glared at Arlong and said angrily, "Boss, who was it? Who beat you like this? I'll go kill him!"

The other fish-men standing nearby also looked at their boss Arlong angrily and said in unison, "Boss, just say the word, and we'll go kill him right now."

Hearing what those around him said, Arlong felt greatly comforted. But when he thought of how powerful that person was, even if Boss Jinbe were called here, he might not be able to defeat him.

Forget it. Ye Feng had said that in a few years, a group of newly arrived pirates would show up. As long as he killed them, everything would be fine.

After deciding on a plan, Arlong said to all the fish-men around him, "Starting today, all of you had better restrain yourselves. Don't go causing trouble at Nami's house anymore. From today onward, we won't collect protection money from her family either."

When the fish-men beside Arlong heard their boss say such things, the long-mouthed fish-man stared at Arlong in shock and asked, "Boss, what exactly happened?"

Just as the octopus fish-man Hatchan was about to speak as well, the door opened. Everyone turned around and saw that Nami had returned.

The moment Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village, she did not even go home. Instead, she came straight to Arlong's base, Arlong Park. When she went upstairs, she found the place in complete disarray, with all the fish-men gathered there.

Most importantly, she saw that Arlong's chest was bleeding, all the teeth in his mouth had been ground flat, and even his most formidable weapon—his nose—was gone.

Nami did not think much of it. It had nothing to do with her anyway. So she directly said coldly to Arlong, "Arlong, I've gathered one hundred million Beli. Now you can return Cocoyasi Village to me according to our agreement, right?"

When Arlong heard Nami say that she had saved up one hundred million Beli and wanted to buy Cocoyasi Village back, he was about to agree when a terrifying thought suddenly arose in his heart.

Arlong thought darkly, That's right! If I kill her now, along with everyone in this village, then when that person comes, I can tell him it was some other pirate crew that killed them, and won't I get that one hundred million Beli safely? By the time he learns the whole truth, I'll already be in the New World. Let's see how he comes after me then. Even if he finds me, I'll have Boss Jinbe.

Arlong silently picked up the great sawtoothed blade he had used in his battle with Ye Feng earlier. Just as he was about to chop Nami to death, an incomparably dazzling flash of light suddenly struck his eyes.

Arlong looked toward the coconut tree ahead and found someone standing there, holding a treasured sword and rubbing it back and forth with his hand.

Wasn't that Ye Feng, the one who had just come to threaten him?

Fortunately, Ye Feng had kept an extra eye out. Otherwise, if this thing had tricked him, who would he have had to cry to?

Ye Feng cast a sharp look at Arlong, who was holding the blade, and Arlong was frozen by that glance.

It was as if Ye Feng were telling him, We can see who's faster.

Arlong wisely put down the blade in his hand. But just then, the long-mouthed fish-man beside him saw that his boss had been about to draw his weapon and chop Nami, only to put it down again.

He interpreted it as Nami using one hundred million Beli to threaten their boss.

Then he furiously shouted at Nami, "Bitch, go die!" After saying that, he snatched Arlong's sawtoothed blade from his hand and swung it straight at Nami.

Nami heard someone insulting her. The moment she turned her head, she saw a sawtoothed blade suddenly appear above her, slashing down at her. If that strike landed, Nami would surely be split in two, and she was so frightened that she collapsed onto the ground.

Arlong had not expected his subordinate to misunderstand the situation as Nami threatening him, much less seize his blade and slash at her.

If that strike successfully killed Nami, then not a single person here would survive today.

He hurriedly shouted furiously at the long-mouthed fish-man, "Chu, stop! She can't die! If she dies, we'll all be buried with her. Stop..."