Cocoyashi Village, in the orange grove, outside Bell-mère's house.
Arlong laughed in a mocking tone.
"Shahahaha!
What do you think? My offer is a great deal, isn't it?
For every brat I kill for you, you can pay fifty thousand Belly less. Two brats means one hundred thousand Belly."
Bell-mère's expression turned extremely ugly. Yet she gritted her teeth and could only plead softly, "Please wait a little longer. I'll go borrow some money from the other villagers and scrape together the two hundred thousand Belly."
"Shahahaha!
Sure, but you'd better hurry!
Otherwise, if I get tired of waiting, I might just kill one of those little brats."
Nami and Nojiko's faces instantly turned deathly pale.
For the safety of her two daughters, Bell-mère could only swallow her anger and walk toward the door, preparing to borrow money.
Arlong and the others did not stop her. Instead, they shifted aside slightly and made way for Bell-mère to pass.
Just then, a somewhat frivolous voice suddenly rang out from the orange grove.
"My, my! It's quite lively here!
Could someone tell me what happened?"
Everyone looked toward the voice and immediately saw a silver-haired young man emerge from beside an orange tree. He wore a blue floral shirt, white beach shorts, and two long swords at his waist.
Gulp! ×21
After the Arlong Pirates saw his face clearly, they all swallowed in unison. Some of the more timid fish-men even started trembling in their legs.
On the other hand, Bell-mère instantly breathed a sigh of relief when she recognized him.
"What's wrong?
Is no one willing to answer me?"
Sephiroth swept his cold gaze across the fish-men, wearing a smile that did not reach his eyes.
"Mr. Sephiroth, these fish-men are members of the Arlong Pirates. They're collecting protection money from