Reunion

Apoo watched Roronoa Zoro's departing figure and said, "The aura he revealed for that instant just now was as terrifying as a ferocious beast."

Urouge said excitedly, "The Straw Hat Pirates' second-in-command possesses that kind of presence."

Capone Bege lit himself a cigar and said, "It's time to leave. Too many Pirates have gathered on this island now. The Marines will definitely take it very seriously."

"Yes, Godfather," a group of underlings behind him answered in unison.

Hawkins put away his cards and said, "The Straw Hat Pirates?"

Sabaody Archipelago, Grove 1.

At this moment, Luffy and the others had already arrived here.

Afterward, they found the person in charge of the auction house, only to be told that if they wanted to take someone back, they had to buy them first.

In the end, Nami made the decision. "Then that settles it! We'll buy Camie back. We still have two hundred million Beli, so it should be enough."

"Nami, thank you." Hatchan felt deeply apologetic and grateful toward Nami.

Back then, Arlong's Fish-Man Pirates had caused Nami so much harm.

And now, Nami was helping them instead. It moved Hatchan deeply.

Nami said, "All right, let's go! We'll buy Camie back fair and square."

"Camie, wait for us. We're coming to save you." Luffy clenched his fists as he stared at the auction house.

The group arrived at the entrance of the auction house, preparing to enter. Tashigi and Kalifa followed along as well.

Tashigi had seen more and more darkness lately, and the way she viewed things was constantly changing.

Kalifa smiled and asked, "Tashigi, you've changed a lot today!!"

"Have I? I suppose so!" Tashigi also felt that her mindset had changed in some way.

At that moment, Sanji, Franky, Usopp, and Zoro of the Straw Hat Pirates arrived on a flying fish.

Zoro was with them because Sanji, Franky, and Usopp had run into him while he was walking down the road, so they dragged him along.

Luffy said with a smile, "Zoro, Sanji, Franky, Usopp, you're here too! Great."

"Isn't that the woman from CP9?" Usopp stared at Kalifa in shock.

Franky's expression did not look very good either upon seeing a member of CP9.

Pointing at Tashigi, Zoro was so shocked that he stammered, "Y-you... you..."

"Roronoa Zoro!" Tashigi called out Zoro's name loudly as well.

Sanji was completely dumbfounded. "You bastard, Moss Head, why do you know that beautiful lady??"

The fact that Zoro and Tashigi knew each other also left Kalifa, along with everyone from the Straw Hat Pirates, utterly astonished!!

After all, this scene was simply too unbelievable.

After Tashigi and Zoro gave a brief explanation, everyone finally roughly understood what had happened.

Zoro asked Tashigi in disbelief, "I never expected you to quit the Marines and become a Pirate instead."

"What I want to do is my own right, isn't it?" Tashigi did not directly answer Zoro's question, but her meaning was clear enough.

"True." Zoro agreed with Tashigi's answer.

Usopp quietly said to Franky, "Don't you think their group is strange? A former Marine and a former CP9 agent both joined the Pirates. That Luo Chen guy is pretty impressive."

"Haha! Yeah! If we get the chance, we should get to know him properly." Franky was surprised, but not overly so.

The doors of the auction house were pushed open, and everyone from the Straw Hat Pirates, along with Kalifa and Tashigi, entered.

The moment they entered, they saw that the auction house was packed with people.

And at the instant they entered the auction house,

two groups noticed the Straw Hat Pirates.

Trafalgar Law lowered his hat slightly, his gaze fixed on Straw Hat Luffy as he said in a low voice, "So that's Straw Hat-ya!!"

On the other side, Kidd smiled and said, "Heh, so that's Straw Hat Luffy!"

"Yes, Kidd," Killer replied from beside him.

Kidd continued, "I've wanted to meet them for a long time. They've caused quite a stir on the Grand Line."

After entering, Tashigi saw the host onstage constantly introducing the slaves, and she trembled with rage.

Kalifa comforted her, "You'll get used to it. The World Government has plenty more darkness to offer!!"

Robin glanced at Tashigi from the corner of her eye, then looked away. No one knew what Nico Robin was thinking.

Luffy clenched his fists and said, "Camie, wait for us. We'll definitely save you."

"Two hundred million Beli is enough to save Camie. Don't worry!" Holding the two hundred million Beli, Nami was full of confidence that they could rescue Camie.

That was a full two hundred million Beli! It was no small sum.

Franky sighed. "There's still slave trading even this close to Marine Headquarters. It's hard to imagine."

"Yeah! It's terrifying." Chopper's worldview was being shattered again and again.

Sanji lit a cigarette and said, "Anyone who hurts a beautiful lady won't get away with it as long as I'm around."

Pappag said with a face full of worry, "Camie, you have to be all right!!"

"Trust Luffy and the others. They'll definitely rescue Camie," Hatchan reminded him.

At the same time, the host onstage continued introducing information about the slaves.

Then the host said, "The next slave is a princess from a fallen kingdom, Pasiya."

As the host's words fell, a beautiful blue-haired woman wearing a collar was brought onto the stage.

The host pointed at Pasiya and said, "Pasiya can sing and dance. Not only that, she can cook, handle all kinds of household chores, and provide attentive service."

"Buy her, and you'll definitely get more than your money's worth. She used to be a princess, after all!!"

"So then, the starting bid for this fallen princess, Pasiya, is eight hundred thousand Beli."