Chapter 136: Second Round (25)
Chapter 135: Second Round
"This musket fire..." The rapid crackle of musket shots, like popping beans, could not possibly be hidden from anyone.
But unlike Arlong, who had no sense of distance, Nami could tell almost just from the sound that these muskets were definitely not being fired inside the town.
The cannon fire earlier had indeed come from the town, but the musket fire now was coming from outside it.
This made her even more anxious. Had the enemy already taken the town and forced everyone to retreat toward Arlong?
And with such dense gunfire, the enemy was definitely no small threat. She had no idea whether everyone in town was all right!
She rowed desperately, continuously paddling toward the town.
"Hahahaha, they're fighting, they're fighting." Arlong was not worried about his fellow fish-men at all. He lacked even that basic common sense.
In truth, it had been a long time since he had fought a real battle.
Most of his time was spent either intimidating ordinary people or dealing with pathetic pirates who were not even worth a bounty.
As for the Marines, he had already bribed Captain Nezumi. The Marines could not possibly pose even the slightest threat to him.
It had been a long time since he had faced an evenly matched opponent.
Arlong really could only be considered a small fry.
When the Straw Hat Pirates fought him, Head Chef Sanji had already gone through a hard battle, while Zoro had been beaten half to death by Hawk Eyes. That was why the Straw Hat Pirates had struggled so much.
If Luffy had not been fooling around, the real Straw Hat Pirates could probably have taken down the Arlong Pirates without a single injury.
They truly were a pack of