Executive Kuroobi

"You're the owners of this ship?"

A Fish-man with two small buns tied in his hair stepped out from a crowd of Fish-men. He was Kuroobi, an executive under Doflamingo, wearing a blue karate uniform and holding a very serious expression.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"I heard you injured a Fish-man in the town. There's no way we're letting you off."

Kuroobi frowned tightly. He intensely despised the boy before him who barely reached his waist and wore such a casual, carefree look.

"What, are we fighting again?"

Moyun sighed. This Fish-man wasn't easy to deal with, after all; he was also a Fish-man Karate practitioner of the fortieth class.

Besides, this was right by the seaside, which gave a massive advantage to Fish-men.

Therefore, he definitely couldn't go toe-to-toe with Kuroobi.

"If you can defeat me, I'll naturally let you pass. If you can't, then I'll drag you before Boss Arlong and let him teach you a personal lesson!"

Kuroobi didn't look like he was joking at all.

Yet Moyun wasn't scared of this in the least, even picking at his ear with a touch of boredom.

"Are you done talking? If you're done, hurry up and start. I'm in a rush."

"Hmph, you arrogant and clueless brat."

Kuroobi assumed a karate stance, waiting for Moyun to make a move.

However, Moyun was waiting for him to make a move as well.

"I'll let you go first. You attack."

"Looking down on me? I'll wait for you to attack."

In reality, black energy spheres were already slowly brewing in the palms of Moyun's hands behind his back.

"Such arrogance!"

Kuroobi wasted no more words with Moyun, throwing a punch straight at Moyun's face.

As he rushed right up in front of Moyun, he saw Moyun suddenly flash a triumphant smile.

"Why don't you head back first? No need to thank me for the tailwind ride!"

Moyun sidestepped slightly, and a moderate-sized Black Hole appeared precisely where he had been standing.

"What is this thing!"

Kuroobi tried to steady his posture, but to no avail. The force he had used just a moment ago was simply too great, and momentum kept him from stopping at all.

"Despicable!"

Leaving behind only those words, Kuroobi fell into the Black Hole and vanished.

Moments later, he appeared inside the giant pool at Arlong Park.

"Damn annoying brat!"

Kuroobi popped his head out of the water, slapping the surface in anger. The moment he raised his head, he saw Arlong sitting on a recliner, looking down at him with a gloomy expression.

"What is the meaning of this? Didn't I send you to teach them a lesson? Why are you back?"

"That punk has some unknown ability. A Black Hole appeared right under his feet, and before I noticed, I fell in and ended up right here."

Kuroobi hurried out of the water and offered an explanation to Arlong.

Arlong said nothing. Since when had an enemy with such bizarre abilities appeared on this island?

"I see."

"Arlong! Get out here!"

At the front gates of Arlong Park, Luffy shouted aggressively.

He had finally found this place, and he was going to send Arlong flying for daring to bully Nami!

"Go see who has arrived."

Arlong gave a slight nod, pointing his sharp chin toward the entrance.

His mood wasn't very good right now anyway, and since someone had delivered themselves to his doorstep, he wanted to see just whose bad luck was so terrible.

By the shore, the leaderless Fish-men looked at one another, momentarily unsure of what they should do.

Logically speaking, they had superior numbers, but that short man just now had simply made their executive vanish into thin air, and they had no idea what kind of magical ability that was.

If they rushed in blindly, the exact same thing would happen to them.

"Well? Are you still fighting?"

Moyun tilted his head, smiling as he looked at them.

"We'll let you off for today, just you wait!"

In the end, one of the Fish-men dropped a harsh threat before hastily fleeing with the rest.

"Tsk tsk, how boring."

Moyun let out a sigh and boarded the ship with Kuina and Olvia.

"Olvia, how is your research coming along?"

"I've almost finished reading through it, and I've roughly recalled the events of back then. Now, if we just keep sailing along this course, we'll be able to spot that island."

Olvia continued flipping through her notes, though she still felt as though she had forgotten something particularly important.

"Alright."

Moyun nodded, and just as he was about to head upstairs to train, he noticed a large chest sitting on the deck.

Damn it, how could he have forgotten about this!

"You two wait for me here. I forgot to return these things to them. If anything happens, there are fireworks on the ship—just light them and I'll know."

Moyun carefully instructed the two of them before leaving with the chest.

This money was all saved up by Nami herself, so he had to return these items to her.

Even so, they were probably in the middle of a fierce battle right now. Should he go take a look?

Yet they were about to leave imminently.

Moyun scratched his head in mild distress, but ultimately decided to go watch. This was the origin of Luffy's bounty, after all—missing out on such a classic battle would be a huge waste!

At Arlong Park, Arlong and Luffy had already exchanged an unknown number of blows, and everyone was sporting various cuts and bruises on their bodies and faces.

"Is this your chivalry? Absolutely laughable! Marching right in here for the sake of a woman like that—foolish!"

Kuroobi crossed his arms over his chest, looking at Sanji with mockery.

"A woman like that? Try insulting Miss Nami one more time!"

Sanji raised his leg and delivered a sweeping kick straight into Kuroobi's arm.

On the other side, Zoro had also engaged Hatchan in combat.

"I happen to have a full six swords! Did you really think a mere human swordsman like you could defeat me?"

Hatchan possessed six tentacles, each gripping a single sword.

"Heh, then let's find out!"

Because of the battle, Arlong Park was filled with broken walls and debris, and such a massive commotion naturally drew the villagers over.

"Are they pirates too? They actually came to challenge Arlong."

"I certainly hope they can defeat Arlong. That way we won't have to live under his oppression anymore!"

"The Marines couldn't save us—are we really forced to pray to other pirates now?"

At these words, the villagers fell silent one by one. They had no idea what the outcome of this battle would be, nor whether the Straw Hat Pirates were as cruel as Arlong.

Even so, they simply couldn't bear to endure Arlong any longer.

"Wow, this is intense!"

Moyun finally arrived, though he didn't intervene in anyone's fight, choosing instead to stand back and search the crowd for Nami's figure.