Arlong Pirates

A massive sea cow, over ten meters tall and like a small mountain, suddenly appeared before everyone.

Its entire body was café-au-lait in color, and its eyes were incomparably vicious. The moment it saw Luffy and the others, it radiated a ferocious aura.

"Wow, it's huge!"

Luffy cried out in surprise.

"What kind of monster is that? A sea cow?"

Usopp's eyes widened. Without another word, he immediately ran behind Moonlight. On this ship, he felt that only Moonlight could give him a sense of safety.

"Oh no, a Sea Kings monster! This is bad! Big brother, wake up!"

Yosaku and Johnny hurriedly called out to Zoro.

"Perfect, ready-made ingredients!"

Sanji blew out a smoke ring, delight appearing on his face.

With that, he was about to make a move.

"Come here!"

However, Moonlight suddenly acted. His pupils contracted, and an invisible baleful aura rippled outward.

The vicious sea cow immediately began trembling all over, looking utterly terrified.

Moonlight smiled faintly and beckoned at it. The gigantic sea cow immediately became as obedient as a child, moving its body and lying down before him.

"This..."

"Holy crap, Big Brother Moonlight, what did you do to it?"

"Moonlight, I knew it. You really are the most reliable one!"

"Moonlight, wow, wow, wow!"

Seeing this, the five of them were all dumbfounded. Luffy in particular excitedly jumped onto the sea cow's back, touching it here and there as though he had gotten a new toy.

"Use it to pull the ship. As for ingredients..."

Moonlight looked at Sanji and pointed at Moomoo, then turned his gaze toward the sea and swung his sword!

"Buzz!"

A crescent-shaped Sword Aura shot through the air, cleaving through wind and waves across the sea.

The sea surface rapidly split apart to both sides, as though a fissure had appeared. Countless fish, shrimp, crabs, and shellfish then shot into the air with the rushing current and fell onto the ship.

"This is enough to eat."

Moonlight said calmly.

Usopp: "..."

Yosaku, Johnny: "..."

Sanji: "..."

Everyone was dumbfounded. So Sword Aura could be used like this too!

While everyone was still stunned, Nami steered the Going Merry to an island and stopped there. She leaped ashore, greeted the two patrolling Sea Beasts by the shore, then headed toward a massive park.

The Arlong Pirates' base, Arlong Park!

"Nami!"

"Nami's back!"

"Hahaha, our Thief Cat is back! Wonder which group of Pirates was unlucky enough this time!"

Along the way, the Pirates of the Arlong Pirates all greeted Nami when they saw her.

Nami nodded in acknowledgment. When she arrived before Arlong, she tossed over a bag of gold and a sea chart.

"The haul."

Nami said flatly.

"Hahaha, as expected of the Thief Cat. You never come back empty-handed. And this sea chart is truly precise. Even though I'm a fish-man, I still couldn't draw a chart like this."

Arlong did not even look at the gold. Instead, he picked up the sea chart and examined it, immediately praising it.

"Yeah, even though we're fish-men, none of us can draw this kind of sea chart. Nami, you're amazing!"

Hearing that, an octopus-like fish-man glanced at it and could not help giving Nami a thumbs-up.

"Hachi, you're absolutely right. Although Nami is only a human, she's completely different from ordinary humans."

Another fish-man wearing a dark blue karate uniform, with two fins on his back, also nodded and spoke with a solemn expression.

"Hachi, Kuroobi, you're both right. As for humans, Nami is the only one I acknowledge."

A fish-man beside them spoke up. He wore a dark blue sleeveless shirt on his upper body and brown shorts below, with yellow hair and lips like those of a gunfish. He looked at the sea chart and agreed with Hachi and Kuroobi.

"Nami, I'm becoming more and more reluctant to let you leave."

Arlong smiled at Nami.

"Heh..."

Nami's body trembled, then she gave a cold laugh.

"One hundred million Beli. I'll have enough soon. When that time comes, don't go back on your word."

With that, she left directly.

This was the agreement between her and Arlong. If she could save up one hundred million Beli, she would be able to buy back Cocoyasi Village and her freedom.

That was precisely why she had joined the Arlong Pirates, becoming one of them and desperately sailing the seas.

"Big brother, it looks like Nami really is about to leave."

Watching Nami's departing back, Kuroobi could not help saying.

"I really can't bear to see Nami go."

Hachi sighed.

"Is there no way to keep her?"

Chu frowned and looked at Arlong.

"A talent like her may be the only one in the world. It would certainly be a shame to let her go, but I, Arlong, value my word above all else. Still, I can..."

Arlong gave a sinister smile and told the three of them his plan.

Hearing it, the three immediately exchanged knowing, sinister grins.

"So this is Arlong Park, where the Arlong Pirates are? It's way too big, isn't it? Who knows where Nami is?"

At this moment, Luffy's group had finally reached shore, pulled by the sea cow Moomoo.

When they saw the Going Merry docked at the shore, their faces lit up. They then went ashore. Next, they just had to find Nami.

Once someone got on Luffy's pirate ship, getting off would not be so easy.

After going ashore, the group looked over the vast island around them and could not help marveling.

"Let's split up."

Sanji immediately suggested.

"Okay. If anyone finds anything, send a signal right away. They're the Arlong Pirates, so we shouldn't fight alone."

Usopp nodded, then took matters into his own hands and grabbed Moonlight.

"Like this, Moonlight and I will go together."

After saying that, he tightly held onto Moonlight, as though afraid Moonlight would leave him behind.

"Alright, I'll go alone in this direction."

Sanji nodded and pointed in a direction.

"We'll take care of Big Brother Zoro and stay around here."

Yosaku and Johnny pointed at Zoro.

"Then over here, Usopp, you'll act alone and cover that side."

Luffy pointed in another direction, then looked at Usopp.

"I... actually caught a disease that prevents me from going onto islands. I'm going back to the Going Merry."

Usopp clutched his stomach, wearing a pained expression.

"Huh? You're sick? Are you okay?"

Luffy looked worried and actually believed him.

"I'm fine. I just need to rest quietly on the ship. I can't act with you guys."

Usopp staggered toward the Going Merry.

"Hey, hey, hey, even if you're faking it, at least make it look convincing. Hurry up, don't waste time. Nami has fallen into the Arlong Pirates' hands. She might be in danger."

Seeing this, Sanji nearly sent a flying kick at him.

"Nami... alright. Even if I have a terminal illness, I'll risk my life to bring Nami back."

Usopp gritted his teeth. Though afraid, he still agreed.

"Moonlight!"

Luffy then looked at Moonlight.

Moonlight nodded.

The four set off separately in the four directions of east, south, west, and north to search. If anyone found any information or ran into anything, they were to send a signal immediately and notify everyone.

At the same time, at the place in Cocoyasi Village where Nami had buried her treasures, Nami looked at the wealth she had accumulated through years of struggle with a satisfied expression. She was almost at one hundred million Beli. Once she had it, she and everyone else would be free!

Thinking of that, Nami could not help smiling.

Her smile was incomparably radiant.

"So it really is here. Thief Cat Nami, all the treasure you stole has now been confiscated by us Marines!"

"There's so much! Hahaha!"

"We've struck it rich this time!"

However, at that moment, a group of soldiers suddenly surrounded her. Looking at the treasure before them, their eyes gleamed as they all grew excited.

The leader, a man who looked like a rat, let out a sinister cackle and looked at Nami smugly.