The Lord's Kindness Can Never Be Repaid

Momoo turned pale with fright. It mustered its courage and swam to the surface of the sea. In the distance, it saw a ferocious dog-headed man kicking corpses into the sea one by one in Arlong Park.

Not only that, he even saw Arlong behind the kobold.

That was Arlong, who was now just a head, with a ferocious expression and wide-open, angry eyes.

I was so scared!

Momoo's mind went blank; her only thought was to run.

Without saying a word, it turned around and, with all its might, swam frantically towards the deep sea.

I'm sorry, Arlong Pirates, I've decided to pass on my talents to the next crewmate. Farewell, Arlong!

"Um?"

Arlong Park, Lycaon heard a noise coming from the sea and squinted as he peered into the distance. "A sea monster? It looks quite delicious."

He glanced at the bloodstains all over the floor, sighed helplessly, and continued cleaning.

On the other side.

Momoo continued its high-speed march, without a clear destination, simply striving to move away from Arlong Park, as if afraid that if it slowed down even a second, it would become a corpse.

In order to achieve the fastest possible speed, it did not dare to dive below the surface of the sea, but kept its head above water.

They swam for a long time, until even the sun in the sky shifted noticeably, when suddenly a shout came from afar.

"Momoo!"

Momoo didn't stop, but out of the corner of her eye she caught sight of a small boat on the distant sea, with a woman standing on it, waving at her.

"Hey, Momoo, you saw me, right? What are you doing here? Is Arlong nearby?"

Upon hearing Arlong's name, Momoo couldn't help but shudder. Suppressing her fear, she looked back, but the Conomi Islands were no longer visible. They couldn't possibly be chasing her from this distance, could they?

Momoo changed direction and swam towards the small boat where Nami was.

As it approached, it shouted rapidly:

"Moo! Momoo! Momoo moo..."

What are they saying in their babbling?

On the small boat, Nami was completely bewildered. What could have happened to make Momoo so anxious that she wanted to speak human language?

"Don't rush, take me back to Arlong Park first."

Upon hearing this, Momoo shook its big head rapidly, and the sounds it made became increasingly urgent.

Nami isn't stupid; on the contrary, she's been very clever since she was little. Seeing Momoo's reaction, she gradually realized something was wrong.

Is Arlong Park dangerous?

Momoo nodded vigorously.

Nami's eyes widened. "What danger? The Navy is coming to surround us?"

The moment the words left her mouth, she immediately doubted them. With Arlong and the Navy in cahoots, how could the Navy possibly care about what was happening here?

In the past, she had tried to secretly send messages to other naval units, but they all ended up disappearing without a trace.

"A bounty hunter?" she guessed, changing her perspective.

Momoo hesitated for a moment, then shook its head.

It didn't know if he was a bounty hunter, but if he was, the kobold wouldn't throw the officer's body into the sea; instead, it would take the body away and claim the bounty from the navy.

"Not a navy officer, not a bounty hunter, could it be a pirate...?"

Nami seemed thoughtful, but guessing his identity wasn't very meaningful; she was more concerned about the Arlong Pirates' situation.

"How is Arlong? Did they get into a fight?"

Momoo nodded at first, then his face turned to fear, and he shook his head frantically.

Upon seeing this, Nami's eyes gradually brightened and became more colorful, as if a person walking in the dark had suddenly discovered a light ahead.

Suppressing her excitement, she feigned sorrow and asked:

"Arlong was killed?"

Momoo trembled all over and cried out urgently.

From this reaction, Nami quickly understood, and she couldn't help but clap her hands, her smile radiant.

"Really?"

Momoo:???

Nami quickly suppressed her smile, calmed her agitated emotions, and tried to imagine the saddest things that had happened over the years.

She thought of her mother Bell-mère's death, and her mood immediately soured.

"I'm going to avenge Arlong!"

She spoke in an extremely sorrowful tone, her lips sometimes downcast and sometimes upturned, her expression extremely awkward.

Momoo was greatly shocked, never expecting this human woman to be so loyal; even Moo was no match for her.

Moo!

Momoo let out a startled cry, flicked its tail, and quickly ran away, refusing to turn back no matter how Nami called out to it.

Chapter 107 The Lord's Grace Can Never Be Repaid

"What terrifying thing did you see to be so frightened..."

Watching the sea monsters Momoo they desperately fled, Nami couldn't help but murmur silently.

She wasn't afraid at all; on the contrary, she couldn't wait to go back and see.

Of course, if she went back rashly like that, she might be mistaken for Arlong's accomplice and killed along with him... Well, she is indeed a member of the Arlong Pirates, her identity is beyond doubt.

"I need to hide the tattoo."

Nami turned around and rummaged through the bag behind her, quickly taking out a coat and putting it on to cover up the Arlong Pirates tattoo on her left arm.

Then, in order to make herself look like an innocent young girl, she changed into a dress that conformed to common stereotypes.

Nami is quite skilled at disguise. In the past two years, in order to quickly raise the 100 million Beli needed to buy the village, she often needs to go out to sea to find pirates and steal from them, and she calls herself a "pirate thief."

While honing her skills to perfection in thievery, she also mastered all sorts of strange and unusual abilities.

"Perfect!"

After getting dressed, Nami admired herself for a while before nodding in satisfaction. "People who don't know me won't think I'm a pirate, right?"

With thorough preparation, she picked up a nearby oar and rowed vigorously towards Arlong Park.

About an hour later, the Conomi Islands came into view.

Nami moored her small boat at a secluded spot on the shore. She disembarked, tied the rope to the rocks on the shore, picked up the bulging package, and tiptoed quietly towards Arlong Park.

The Arlong Park was surrounded by four walls, each more than three meters high. Nami arrived at the foot of the wall, put the heavy package aside, then bent her knees and jumped, quickly grabbing the edge of the wall with her right hand, and climbed up the wall with all her might, cautiously peeking out half of her head.

Before I could even get a clear view of the park's interior, a strong stench of blood hit me first.

What is that?

Nami's eyes widened suddenly as she saw a monster with a human body and a dog's head cleaning the blood-stained outdoor swimming pool with a rag.

As for the body... no body was seen; it appeared to have been cleaned up.

Only one body remained!

Nami noticed a bloody head next to Arlong's usual sun chair; it was none other than the Fish-Man Arlong.

Nami almost cried out. She quickly freed one hand to cover her mouth, her eyes filled with shock.

Arlong is really dead!

Their heads have been chopped off!

However, all the other bodies were disposed of properly, so why was only a head left?

Are they bounty hunters, willing to trade their lives for the bounty?

"Hmm? The scent of humans..."

Just as Nami was making her own guesses, Lycaon, who was by the pool, sniffed the dog's nose, detected the scent of a human, and immediately used his Observation Haki to quickly pinpoint Nami's location.

He suddenly looked up.

The moment their eyes met, Nami's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, that kobold has spotted us!

Without a second thought, Nami quickly let go of the wall and climbed down. She grabbed the bundle at her feet and ran.

Although the package was a bit heavy, it contained the treasure she had stolen on this voyage, and she couldn't leave it behind.

However, the instant she picked up the package and took a step, a figure flashed in front of her. The kobold that was inside the wall just a moment ago had instantly appeared in front of her.

"How could this be...!"

Nami's pupils constricted sharply; she was too shocked to speak, her body stiffening from the intense impact.

Instant teleportation?

Will I be killed?

Nami briefly considered many terrible consequences, but ultimately calmed down.

Now that Arlong is dead, and the Arlong Pirates, who had been entrenched above Cocoyasi Village, have been destroyed, if this death is the end she deserves... she can accept it.

"Woman? You wouldn't happen to be Nami, would you?"

Lycaon leaned closer and scrutinized Nami with his dog head; her appearance seemed to match the person his master had mentioned.

"No, I'm not Nami, my name is Ria."

Nami quickly fabricated an identity for herself. She dropped her bundle, clasped her hands together, and adopted the appearance of a weak and helpless little woman, saying in a coquettish voice:

"Um, sir, I just got lost while passing through here..."

"Huh? Who are you calling a dog head!"

Lycaon grinned, ready to teach the other party a lesson on the spot.

At that moment, a voice rang out from the sky.

"Bring her to the third floor."

"Yes, Captain."

Lycaon shook his head, gesturing for Nami to follow. "Don't even think about running, Nami, you can't escape."

"I'm really not Nami..."

Nami forced a smile and tried to explain, but her heart was already dead.

This group of people seemed to have investigated the Arlong Pirates, knew of her existence, and recognized her by her appearance.

Not admitting it to her face was her last act of defiance.

A short while later, she followed Lycaon back to Arlong Park. Under their tight security, she had no choice but to go up to the third floor and enter what was originally her drafting room.

The reason it was originally... is because someone else is sitting there now, a man wearing a mask.

Dimon looked up, shifting his gaze from the unfinished East Blue chart, and looked at Nami, who was trying to appear calm, and said approvingly:

"Your cartographic skills are remarkable. This nautical chart contains much clearer and more complete information than most commonly available charts, Miss Nami."

"Um, you might have mistaken me for someone else... I have nothing to do with the Arlong Pirates! If you're talking about Nami, you mean my twin sister..."

Nami forced a sweet smile, hoping to awaken the man's sense of pity.

In the past two years, while stealing from pirates, she has encountered dangers, but she has always managed to escape unscathed, relying on her wit.

Dimon was amused and proceeded to recount a wealth of information as if it were a treasure trove.

"Nami is 15 years old."

Born in the Kingdom of Oikot in the East Blue, when she was still an infant, the kingdom was attacked by pirates, and she was abandoned by her parents in the chaos of war. Fortunately, she met the then Navy Captain Bellemere, who then adopted her and brought her back to Cocoyasi Village.

"At the same time, you also have an older sister who is not related to you by blood, named Nojiko."