Near Cocoyasi Village, a secluded coastline.
This location was remote and not easily discovered.
Currently, a warship was docked there, marked with the number "16".
It was the ship of Navy Captain Nezumi of the 16th Marine Branch.
"Moshi Moshi! This is Marineford…"
Inside the ship's cabin, a den den mushi emitted such a sound.
Next to the den den mushi, Navy Captain Nezumi, looking terrified, frantically spoke into the den den mushi in a near-scream.
"Is this headquarters? I am Navy Captain Nezumi of the 16th Marine Branch, Marine ID 00733."
"I want to make a request to headquarters…"
"You don't have to shout; I can hear you!"
A retort came from the other end of the den den mushi.
Navy Captain Nezumi, however, paid no mind and continued to speak loudly in a panicked voice.
"Listen carefully, there's a pirate wearing a Straw Hat named Luffy, along with his subordinates, who are enemies of our World Government."
"That Straw Hat Luffy… that Straw Hat Luffy…"
As Navy Captain Nezumi spoke, he recalled the unforgettable scene he had just witnessed while hiding near the Arlong Empire.
After he had divided the money he took from Nami, he planned to bring Arlong his share.
But he happened to witness Luffy and his crew break into the Arlong Empire.
Then he personally saw the scene of Luffy taking down Arlong with one punch and shattering the Arlong Empire with one kick.
This terrifying strength immediately made him run back in fear, intending to quickly leave after Marineford issued a bounty for Luffy.
Hearing Navy Captain Nezumi repeatedly utter a name, a hint of impatience came from the den den mushi.
"What's wrong with Straw Hat Luffy? Please be more specific!"
Navy Captain Nezumi exclaimed in shock.
"That Straw Hat Luffy, with a single punch, defeated Arlong, the Captain of the Fishman Pirates, who had a bounty of 20,000,000 Berries."
"His strength is terrifying; he possesses the power to shatter a small fortress with a single kick."
On the other end of the den den mushi, hearing Navy Captain Nezumi's description, the Marine recording it was shocked, mouth agape, and asked,
"I didn't mishear, did I? You said a rookie defeated a pirate with a 20,000,000 Berries bounty with one punch?"
If he remembered correctly, Marine 16th Branch was located in the East Blue. Could such a strong rookie pirate emerge from the weakest sea, the East Blue?
Facing the questioning, Navy Captain Nezumi said in a near-roar,
"You didn't mishear! That Straw Hat Luffy is extremely dangerous; he's a heinous pirate."
"Please list him as a wanted criminal, dead or alive!"
"I'm sending you his photo now."
As Navy Captain Nezumi finished speaking, he placed the photo of Luffy, which his subordinate had just secretly taken while perched on a wall, under the den den mushi's eye.
It was Luffy, leading a group of people into Arlong Empire, when Nami was crying for help.
In the photo, he was pressing down the brim of his Straw Hat with one hand, his expression grim, a shadow covering one eye, revealing the other eye filled with rage.
He looked extremely dangerous and terrifying.
Upon receiving the photo, the record-keeper immediately believed Navy Captain Nezumi's words; he was indeed heinous.
"We've received the photo. Next, we will..."
"Ah ah ah ah..."
Mid-sentence, the record-keeper suddenly heard Navy Captain Nezumi's screams from the other end of the den den mushi and immediately asked in a panic,
"What happened?"
"Hello! Can you hear me? Are you alright over there?"
As the record-keeper finished speaking, he then heard a low, chilling, unfamiliar voice from the other side.
"I am Monkey D. Luffy!"
Upon hearing this name, the record-keeper's face turned pale with shock, and he abruptly stood up from his seat, immediately drawing the attention of all the surrounding Marines.
The record-keeper asked in a panic,
"What do you want to do?"
"What did you do to Navy Captain Nezumi?"
"I warn you, Navy Captain Nezumi is a Navy Captain."
"What you're doing is provoking us Marines; you will face our wrath."
On the other end of the den den mushi, Luffy's face was grim. At his feet was Navy Captain Nezumi, who was paralyzed with fear, his eyes terrified, only able to tremble.
Luffy scoffed at Marineford's warning.
"Heh! It's Marine's misfortune to have such scum among you.
"If you Marines don't handle it yourselves, then I will!"
"I'll help you clean up this trash, so he doesn't tarnish the reputation of the Marine that a certain old man is so proud of."
"If you Marines have any wrath, then bring it on!"
"Click!"
After speaking, Luffy hung up the den den mushi.
At the same time, on the other end of the den den mushi.
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
"..."
The record-keeper kept shouting into the den den mushi, but no reply could be heard.
"What's going on? Such a commotion?!"
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
The record-keeper turned at the sound and saw Marineford Lieutenant Commander Brandnew, with green curly hair and sunglasses!
Seeing the newcomer, the record-keeper immediately bowed in panic.
"Lieutenant Commander Brandnew! Sorry, I was too agitated!"
Brandnew waved his hand, indicating he didn't mind, then asked about the main issue.
"Who were you talking to just now? Why were you so flustered?"
The record-keeper became flustered again, with fear in his eyes, and replied,
"The other party is a heinous rookie pirate!"
"He defeated the Captain of the Fishman Pirates, Arlong, who had a bounty of 20,000,000 Berries, with a single punch."
"In front of Marineford, he annihilated Navy Captain Nezumi, the Navy Captain of Marine 16th Branch!"
"He even provoked us Marines, threatening..."
The record-keeper couldn't bring himself to say it, so he played the recording from the den den mushi.
"..."
"If you Marines have any wrath, then bring it on!"
"Click!"
When the recording ended, the entire hall was silent.
All the Marines present were dumbfounded and terrified.
Could a rookie pirate really instantly defeat a pirate with a 20,000,000 Berries bounty?
How strong was that?
And to directly provoke Marineford, ignoring Marineford's wrath, how terrifying would such a rookie become when he grew up?
Brandnew, at this moment, was also frowning, realizing the seriousness of the problem.
If such a terrifying rookie pirate truly appeared, it would be truly bad.
There would definitely be another heinous criminal on the sea in the future.
A meeting must be called quickly to discuss this matter with all the officers responsible for rookies at Marineford.
...
On Luffy's side, after hanging up the den den mushi, he shifted his gaze to Navy Captain Nezumi beneath his feet.
He had already sensed the presence of Navy Captain Nezumi and other Marines in Arlong Empire.
However, thinking that these people couldn't possibly keep the money they took from Nami with them, he decided to secretly follow them to find where the money was hidden.
Then, they found this hidden warship here.
"Where's Nami's money?"
Luffy asked in a deep voice.
Just thinking that this person had stolen the treasure Nami had saved for eight years made him furious.
Navy Captain Nezumi tremblingly pointed to a large box leaning against the wall and said,
"In... in that box."
Nami immediately walked over and opened the box.
Instantly, shimmering treasures met her eyes.
"Great, my treasure is back."
Nami happily said, grabbing a handful of treasure.
At this moment, Luffy looked at Navy Captain Nezumi and asked Nami,
"Nami, do you want to vent? Use this guy!"
"Release all the harm and grievances you've suffered from Arlong's group over these past eight years."
Nami's expression immediately darkened upon hearing this. She put down the treasure in her hand, slowly stood up, and walked over step by step.
Looking at Navy Captain Nezumi, who was waving his hands in fear, begging for mercy, she said in a deep voice,
"Eight years! I was deceived for eight years by you and Arlong, used as a tool to make money."
"I risked my life, going through life and death, to get this money from other pirate robbers."
"They were my hope, the hope of Cocoyasi Village."
"Yet, our hope was so easily trampled and toyed with by you and Arlong."
"..."
"Those were all Arlong's ideas! He made me do it! It has nothing to do with me!"
Navy Captain Nezumi cried out in a panic, trying to push all the responsibility onto Arlong.
"If you, a Navy Captain, had been responsible, would we have been oppressed by Arlong's group for eight years?"
"You colluded with Arlong to collect 'protection money' from dozens of villages around us. What's the difference between you and Arlong?"
Nami questioned furiously.
Navy Captain Nezumi tried to argue, but then he saw Nami pull out two iron rods and assemble them into a staff.
Then he heard her continue to say angrily,
"You and Arlong... are unforgivable sinners!"
As she finished speaking, Nami brought her iron staff down with all her might onto Navy Captain Nezumi.
"Ah ah ah ah ah....."
Accompanied by screams, Luffy and Uta also joined in.
The merciless three-person brawl began!
Instantly, the screams became more intense.
...
Marineford, inside a conference room.
Brandnew stood at the head of the table, with a whiteboard behind him displaying a photo.
It was the photo of Luffy taken and transmitted by Navy Captain Nezumi.
Brandnew looked serious, facing the twenty-odd powerful and solemn Marine officers attending the meeting below.
He spoke in a serious and grave tone,
"Now, I will explain the situation regarding Monkey D. Luffy, the Worst Generation of all time, to everyone present..."
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