At the staggered feast, Luffy and Usopp stood on the table playing treasures.
A pair of chopsticks was inserted in his nostrils, and he danced a strange dance with a stew in his hand, making me laugh.
"The captain is not in shape."
Nami sighed helplessly. "Tell me where we're going next."
"You're not going to use that again, are you?" Zoro couldn't help but glance at Reiner.
He remembers that before Reiner let Luffy point on the map, they then targeted the village of Syrup.
"...That trick?"
"Cough, I've got an idea for the next stop."
Reiner hit a "ha" and said in Nami's doubtful eyes, "Don't you think we still have an important partner on the ship?"
"You mean that, right?"
"It is true that the lack of that position on the ship is not very good."
Zoro helped her chin.
"You think so too."
Luffy heard the words and came to the bottom, laughing and looking at a few people. "Then it is decided; let's go find a musician!"
"It's a cook, a cook!"
"Your brain doesn't have to donate."
"Tell me about the cook."
Reiner nodded and looked up. "Baratie, let's go there."
"But it's close to the Grand Line, and until then I'm thinking of looking for a trip to the Conomi Islands."
"The Conomi Islands?"
"Where is this?"
"Arlong!!"
Compared with the doubts of the other people, Nami exclaimed.
She didn't expect to hear the name in Reiner's mouth.
"Arlong"—the two words were almost her nightmare, and every mention would tickle her heart's fear and disgust.
She will never forget the picture of Bellemere being killed by Arlong in order to protect her and Nojiko.
"Nami, what happened to you? Do you know this Arlong?"
Luffy saw Nami's face a little ugly and couldn't help but ask.
Nami was silent, and the lively atmosphere suddenly quieted down.
Reiner broke the silence first.
"Arlong, originally a member of a fish-man pirate group in the Grand Line"
He slowly explained to Luffy and several people the tyrannical rule that Arlong had brought to the East Blue, in the Conomi Islands.
"Sounds like a fucking guy. Do Reiner and Nami know him?"
Luffy asked incredulously; even Nami also looked at Reiner.
She wondered what Reiner was going to do with Arlong, and what collusion did he and Arlong do?
"Thinking what?"
Reiner noticed Nami's quirky look and explained, "Have you forgotten my ability? I'm just a little bit of him."
"So it is."
Luffy let go and grinned, "Then let's go and beat Arlong first and help Reiner collect new monsters!"
"It's the dead, not the monster!"
"Hold on a minute!"
Nami became a little anxious. "Do you know the strength of Arlong? He is..."
Speaking of this, Nami suddenly stopped; the strength of Arlong was already deeply imprinted in her mind.
Over the years, the navy that wanted to arrest him did not even see the sea and was even sunk to the bottom of the sea.
I was surprised to hear that they were going to find Arlong.
But
Nami looked up at a few people.
Luffy, Zoro, and Reiner. Several of the undead, against the 16 million Berry bounty of Kuro, were so relaxed and cozy.
"If it were a few of them, wouldn't it be?" Nami could not help thinking.
Maybe they really could beat Arlong?
In that case, the villagers of Cocoyashi Village could be rescued from the rule of Arlong.
No, not.
If they fail, with Arlong's cruel character, they will kill them all.
Nami was in a real struggle, and she had promised to buy the village of Cocoyashi from the other side if she saved enough for a hundred million.
But that's a billion! So many years have passed far away.
"Nami, what's wrong with you?"
"It's been strange since I've just started."
Some people were puzzled, and no one but Reiner knew about Nami and Arlong's feuds.
"I know Arlong."
Nami decided to confess to them.
Then several people learned of her past in Nami's gnashing of teeth.
It turned out that many years ago, after Arlong's group came to the East Blue, he ruled the Conomi Islands with great strength, and everyone had to pay the cost of saving lives on time, and her hometown of Cocoyashi Village is one of the Conomi Islands.
"Is that why you're a thief?"
Zoro heard about Nami and Arlong's agreement and probably guessed the reason for her going to sea.
Luffy was even more angry. "This bastard! I decided that we would go to the next stop to find Arlong."
"Wait a minute, don't you understand, Arlong? He's still—"
"Don't tell us, Nami."
Reiner interrupted Nami, "Anyway, we'll all take you as our navigators."
"My family's friends have been bullied and will not be able to find the place."
"Is that called a pirate?"
"And if Arlong is there, you can't rest assured to come with us."
Reiner got up and looked down at Nami:
"Luffy saw him; I want to collect his template. You are bullied with him again."
"For any reason we beat him; that's the pirate's style."
Nami covered her mouth; she was used to relying on her own life.
It never occurred to me that after Bellemere's death, I could still meet someone who could rely on him, and his eyes could not help but burst into tears.
"...Thank you very much."
"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo It's so exciting."
Usopp burst into tears, "One day I will go to sea and become a pirate like you!"
"What, you have to come too?"
"The troll?"
Hearing Luffy's words, Usopp's face was embarrassed.
"I remember inviting you."
"The troll? Is that serious, not a joke?"
"Oh, seriously."
Luffy smiled. "I like you very much."
Usopp looked around at a few people blankly.
"What do you want to stay?"
Reiner renewed his cigarette and quipped at Usopp:
"We will not hurry back to pack our things, and after dinner we will go out to sea, and we will not be able to catch the boat, but there will be no next trip."
"Wait a minute!"
Usopp got up and rushed outside.
Reiner looked at Kaya and joked, "I'm sorry, you're going to get your little boyfriend out of it, don't you blame us?"
"No. Nothing."
A shy red look on Kaya's face, stammering, "I knew that Usopp would go to sea one day."
Even so, I can still see a little loss in her eyes.
Soon, several people finished their meals and came to the port under the leadership of Kaya and Merry.
Usopp arrived early, and there was a dhow docked next to it.
The bow was a white sheep's head, a huge mast on the deck, and a triangular sail on the stern, which contained two-story cabins.
"Although the ship is a little retro, I have designed it by hand."
Merry motioned to the boat and introduced several people: "This is a fast sailing ship; I named it the Going Merry."
At the time of Merry and Nami's introduction, some of them were impatient to get on board.
"Hahaha, that's great!"
Luffy lay on the head of the sheep, his limbs open around it, and smiled, "This is my throne!"
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