Two billion!Bandit!Robbery!"Why me…? Two billion? I couldn't save that much even if I worked until I died!"
Nami sat in the Fairy Tail guild room, feeling like crying while mentally slandering the world.
But…
"There are benefits to paying a high price. If he can really deal with Arlong and save everyone, no matter how much it costs, it will be worth it…"
Still…
"What does the installment payment that President Yuuto mentioned mean? I have to work here to repay the money…"
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for the little thief, Nami.
The next morning, around nine o'clock, Nami finally stepped out of her room, sporting a pair of panda eyes.
"Good morning, Miss Nami!"
Mirajane greeted her with a warm smile, carrying a delicious breakfast.
"Thank you, Miss Mira!" Nami said, returning the smile.
The two chatted casually, and through the conversation, Nami became more certain about one of her suspicions.
"Where is President Sugisawa Yuuto now?" she asked.
"His instructions are already waiting for you on the deck!" Mirajane replied.
"Um."
Nami nodded lightly, pushing open the door and following Yuuto outside.
"How are your thoughts, Miss Nami? You don't have much time!"
Yuuto's calm voice came without him even looking back, his gaze fixed on the horizon.
Nami froze, her pupils shrinking. Only when he spoke did she realize exactly where they were.
Far off in the distance, a tiny black dot appeared.
Her hometown… Cocoyasi Village!
At this moment, Nami knew the truth.
Yuuto was not trying to swindle her.The astronomical two-billion price wasn't meant to intimidate her.He was showing her, with action, that he could truly deliver.
Nami took a deep breath, ready to put everything on the line.
"President Sugisawa Yuuto… please help me drive out the Arlong Gang!"
She pulled a Berry coin from her pocket and handed it to Yuuto.
"Your commission, sir," she said.
Yuuto smiled faintly, taking the coin.
At that moment, the sea churned violently.
A huge manatee burst from the waves and stopped directly in front of the Fairy Tail ship.
It was the sea beast raised by Arlong's gang—Manatee Moo.
Nami's pupils shrank in shock. She only had time to utter a small warning.
The next second, Yuuto pointed downward.
Click!
A bolt of golden lightning flashed from his finger.
Manatee Moo was instantly scorched black and sank beneath the waves.
Nami could barely process what she had just seen.
Without hesitation, the Fairy Tail guild ship surged forward, heading straight for Arlong Land.
Within minutes… Boom!
The gates of Arlong's Paradise were blasted open.
The murlocs, who had been feasting arrogantly in the early morning, suddenly turned pale with fright.
"Who's there?""Who dares enter our territory?""No matter who you are, if you disturb our banquet, you will die today!"
They cursed angrily.
Nami, still in shock, finally regained her composure.The years of resentment and anger she had held for Arlong and his gang erupted in a roar.
"Arlong!"
She climbed to the bow of the ship, shouting with determination.
"Nami? Is that… Nami?!"
"Boss Arlong, she's the one driving the boat!"
"Hey, Nami… have you lost your mind? How dare you do this! Do you know the consequences?"
Nami did not flinch. She stared at Arlong, unwavering.
"Arlong… I've had enough. What you've done to me, to Cocoyasi Village… ends today. You won't get to do whatever you want anymore!"
At first, there was silence. Then, the murlocs burst into raucous laughter.
"Hahaha! Did I hear that right? You, a weak human, dare to take revenge on us?""Nami, you'd better know your place. Traitors like you can only die.""Brother Arlong, since Nami said so, why don't we kill everyone in this village right in front of her today?""Good idea. I agree."
The pompous murlocs laughed heartily.
On a nearby beach chair, the sawtooth sharkman Arlong stood, laughing cruelly.
"Nami… if you dare say such things, it seems you've found a backer!"
His eyes fell on the Fairy Tail emblem on the ship.
"Brother Arlong, that guild has been active in East Blue recently. I think it's called Fairy Tail…"One of the murlocs muttered in a deep voice.
"Fairy Tail? I don't care about some guild. And is this the end? Nami… you naive human, believing some stranger could defeat me is downright foolish!"
Arlong sneered.
But Nami's resolve did not waver.Having witnessed Yuuto destroy a sea beast in seconds, she had no doubt about his power.
"Although I don't know what this man promised you to make you act so boldly… I wonder if you can maintain that arrogance once I throw your head in front of you?" Arlong taunted, eyeing Yuuto.
Then, his pupils suddenly shrank.
Yuuto, previously in Arlong's sight, had vanished.
Chi chi!
Golden lightning danced across the sea.
Yuuto had already reached Arlong.
The oppressive aura alone forced the sharkman to step back, unconsciously intimidated.When Arlong realized he had been cowed by mere humans, embarrassment flared into rage.
"Was that your final word?" Yuuto said calmly.
"You… you're just a human…"Arlong grabbed his sawtooth sword, but before he could swing, Yuuto struck.
Chi chi~
Electric arcs danced through Yuuto's hair as he raised his right hand and swept it down lightly.
Boom! Rumble!
Thunder roared across the sky, brighter than the sun itself.
A beam of intertwined gold and crimson lightning fell from above, striking Arlong squarely.
In an instant, everything stopped for the sharkman—movement, speech, life.
His body darkened like molten coke and shattered on the spot, reduced to slag.
Even an Enel-level Thunder Fruit user in this world couldn't kill with lightning—but Sugisawa Yuuto could.