In the Orange Orchard at Nami's house in Cocos Village.
Hachi stood on the ground, wielding six swords and swinging them, leaving only afterimages as the blades flashed.
"Too light."
Hachi looked at the samurai swords in his hands and said to Nami, who was in front of him.
"Light? These are the heaviest swords that can be forged, each weighing ten kilograms," Nami said, standing before him, her tone impatient.
Hachi snorted and replied, "My old swords weighed three hundred kilograms each. These are too light."
"Three hundred kilograms? Without special materials, it's impossible to forge swords that heavy," Nami said. "I remember you didn't have any swords with you when you fought that black fish twice, did you?"
"The swords were too heavy to carry underwater," Hachi replied.
Nami immediately said, "So wouldn't it be better to switch to lighter swords?"
Hachi scratched his head and said, "Then the weight would be too little, and the power would be reduced significantly."
"But the speed would increase."
Nami walked over to him and said, "It would be harder for enemies to block your attacks, and as long as the swords are sharp enough, they can cause damage when they hit an enemy."
"You have a point," Hachi's eyes lit up.
Nami said, "These six swords cost two hundred thousand each. With a discount for six, they were only one million. They aren't famous swords, but they are incredibly sharp. You should be satisfied with that, right?"
Fifty thousand could only buy a dull sword. Two hundred thousand could already buy a reasonably good quality sharp sword.
Hachi smiled and said, "Thank you, Nami. I'm very satisfied."
"These six swords cost me one million, which is all the money I've saved up over the years," Nami said, coughing.
In over three years, Nami had saved twenty million Belly, averaging about seven million Belly per year.
Now that Arlong was dead and the crisis was over, Nami didn't need to buy the village, so she could naturally use this money.
Hachi said gratefully, "Thank you for spending so much, Nami."
"Since you know that, when do you plan to leave?" Nami asked, looking at Hachi.
Hachi sheathed his swords and said, "I don't plan to leave for now."
"You don't plan to leave?"
Nami said impatiently, "Didn't you say you'd leave after I got you the swords?"
Hachi replied, "I said I'd leave after I got the swords and killed that black fish."
"You..."
Nami was furious and looked at him, asking, "Then you'll have to go into the sea and leave here to find that sea fish, won't you?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
Hachi looked at Nami with a look that said she was an idiot. "If I can't beat it, how dare I go into the sea?"
"I..."
Nami clenched her fists in anger and looked at Hachi. "I shouldn't have bought them for you if I knew. It was a waste of a million."
"One million?"
Hachi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll give it back to you."
Nami glared at Hachi. "Give it back to me? How are you going to give it back to me? You've been eating our food and living in our house for the past three months, and you don't have a single Belly on you. How are you going to pay us back?"
Hachi said, "Don't worry, the Arlong Pirates still have money."
"You mean, besides the money confiscated by the Marines, the Arlong Pirates still have money?" Nami's eyes lit up.
Hachi smiled and said, "That's right. I know a place with the Arlong Pirates' treasure. It has at least two hundred million Belly."
"Two hundred million?"
Nami's eyes sparkled when she heard the number. She thought about it and realized it was indeed possible.
When Arlong came to Jumada Island, he collected over two hundred and fifty million Belly in one go, which included Cocos Village and Hoshigakure Town.
Add to that the monthly tributes from over a dozen villages, and the accumulated money wasn't small.
Although the Marines had confiscated some of it, there was definitely money left. Two hundred million Belly was even on the low side.
Nami asked anxiously, "Where is the money?"
Hachi glanced at Nami and said, "I can't tell you now."
Nami stared at him for a while, and he continued, "If I tell you now, what will you do if you chase me away? I'll tell you when I kill that black fish and leave."
"That's smart."
Nami looked at him with newfound respect when she heard that and then asked, "What if you can never kill it? And the ocean is so vast, what if the sea fish leaves?"
More importantly, Nami didn't want Hachi to kill the sea fish, even if he had the ability.
Hachi scratched his head and said, "At the latest, five years. If I can't kill him in five years, I'll give you the money and leave here."
"Five years?"
Nami calculated carefully: two hundred million in five years, an average of forty million per year. Even if she went out and stole herself, she couldn't get that much.
Anyway, she would prevent him from killing the sea fish. After five years, this money would be hers.
And all she had to give in return was five years of accommodation.
It was truly a profitable deal.
"Then you can stay here for now, but be careful not to leave the Orange Orchard. Rest in the shed to avoid being discovered," Nami pointed to a shed in the distance, which was built for Hachi.
"Got it."
Hachi nodded in agreement. Taking the sword Nami gave him, he began training there.
It seemed he would be staying here for the foreseeable future.
She wondered if she could keep him hidden from the villagers for that long.
Nami then looked to the other side and asked, "Marcel, thank you. It's thanks to your help in contacting an excellent blacksmith to forge the swords, and you even delivered them yourself."
Marcel was responsible for all six of these swords, from their creation to their delivery.
"It's nothing."
Marcel smiled and said, "I can also spar with Hachi. I've improved quite a bit in two years, and I want to see how I measure up."
Marcel was now twenty years old, the captain of a merchant ship, and had grown even more robust.
"Hachi, let's fight."
Marcel stood up, grabbed his broadsword, and walked towards Hachi.
The two quickly began their spar.
"Sister, what are you looking at?"
Nami noticed Nojiko still gazing in the direction he had left and asked with a smile.
"Nothing," Nojiko withdrew her gaze.
"You saw it too, Hachi doesn't plan to leave. But he'll only stay for a maximum of five years, and then we'll get the two hundred million Belly left by the Arlong Pirates," Nami said with a smile.
"It's fine, then let him stay here for now."
Nojiko shrugged, then asked, "Did Marcel come alone this time? When is he leaving?"
"He said he wants to stay and spar with Hachi for a few days," Nami yawned and said, "So I still need to go to the village inn this afternoon to book him a room."
Nojiko smiled and said, "Then I'll cook. Mr. Marcel brought quite a bit of seafood."
"I'll help."
Nami followed Nojiko into the house, and the two busied themselves in the kitchen.
Nojiko suddenly asked, "After dinner, do you want to take Mr. Marcel for a walk around the island?"
"You go ahead, sister."
Nami said, "After eating, I still need to find the tattoo artist."
On Nami's left arm, the tattoo was no longer the Arlong Pirates' insignia.
In its place was a windmill, representing the windmill on Genzo's head. Because she liked windmills when she was little, he had always kept one on his hat.
Above the windmill, a vine extended, and at the end of the vine was an orange, representing Bellemere's orange grove.
Nojiko asked curiously, "Didn't you already finish modifying it?"
Nami smiled and said, "I just want to get a black shooting star tattooed on my right arm."
"Why?" Nojiko asked, confused.
Nami smiled, reminiscing, "Just to thank and commemorate a friend I can never communicate with."
...
On the ocean, a partially eaten blue whale carcass slowly sank to the seabed. On the surface of the sea, a massive dark shadow floated. With a boom, a huge jet of water, over ten meters high, erupted from behind its head.
Beside it, a sea cow looked at the dark shadow in surprise. What was happening?
How could Big Brother spray water?
Moo moo, don't you think the author's chapters have been a bit watery lately?
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