We arrived at Cocoyashi Village. Mihawk was following without a word. Sanji looked at the peaceful scenery with no incident and spoke in surprise.
"Huh? Nami-san, is this the right place? The village seems fine and just looks peaceful?"
"Arlong and his crew are at Arlong Park. This place is a bit distant from there. Near Arlong Park, there's a huge sea cow called 'Mohm', so if attacked, the ship could sink. That's why we arrived at a slightly distant spot."
"I see."
We walked into the village. However, the expressions of the villagers looking at Nami didn't seem very good. So Usopp subtly asked Nami.
"Nami, this atmosphere is really..."
"It's because I'm with Arlong's crew."
Nami slightly rolled up her sleeve to show the Arlong crew tattoo engraved on her shoulder. Luffy and the others were surprised seeing that.
"I have a talent for drawing nautical charts, so Arlong knew that and forced me to draw them. And he promised that if I joined the crew, he would buy the village for 100 million Berries. So I worked hard to save money too."
Mihawk, who had been listening, spoke up.
"An interesting story. Such scum wouldn't keep their promise, would they? Naive little girl."
"I know that. I know, but every time Marines or pirates came, they died at Arlong's hands, so there was no way. Now, there's no one left to resist in the nearby seas, and I've drawn all the charts, so if Arlong gets tired of this village and goes elsewhere, he might keep his promise..."
"Hahaha, that's what makes you naive."
"Then what am I supposed to do! Sob sob..."
Nami started crying again. Then Luffy smiled, placed his straw hat on Nami's head, and said.
"Shishishi, don't worry anymore! We're here now."
Sanji, Usopp, and Zoro each said a word.
"I can't forgive guys who make women cry. Just trust me, Nami-chwan~"
"Yeah, since we're here, it'll work out somehow."
"I'll finish it quickly. You're next, Mihawk!"
Mihawk looked at Zoro like that and smiled slightly, as if amused. We passed through the village and arrived at the entrance of Arlong Park.
"If you need it, say so, I'll help."
At my words, Luffy smiled and said.
"Thanks, but this is our crewmate's matter. We want to settle it among ourselves."
Mihawk, hearing that, said.
"Hmph, little girl, you've found good comrades."
Luffy immediately blew away the main gate of Arlong Park with a punch and said.
Boom! Crash!
"Let's go!"
"Alright!""Yeah.""Let's give it a shot!"
Mihawk and I sat on a building at the corner of Arlong Park and watched that.
"Here."
I handed over liquor and jerky. Mihawk took the liquor and said.
"Where do you keep pulling things from? Is it a Devil Fruit ability?"
"Something like that."
"I see."
Since there are so many 'Whatever-Whatever Fruits', this time it was just let slide. Mihawk chewed the jerky and sipped the liquor. I also drank while watching Luffy and the others.
Luffy boldly walked in, approached a fishman with a saw-shaped nose, and said.
"Are you Arlong?"
"Who are you?"
"A pirate."
"What business does a pirate have with me?"
Luffy immediately punched Arlong in the face.
Wham!
Arlong flew away, shattered a wall, and stopped.
"Gasp! Arlong-sama!!?"
Arlong's subordinates were worried about Arlong, but Arlong seemed to have taken little damage, raised his head, made a grimace, looked at Luffy, and said.
"Ahem... who the hell are you?"
"You made my crewmate Nami cry!!"
Seeing that, Arlong's subordinates picked up their weapons and started rushing at Luffy.
"You bastard!""What is this!""This madman!"
Thwack! Slash! Bang!
"Gah!""Guh!""Ah!"
"Small fries, stay tucked away in the corner!!"
Sanji and Zoro, who entered later than Luffy, blew away the small fries in an instant. While I was watching interestingly for a while, I saw villagers coming with weapons, guided by Nami. Seeing that, I blocked Nami's path and asked.
"Nami, why did you bring people?"
"That's... Arlong's crew has many members, and this seems like the last chance. To add even a small bit of strength, with Genzo and Nojiko's help, I somehow persuaded and brought them... Huh?"
Nami was flustered seeing the small fries lying beaten inside Arlong Park. The villagers had the same reaction.
"What's going on?"
"Did they really do that?"
"I can't believe it... the fishmen."
Buzz buzz
"Don't go in any further. You'll get caught in the fight."
I released a bit of Conqueror's Haki to warn the villagers.
"Ugh... understood..."
Crash! Boom~!
Oomeme~
Then, the sound of a building shattering came from inside Arlong Park. Luffy was grabbing a giant creature, spinning it, and destroying buildings. That monster seemed to be the sea cow 'Mohm'. Nami saw that and spoke in surprise.
"No way..."
"Hey. You guys."
I called Yosaku and Johnny, who were just watching without fighting.
"Yes? Us?"
"Yeah. Block the villagers from entering."
"Yes sir.""Yes sir."
Yosaku and Johnny quickly ran and blocked the entrance.
"If you want to pass here, kill us and go!"
Knowing they were no help in this fight, they were awkwardly standing and watching, but when I gave them a task, they hurriedly ran and struck a cool pose blocking the entrance, which was a bit funny, but with them here, it seemed the villagers wouldn't enter Arlong Park and become sacrifices.
I returned and sat next to Mihawk.
"I didn't know you had 'Conqueror's Haki' too. And controlling it so naturally, today doesn't seem like it'll be easy."
Mihawk said that, but his expression wasn't tense or anything. Rather, it was closer to an expectant expression.
"You say that, but looking at your expression, you seem quite eager to fight me."
"Hmph... it's been a while since I've had a strong opponent."
Mihawk and I watched Luffy and the others again. Unlike the original, since Zoro was completely fine, Sanji also fought without distraction, so the two could easily catch Arlong's officers Hatchi and Kuroobi. And Luffy didn't fall into the sea. Sanji broke the rock so he was freed immediately. Usopp ran away to avoid Chew and wasn't seen.
"Now only you remain."
"Hatchi... Kuroobi... you bastards, how dare you touch my precious comrades!!"
Arlong and Luffy stood facing each other. Zoro and Sanji were in a mood to let Luffy finish it.
"Do you know what the biggest difference between you and me is?"
"Nose! No? Chin? Yeah, gills!!"
"It's race!!"
Arlong rushed at Luffy, trying to bite him. Since Arlong is a shark fishman, his teeth were very sharp. Luffy saw that and lightly dodged, then Arlong kept rushing, making consecutive biting attacks.
Luffy dodged those attacks and stepped back, pushed against a pillar, and Arlong didn't miss that chance, immediately grabbed Luffy's neck and tried to bite his head, but Luffy cleverly used the Gomu Gomu no Mi ability to pull his head back and evade.
"Hup!"
Crunch!
Arlong bit the pillar directly, and I thought his teeth would shatter and he'd self-destruct, but instead, the pillar shattered. People were amazed at that sight.
"The pillar shattered!"
"If bitten by that, you'd be eaten bone and all."
"This is the power of fishmen, innate from birth. God didn't give such ability to humans. So you're inferior."
"So what! Don't brag about that!"
Luffy swung his fist, shattered a pillar, and spoke.
Thump!
"Even without biting much, I can break stones."
Arlong got angry at Luffy's words and said.
"Nonsense! Humans are a weak and foolish race!!"
Mihawk, who had been listening quietly, spoke.
"Looking at what that guy does, he must have been greatly defeated by humans, but to come to a weak sea and take out his frustration, he's trash."
Mihawk was right. If Arlong thinks his race is superior and wants to prove strength, he should fight powerful enemies in strong seas. Doing this in the weakest East Blue is just thuggery.
The fight flowed similarly to the original. Luffy was bleeding a lot from Arlong's biting attacks, but he was fighting well using his 'Gomu Gomu no Mi' ability. Arlong, since biting attacks weren't working well, went into the swimming pool water connected to the sea made in the center of Arlong Park.
"Shark On Dart!!"
Arlong quickly leaped out of the water and attacked Luffy with his powerful saw nose. But Luffy stretched his fingers in the air to make a net-like shape and caught Arlong flying fast.
"Gomu Gomu Net!"
Then, he brought both soles of his feet together and delivered a powerful blow to Arlong's abdomen.
"Gomu Gomu Spear!!"
Bang!!
"Guh!!"
Arlong vomited blood from the shock of falling from the air to the ground from that blow and was embedded in the ground, but it seemed insufficient to take down the tough Arlong, as he changed to an angry glare, caught the falling Luffy, and threw him into Arlong Park's building with a fishman's powerful strength.
"You inferior human bastard!! How dare you do this to me!!"
Whoosh~!
Crash!
But it was in vain. Since Luffy is a human who ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, attacks without [Armament Haki] don't deal damage except slashing attacks.
"Ah... that surprised me. It doesn't hurt, but that guy seems angry."
Arlong charged at Luffy like that and threw a punch, but Luffy jumped, grabbed the second-floor railing, and dodged the blow.
"Hup!"
Crash!!
Arlong's this attack seemed not the target, as Luffy grabbed something from the building and pulled it out—it was a giant saw-shaped greatsword. Nami saw that and shouted as if warning.
"It's the 'Drill Saw'!!"
Arlong grabbed the greatsword, spun his whole body, and tried to slash down at Luffy, but Luffy kept escaping upward using his rubber ability to evade. Arlong, not to be outdone, continuously spun his body, slashing with the greatsword, chasing Luffy up to the high part of the building. Luffy evaded Arlong by hiding inside the top floor, and Arlong followed him in. Seeing that, Nami said.
"That's... the surveying room..."
That room was where Arlong forced Nami to draw nautical charts. It was quiet for a while. Probably, as in the original, Arlong and Luffy were talking about Nami in that room.
Then, as if the talk ended, a loud sound came from that room, and things started falling.
Crash!
"Is that a desk? I thought Luffy fell.""A lot of things are falling.""They're fighting quite fiercely."
Nami covered her mouth and shed tears seeing the furniture and nautical charts falling from that room. Probably, Luffy, after hearing Nami's circumstances, was destroying the furniture and charts in the room.
"Thank you..."
Whoosh!!
Then, the saw-shark-shaped structure decorating the rooftop of Arlong Park's building was destroyed, and Luffy's foot stretched high into the sky, surging up. It seemed like the finishing attack now. I shouted loudly to the people near the building.
"The building is collapsing, evacuate!"
As soon as my words ended, Luffy's foot, which was stretched high, quickly retracted, probably slamming Arlong, and loud sounds started.
Bang!! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thump!!
Crack! Creak!
As Arlong Park's giant building started cracking loudly from the rooftop down layer by layer, people hastily fell from the building.
"Oh my! It's collapsing!""It's dangerous! Everyone, get away from the building!"
But Nami didn't evade and approached the building further.
"Luffy is still inside!"
I quickly hugged Nami and moved away from the building. It's absolutely not to fulfill personal desires. Ahem ahem...
"Let me go!"
"Don't worry. He's a rubber man, so he won't die easily."
As soon as my words ended, Arlong Park started collapsing.
Rumble!!
"Luffy!!"