Chapter 81: A Town That Welcomes Pirates? Nami Drunk Out of Her Mind
As the going merry sailed along the canal flowing down Reverse Mountain,
the legendary island full of bounty hunters Whiskey Peak finally appeared in everyone's sight.
It was an island with an extremely peculiar shape, with giant cactus-like peaks rising from the sea.
At the foot of those mountains was a town that looked quite prosperous.
However, as the going merry slowly entered the port, the scene before them left the Straw Hat crew a bit confused.
Logically, when a pirate ship flying a skull flag enters a port, civilians should have been terrified and fled in all directions.
But now...
"Welcome! Welcome, Pirates!!"
"Long live the pirates! The heroes are here!!"
On the dock at the shore, a dense crowd of townspeople had actually gathered.
They held up welcoming banners, their faces overflowing with warm smiles, cheering for the going merry, and some even played cheerful music.
"Wow!! Amazing! There's even a welcoming ceremony!"
Luffy leaned over the bow, his eyes sparkling. "The people here are so hospitable!"
"Has my fame already reached the Grand Line? Have I become a hero too?" Usopp also began to feel lightheaded with pride.
However, Tatsuya, standing at the bow, looked at the scene before him with a smile.
Those black eyes instantly transformed into the crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Hum
Under the insight of the Sharingan, the world's disguise fell away.
Those smiling townspeople, those seemingly harmless elderly people and women in Tatsuya's vision, every single one of them was shrouded in a faint murderous intent.
And hidden beneath the clothes on their backs and within the bouquets in their hands was the cold glint of swords and firearms.
"Are they all actors..."
A playful, cold smile curled at the corner of Tatsuya's mouth, and the red light in his eyes faded. "Looks like we've walked into a wolves' den."
At that moment, Nami walked up to his side.
As a 'cat burglar' who had been around for years, her intuition was also sounding frantic alarms.
"Tatsuya, this isn't right." Nami lowered her voice, looking at the shore warily.
"What kind of ordinary people would welcome pirates like this? What should we do?"
"Don't worry, Miss Navigator."
Tatsuya smiled and patted her shoulder.
"Since they're being so 'enthusiastic,' let's play along and put on a good show."
...
After docking, the mayor Igaram a man with curly blonde hair who spoke as if he were singing enthusiastically came forward with Vivi and the others.
"Welcome to Whiskey Peak! This is a sanctuary of fine wine and music!"
Igaram gave a grand wave of his hand. "To celebrate your arrival, we are hosting a grand banquet tonight! All the wine and food you can handle!"
Instantly, the major weaknesses of the Straw Hat crew were pierced.
"Meat!! I want to eat meat!!" Luffy drooled, being the first to rush in.
"Beautiful women! So many beautiful big sisters!!" Sanji's eyes turned into hearts, his body twisting like a noodle.
"I am the brave warrior of the sea, Captain Usopp!" Praised by several beauties, Usopp's nose almost reached the sky.
Inside the banquet hall, the lights were bright, and the atmosphere reached a fever pitch.
"Come, come! Drink!!"
Nami also revealed a side that shocked everyone.
"I can get a hundred thousand Berries in prize money just by winning?"
Nami had one foot on a wine barrel, holding a giant beer mug, while a group of tough men who had tried to outdrink her lay collapsed before her.
"Ten more people!! I haven't had enough yet!!"
For the prize money, Nami's combat power was off the charts, literally drinking a dozen burly men under the table.
"Gugu-gaga! Big Sister Nami is mighty!!"
Clay stood on a table, infected by the frenetic atmosphere and Nami's aura, flapping his wings and boasting loudly.
"Of course! My big sister is a woman who could drink the ocean dry! Gaga!"
"Oh my god! That Crow spoke?!"
"So amazing!!"
Clay's speech instantly shocked many surrounding townspeople and bounty hunters.
"Come, come! Let the Divine Bird have a drink too!"
Under the 'coaxing' and cheering of a group of ill-intentioned people, Clay also got a bit carried away.
He struggled to hold a cup of wine with both wings, tilting his head back to pour it into his sharp beak, mimicking a human.
"Glug... cough, cough!!"
Obviously, a bird's beak structure is not suited for drinking from a cup.
Most of the liquid flowed down his feathers, with only a tiny bit making it into his mouth.
Instantly, the once majestic black Crow became a pathetic 'drowned rat,' his feathers sticking to his body in a wet mess.
"Pwahahaha! This bird is so stupid!"
"It's become a drowned chicken!"
The onlookers burst into merciless laughter.
"Ga!! Stupid humans! What are you laughing at!!"
Clay was humiliated and enraged; he violently shook his body like a centrifuge.
Splash!
The wine and saliva on his feathers instantly sprayed out, hitting the laughing guys right in their faces.
"Pah, pah, pah! This damn bird!"
...
In a dim corner of the banquet hall,
Tatsuya held a glass of red wine, leaning back on a sofa.
His eyes looked hazy, as if he were seventy percent drunk, but the pupils beneath those eyelids were perfectly sober, silently observing the scene.
He let out a yawn, hesitating whether to take the opportunity to rest for a bit.
Just then,
a gust of sweet fragrance approached.
"Victor"
A heavily intoxicated Nami, her face flushed red, staggered over.
Perhaps it was liquid courage, or perhaps it was a subconscious dependency.
Nami actually ignored the surrounding gazes and, fueled by the alcohol, sat directly on Tatsuya's lap.
"Mmm..."
Tatsuya's body stiffened slightly for a moment.
Nami was completely oblivious; she reached out both hands and softly wrapped them around Tatsuya's neck.
She pressed her hot cheek against his chest, mumbling drunken words:
Hic... Money... so much money... I want to drink too...
Tatsuya sighed helplessly.
He adjusted his sitting position slightly to prevent her from sliding off.
Then he reached out, gently circling her slender waist, and said helplessly:
"Honestly, if you can't handle it, drink less. Why drink so much?"
"Mmm... because... I'm happy..."
Nami muttered unclearly, snuggling into Tatsuya's embrace like a kitten seeking warmth, finding a comfortable position and closing her eyes.
This scene happened to fall into Zoro's eyes not far away.
Although Zoro was also drinking heavily, his other hand never left the hilt of his sword while he held his cup.
He glanced at the pair in the corner who were a bit too intimate, and his mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.
Sensing the gaze, Tatsuya looked up and met Zoro's eyes across the noisy crowd.
Tatsuya winked at Zoro, revealing a smile that only the two of them could understand.
Zoro understood and gave a barely perceptible nod.
A knowing, cold smile curled at the corners of both their mouths simultaneously.
The roles of hunter and prey often shift in a single thought.
...
Late at night.
The noisy banquet finally subsided.
The entire banquet hall was filled with people lying in all directions.
Luffy had eaten himself into a giant meatball and was lying on a table fast asleep, his snot bubble growing and shrinking.
Usopp and Sanji were also passed out drunk. Nami was also fast asleep in a chair, hugging Clay.
Moonlight spilled through the window, casting long shadows.
"Heh heh heh... Are they finally all asleep?"
The town mayor Igaram, who had been all smiles, now wore a sinister grin.
He stood up, and behind him, Vivi, Mr. 9, and a large group of the once-enthusiastic "townspeople" pulled out knives, guns, and rocket launchers from the shadows, revealing their hideous true faces.
They were bounty hunters from Baroque Works.
"Have you double-checked?" Vivi's ditzy look was gone, her tone cold.
"Confirmed!"
Igaram pulled out a stack of bounty posters, looking at the numbers and greedily licking his lips.
"Straw Hat Luffy, 30 million; Crimson Lotus Victor, 28 million; and that Pirate Hunter Zoro..."
"This is a massive harvest! As long as we take them down, our rank will rise again!"
A bounty hunter raised a large blade in his hand, grinning as he walked toward the snoring Luffy.
"While they're asleep, chop off all their heads! That's the easiest way!"
The blade shimmered with a cold light under the moon, about to fall.
Just then,
"Although your wine is mediocre and the food isn't exactly top-tier..."
A low voice suddenly came from above everyone's heads, sounding exceptionally clear in the silent night.
"Who's there?!" Igaram and the others were shocked and jerked their heads up.
Tatsuya was sitting on a roof beam, looking down with a smile.
He looked down at the group of clowns below, his red eyes glowing in the dark like a demon's gaze.
"As a thank-you for the hospitality, I won't kill you..."
Tatsuya said with a smile, his tone relaxed.
"However, my swordsman doesn't seem quite as easy to talk to."
As soon as he finished speaking,
Clang!!
In a corner of the banquet hall, a sharp cold light flashed.
Zoro, who had been "fast asleep," snapped his eyes open. The drunkenness in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a murderous intent as chilling as a Shura's.
He slowly drew his sword from its sheath, looking at the panicked group of bounty hunters before him, a grin spreading across his face.
"Just as well, I ate too much..."
"I haven't had my post-meal exercise yet."
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