In the ruins
'Ughh, Damn that hurts' Arlong said as he stood in the rubble of the fence wall and wiped the blood coming out of his mouth.
'I think my internal organs have been injured' He continued while holding his stomach.
'Who the hell is that kid, since when did someone that powerful appear in the East Blue Sea' He subconsciously remembered a certain Vice Admiral who had now become an Admiral.
'Damn' Arlong muttered
Then he walked back to Arlong Park, and did not forget to take his weapon in one of the rooms in the building. And when Arlong returned to the front yard, except for his three executives. all of his pirate members had been defeated.
'How dare you do that to my men!' Arlong shouted then slightly bent his knees and dropped his weapon.
'Shark on Darts!'
Like a Torpedo, Arlong flew out very quickly and tried to stab Luffy with his sharp nose. But unfortunately for him, the attack was stopped easily by Luffy.
'What the hell are you trying to do?' asked Luffy who was holding Arlong's nose.
Luffy then bent Arlong's nose. And then threw his body towards the three surprised executives. The reason the three were surprised was because they knew how hard and sharp Arlong's nose was.
But this guy, besides having withstood Arlong's attack so easily. He had also bent Arlong's nose.
'Arlong-san!' The three of them shouted
Arlong spun in the air a few times, then landed in front of his three executives
'Arlong, let's attack together,' said a Stingray-shaped Fish-men.
'I agree with Kuroobi, this guy is different from our previous opponents.' Said the Fish-men with blue skin and thick lips.
'But Chew, if we fight together at once. Arlong Park will be destroyed.' Hatchan said
'It doesn't matter if it's destroyed, we can just rebuild it. As long as we defeat this guy, we can just extort more fees from the humans in the village.' Kuroobi said
Luffy who heard that, narrowed his eyes slightly
'Stop talking, this guy is really fast. So stay focused, because we don't know when he'll start attacking!' Arlong shouted
As Arlong said, Luffy was very fast for them. But this time, Luffy didn't rely on his speed to attack them suddenly and just walked slowly towards them.
Seeing that Luffy had no intention of using a surprise attack, Arlong then asked him angrily
'Who are you?!
'Suddenly showing up and destroying other people's houses!'
Luffy stopped his steps, then looked at Arlong who was showing him a hateful expression.
'Me?
'My name is Monkey D Luffy' he replied.
'Then Luffy, what reason would make you attack us?' Arlong asked.
'Reason?
'Hm, Let's just say I wanted to trade you for money' Luffy said.
'Shahahahaha, it was for money. Then how about this, I'll give you money worth 2 times my head, but you have to promise to leave this place' Arlong said.
Luffy was a little speechless, he didn't expect Arlong to bribe him. Whereas in the past, they had fought it out to determine everything.
But right now, because their power gap was so much different and Luffy also said that he wanted to exchange Arlong's head for money. Therefore Arlong wanted to use money to solve their problems.
Seeing that Luffy had fallen silent, Arlong began to think that there was a chance not to fight this guy
But for Nami who was watching from near the iron gate, she became uneasy seeing the silent Luffy. If such a strong person was successfully bribed by Arlong, perhaps no one else would be able to defeat Arlong later.
'No, I can't let him' Nami thought,
'Come on Nami, you have to think fast'
'Wait, I can use all that money'
Then she shouted loudly
'Hey Luffy-San, if you manage to defeat them, I'll give you more money than that!'
Luffy, and Arlong along with the three executives looked at Nami simultaneously
'Nami, what do you mean by that?!' Arlong asked in a very angry tone
Nami didn't care about Arlong, but continued to stare at Luffy.
'I can at least pay you 70,000,000 berries'
'His current bounty is 18,000,000 berries, you'll get several times more if you defeat him'
'How?' Nami asked
'Please, accept it' She thought
Luffy looked at Nami a little strangely, then he used Kenbunshoku Haki on her.
'Does she think I'll accept Arlong's offer, what a silly girl. But what the hell, right now she doesn't know me at all'.
Luffy then sensed that there was someone who wanted to pass by him and it was Kuroobi, his destination was of course where Nami was. From the look on his face he seemed to want to beat up Nami, but there was no way Luffy would allow that.
Luffy then disappeared and appeared in front of her. then said in an angry tone
'Go back to your place Fish-men, right now she's my Client!'
'How dare he want to hit my (Future) Wife'
Luffy then kicked her in the stomach quite hard. The kick used half of his strength. Although he wouldn't die, he would be dying.
Kuroobi was then blown away and destroyed the building like Arlong before, but unlike Arlong who was stopped after hitting the fence. Kuroobi continued to crash into the forest behind Arlong Park.
"Kuroobi! Hatchan shouted and wanted to rush after him but was stopped by Arlong.
'Is this your answer?' Arlong asked.
'This is my answer, after all, she's offering more' Luffy replied while pointing at Nami who was not far behind him.
'Then, this can only be solved with a fight!' Arlong said, then he lowered his voice to talk to Hatchan and Chew.
But to Luffy who had a high level of Kenbunshoku Haki, their whispers were heard very clearly
'Hatchan, you and I will get his attention first. Then Chew, use this opportunity to enter the pool and go behind them. Then take Nami as a hostage.'
'Since he wants to protect Nami, then that will also be his weakness.' Arlong whispered
'Then let's get started!
Arlong and Hatchan then ran towards Luffy, but Luffy who had figured out their plan immediately disappeared and appeared on top of Chew.
Holding Chew's head with one hand, Luffy then slammed it hard on the floor which caused the ground around it to crumble and made Arlong Park tremble slightly.
Luffy didn't give Arlong a chance to say more, he then appeared in front of him. Luffy kicked Arlong in the stomach, but didn't let him go down like Kuroobi.
Luffy made his kick slightly twisted and made Arlong hit the ground hard.
'BOOOM!'
Then Luffy looked at Hatchan who was standing unsteadily, as the ground he was standing on was also destroyed. Luffy hit his stomach with a bit of force, then Hatchan vomited blood and flew towards the direction that was quite close to Nami.
Nami, who saw Arlong and his executives so easily defeated, was once again surprised. She knew that Luffy was quite strong.
But she didn't know there would be such a big difference between them, as Arlong who was so strong in her eyes had now been defeated by this man in a few seconds.
Nami suddenly became a little afraid that this guy would change his mind. Because if he suddenly wanted to replace Arlong to rule this village. There would likely be no stopping him.
Nami's wild thoughts, suddenly ended when someone called out to her who was none other than Luffy
'Hey, your name is Nami right?' He asked.
'Ah, Yes my name is Nami' She replied
'So what about this Fish-man, do you want to kill him or hand him over to the Navy?'
'I...'
Nami felt a dilemma, it was true that these Fish-men had made her life miserable. Arlong had even killed her adoptive mother. And this was a golden opportunity to take revenge on him by killing him.
But somehow, if she did that she felt that something would change in her and it wouldn't be a good change either.
After a few moments of silence, Nami had finally decided
'Let the Navy catch them'
'Are you sure?' Luffy asked
'Yes, if I kill them with my own hands. It would just get my hands dirty. So let the Navy decide how to punish them.'
Luffy smiled slightly and then said
'Alright, I understand. But this Fish-men octopus, I'll let it go. no problem right?' Luffy asked.
'That, do I need to answer that?
'Yes.'
'Even if I reject it. Luffy-san, you'll still let it go right?" Nami asked.
'Yes' Luffy replied
[Then what's the point of you asking me!]
'At least, can I know the reason?' Asked Nami
Luffy nodded, and then spoke to Hatchan who was trying to stand up.
'You've heard it, right?
'Nyuu, why? Asked Hatchan
'I want you to deliver my message.
'Tell Jinbei, when I enter the Grand Line later. I'll be waiting for her in the Sabaody Archipelago. And he must explain to me about all these events.' Luffy said.
'You..you know Jinbei-san?'
'It doesn't matter if I know her or not. All you need to do is deliver my message.'
'Oh also, don't try to help them escape from the Navy prison. Because if I hear about it, all of them including you will never enter the prison again.'
'You understand what I mean right?
'Nyuu, I... I understand' Hatchan replied
'Then go, and don't forget to take your pets away from this place' Luffy said.
'Nyuu, okay' Hatchan replied and then jumped into the pool connected to the Sea
'Luffy-san, who is Jinbei?' Nami asked.
'He's the leader of the Fish-men Pirates'
'Then, is he going to avenge Arlong?' Nami asked anxiously
'The group of Fish-men Pirates led by him is called Sun Pirates and it is the only Fish-men Pirates known to the world.
'That's why I need an explanation as to why these Fish-men are in East Blue. If they are ordered by him to conquer East Blue, I will defeat them.'
'So, you don't have to worry Nami' Luffy said then he took his Straw Hat which was on Nami's head.
'If Luffy-san says so, then I'll believe you.' Nami said quietly
'Okay, it's time to clean up the mess' Luffy said.
'Nami, do you know where their warehouse is?'
'I know, but why?'
'Is there a rope or chain?'
'If there is, can you take it?'
'You see, I'm going to tie them all up' Luffy said.
'There seems to be rope in the warehouse, but Luffy-san. If you tie them up with rope, won't it be easy for them to break free if they wake up later? Asked Nami
'Calm down, I've made sure that they won't wake up for at least 3 days' Luffy replied.
'And also, don't call me that. Just Luffy. I'm still quite young after all'
'How old are you now?' Nami asked curiously.
'I'll be 15 years old in May' Luffy replied.
'Eehh!?'
'You, you must be lying to me!' Nami said
'No, I don't really like to lie. But if you don't believe me, I can take you to the place where I was born to prove my words'
'No, there's no need. Then, I'll go get the rope in the warehouse.'
Luffy nodded, then he began to collect all the Fish-men including the ones that had been blown into the forest.
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