Chapter - 43

" " - Speaking

' ' - Thinking

[ ] - System Talking

!! !! - Crew Card

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"You could always give her a subordinate crew member card, so she will never be able to tell anyone about it," Rindou offered an alternative.

"Hmm, that's a reasonable suggestion," Leo says while thinking.

"Did she have any other significant quality or skill?" Rindou asked with a slight frown on her face.

"Well, she is a decent navigator, a talented singer, a skilled thief, and a shit fighter, so tell me should we keep her in the crew?" Leo asked them with a blank look on his face.

"Well, when you put it that way, she sounds a lot less appealing," Rindou says with a pout.

"Because she is, if you compare her to her friend Nami," Leo replied before standing up and heading towards the cell.

"So, anyone wants to come with me to interrogate them?" Leo asked while pausing.

"Na, just do it yourself," Zoro replied as he walked toward the deck to start training.

"I don't have any experience with it, so I am out," Rindou says with a gentle smile on her face.

"Yeah, like I have lots of experience in interrogating," Leo sarcastically says before he continues to move toward the cell.

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When he reaches the cell, Leo first enters Nami's cell to talk with her.

When he entered the cell, he saw Nami sitting on the small bed with a pitiful look on her face.

If anyone saw this face, they would surely think that she had suffered terrible injustice and she was an innocent girl that wouldn't do anything wrong.

'Well, now I know why she has the title cat burglar in the future,' Leo thought as he saw Nami behave exactly like a cat.

"You can put your pitful face away, Nami, one of the core members of Arlong Pirates," Leo says as he brings out a chair and sits in front of her relaxedly.

Nami's pitiful look quickly changed into a horrified look as she heard him say her name,

'How did he know my name? Did Carina tell him, but that's not possible, and even if she told them my name, she doesn't know about me being a part of the Arlong crew. So how did he find out about it... maybe he is Arlong's partner,' Nami thought as a scared expression appeared on her face.

'This is the problem with smart people as they tend to overthink and overanalyze the matter,' Leo thought as he could see from her expression that she came to some dreadful conclusions.

"No, Carina did not tell me anything, as I first came to talk to you, and no, I am not an Arlong ally or anything," Leo stated as he brought out a glass of orange juice for himself.

"Great, he can read my mind," Nami thought loudly.

"No, I can't," Leo says while signing.

"He can totally read my mind," Nami thought as her face paled.

"No, you speak those a loud," he says, "And I just want to know."

"What are you doing on my ship?" Leo asked with his expression turning cold.

"Nothing, we were just attracted to the unique furniture you have on the deck," Nami lied with a scared expression on her face.

"Oh, really, then I have a video for you, and you are going to love it as there is some more unique furniture in it," Leo says as he shows her the video of her and Carina on the deck before they were captured and bound by the ropes.

The expression on Nami's face continues to change as the video continues to play, and in the end a calm look appears on her face as the video ends.

"So, what now? Do you intend to send us to the marines?" She says, "Or you will make both of us slaves?"

"You know, as much as the offer is tempting, I am not a fan of slavery, and the only reason you are still alive is because of your navigation talent," Leo replied in a ridiculing tone.

Nami replied with a mocking expression on her face, "Of course you also want me to for this talent."

"And what else do you have, and please don't say you are cute because that's hardly a talent, and if I want eye candy for the ship, then there are many other girls more beautiful than you," Leo replied bluntly.

Nami was stunned after hearing his words, and as much as she wanted to scream at him that he was wrong, deep down, she knew that the only outstanding quality in her was her navigation talent and her beauty.

"Now, that thing is out of the way," Leo says. "I have two offers for you, and you just have to choose one,"

"One, you will join my crew as a navigator, and then we will go to your home island and kill Arlong," Leo stated before taking a sip of his orange juice.

"Number two, you reject my first offer and... die," Leo said with a calm expression on his face.

"And don't worry, I will still go and kill that fish simply because his crew member tried to steal from my ship,"

"So, I will give you five minutes to think, and after that, I want a reply," Leo stated with a sunny smile on his face as he put his chair and juice in his storage and left the cell,

The door slowly closed as Leo left the cell while making creepy sounds.

"This ship definitely has a ghost," Nami muttered as she saw the door closing.

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As Leo entered the second cell, he saw that Carina was calmly sitting on the bed and waving at him with a smile on her face.

"Alright, you only have five minutes to convince me to let you live," Leo stated as he returned his out chair and sat on it.

Carina said with an annoyed look in her eyes, "You don't understand how interrogating works, as you need to ask me at least one question before deciding my fate."

"I already did, and you are not answering correctly," Leo said in a bored tone.

"And what should I reply to you?" Carina asked, but she didn't know why, but she thought he was planning to kill her if she didn't respond satisfactorily.

"Don't know, but probably something that sets you apart from others," Leo says. "Oh, and by the way, only four minutes left,"

"WHAT!" Carina yelled before quickly composing herself and saying, "I am a skilled navigator,"

"Pass, Nami is already our navigator, and she is better than you at navigation," Leo replied with a bored expression on his face.

"I am a really talented singer," Carina said while trying to smile cutely at him.

"A worthwhile one, but not that significant,"

"Ahm, I am also proficient at managing money," Carina says

"And you are also skilled at stealing money, right?" Leo asked as he finally smiled for the first time in front of her as he showed her his crew card on which the timer was only thirty seconds away from five minutes.

"Yeah, I know I'm a newbie at stealing, but if you let me live, I'll join your crew and serve you as you want," Carina said with a desperate look on her face as she saw the clock ticking down.

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