Chapter 20: Quite the chatterbox, aren't you?

"It's such a peaceful village."

"Just looking at the surface, you really can't imagine that this village is ruled by pirates."

Walking on the streets of Cocoyashi Village, observing the fruit vendors selling their wares along the road, Rosen couldn't help but sigh.

As Rosen observed the surrounding crowd, the villagers of Cocoyashi Village were also observing him.

Rosen didn't pay attention to the gossip of the crowd, but walked up to a man wearing a windmill hat and asked him about the way to Arlong Park.

"You... aren't a local, are you? Why do you want to go to Arlong Park?"

The middle-aged man with scars all over his face frowned, looking at Rosen with vigilance.

Rosen recognized the man in front of him as Genzo, who could be considered the foster father of Nami and Nojiko.

As the sheriff and mayor of Cocoyashi Village, Genzo knew every person in the village.

Now seeing Rosen, a stranger, especially one who wanted to go to Arlong Park, Genzo naturally felt cautious.

"I'm indeed not a local." Rosen nodded and said, "I'm a Captain who sails with Nami."

"I'm going to Arlong Park to see what the pirate who controlled Nami for many years looks like."

To gain Genzo's trust, Rosen immediately told Genzo about Nami's training on his ship.

"Nami has already come back, and she's training on your ship?" Genzo blinked, looking astonished.

Like Nojiko, he was quite surprised that Nami was willing to bring someone back with her.

"If you don't believe it, you can go to the coast of Cocoyashi Village's back mountain. My ship is there."

"Nami and Nojiko are both there."

Rosen smiled, not hiding much from Genzo, who was quite close to Nami and Nojiko.

Genzo furrowed his brows, contemplating the truth of what Rosen said.

At that moment, cries of alarm reached Genzo and Rosen's ears.

Following the sounds, they saw a muscular fish-man, about three meters tall, with lips protruding, walking towards them along the street.

Not far behind him, a male villager was clutching his abdomen, groaning in pain on the ground.

"Oh no, it's one of Arlong's subordinates, Chew!"

"Young man, come with me quickly, don't let him see you."

Genzo grabbed Rosen's hand, trying to get him to hide from Chew.

Although he didn't know if what Rosen said was true, Genzo didn't want to see a stranger like Rosen discovered by Arlong's subordinates.

In the customs of the Arlong Pirates, if an outsider comes here, they either get killed or are asked to stay on the island forever.

And every month, they have to pay a certain fee to the Arlong Pirates.

However, with Genzo's strength, how could he possibly pull Rosen away?

"No need, Sheriff."

"That one has already spotted me."

Rosen patted Genzo's hand, pulling his arm out of Genzo's grasp.

He strode towards Chew.

At this moment, Genzo realized that Chew had already set his sights on them and was walking towards them.

Genzo slapped his thigh, full of regret.

Regret that he didn't pull Rosen away earlier.

Thinking that Rosen might be killed by Chew, Genzo's heart sank.

...

"Haven't seen this face before."

"Are you an outsider?"

Chew, with his hands in his pockets, looked at Rosen with a smirk.

Rosen glanced at Chew and then focused his gaze on the man who had just been injured by Chew.

'Fortunately, it's not a fatal injury.'

Rosen nodded inwardly.

If someone among the villagers of Cocoyashi Village were killed by a member of the Arlong Pirates during this time, Rosen felt he might not be able to face Nami.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!"

Seeing Rosen not speaking, Chew frowned and reached out to Rosen's head.

"quite the chatterbox, aren't you?"

Rosen withdrew his gaze from the Cocoyashi villager who had just been injured and suddenly appeared behind Chew with a single step.

Before Chew could react to what had happened, he was slammed to the ground, Rosen pressing his head down.

The powerful force instantly knocked him unconscious.

"Eh!"

Seeing Chew knocked down by Rosen in an instant, including Genzo, the villagers of Cocoyashi Village were all wide-eyed in shock.

But soon, Genzo regained his senses and hurried to Rosen's side.

"You actually defeated one of Arlong's subordinates!"

"No, you must leave here quickly."

"If Arlong finds out about this, you'll definitely be killed."

At Rosen's words, Genzo shook his head and said in a low voice:

"The people of the Arlong Pirates don't have the ability to do anything to me yet."

"If I didn't want to train Nami and Nojiko, I could have gone to take care of them now."

"Sheriff, if Nami and Nojiko haven't finished their training yet, don't tell them about this fish-man incident."

"To avoid affecting their training."

"As for this Arlong Pirate subordinate, I'll take him to the area near Arlong Park later."

"Could you please tell me which direction I should head to get to Arlong Park?"

With that, Rosen lifted Chew's body.

"I don't understand. Since you want to train Nami and Nojiko, why do you want them to deal with the Arlong Pirates?"

"Why do you want to go to Arlong Park now? Wouldn't it cause a conflict if you go there at this time?"

Genzo asked in confusion.

"I just want to keep them confined to Arlong Park."

"As long as they can't leave Arlong Park, what just happened won't happen again, right?"

Rosen smiled and looked towards the other side of the street.

There, another fish-man was walking towards them.

"I'll go ask that fish-man about the direction to Arlong Park."

With that said, Rosen took a step forward.

With the speed brought by 4000 points of health, Genzo couldn't see Rosen's speed at all.

In just a few seconds, Rosen had already appeared in front of another fish-man pirate with Chew's body in hand.

"Hey, can you take me to meet your boss?"

Rosen held Chew's body in one hand and pressed his other hand on the fish-man pirate's shoulder, showing a brilliant smile.

...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Inside Arlong Park.

Arlong, the captain of the Arlong Pirates, and Captain Nezumi of the Marine Branch were sitting facing each other, chatting happily about something.

At this moment, they had no idea that a Death Star was carrying two fish-men and heading towards Arlong Park.