"There's a possibility that the Fishmen might leave this place without us having to fight," Oliver said.
"A possibility?" Luffy said, not understanding.
"Nami's deal with Arlong to buy the village for 100 million Belly," Oliver said.
"Not fight the Fishmen?! Then why didn't you say it before?" Usopp said, happy that he wouldn't have to fight them.
"It's true, but I still don't have all the money, I'm missing 7 million," Nami said.
"What?! B-but then we'll have to fight the Fishmen!" Usopp said, scared.
"There's no problem with that."
Oliver immediately took out 7 million and handed it to Nami.
"7 million, with this it would already be the 100 million," Oliver said.
"Wait... How is it that...?"
"I have more than enough money to give it to you, don't worry, now all that's left is to go there..."
Back in the present, Oliver punched Arlong, sending him flying.
"Arlong-san!" the pirates shouted, shocked to see him get hit.
"You will have to stay nearby and if Arlong doesn't keep his promise with Nami, I'll come out of the box and attack him. At that moment you'll have to hurry, since the rest of the Fishmen might try to attack Nami," Oliver had said before doing all that.
"Who the hell are you?" Arlong asked from the ground.
"Bastard!"
"Who the hell do you think you are?!"
The angry Fishmen shouted as they rushed toward Oliver.
"I'm pretty sure their nakamas know who I am," Oliver said while covering Nami.
At that moment the rest quickly arrived and attacked the Fishmen, but not in the... normal way.
Luffy launched himself at them with his Rocket, dragging Zoro and Sanji along with him.
"I'm not sure if joining this crew was a good idea," Sanji said as he got up.
"You say that? Luffy doesn't even remember that one of us is injured," Zoro said in pain.
"What a way to join," Oliver said with a smile while helping Zoro get up.
"What are miserable humans doing here?" Arlong said as he stood up.
"Giving a beating to the ones who hurt our nakama," Luffy said.
"Nakama? So you're pirates. Is this your plan, Nami? It doesn't matter, deal with them," Arlong said as he stood up.
The Fishmen rushed straight to attack them.
"Nami, it would be good if you stepped back," Oliver said as he punched a Fishman in the face. "We'll take care of the rest."
The Fishmen approaching were almost instantly pushed back by Zoro and Sanji, not allowing them to get close to Luffy as they started defeating them.
"I got you, traitor!"
One Fishman went to attack Nami while the rest were busy with the other pirates, but he was stopped instantly by Oliver.
"Hey, hadn't I already defeated you?" Oliver said.
He punched him in the stomach followed by another in the face, sending him straight into the water.
"I think you really should step back," Oliver said to Nami.
Nami nodded and went toward the door.
"I-I finally made it! Come here, overgrown fish!"
Usopp arrived exhausted and started shooting marbles everywhere without even looking. When he opened his eyes he saw several injured Fishmen and others already knocked out on the ground.
"I-I did that?" Usopp said, not believing it.
"Yeah, sure. Good timing to arrive though," Oliver said while crouching to dodge a slash from a Fishman before grabbing him and slamming him into the ground.
"These humans keep multiplying," Arlong said angrily.
"You! You can't defeat us! We'll feed you to the fish!" Hatchan said as he made his mouth sound like a trumpet. "Come out, Momoo!"
The water in Arlong Park's pool began to rise, pushing out several Fishmen.
"W-What?! What?! What's happening?!" Usopp asked in fear.
From the water emerged a sea cow monster crying with a bump on its head.
"It appeared! It's a monster!" Usopp screamed, completely terrified.
"It's their Sea King," Nami said nervously when she saw it.
"Ah, it's just him," Luffy said dismissively.
"Was he a companion of the Fishmen?" Sanji wondered.
Momoo saw Luffy and Sanji, which made him panic and start going back into the water.
"How funny," Oliver said while stepping on a Fishman.
"Wait, Momoo! Where are you going?!" Hatchan asked.
"Momoo, what do you think you're doing?!" Arlong asked angrily. "If you want to run away, I won't stop you, but you know what will happen, right?"
Feeling Arlong's threat, Momoo turned around and charged at them.
"Here it comes! Run for your lives!" Usopp shouted in fear.
Seeing Momoo attack, the Fishmen followed him to finish off the intruders.
Everyone prepared to fight, but Luffy stopped them.
"Leave it to me! I'll take care of all of them!"
Angry, Luffy slammed his feet into the ground, embedding them in the floor before spinning around and hitting the Fishmen who were approaching.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Zoro said.
After finishing spinning, Luffy stretched his arms and grabbed Momoo by the horns.
"Yeah... you have a good feeling."
The Fishmen were shocked when they saw that Luffy had a Devil Fruit, but they couldn't keep watching because Luffy started spinning Momoo.
"Get down!" Oliver shouted.
Everyone crouched right when Luffy started smashing Momoo into all the Fishmen, sending them flying and defeating them instantly along with Momoo.
"I didn't come here to fight these guys! The one I want to fight is you!" Luffy shouted angrily while pointing at Arlong.
"This is great. I was thinking of killing you!" Arlong said angrily because every one of his nakamas had been defeated.
"If it's going to end like this, we should fight too," Kuroobi said.
"The strongest ones finally showed themselves," Zoro said.
"How dare you hurt our nakamas?!" Hatchan shouted angrily.
"Arlong-san, we'll take care of them!" Kuroobi told him.
"Phew... Luffy really is strong," Oliver said while looking at the damage.
"That was dangerous, damn it!" Sanji shouted angrily while punching Luffy.
"Were you trying to kill us too?!" Usopp shouted just as angrily.
"Alright, alright, this isn't the time to fight among ourselves. Now we have to deal with them, but we're 5 against 4, I see them at a disadvantage," Oliver said.
"Count again."
A Fishman shot out of the water and punched Oliver, sending him crashing through Arlong Park.
'There's another one of the changes. Luckily he came after me,' Oliver thought as he got up from the rubble.
He looked at the Fishman, who was very muscular with greenish-brown skin and eel-like features.
Hatchan prepared himself and expelled his ink, firing it directly at Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji. The last two managed to dodge it, but Luffy, whose feet were stuck, couldn't move away.
Hatchan lifted part of the rubble and tried to crush Luffy, but thanks to Sanji's intervention nothing happened to him.
"Damn, it seems I ended up following an extremely stupid Captain," Sanji said as he broke the rubble.
The eel Fishman rushed toward Sanji to hit him, but Oliver threw a piece of rubble straight at his head, making him fall into the water.
"You and I are going to fight, uncooked sushi," Oliver said with a smile.
Oliver launched himself toward the eel Fishman, passing by Usopp who was trying to free Luffy, and stomped hard on the ground, breaking it and releasing him.
"Come on, steroid fish!"
Oliver rushed toward the eel Fishman who had just come out of the water, grabbing him and moving a bit away.
'I need to make sure I have the biggest advantage possible, and with Luffy freed I won't have to worry about them getting hurt too much,' Oliver thought as he prepared to fight.
The rest were about to fight their respective opponents.
"I'll take care of the octopus," Zoro said as he drew his only katana.
"Roronoa Zoro!"
Hatchan pulled out six swords and pointed them at Zoro.
"Your katana won't be able to defeat my six swords."
"Don't tell me I have to fight that guy," Chew said as he looked at Usopp.
"I-I'm not afraid of you!" Usopp said, trembling with his slingshot ready.
"It looks like you're about to faint on your own..."
He got a little closer and, out of fear, Usopp let go of his slingshot, making a rotten egg fall on Chew's face.
When Usopp realized what he had done, he was shocked.
"You!" Chew said angrily.
Usopp ran away terrified while Chew chased him.
"And I'll have to fight you," Sanji said while looking at Kuroobi.
Meanwhile, Oliver was exchanging blows with the Fishman, who had the advantage.
Their fists clashed violently, small clouds of dust rising while water splashed due to the impacts.
Oliver maintained a low and centered stance, sliding his feet as he threw precise punches without missing a single hit. His opponent, on the other hand, responded with brute force, trying to overpower Oliver's strikes.
Both were equal in speed, but the Fishman's strength could be felt with every blow.
"Wow, for a fish you don't punch half bad," Oliver said.
A bit worried about his enemy's strength, Oliver tried to increase the speed of his punches, but in a moment of carelessness the Fishman hit him in the ribs, forcing him to change stance to use Hoplomaquia, and using his forearm he blocked the blow.
"Hah! You're fast for a mere human!" the Fishman mocked with a smile, throwing a full-speed straight punch.
Oliver leaned his body to block the attack, but the moment the Fishman's fist touched him he felt his entire body become electrified, breaking his stance and making him receive a punch to the face that sent him straight into one of Arlong Park's walls.
"Don't underestimate me, human! I'm an eel, and I can tear you apart easily!" the Fishman shouted.
"Of course, there had to be something strange," Oliver said while spitting blood.
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