On the military ship.
Nami immediately saw Hoshigaki Kisame and Nico Robin. Her expression suddenly became extremely complex, and she couldn't help but frown.
"Does your Baroque Works also have Fishmen?"
The next moment, Nami's expression changed.
Nami suddenly remembered two other bounty orders for Nico Robin, with a bounty of 120 million, and Hoshigaki Kisame, with a bounty of 115 million!
These are both Great Pirates with bounties over 100 million!
"Mr. Kisame is an Intermediate Agent of Baroque Works."
After Uehara Naraku finished speaking, he patted her little head and continued in a deep voice, "You got my bounty order, you should also have Mr. Kisame's bounty order, right?
Mr. Kisame is a strong man capable of easily defeating a Vice Admiral, so speak carefully. He is our strongest asset when Baroque Works attacks Jinbe of the Seven Warlords of the Sea in the future."
"..."
Nami nodded with a complicated expression.
Uehara Naraku spread out his hand and continued casually, "There's also Miss Nico Robin, our Vice President of Baroque Works. Make sure not to offend her, or you'll die a very ugly death!"
"..."
Ever since she met Uehara, Nico Robin's silent moments have increased, and who exactly you would die ugly after offending, you know it well yourself!
Actually, navigators do have some use.
After Nami grasped the route of this ship, she led them around reefs, seeking navigable waters, so they could reach the Arlong Pirates as quickly as possible.
She seemed anxious to send the Arlong Pirates to their doom!
On their way to the Arlong Pirates, Uehara Naraku kept mentioning the name of Jinbe of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, slandering him; while casually drawing out Nami and the story of the Arlong Pirates, stirring up her hatred.
Five years ago.
The Arlong Pirates invaded Cocoyasi Village, where Nami lived, killed her adoptive mother Belle-Mere, and had been exploiting and oppressing the villagers of Cocoyasi Village.
Therefore, Nami made an agreement with Arlong, the leader of the Arlong Pirates.
Nami would continuously draw maps for Arlong, and after collecting 100 million Belly, Arlong would free the villagers of Cocoyasi Village.
This agreement seems quite absurd...
Uehara Naraku slowly opened his mouth and said, "Honestly, if someone gave me 100 million Belly, I'd have them collect another 100 million..."
"What a despicable person you are..."
After Nami said this, she immediately realized her mistake.
As a skilled cat burglar, she must be able to be flexible and quickly bowed down, apologizing to Uehara Naraku: "I'm sorry, Brother Uehara, I was wrong, my attitude was improper..."
"Little sister, it's okay."
Uehara Naraku smiled kindly, patted Nami's head, and said with a grin, "I'm a kind person. How could I quibble with a little girl like you!"
"Mmm mmm mmm..."
Nami quickly nodded.
She felt a sense of relief inside.
Really, this is a pirate with a bounty of 30 million. How could he possibly argue with a fifteen-year-old girl like her!
Come to think of it, this is just impossible!
As their ship slowly navigated into the waters of the Arlong Pirates' territory, due to the Seastone at the bottom of the Navy warship, the Sea Beast MooMoo responsible for the perimeter defense didn't realize their arrival, and the ship directly reached the Arlong Pirates' lair.
Uehara Naraku looked at Nami, who couldn't hide her excitement and agony, rubbed her head, and asked softly, "Well... how do you want them to die?"
"Let them die as painfully as possible!"
Nami clenched her fist tightly, her fingertips deeply pressing into her palm, and she continued in a low voice, "Just like Belle-Mere back then..."
"Oh."
Uehara Naraku slowly nodded.
Wanting them to die painfully, that's not a cheap price!
He's going to waste some time...
Never mind, now there's another reason to collect Nami's family treasure and orange grove.
This is a fair trade.
No one can say that he's bullying a little girl later.
Arlong Park.
This place is home to a group of Fishmen.
At the head is Arlong, the leader of the Arlong Pirates. From here, he rules over more than twenty surrounding villages, intending to progressively realize his dream of dominating the East Sea and making the Fishmen greater.
A rather coarse voice echoed in Arlong Park: "Hey, Hatchan, remember? Next time hit those humans harder, it doesn't matter if they die! We Fishmen are born nobler than humans; after all, humans are just inferior creatures..."
"I got it, Arlong."
Another somewhat slow-witted Fishman responded.
After speaking, this slow-witted Fishman continued, "By the way, Arlong, Nami seems to have gone out again, will it be dangerous..."
"Heh heh... She's probably collecting treasure!"
Arlong grinned, showing his full set of genuine shark teeth: "Give her a bit of hope, let her strive! How could she really collect 100 million Belly? Even if she did, I wouldn't let her leave at all..."
"Hahahahahaha..."
Boom!
Just as they were conversing inside, someone punched through the wall of Arlong Park and walked step by step on the water towards Arlong Park.
Every Fishman couldn't help but watch this person.
Because they had never seen anyone who could walk on water.
"A group of Fishmen, I thought there would be some Mermaids!"
Uehara Naraku leisurely walked on the water, looking at the many Fishmen present, his lips slightly curled: "Let me think, the price of Fishman slaves is the lowest, right? I remember it's about fifty thousand Belly each?"
Uehara Naraku's gaze slowly fell on one of the Fishmen, and as he looked at the red mark on that Fishman's body, he suddenly laughed: "It also bears the mark of the Sun Pirates, a group of former escapee slaves, so they're even cheaper..."
"...Bastard!"
Sitting in the middle, a Fishman with a sawtooth shark nose suddenly crushed the armrest of his chair. It was Ahlong, the leader of the Arlong Pirates!
This guy directly exposed the real situation of Fishmen on the Grand Line, exposing that layer of inferiority that he always had.
Now Ahlong leads his pirate gang in oppressing many human villages in the East Sea, but in reality, Mermaids and Fishmen on the Grand Line are discriminated against species.
Even though Ahlong desperately tried to instill in himself and those around them that Fishmen are superior beings and humans are inferior, the reality on the Grand Line was quite the opposite...
Fishmen are never noble!
They are still slaves being sold on the Shampodi Archipelago!
Not only Ahlong but the expressions of other Fishmen were obviously furious.
They are not slaves!
But Uehara Naraku was right, the Arlong Pirates did originate from a slave pirate gang, which was the Sun Pirates founded by a great Fishman, Fisher Tiger!
However...
Most members of the Sun Pirates were slaves of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, and the mark of the Sun Pirates was to cover the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon mark of the Celestial Dragons.
Ahlong initially joined to follow Fisher Tiger.
That was an extremely humiliating history for them!
With just one sentence, Uehara Naraku instantly angered all the Fishmen!
Nami, who had been hiding on the battleship, looked at this scene in shock. In five years, she'd never seen these Fishmen so furious!
The rage emanating from these Fishmen now...
Was like when she witnessed Belle-Mere being killed!
A Fishman suddenly lunged at Uehara Naraku, his expression furious: "Bastard, don't slander Brother Tiger's Sun Pirates!"
Uehara Naraku suddenly caught that Fishman's throat and, with an expressionless face, twisted his neck: "Then I'll send you to meet him!"
The surrounding Fishmen continuously approached Uehara Naraku, all of them being sent flying with a single kick from Uehara Naraku, with no one able to block his path!
Uehara Naraku casually kicked a Fishman into the sea, and looked nonchalantly at Ahlong, who was sitting in the center: "It's a pity, you only have Fishmen here, not worth a dime... Hmm, Ahlong, your corpse is worth twenty million Belly."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Ahlong's expression grew even darker.
Uehara Naraku looked at Ahlong and suddenly smiled: "Oh, right, your sister Karin is a Mermaid, she should be worth more than you... Once our Baroque Works breaks through Jinbe's Fishman Pirates and enters Fishman Island, guess what I'll do to her?"
"Bastard!"
Ahlong clenched his fist tightly, recalling seeing the wanted poster, recognizing the Uehara Naraku in front of him: "You, just a small fry with a thirty million bounty, dare to say you'll attack that bastard Jinbe?"
Ahlong's gaze slowly shifted, landing on Nami who was walking down from the battleship, his face full of rage: "Nami, is this the enemy you brought here?"
"..."
Nami hesitated for a second, then showed a look of panic and unease: "Ahlong... I didn't know... They just started by asking me where the Arlong Pirates were..."
At this moment, she was just like a frightened little girl.
In the next moment, she suddenly transformed into a vengeful woman!
Now, all the Fishmen of the Arlong Pirates were easily defeated by Uehara Naraku, leaving only Ahlong, clearly securing Uehara Naraku's victory!
As Nami looked at Ahlong, her face suddenly showed a sinister smile, and she laughed in a way that was somewhat chilling: "But I heard them say they came from the Grand Line to kill you, so I found the fastest route, picked the most favorable sea currents, and brought them right here!"
"..."
Ahlong's face was even more filled with anger as he suddenly lunged at Uehara Naraku: "Humph, bastard, don't underestimate me..."
"I didn't underestimate you, I overestimated you."
Uehara Naraku kicked him directly, embedding him into the wall with one kick, leaving Ahlong gravely wounded and on the brink of death.
Uehara Naraku turned his head to look at Nami, showing a devil-like smile: "Hey, little Nami, why don't you string him up here to dry out to death?"
"..."
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Nami's forehead.
This guy's power was indeed ten or even a hundred times stronger than these Fishmen, but his cruelty seemed to surpass them by ten or a hundred times as well!
"You seem afraid?"
Uehara Naraku chuckled softly, slowly extended his finger, and made a gun gesture. Armament Haki instantly shot from his finger, piercing through Ahlong's head!
"Forget it, the Fishman Pirates from the former Sun Pirates are just a bunch of slaves that aren't worth anything, so our Baroque Works can't be bothered to waste time."
Uehara Naraku opened his palm, looking at a bubble under the water, where he had deliberately spared a Fishman.
That Fishman was the foolish Hatchan, sent intentionally to deliver a message to Jinbe and those guys, conveniently going along with Mr. Crocodile's plan!
Uehara Naraku slowly continued: "When our Baroque Works destroys Jinbe's Seven Warlords of the Sea Fishman Pirates, we can go straight to Fishman Island to capture higher-priced Mermaids..."
"..."
Below the water.
Hatchan listened with a face full of terror.
The bigger goal of Baroque Works was actually to attack Jinbe's Fishman Pirates?