50: Chapter 50 The Despicable Ah LongHearing Nami's helpless sobs on the other end of the phone, Luffy roughly understood what had happened.A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he comforted her, "Nami, don't cry.I'll be in Cocoyasi Village right away." Sanji rushed forward impatiently, snatched the phone, and said, "Miss Nami, don't be sad.Knight Sanji will be by your side soon."
Meanwhile, Coby asked, "What happened to make Nami so sad?" Luffy then told them everything that had happened to Nami, adding, "I'm sure Arlong didn't keep his promise, which is why Nami asked us for help." Sanji, upon hearing this, immediately flew into a rage.Luffy nodded and said to the others, "This time our enemy is the Arlong Pirates, and these guys are fish-men.Their physical abilities are far superior to ours.Are you confident you can defeat them?"
Sanji, his eyes blazing with rage, said, "How dare they bully Nami!So what if he's a fish-man?I'll turn them into sashimi and test the power of my Wind God Leg!"
Luffy nodded and shouted, "Brothers, full speed ahead!Destination—Cocoyasi Village!"
At this moment, Ling'er also issued a quest: "Ding dong ding dong, main quest issued: Slay Arlong, destroy Fishman Paradise.Success reward: Zoan-type Devil Fruit - Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Zapdos Mode, Shikigami Summoning Mark (with one summoning opportunity), 5000 Pirate Coins.Failure will result in the confiscation of one random skill from the host."
Luffy nodded, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Ling'er, what did you mean by the soul sleeping on Zoro's Wado Ichimonji?And how can we awaken this sleeping soul?" Although Luffy had a feeling that the sleeping soul was Kuina, he still wanted to confirm with the system.Ling'er replied impatiently, "Why ask me if you already guessed?Don't bother me with these kinds of questions anymore.This system needs to go back to get some beauty sleep.As for awakening it, it just costs pirate coins."
(ʘ言ʘ╬), Luffy was speechless.Was he being looked down upon by the system?Perhaps Nami's crying spurred Sanji on, and with his frantic efforts, the journey that would have taken several hours was shortened to just one hour.They saw the edge of Cocoyasi Village.Seeing this, Luffy spread his fiery wings and went ashore to find Nami.Sanji said with a disgruntled expression, "Tch, he stole all the limelight."
Nami, on the island, knelt on the ground in despair.Her mind was still replaying everything that had just happened: she was almost at the 100 million yen mark, but a naval captain and his men had confiscated all her hard-earned savings.She also learned from the rat that Arlong had ordered him to raid the island and had shot and wounded Nojiko.When she confronted Arlong, he readily admitted it and even boasted that Nami would be his navigator for life.Then, Arlong's men brought even more despairing news: the people of Cocoyasi Village were coming to fight Arlong.She forced a smile and tried to stop them: "Wait, everyone, wait a little longer!I'll keep trying.I'll try to save the money again.This time it'll be much easier.I'm used to it." "That's enough," Nami thought, recalling what Ken had said while holding her in his arms."You know it's useless, right?You've carried the lives of all of us alone, fighting until now.For you, joining them is more painful than being torn to pieces.Just leave the village." With that, Ken and the others ignored Nami's attempts to stop them and marched off towards Arlong's Paradise.Nami knelt on the ground, crying helplessly.She couldn't stop them from going to fight Arlong.Arlong's smug, laughing face kept irritating her.In anger, she picked up a knife from the ground and was about to stab the tattooed man when a strong hand grabbed it.Nami looked up and saw Luffy arriving.She couldn't hold back anymore and threw herself into Luffy's arms, bursting into tears.Luffy stroked her head and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm here."