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But thinking of the villagers still being exploited and oppressed by the fish people, living in misery, she gritted her teeth and pleaded with Bits:

"Please, come with me to my hometown."

"I'm willing to give you the 100 million Berries I've saved over the years as travel expenses for this trip, just please wipe out the Fishman Pirates who are entrenched in my hometown!"

One hundred million Berries?!

"Fishman Pirates?"

Karina and Tina spoke up one after the other, each grasping the key point.

But before they could ask any more probing questions, Luffy, the handyman who had been eavesdropping, objected.

"Nami! You're my navigator, how can you ask someone else for help!"

That pirate crew you hate, I'll defeat them! I'm your captain!

"No, that's right. Fishmen and such will be defeated by my great Usopp."

Nami, come quick! Those guys are super dangerous! (Very quietly) The words of her two companions made Nami's nose tingle, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

She forced back her tears, turned her head, and gave Luffy and Usopp a grateful smile.

"Thank you, Luffy and Usopp."

These past few days together have been the happiest time of my life in the last 10 years.

But that's precisely why I don't want to involve you all because of me.

So... we can only say goodbye here.

Even if Mr. Bitches is unwilling to help me, I'm prepared to go back.

"Nami!" Looking at Nami with tears in her eyes, Luffy felt an indescribable anxiety.

He can allow himself to get hurt and allow himself to be ridiculed.

But he would never allow his chosen partner to cry in front of him.

But before he could use his protagonist's halo to say anything about 'partners' or 'friendship', Beetz interrupted their conversation.

"One hundred million Berries, that's barely enough for travel expenses. We can discuss the remaining conditions after we board the ship."

Nami turned her head in surprise, "So, you agree?"

"Hmm, just a merman, no big deal," Bitts said nonchalantly, extending his little finger.

If someone else did this, Nami would definitely yell at them and warn them just how terrifying fishmen are.

But if it were Bitches, who had just displayed his might and blasted a huge hole in the sea that hadn't yet recovered, it would be a different story.

Aside from worrying that Cocoyasi Village might be accidentally destroyed by the other party, Nami had absolutely no other concerns.

"Please, I'll show you the way right away."

After bowing deeply, Nami turned to say her final goodbye to Luffy and the others.

"Goodbye Luffy, Usopp. See you at sea sometime."

Also, please tell Zoro that I had a lot of fun adventuring with the three of you.

After leaving those words, Nami didn't dare look at them again, and quickly left the restaurant with her head down.

"Nami!" Luffy called out Nami's name, then suddenly remembered something and looked up at Bitz, glaring angrily.

"Hey, you monster monkey, give me back my navigator!" (A line from a poem by Yi Lingqi, likely a typo or a reference to a character named Qi Silu Yueyi, is included here.) Shouting, he charged toward Bits, and Usopp, who was standing nearby, couldn't stop him and turned pale with fright.

Facing Luffy charging towards him, Beethoven crossed his arms over his chest, loosened the tail wrapped around his waist, and lashed Luffy across the face with the tail, sending him flying backward and crashing into Usopp.

"Hmph, you, a guy whose name contains the character for monkey, have the nerve to call me a monkey."

Since there are so many people here, I'll say it again: I am Prince Bitz of the Saiyan race, a nation known for its fighting spirit.

"You're not some nobody like you, a wild monkey from the mountains, who can easily scam me."

As he spoke, Bitts glanced around, and the diners hiding in the corners all nodded, trembling, indicating that they had remembered his name.

Seeing this, Bits withdrew his gaze and looked again at Luffy, who had already gotten up, a mocking smile playing on his lips:

"Besides, this is Nami's own choice. Unless she changes her mind, it won't do me any good even if you kneel down and beg me."

And instead of thinking about how to get her back from me, you should think about where your green-haired companion is.

"After all this time, haven't you noticed that someone's missing from your lives?"

After saying that, Beetz couldn't help but shake his head to express his speechlessness towards them, and then turned around and left with Robin and the other girls.

"Damn it, that idiot Nami must have been tricked by him."

No, I have to go and talk to Nami and make sure she doesn't fall for it!

Luffy slammed his fist on the floor, then got up and was about to chase after them again.

But this time, Usopp reacted quickly and grabbed one of his legs, pulling him back with all his might.

Meanwhile, Johnny and Joseph, who had been just passing by, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of Luffy, anxiously shouting to the two of them:

"Oh no! Brother Luffy, and Brother Usopp, it's terrible!"

"Brother Zoro is missing! I haven't seen him since the beginning!"

"What?!" *2 The two oblivious individuals looked around the restaurant before realizing that someone seemed to have been absent for quite some time.

.............

Several nautical miles away from where Luffy and his crew were, the Big Mom Pirates, who were also devastated by the tsunami, were not as lucky.

The tsunami came so suddenly and quickly that everyone on the ship, including Perospero, didn't have time to react before being swept away and thrown into the sea.

The Homitz soldier lost consciousness immediately after falling into the sea.

As a Devil Fruit user, Perospero completely lost the pride he had as a so-called prince's child in the sea.

Before he completely lost consciousness, the last thing he saw was a green figure struggling to swim towards him.

At that time, his consciousness was already blurred, and he even experienced hallucinations.

'How amazing, green algae can actually swim...'

My new book is launching, and I hope all my bosses and godfathers will give me some flowers, monthly tickets, encouragement to update, and rewards. I would be extremely grateful.

"Green Algae" Zoro gritted his teeth, held his breath, and struggled to catch up with the sinking Perospero. He grabbed one of his arms and began to rise.

Around him, there were many pirates who were skilled in swimming and were trying to save themselves.

Many pirates who were not good swimmers also lost their lives at sea, their bodies sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

After Zoro spent a considerable amount of time bringing Perospero to the surface, Many pirates who had already surfaced were helping to pull their companions aboard driftwood.

"Lord Perospero! Has anyone seen Lord Perospero?!"

"Find him! Quickly dive underwater and search! Lord Perospero can't swim, we must find him!"

Hearing the shouts of the remaining pirates around them, Zoro, carrying the unconscious Perospero, quickly called out loudly:

"Here he is! Is there a doctor? He's choked on water and needs emergency help!"

Upon hearing the sound, the pirates immediately showed expressions of joy.

Several pirates quickly used driftwood to pull the two men ashore.

A minor leader with considerable prestige among the pirates immediately ordered his companions, who knew first aid, to treat Perospero.

At the same time, he directed the other pirates to continue rescuing their companions who had just emerged from the water, and only then did he have a chance to bow and thank Zoro, who was taking off his clothes:

"Thank you very much, young man. If it weren't for you, Lord Perospero would have been in danger."

Zoro wrung out his completely soaked short-sleeved shirt and shook it. He didn't care about the other person's thanks, but asked with great confusion:

"If I'm not mistaken, you're pirates."

"It's really strange that your leader, a pirate, can't swim."

"We are indeed pirates, but Lord Perospero is a Devil Fruit user..."

The junior leader did not hide the fact that the adults had saved his life.

He stopped halfway through his sentence because he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was from the East China Sea.

The people of the East Sea, who are isolated from information, seem to not even know what a power user is.

Just as he was organizing his thoughts, preparing to explain to Zoro what a Devil Fruit user is and what a Devil Fruit is.

Zoro nodded in sudden realization, then looked at Perospero with some surprise as he began spitting out water.

"So he's an ability user too. No wonder he's just like my captain, completely unable to swim."

"Hey, your captain is one too?" Now it was the junior leader's turn to be surprised.

The number of ability users in the East Blue is even rarer than an oasis in the desert. I never expected to encounter a subordinate of an East Blue ability user here.

What are your captain's abilities?

"He's like a rubber man. The ability to stretch his body is something that sounds useless, but it can actually bring a lot of surprises."

"A rubber man? That does sound hard to imagine."

However, my master's ability is equally strange; he's a user of the Lick-Lick Fruit, capable of creating candy.

"Lick? Is that why his tongue is so long?"

And since it's about making candy, wouldn't it be better to call it candy fruit or candy berries?

"Who knows? That's what it's called in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia anyway."

....

Before Perospero woke up, Zoro had a rather pleasant chat with this minor pirate leader.

But just as they were getting along better and better, another pirate shouted from afar.

"Big brother, big brother Lav! Come quick, we've found an absolutely amazing guy!"

Laugh, the pirate leader, looked up at the guy who had called him and then frowned as he replied:

"What is it, Drew? I'm giving the adults first aid here. If it's not anything too serious, you can handle it yourself."

The man named Drew looked at the guy he had rescued with a complicated expression, and then hesitantly called out to Ralph again:

"No, brother, I really can't handle this. You should come and take a look."

Laugh snorted unhappily, sighed in front of Zoro, shook his head and spread his hands, saying:

"That guy is my younger brother. He always makes a big fuss over the smallest things, which makes you laugh at him."

He put his hand on his forehead, glanced at his younger brother, and muttered:

"But this time it seems there really is something very important."

"Zoro, you rest here. I'll go take care of this."

"Okay, go ahead, don't worry about me."

After saying this, Ralph gave a few instructions to his underlings and then jumped into the water, swimming towards Drew.

As he watched him leave, Zoro's expression gradually became strange.

"Laff... Drew? Isn't that the name of the legendary island where One Pece is buried?"

With names like that, you guys are truly born to be pirates.

After muttering a complaint under his breath, Zoro paid no further attention to the two.

Instead, he became distressed about his current situation.

They finally met a kind person who was willing to take them to a restaurant on the sea, but unexpectedly they encountered a tsunami on the way.