Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Wuhu, we can finally get rid of this One Piece training program!

Bonnie listened quietly, watching the memories, emotions, and hopes for the future radiating from their faces, her feelings a complex mix.

I envy them for having gone through so many adventures together and for having such a deep bond.

"This place is very close to Marineford, the headquarters of the Navy, and Mary Geoise, the holy site of the World Government. We have to be very careful," Bonnie warned.

As if to confirm her words, the once calm sea suddenly surged violently, and a huge shadow rose rapidly from beneath the ship.

"Waves?" Merry exclaimed.

Luffy's eyes narrowed: "Something's not right!"

He instantly realized that it wasn't a wave at all, but an unimaginably huge sea monster raising its body from the sea!

Compared to this sea monster, the Sunny Journey was as small as a child's toy.

"Rubber, the spear of the giant!"

Luffy leaped into the air, his arm rapidly expanding in mid-air, his enormous fist containing terrifying power, and smashed directly into the sea monster's relatively soft belly.

boom--!!

With a muffled thud, accompanied by the sea monster's painful roar, its massive body stiffened abruptly before slowly falling backward.

"Beware of tsunami!"

Nami shouted with great experience.

Sure enough, the sea monster's enormous body crashed into the sea, creating a giant wave tens of meters high that slammed towards the Sunny Horizon.

Zoro, Sanji, and the others immediately took action, using slashes and kicks to disperse the waves approaching the ship.

Luffy returned to normal, landed on the deck, rubbed his rumbling stomach, and looked longingly at Sanji.

"Sanji, can we eat this big guy after we process it?"

"That's certainly possible."

He hadn't finished speaking.

"Ah, I'm saved!!"

A strange voice, tinged with relief and a hint of confusion, suddenly rang out, interrupting Luffy's ordering.

Everyone was startled and turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.

A green figure leaped out from the belly of the sea monster that was slowly sinking into the sea, drawing a beautiful parabola in the air before landing perfectly.

Pfft.

It landed on Luffy's face as he looked up at the sky.

Everyone: "..."

Luffy: "???"

He frantically shoved the unidentified object off his face, only to find it slippery on his hand, realizing he was holding a fish tail!

"Eh?!"

Everyone looked over and then they could see clearly that it was a young girl.

No, calling her a young girl is too simplistic.

Because the creature's upper body resembled that of a human girl wearing a seashell bikini, with short green hair and clear, large eyes, while its lower body was a beautiful fishtail that shimmered with a faint pink glow.

"A mermaid!?"

Everyone exclaimed in unison.

"I'm saved! I was almost digested!"

The mermaid had no idea where she had landed. Patting her small chest, she looked terrified. "I was a little confused. I walked right past this sea monster and it mistook me for an ordinary little fish and swallowed me whole. Come to think of it, I've been swallowed by different sea monsters more than twenty times."

She then noticed Luffy and the stunned crowd around her, and bowed politely: "Thank you for saving me! My name is Camie, I'm the mermaid Camie!"

"My name is Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm going to be the Pirate King."

Luffy also subconsciously introduced himself.

Two seconds later.

Kemi's eyes suddenly bulged out like a goldfish's, her mouth opened into an "O" shape, and she looked terrified, shouting in a high-pitched voice, "It's...it's a pirate?!"

Luffy was also startled.

The once beautiful girl suddenly turned into this grotesque sight; anyone who didn't know better would think she ate the Gum-Gum Fruit.

"You don't need to shout so loudly. We're not going to do anything to you," Nami said, somewhat helplessly.

Her feelings towards the fishmen are complex. Having experienced the dragon incident, she naturally harbors an innate hostility towards them.

However, she would not easily extend her hatred to the entire race, especially to this seemingly innocent and naive mermaid girl in front of her.

Cammy nervously tugged at Luffy's collar, then breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, patting her small chest: "You won't hurt me? That's great."

Looking at the unsuspecting little mermaid, Vivi couldn't help but facepalm: "You believed her so easily?"

Robin, holding his coffee, added seriously, "It seems so easy to be fooled."

"Huh!? I've been scammed!?"

Kemi's expression instantly became extremely exaggerated, with a natural, adorable blankness.

Everyone was amazed to see a living mermaid, and even Bonnie was seeing one up close for the first time.

Bonnie was even more shocked when she learned that Kemi was from the Sabaody Archipelago.

“Sabaody Archipelago? How did you get out of there?” Bonnie asked.

Luffy asked, puzzled, "Is there a problem?"

Bonnie explained, “The Sabaody Archipelago has many lawless zones, rife with human traffickers and slave auctions. Mermaids like Camie, who are so conspicuous and lack fighting ability, are their ideal targets. It’s an absolute miracle that she managed to make it all the way to this area alive.”

Upon hearing this, Kemi immediately became anxious, and her eyes instantly reddened:

"Ugh, that's why! My good friends Papagu and the fishman Hachi were kidnapped by those despicable human trafficking organizations while trying to protect me!"

I really don't know who to ask for help. Could you please save them? Papagu and Hachi are only able to do this because of me.

"Fishman Xiao Ba?"

Luffy frowned, recalling the time in the East Blue when Nami mentioned that one of the Arlong Pirates' officers had escaped, and that his name seemed to be Hachi. His expression turned strange. "You mean Hachi, is he an octopus fish-man who used to live in the East Blue?"

Kemi nodded vigorously: "Yes! Xiao Ba used to be in the East China Sea."

"Then we can't grant this request." Luffy interrupted Camie, his tone unusually cold and hard.

"why?"

Kemi panicked, tears welling up in her eyes.

Luffy looked at Camie and said seriously, "Because we have a grudge. I wiped out the Arlong Pirates of the East Blue."

He paused, glancing at Nami beside him whose expression had changed slightly. "But according to Nami, it seems that one of them did manage to escape in the end."

Camie noticed Nami's sudden pallor and complicated expression, and became even more anxious, quickly defending Hachi:

"After Little Myna returned from the East China Sea, he kept repenting, saying that he had done many bad things! Now he owns a takoyaki shop in the Sabaody Archipelago, and he uses most of his earnings to help people in need on the island! He has truly reformed!"

Luffy is the primary person directly involved in the feud between Nami and Arlong's crew.

Zoro and Sanji didn't arrive in time, and Luffy wiped out Arlong's entire crew.

From any perspective, Luffy is absolutely on Nami's side.

Chapter 295 Is it delicious? It's delicious~

Nami was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is everything you said true?"

Kemi nodded frantically, tears finally streaming down her face: "It's true! Several times, Hachi has fallen ill from exhaustion while helping others! He always says that he's paying for the sins he committed in the East Blue."

Looking at Camie's sincere and anxious eyes, Nami recalled that when Hachi was in the Arlong Pirates, he didn't seem to have the pure malice towards humans that other fish-men did; he was more of a muddled follower.

She hesitated.

Finally, Nami turned to Luffy, gently shook her head, and then said to Camie, "We can agree to help you rescue your friend. But in return, you have to tell us how to get to Fishman Island safely, and once we arrive, you need to provide us with some necessary assistance, how about that?"

She was planning the next voyage for the entire pirate crew.

According to Luffy's plan, the next step is to go to the Sabaody Archipelago, and then go to the New World via Fishman Island.

I've heard that the relationship between Fishman Island and humans isn't very good, but with Camie as a bridge, at least we don't have to worry too much about that aspect.

After all, the place they were going to was the deep sea, thousands of meters below the surface, which was arguably the weakest point for Luffy and his fellow Devil Fruit users.

Kemi, as if grasping at a lifeline, readily agreed:

"No problem! Absolutely no problem! Thank you so much! Thank you so much!"

Luffy looked at Nami, wanting to say something.

Nami stepped forward and gently pressed her forehead against his chest, her voice low and hoarse, yet filled with a sense of relief: "The dragon is dead."

Nami is kind.

She knew all too well that the spread of hatred would only bring more hatred and pain.

If Hachi has truly repented as Camie claims and has been doing good deeds to atone for her sins, then her willingness to give her a chance is also to allow Luffy and his crew to reach Fishman Island more smoothly.

She didn't want her past to hinder her companions' progress.

.......

Things progressed unexpectedly smoothly.

Based on the clues provided by Kemi, they quickly located the stronghold of the Flying Fish Knights who had kidnapped Papagu and Xiaoba.

The process involved almost no real fighting; the Flying Fish Knights were quickly routed in the face of the Straw Hat crew's overwhelming strength.

Sure enough, the Hachi that Camie mentioned was the same Hachi from the Arlong Pirates of the East Blue.