Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 352 The Baffling Behavior of Hawkeye Mihawk, the World's Greatest Swordsman

East China Sea.

Kingdom of Alon.

This is the territory of the Arlong Pirates.

Arlong's pirate crew rules over approximately twenty villages and towns.

The leader, Arlong, is a shark-man who claims that fish-men are a superior race. He treats the humans in these villages as slaves of the Arlong Pirates and ruthlessly exploits the villagers.

Arlong Pirates levied exorbitant taxes in these villages and towns, conscripted ordinary villagers to build the Arlong Kingdom, and would kill villagers on a whim if they displeased them.

This kind of thing...

The navy, however, never intervened.

Colonel Rat of the 16th Division Base in the East China Sea has been in cahoots with Ah Long, accepting bribes from Ah Long regularly and becoming Ah Long's protector.

Therefore, when Colonel Rat arrived here with his warships, the Arlong Pirates didn't take it seriously at all, and even thought that Colonel Rat had come to collect money.

only…

This time, Colonel Rat brought a lot of soldiers with him, but the warship could not enter the Kingdom of Arlong. In fact, Colonel Rat could only take three or four people in, and he had to be pulled in by a fishman, which shows how wary Arlong was.

Akihara Kagura stood on the warship and had already seen the fish-men of this world. Most of them were ugly and strange, with some features of deep-sea fish on their faces.

The leader of this pirate crew, Arlong, has a long, sharp nose like a nail, a mouth full of sharp teeth, a shark fin on the back of his head, and his whole body is very muscular. He doesn't look like someone to be trifled with.

In fact…

This guy is definitely not someone to mess with.

Some naval branches in the East Blue also tried to eliminate Arlong. Some were bribed by Arlong, while others were mostly defeated by Arlong's pirate crew.

"This month's money..."

When Ah Long saw Colonel Rat appear, he pushed several stacks of banknotes at him, but seeing that Colonel Rat refused to accept them, he grinned and said, "Colonel Rat, one shouldn't be too greedy. This is what we agreed on beforehand..."

"Hehehehe..."

"It's not that I'm greedy, I just brought some news..."

Colonel Rat looked at the shark-man before him, his eyes suddenly darting around. He thought of resolving the issue peacefully, and then he thought of how to extort money from him. With a sinister smile, he said, "This information is worth a fortune; it will save you from a catastrophic disaster..."

"Oh?"

Aron didn't seem to care, and even asked with interest, "Is the Navy going to send new troops to the East China Sea? Right now, the biggest problem in the East China Sea is the force stationed in Loguetown..."

"It's not the navy's problem..."

Colonel Mouse stroked his beard and said with a grin, "A Celestial Dragon is coming to visit the East Blue. I heard that this Celestial Dragon hates you fish-men very much, and his purpose in visiting the East Blue is to kill a few fish-men for his own amusement..."

"What?!"

Ah Long's expression suddenly turned ugly!

This news…

It's definitely worth a lot of money!

Those wicked bastards...

They actually wanted to kill the fishman, but their purpose was just to have fun!

Lowly humans…

Arlong could only curse under his breath, but he had also witnessed the cruelty of the Celestial Dragons on the Grand Line. He hated the Celestial Dragons to the bone and long wished he could kill them, but he dared not make a move again.

If that Celestial Dragon's goal is to kill fish-men for his own amusement, then the Arlong Pirates must leave the East Blue as soon as possible, at least to avoid being discovered by that Celestial Dragon!

"Looks like you realize how serious things are..."

Colonel Rat saw Arlong's expression and immediately understood that the other man also feared the Celestial Dragons' power. He grinned and said, "Then give me a few fish-men to satisfy that Celestial Dragon's pleasure, and you can continue to lie here and rest your head on your shoulders..."

"You bastard..."

A flash of anger suddenly crossed Arlong's face. He looked at the rat colonel in front of him and a murderous intent arose in his heart. He actually wanted to hand the fishman over to the Celestial Dragons to be tortured and killed!

That bastard…

How dare you have such a thought!

Even though Arlong knew that handing over a few fishmen at this time might be enough to escape the Celestial Dragons, he was unwilling to give up his own kind for this purpose. He absolutely did not want the fishmen to die at the hands of the Celestial Dragons, and he absolutely could not send anyone to the hands of the Celestial Dragons!

If it weren't for the fact that Ah Long still planned to build his Ah Long Kingdom in the East China Sea in the future, and that the shifty-eyed colonel in front of him was an acquaintance, he would have liked to immediately turn on him and kill this hateful rat colonel!

That bastard…

Just like those humans who regard fishmen as inferior beings, right?

"I'll be leaving here for a while..."

Arlong gritted his teeth, a bloodshot appearing in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "We'll come back and continue our cooperation after the Celestial Dragons leave..."

"That won't do..."

Seeing the anger on Ah Long's face, Colonel Rat quickly explained with a grin, "I heard that this Celestial Dragon is visiting the East Blue just to kill a few more fish-men for his own amusement..."

"Jinbe of the Fishman Pirates is a Shichibukai recognized by the World Government, so it's not very convenient for this Celestial Dragon to kill a Fishman on the Grand Line..."

"Furthermore, if the Celestial Dragons come to the East Blue just to kill a few fish-men, and they don't get to enjoy the thrill of killing them, what if they get angry?"

This rat-headmaster has a rather sleazy appearance. Although he's jokingly explaining things, his words sound like mockery, and he doesn't seem to care about the fish-men's lives at all...

Arlong's teeth clenched tightly, and the killing intent in his eyes grew stronger. Even though the man in front of him was a partner, he couldn't bear the way the Celestial Dragon killed a few Fishmen as if they were just fish, as if being killed by a Celestial Dragon was a blessing for their Fishman race...

"You want to use my fellow countrymen to curry favor with the Celestial Dragons!"

Arlong saw right through Colonel Rat's intentions. He knew very well that his partner was trying to use the lives of fishmen to curry favor with the Celestial Dragons!

The East China Sea doesn't have any powerful navies, but Colonel Rat is the only naval force that might be able to obtain fishmen from him!

That bastard who's trying to curry favor with the Celestial Dragons!

A surge of rage rose within Ah Long. Without waiting for the Rat Colonel to refute, he suddenly opened his mouth wide and bit down on the Rat Colonel's head, his sharp teeth snapping shut and killing the naval colonel in one bite!

Anyway…

I also need to hide from the Celestial Dragons for a while!

"what?"

The group of naval soldiers following behind the rat colonel were terrified!

Why did Arlong suddenly become enraged and kill people? They also felt that what Colonel Rat said made a lot of sense. Those were world nobles, Celestial Dragons. Arlong refused to hand over a few fish-men for the Celestial Dragons to enjoy. Did he want to rebel against the Celestial Dragons?

"I've wanted to kill the Celestial Dragons for a long time, and they even want me to offer up my own people to curry favor with them..."

A murderous glint flashed in Ah Long's eyes as his gaze fell upon the naval soldiers following Captain Rat. He bluntly issued the order: "Kill these naval men, pack your things and leave immediately. We can't let anyone discover our whereabouts!"

"I've been wanting to do this for a long time!"

The fishmen immediately pounced on the several navy soldiers!

Some fishmen even swam directly towards the naval warships!

The entire Kingdom of Arlong was instantly filled with bloodshed, with severed limbs everywhere, and Colonel Rat's trusted soldiers were torn to shreds!

On the warship.

One by one, the naval soldiers were killed by the fishmen.

A private, hiding in the ship's mess hall, clutched his old-fashioned musket, seemingly too afraid to join the battle. He even had some pear juice prepared for himself: "These scum of the navy are fighting with the evil pirates. I wonder who will win..."

Just then, a fishman spotted Akihara Kagura hiding in the restaurant and pounced on her without hesitation, brandishing his sharp blade to stab her to death!

Bang!

A dull gunshot rang out!

Before the fishman could even see Akihara Kagura's movements, he was shot through the head. This fishman, who had killed many humans, never expected to die by gunshot!

After killing the fishman, Akihara Kagura slowly finished the pear juice in her cup and suddenly disappeared from the spot. She was just an ordinary Marine third-class private and didn't have the strength to deal with the Arlong Pirates. She could only quietly wait to be a tool.

In this world, naval personnel wanting a promotion...

In fact, most of them require a little bit of fate.

For example, if a pirate suddenly appears to help, it wouldn't hurt for Akihara Kagura, a righteous Marine Private Third Class, to use the pirate; at least it wouldn't arouse suspicion from the Marine high command.

The battle on the warship ended quickly.

This naval branch fleet was never very combat-effective to begin with. It could manage to bully ordinary civilians by following Captain Rat, but once it came to fighting against a physically strong race like the fishmen, it was almost a complete rout. The warships were soon covered in blood...

but…

Three mermen died.

This enraged Arlong, but he had no time to waste and had to pack up and leave the kingdom he had built before the Celestial Dragons arrived.

Just then, an orange-haired girl returned to the Kingdom of Arlong. She looked at the fish-men packing their things and the corpses of the marines lying on the ground with some surprise. A look of hatred and fear flashed in her eyes.

This is…

What happened?

How did these wicked fishmen suddenly kill so many marines?

and…

It seems like they're about to leave?

He simply went out for a short while, and along the way, he joined a small pirate crew consisting of a straw hat kid and a green-haired idiot to defeat Buggy the Clown, who had a bounty of 15 million, and then dragged a lying long-nosed guy into the crew to defeat a treacherous pirate named Kuro...

This was a trip that put me in a pretty good mood.

However, just as I calmed down and returned here, the Arlong Pirates started packing up and leaving?

"Nami."

Upon seeing the orange-haired girl appear, Ah Long immediately ordered in a deep voice, "Go pack your things, take all the nautical charts you've drawn, we're leaving here..."

"Are you leaving?"

A hint of joy flashed in Nami's eyes.

However, she quickly suppressed this joy, and her expression became very serious, as if she was very worried about the situation of the Arlong Pirates.

"Ah Long, what happened to you guys?"

"It's not you, it's us."

Arlong narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Nami before him, a sinister smile suddenly spreading across his lips: "You're the surveyor I've been eyeing. Didn't you always dream of drawing charts of the entire world? I'll take you away from here right now, to draw even more charts..."

"..."

Nami involuntarily took a step back.

"Don't even think about escaping..."

Arlong revealed his mouthful of shark teeth and added, "Nami, don't you want us to kill everyone in Cocoyasi Village before we leave?"

Cocoyasi Village…

This is the village where Nami grew up.

In order to protect the village, Nami joined the Arlong Pirates and became the crew's surveyor. She even started stealing from other pirates from a young age, hoping to save up 100 million Berries to redeem the village from Arlong's rule.

"I'm almost at 100 million Berries..."

Nami frowned, wanting to bring up their previous agreement again: "You said that as long as I save up 100 million Berries..."

"Oh?"

Ah Long's smile immediately turned playful, as if he were looking at an innocent child: "That kind of talk... I was just kidding you."

"Wh...what?"

Nami seemed to have misheard something.

At this point, Ah Long simply laid his cards on the table, no longer hiding his thoughts, and grinned fiercely: "Looks like you really don't understand your own talent..."

Arlong spread his hands, grinning as he praised, "Nami, a surveyor like you can't be bought for 100 million Berries. You won't find a navigational genius like you even on the Grand Line..."

"Ah Long!"

The voices of two mermen interrupted their conversation as they pulled a small boat back to the Kingdom of Arlong, carrying a bound, green-haired man.

"We've caught a strange person!"

"Nami?"

The man with the green hair was wrapped in bandages, seemingly suffering some serious injury. He didn't pay attention to Arlong, but when he saw Nami there, his face showed extreme shock!

"Zoro?"

Nami's eyes narrowed instantly. She looked at the green-haired man in front of her, her feelings a mix of emotions. She admitted that she was very happy in that Straw Hat Pirates crew...

but…

She hates pirates!

I also hate myself for being forced to join Arlong's pirate crew!

"You really hate pirates..."

Zoro was even somewhat taken aback when he saw Nami there.

"..."

Nami remained silent, unable to speak.

Ah Long waved his hand dismissively, "Forget it, no need for further words. Let's kill this guy and quickly pack our things and leave this place..."

The Celestial Dragons could arrive at any moment, and Arlong has many things to deal with; he doesn't have time to chat idly with a human.

"Killing him would be such a waste..."

Nami volunteered for the task, revealing the Arlong Pirates tattoo on her shoulder. She coldly stated, "Zoro, I've never hated pirates. I'm a member of the Arlong Pirates. Everything I said to you before was a lie; it was all an act..."

At that time...

She was actually being her true self.

Now she had to pretend, attributing everything from the past to acting. Her gaze fell on Ah Long, and she said coldly, "I've drawn a lot of nautical charts. Aren't you leaving from here? Let this guy help me pack them up!"

"Whatever you want..."

Ah Long has never paid much attention to the people of the East China Sea.

however…

Ah Long didn't expect this either.

This green algae head has also caused a lot of trouble.

While the Arlong Pirates were still busy relocating, members of a small pirate crew arrived in the Arlong Kingdom one after another in two small boats!

A Straw Hat Pirate named Monkey D. Luffy, along with his newly recruited chef Sanji and sniper Usopp from the Baratie sea restaurant, arrived to retrieve his navigator Nami and vice-captain Zoro. A fierce conflict immediately broke out between the Straw Hat Pirates and the Arlong Pirates!

While two pirate crews were engaged in a fierce battle within the Kingdom of Arlong, Private Kagura Akihara of the 16th Division of the East Blue quietly watched the scene unfold.

"A fight has broken out here..."

While watching the battle in the Arlong Kingdom, Akihara Kagura waited for news from the other side: "This is crucial for my rapid promotion. I must deal with that Celestial Dragon who might visit and silence him, making sure there's absolutely no way to prove anything..."

the other side.

A huge wooden boat being pulled by a nine-headed wooden dragon.

The wooden boat had clearly changed; the masts now bore the skull and crossbones pirate flag with a whirlpool symbol, and the deck and cabins were filled with cannons.

This pirate crew, which had only been established for a short time, finally got its own name. Given that its captain, Hashirama Senju, was skilled in using Wood Release, the pirate crew was eventually named Konoha.

The Konoha Pirates haven't been idle during this time. In order to ensure the completion of Akihara Kagura's mission and to learn about this world, they plan to rob a group of cannons belonging to a pirate crew called the Krieg Pirates, who are said to have a lot of cannons.

finally…

They located the Krieg Pirates.

However, this pirate crew was completely wiped out by a man named Hawkeye at the Baratie restaurant, and the captain of the Krieg Pirates was also defeated by a Straw Hat Boy.

fortunately…

The Krieg Pirates' ship hasn't completely sunk yet.

The Konoha Pirates arrived at the Baratie sea restaurant and finally obtained the cannon, allowing them to carry out the mission assigned by Akihara Kagura.

As for the Straw Hat Pirates versus Krieg, they saw it as nothing more than a bunch of weaklings fighting each other; as for the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, injuring a challenger named Zoro, they saw it as an adult deliberately bullying a child…

but…

The result wasn't very good.

"We're being watched."

Sasori of the Red Sand stood on the deck of the ship, his gaze fixed on a small sampan that looked like a coffin following behind the ship, and on the hawk-eyed man on board who was dressed in very fancy clothes.

"There's this guy named Hawkeye Mihawk who's got his eye on us. He's supposedly the world's greatest swordsman. He's been following us for two days now, ever since we left the Baratie restaurant, and he's still following us..."

"You haven't done anything for two days?"

Akihara Kagura was very curious about this matter.

"Because there are too many people around here."

Most of the members of the Konoha Pirates are ninjas, and they have a habit of hiding their true identities as ninjas.

Sasori of the Red Sand was no exception, and his reasoning was quite sound: "We're worried that if a fight breaks out in a crowded place, it might attract unwanted attention, and the commotion could be a bit too much..."

"But it's okay..."

Sasori looked ahead at the calming sea, then glanced back at the small coffin boat still following closely behind, and continued reporting, "We're almost at no man's land. Fighting here shouldn't be a problem..."

War! War!

Let's try Smoker's approach first...

(End of this chapter)