One Piece: Starting with Coercing and Enticing Nami

Thoth asked, and Nami's eyes lit up. She nodded and said, "I want to draw a map of the whole world and eventually create a world map."

Thoth laughed and said, "I want my footprints to be in every corner of this world. To travel freely on this vast sea and meet all sorts of interesting people."

This is my choice, or you could say my dream.

To do this, I need immense strength that allows me to be unhindered by anyone, so I will become stronger, stronger than anyone else.

"Your dream is really outrageous!"

Nami couldn't help but scratch.

"Nami, be my companion, my partner! My comrade."

Thoth seemed oblivious to her barbed words, and calmly said, "Our dreams complement each other. If I want to travel the world, I can't do without a skilled navigator."

And if you want to draw a world map, you also need strong support from your partners.

And Ah Long is an obstacle to my dream, so he has a way to die... In a year, within a year, I will take them all down.

"And when you gain your freedom, would you like to go out to sea with me?"

Thoth extended his hand to her, and Nami stared blankly at him. He didn't say that he was going to defeat Arlong for her sake, but rather that Arlong had become a stumbling block on their shared path to their dream, an obstacle they had to overcome. Arlong... was a pest.

Ah Long is no longer just her enemy, but an enemy of both of them.

They can truly be companions.

"I have no right to stop you from realizing your dreams."

Nami stared intently at Thoth, a glimmer of light gradually appearing in her eyes:

“I absolutely do not want to be exploited to death like you said, Thoth. Do you still stand by what you just said?”

"Am I being a bit too talkative today? Be more specific." Thoth looked at her speechlessly.

Nami rolled her eyes at Thoth, placed her delicate white hand in his palm, and gradually smiled brightly:

"Thoth, teach me how to fight. I, Nami, cannot just accept my fate like this. Since he won't give me a way out, I will fight my way out with my own hands."

At this point, Nami looked at Thoth with a serious expression:

"Before we break Ah Long, this obstacle, let's form an alliance. After all, if we can't get rid of him, our dreams are just empty talk."

If we manage to surpass him in the future, and I'm still alive, then we'll go out to sea freely.

"Have you decided?" Thoth asked her with a smile. Nami took a deep breath and nodded.

"I've made up my mind. Before, I didn't have a choice, but now I see another, more satisfying option."

However, at this point, Nami looked at Thoth seriously and said, "By the way, you have to promise me that you will not provoke Arlong and the others before you are sure you can handle it."

The strength of the fish-men is ten times that of humans.

Ah Long, on the other hand, is even stronger, with a serrated, sharp nose, steel-like bones, teeth that can regenerate continuously, and a powerful jaw that can crush a cannonball in one bite.

He's a monster.

As Nami finished describing this, hatred and a deep-seated fear surfaced in her eyes.

Thoth's eyes flashed, and he reached out to pat her head. "Do you know that there are swordsmen who can cut through iron?"

Nami looked up, tilting her head in confusion:

"The legendary swordsman? The legendary world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye, is a powerful figure who can cut through anything."

What's wrong? "

"I can now easily cut through rocks. Once I reach the level of cutting through iron, then Arlong's defense will be like a piece of paper to me."

Under Nami's astonished gaze, Thoth smiled faintly: "I'm not showing off to you, but letting you know that I'm not someone who talks big without substance."

The racial talents of the merfolk are indeed superior to those of ordinary humans.

However, the vast majority of the world's strongest people were originally ordinary humans.

For example, One Piece, the hero Garp, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the three admirals of the Navy, etc.

Why would someone as powerful as Arlong in your eyes come to this corner of the East Blue to rule and dominate, instead of roaming freely on the more magnificent Grand Line, which can be called the center of the world?

Why are the merfolk so powerful, yet in those slave shops they are treated as high-class commodities?

Nami blinked, and Thoth calmly said:

"Perhaps, Ah Long and his gang are just a pack of stray dogs."

A bunch of losers eliminated by the Grand Line, they're just foolish trash who can only bully ordinary civilians in the East Blue to deceive themselves.

"Stupid good-for-nothings?"

Nami nodded thoughtfully, but soon asked in confusion, "Why are you telling me this?"

Even if they are indeed trash, they are not strong enough for me to defeat.

"You want to become stronger, right? Then you must remember this: you must never again fear them."

You can be wary of them and make them your current goals for becoming stronger, but you must never fear them or believe in your heart that they are invincible.

Once you are afraid, you will hesitate when you face them.

Remember this: when your body encounters an insurmountable enemy, your willpower may be your only way to survive.

Nami nodded blankly, though she didn't understand, she felt there was some truth to it.

After a while, Nami had cheered up, and the light in her eyes seemed to have changed.

She stood up, stretched, and turned her head. The orange-red light of the setting sun shone on her profile, dividing her body into light and shadow, as if foreshadowing something. She asked curiously:

"By the way, I haven't shown you my sailing talent yet. Why do you have so much confidence in me? Do you think I can guide you and take you around the world in the future?"

018. Professor!

"It's Ah Long."

Toth grinned.

Nami's beautiful brows furrowed immediately. "That bastard wouldn't want to brazenly publicize my abilities, would he?"

"fool."

Thoth sighed softly, "Sometimes in this world, talent is very important."

Like the fish-men, they are able to survive in the ocean, are naturally able to sense changes in ocean currents, and can subtly interfere with them to accomplish some wondrous things.

Having said that, Thoth calmly looked at the young woman before him, who was beginning to show her talent:

“Nami, when you were ten years old, Arlong noticed your talent for navigation and tried every means to keep you under his control. Although he was a scoundrel, his judgment as a fish-man was not bad.”

Upon hearing this, Nami's face darkened instantly, and she glared at Thoth through gritted teeth, angrily saying:

"If I didn't have this talent for navigation, would you not have chosen to come with me to face those bastards?"

Tote was speechless. Is this some kind of woman's talent for stirring things up?

This is exactly the same as the question of who to save first if your mother and wife both fall into the water at the same time.

then.

"If you didn't have this talent, you might still be living a miserable life back in your hometown, struggling to survive!"

We may never meet.

"You're just an ordinary person, and Ah Long wouldn't bother trying to make an agreement with you. Without navigation skills, if you went to sea, you probably wouldn't survive more than a few days before perishing at sea."

Hearing this blunt truth, Nami's lips twitched, and she couldn't help but retort, "You have a rather unique perspective on things."

But that's not an answer to the question.

Upon hearing this, Thoth laughed:

"Let me put it another way. After I leave the Norton Pirates, I will find an island to train hard. Then, when I feel ready, I will go to the high seas to challenge those famous strongmen to increase my experience and strength."

Ah Long is a formidable figure in the East China Sea, capable of curing even the most infant's nighttime crying. Once I set foot in your hometown, I will go and take him down.

As a village girl named Nami who has a blood feud with him, when you see me, a strong person, kill Arlong and avenge you, will you feel grateful? Will you develop a longing for my handsome appearance?

And you, kind and beautiful, will take the initiative to thank me... ultimately giving it all away for free.

At this point, Thoth burst out laughing, and Nami's face immediately turned red with anger, her shark-like face roaring:

"What a load of rubbish! You shameless bastard, I knew you were up to no good."

Men are all lustful after all.

"If you're not a womanizer, are you even a man?"

Thoth asked her in return.

Nami was speechless and turned her face away in anger.

A few seconds later, she couldn't help but burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face, her eyes wide as she stared at Thoth:

"You really are a bad guy."

For some reason, the deep-seated resentment in my heart seems to be gradually decreasing.

Nami gazed at the beautiful, breathtaking sunset on the horizon, a sunset that also symbolized the approaching darkness. Something seemed to stir within her orange eyes, making her uneasy. She sat down, hugging her knees, and looked up at Thoth's eyes:

"When I was ten years old, the moment Ah Long kidnapped me, I cried out for help. The villagers tried to save me with weapons, but they were easily defeated in an instant."

One of the men, like my father, almost died on the spot.

From that moment on, I decided to stop crying and stop hoping that someone would save me; resisting them would mean death.

"Thoth, you're not going to die, are you?"

Seeing the deep-seated fear in her eyes, Thoth reluctantly reached out and gently stroked her head.

Have you ever heard the saying that good people don't live long, while bad people live for thousands of years?

I'm not a good person, so I won't die easily. Besides, I'm too precious to waste my life; I won't do anything I'm not sure I can handle.

Nami felt a little relieved, feeling the warmth of Thoth's palm on her head, a unique sense of peace that her sister Nojiko could not give her.

After a while, Nami slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, looked up at Thoth, and said, "There are still half a month left before the deadline. I have to go back to Cocoyasi to draw up the sea charts for Arlong and the others."

Will you come with me then?