The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

"A pirate ship that has broken in?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Long finally raised his head, a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

"Heh, so these foolish, arrogant humans came here excitedly after hearing that there were fishmen around? It seems they were well prepared, otherwise Shio and Bisaro wouldn't have failed so easily."

Ah Long, who suffers from extreme racism and paranoia, couldn't help but scoff.

"Take your people and go see for yourselves. You can bring Mumu along too, so those hopelessly idiotic humans can truly experience our power!!"

"Yes!!"

Chloe obeyed and went out.

Ah Long immediately changed his expression, laughing as he looked at the guest in front of him:

"Hahaha, sorry Colonel Rat, something came up here and I was delayed..."

He looked at the navy man in front of him, who was clearly human but had a distinctly rat-like face, and laughed loudly:

"Don't take offense at what I just said, Colonel Rat. I was referring to those filthy, lowly pirates among you humans. Marines like you are worlds apart from them!!"

"Chirp chirp chirp, I understand that perfectly well."

Colonel Mouse said with a forced smile, though a well-hidden look of disgust flashed in his eyes.

He also looked down on fishmen like Arlong.

In particular, it's quite ridiculous that Arlong, who is also a pirate, looks down on this and that.

but--

Colonel Mouse's gaze lingered briefly on the two leather suitcases on the table.

Regardless of Ah Long's background, his money is undeniably tempting!

Colonel Mouse stroked his whiskers and gave a meaningful look.

The two sailors behind him immediately stepped forward and took the two suitcases of Bailey from his hands.

"Scared hahahaha!"

Seeing that Colonel Rat still accepted the money so rudely, a hint of disdain and contempt flashed deep in Ah Long's eyes.

On the surface, he wore a cruel smile: "As long as the two of us work together, this sea area will be under our control!"

"Whether it's Pele or power, it's firmly in our hands!!"

Ah Long spread his arms wide and laughed loudly: "Although I hate humans, I really like reasonable humans like you, Colonel Rat!!"

Over the years, he has remained safe and sound here, almost without being attacked by the navy.

It was mainly because Colonel Rat covered for him and took care of things that he was able to live such a comfortable life.

each other

Colonel Mouse stroked his whiskers, grinning wickedly as he echoed the sentiment.

Since establishing a partnership with Ah Long, he has indeed made a considerable amount of money over the years!

“Speaking of humans, I happen to have a human among my members… Oh, here she is!!” In front of Colonel Rat, Aaron raised his arm toward the door.

Chapter 065 The Thief [Thanks to Naruto and Uchiha for the donations and votes!]

"It's Nami!!"

"Nami is back!!"

"Where are our companions?"

The surrounding merman underlings greeted the woman who strode in with laughter and chatter.

His eyes were full of mockery.

They didn't consider Nami a companion at all; she was just a clown watching the show for their own amusement.

Nami is back.

Ah Long picked up a bottle of wine from the table and took a swig. "What, you've been away for so long, did you bring me a gift?"

His eyes were fixed on a black leather suitcase that Nami was carrying.

"No, this is not a gift, it's what we agreed on before."

Nami, with a calm expression, lifted the suitcase in her hand slightly.

"Here is one hundred million Berries. I've come to redeem my village."

As soon as she finished speaking, the room fell silent.

"oh?!"

Ah Long put down the bottle and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Have you gathered all the money?"

Ah Long's gaze slowly shifted from the suitcase to Nami's face.

"To have accomplished this so quietly, Nami truly is the only human I value."

"Or rather, only Nami can fulfill our promise. I've never doubted your abilities, hahahahaha!!"

Suddenly, Ah Long burst into laughter.

"This is 100 million Berries! Such a large sum, Nami, please deliver it to me."

A mysterious smile appeared on Ah Long's face: "Only if you deliver it to me personally can our agreement be considered fulfilled."

He specifically emphasized "personally" and "delivered to one's hands," seemingly implying something.

"it is good."

Nami didn't seem to notice and nodded calmly.

She had only taken two steps forward when she was blocked by two expressionless navy men.

"Chirp chirp chirp, the 100 million Berries allocated to my warship by my superiors have suddenly disappeared. I suspect it was stolen. This has caused me a great deal of trouble." The rat colonel slowly rose, turning around with a smug and greedy smile on his face: "Turn..."

"I can't believe how lucky we are! We caught the thief red-handed with the stolen goods and all the money!"

"Give back the funds you stole from our navy right now, you thief!!"

Colonel Rat roared righteously, as if he were on the side of glorious justice. Three

Nami didn't speak, but her calm, unwavering eyes looked at Arlong, who was sitting there.

"Hahaha, so that's why Nami, how did you manage to scrape together 100 million Berries so quickly? Turns out you stole Colonel Rat's money!!"

Ah Long immediately feigned sudden realization, his exaggerated expression and tone clearly saying, "I was just faking it."

This fish scrap made absolutely no attempt to conceal itself. "Hurry up and return the money to Colonel Rat!! He's my good friend. If you behave, I might be able to save you!"

"That's right!!"

Believing he had everything under control, and that Nami had no chance of escape, the rat colonel, who thought the 100 million Berries were about to fall into his hands, wore an ugly, smug smile: "Two..."

"Considering my friendship with Brother A-Long, if you obediently return the money to me, I can decide to hand you over to Brother A-Long for disposal!!"

The two of them were there, singing and responding in an extremely exaggerated and frivolous manner, performing a charade. 9

The clumsy performance drew bursts of laughter from the fish nearby.

"How dare you steal other people's money, Nami?!"

"Exactly! Hurry up and pay them back, then work hard to earn money again!!"

"You're our comrade, Brother Arlong will put in a good word for you, maybe you won't be caught by the Navy!!"

They kept hurling these provocative words at Nami there.

The mockery and amusement in his eyes were undisguised as he freely teased Nami.

However, Nami, the object of their ridicule, did not show any expression of grief or despair.

"Just as I expected..."

Nami suddenly let out a long sigh of relief. "I still can't have any expectations of you guys."

After she finished speaking, a look of relief and warmth appeared in her eyes.

If he hadn't met Link and the others, and had foolishly gathered 100 million Berries to come here, what kind of situation would he be facing now?!

With no one to turn to for help, he could only watch helplessly as his 100 million Berries were stolen in grief and despair, with no way to stop it.

Perhaps, I will never be able to escape Ah Long's clutches in my entire life.

Without strength and the ability to resist, one can only be manipulated by others.

"Fortunately, I'm different now than before."

Thinking of this, Nami suddenly smiled.

"Um?!"

Arlong was taken aback when he saw Nami's unusually smiling face.

At the same time, a bad feeling arose in his heart.

boom! !

Before he could even process what was happening, the gates of their Ah Long Park were suddenly blown open.

Amidst flying pebbles and swirling dust, some of their companions could still be vaguely seen, coughing up blood as they were sent flying to the side.

The 066 people are all here... [Thanks to Grandmaster and Doubsen for the monthly tickets!]

"As expected, the scum of the merfolk and the scum of the humans are no different."

The soft laughter clearly reached everyone's ears, making Nami's smile even gentler, as if she had found someone to rely on.

As the smoke slowly dissipated, Link and Luffy walked side by side at the front.

Usopp, holding a slingshot, appeared calm, but his legs were actually trembling slightly as he followed at the back of the group.

In the middle, Sanji had a cigarette in one hand and was carrying a light blue-skinned fishman in the other.

However, the merman didn't look to be in good condition. His face was covered in blood, and his eyes were rolled back, clearly indicating that he had lost consciousness.

"Croobi!!"

Upon seeing the figure that Sanji was casually carrying in his hand, Arlong's eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

"What did you do to him?!"

"What have you done?"

Sanji glanced at him, then continued to swing it upwards.

"I originally wanted to see if I could make him into sashimi, but his upright posture, just like a person, made me a little hesitant to do it."

"asshole!!"

Hearing such a blatant provocation, Ah Long couldn't help but roar.

At the same time, they reacted instantly:

"You're the pirates who just broke in, right?!"

Recalling Nami's unusual smile earlier, Arlong's cold gaze turned to Nami again:

"I think you owe me an explanation, Nami!!"

"You brought these people, didn't you?!"

"That's right, it's the one I brought."

Nami tossed her orange hair, her eyes resolute, and said, "It's time for things to end between us, Arlong!!"

"Settle things off? Good, good, good!!"

Ah Long, enraged, laughed coldly, "I'd like to see how you intend to settle this!"

"You think you can overthrow my rule with just a few lowly humans who look like monkeys?!"

Ah Long growled, kicking the chair behind him away and glaring fiercely at the group of people standing behind Nami.

However, despite saying that, Ah Long has not yet made any rash moves.

Crooby is the second strongest fighter in their pirate crew, besides him.