I am brushing up materials in One Piece

Nami is in a good mood today.

If you want to ask why, it is that everyone in Cocoa West Village can be saved immediately.

Thanks to her efforts, she is only one step away from the goal of 100 million Baileys.

Although she felt a little sorry for the person she defrauded of 90 million beli.

"But there's nothing we can do about it. Who told him to be so easy to be fooled?"

"And that guy must be planning to use the money to buy a boat and become a pirate, so why not let me use it to save everyone in the village?"

“One less pirate ship is missing from the sea, and one more village is free on land. This is a win-win situation no matter how you think about it!”

Nami, who still felt extremely guilty about deceiving others, could only talk to herself like this to justify her crime.

"This won't work. You have to hurry up and tell Bellemere the good news."

Nami patted her cheek gently, picked up a bouquet of flowers and left Aaron's base, heading towards the village.

As she walked, she thought about where to get the remaining seven million. A fat sheep like Ace who was easy to deceive was not found everywhere.

As she got closer and closer to the village, a hint of timidity gradually rose in Nami's heart.

Most people in the village where she traded with Aaron didn't know that they didn't have a good impression of her, a "witch" who was with Aaron's gang, so every time she returned to the village, she would be stared at like a knife. Or else he would hide away in disgust when he saw her coming back.

Now, she said that she was not used to being treated like this, and she was not yet able to resolve the grievances and discomforts she felt in her heart by showing off on the surface.

Just when she was at the entrance of the village considering whether to go around to Bellemere's tomb, she suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a commotion in the village, and most people gathered at the entrance of the village on the other side.

"That's...the navy!"

Looking far away, Nami saw several people in navy uniforms standing around the crowd.

"What are those bastards doing here!"

Nami didn't have a good impression of the navy either.

Aaron and his group have contributed a lot to being able to dominate the navy so smoothly.

And the worst thing is not that they do nothing against the existence of pirates, but that the navy sometimes "expropriates" villages within their jurisdiction as unreasonably as the pirates do.

After realizing that everyone in the village was likely to be made trouble by the navy, Nami threw all worries behind her and ran over quickly.

After running closer, she slowed down and approached slowly with an indifferent expression.

"Navy, what are you doing here?"

With her back against the wall of a house, she spoke contemptuously.

She knew very well that at this time, only her identity as a member of the Arlong Pirates, whom she had always hated, could protect everyone in the village from the hateful navy, so she had to be more like a member of the Arlong Pirates than usual. .

"This is the territory of our Aaron Pirates!"

"Got you!"

A familiar yet surprised voice came from the crowd, and then a man with his upper body naked squeezed out of the crowd.

"Give me the money back! You little thieving cat."

"Eh!!!"

The sudden appearance of Ace was obviously not what Nami expected. Facing the deceived person who suddenly came to collect debts, she was at a loss for a moment.

"You, why are you here?"

From then on, it was extremely smooth, so smooth that she was a little suspicious of the deception. Nami felt that Ace would not be able to find her, at least not so quickly.

"Liar, give me my money back."

Ace didn't use violence, he just stretched out his hand to ask Nami for the money he was defrauded.

No, don't panic.

Nami forced herself to calm down, put on an arrogant look that made her want to vomit, and said: "Hey, hey, do you know who I am? I'm a member of the Arlong Pirates, your money I handed it over to Boss Aaron a long time ago. I advise you to leave as soon as possible, otherwise you won’t be able to leave alive when Boss Aaron comes."

"Aaron? Who is that?"

Ace glanced back, and at this time Kos also happened to walk out of the crowd.

So Kos explained to him: "That guy was once a member of the Sun Pirates. He was arrested and entered Impel Down City after the death of their captain Fisher Tiger. Later, he became the Shichibukai because of his former companion Jinbe. Once he was released, he established his own pirate group. The reward seems to be 10 to 20 million."

Listening to the information about Aaron from Kos's mouth, Nami was a little stunned. She felt that this man seemed to know Aaron better than she did.

Although she had never heard of most of the information Kos mentioned, the calm and composed expression on Kos's face when he said this made it impossible to believe that it was a lie.

While Nami was stunned, Kos continued to say to Ace: "But your money should still be in the hands of this girl. It seems that those guys haven't had time to take action yet, so this can save some trouble."

"Oh, all right."

Ace smiled and nodded, then stretched out his hand a little closer to Nami.

"Give me your money and I will forgive you."

Nami subconsciously wanted to retreat, but found that she had no way to retreat against the wall, so she could only pretend to be strong and said: "What are you talking about? Of course the money I got was given to Boss Aaron, why? It may still be in my own hands.”

"Nami!"

An old woman walked out of the crowd and yelled at Nami,

"Are you worthy of Bellemere's teachings? Give them back the money they defrauded and let them leave quickly. We can't stand any more trouble."

The rebuke that hates iron but cannot be made into steel is also mixed with a bit of helpless pleading for fear of getting worse after experiencing too much despair.

"Eh……"

Nami remembered the old woman. She was Granny Suge who used to secretly give her sweets when she was a child. She was one of the people who was closer to her among all the people in the village.

Originally, she was still able to support herself when Ace, an outsider, forced her to pay back the money, but she finally broke her guard after being scolded by the person she tried her best to protect.

Unable to retreat, Nami slid weakly against the wall and sat on the ground, two lines of tears of grievance falling from the corners of her eyes.

"Why, why are you crying?"

Looking at the girl who suddenly started crying in front of him, Ace was a little overwhelmed.

"I-I'm not crying, it's just sand in my eyes."

Nami pretended to be strong and wiped away her tears, then reluctantly stood up and shouted to the old woman: "Why should I listen to you? I am..."

"Can you stop pretending? Your acting skills are good enough to deceive Ace, but others can see through it at a glance."

Kos pointed around, and Nami looked in the direction he pointed, and found that everyone in the village was looking at her, and their eyes were not as disgusting and avoidant as usual.

"Nami, I'm sorry."

The tone of the old woman who was scolding her just now became gentle immediately.

"Although I don't know what the situation is, you must have your own difficulties, right?"

Most people here have watched Nami grow up. Maybe they had some misunderstandings because they didn't understand Nami's ridiculous decision, but after seeing her helpless tears and aggrieved expression, they all understood it. There must be something hidden.

"Wow wow wow..."

Nami couldn't hold it back any longer, her tears began to flow down uncontrollably, and she cried like a normal little girl who had been wronged.