【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

After Nami finished drawing the seascape of the islands she had experienced during this sea voyage, she left Arlong Paradise and headed towards the Cocosia Village. She was still 700 million berries short, and she would be free if she could do one more job. When she was approaching the Cocosia Village, Nami quickened her pace and ran towards the village. She heard a loud noise coming from the village.

Nami looked at Qi and Usopp standing in the middle of the collapsed house confronting Arlong and his gang in horror. These guys were so reckless, why were they hindering me? Everything was about to be resolved smoothly!

"Nami!" Usopp saw Nami standing behind Arlong and couldn't help but shouted happily, "We are here to take you back!"

"Nami, do you know these two guys?" Aaron asked. These two outsiders suddenly appeared when he was about to deal with the villager who hid weapons. These low-level humans actually dared to attack the highest-level fishmen. He must kill these two people!

"Don't talk nonsense. They are just prey. We took away a lot of treasures from them this time. They even chased us here!" Nami said calmly.

"No matter what, even if these two humans are related to you, Nami, they can't be saved." A tall gray fishman with two braids on his head said, "After all, these two guys dared to go against Brother Aaron, we will definitely kill them!"

When Nami heard the fishman's words, her pupils shrank and she looked a little panicked.

Usopp was startled when he heard the words of the fish-men and hurriedly hid behind Qi. Zoro was actually lost at this time. Looking at the countless fish-men around him, he couldn't help swallowing nervously. Can Qi defeat so many fish-men?

Qi has been observing Nami since she appeared, and noticed that when she heard that the fishmen were going to kill them, the expression on her face was obviously a little panicked. If she really was just after the treasure as she said, she would not have shown such a horrified expression when she heard that Arlong was going to kill them. It seems that Nami did not betray them, but those fishmen are really annoying.

"What's wrong, Nami?" The tall fishman who had just spoken continued, "You look a little strange, are you planning to betray us? These people are not the helpers you have found to fight against us!"

"Stop kidding! Stop suspecting me!" Nami shouted angrily, "I'm almost saving the amount agreed upon by Arlong. How could I betray you at this time!?"

"Agreed amount?" Qi repeated, so did Nami make some kind of agreement with Aaron and his gang?

"It was the agreement I made with Brother Aaron eight years ago to buy the Kokosia Village from him for 8 million Baileys." The tall gray fishman continued, "But I don't understand why a woman like you who betrayed the villagers and parents and trusted nothing but money would be so obsessed with a small village?"

The fishman took out a map from his clothes and unfolded it, grinning wickedly, "Until I found this in your room. This is a treasure map. The location on the map should refer to the Cocosia Village!"

"That's mine!" Nami said angrily.

"Give it back to her, they are Nami's things." Aaron grinned evilly. These treasures will be his sooner or later, and he will take them openly.

"Don't touch it, it's my treasure!" Nami snatched the treasure map from the fishman angrily, and then looked at Aaron with a cold expression, "You have to abide by the agreement, 100 million Baileys will be saved soon!"

Qi listened silently, so this is the reason? He thought that as long as he bought the village from A-Long with money, he could take it back, but would such a greedy pirate really keep his word...

"Of course. If I break my promise on money, I'd rather commit suicide. That's the kind of person I am!" Aaron said with a sinister smile, then looked at the two humans who attacked him, "Now we should deal with the rebels!"

"Hey, what should we do, Qi!" Usopp said in horror as he looked at the fishman slowly approaching.

Qi ignored the fishmen who were gradually gathering around him and looked at Nami who was standing next to Arlong, "Luffy asked us to take you back."

"You don't need to meddle in my business!" Nami shouted angrily. Please run away. She didn't want anyone she cared about to die again. As long as she didn't ask for help, no one would die. "Get out of here and don't get in my way!"

Qi looked at Nami seriously and realized that she would not go with him now, she was still upholding the agreement he made with Arlong.

"In that case, let's go first, Usopp." After saying that, Qi grabbed Usopp's collar and ran quickly towards the forest. Luffy was about to arrive, so they could only wait for Luffy to decide what to do. No matter what, Nami could only be the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates.

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The sea monster was pulling a small boat across the sea. When the village of Cocosia appeared, the sea monster was already exhausted, but in order to get rid of control as soon as possible, he continued to rush forward at the fastest speed.

Sanji looked at the approaching island, gripped the railing tightly and yelled to Luffy who was sitting on the manatee's head, "Luffy, make him stop!"

"Ah!! It's going to hit us!" Joseph screamed in horror.

"Cow, stop!" Luffy shouted to Moo, but due to inertia, their ship still flew towards the forest on the island the moment they hit the island.

Zoro, who was looking for an exit in the forest, suddenly felt something flying towards him in the sky. When he looked up, he saw Luffy and two other people flying towards him with a ship. Zoro hurriedly moved to the other side and avoided the ship rushing towards him.

Luffy stood up, dusted himself off and shouted with a smile "Hey, Zoro!"

"What the hell are you guys doing!" Zoro shouted angrily.

"Of course we're here to take Nami away. Haven't you found her yet?" Luffy said, noticing that Zoro was the only one here, so he asked, "Where are Chi and Usopp?"

"We are here!" Usopp waved vigorously at Luffy and the others.

"The way you make your appearance is really special!" Qi teased Luffy and the others with a smile.

"Hey, Odd, Usopp!" Luffy greeted them happily.

Sanji looked at them, not knowing how to greet them, and just smiled and said, "I'm here too!"

"Hahaha, welcome to join us. From now on, Luffy's meals will be left to you, Sanji!" Qi said happily.

"Of course, I will provide you with the best food!" Sanji smiled confidently with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Where's Johnny?" Joseph asked puzzledly.

"He's waiting for us near Arlong Paradise," Usopp responded.

"Have you found Nami?" Luffy looked at Qi and asked.

"We did find her, but Nami is not willing to go with us for the time being. Things are a bit complicated." Qi said seriously, "We can only say that Nami did not betray us."

"Of course, Nami has always been our partner!" Luffy said with a smile.

"Who said I'm your partner!" Nami's voice suddenly came.