【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Nami looked at the treasure map in her hand and a smile appeared on her face. It's almost there, Aunt Bellemel, just a little bit more, and everything will be back.

Cocosia Village... the orange grove... and my dream... thinking of the happy life she had with Nokigo and Aunt Bellemel here... thinking of the eight years she had spent stealing treasures from various pirates for 8 million Baileys... I am almost there, Aunt Bellemel, just one more voyage away, and I will be free from Aaron! I will be free soon, and then I will be able to laugh from the bottom of my heart.

Nami stood outside the door, looking up at the sky. It was clear and sunny, a good day for sailing. She took a deep breath and said, "It's almost time to go. Let's go steal again!"

"Mr. Ken? There are also navy officers?" Nami looked at the navy officers walking towards her in confusion. For some reason, she had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Squeak, squeak, I'm Colonel Mouse of the 16th Marine Branch. Where is the criminal named Nami?"

Nami looked at the strange marine and said, "Criminal? That's right. You should know that I am a cadre of the Arlong Pirates. You should know that if you attack me, Arlong will not stand idly by. So, do you still have a problem with me?"

"Squeak, squeak, what are you talking about... I won't attack you, but I received information that you are a thief. Although I heard that you stole from pirates, a thief is a thief, and all the treasures you stole must be handed over to the government!" The navy captain smiled triumphantly, and then ordered the navy to rush into Nami's house to search "Find the stolen goods for me!!"

"Stop!" Nami knocked down the marine who tried to rush in, and looked at the marine captain angrily, "Because of the rule of those guys, everyone on this island has become a slave! They don't care about the biggest problem now, but they are trying to steal treasure from a thief. Is this what the government does?!"

"Colonel! There's something strange about this field..." reported a navy man who was searching the orange grove.

"Dig down!" ordered the naval captain.

"Stop, don't touch Aunt Bellemel's orange grove!" Nami angrily knocked away the navy who touched the orange grove.

"That little girl's money was saved to save the Kokosia Village! Do you have the right to rob that money?!" Kenzo shouted angrily at the navy's behavior.

Nami looked at him in shock and wondered why Mr. Ajian knew that.

"I know everything, Nami! The whole village knows it all." Ajian looked at Nami distressed and said, "On the day you joined A-Long's group, we really didn't believe that you really joined A-Long, so we asked Nojigo... But if we let you know this, we are afraid that when you want to escape from here, our expectations will become an obstacle for you... So we pretended that we knew nothing."

"Haven't you found it yet? That's 100 million Baileys! You're not looking for a grain of rice!" the naval colonel urged.

"Hey, how do you know the amount!" Kenzo asked angrily when he heard the navy captain's words.

Nami looked at the smug look on the navy captain's face and instantly understood everything. She shouted angrily, "It was Aaron who asked you to come here!!"

"Haha, well...we are government officials and are here to deal with thieves. That's all I've ever said." Colonel Mouse said with a sly grin.

"Aaron!!!" Nami roared angrily. She only had one thought in mind now, asking him why he didn't abide by their agreement. Nami rushed into Arlong Paradise, grabbed Arlong's collar and roared angrily, "Aaron!! What the hell is going on! Didn't you swear to abide by the agreement based on money!?"

"Huh? When did I break the agreement?" Aaron grabbed Nami's chin with a smug look on his face, and said viciously, "When did I break the agreement? Tell me!"

"Don't play dumb, it was you who called the Navy..." Nami looked at the smug expression on Arlong's face, and heard the laughter of the surrounding fishmen. She understood everything in an instant, and tears kept falling. "Damn it! Damn it!!"

"Are you talking about the navy? That's really unlucky, but an agreement is an agreement. As long as you can't prepare 100 million Baileys in front of me, the village will not be returned." Aaron laughed proudly.

"Despicable!" Nami said angrily.

"It's just 100 million Baileys, just praise it again!" Aaron smiled proudly, then showed an evil smile on his face, and threatened, "Or do you want to escape from here? But... by then, all the villagers in Cocosia Village... will die because of you!!"

Nami looked at A-Long in pain, and thought of what Mr. Jian said in horror. She waved away A-Long's hand and walked towards the village anxiously. "Please, Mr. Jian, everyone... don't be too impulsive! Don't die! If you don't work hard to live... everything will be over!"

……

"That's enough! Take up your weapons and fight!" Ajian looked at the villagers and shouted angrily at A Long.

"How can we continue to tolerate the rule of those guys? We can't let them play with the kindness of Nami anymore!"

"Rush!!"

The villagers shouted excitedly and walked towards Along Paradise together. They wanted to fight with the fish people!

"Everyone wait a moment!!"

Nojiko looked at the breathless girl who stopped the villagers and said, "Nami..."

Nami tried to smile and said in the most relaxed voice, "Wait a little longer, I will try again! I will save money again! It will be much easier this time..."

"Little Nami..." The villagers looked at Nami with pity.

"That's enough!" With tears in his eyes, Ken hugged the smiling Nami tightly. "You've worked hard in the battle until now. Just leave the village like this, Nami!"

"Wait..." Nami tried to stop the villagers from going any further.

"You still have a dream!" Nojigo said with a smile, "Leave here, Nami."

“Don’t do this!!” Nami pulled out the dagger and said painfully to the villagers who were going to find Arlong, “I…I don’t want to see anyone getting hurt by them anymore!! I’ll die…”

"I know." Mr. Ajian said calmly, then he grabbed Nami's knife with his hand and threw it to the ground "Get out of the way Nami!!"

The villagers roared to express their determination to fight.

Nami knelt on the ground and looked at the villagers leaving in despair. She couldn't understand what she saw. She knew in her heart that Arlong might not keep his promise, but she still tried hard to collect treasures and pinned her only hope on the 100 million berries to buy back her village, so that Cocosia could be liberated without fighting and without harm. But Arlong completely destroyed it all!

"Arlong! Arlong!" Nami shouted in anger and despair while stabbing the Arlong symbol on her arm with a dagger until a hand stopped her. She knew who it was. Nami looked at Luffy with tears in her eyes and said desperately, "Luffy, save me..."

Nami felt a hat placed on her head and froze when she thought about how much Luffy valued the hat.

After Luffy pressed the hat onto Nami's head, he took a deep breath and shouted to the sky "Of course!!"

Luffy walked towards the others who were waiting for him in front of him and said, "Let's go."

"okay!"