Traveler in the Pirate World

The long stick in Nami's hand was wrapped in blue lightning. She swept it across and lashed out at the evil dragon fiercely.

Facing the thunder, Aaron used the saw blade in his hand to block it, and it collided with Nami's metal stick, sending out a burst of sparks.

Under the recoil of this impact, Nami's knuckles split open, and blood dripped down the stick. Whether in combat experience or physical fitness, there is a considerable gap between Nami and Arlong.

"But this is no longer a reason for me to retreat and be afraid. Now I have partners who are worthy of my support, and the strength that Lily gives me!" Nami shouted in her heart, and the electric current from the tip of the long stick shot out like a sharp blade and pierced Aaron's chest.

Faced with the speed of lightning, Aaron could only take the blow head-on. A sharp pain came from his body, and Aaron's eyes suddenly changed. There was something wrong with this thunder.

With Aaron's physical strength, ordinary electric current can hardly cause real harm to him except making him feel uncomfortable, but Nami's thunder is different, that kind of thing is not a simple thunder at all.

But the pain did not make Arlong lose his fighting spirit. Instead, it aroused his ferocity. He took out the sharp teeth from his mouth with one hand, flew towards Nami, and stabbed Nami's left shoulder fiercely. The pain caused the long stick in her hand to fall to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Aaron spun around and flew out, hitting Nami hard in the abdomen. His jagged nose pierced into Nami's body.

"Ah!" Nami couldn't help but scream out in pain. She exerted force with her hands, which were originally supporting Aaron's shoulders to reduce the impact. The next moment, powerful lightning burst out from Nami's body and spread to Aaron's whole body in an instant.

Aaron only felt countless spikes piercing his body and soul. Wherever the lightning flashed, an intense burning sensation erupted. His body was covered with charred lightning lines. He could hardly even scream and completely lost his combat effectiveness.

Lily suddenly appeared in front of Nami, kicked Arlong who was lying in front of her several meters away, squatted in front of Nami to treat her, and scolded her: "I don't know who said before that the battle of a navigator is to protect himself and guide his partners at the critical moment. Why are you so reckless now!"

Nami pressed her body against Lily's chest and said sullenly, "But I don't know how to fight. How can I win without risking my life? Besides, now is not a critical moment, right, my goddess?"

The fight between the two seemed like a fight between weaklings to Luffy and Zoro. Arlong had not experienced a fight with an equal opponent for many years. Also, because of his days in Impel, his physical fitness had greatly deteriorated. He was somewhat restrained in the face of Nami's Thunder, and foolishly chose to fight with injury in exchange for injury.

Nami has hardly ever had a serious battle since she was a child. Although she has the blessing of the Thunder of Heavenly Punishment, her fighting skills are indeed too poor.

Arlong fell on the broken wall with his head raised, shouting like a madman, "Impossible, impossible, I would actually lose to a guy like you, human!" He couldn't bear to lose to a little girl like Nami, leaving the person hiding behind him without even the need to take action.

He forced himself to stand up, glanced at his companions who had been knocked to the ground, and looked in the direction of Nami, his body went limp and he staggered and fell back to sit.

"I lost?" Arlong's eyes were a little dull, but soon became fierce, staring at the Straw Hat Pirates viciously. He knew that he really lost. His plan to use the Straw Hat Pirates as a threat in exchange for his companions' escape was doomed to fail.

"Hahaha, I lost, I lost again to you lowly humans. Why? Why?" There was not much logic in his words, as if he was really crazy. He could not accept the outcome that his companions died with him.

"I won't give up. My ambitions haven't been realized yet. How can I fall down here!" He pounded his legs hard with his hands, trying to use the pain to stimulate himself to stand up, but the residual effect of the electric current and the nerve damage caused by the strong stimulation made his hands and feet somewhat out of control.

"I won't accept it, I won't accept it!" At this moment he thought of Fisher Tiger, Jinbei who had always opposed him, and the weak woman who had been trying to bring the fish-man to the ground in a peaceful way.

"Jinbei, fish people are a superior race to humans. They accept the protection of humans. Are you kidding me?"

"Jinbei, you betrayed us. Brother Tiger would rather die than accept human blood. He has never forgiven those guys for the mistakes they made!"

"You're going to regret this, Jinbei. Fishman Island will be destroyed by you!"

"What is that woman Otohime thinking, peace? Humans have never stopped plundering the fishmen. Does she know what she is doing?"

In the end, all the resentment and anger turned into loneliness, and Arlong remembered what he said to the brothers who were willing to follow him when he left Fishman Island and the Sun Pirates.

“I want to win a piece of land for the fish people under the true sunshine, not by begging or negotiating, but by seizing it.

I will build a nation under the real starry sky where murlocs are supreme, and make murlocs the most noble race in the world. If you are willing to join me, then follow me."

"This is all doomed to fail from the beginning, isn't it? But if I don't do anything, I, Aaron, will really be sorry to Brother Tiger!" Aaron looked at the brothers who fell to the ground, and suddenly his head hit the solid ground heavily. "If there is anything that can be done in the end, it must be these, right?"

"Brother Aaron, what are you doing?" Kroobi, who was lying on the ground, was shocked to see Aaron thinking about the human bowing his head, and shouted angrily.

"Look up, Aaron!" Jiu couldn't help but shout as well.

Xiao Ba stared blankly at the way Aaron bowed to the humans. In his mind, he remembered how Aaron had laughed countless times and told them that the merpeople were a noble race. They were born strong, the darlings of the sea, and the primates of all creatures.

Aaron ignored all this and looked at Nami with complicated eyes. "I am probably unforgivable to you, right? But even so, I still beg you to let my brothers go. I am willing to use all my money as a deal. I promise you that they will never invade any territory belonging to you humans again!"

"Brother A'long, what are you doing?" Xiao Ba cried in pain, "Raise your head, Brother A'long!"

"It was us who chose to be with you, not you, Aaron. You have no right to plead for us here." Kroobi shouted angrily.

Aaron looked at his brothers with a dejected expression, "It's me! It was me who brought you here, it was me who let you plunder, and it was me who chose this doomed path despite knowing how terrifying the powerful humans were!"

He lost, completely lost. He didn't lose to Nami, a little girl who couldn't even fight, nor did he lose to Kuzan who was nowhere to be found. He lost to himself.

As long as the belief in the supremacy of the fishmen remained, Aaron had not failed, but now he could no longer continue to deceive himself.

Can the fishmen really set foot on this land? Maybe they can, maybe they can't. Whether it's him or Otohime, they have always been avoiding an unavoidable problem, that is, the weakness of the fishmen. Even if they reach this sunny land, can he really protect those fishmen?

"No, even in the East China Sea, which is known as the weakest, I can't even protect my brothers!" Tears rolled down Aaron's eyes.

Looking at Aaron like this, Nami was a little dazed. Lily touched her hair and said with a smile: "Just do what you think is right!"

Most things in this world are not simply about right and wrong. As for the matter of Fishman Island, although Lily only knew some information revealed by some newspaper reports and Garp and Dragon's casual conversation, when it comes to issues of racial conflicts, it is nothing more than a relationship of one being a hero and the other being a bandit.

Of course, the relationship between the merfolk and humans is probably more complicated. After all, the fact that they share the same blood is surprising enough.

Moreover, the racial relations among intelligent races are more complicated. It is not impossible for the races in this world to coexist peacefully or even integrate, but the current world structure is doomed to failure for Arlong, Jinbe, and Otohime.

After a long silence, Nami stared at Aaron's figure in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Hand them over to the navy!" Nami turned around and looked at Johnny and Joseph, who were covered in wounds, and said in a money-grubbing way, "Remember to split the bounty 30% to 70%. I'll take 70% and you 30%!"

"Okay, Sister Nami!" Knowing the embarrassing status of Luffy and the others, Johnny and the others agreed without hesitation.