"When did you know?"

Nami looked up at Ji Shengling and asked in confusion, but her tone was full of coldness.

"When I saw the tattoo on your arm."

After hearing Ji Shengling's words, everyone looked at Nami's arm.

"It's really the pattern of Arlong!"

Usopp compared Nami's tattoo with the Arlong Pirates members on the bounty order and found that they were exactly the same.

"Heh."

Nami laughed disdainfully, not knowing whether she was mocking Ji Shengling's behavior or laughing at herself.

"So you knew it on the first day you met me, right?"

"That's right... I should have thought of it a long time ago. People like you, not to mention the big pirates in the East China Sea, even the previous Hawkeye is not your opponent, let alone a useless pirate like me..."

"Yes! That's right! I am a thief who helps Arlong steal treasures! I approached you just to steal the treasures and report back! I didn't regard you as partners at all!!! Are you satisfied! Bastard pirates!!!"

Nami was already hysterical at the end. When she said these words, she was ready to be torn to pieces by the Straw Hat Pirates.

After all, no matter how happy they are at ordinary times, if they encounter betrayers, they will surely not let them off easily.

But it's okay. It's much better to die in the hands of these guys than that bastard Arlong, isn't it? It's a pity that if I die here, I can't redeem the village. It's really sorry for everyone in the village.

Thinking of this, Nami closed her eyes in despair.

Usopp and Johnny Joseph couldn't believe what Nami said, while Zoro looked calm. He chose to follow the decision of Luffy and Ji Shengling.

Sanji, who had just joined, didn't say much, but just quietly lit a cigarette.

Luffy's smile completely disappeared, and he stared at Nami expressionlessly.

The originally cheerful atmosphere of the banquet was completely dispersed in a short time.

Ji Shengling stood up and walked to Nami's side. Nami still closed her eyes, waiting for death to come.

But what she waited for was Ji Shengling raising his hand to hold her in his arms.

"Stupid, you can lie to us, but don't lie to yourself..."

Then, Ji Shengling spoke slowly, regardless of Nami struggling in his arms.

"This guy named Aaron was abandoned by his parents when he was young, so he grew up alone in Fishman Street. He is a notorious gangster in Fishman Street and is hated by the residents of Fishman Island. Because Fishman Island is located at the junction of Paradise and the New World, it is also the only means to enter the Grand Line from Paradise, which led to the mass slaughter of fishmen in the Grand Line by humans in the early years."

"These events caused a large number of fishmen to hate humans. Aaron even developed the view that fishmen are supreme, and he promoted it in Fishman Street, and also gained a group of fishmen who hated humans like him."

To be honest, the fishman race is simply a microcosm of some black races in the world before Ji Shengling.

"In his early years, Arlong served as a soldier of the Dragon Palace of Fishman Island. Because he did some bad things, he was scolded by Jinbei, which led to Arlong and Jinbei's unilateral feud."

"Later, Tiger founded the Sun Pirates to liberate slaves, and both of them joined. After Tiger's death, Arlong insisted on killing the human who betrayed Tiger, but was defeated and arrested by the current admiral [Yellow Monkey] Borsalino, who was still a vice admiral at the time, and then imprisoned in Impel Down."

"And Jinbei succeeded Tiger as the leader of the Sun Pirates. The new captain. Later, because Jinbei became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, all the members of the Sun Pirates in the Impel Downs were released, including Arlong. "

"After coming out, Arlong learned that his nemesis Jinbei had become the new captain, and decided to leave the Sun Pirates, and took a group of his followers to form the Arlong Pirates, leaving the Grand Line and entering the East China Sea."

Speaking of this, Nami stopped knocking on Ji Shengling's chest, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble slightly. She more or less guessed the story that Ji Shengling was going to tell next, and her eyes couldn't help but get wet.

"The Arlong group that entered the East China Sea attacked about twenty large and small villages, and established the so-called Arlong Empire with Cocoa West Village as the center."

"They used their status as rulers to require each village to pay tribute according to the number of heads. Once the money could not be paid, the villagers would be executed by the fish people without hesitation."

The calm words made the faces of the Straw Hat Pirates condense. How many innocent lives were buried behind these few words?

"Stop talking..."

A crying voice sounded,But he could not stop Ji Shengling from further revealing the secret.

"At this time, a retired navy named Bellemeier went to stop Arlong's group, but was ruthlessly shot by Arlong's group, and one of her two adopted daughters was taken away by Arlong."

"I beg you to stop talking..."

Nami choked up completely.

"They forced the little girl to draw a sea chart for them to consolidate their rule, and asked her to collect a full 100 million Baileys to redeem the village."

"So... cry if you want to cry... You've worked hard, Nami, but from now on, you don't have to be bound by those fish dregs..."

At the end, Nami in Ji Shengling's arms completely stopped struggling, and her tears flowed out like they didn't need money, wetting Ji Shengling's clothes on his chest.

Ji Shengling patted Nami's back to comfort her.

"Holy Spirit... Luffy... and everyone... help me..."

Nami felt that she couldn't make any sound in her throat, but she couldn't help but say this sentence.

"Ah Long?"

Luffy pressed his straw hat to cover his eyes, and his words revealed a sense of coldness.

"Huh... How cooked do you want to eat the fishman meat?"

Sanji exhaled a puff of smoke and asked indifferently.

Zoro looked at Sanji with dissatisfaction.

"Since it is a fish, shouldn't it be cut into sashimi?"

"Big sister Nami! The big brothers will definitely avenge you!"

The two younger brothers also felt angry.

"Don't worry, Nami! Just a fishman, look at me, Lord Usopp, and I will beat them away in a few moves!"

Usopp also spoke to Nami.

"Everyone..."

Nami broke free from Ji Shengli's arms and looked at everyone with tears in her eyes.

Ji Shengling burned the Arlong bounty order in his hand to ashes, and then smiled at Nami.

"Isn't this natural! Nami! You are the navigator of our Straw Hat Pirates! Since a mere fishman dares to bully our people, you must be prepared to die a hundred times!"

Finally, Nami wiped away her tears, smiled with tears in her eyes, and nodded heavily.

"Yes!"

And Luffy also raised his head and showed his sharp eyes, and said loudly to everyone.

"Then the new sailing destination is decided! The next stop is Cocoa West Village!"

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