Capítulo 197: 10. Meeting Nami In Orange Town
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Orange Town.
Nami, her short orange hair flying behind her, sprinted through the streets of Orange Town with several pirates hot on her trail.
The chase was due to her latest escapade—stealing the Grand Line chart Buggy's crew had stolen from Captain Morgan.
"Thief! Where do you think you're going?"
Despite her speed, Nami found herself cornered by a group of pirates.
Just as panic began to creep in and she considered her options, something—or rather, someone—fell from the sky, landing with a loud thud and a cloud of dust.
It was Luffy.
Seeing the perfect opportunity to shift the blame, Nami couldn't help but smirk.
Just as she was about to convince the pirates that the newcomer was her boss, another burst of wind came from above. This time, it wasn't a person—it was a boat.
Ikki and Zoro's ship crashed directly into the group of pirates, scattering them with a resounding boom. The pirates sprawled across the ground, incapacitated by the impact.
Once again, Ikki's justice points increased.
"Ikki, what the hell are you doing?!" Zoro growled as he stood, rubbing his aching legs.
Ikki shrugged nonchalantly. "You're fine, aren't you? If a little thing like this bothers you, how are you going to become the world's greatest swordsman?"
Before Zoro could respond, Luffy rushed over, his eyes sparkling with excitement. "Ikki! Zoro! What was that? It looked amazing! You've got to take me along next time!"
"Sure, sure…" Ikki waved him off, his attention shifting to Nami.
When he spotted her, he narrowed his eyes and pointed dramatically. "You there! Thief! Hand over the 20 million berries you stole from me!"
Nami froze, her expression blank.
"Who… who even are you?" she snapped, utterly baffled. She had stolen her fair share of treasures, but she didn't recognize this young man at all. And 20 million berries? She had never stolen that much in one go.
"Don't act innocent!" Ikki retorted. "I'm not talking about cash—I'm talking about 20 million worth of gems!"
To prove his point, Ikki pulled out a letter of appointment from the Private Marines, brandishing it like a badge. "Nami, you're under arrest!"
Nami leaned in to scrutinize the letter, her confusion quickly replaced by shock.
The letter officially appointed Luffy as a Private Marine Fleet Admiral, with two Private Marine Admirals under his command.
The name of the second Admiral? Roronoa Zoro.
Before allowing Zoro to join his crew, Ikki had made him sign the appointment letter, officially enlisting him in his Private Marine organization.
Unbeknownst to Zoro, every act of justice he performed—every pirate defeated—added justice points to Ikki's tally.
Recovering from her shock, Nami put on a nervous smile. "You've got the wrong person! I'm no thief!"
Without waiting for a response, she spun around and bolted.
As Nami fled, memories of her past bubbled to the surface. Her adoptive mother, Bell-mère, had been a Marine soldier. Though Bell-mère was kind, Nami's experiences with the Marines were far from positive.
If Nami hated pirates above all else, the Marines weren't far behind.
It was because of the Marines' corruption—especially their collusion with Arlong—that the Fish-Man had been able to terrorize her hometown, Cocoyasi Village, for so many years.
Seeing Nami dart away, Ikki smirked and said to Luffy, "That girl's a pretty skilled navigator."
Luffy's eyes lit up at the mention of a navigator. Without hesitation, he took off after Nami.
But after just a few steps, he collapsed to the ground.
"So… so hungry! Ikki, do you have anything to eat?"
Ikki sighed, clearly exasperated, before pulling some food out of his cozy cabin and handing it to Luffy.
After wolfing down the food, Luffy sprang to his feet, his energy fully restored.
"Alright! Where is she? Where's my navigator?" he shouted, spinning around with renewed excitement.
Ikki crossed his arms and smirked. "She ran off ages ago."
Luffy didn't seem discouraged by this. Instead, he chuckled. "Hehehe… I've got a feeling we'll run into her again!"
Elsewhere.
After escaping the streets of Orange Town, Nami retrieved the Grand Line nautical chart she had stolen.
Though the chart was valuable, it was useless to her at the moment. Frustrated, she gritted her teeth before making a decision.
"This won't help me now… I need a better way to make money."
Her primary goal was still clear: she had to collect 100 million berries to free Cocoyasi Village from Arlong's grip.
Resolute, Nami approached the Buggy Pirates, handing over the chart as a gesture of surrender. Her excuse? She had split from her "three former partners."
The so-called partners were, of course, Luffy, Zoro, and Ikki.
Her plan was simple but brilliant: pit the Buggy Pirates against those three self-proclaimed Marines while she sneaked into Buggy's treasure room and stole everything.
As she expected, Buggy believed her story and sent his trusted subordinate, Mohji, and his lion companion, Richie, to hunt down the trio.
"Navigator, where are you…"
Luffy wandered aimlessly through the streets, shouting loudly every few steps.
Zoro, growing increasingly irritated, glanced at Ikki. "Does he always act like this?"
Ikki shrugged. "You'll get used to it."
Before Zoro could reply, a massive lion appeared, carrying a man on its head. The man wore a ridiculous hood, sitting confidently on the lion's mane.
It was none other than Mohji the Beast Tamer, with Richie by his side.
"You there, Straw Hat! Are you Nami's former partner?" Mohji asked coldly.
"Nami? Oh, yeah! She's our navigator. I'm still looking for her. Do you know where she is?" Luffy replied with a cheerful grin.
The straightforward admission made Mohji's eye twitch. He wasn't interested in a conversation.
"Richie, attack!" he commanded.
The massive lion roared and swung a claw at Luffy, but Luffy dodged with ease and countered with a powerful Gum-Gum Pistol. The punch sent Mohji flying off Richie's head, landing him right in front of Ikki and Zoro.
As Luffy continued to toy with Richie, Ikki knelt beside Mohji, tilting his head curiously as he examined the man's "hood."
Mohji groaned. "Ow… What are you doing, you b*****d?"
"Huh? Isn't this a hood?" Ikki asked, reaching out.
"That's my hair, you idiot! It's just really thick!"
Ikki blinked. "Oh, got it!"
With that mystery solved, Ikki delivered a clean punch to Mohji's face, knocking him unconscious.
Meanwhile, Luffy, clearly done with playing, used a spinning attack to knock Richie unconscious as well, leaving the lion sprawled on the ground, out cold.
Capítulo 198: 11. Battle Against The Buggy Pirates
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After dealing with Mohji, Ikki, Zoro, and Luffy decided to break into the Buggy Pirates' base camp without hesitation. After all, their navigator was still in the hands of the enemy!
When they arrived, the trio found themselves immediately targeted by the cannons of the Buggy Pirates.
From the pirates' perspective, the three fools standing below would be reduced to ash as soon as the fuse was lit.
Buggy, grinning maniacally, turned to Nami and said, "Since you've joined my Buggy Pirates, here's your chance to prove your loyalty. Light the fuse and send your former partners to their graves!"
He motioned for one of his men to hand Nami the torch. Around her, the pirates erupted into cheers, chanting, "Fire the cannons! Fire the cannons!"
Nami stood frozen, the torch in her hand. She glared at the trio below—Luffy, Zoro, and Ikki—but her mind was in turmoil. She hated pirates and Marines alike, but she had never killed anyone, and the thought of doing so weighed heavily on her.
Yet, if she didn't follow through, her own life would surely be forfeit.
Luffy, standing below with his usual carefree grin, looked directly at her and said, "It seems like you don't have the resolve to take on pirates."
His words stung.
Angrily, Nami snapped back, "So your so-called resolve means killing people?"
"No." Luffy shook his head. "It's the resolve to risk your own life."
Nami froze, her grip on the torch tightening. Luffy's words cut through her hesitation, forcing her to confront her fears.
Before she could respond, one of Buggy's impatient lackeys grabbed the torch from her hand. "Tch, newbies are always useless! Here, let me do it!"
The pirate lowered the torch toward the cannon fuse, the flame dangerously close to igniting.
Acting on instinct, Nami whipped out her three-section staff and struck the pirate, knocking him out cold.
Her body trembled as she realized what she had done. Bowing her head in a panic, she turned to Buggy. "I'm so sorry! It was a reflex!"
Buggy's face twisted with rage. If there was one thing he couldn't tolerate, it was betrayal.
"So, Nami… You think you can turn against me? You little liar!"
With a roar, Buggy ordered his men to attack her.
Luffy, watching from nearby, wouldn't let his navigator come to harm. The moment Nami took down the pirate, Luffy knew she was one of them—a true crewmate and their navigator.
Springing into action, Luffy rushed forward, stretching his leg into a rubber whip that sent a group of charging pirates flying.
Ikki and Zoro quickly followed.
Zoro, however, didn't draw all three of his swords this time. Instead, he unsheathed the Asauchi he had recently received from Ikki. He wanted to test its strength with a one-sword style.
Even with a single blade, Zoro easily cut down the pirate lackeys. With each precise strike, another pirate collapsed, defeated.
At that moment, a man on a unicycle rolled into view, wielding a long blade.
This was Cabaji, a Main Staff Member of the Buggy Pirates.
Cabaji's swordsmanship, if it could even be called that, blended awkwardly with his juggling tricks, making it both unpredictable and ridiculous.
Zoro, unimpressed, had no intention of dragging out the fight.
As Cabaji performed an elaborate spin with his blade, Zoro moved in a flash. Clutching his sword firmly, he executed a single precise slash.
In the blink of an eye, Zoro was standing behind Cabaji.
Cabaji froze, his mouth agape, as a deep gash appeared across his chest, cutting down to the bone.
"One Sword Style: Oni Giri."
Zoro's words reached Cabaji just before his vision darkened, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
With Cabaji defeated, the only leader of the Buggy Pirates left standing was Captain Buggy himself.
Originally, Buggy had hoped to launch a sneak attack while Zoro was occupied with Cabaji. But who could have predicted that Cabaji would be cut down by Zoro in just one move?
Buggy's frustration boiled over—not just because his crew was being defeated one by one, but because the straw hat on Luffy's head reminded him of the person he hated most in the world: Red-Haired Shanks.
Years ago, Buggy and Shanks were trainee pirates aboard the Pirate King Gol D. Roger's ship. During one of their adventures, Buggy had found a Devil Fruit while plundering a rival pirate crew.
Though most of Roger's crew had no interest in eating the fruit, Buggy saw its potential value. Knowing Devil Fruits could fetch a price of 100 million berries, he came up with a clever plan: he'd fake eating it, then sell it on the black market for a fortune.
Buggy's plan was going smoothly—until Shanks interrupted him. Startled, Buggy accidentally swallowed the fruit whole. To make matters worse, the treasure map he'd hidden in his other hand slipped into the sea, forever lost.
From that day forward, Buggy had cursed Shanks' name, swearing revenge for what he saw as the ruin of his grand ambitions.
Now, seeing Luffy's straw hat, Buggy narrowed his eyes in anger. Without warning, he launched his right hand, aiming for a sneak attack on Luffy.
Before the disembodied hand could reach its target, Ikki stepped in, stomping Buggy's hand into the ground.
"A sneak attack? Isn't that a little disgraceful for someone who was once part of the Roger Pirates?" Ikki said with a smirk.
Buggy froze, his eyes wide in shock.
'How does he know that?' Buggy thought, his mind racing.
Though he prided himself on his connection to the Roger Pirates, Buggy never revealed this to anyone. Being linked to Gol D. Roger could draw the attention of the Marines, ruining his relatively peaceful existence in the East Blue.
Buggy's shock quickly turned to fury. Glaring at Ikki, he sent his other hand flying, this time armed with a dagger, aiming straight for Ikki's throat.
Ikki dodged effortlessly, and with a swift move, he struck the hand pinned beneath his foot with a Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist.
Pain shot through Buggy's body like a lightning bolt. The connection between his fingers and his heart made the blow excruciating, causing his entire body to convulse uncontrollably. He even lost control of his Chop-Chop Fruit powers momentarily.
Buggy's scream echoed through the camp as he writhed in pain.
"That settles it," Ikki thought. "Buggy's not some secretly overpowered mastermind pretending to be weak. He's just… really weak."
Ikki lifted his foot, releasing Buggy's hand.
Buggy hurriedly reattached it to his arm and began blowing on it furiously, hoping to numb the pain.
When the throbbing finally subsided, Buggy scowled at Ikki, preparing to deliver a scathing retort. But before he could say a word, a voice rang out:
"Gum-Gum Bazooka!"
Luffy's attack hit Buggy square in the abdomen, sending him flying through the air.
Ikki chuckled. "Luffy, was that a sneak attack?"
"Nope!" Luffy grinned, shaking his head. "He looked like he was ready, so I just went for it!"
Luffy's combat abilities were far stronger than when he first set sail. Having mastered the basics of Nen and enhanced his physical capabilities, he was now a formidable fighter.
As for why Luffy's abilities aligned with the enhancement category of Nen, the answer was simple: his personality.
Enhancers were known for their straightforward thinking and direct approaches. In simpler terms, they weren't exactly known for their intelligence.
It fit Luffy perfectly.
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