Bab 46: Hope
A few days later.
The wounded members of the White Knight Pirate have basically recovered.
With the help of the Nyaban Brothers and Jango in Raven Harbor, the nearby routes have gradually stabilized.
According to Gaza, in the past month, there have been many more merchant ships coming from all over the world, as well as merchants in the East Blue itself.
Raven Harbor made a lot of money, and Jasmine smiled like a little fox.
As a result, the support for Gawain's pirate group was upgraded to several levels.
Everyone's living standards have improved visibly. Even Sham, who was originally extremely thin, has become visibly fatter.
"I don't know if it will affect the battle."
Gawain looked at Sham, who was gradually gaining weight, and Buchi, who was becoming even fatter and sighed helplessly.
The two of them, however, rubbed their heads in a somewhat naive manner.
Seeing this, Gawain was too lazy to say anything to them and issued an order: "We've rested for so long; it's time to start taking action; go find Kuro and Gin."
"Yes!"
The two responded and hurriedly opened Gawain's door and chose to leave.
A few minutes later.
Two equally thin figures, one tall and one short, walked into the hall of Pala Island side by side.
Both of them had beads of sweat on their bodies, and it was obvious that they were still in a state of training.
Kuro did not even take off the Cat Claws in his hand and had an unhappy look on his face as if he had been interrupted:
"Gawain, what's the hurry?!"
Gawain did not argue with Kuro because of the experience he contributed every day. Instead, he went straight to the point and said:
"You... It's time to take back the treasure that was stolen from us."
"After all, with the structure of our current ships, we simply cannot sail normally in the bad weather of the Grand Line. If we want to build a strong enough ship, we need money."
Kuro nodded and asked: "Where is the target?"
Gawain took out a chart of the East Blue from the table beside him. After searching for a while, he pointed to one of the islands: "Here!"
After taking a closer look, Gin frowned:
"If I remember correctly, this place and dozens of nearby villages are all the territory of the Arlong the Saw."
"There are rumors in the East Blue that this guy is from the Grand Line. I'm afraid he won't be that easy to deal with."
"Oh."
Kuro sneered: "In the East Blue, we have no rivals!"
Gawain looked at Kuro.
An old guy in his seventies who was extremely strong suddenly appeared in my mind, and he subconsciously muttered: "I remember that in the manga, Garp never returned to the East Blue after handing Luffy and others over to Dadan, right?!"
"I hope I remember it correctly."
"How?"
Kuro wondered.
Gawain shook his head.
"It's okay. If nothing unexpected happens, there is indeed no pirate group in the East Blue that can be our opponent."
"Krieg??? Can't do it, and Arlong can't do it either."
"And this time, our goal is not just the treasure. In Cocoyasi village, there is also a first-class navigator."
"Who?"
Kuro's eyes lit up.
There's a new navigator on the ship, but Kuro is well aware of the navigator's level. It is good enough to handle the voyage in the East Blue.
If they really take him to the Grand Line, they're simply courting death.
Not to mention.
The last incident made him realize how important an excellent navigator was to a pirate group.
Gawain smiled faintly: "You'll know when we find it."
"Oh, pretending to be mysterious."
The corner of Kuro's mouth twitched, and he stopped talking immediately.
Gin naturally had no opinion on Gawain's decision.
After all, this kind of decision-making work is usually decided by the captain, deputy captain, and navigator.
The three of them finalized the plan and set off the next day.
A small pirate ship in the harbor, carrying enough supplies to last for more than half a month, slowly sailed towards the distant sea.
This time, Gawain only brought more than twenty crew members, and their only task was to maintain the ship's normal sailing.
If a real battle breaks out, too many people would be more of a burden than a help to Gawain and the other two, so it would be better to keep the number of people as small as possible.
The pirate ship sailed forward and gradually disappeared at the end of the horizon.
East Blue, Cocoyasi village.
At the edge of the village, Nami stood under an orange tree, looking at the treasure buried in the pit, stretching out her fingers and calculating the value of these things bit by bit.
The more she spoke, the brighter her eyes became, and a bright smile appeared on her face.
"Even if I use the lowest conversion rate in the East Blue, the value of these treasures exceeds 100 million Belly, which is enough for me to redeem the village."
Originally, she was still a long way from her goal, but this time, when she teamed up with Carina, she gained more than she had imagined.
Although she went through countless hardships, and even several times, she almost died at the hands of pirates.
But looking at the treasures in front of her, Nami felt that everything she had paid was worth it.
"As for the pirates who lost their treasures, it can only be considered as their bad luck. After all, these things were basically looted from various islands."
"Then the villagers won't have to work for Arlong anymore and won't have to pay the 100,000 Belly protection fee every month. Genzo won't have to risk his life to protect everyone, and there's also Nojiko…"
While talking to herself, tears slid down Nami's face, fell to the ground, and were absorbed by the soil.
A few minutes later.
Nami wiped the tears from her face, buried the treasure carefully, and even found leaves to spread on the ground as camouflage. Then she turned around and left carefully.
She didn't notice at all a Fish-Men who popped his head out from the bottom of the water from time to time in the distance.
Bang!
The room on the top floor of Arlong Park was violently pushed open by Nami.
Arlong, who was sitting in the middle, was discussing recent matters with Nezumi when he saw a familiar face.
Nezumi glanced at Nami, then turned to Arlong and said: "Then let's just settle the recent matters. I won't bother you anymore."
"Um."
Arlong nodded, ignoring Nami, who pushed the door open and said to Hatchan beside him: "Hatchan, go and see our friends off."
"Okay."
The octopus Fish-Men, Hatchan, smiled foolishly, waved at Nezumi, and left with the latter.
Now, Arlong just focused his attention on Nami, with a playful smile on his face, revealing his sharp shark teeth:
"Isn't this our navigator? You look so proud. Have you collected enough money to redeem the village?"
"Certainly!"
Nami looked at Arlong with burning eyes: "I want to buy back the Cocoyasi village from you!"
"As long as you have money, everything is easy to discuss."
There was a hint of amusement in Arlong's eyes, and then, under the leadership of Nami, he came to the edge of the Cocoyasi Village.
Then he looked at Nami, digging up the treasure she had hidden.
"They are all here!"
"Even at the lowest selling price in the East Blue, the value of these treasures exceeds 100 million Belly!"
After speaking in front of everyone, Nami slowly opened her treasure chest.
Arlong glanced at it, and his expression turned cold: "Are you joking with me?!"
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