CH 409

East Blue.

On the dock of a small island.

A little girl sneaked out from behind a big tree. She scratched her head and looked curiously at the quiet dock, “Huh? Didn’t they say there were pirates around here? Am I too late?”

Her name was Nami. She was only fifteen years old this year.

She was a thief who specialized in stealing pirates’ treasures.

After Nami finished talking to herself, she raised her head and looked at the sky, “It shouldn’t be. This sea area is sunny, and today’s weather is most suitable for pirates to plunder!”

At this time, the sound of waves suddenly came from the dock.

The sound of waves quickly fell into Nami’s ears. Her face suddenly revealed a smile, and she carefully retreated behind the big tree.

Just when Nami secretly wanted to see which pirate flag it was, she saw a warship coming over, causing her expression to change greatly. This orange-haired little girl’s expression suddenly became complicated.

“So it’s a marine…”

Nami’s face finally slowly drooped down, and her face looked a little depressed, “If that’s the case, the active pirates nearby won’t come, right?”

Just as Nami was about to leave, a figure suddenly appeared in her eyes. It was a young man with a very sunny smile.

That young man looks…

He really was a good-looking person!

“I feel that there is something familiar…”

Nami slowly frowned, but she suddenly seemed to remember something and subconsciously opened her backpack.

Soon, she found a wanted poster.

A pirate with a reward of 30 million, Uehara Naraku!

There was no such powerful pirate in the entire East Blue. Perhaps this is the most terrible pirate in the East Blue for so many years. It is said that he also came from the Grand Line!

“Did this pirate grab a marine warship?”

After a touch of surprise flashed on Nami’s face, her eyes suddenly flashed with light, “If it is a pirate of this level, even if it is just a casual collection, there must be a lot of treasures around him, right?”

It was worth the risk!

If she could steal the treasure on this warship, she would definitely be able to accumulate 100 million Beli faster… In case she really steals some amazing treasure…

After finishing this one, she can stop!

The problem now was…

How can she get on the warship that was occupied by pirates!

This was not a problem at all because the smiling Uehara seemed to have found her trace. He then flew to Nami’s side.

Uehara narrowed his eyes and looked at the 15-year-old girl. He smiled and said, “Little sister, sorry to bother you. We are marines. Do you know which direction Arlong Park is in? We are going to destroy the pirates there.”

“…”

Nami was strangely silent for a second.

‘This liar was too fake. Your bounty is issued everywhere, how dare you pretend to be a Marine!’

Just as Nami was about to say something, Uehara suddenly pointed at the mark on her shoulder. It was the Arlong Pirate mark!

Uehara’s expression immediately turned cold, “You are a member of Arlong Pirate. So you are also one of their people…”

“Hey, hey, hey!”

Hearing his words,

A touch of anger suddenly flashed on Nami’s face. She unhappily took out Uehara’s wanted poster, “You are clearly a pirate! Just now, you wanted to use your marine identity to deceive people!”

“Tsk, you’ve exposed me!”

Uehara rubbed his forehead, and a smile appeared on his face, “Forget it. Since you know where our destination is, then obediently bring us there!”

After he finished speaking, Uehara’s gaze suddenly became sinister, “If you dare to play any tricks along the way, the methods of our Baroque Works are very cruel!”

“…”

A hint of hesitation appeared on Nami’s face.

The next moment, she squeezed out a frightened smile, “That? Can I ask you why you are looking for our Leader Arlong first? I… I am worried that you are our enemies…”

“Oh, you are right to worry? We are your enemies.”

Uehara raised his eyebrows and reached out to pat Nami’s head. He narrowed his eyes and smiled, “Your luck is really bad… We… are here to destroy your Arlong Pirates, and a little fellow like you can’t be spared!”

“…”

Nami fell into silence once again.

If it were someone else who said he wanted to destroy Arlong Pirate, she really did not dare to believe it.

A bounty was the most direct estimation of pirate strength. This was also why she believed him because Arlong’s bounty was only 20 million Beli, while the youth in front of her had 30 million Beli!

It was said that there was also a powerful organization behind him.

The next moment, Nami suddenly raised her head and looked at Uehara. Her expression gradually became cold, “Then let’s go! If you really have the strength, then kill the entire Arlong Pirate and me!”

At this moment, it was unknown if her heart was cold or hot!

‘If this pirate really fought with Arlong Pirate, and if this pirate really killed Arlong, what would he do next?’

‘At least it wouldn’t be worse than the current situation, right?’

‘No, no, maybe the situation would be even worse; such a higher bounty of pirates should be more dangerous than Arlong, right?’

Just as Nami was thinking, Uehara pushed her towards the warship and asked, “Hey? Isn’t your Arlong Pirate and the Shichibukai Jinbe on the same side? Are they still in touch?”

“What… what?”

There was some doubt on Nami’s face. She slowly shook her head and casually said, “I am just an ordinary little pirate. I don’t know about those…”

“Oh, you don’t know?”

Uehara’s palm fell on her head. His voice was cold and indifferent, “Arlong and the Shichibukai Jinbe are brothers even closer than blood brothers. Our Baroque Works got the information that Arlong provided Jinbe with a lot of funds to expand his pirate group!”

“…”

Nami’s face was still puzzled.

She had indeed heard of the name Jinbe occasionally. It seemed that Arlong had mentioned it when he was scolding people. Didn’t they have a fallout?

“Forget it, a little pirate like you probably doesn’t know anything…”

Uehara knocked on the back of Nami’s head and squinted his eyes to reveal a smile, “As long as you obediently take us to kill Arlong and eliminate his pirate group that has been providing funds for Jinbe, I will spare your life. How about it?”

“…”

Nami’s eyes could not help but widen.

Although she did not know why Uehara would change his words and spare her life, it was obvious that this pirate’s goal was to get rid of Arlong!

‘Get rid of the pirate group that is providing funds for the Shichibukai, Jinbe!’

‘That so-called Shichibukai Jinbe… is he the one who has been making Arlong plunder money from Cocoyashi Village all along?’

‘That bastard!’

Nami couldn’t help but clench her teeth!

Uehara looked at Nami’s expression and revealed a satisfied smile. He slowly opened his mouth and continued, “Our Baroque Works is about to start a war with Shichibukai Jinbe, so we must eliminate all the people who support him!

Jinbe is one of the most powerful people on the entire Grand Line. He is also the subordinate of the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard!

If our Baroque Works wants to destroy the Whitebeard pirates, we must first eliminate Jinbe, who provides the Fishmen army for Whitebeard. If we’re going to destroy Jinbe, we must eliminate Arlong, who provides him money!

“… Arlong… Jinbe… Whitebeard…”

Nami’s expression became extremely ugly. She recited these names back and forth in her mind, secretly remembering this hatred. But now she just wants to see the disappearance of the Arlon Pirates and let her village return to peace!

Perhaps it was because their goals were the same.

The atmosphere between Uehara and Nami became friendly. The two slowly chatted around the topic of Baroque Works, Shichibukai Jinbe, and Whitebeard.

“Hey, is your Baroque Works lacking people?”

“Lacking…”

Uehara nodded slowly and then said, “Right, we don’t lack weak people. A person like you is not even qualified to be a soldier of our Baroque Works. The weakest person among us is probably me…”

Uehara knocked on Nami’s head again and continued with a chuckle, “If you have any special talents, maybe I can recommend you…”

Nami, “I can steal things!”

Uehara, “We forcing others to hand it over.”

Uehara raised his eyebrows and shook his head nonchalantly. He gave an example, “For example, if I directly threaten to kill all your fellow Arlong Pirates and force you to hand over your treasure, will you hand it over?”

“Of course not!”

Nami clenched her fists and said indifferently, “I’ve worked so hard to save money for five years, so just kill them all!”

Uehara immediately began to criticize, “Look at you. You don’t even care about your own companions. What qualifications do you have to join our Baroque Works?”

“…”

Nami was silent for another second and scolded in dissatisfaction, “They are not my companions! I can’t wait to kill them all!”

Uehara patted her on the head and continued to ask, “If you don’t hand over your treasures, I won’t kill them. Will you pay?”

“…”

Nami’s expression gradually became subtle.

What kind of reasoning was this? Why did she feel that this guy in front of her only wanted to steal her treasure!

“Let’s go back to what we just said!”

Nami clenched her fists and said in a low voice, “After I join you, I can be a navigator on the ship. I know the weather very well!”

“Well…”

Uehara raised his eyebrows and asked, “Tell me first, what do navigators do? Do they eat leisurely meals onboard?”

“Don’t you know the navigator?”

Nami’s face was faintly amazed; she suddenly felt that the pirate in front of her was a little unreliable. Could this guy really kill Arlong?