"You said a navy ship had come ashore?"
"It's the 16th branch's ship."
"Could it be that the headquarters has finally taken action on what happened with Unit 77 just now?"
The people on the coast looked at the 16th branch's naval ship and talked to each other.
"Chichichi, I'm Captain Nezumi of the 16th Navy Branch."
Colonel Nezumi introduced himself after coming ashore.
"Call the police officer Genzo from Cocoyasi Village to come out for me."
Colonel Nezumi said with his hands behind his back and an arrogant look on his face.
Hearing this, a middle-aged man in a brown police uniform walked out of the crowd. What made Genzo different from the others was the automatically rotating windmill on his hat.
Genzo walked up to Colonel Nezumi and said: "I am Genzo, Colonel."
"It's you. Take me to the home of a woman named Nami."
Hearing this, Genzo was stunned: "Na... Nami? What does the colonel want to see Nami for?"
"Jijiji, you just need to lead the way."
Hearing this, Genzo didn't ask any further questions. After all, the other party was navy, and Genzo felt that the other party should not intend to do anything bad.
Then Genzo led Colonel Nezumi and the others to Nami's house.
...
Nami sat on the chair, thinking back to the past...
"Although these eight years have been a long time, I still have 70 million Berries left. All I have to do next is go out to sea once more."
Nami chuckled and held the pendant in her hand:
"Just once, just one more time to go out to sea, and everything will be over."
Nami's feet slid lightly across the floor.
"The villagers and I can be freed from Arlong's rule."
"And then... then I can finally laugh from the bottom of my heart."
Nami rested her elbows on the table, covered her forehead with her hands, squinted her eyes, and smiled...
Then Nami looked at the pendant in her hand again and recalled the days she spent with Lock and the others.
Flashback
Snap—
Nami hit the Aces on the ground and said with a smile:
"I have played all my cards. I win."
"Why does Nami always win?"
Usopp said as he looked at the five remaining cards in his hand.
Then he looked at Luffy and Lock, and saw that they were holding 14 and 24 cards respectively, and immediately complained:
"Hey, Luffy, Lock! What's wrong with you two? You have so many cards in your hands!"
Luffy put his hand on his straw hat: "I think the more cards I have, the more powerful I am..."
Lock looked at the cards in his hand that were all singles and said nonsense to Usopp:
"My cards are all single, so I can't play them."
Hearing this, Usopp threw the playing cards in his hand to the ground and complained loudly to Lock:
"You must be kidding! The whole deck has at most 13 ranks, A–K, and you're telling me you don't have a single pair among your 14 cards?
Please stop telling lies with your eyes open!"
"Haha~"
Seeing this, Nami couldn't help but laugh.
[They were playing a civilian version of "Old Maid." Whoever finished their pairs first would win.]
One day, water suddenly flooded the cabin, and everyone was trying to find a way to patch the hole...
Luffy was the first to step forward and blocked the hole with his mouth, but his method obviously didn't work, and as expected, water rushed into the cabin.
At this time, Lock stepped forward and used some unknown magic to repair the hole...
There were many fun daily moments. Nami recalled the happy times she had with Lock and t..
Thinking of this, Nami held her chin and couldn't help laughing.
Creak—
Nami opened the door and stretched.
"Let's go and steal one last time."
...
At this time, Nojiko had already told Lock and the others about Nami's past.
As for why Nojiko said it, it was because Nami had told her about those people.
Nami didn't know that Lock and the others would chase after her, and since Nojiko was her sworn sister, she told her about the few people and their appearance.
Especially Lock... long black hair, delicate facial features, and a gentle personality.
As for Sanji with curly eyebrows? Nami knew him but not very well.
Lock felt that his explanation of Nami's past was not enough, so he took Luffy and the others to ask Nojiko about it directly.
As for the navy, Lock asked them not to come out so soon, saying they would wait until the time was right.
After listening, Luffy looked gloomy and said nothing...
But Lock knew what Luffy was thinking at this moment.
Usopp suddenly realized:
"So that's how it is, no wonder Nami likes money so much."
"I am so touched, wuwu... Sister Nami..."
Johnny and Yosaku said as they wiped away tears.
Sanji took out a cigarette from his arms and said:
"Ms. Nami lives with many times more pain than ordinary people. Let me relieve her of that pain."
Zoro: "Let's go!"
...
"Navy? And why is Mr. Genzo here too?"
Nami looked at the navy and Genzo, who came into the yard in surprise.
For some reason, she suddenly felt a vague sense of uneasiness in her heart.
"Jijiji, the thief named Nami must be you..."
Nezumi asked with a chirping laugh as s, soon as he came up.
"According to our investigation, the treasure you stole from the pirates is hidden in this orange grove. Chirp, chirp..."
Hearing this, Nami and Genzo were so shocked that they broke out in cold sweat...
Neither expected that the navy came because of the treasure Nami had been collecting.
"Considering that the person you stole from was a pirate, I won't blame you."
"But a thief is a thief, and all the property you stole..."
"Now it is our government that should confiscate."
"Okay, just hand over all the stolen goods, jijijiji."
Colonel Nezumi said to Nami with a sinister smile.
Hearing this, Nami's pupils dilated, as if she had heard a bolt from the blue. She stood there in a daze, unwilling to believe what she heard.
Colonel Nezumi put his hands in his pockets and glared:
"Why, didn't you hear what I said?"
"All stolen goods from pirates must be handed over to the government for safekeeping."
Hearing this, Nami adjusted her expression, put her hands on her chest and chuckled:
"This is unexpected. You are really passionate about your work."
"Because you don't have the courage to fight pirates, you come to the thieves to give yourself extra points. It's amazing."
Upon hearing this, Colon, el Nezumi did not react at all, but just laughed, joking about Nami's sarcasm.
"I'll give you a dare to dare toadre of Arlong's gang."
"If you dare to touch me, Arlong will definitely not ignore it."
Nami said to Colonel Nezumi without hesitation.
"Jijijiji, little girl, do you think you can negotiate with me on an equal footing like this?"
"Search for the stolen goods!"
Colonel Nezumi ordered seven or eight itait!"
Bang——Bang——
Seeing that the navy was about to start searching, Nami quickly took out the retractable wooden staff hidden at her waist and knocked two marines to the ground.
"Is this what your navy is supposed to do now?"
Nami yelled at Colonel Nezumi.
Then she slowly walked towards him:
"Arlong and his gang not only killed people, but destroyed the entire town!"
"You should know that they still rule this island and trample on human lives everywhere."
"And yet you ignore this big problem and instead take the stolen goods from thieves!"
The more Nami spoke, the angrier she became at the marines in front of her.
Her originally gentle face twisted into one of fury:
"Is this the government's intention?"
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