Without the oppression of Arlong and his crew.
The peace and tranquility, absent for seven years, returned to this small village.
Everything had returned to normal, everything was developing in a positive direction.
It would have been even better if there hadn't been that warship with the 'Mouse' figurehead.
"Nezumi! You actually dared to come here! Arlong and his crew have been completely wiped out, your backer has fallen, we won't give you any more money!"
A villager roared in anger.
"What? I don't quite understand what you mean! I am a just Marine Colonel, and my backer is the ruler of the seas, the Marines, who will never fall!"
The shifty-eyed Colonel Nezumi said righteously.
"As for Arlong and his crew that you mentioned, they have nothing to do with me; I don't know them at all. I came here this time because I learned about the situation here and came to express my condolences to you!"
"Tell me, Arlong and his crew have been entrenched here for so long, bullying you for such a long time, why didn't you come to me? If I had known, you would have been liberated long ago!"
Colonel Nezumi said with feigned heartache, shamelessly pushing all the blame onto the villagers' cowardice.
Beside him, a complicit Marine soldier held a Transponder Snail, recording it as evidence for whitewashing.
Listening to Colonel Nezumi's utterly shameless speech, the villagers present couldn't help but boil with rage.
"Damn it! I've never seen such... a shameless scoundrel!"
"You rotten rat from the gutter, do you dare swear to the heavens that you have no involvement with Arlong?"
"If it weren't for you covering for Arlong and his crew, how could the Marines not have discovered them?"
"Half of the protection money we paid to the Arlong Pirates must have ended up in your pocket!"
"Even now, you still dare to come here and say such things. A parasite like you doesn't deserve to be a Marine!"
"Son of a b*tch, the more I think about it, the angrier I get!"
All the villagers were filled with righteous indignation, their anger reaching a breaking point.
However, due to the opponent's rank as Colonel, and the guns in their hands, they dared not make a move.
Until...
"Nezumi!!!"
A girl's angry shout exploded.
Slap!
A rotten egg flew from behind the crowd, hitting Nezumi squarely in the face.
Seeing Nami make the first move, the villagers were greatly encouraged.
The next second.
Countless rotten eggs, rotten tomatoes, rotten vegetable leaves, and so on, flew towards Colonel Nezumi and his group.
Previously, out of consideration for Nezumi's identity, they dared not act.
But...
Now Nami had made the first move.
They knew that with Nezumi's pettiness, he would definitely hold Nami accountable.
For Nami's safety, all the villagers erupted.
They could tolerate being touched, but touching Nami was unacceptable.
"Villains! A bunch of villains!"
Colonel Nezumi screamed in exasperation.
He scurried away, covering his head under the barrage of rotten eggs from the villagers.
Even warning shots couldn't quell the public's anger.
Finally, he had no choice but to scurry back to the warship.
"Get lost quickly, you stinky rat! Don't let me see you again! And don't step foot on this island again!"
Nami stood with her hands on her hips, shouting angrily.
"You stinky woman and you villains, this Colonel has noted this down, just you wait!"
Leaving behind a harsh threat, Colonel Nezumi hurriedly ordered the warship to flee.
At this moment.
A cliff about a thousand meters from the port.
"Roland, what should we do?"
Tohru tilted her head and looked at Roland.
"Hmm, I almost forgot, none of those guys are human, just take care of them all!"
Roland ordered indifferently.
If you don't cut the weeds at the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze.
Since the problem was to be solved, it should be completely eradicated from the root.
As Thor responded, her figure suddenly vanished from where she stood.
The sea area was about twenty miles from Cocoyasi Village.
"Damn it, those commoners!"
Colonel Nezumi gritted his teeth, growing angrier the more he thought about it.
"Just you wait, you're finished. This sea area will ultimately be mine to command. Once the commotion dies down in a few years, I'll definitely make you pay. Without Arlong, there's still Arcat and Ardog. I'll cooperate with whoever I want!"
Having already tasted the sweetness of cooperating with the Arlong Pirates, Colonel Nezumi would, of course, not easily give up his life of sudden wealth.
After all, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
These past few years, relying on Arlong and his crew, he had easily acquired a vast fortune that he wouldn't have obtained in a hundred years under normal circumstances.
"And that Nami, I never noticed before, she's really a charming girl. In another two years, she'll be even more outstanding, I definitely can't miss out... Hoh hoh hoh."
Colonel Nezumi grew more smug the more he thought about it.
Just then.
Whoosh!
Without warning.
The shadow of death enveloped him.
The most fundamental fear of life instantly drenched him in sweat.
"Look up!"
"What is that?"
"That woman, she, she, she... what does she want to do?"
The Marines, who were in cahoots with Nezumi, cried out in terror.
Nezumi suddenly looked up, and the last sight that met his eyes was the deep purple Dragon Roar Cannon, piercing through heaven and earth.
Boom!
Rumble!
The entire warship, along with Colonel Nezumi and his party, were annihilated!!!
Cocoyasi Village.
Splash~
Roland suddenly reeled in his fishing rod.
Ding dong
Lucky Moment, congratulations to the host for acquiring A-rank skill—Steal (Same as Kazuma from Konosuba) Effect: 100% chance to steal any item from the target's person, can evolve.
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