Chapter 15

He was wondering when he could go to the Sea Restaurant,

to properly taste the delicacies of the Pirate World!

As a gathering place for many excellent chefs in the East Blue,

he supposed that place surely would not disappoint him!

After the meal,

before Nojiko could even say two words,

Nami rushed out in a flurry,

saying she had an urgent matter to attend to.

And Li Xiao did not stay at home either;

he needed to find a suitable place to further understand the newly acquired Mountain and Sea Sword Technique and the Purple-Gold Exquisite Tower.

And Nami's house was obviously not a suitable place.

With a single sword strike like this,

if the force happened to be a bit too heavy by accident,

then tonight he, Nami, and Nojiko would have to sleep with the sky as their blanket and the earth as their mat...

Of course,

facing such a situation,

Nami would most likely not be upset;

she would just lie on the ground,

calculating how many Berries she could extort,

and then thank her old friend for sending over the Tangchen Yipin!

Li Xiao followed the seaside and found a secluded, uninhabited spot,

moved his right hand slightly,

drew the Green Frost Sword from its sheath,

and then swung a sword strike toward the sea surface!

"Mountain and Sea Sword Technique!"

At the same time,

within the Arlong Territory,

in a room inside the castle hung with nautical charts,

Nami and Arlong sat facing each other.

Arlong crossed his arms over his chest and laughed loudly:

"Yo, my dear navigator, what made you suddenly think of coming to find me?"

Nami glanced at him and asked:

"You still remember our agreement, right?"

Arlong was slightly stunned for a moment,

then immediately realized what she meant and replied:

"That goes without saying. What, have you already gathered one hundred million Berries?"

Nami took out that Devil Fruit from her bosom,

placed it on the table,

and slowly said:

"This is a Devil Fruit.

Although I do not know exactly what kind of fruit it is,

on the black market, even the most ordinary Zoan-type Devil Fruit costs over one hundred million Berries.

This Devil Fruit is enough for me to buy back my village, isn't it?"

Gazing at the Devil Fruit placed on the table,

Arlong could not help but show an expression of surprise.

In fact,

over these years,

exactly how much money Nami's little treasury had accumulated,

Arlong had always been fully aware.

Once it truly reached one hundred million Berries,

he naturally had a way to dispose of that money,

thereby allowing Nami to continue staying in his pirate crew to draw sea charts for him.

According to his understanding,

although Nami's little treasury was already close to accumulating one hundred million Berries,

by all accounts it still needed some time,

so he had not been in a hurry to act.

However, what he did not expect was that Nami had somehow managed to get hold of a Devil Fruit!