[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki":3,"chapter-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-51":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","If You Don't Try Hard, How Can I Become Pirate King?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2340035,4574,"Chapter 51: Lies and Lies","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-51",51,"\u003Cp>Cocoyasi Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami rowed a small boat toward shore, carrying a wooden chest in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treasure stolen from Gao Wen’s ship had been entirely exchanged for cash—exactly one hundred and twenty million Beri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it is here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is her only hope of redeeming the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With this, I will surely redeem the village!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami’s mind flashed with the faces of Gao Wen and the others; her steps hesitated slightly, then resumed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She passed through the empty village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surroundings remained as they had always been—no one around, not even street vendors remained; this was the same place as in his memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was different was the absence of the stares that had once been everywhere, now completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami understood perfectly: it wasn’t just the stares that had vanished, but the people themselves. An unexplained unease stirred in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami unconsciously quickened her pace, rushing toward the orange grove at the village’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nokigao had already been waiting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Nami return, Nokigao’s expression turned icy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you back?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami blinked in surprise, then smiled and lifted the chest in her hands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nokigao, I’ve gathered enough money to redeem the village!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nokigao pressed her lips tightly together:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t redeem it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you say that? I’ve spent these years beside A Long —he’s never broken a promise about money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami spoke with full confidence, her face lit with hope—but the more she spoke, the more Nokigao felt a needle-like pain in her heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… his agreement with you was to bring this money to her, right? But what if you never get it to him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami’s pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered the treasure she had lost earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had doubted her judgment before—how could Karina possibly know where her village was, or where she’d hidden the treasure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if not Karina, then who?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was almost obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nokigao voiced it for her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From the beginning, he never intended for you to redeem the village. It was all just his game.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watching you go from hope to despair, then giving you hope again—just to satisfy his own perverted desires!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every single penny you hid, they knew about!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no hope, Nami.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve prepared a boat for you in the orange grove. Take this money and run—now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Live somewhere else, where there are no villagers who’ve always treated you badly, isn’t that right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami stubbornly shook her head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are everyone? Where’s Jian?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nokigao remained expressionless, instinctively lowering her gaze to avoid Nami’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami instantly understood the source of her unease, and demanded sharply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They went to find A Long ? They’ll die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In desperation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami spun around—but her shoulder was instantly pinned by Nokigao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson palm print marked Nami’s cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nokigao pulled her hand back and nearly roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How long will you remain this naive?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This was a decision made by all of us. Rather than be your burden forever, they’d rather die beneath A Long ’s claws—you—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-sentence, Nokigao’s voice cut off. Nami’s tears had already spilled, her voice trembling like a child’s whisper:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… sister, now I can’t leave any more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami broke free of Nokigao’s grip and sprinted toward A Long ’s territory, still clutching tightly to the chest she saw as her only hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could bring the money to A Long ’s face, even that man, no matter how cruel, would keep his promise about money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Long ’s Paradise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian held a rusted flintlock pistol, carefully checking whether it could still fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a weapon he had secretly hidden when A Long  first arrived at Cocoyasi Village—long neglected, its internal parts now heavily rusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him stood a group of villagers armed with farming tools and wooden clubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They marched fiercely toward A Long ’s Paradise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of life has Nami lived these past years? That child carried the hopes of all of us—and in the end, it was all a lie. A Long  never intended to fulfill his promise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can accept him taking everyone’s lives—but I cannot accept him crushing Nami’s hope like this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fortunately, all her miseries end today. Without us as burdens, she’ll surely live well—after all, we’re just a group of people who treated her badly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn fish-man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressed voices of anger rose from the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some trembled with instinctive fear of fish-men; others stumbled, hearts heavy with dread; some even glanced warily around, terrified of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not one person retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian walked ahead of them, head bowed, listening to their murmurs, his thoughts tangled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Nami could hear these words, she’d be happy. But she can’t hear them—and never will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the image of the woman who used to tease him with vulgar jokes flashed before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the A Long  Pirates, would I have had a chance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian thought this, and a blush, just like the one from years ago, rose on his face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Belmer, you had a wonderful daughter~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breeze blew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The windmill on Jian’s head rattled loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chaotic emotions suddenly stilled; he lifted his gaze toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Long ’s Paradise had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Long !”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two fish-men at the gate, their eyelids drooping, raised their eyes. Seeing the furious mob before them, their expressions first flickered with surprise, then turned entirely to mockery:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like these humans still have some courage. But what meaning does resistance hold against absolute power?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you understand the consequences? Everyone here will die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fish-man named Yan Shao slowly rose to his feet—his height, over two and a half meters, made him seem like a giant to these commoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the fish-men’s innate physical strength, which surpassed humans by several times, even dozens of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When such innate superiority manifested in reality, it became the natural oppression of a predator. A single glance from Yan Shao caused several villagers to collapse, legs buckling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instantly, their companions pulled them back up—they had come here with no intention of returning alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When life itself is abandoned, what is there left to fear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian raised his rusted flintlock, face cold, and shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to see A Long !”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Jian pulled the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the flintlock spat flame, Jian’s years of accumulated rage surged with the bullet toward the distant fish-man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1080,"2026-06-20T23:03:52.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","14fb00217749d1d1f983f4920f4261d90954e70ba15edbf1226a6596352cbdde","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-52","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-50",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]