Chapter 119

He looked at Nami in front of the house and said:

"Nami, you've got guests and still don't notify us? That's awfully distant. You're one of our Great Dragon Pirates' top officers…"

Gazing at the cold gaze of the fish-man Arlong and his grinning mouth revealing sharp teeth.

The scene of Bell-mère's death flashed again in Nami's mind.

A great fear rose in her heart, causing her pupils to contract sharply and her whole body to tremble uncontrollably.

"Great Dragon Pirates'… officer?"

Konis stared in surprise at Nami beside her. "What's going on here?"

"Sorry, I…"

Nami bowed her head, clenching her fists.

"She made a deal with this guy—she became the Great Dragon Pirates' navigator, saving the village and all its villagers' lives, plus her own freedom, only after saving one hundred million Berries."

A calm boy's voice rang out from above.

Nami snapped her head up.

"!"

Nokigao, Akkin, Hachi, Kuroobi, and the fish-man Arlong all looked up as well.

There, atop the house, sat a black-haired boy in a black hooded fur coat, lounging casually with a giant wine gourd in hand.

Beside him stood a sea cow wearing a red cotton-padded jacket.

"Kid, who are you?"

The fish-man Arlong stared coldly at the black-haired boy who had appeared out of nowhere, sitting on the roof.

Luo En took a sip from the Infinite Wine Gourd, then lay down on the roof, basking in the warm sunlight, not even glancing at him—or rather… not worth a glance.

This utter disregard immediately made the fish-man Arlong's temple veins bulge, his eyes flashing with furious malice.

"Inferior humans, how dare you be so arrogant!"

"Get him! Capture all these outsiders! I'll personally saw off his limbs!"

Hearing Arlong's vicious words, Nami and Nokigao both narrowed their eyes and paled.

"Wait, wait…"

Before Nokigao could finish speaking, Kuroobi reached out to grab Luo Bin beside her.

But what happened next made Nokigao's eyes widen in shock.

Only to see.

Luo Bin crossed her arms, petals swirling around her.

"Six Wheels Flower: Anchor Flower."

Instantly, six white arms sprouted from Kuroobi's body, gripping his neck, arms, and legs, forcing his body to bend backward in a way that defied anatomy, bones cracking loudly.

"Cough, so painful, so painful—this is… a Devil Fruit ability?!"

Kuroobi, face twisted in agony, widened his eyes in utter horror.

Arlong's expression hardened.

This woman… is a Devil Fruit user?!

"Cough… cough…"

Kuroobi was being strangled until his eyes rolled back, on the verge of fainting.

"Kuroobi!"

Hachi, the eight-sword style octopus, seeing his friend in agony, couldn't hold back—he let go of Akkin and immediately slashed at the arms sprouting from him.

Just before the blades struck, the arms dissolved into petals and scattered.

"Damn woman!"

Arlong lunged forward, raising his giant saw blade and swinging it down at Luo Bin.

The next second.

A red shadow shot in from the side, slamming hard into Arlong's left side, the immense force sending him flying instantly.

"This…"

Nokigao and Nami stared blankly at the kung fu sea cow, Xiao Qi, standing before Luo Bin in a martial stance.

Wasn't that just a pet?

It just… knocked Arlong flying?!

Am I dreaming?

"So you've been shouldering the entire village on your own? That must've been so hard."

Konis placed her hand on Nami's head; her gentle voice made Nami shiver slightly, her nose prickled, and tears nearly welled up again.

But she held them back, looking at Konis and asking without thinking:

"Sister Konis, who exactly are you people?"

"Didn't I say before? Just travelers seeking freedom on the open sea."

Konis smiled, patting her head.

Then Nami watched as Konis, dressed in a white fur coat and black long boots, stepped past her toward the orange grove ahead.

Under her wide-eyed gaze.

Konis's beautiful golden hair, neatly tied at the back, gradually loosened, swirling in the wind like an angel.

109, Open Your Eyes (Combined)

Streams of pitch-black liquid, shimmering like liquid silver, flowed around Konis's body.

In Nami's widened, astonished eyes, they coalesced into over a dozen slender iron spikes, hovering just outside her body.

"Go."

As Konis extended a finger and pointed, those iron spikes transformed into streaks of pitch-black light at extreme speed, shooting toward the Evil Dragon Pirates outside the orange grove.

"Be careful!"

Xiao Ba shouted, his octopus tentacles swinging a long blade to block those incoming iron spikes, but the companions behind him were completely unable to withstand the iron spike attacks that moved according to Konis's will,

like reaping rice—in just an instant, more than a dozen fierce members of the Evil Dragon Pirates screamed as iron spikes pierced through their bodies, collapsing into pools of blood.

Xiao Ba and Kuroobi were entangled by those iron spikes, completely unable to spare any attention.

Nokigo and Ah Jian watched, deeply shaken.

"That Evil Dragon Pirates actually…"

"…actually has another Devil Fruit user…" Arlong's voice, brimming with anger, rang in everyone's ears. "Damnable!"

He stomped his foot and rushed at extreme speed to appear before Luo Bin and Xiao Qi.

"Perfect timing!"

Xiao Qi's eyes were filled with excitement.

Its strong tail stamped rapidly against the ground, and at the instant Arlong's attack arrived, its figure vanished on the spot.

"It disappeared?!"

Nokigo was startled.

The next second, Xiao Qi appeared directly in front of Arlong and slammed a fist into his chest.

Bang!

Arlong, who had forcibly taken this punch, felt that fist force pierce through his hard muscles and skin, rampaging wildly within his body; he clenched his teeth, his eyes brimming with blood vessels.

"Damnable bastard!"

He abruptly lowered his head, intending to use his sharp, hard nose to pierce through the troublesome sea cow before his eyes.

But just at this moment.

Luo Bin activated the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit.

"Twelve-Round Flower: Twist."

Twelve arms sprouting from Arlong's body tightly bound his neck and limbs; the powerful restraining force made him completely unable to lower his head to attack.

Kung Fu Sea Cow Xiao Qi took a deep breath, and both fists wrapped in Qi power struck out simultaneously, slamming into the chest of the fish-man Arlong before him.

"Sea Cow Fist Art, Double Cannon!"

Bang!

A surge of fist force pierced straight through the fish-man Arlong's chest and exploded behind his back.

Arlong gave a muffled cough, his face twisted in agony, fresh blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.