NOVEL NEXT Chapter 47: Lost Treasure
"How is that possible? You want to break your promise?!"
Nami was furious, but she subconsciously looked down at her treasure chest.
There's nothing inside.
"This is impossible!"
"I just checked, it's in here!"
Nami looked confused, and then she became extremely panicked.
There should have been treasures worth more than 100 million in the treasure chest.
Those were treasures that she had just collected after spending countless efforts and escaping death several times over the past few years.
With that money, she could have redeemed the village from Arlong, and everyone wouldn't have to live so hard.
But now, everything is gone.
"Nami."
Arlong grabbed Nami's hair and lifted her up.
Seeing her struggling in severe pain, he felt extremely happy in his heart.
Before, the invading humans on Fish-Men Island also captured his compatriots in the same way, ignoring their wailing and tears, dragging them away, and selling them all over the world.
They may become materials on the experimental table, slaves in dark caves, or even have their hands and feet chopped off and become works of art for people to appreciate!
Arlong sighed in his heart and then lowered his voice and said in Nami's ear: "I can let you go this time, but if it happens again, the price you pay to redeem the village will double!"
"It's you!"
Nami pursed her lips and looked at Arlong angrily: "You stole my treasure!"
"Are you confused?!"
"I've been following you all the time, and I was discussing something with Nezumi before, so I don't have the time to steal your things!"
"Think carefully about who it is!"
Nami was stunned for a moment, then she clenched her teeth and uttered a name that she didn't even want to believe: "It's Carina!"
"It's her!"
Arlong's smile widened when he saw this. He gently patted Nami's face and said: "I'll give you half a month. If you can't find it, the price for redeeming the village next time will be…"
Arlong held up two fingers.
"Two hundred million Belly!"
"How is this possible!?"
Nami was startled and subconsciously raised her voice, and then she saw Arlong grinning and extending his third finger: "I've changed my mind. If you can't get the money back within half a month, the price of Cocoyasi village will triple!"
"That's 300 million Belly!"
"I... "
"Four-"
"I will definitely get it back!"
Nami pursed her lips tightly, not even caring about the pain in her head, and agreed without hesitation.
It was because she didn't know what a desperate price Arlong would offer if she continued, but did she have any choice?
This is an unfair deal in itself!
But as long as she didn't want to watch the people of Cocoyasi die, she had no choice.
"Shahahahaha!"
Arlong let out his signature hideous laugh, then threw Nami into the pit and slowly turned and left.
A few minutes later, Arlong gradually walked away, and Nami's heart-wrenching wails gradually came from the edge of the orange grove.
"Arlong!!!"
Nojiko rushed over when she heard the noise but stopped the moment she saw Nami's figure.
Even though she didn't know what had happened, she could feel Nami's despair.
Half an hour later.
Nami staggered out of the pit while gritting her teeth.
Nojiko said nothing; she just hugged Nami in her arms and said through gritted teeth while looking at Nami.
"Nami."
"If you're tired, just run away. You'll just lose a bunch of people who hate you anyway."
"Us... "
"It's not worth it."
Nami didn't respond but just hugged Nojiko tightly.
Nojiko patted Nami on the back, but her body trembled slightly because she felt the wetness on her chest.
"Cry."
"It's okay to cry."
...
The next day.
When Nojiko woke up, Nami was no longer by her side, and there was a letter with a smiley face and oranges on it left at the bedside.
"I will get those treasures back, even if it means breaking up with my friend."
Nojiko read the contents of the letter and felt like he couldn't breathe for a moment.
She slowly put away the letter, walked out to the sheriff's room, raised her hand, and knocked on the door.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A few seconds later.
A thin middle-aged man with a windmill on his head and scars all over his face pushed open the door.
The man was Genzo, the sheriff of the Cocoyasi village.
However, with the arrival of Arlong and his gang and the collusion between the Marines and the Arlong pirates, the position of sheriff has become a joke.
But this man still did not give up. Even at the risk of his life, he was determined to protect the people in the village.
"Genzo, Nami hasn't given up yet. I don't know what happened to her, but she seems to have lost everything overnight…"
"Do you think that even if she meets Arlong's conditions, will Arlong really hand over the Cocoyasi Village to her?"
Genzo shook his head: "How is that possible? How credible can the pirates' words be?"
"I'm going to find out what happened!"
"Be careful."
Nojiko nodded but still couldn't help asking: "I don't understand why everyone knows what Nami is going to do but still speaks badly to her. I even saw children insulting her."
Genzo paused: "Nojiko, every bit of kindness we show her will only increase the village's status in her heart."
"If one day she is really tired and wants to leave, how can she overcome the guilt in her heart?"
After saying that, Genzo left quickly, leaving Nojiko standing at the door in a daze.
At the same time, on the top floor of Arlong's Paradise, a pile of treasures covered in dirt was placed on the table in front of Arlong.
He picked up his handkerchief and wiped the treasures clean one by one.
Every time he put down one thing, Arlong's mind couldn't help but reflect Nami's expression, and an inexplicable sense of pleasure surged from the bottom of his heart: "Nami."
"My navigator, my doll."
"If one day you find out that this is all a scam and you can never buy your own village, what kind of expression will you have?"
"Will it be like my compatriots, who can't help but feel pity for me?"
"But why don't humans have such emotions?"
Bang!
Arlong crushed the gem in his hand, his expression ferocious to the extreme: "Humans without such emotions should be the lowest and most inferior creatures in this world!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At this moment, there was a knock on the door; Arlong said expressionlessly: "Come in!"
Kuroobi pushed the door open and said: "Arlong, that guy, Nezumi, sent us a message asking us to pay attention to a group of pirates who have been active in the East Blue recently."
"Who?"
"Gawain, the captain of the White Knight Pirate, whose bounty reached 85 million Belly, which is not a low number even in the Grand Line."
"Shahahahaha!"
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