"I'll pay this 100 million berries for her!"
Sora spoke calmly.
As his words fell.
The large orange mountain fell silent.
The next second.
"Hahaha!"
"Boy, what big talk are you spouting?"
"What status do you have to show off here?"
"Want to play hero and save the beauty? You're not qualified!"
The fish-men laughed mockingly, not taking Sora's words seriously at all, treating them as the delusions of a nobody.
Only Nami knew that Sora absolutely had this capital—the treasures in the storage room were worth far more than 100 million.
When she heard Sora step forward to ransom back her village, Nami's cold heart suddenly warmed.
For so many years, she had been alone, fighting for the village by herself.
Now, Sora's appearance was like a warm harbor, sheltering her from wind and rain.
But...
Nami also knew.
This harbor was only temporary.
She had already seen through Arlong's crew's intentions.
She knew they would never easily let go of Cocoyasi Village.
Even if she could really produce 100 million berries, Arlong's crew would definitely find other excuses.
"Sora, I..."
Before Nami could say anything, she was interrupted.
"Leave the rest to me. We're friends, after all!"
Sora placed his large hand on Nami's head, gently ruffling it.
Having said that.
Snap!
Sora snapped his fingers.
Tohru understood and immediately brought out a money box from the room, opening it.
Inside were neatly stacked ten-thousand-berry bills, totaling ten thousand notes.
"Here's 100 million. Do you want to count it?"
Sora smiled.
"Woah!"
"Really unexpected!"
"Didn't expect you to be a rich boy!"
"Should have robbed you last night, then you couldn't show off!"
"But... wanting to show off in front of us, just having money isn't enough!"
After their initial shock, the fish-men's mocking expressions intensified.
Sora had no intention of conversing with small fry, keeping his gaze locked on Arlong.
"Hahaha!"
Arlong suddenly burst into laughter.
"Excellent! Nami, you truly are my most capable officer. You did very well this time, bringing me such a fat sheep. Thanks to your notification..."
"What... what are you saying? That's nonsense... I didn't... I never..."
Nami's face turned deathly pale again.
She had already come to regard Sora and the others as true friends and would never betray them.
But Arlong's words had put her on the spot.
Even if she wanted to argue, the current situation was...
"Don't worry, since you found me such a fat sheep, I'll consider giving you the village!"
Arlong continued to sow discord, tormenting Nami's heart.
"It's not true... I really didn't..."
Nami covered her face with her hands, tears streaming uncontrollably.
"That's not how it is, Sora-san. Nami, she..."
Nojiko looked at her sister with heartache, wanting to explain.
"You don't need to say anything!"
Sora waved his hand.
"What? Have you already accepted reality? How does it feel to be backstabbed by a friend?"
Arlong looked mockingly at Sora, wanting to see fury on his face.
However, this wish was destined to be disappointed.
"Enough with the inflammatory words—they're too crude!"
Sora snorted with laughter.
"What did you say?"
Arlong's expression darkened.
"Even if I produced 100 million berries, you never planned to return the village to Nami, right?"
Sora spoke again, not waiting for Arlong's answer.
"What a coincidence—actually, I'm just showing you this 100 million berries. I never planned to really give it to you!"
Hearing this, the smile completely disappeared from Arlong's face.
"What? Do you know what you're saying? Do you want to die?"
Fish-man officer Kuroobi was furious.
"To be honest, I'm not quite used to solving problems with violence yet, but I'll have to adapt eventually. After all, there are too many demons and monsters in this world!"
Sora mused to himself.
Having transmigrated to the pirate world for over a month.
Sora had spent most of his time on fishing to get stronger.
He had only demonstrated his full strength to Tohru.
He had never actually fought a real battle.
However...
"Pretentious human, I'll make you understand the price of showing off in front of our Arlong Pirates!"
Fish-man officer Kuroobi exploded with rage.
"Take action!"
Sora spoke calmly.
He seemed oblivious to the menacing approach of Kuroobi.
Just as Kuroobi's fish-man karate was about to strike Sora.
The next second.
A slender small hand struck first, suddenly slapping down.
With just a splat sound.
Fish-man officer Kuroobi's robust body exploded into a cloud of blood mist the moment it touched that pale, delicate hand.
At this moment, the world fell silent!!!
"You bunch of neither-human-nor-fish creatures have been chattering nonstop since earlier. It's really irritating!"
Tohru spoke coldly, dragon might surging forth.