"Thank you for your hard work."
Arlong showed his sharp teeth and smiled at the three returning fishmen.
"No, we know everything about this area, from wind direction to the deep sea. It's a piece of cake," Kuroobi said with a relaxed look.
"As long as we have excellent abilities, there will be no rivals in this sea," Hatchan gestured in the air with his hands.
"There is also Nami's sea chart," Chew added while holding the sea chart in his hand.
"We followed this moving reef, and we know the movement of the tides very well."
"This nautical chart is well drawn," Kuroobi praised.
"As long as Nami draws all the sea charts in the world, we can become the invincible kings of the sea."
Hearing this, Arlong spread his hands and sighed helplessly, saying:
"Ah, ah. Nami is an indispensable woman in building the Arlong Empire. What a pity."
Hatchan: "What a pity?"
Chew: "Arlong promised Nami that after she had saved up 100 million Berries, he would release her and Cocoyasi Village."
"Really? Brother Arlong?" Hatchan asked in disbelief, waving his six hands.
"Are you going to let Nami go? Is it true... What a pity."
Arlong said with an unhappy look on his face:
"There's nothing I can do. I agreed with her about that 8 years ago."
After saying that, Arlong smiled wickedly again:
"As long as it is a financial agreement, I will abide by it even if I die. I but..."
...
"You saw it too... the navy ship was sunk before it even started attacking."
"So you still have the idea of defeating Arlong?"
Nojiko put her hands on her hips and spoke to everyone.
After that, Nojiko and the people in the town returned to the village.
"That is to say, Luffy, how about we reconsider the attack?"
Usopp waved his hands in panic and shouted at Luffy.
"If you're scared, just stay here and wait for us to come back."
Zoro, who was standing by, held the hilt of the sword at his waist and spoke calmly to Usopp.
"Who... who would be afraid... just go ahead!"
Although Usopp said he was not afraid, his legs were shaking constantly.
"Lock, what do you say... how about we go up now... hmm?... where are the people?"
Luffy was about to turn around and ask Lock, but found that Lock was gone again.
"Brother Luffy, Brother Lock said he was going to rescue those marines, so let's wait here for a while."
After saying that, Johnny pointed in the direction of the navy ship just now...
Hearing this, Luffy looked in the direction Johnny pointed, and saw a figure in the sky flying quickly towards the big whirlpool.
Although Lock would not save people casually, since he saw them and he could rescue them, he would naturally go and save them.
Of course, if these sailors repaid kindness with enmity, Lock didn't mind throwing them back into the sea again.
Suspension
"What... what's going on..."
"I... we... are floating!"
"I thought I was dead!"
"We're… we're saved!"
After Lock used levitation magic to make the marines float, the marines shouted in shock and relief.
"This... what on earth is going on? We survived that terrifying vortex."
The brigadier general pinched his face hard and looked around in disbelief.
"If you don't want to die, don't talk or move!"
Lock, who was floating above the marines, spoke lightly to the marines below.
"Look! There is a man with long hair floating in the sky." One of the Marines pointed at Lock in the sky and said loudly to his companions.
Hearing this, all the marines raised their heads and looked towards Lock.
"Could it be that this man saved us?"
"I'm Brigadier General Brin Brin of the 77th Branch. May I ask who you are?"
The brigadier general first introduced himself and then asked Lock.
"Didn't you hear what I said just now? If you have anything to say, wait until we get ashore!" Upon hearing this, Lock replied indifferently.
Lock is only kind and gentle in front of Luffy and the others, and the people he likes.
Of course, Lock is also very polite when facing ordinary people, provided that the other party does not seek death.
"Hmm..." Upon hearing this, all the Marines, including the brigadier general, covered their mouths and fell silent.
Lock saw that everyone had quieted down, and then he waved his hand and used magic to slowly fly the marines and the brigadier general back to the coast.
"Hey, Lock, we are pirates. If we save these navy soldiers, what if they want to capture us?"
Usopp leaned close to Lock's ear and whispered.
"Don't worry, if that happens, I will take action."
Lock replied calmly.
"Well... okay..." Hearing this, Usopp sighed softly and didn't say anything else.
"Well... although we don't know who you are... but... we still want to thank you."
"Thank you!"
"Arigato!!!"
The brigadier general took the lead in bowing to Lock, and then the Marines followed suit.
"Don't worry about it, I'm just used to it."
Lock spread out his hands and said as if he didn't care.
[When in the Western Fantasy Continent, Lock always rescued the people, and it was the same even after the Starlight Empire unified the continent. Whenever he ran out of magic inspiration, he would go out and fly around. When he saw someone in danger, Lock would help them.]
"But... even if you say so... we still..."
Just when the brigadier general was about to say something, Lock interrupted him with a wave of his hand:
"It's nothing. If you want to thank us... after we destroy Arlong and his gang and leave here, you can take care of Cocoyasi Village."
Lock patted Brin Brin's shoulder and said.
"Even if you don't tell us, we will protect the villagers. This is our duty as a navy."
"Although you can make us float, I still hope you can be careful of Arlong and his gang..."
Brigadier General Brin Brin spoke to Lock seriously.
"How was your ship sunk?" Zoro, holding a sword, asked the brigadier general.
"They dismantled our rudder and moved the reefs on the seabed. These are not important. The main reason for our shipwreck was the sudden appearance of a large whirlpool near the ship. And..."
The brigadier general told everyone what had happened word for word.
"The rudder was removed, the reef was moved, and a big whirlpool happened to appear... this is too much of a coincidence..." Johnny said in surprise.
"Let's not worry about this for now. We're not going to fight them in the sea anyway. You should just follow us back to the village..."
Lock said calmly to everyone.
Hearing this, the brigadier general and the marines nodded, and then followed Lock towards the village.
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