Chapter 525 - Hello Nami, It’s Me Again...
Three years ago.
Sabo recovered his memories with Uehara’s help. At that time, Sabo also saw Luffy when he returned to Mt. Colubo with Dadan.
When they meet in Loguetown again, Luffy’s face was full of surprise, “Sabo! Why are you here?”
“Ah, I just happened to have something to do in Loguetown…”
Sabo turned to look at his brother with a refreshing smile on his face, “I will stop him. Hurry up and leave with your companions!”
“This white smoke man is very difficult…”
“Don’t worry.”
Sabo smiled and shook his head. His palm slowly turned into a claw shape, and Busoshoku Haki(Armament Haki) instantly covered his palm.
“Dragon Claw Fist!”
Sabo attacked Smoker!
His pitch-black claws then fiercely clawed at Smoker!
“Busoshoku Haki(Armament Haki)…”
In the next moment, Smoker jumps backward with an ugly expression.
Even so, his clothes were still ripped open by the Dragon Claw Fist!
“Go, Luffy!”
Sabo looked at Luffy with a smile and said, “Follow the sea breeze that will send you off and enter the Grandline! Go see the world’s most magnificent scenery and become stronger and stronger! Be sure to get the ONE PIECE we agreed on and become the Pirate King of this era!”
“Ah, don’t worry!”
Luffy smiled and nodded. He flew toward the dock, and his voice spread throughout Loguetown’s square, “I already said that I will definitely become the Pirate King!”
“This guy…”
Sabo chuckled and shook his head helplessly.
Sabo was really helpless for his idiotic brother. Sometimes, Sabo even felt that he was infected by Luffy…
A burst of white smoke suddenly began to spread again.
Smoker’s figure reappeared in front of Sabo. He clenched his Jitte and puffed out smoke from the cigar in his mouth.
“Hmph, Straw Hat Luffy’s helper?”
Smoker waved his Jitte and rushed toward Sabo again. He then shouted with a fierce expression, “Then you can stay here together!”
Sabo held the metal pipe in his hand and faced Smoker’s Jitte. His smile gradually became more confident, “I absolutely can not agree to this matter…”
The next second, the two of them started a big battle on Loguetown’s square!
While Sabo and Smoker were fighting, Luffy and the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates had already fled to the port and rushed to their pirate ship.
“Wait…”
Zoro’s eyes seemed to see a figure on the Going Merry. He couldn’t help but say, “Hey, there seems to be someone else on our ship!”
“Huh? How is that possible?”
Sanji glanced at the people around him, “Nami-chan, this idiot Luffy, Usopp, and you sh*tty marimo are here, so there should be no one on the ship… Anyway, he is not a good person. He should be a thief. Let’s get on the ship first!”
“Ahhhhh…”
Nami saw that the lush tangerine trees on the Going Merry had disappeared. Her expression quickly became irritable, “Ah… Where are my tangerine trees? If I had known, I should have left you alone to watch the ship!”
“Stop arguing! Stop arguing! There are three marines on the ship!”
Usopp stared at the figures on the ship. As a sniper, Usopp had the best eyesight.
On the Going Merry.
Uehara sat on the railing of the ship and slowly raised his head to look at the weather. He opened his palm and said calmly, “Admiral Aokiji, Ain, go and help our Captain Smoker!”
“So annoying…”
Aokiji scratched his hair and flew to the shore, “Dragon is not easy to deal with…”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Uehara glanced at Ain, who had flown down, and smiled, “You only need to delay Dragon. Let Ain and the CP reinforcements have enough time to catch Sabo.”
“Yes, Vice Admiral Naraku.”
Ain nodded with a serious face and continued, “Are we really not going to catch those people from the Straw Hat Pirates? This opportunity is very rare…”
“It is useless to catch them at this time, isn’t it?”
Uehara shook his head and refused Ain’s proposal, “Right now, only Straw Hat Luffy has a bounty. Even if we catch him, it will only be locked up for a period of time… Moreover, the person we are going to catch today will make the Straw Hat Luffy even sadder.”
“Understood!”
Ain nodded.
“So bad…”
Aokiji shook his head.
The next second, the two people ran in the direction of Loguetown square. When they met the Straw Hat Pirates, they didn’t stop them; they just dodged and rushed into Loguetown square again!
“Eh?”
The people of the Straw Hat Pirates were still a little surprised.
Luffy scratched his head and looked at the two marines who were running in the direction of Loguetown square. He couldn’t help but be surprised, “Eh? Aren’t they here to catch us?”
“Those two guys are very strong!”
Zoro’s gaze could not help but change. He suddenly clenched his swords and said, “What do they mean? Are they looking down on us?”𝐟𝓇𝘦𝒆w𝚎𝐛n𝐨ν𝙚𝚕. c𝚘ｍ
“Zoro, don’t say anymore!”
Usopp looked in the direction of the Going Merry, and his face showed a trace of fear, “The remaining guy on the ship seems to be even more terrifying!”
In the next moment, the wind suddenly became more violent!
This gale instantly blew away the black cloud in the sky, and a ray of sunlight penetrated through the black cloud gap, illuminating Uehara, who was sitting on the Going Merry railing.
In the eyes of the Straw Hat Pirates…
This scene was extremely sacred and solemn, and people couldn’t help but admire it!
“Uehara!”
Luffy recognized Uehara’s appearance; his face showed a trace of joy. He then excitedly waved his arm, “Long time no see, Uehara!”
Because Straw Hat Pirates always mentioned Uehara, even if Luffy wanted to forget Uehara’s appearance, he would always be passively thinking about it.
“That guy…”
Sanji’s expression couldn’t help but change.
It was really not easy to make Sanji have a good impression of Uehara. Because he had seen Uehara’s bad behavior with his own eyes.
Nami’s mood became even more complicated.
A touch of anger gradually appeared on Nami’s face. She angrily rushed to the side of Going Merry and waved her fist angrily.
“Hey, Uehara, the tangerine trees that I brought from Cocoyashi Village on the Going Merry are stolen by you again!”
There was no doubt about this!
Other than the Uehara in front of her, who else would waste their time stealing the tangerine trees?
“Well, I left one for you!”
Uehara chuckled and shook his head. He threw a coin to Nami and said, “One hundred Beli, this is the money to buy the tangerine trees…”
“Wh… what?”
Nami subconsciously took the coin. Her eyes suddenly changed, “Wait, Uehara, the money we put on the ship…”
“Yes, I saw it. There are still 17,930,000 Beli in the safe…”
Uehara spread out his palm and said sincerely, “It seems that it is not easy for you to save so much money. I promise you that I will squander them well.”
This number was not bad at all.
Nami’s expression became very ugly. Everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates could see that Nami was not in a good mood.
But…
This Uehara was too much!
Nami clenched her fists and slowly raised her head to look at Uehara.
Obviously…
Nami’s temper was on the verge of exploding.
In the past few years, Nami had never forgotten what happened after she met Uehara when she was fifteen. Now, history seemed to repeat itself.
This bastard, why was he always stealing her things?
“Nami, there are some things you shouldn’t say.”
Uehara shook the cloak on his body and smiled. “Let me remind you, I am Marine Vice Admiral. Compared to the Marine Captain Smoker, I am stronger. Have you figured out what to say?”
Nami’s face suddenly froze.
Even if Uehara was not Vice Admiral, Nami wanted to scold him, but she had to think about it because she knew that this guy was actually very petty…
Thinking of the past, Nami’s heart was full of grievances. Tears slowly gathered in her eyes. She looked up at Uehara and said, “You are already in the marine now; why are you still stealing my things…”
Pitiful…
Aggrieved and wronged…
This was Nami’s usual killer for men.
Uehara looked at Nami’s expression and tilted his head. He thought for a while and gave an answer, “Maybe I feel that it’s not easy for you to make money, so I have the responsibility to help you spend the money… By the way, I have also sent people to take away the jewelry you hid in your room.”
“…”
The grievance on Nami’s face immediately turned into despair.
As expected, Uehara was still that vile bastard.
Even if he became a marine, he still couldn’t change his nature of bullying a little girl like her. But why was this guy always able to find her money?
And every time he appeared at her happiest time…
He would steal her money, steal her treasure, steal her tangerine tree…
After Arlong Pirate was destroyed last time, Nami was at her happiest, but Uehara robbed her of the money she had saved up for many years. This time, when she had just returned from shopping and was about to enter the Grandline, the money and jewelry were all robbed again…
This guy…
Could it be her nightmare?
“Making a beautiful girl cry is not something a man should do!”
Sanji’s voice suddenly sounded in everyone’s ears. His figure quickly jumped toward Uehara and continuously kicked him!
Uehara stretched out his palm toward Sanji in the air, and a Busoshoku Haki(Armament Haki) was instantly released from his palm!
Then Sanji’s body flew backward at an even faster speed!
“Idiot!”
Zoro cursed Sanji, then suddenly pulled out his three swords and rushed toward Uehara, “Santoryu: Sanzen Sekai(Three Sword Style: Three Thousand Worlds)!”
A murderous aura and a sword light swept toward Uehara!
In the next moment, Uehara stretched out a finger and pressed it on one of the swords, blocking the attack that looked like a tiger and causing a drop of cold sweat to appear on Zoro’s face instantly!
This…
What exactly was going on?
What kind of joke was this?
Last time in Baratie, Mihawk used a small knife to break it. This time, Uehara used a finger to break his sword style!
“You…”
Zoro stared at Uehara and felt that something was wrong. They hadn’t entered the Grandline yet, and they were already captured by the marine?
This kind of strength…
Even Luffy was far from being able to compare!
It was hard to imagine how many strong people there were in the marine and how many monsters there were in the Grandline!
“I won’t stop you.”
Uehara slowly shook his head and jumped down from the Going Merry railing. He then said seriously, “Luffy, leave here now and enter the Grandline, but you will pay a very painful price!”