Chapter 207The thousand sunny looked as small as a child's toy in front of this sea beast."Rubber, Gum-Gum Giant Pistol!"Luffy leaped into the air, his arm expanding rapidly, and a massive fist, brimming with terrifying power, smashed directly into the sea beast's relatively soft underbelly.Boom—!!A dull thud echoed, accompanied by the sea beast's pained screech. Its massive body stiffened abruptly, then slowly toppled backward."Watch out for the tsunami!"Nami shouted with great experience.Sure enough, the sea beast's colossal body slammed into the ocean, kicking up waves dozens of meters high that came crashing toward the thousand sunny.Zoro, Sanji, and the others immediately took action, using slashes or kicks to disperse the waves nearing the ship.Luffy returned to normal and landed on the deck, rubbing his growling stomach and looking at Sanjiwith eager eyes."Sanji, can we process this big guy and eat it?""Well, it's possible."Before he could finish his sentence."Ah, I'm saved!!"A strange voice, filled with relief and a hint of confusion, suddenly rang out, interrupting Luffy's order.Everyone froze and turned in unison toward the direction of the voice.A green figure jumped out from the stomach of the sea beast that was slowly sinking into the sea, tracing a graceful arc in the air, and then, right on target.Splat.It landed on the face of Luffy, who was looking up at the sky.Everyone: "..."Luffy: "???"He scrambled to pull the mysterious object off his face, but feeling something slippery in his hand, he realized he was holding a fish tail!"Eh?!"Everyone looked over and finally saw clearly that it was a young girl.No, to just call her a young girl would be too superficial.Because this creature had the upper body of a human girl wearing a seashell bikini, with short green hair and clear, large eyes, while her lower body was a beautiful fish tail shimmering with a faint pink luster."Mer, Mermaid!?"Everyone exclaimed in unison."Saved, I'm saved, I almost got digested."The mermaid didn't realize where she had landed; she patted her small chest, looking terrified. "I'm a bit absent-minded. I was passing by this sea beast, and it mistook me for a regular little fish and swallowed me in one gulp. Counting it up, I've been swallowed by different sea beasts over twenty times now."Only then did she notice Luffy and the circle of stunned people around her. She bowed politely: "Thank you for saving me! My name is Camie, I'm Camie the Mermaid!""I'm Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the Pirate King."Luffy also introduced himself subconsciously.Two seconds later.Camie's eyes suddenly popped out like a goldfish, her mouth opened into an 'O' shape, looking absolutely terrified, and she shouted in a high-pitched voice: "You, you're pirates?!"Luffy was startled too.The originally pretty girl had suddenly turned into this ghostly appearance; if you didn't know better, you'd think she had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit."There's no need to be that loud, we aren't going to do anything to you," Nami said, quite helplessly.Her feelings toward Fishmen were complicated; having experienced the Arlong incident, she naturally held an innate hostility toward them.However, she would not easily extend that hatred to the entire race, especially not toward this innocent-looking mermaid girl before her.Camie nervously tugged at Luffy's collar. Hearing this, she breathed a sigh of relief and patted her small chest: "You won't hurt me? That's great."Vivi looked at this unsuspecting little mermaid and couldn't help but cover her forehead: "You believe us that easily?"Robin, holding her coffee, added seriously: "She feels like she's very easy to trick.""Eh!? I'm being tricked!?"Camie's expression instantly became extremely exaggerated, carrying a natural, airheaded cuteness.Everyone was incredibly surprised to see a living mermaid, and even Bonney was experiencing such close contact for the first time.When she heard that Camie was from the Sabaody Archipelago, Bonney was even more shocked."Sabaody Archipelago? How did you manage to escape from there?" Bonney asked.Luffy was confused: "Is there a problem with that?"Bonney explained: "The Sabaody Archipelago has many lawless zones, filled with human traffickers and slave auctions. For a mermaid like Camie, who has no combat ability and is so conspicuous, she is simply their ideal target. That she managed to survive and escape to these waters is absolutely a miracle among miracles."Hearing this, Camie immediately became anxious, her eyes instantly turning red: "Wuu, that's exactly why! My good friend Papyg, and Hatchan the Fishman, were captured by those hateful human trafficking organizations to protect me! I really don't know who to ask for help; could you please, save them? Papyg and Hatchan are only in this situation because of me...""Hatchan the Fishman?"Luffy frowned, recalling that back in the East Blue, Nami had mentioned that an officer from the Arlong Pirates seemed to have escaped, and that the name sounded familiar. His expression turned strange: "Is the Hatchan you're talking about an octopus Fishman who used to be in the East Blue?"Camie nodded vigorously: "Yes! Hatchan used to be in the East Blue.""Then we cannot agree to this request." Luffyinterrupted Camie, his tone unusually cold and hard."Why?"Camie became anxious, tears swirling in her eyes.Luffy looked at Camie and said seriously: "Because we have a grudge. I wiped out the Arlong Piratesin the East Blue."He paused and glanced at Nami, whose expression had changed slightly beside him: "But Nami said that it seems one did manage to escape in the end."Camie noticed Nami's instantly pale face and complex gaze and became even more desperate, hurriedly defending Hatchan: "After Hatchan came back from the East Blue, he has been repenting. He said he did many bad things! He is now the owner of an octopus takoyaki shop in the Sabaody Archipelago, and most of the money he earns is used to help those who encounter difficulties on the island! He has truly turned over a new leaf!"As for the grudge between Nami and the Arlong Pirates, Luffy was the primary party involved.Zoro, Sanji, and the others hadn't even arrived yet when the Arlong Pirates were wiped out by Luffy.From every perspective, Luffy stood absolutely on Nami's side.Chapter 295: Is it delicious? It's delicious~Nami was silent for a moment, then asked: "Is everything you said true?"Camie nodded desperately, and tears finally fell: "It's true! Several times, Hatchan worked himself until he fell ill just to help others! He always says this is to repay the sins he committed in the East Blue."Nami looked at Camie's sincere and anxious eyes, and recalled that back when Hatchan was with the Arlong Pirates, he didn't seem to have the pure malice toward humans that other Fishmen did; it was more like he was just blindly following along.She hesitated.Finally, Nami turned to Luffy, shook her head slightly, and then said to Camie: "We can agree to help you save your friends. But in return, you must tell us the safe way to travel to Fish-Man Island, and once we arrive, you need to provide us with some necessary assistance. How about that?"She was making plans for the entire crew's next leg of the journey.According to Luffy's plan, the next step was to head to the Sabaody Archipelago, and then proceed to the New World via Fish-Man Island.It was said that relations between Fish-Man Islandand humans weren't very good; if they had Camieas a bridge, at least they wouldn't have to worry too much about that.After all, the place they were going was ten thousand meters deep in the ocean, which could be said to be the most vulnerable time for Devil Fruit users like Luffy and the others.Camie, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, agreed hurriedly: "No problem! Absolutely no problem! Thank you! Thank you so much!"Luffy looked at Nami, wanting to say something.Nami, however, stepped forward and gently pressed her forehead against his chest. Her voice was a bit low and hoarse, but carried a sense of relief: "Arlong is already dead."Nami was kind.She knew deeply that the spread of hatred would only bring more hatred and pain.If Hatchan had truly repented as Camie said, and had been doing good deeds to atone for his sins, she was willing to give him a chance, partly so that Luffy and the others could travel to Fish-Man Island more smoothly.She didn't want the shadows of her past to hinder the path forward for her friends....Things developed unexpectedly smoothly.Based on the clues provided by Camie, they quickly found the base of the Flying Fish Knights who had kidnapped Papyg and Hatchan.The process involved almost no decent fighting; in the face of the absolute strength of the Straw Hat, the Flying Fish Knights quickly collapsed.Sure enough, the Hatchan Camie spoke of was the same Hatchan from the Arlong Pirates in the East Blue.When he was rescued, the moment he saw Nami, he was so scared that all six of his arms went limp. His face turned deathly pale, and he stammered as he repented for everything he had done in the East Blue, especially the crimes committed against Nami and Cocoyasi Village.Nami didn't say the word "forgive"; she just looked at him silently.Her understanding was more for the sake of Luffyand the others successfully getting help to travel to Fish-Man Island.But her kindness made it impossible for her to inflict further revenge on someone who had truly repented and taken action to atone for his sins.And the leader of the Flying Fish Knights, Devaluation, successfully made everyone, including Luffy, laugh.It was just because his face looked almost exactly like Sanji's wanted poster!"Because of this face, do you know how much I've suffered?"Devaluation complained with snot and tears, saying that because of this damn wanted poster, he had inexplicably become a wanted criminal, causing him endless trouble, and he couldn't even find a proper job, so he had no choice but to form the Flying Fish Knights."Pfft, hahahaha!"Zoro was the first to lose it, laughing until he was rocking back and forth: "Perverted Cook, is that your brother?"Brook laughed so hard his skeleton rattled, pounding the deck: "Yohohohoho! This is truly hilarious!"Even Vivi and Robin couldn't help but turn their heads away, their shoulders shaking.Nami also covered her mouth and chuckled, diluting the previously somewhat heavy atmosphere.A moment later, a lively takoyaki party began on the deck of the thousand sunny."Not bad, this skill is quite nice.""It's a super perfect match with Franky's cola!""Yohoho, let's have a song.""I'm so glad everyone likes it."Hatchan still had a large bump on his head from the punch Luffy had just given him.In front of Luffy, Hatchan didn't dare to resist at all; it wasn't until Nami spoke up that Luffy finally stopped.Instead, Hatchan scratched his head with one hand and chuckled foolishly, while his remaining five hands operated the griddle like a blur, flipping the golden balls with practiced movements.Beside him, Camie was happily assisting him.Camie wasn't wearing the long dress she used to hide her identity, and her long, beautiful pink tail fin shimmered with a charming luster in the sunlight.Sanji had completely fallen into a beautiful fantasy about mermaids, spinning and leaping around Camie and Hatchan, offering all sorts of compliments, only to be kicked away by an impatient Zoro: "Perverted Cook, get out of the way!""Are you looking to die, you lost-boy?"At Camie's plea and Hatchan's sincere repentance, Nami did not pursue the past anymore.What she hated was Arlong, the Arlong Piratesthat had brought endless pain to Cocoyasi Village, but she did not hate all Fishmen because of that.Seeing Hatchan truly repent and use his actions to make up for his mistakes, her calm and kind heart chose to let go.Of course, the necessary physical education was still indispensable.It was as if Luffy understood her heart and did it for her.
