63. Cocoyashi village

63. Cocoyashi village

Arlong Park

Arlong right now was having a meeting with Captain Nezumi of the 16th branch of East Blue. He was the one responsible for covering up for most of the ill works of Arlong from the bribe money he received from Arlong.

"Here is the payment for this month!!" Arlong said as he handed a stack of notes to Nezumi.

"Hahaha...I really like your straightforwardness. You are really different from ordinary pirates."

"Hahaha.. Normally I hate humans, but you are an exception."

"Ah well.. I should better leave. I can't stay here for a long time or others will get the wrong idea."

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"That's not required at the moment. By the way, there is a new pirate group in the sea headed by a vicious Captain known as Straw Hat Luffy and Punisher Ken. Their bounties are 120 million bellies each. You should keep an eye."

Arlong almost spat the drink he had on his mouth hearing the bounty. His bounty was only 20 million. Though his bounty didn't exactly represent his strength, he sure as hell knew that he didn't have the strength of 120 million bellies.

"How is this possible? It's only East Blue. Nobody can have such high bounties here." Arlong refused to accept.

"I don't know. We are being advised to report to the headquarters if we come across them and not engage plus report back to the headquarters on first sight." Nezumi said as he showed the posters of Luffy and Ken.

It really was 120 million bellies!!

"I will inform you if I see them." Arlong was smart. He knew when he should hide. He wouldn't be here if it wasn't that. He was in East Blue because the Grand Line was where the big boys played and he didn't have much freedom there.

"Yes. Come with me. I will take you to my place." Hachi said and Luffy followed him like a willing follower.

"This idiot!!"

"Did he just forget about his reason for coming to the village?"

"He definitely did."

"Let's follow this idiot so that he doesn't do anything wrong."

Thus Ken and others followed behind Hachi who was eagerly talking with Luffy. For a moment everyone except for Nami and Ken were a little confused. They expected the Fishman to be a vicious pirate group but now it seemed like this wasn't true for all.

"Not all Fishman are as bad as you think. They have been oppressed for a really long time. Arlong is just the product of our hatred towards them. Arlong belonged to the Sun Pirates which was led by Captain Fisher Tiger. He once climbed the Red Line and freed many slaves which included both human and fishmen. Both Jinbei and Arlong belonged to that group. Later Fisher Tiger died and the pirate group was disbanded. That is the only connection Arlong has with Jinbei."

Ken narrated the whole story of Arlong in just one breath. They didn't expect such a grave history behind Arlong.

"Then why is he here? Just for the sake of enjoyment?"

"After Jinbei joined the Warlords, he was the one who asked the government to leave his crew as he became the Captain of the Sun Pirates after the death of Fisher Tiger. In a sense he let go of Arlong and didn't care anymore."

"Then Jinbei is responsible for all of this?"

"If you have a dog in your home who is a little rude to others. Will you punish him just because he took a bite at others? Some might, but can you be heartless to do the same to that dog?"

Nami finally understood what Ken meant. Jinbei probably had no idea how cruel and atrocious acts Arlong was committing after he left.

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