Chapter 404: Nami, Arlong, Chopper |
Luffy: "Since it's the enemy, let's take it down first."
Nico Robin: "Oh? It seems that you are very confident in your strength?"
A moment later, Nico Robin was pinned to the ground by Arlong, unable to move.
There is no way, neither Zoro nor Sanji will do anything to the girl, and the only way is to let Arlong do it himself. Arlong's face and voice are indeed very suitable for playing this role.
He didn't even need to pretend, just being himself, he behaved superbly enough.
Arlong: "If you're just an ordinary devil fruit user... then I'm sorry, your tricks won't work for us."
Nico Robin was also shocked at this time, she didn't expect that she would be subdued so easily.
At the same time, it also caused complicated thoughts in her heart.
Her purpose of helping Princess Vivi is actually very simple, that is, to prevent the loss of life, and she doesn't want to see Crocodile's plot succeed.
She didn't want to put herself in it.
But now it's different.
Seeing the strength of Luffy and the others, she had a faint thought in her heart, maybe... Maybe this group of people can really stop Crocodile?
Then she won't kill a large number of innocent people just to interpret the historical text!
Nico Robin said regardless of her appearance: "Wait! Wait! If it were you, maybe you could really stop that crazy man!"
Luffy: "What do you mean?"
Immediately, Nico Robin told everyone about Crocodile's real purpose. Princess Vivi was surprised and angry when she heard about it! What Crocodile did did not treat the people of the Kingdom of Alabasta as human lives at all!
Luffy: "So what about you? Aren't you with him?"
Nico Robin: "I joined him just to interpret the inscriptions left over from history through Poneglyphs! As for the 'Pluton' or something, I don't care at all! I even always hope that someone can come out to stop him! If you don't believe me! You make him let me go! I'll prove it to you!"
Luffy and Arlong looked at each other.
Immediately, Arlong let go of Nico Robin.
Nico Robin took out a permanent compass (Eternal Pose) from her bosom, threw it to Princess Vivi and continued: "This compass points to the front of the Alabasta Kingdom, so there will be no pursuers. I specially brought this to help you escape the pursuit of the Baroque Work Syndicate."
Speaking of this, Nico Robin paused for a moment, and glanced at the people on board: "But... now, it seems that you don't have to worry about chasing soldiers..."
Luffy: "Then what about the man you mentioned?"
Nico Robin: "He is one of the Seven Warlords. Not long ago, he was summoned by the marine to Marineford, so you don't need to worry about it for the time being. He should not launch his plan so soon."
Luffy grinned: "Really? It just so happens that our goal is also Marineford. Since you don't agree with what he did, why don't you come with us to Marineford to kill him."
Nico Robin said in horror: "Are you crazy?! Why are you going to Marineford?! That's the headquarters of the Marine! Aren't you throwing yourself into a trap when you go there?!"
Luffy and his party were able to defeat Crocodile, Nico Robin could barely believe it. But it is absolutely impossible for her to believe that Luffy and others can fight against the entire naval force!
Having been hunted down for so many years, she knows the strength of the world government and marine best, but they are existences that no one else can match!
Luffy: "We're going there- naturally we have our reasons. Since you also want to get rid of that man's control, don't you plan to give it a try?"
At this time, Luffy certainly didn't really invite Nico Robin.
He just wanted to test Nico Robin's mind.
Nico Robin crossed her hands in front of her: "I'm sorry, the Kingdom of Alabasta is still waiting for me, I don't want to accompany you crazy people to die."
After finishing speaking, she displayed her flowery fruit ability.
Countless pairs of arms quickly formed a bridge, instantly supporting her back on the back of the huge tortoise, and then urged the tortoise to speed up and leave here without looking back.
Luffy and the others did not stop her either.
They just watched her leave silently.
...
A few days later, since there was no other Eternal Pose to the Kingdom of Alabasta, Luffy and his party had to sail in the direction of the pointer given by Nico Robin.
Then came to the next location, a Little Garden.
In the original book, Luffy and his party will meet the two giants Dorry and Brogy here, as well as Mr.3 and Mr.5 who are planning to hunt them down.
In this process, the two sides experienced a bitter battle.
Zoro was even in this battle, and almost chopped off his own feet with his own hands.
However, after meeting Li Yaoxiang, they are now different.
The giant Dorry wanted to attack Luffy because of the misunderstanding of the wine explosion, but he was easily taken down by Luffy. Even dealing with the group of Mr.3 and Mr.5 is extremely easy.
Finally, they successfully won the Eternal Pose to the Kingdom of Alabasta from Mr.13's pair of birdies.
Finally, they can officially set off to the Kingdom of Alabasta without waiting a year in this Little Garden to record the pointer.
However, after leaving the Little Garden, the gears of fate returned to the original track.
No one noticed that Nami was bitten by a poisonous insect.
The result is that the high fever persists, and her life is in danger.
Originally everyone planned to let Nami go through the air door to receive treatment. But this idea was rejected by Li Yaoxiang. Said that this is also one of the tests given to them.
In desperation, in order to treat Nami, Luffy and others had to decide to go to the nearest island, which is the Drum Kingdom. But on the way, they encountered a huge tornado and the fleeing King of Drum Kingdom, which made their journey even slower.
Nami's situation became worse and worse.
Inside the cabin.
Nami's face was flushed with heat, and she was lying on the futon with difficulty breathing.
The rest surrounded her.
Nami covered her eyes, couldn't help crying, and said unwillingly, "Why? Why am I so useless... How can I revive my mother..."
As soon as the words came out.
The faces of everyone in the cabin were also ugly.
Li Yaoxiang once said that he would decide whether to revive them or not depending on how much they helped Luffy. And Nami's current situation is obvious, she has become a burden, how could she not worry about Li Yaoxiang's opinion of her?
For a while, everyone didn't know how to comfort Nami.
After all, resurrection is not something they can decide.
After a moment of silence, Luffy said: "Nami, don't worry about it so much. The most important thing now is to cure your illness. As for the resurrection...don't worry, I will try my best to convince my brother when the time comes."
That's right.
But everyone knows the persuasion that Luffy said, so there should be little hope.
After all, they all saw how clear Li Yaoxiang's attitude was.
And just when everyone felt a little overwhelmed, the voice of Arlong suddenly sounded in everyone's ears: "Let me do it..."
Everyone looked at Arlong in bewilderment.
Arlong was a little annoyed by everyone's eyes: "I mean, now we can see the island in front of us. Although the distance is still a bit far, there is no way to get there as soon as possible. I will carry her on my back. Let Nami go there to seek medical treatment first, so the speed should be much faster. You can catch up later."
Everyone looked at Arlong, still in a daze.
Nami, who was so ill and delirious, also heard what Arlong said, but she still insisted: "No, I don't need your help..."
Luffy, who came back to his senses, quickly persuaded him: "Nami, let him help you! Take it as atonement for what he did to you before..."
Nami: "No, no matter what, I don't want to be helped by him..."
At this time, Arlong pushed away everyone, came to Nami, and looked down at Nami condescendingly: "Oh, do you think I'm helping you? I just don't want to lose an excellent navigator on our ship!"
Nami covered her eyes even more tightly now.
She bit her lower lip tightly and said nothing.
Arlong picked her up aggressively, walked out of the cabin, jumped directly into the sea, and swam towards the island in front at an extremely fast speed.
As for Luffy and the others, they didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly took the helm to catch up.
After a while.
Luffy and his party finally arrived at this 'island without a name'. But the situation is not as good as expected, because they have seen Arlong with Nami on his back being besieged by a group of people!
In the original book, this place was originally the Drum Kingdom.
But because of the fleeing of the king of Drum Kingdom, the residents here will not recognize this name and plan to re-establish a new country. They are very wary of outsiders at this stage, especially pirates. After all, they were destroyed by pirates not long ago.
In the original book, Princess Vivi was the first to kneel and kowtow for help, and then Luffy knelt and kowtowed to avoid this dispute.
But now it is different.
The actions of Arlong caused everything to go haywire!
Moreover, even if there is no Arlong, it is estimated that Luffy will not kneel and kowtow like in the original book. Because it is no longer possible for Luffy to put his emphasis on human life on the other party's thoughts.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Luffy immediately jumped to the island and shouted: "Do it!"
Immediately, everyone took action to deal with those who besieged Arlong.
After a while.
Everyone, including Dalton, the captain of the former Drum Royal Guard who had the ability of the Ox fruit, was also subdued.
Dalton glared at Luffy and his party resentfully: "You pirates, what else do you want?! We have nothing here worth grabbing!"
Arlong shouted loudly: "Didn't I say it already?! I want to find a doctor! It's a doctor!"
Dalton turned his head: "You pirates, can't believe it at all!"
Luffy didn't have the heart to entangle with them any longer, so he picked up Dalton directly: "Let me tell you for the last time, we are adventurers, not pirates! Also, do you have a doctor on this island? Where is the doctor? I don't care if you believe or not, I will kill you all right now!"
Princess Vivi: "Luffy..."
Luffy stared back fiercely, staring so hard that Princess Vivi didn't dare to make a sound.
I have to say, this trick is still useful. In the end, Dalton couldn't bear the pressure, and told the information about the only doctor on the island, who was the "witch" in their mouths.
After getting the information from the witch, Arlong ran madly on the snow with Nami on his back without saying a word.
Luffy also chased after him.
The next situation is similar to the original.
During the process, they encountered many ferocious big snow rabbits. The difference is that in the original book, Sanji and Luffy sent Nami here together.
And this time, Arlong and Luffy sent Nami here.
And finally successfully climbed to the top of the mountain, allowing Nami to receive treatment.
At the same time, the king of Drum Kingdom also came back here at this time. However, they were all easily dealt with by Zoro and the others.
A few hours later.
Nami finally woke up from the hospital bed.
And the first thing she saw was the cute Chopper.
"Who are you?"
Chopper was so frightened by Nami's sudden voice that he slipped and fell, which was very exaggerated. Then Chopper hid behind the wall for the first time.
Of course, apart from covering up a little antlers, most of the rest of the body is still exposed.
"???"
"..."
"Normal people should hide their bodies..."
Chopper trembled when he heard this, and quickly changed direction to hide.
"It's too late, I have already found you, and you haven't completely hidden yourself, who are you?"
"Less... less wordy, human! Your high fever should have subsided, right?!"
"You can talk?!"
"Whoa whoa whoa!!"
At this time, a voice came from outside: "Chopper, what are you arguing about?"
The next thing is that it is the same as the original.
After learning the importance of the ship's doctor, Luffy immediately invited the 139-year-old grandma to join them. Of course, it was impossible for the witch to agree.
And Chopper's sudden appearance was mistaken by Luffy for food, and he followed Arlong to catch up.
In the end, the witch chased Arlong and Luffy and ran around in the castle.
Chopper secretly hid back.
Staying in the same room with Nami, he poked Nami cautiously: "You...you are adventurers? What is an adventurer?"
Nami smiled and replied: "The definition of an adventurer is similar to that of a pirate. But we will never do the hateful behavior of a pirate."
Chopper: "Really...really?"
"Really."
"Then do you have a flag?"
"It's just a white sail. Are you interested in adventurers?"
"No! Not at all! Don't talk nonsense!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I said the wrong thing, don't be nervous. Otherwise... you can come too!"
