"Eh, aren't you happy, Drake? From now on you will be the ship captain." Tsunade poked Drake's waist with envy.
"Haha, then thank you, Master." Drake smiled.
"Congratulations to you, Captain Drake." Tsunade crossed her arms.
"I never thought that I would become a member of the pirates..." Borsalino sighed.
"Then, Captain Drake, what position would you like me to take? Do I need to row the boat?"
"No need, my Golden Hind uses magic power, no need to paddle manually." Drake said, "But if you really want to row it, then I'll let you, haha!"
"Okay, okay, now it's time for dinner. Emiya, please."
"Hmph, a pile of dishes." Emiya waved his hand and then walked towards the kitchen.
After being busy in the kitchen, Emiya brought delicious dishes to the dining table.
"Hey, this tastes really good. Much better than the food served in the Marine canteen." Borsalino sighed after eating the plate of extra spicy food that Emiya had made.
"Oh, not bad. I thought you didn't like spicy food, Borsalino." Vermillion praised Borsalino while wiping his sweat.
"This extra spicy tofu is amazing."
"Well, I rarely eat spicily, but if the food is good, then I won't refuse." Borsalino also wiped the sweat off his forehead while making a weird expression.
"Master, don't eat all the time, let's drink!" Drake raised her wine glass towards Vermillion.
"Yes, my little master, it would be boring to just eat and not drink." Tsunade leaned against Vermillion with a blush on her face.
"Huah... so good! Both the wine and the food, everything is delicious!" Musashi devoured her food voraciously and then drank the wine that had been prepared.
"Haha, let's cheer for our formed group!" Vermillion raised his glass.
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
***
In the waters near Cocoyasi Village, there's a pirate ship with a jagged nose-shaped tip.
"Arlong, the Cocoyasi Village we are heading towards is already in sight!" The fish-man with braided hair approached Arlong. "What should we do next?"
"Hahaha, of course to take over the Village and let the lowly humans work for us!" Arlong laughed viciously.
"We have established a relationship with the Marines, even if we rule the village, we will still be safe."
"Is that person called Nezumi really that trustworthy?"
"Even though he is a lowly human, I can see that he is a greedy bastard. He will never let go of the opportunity to work with us." Arlong looked at the approaching Cocoyashi Village with a grin.
"Come, my brethren, let those lowly humans taste the horror of the Fish-men!"
***
"Nami, Bellmere told us to come back; dinner will be ready soon," Nojiko said to her sister, who was reading a book, with a big smile.
"Okay, I'll be right back." Closing the book, little Nami jumped up and ran to her sister.
"Hmm, why do you like reading nautical books so much?" Nojiko looked at the book Nami was holding.
"Of course, because one day I want to draw a world map!" Nami raised the book in her hand with a bright smile.
"When I finish the chart, I will take Nojiko and Bellmere for a cruise on the ocean!"
"Hehe, I'll wait until that day comes."
"Leave it to me!" Nami patted her chest.
*Boom!*
Suddenly there was a loud explosion that shook the ground violently.
"Th-the house is lifted!"
"N-no way! The house was lifted with nothing but bare hands?!"
The villagers not far from the scene widened their eyes at the barbaric actions just now.
"From now on, this place will belong to the great Fish-man!" Arlong looked at the villagers with a fierce look.
"Adults and children will be obliged to pay once a month. If you don't pay, I will destroy your house!"
"Children need to pay fifty thousand Belly, and adults need to pay one hundred thousand Belly!" Arlong laughed viciously.
"Ho-how could we possibly pay that much money!"
"Yes, and it has to be paid every month..."
The villagers were shocked and also angry.
"Huh?" Hearing the words of the villagers, Arlong's face immediately darkened. He walked over to one of the houses that were still standing strong, picked it up, and threw it at the villagers.
"?!!"
"Run!"
"The house was thrown at us!"
*Boom!*
The earth shook once again.
"Do you still want to go against my words?" Arlong looked even more gloomy.
Arlong's crew walked towards the villagers one after another with grinning smiles.
"Wait! We agree, please, at least don't kill us!" The middle-aged man in a windmill hat hastily said.
"Then prepare the money now!" Arlong said as he raised a rock and threatened to throw it.
"Yes, yes!" Genzo and the villagers immediately nodded obediently.
Smoke was seen from the house chimney on the hillside not far from the coast.
"Oh, is there anyone in the house?" Seeing smoke billowing not far away, Arlong walked toward the direction the smoke was coming from.
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