Black Maria: "I see, Arton likes devoted women."
Violet: "It looks like I need to avoid interacting with other men in the future."
Charlotte Smoothie: "If Arton doesn't plan to give Nami the Raiden Shogun template, then I still have a chance."
Gion: "He clearly likes loyal women, but he himself isn't very loyal."
Stussy: "Arton is definitely a flirtatious man."
Nojiko: "Nami will grow up to be that kind of girl in the future? I need to get in touch with Arton."
The diary copies holders had mixed reactions after seeing Arton's diary entries.
Arton, however, was unaware of their feelings.
"By the way, there are still those people."
"Arton, can you help the people in the arena?"
Nami suddenly looked anxiously towards the arena and said to Arton.
After meeting Arton, Nami was too excited.
She had forgotten about Tashigi and Hina, who were also diary copy holders.
Although these two might become her competitors for gaining power by Arton's side, Nami didn't want to see Tashigi and Hina die, especially since they had exchanged some words.
"Yes, I understand."
Arton naturally didn't know exactly what Nami was thinking.
He thought Nami just wanted to save those innocent people.
And Arton himself also planned to take action.
However, when he saw clearly who was fighting in the arena, his brows furrowed tightly.
"What's wrong, Arton?"
Nami noticed Arton's unusual expression and asked curiously.
"It's nothing, I just saw two people I know on the other side."
Arton shook his head and said.
Pink hair, a dark brown neatly tailored suit, and a woman with decent strength.
The combination of these characteristics immediately reminded Arton of the navy's Hina.
With her influence, Arton quickly recognized the young navy woman with glasses and a sword, Tashigi.
"Unexpectedly, I encountered them here," Arton murmured, sighing.
"Arton, aren't you going to help?" Nami frowned and asked.
Nami didn't find it strange that Arton recognized Hina and Tashigi.
After all, Arton had drawn doujinshis based on the two of them.
However, she was puzzled by Arton's apparent reluctance to take action.
"The pink-haired woman and the black-haired woman in there are navy."
"And I'm the captain of a pirate crew."
"Technically speaking, we are enemies."
Arton walked to the edge of the viewing platform and explained to Nami.
"N...Navy?!"
Nami's eyes widened, she never expected that the two diary copy holders would be navy.
After learning that her hometown had been ruled by the Arlong Pirates for many years due to collusion with the navy,
Nami held a significant dislike for the navy.
For a moment, her gaze toward Hina and Tashigi became complicated.
"So, they are navy…"
"Are they here to find Arton?"
Nami looked at Arton and thought silently.
[Photo: Hina and Tashigi battling beasts.]
Nojiko: "Photos of others? Wait, Hina and Tashigi, these two appeared in Arton's diary before, they are...navy!"
Charlotte Smoothie: "Navy? They are looking for Arton again."
Ulti: "Hehe, but this time, they seem to be in trouble."
Stussy: "Will Arton help~?"
Hibari: "Is that Hina and Tashigi?! How dare Shiki do this to them?"
Doll: "Arton, you must help."
Kujaku: "Is he not going to help!?"
[Unexpectedly, Shiki's territory not only has Nami but also the navy's Hina and Tashigi.]
[The characteristics of these two are so distinctive that it's hard to think of anyone else besides them.]
[Theoretically, I shouldn't be helping navy personnel.]
[After all, Captain Nezumi from the navy has attacked me, and Gion also picked a fight with me for no reason.]
Gion: "..."
[But I can't hold grudges against other navy members just because of a few bad ones.]
[For most other navy personnel, it doesn't matter whether I save them or not.]
[But Hina and Tashigi, they are among the heroines of my stories.]
[Fine, I'll consider it as compensation for their appearance in my works.]
[Speaking of which, should I save them and then have them model for me?]
[Until now, I only created works based on manga and anime.]
[Creating with real people might inspire different ideas.]
[Hmm... if I save them and ask them to be my models, it should be fine.]
[I'm not asking them to give me their bodies or quit the navy to join my Flame Blade Pirates, which is already quite generous.]
[Even if they don't quit the navy, it's fine.]
[After all, they can't grow strong enough to pose a threat to me in the short term.]
Gion, Doll, and other navy personnel reading the diary entries felt conflicted, not knowing whether to relax or remain tense.
It's good that Arton intends to help.
But he actually wants Hina and Tashigi to be his models?
Joking aside, there are many unclothed photos of female characters in Arton's doujinshis.
If Arton wants Hina and Tashigi to be his real-life models, should they be clothed or unclothed?
Moreover, Arton even mentioned the idea of having them pledge themselves to him or quit the navy.
This situation made Gion and the other navy personnel nervous.
However, Charlotte Smoothie, Ulti, and other pirates felt regretful that Arton intended to save Hina and Tashigi.
Meanwhile, Nami looked at Arton with a complicated expression.
"Could Arton be expecting me to give up my body too?"
"Speaking of which, if I really did give myself..."
"Arton might record a video, right?"
"And it should be a very long video, right?"
"In that case, I would get a lot of points, but..."
Nami thought of the scene of her fist time, and even her cheeks turned slightly red.
When she thought of Arton possibly uploading the video to the diary,
Hina, Carina, Nojiko, and others would see the recording of her thing with Arton.
Nami's face flushed even more at the thought.
"Carina already saw the video of me kissing Arton."
"Arton mentioned Nojiko's name in the diary, so she has a diary copy too."
"She probably saw the video of me with Arton too."
Nami bit her lip and shyly lowered her head, not realizing that Arton, who had been standing before her, had already disappeared and appeared in the duel arena.
"It seems this battle is still too difficult for Hina and Tashigi as they are now."
"That makes sense, given that Hina is wearing seastone handcuffs."
Arton glanced at the handcuffs on Hina's wrists.
Seeing that Hina had not used her characteristic Devil Fruit abilities,
Arton knew the handcuffs were made with seastone.
Seeing a tiger and a bear rushing from behind toward Hina and Tashigi, Arton shook his head and leaped into the arena.
Boom!
A loud noise startled Hina and Tashigi, who quickly looked behind them.
They saw a tiger and a bear lying on the ground, more dead than alive.
Their heads were sunken in an inch, clearly indicating they were beyond saving.
Hina and Tashigi swallowed hard and looked up.
They saw a handsome man standing on the bear's head, holding a scabbard that lightly rested on the tiger's head.
"Hello there, need any help?"
Arton said with a smile to Hina, Tashigi, and the remaining survivors.
Then his figure turned into flames and disappeared from their sight.
Everyone saw a dragon of fire weaving through the beasts.
A few seconds passed, and the once ferocious beasts all froze in place.
It was as if someone had pressed a pause button on them.
"Dance of the Fire God, Dragon Sun Halo, Head Dance!"
Arton murmured softly, dispersing the flames from his blade before sheathing it.
Click!
The pause button was released.
The beasts' bodies automatically split into several pieces and fell to the ground.
This scene left everyone present stunned.
Were these really the same beasts that had nearly killed them moments ago?
To think they were taken down in a single move!
At this moment, everyone looked at Arton in disbelief.
Hina and Tashigi were no exception.
"What amazing swordsmanship!"
Tashigi's eyes shone as she gazed at Arton and his Nichirin blade, her whole body trembling excited.
"Hina is very surprised!"
Hina whispered, and suddenly her legs gave out, causing her to collapse to the ground.
Arton raised an eyebrow and extended his empty right hand to support her waist.
"Captain Hina, are you okay?"
Tashigi looked at Hina in horror.
"Hina is... fine, cough!"
Just as Hina finished speaking, she couldn't help but spit a mouthful of blood onto the ground.
Arton vaguely saw pieces of internal organs mixed in the blood.
He frowned and activated Transparent World to examine Hina.
"Her liver is ruptured. Without intervention, she'll die within ten minutes."
"That doesn't seem fine to me, Captain Hina."
Arton said.
"How... how can this be? Can you save Captain Hina?"
"Please!"
Tashigi was about to bow deeply to Arton.
Arton lifted the hilt of his sword, stopping her.
"You shouldn't make such drastic movements, miss."
"Although this Miss Hina endured more fire to protect you and others, that doesn't mean you're not injured."
"In fact, without treatment, you'll die too."
"The difference is you can be saved, but Hina is almost beyond help."
Arton stated.
"How can this be?!"
Tashigi looked at Hina in horror.
At this moment, Hina coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood.
Suddenly, Tashigi remembered that Arton had once obtained the Tsunade template.
"You must have a way, right?"
"Please help Captain Hina."
"I'm willing to pay any price."
Tashigi looked at Arton with determined eyes.
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