"Yeah." Luffy said.
"Then you should also know that the place we're going to is ruled by Arlong!" he said. "Yeah. Nami told me about him." Luffy said as his hat covered his eyes.
"What do you know about him?" Gin asked. "That he's a fishman, a pirate, and worth twenty million berris." Yosaku said.
'20 million?' Gin thought. 'That's higher than Krieg's bounty.'
"So?" Luffy asked, causing Yosaku to fall over. "Don't you realize how dangerous he is?!" Yosaku yelled before he stood up. "Alright. Looks like I'm gonna have to give you all a history lesson. First off, you plan to head to the Grand Line with only six crewmates?" "I'll get more in the Grand Line." Luffy said. "What does that have to do with this Fishman Arlong?" Gin asked.
"Simple. Deep in the Grand Line, there are three powers there. One of which is the Seven Warlords." Yosaku said.
"Seven Warlords?" Sanji asked. "Who are they?" "They're pirates approved by the World Government." Yosaku said.
"Say what?" Gin said in surprise. "Since when does the World Government 'approve' of pirates?" "They give them a portion of their treasure, and in return are left alone. Other pirates refer to them as 'Government Dogs'." Yosaku explained. "You've already met one of them. Hawk-Eye Mihawk."
"They sound strong." Luffy said. He had met each of them and knew from experience. Sanji just looked on with slight curiousity. Gin however was tensing up as sweat formed on his forehead.
'That Hawk-Eye decimated a 50 ship fleet like it was nothing.' he thought. 'And there are six more people as strong as him?! This is insanity!'
"Do these Warlords have anything to do with where we're going?" Sanji asked, snapping Gin out of his thoughts.
"Yeah. One of the Warlords is Jimbei, leader of the fishman pirates. In exchange for him being a Warlord, he released a monster into the East Blue. Arlong." Yosaku said. "Since coming here, he's taking over 20 villages and resides in a place called Arlong Park. He's insanely strong, easily stronger than even Don Krieg. He's devastating!"
"Why would Nami go there?" Sanji asked before a blush came to his face as he thought about her as a mermaid.
"Anyway, I'm hungry. Sanji, make me some food." Luffy said. Yosaku and Gin nodded at the thought of food as well, even though Yosaku thought that he was being naive.
"Right." Sanji said. "I'm on it."
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"There's the Merry!" Usopp said as he spotted her on the shore.
"Yeah, but what's it doing over there?" Johnny asked. He looked at a map to find that it was anchored between Cocoyashi and Gosa Village. "Either way, we know she's here. So let's get ready to fight." Zoro said as he flicked his white sword from it's sheath a bit.
"Are you crazy?!" both Usopp and Johnny shouted.
"Luffy's orders were to bring Nami back." Zoro said as he placed one foot on the bow of the ship. "And that's what I'm going to do." He didn't get a chance to do anything though as Johnny and Usopp knocked him out with hammers.
"Pull up alongside the Merry." Usopp said as he stood up with confidence.
"You seem more eager now that we're avoiding Arlong Park." Johnny said.
"HEY! UNTIE ME, YOU BASTARDS!" Zoro yelled as he was tied to the cabin of the ship.
"Now now Zoro. You're still hurt." Usopp said as he patted Zoro's chest, shooting pain throughout Zoro's body. "See, you still need to rest." Usopp then stood up, declaring that this would be his grand adventure until he spotted three fishmen on the shore. "Full speed ahead!" Usopp yelled as they passed them all by.
"What are you doing?!" Zoro yelled.
"SHHHH!" Johnny and Usopp said.
"They're fishmen. We can't fight them." Usopp said.
"Hey, that's a ship." one of the fishmen said before two swam towards the boat. Seeing this, Usopp and Johnny jumped overboard, leaving Zoro screaming at them to untie him.
"What happened to you?" asked a fishman. "You exiled or something?"
"Those must be battle scars then." another said.
'I'm gonna kill them for this.' Zoro thought as Johnny and Usopp swam towards the shore. When they saw the village, they couldn't believe their eyes.
"It's like a ghost town here." Johnny said.
"All the houses have been turned upside-down." Usopp said before he saw Johnny take off. "Where are you going?"
"Looks like I found ya." said a figure behind Usopp. "You must be that exile's friend."
"GAAAAAH!" screamed Usopp before he took off running.
"Phew. Sorry Big Bro Usopp." Johnny said from a hiding place. "I'm gonna hold down the fort until our backup arrives." As Usopp ran, he kept a good distance away from the fishman, but was tripped by a little boy who wanted to kill him, thinking he was a fishman. He was stopped by a lavender haired woman with heavy tattoos on her chest and her right shoulder.