A few days later, g10, underground prison.
"Lieutenant Nami, please go this way!"
The orange light refracted back to the prison through the convex lenses on the wall. The stimulation of the light made Zoro open his hazy eyes and frowned.
"I told you not to call me that!"
A familiar voice sounded, and Sauron finally came to his senses and looked up from the cross that was being hung.
"Nami?"
At the corner, the soldier leading the way felt a little aggrieved.
Who in the Navy would call someone on a first-name basis, except for superiors to subordinates who have a very good rapport
They are all addressed by military rank.
"Okay, I understand, Nami... the big sister!"
Sister, you are a ghost, you bastard!
The corners of Nami's mouth twitched and she turned her head away from looking at him.
"Okay, you have nothing to do here. Go down first. I want to talk to them alone."
After saying that, Nami took the torch and lit the oil lamp.
Bang…
A fire dragon rises along the oil tank, making the dark underground space no longer invisible.
With the dim light of the flames, Zoro cracked his lips when he looked at Nami, who was wearing a clean navy uniform and a cloak of justice outside the iron bars.
"Are you okay, Nami? That's good."
“…”
The words she had thought of were stuck in her throat. Nami was silent for a long time and said, "If you want to please me and beg for mercy, you don't have to."
"Marshal Sengoku has promised that as long as you give up becoming a pirate, you can go back to the East China Sea and continue to be your pirate hunter."
"Admiral?"
Zoro chuckled and said: "This title... It seems that you haven't adapted to your new identity yet, Nami."
"I'll... get used to it in the future."
Nami said with a dark expression, paused, and asked the question that had puzzled her for a long time: "You should know it very well, Zoro."
"I betrayed everyone..."
"I am a traitor, why did you protect me then?"
On the boat at that time, Sauron was the first to stand up and question himself. But when Dongte swung his knife at her, Zoro was the first to rush forward and block the attack.
Isn't this contradictory
"On that note, if you feel guilty, I don't think you need to."
Sauron was silent for a moment, closed his eyes to save energy, and said slowly: "I never said you were a traitor."
"That idiot didn't say that either."
As long as the captain doesn't think she's a traitor, she's a companion.
"What I protect is not against you, Nami. It is about protecting my companions and the rules on the pirate ship."
"That's all."
It's actually... so simple
Nami was shocked and speechless, looking at Zoro incomprehensibly.
"Zoron, I'm so hungry..."
At this time, a feeble muttering sounded from one side of the room.
Zoro's forehead was covered with black lines and he pursed his lips: "If you're hungry, go find Sanji. I can't cook!"
"But Sanji is not here, and I don't know where he is. He is obviously the cook, but he makes everyone hungry."
Luffy muttered and complained.
Nami: "..."
Zoro: "..."
Please tell me clearly, in such a ghost place, what if he is a cook
Do you eat cockroaches boiled in saliva? !
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"Huh? Nami?! Why are you here too?!"
After someone finished speaking, he realized that there was a person standing outside the railing.
“…”
In response, Nami sighed.
This guy is hopeless.
"I'm here to persuade you, Luffy."
After gathering her thoughts, Nami did not forget the reason why she deliberately delayed her time and waited until the commendation was issued before coming to visit.
"Persuade us? What do you mean?"
Luffy turned over and sat up, licking his cheeks. His eyes suddenly widened and he rubbed them in disbelief: "Wow, Nami! Have you stolen their clothes? Have you found the key?"
No, there is no... a ghost!
"Look at the rubber monkey clearly, this is my military ID!"
Nami roared with a mixture of self-destruction and collapse. She took out the white-backed blue leather ID in her pocket, opened it and pressed it on the railing: "I, Nami, a naval soldier, with the rank of second lieutenant, do you understand?! "
Luffy's expression was solemn, he looked at the certificate carefully, and then tilted his head.
"Second Lieutenant? What do you mean?"
Nami: "..."
"Forgot that this guy can't read at all..."
"No, I don't think it has much to do with illiteracy."
Zoro added seriously.
Sighing as if giving up, Nami weakly held on to the cell railings and said, "Luffy, I am a marine now, a real marine."
"Nani? Are you no longer a pirate?!"
This time Luffy finally understood, with a horrified look on his face, his eyes widened as big as a bell, and his jaw dropped to the ground.
"It's not just me... I hope it's the same for you all."
Nami took a deep breath and glanced around the cells.
Because of someone's deep pockets, the prison guardrails of the G10 branch are all made of sea floor stone.
Therefore, as ability users, Luffy and Chopper only need to cuff their hands and feet with chains and fix the other end to the wall, while Zoro is firmly fixed on the cross and hung in mid-air.
As for why Usopp, the other non-fruit-powered person, was only handcuffed with chains... the answer is a bit hurtful.
"Why? Can you tell me the reason?"
As if he noticed something, Luffy's expression finally became serious.
He is a type that is similar to a wise and foolish person. He can be fussy and stupid when it comes to ordinary little things, but when it comes to facing big things, he has a tenacity that is unmatched by ordinary people.
Well, something like...
"I don't want to be a pirate at all, Luffy."
Nami shook her head and explained: "The current era of great pirates is different from the past. Going to sea is too risky. If you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will die."
"Why should I become a pirate when there are better ways to chart the sea?"
"And you..."
Nami looked at them one by one.
"Zoro, don't you want to become the world's greatest swordsman? Mihawk is from the Shichibukai. He is not a simple pirate. There is no need to challenge him as a pirate, right?"
"And Chopper, don't you want to be a panacea? Do you know how much medical technology the Navy has that is not disclosed to the public? Don't you want to learn it?"
"And you, Luffy..."
A trace of struggle flashed in Nami's eyes: "You just want to be the freest person on the sea, don't you? Why do you have to be the Pirate King?"
Usopp: "That..."
"You're wrong, Nami."
Luffy shook his head: "The Pirate King is the freest person, and the freest person is the Pirate King."
Well, no one paid any attention to me.
Usopp squatted in the corner and drew circles with his fingers.
"Ah, no, it's One Piece!"
Luffy suddenly exclaimed and quickly changed his words.
"Don't worry about this at this time, you bastard!!!"
Nami punched the railing and Luffy immediately sat upright.
"Yes, I understand!"
"But Nami..."
Luffy suddenly raised his head with a smile on his face: "If you can't even decide who you want to be, how can you be called the freest person?"
"you… !!"
"A rare moment of wisdom, Captain."
Zoro grinned: "If we can't do what we want to do, what are our dreams? A joke?"
"I'm going to die!!"
"I'm not afraid of death!"
Chopper stood up, limped out of the dark corner, and looked at Nami with a firm look: "Nami, the doctor once told me that death is not terrible. The terrible thing is not to face death."
"Knowing something is wrong and not daring to stand up and change it is something more terrifying than death."
"The diseases that can be cured must be cured, the things that can be changed must be changed, and the dreams that can be dreamed must be realized. This is the real panacea!"
"you… "
Nami was extremely stunned. Looking at these clear eyes, she felt that something in her heart was touched.
At this time...
"Hey, everyone, we have something to eat today!"
Everyone looked back, and Luffy's nostrils were flying faster than his eyes: "Wow, Sanji, are you finally cooking?!"
"Yeah, Canglong had something to do today, so I made something with the remaining ingredients in the kitchen and brought it back... Well, actually, the janitor outside is quite easy to talk to."
Sanji held the dinner plate in his hand, holding a cigarette in his mouth and said with a smile: "Eat with confidence. If you eat anything, you must give up the conditions of becoming a pirate."
After saying that, he turned around and came to Nami, kneeling on one knee, holding a piece of sea fish sashimi that was extremely precious at first glance.
"Nami-san~~~! This is the sashimi I carefully made for you, do you want to try it?"
He looked at the bread in his hand and the vegetable pimple soup in the bucket.
Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, and Usopp all roared with fangs at the same time: "What about the leftover ingredients you promised?!!!"