Seeing Kaguya truly defeat Buggy, Nami stepped out from behind the wooden crate.
“You actually beat Buggy!
You’re so strong!”
“Why haven’t you left yet?”
Nami put her hands on her hips, a sly smile appearing on her face.
“I have to repay the favor.
Besides…”
Nami tilted her head up with a tsundere expression.
“If I really left and you happened to lose, who would save you?”
Kaguya looked at the girl’s tsundere manner, smiled, and then teased.
“And if you stayed, could you really save me?
How would you do it?
With a honey trap?”
“Pah, pah, pah!
What honey trap!
With this, of course!”
Nami pulled out two smoke bombs, showing them off proudly.
Under the Moonlight, he noticed the tattoo on Nami’s arm—the mark of the Arlong Pirates.
The moment their eyes met, Nami quickly pulled down her sleeve, a flash of panic in her eyes.
“Your wounds…”
Nami changed the subject, putting away the smoke bombs and taking out bandages from her small pouch.
“I’m not a doctor, but I can handle simple bandaging.”
“No rush, let me deal with the pirates who didn’t get away first.”
While the two were talking, the pirates who were still conscious had already fled.
Kaguya didn’t bother killing them.
The one thing this world didn’t lack was pirates, and he didn’t plan on being a scavenger.
If they ran, they ran.
But in this base, there were still some fools who hadn’t woken up yet; even if Kaguya didn’t kill them, they wouldn’t live long.
After killing the dozen or so pirates lying scattered in the courtyard, Kaguya returned to Nami’s side.
Tearing off his tattered clothes, he sat down in front of Nami.
“Go ahead.”
Nami frowned slightly as she looked at the wounds of varying depths on Kaguya’s body.
She skillfully opened the bandages and dipped them in some disinfectant she carried with her.
“It might hurt a little.”
She spoke softly, but her movements were exceptionally gentle.
Under the Moonlight, the medicine bubbled slightly on the wounds; Kaguya’s muscles tensed a bit, but his face remained calm.
“Do you do this often?”
Kaguya suddenly asked.
“Being a thief, it’s inevitable to get caught and beaten up.
To keep my sister from worrying, I always treat my wounds outside before going home.”
As Nami spoke, her hands didn’t stop for a second.
Her fingertips moved nimbly over Kaguya’s wounds, wrapping the bandages firmly but not too tightly.
The Moonlight fell on her profile, reflecting her focused expression.
“However…”
She suddenly looked up with a sly smile.
“You were almost caught by Buggy just now.”
Kaguya remarked casually.
“Hey!”
Nami glared at Kaguya huffily and deliberately pressed down hard on his wound.
Kaguya hissed, drawing in a sharp breath, but couldn’t help laughing.
“You ungrateful little Cat Burglar.”
“It’s called tit for tat!”
Nami lifted her chin proudly, though her movements as she continued bandaging became even gentler.
Her slender fingers inadvertently brushed against Kaguya’s firm muscles; in the Moonlight, the tips of her ears could be seen turning slightly red.
“Actually, speaking of which, I’m also a thief.”
Kaguya looked at the girl in front of him and suddenly said this.
Nami’s movements paused as she looked up at Kaguya in confusion.
“You’re a thief too?”
She tilted her head with a look of disbelief, her orange hair swaying gently in the night breeze.
“That’s right, don’t you believe it?”
Nami shook her head.
“I don’t.
You’re so strong, how could you be a thief?”
“I’m this strong precisely so I can steal things.
However, the people I steal from aren’t civilians or pirates, but the Marine.”
“The Marine!
Wait!
The Loguetown Marine Base was robbed last year, it wasn’t you, was it?”
“Oh?
You actually know about the Loguetown incident?”
“Of course, it was all over the East Blue News.
Was it really you?”
“Yeah, it was indeed me.”
“You’re amazing!
That’s the strongest Marine Base in the East Blue, and you actually dared to go there to steal?”
“What of it?
Precisely because it’s the strongest Marine Base in the East Blue, its guards are also the most lax.”
Hearing this, a flash of surprise and admiration crossed Nami’s eyes, but she soon broke into a sly smile again.
“So, I guess we’re colleagues?”
She blinked, tying a beautiful knot in the bandage.
“But stealing from the Marine, you’ve got some serious guts.”
Kaguya moved his shoulder and nodded with satisfaction.
“Good job on the bandages.
But more than stealing from the Marine, I’m more interested in that mark on your arm.”
Nami’s smile froze instantly, and her fingers instinctively gripped her sleeve.
Under the Moonlight, her eyes flickered uncertainly.
“That…
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She said, trying to act calm, but her voice was several shades lower than usual.
Kaguya didn’t press further; he simply stood up and brushed the dust off himself.
“Let’s go, the smell of blood is too strong here.”
“Where to?” Nami asked warily.
“To collect the spoils of war, of course, and then go home to sleep.”
Kaguya glanced back at her.
“What, afraid I’ll sell you?”
Nami gave a light huff and quickly caught up with Kaguya’s pace.
“Who’s afraid of who!
But…
I get half of Buggy’s treasure!”
Her eyes sparkled with greed, like a kitten that had spotted a dried fish.
The two walked into Buggy’s warehouse, looking at the open treasure chests and the gold coins scattered all over the floor.
Nami pounced on them excitedly.
“I’m rich, I’m rich!”
“These are my spoils of war, why are you getting rich?”
Kaguya stood to the side with his arms crossed, watching with interest as Nami rolled around in the pile of treasure.
She was like a cat that had discovered treasure, her eyes shining bright and her cheeks flushed with excitement.
“Hey, hey, don’t be so stingy!”
Nami stood up from the pile of gold coins, a pearl necklace clutched in her hand.
“I did bandage your wounds and even kept you company!”
Kaguya raised an eyebrow.
“The bandaging fee is worth this much?”
“Of course, that was my first time~”
Nami deliberately drawled, winking playfully.
“First time?” Kaguya said with a half-smile.
“First time bandaging someone else!”
Nami huffily grabbed a handful of gold coins and threw them at him; Kaguya dodged easily, and the coins scattered on the floor with a clinking sound.
“You really want it?”
Kaguya flipped a gold coin, speaking playfully.
“Mm-hmm!”
Nami nodded with an expectant look.
“It’s not impossible if you want it.
I can give you half.
But, you have to give me something in exchange.”
“Really!
What thing?”
“You.”
Kaguya looked Nami up and down; although her body wasn’t fully developed yet, it was already starting to take shape.
Since he had come to the Pirate World, he naturally wanted to get a taste of the little Cat Burglar.
As for whether it was too fast, Kaguya didn’t care about that; he couldn’t be bothered to play the innocent game.
Moreover, he could always get on the bus first and buy the ticket later.
Feelings and such could be cultivated afterwards.