The small boat finally docked at the pier.
After securely tying the mooring ropes, Sinan let out a long breath of relief.
“Phew, we’re finally here!” Looking at the Western-style architecture of the coastal town, Sinan sighed in relief.
“Sailing is always this boring!
Did you think we were on a sightseeing cruise?!” Nami shot back grumpily.
Looking at Sinan’s disgustingly handsome face just made her annoyed.
Because he was bored, he had spent the entire trip groping and teasing her, making the inside of her panties completely soaked and messy.
Now, whenever the sea breeze blew, she felt a chilly draft down there.
“Sigh…” Sinan muttered under his breath, “It seems the tedious life of sailing truly isn’t suited for me!” “Let’s go!” Ignoring Sinan’s complaints, Nami called out to him and began walking straight toward the town.
“Is it a coincidence?
Or is it destiny?” Sinan glanced back at a significantly cruder, cabinless rowboat parked right next to theirs.
Of course, Sinan couldn’t be absolutely certain if it belonged to Luffy and Zoro.
With no time to overthink it since Nami was already walking away, Sinan quickly hurried to catch up with her.
“The whole town is completely deserted!” Seeing the empty, desolate streets, Nami couldn’t help but sigh.
“It can’t be helped.
The Buggy Pirates are occupying the town, so the civilians had no choice but to flee.” This all-too-familiar scenario reminded Nami of Arlong, and she cursed bitterly, “Damn pirates!” Just as she finished speaking, a massive explosion tore through the air.
BOOM!
Hearing the blast, Sinan instantly pulled Nami tightly into his arms to protect her.
Amidst the deafening explosion, the entire ground violently trembled.
A row of houses just one street over from them was instantly leveled to the ground.
As the shockwave and dust slowly cleared, Nami was left dizzy by the sheer force of the cannon blast.
Terrified, she asked in a daze, “Sinan!
Wh-what just happened?!” Sinan looked toward the center of the town and said, “It’s probably Buggy the Clown test-firing his Buggy Cannon.” Hearing this, Nami cursed angrily, “That bastard!
To think he’s actually using an entire town as target practice to test his cannons.” The Arlong Pirates frequently caused massive destruction to the villages surrounding Cocoyasi Village, so Nami harbored a deep, burning hatred for this exact type of pirate behavior.
Among the pirates of the East Blue, even though Buggy had the legendary background of being an apprentice on the Pirate King’s ship, over the last dozen years, he had essentially turned into a complete joke.
Although Buggy possessed a Devil Fruit power, his personal combat strength was actually quite pathetic compared to many other pirates in the East Blue.
Instead, it was the sheer destructive firepower of his cannons that made him infamous.
Seeing Nami so furious, Sinan comforted her, “Let’s go.
Didn’t you want to steal Buggy’s treasure and the Grand Line navigation chart?
We can teach him a lesson while we’re at it.” Hearing the words “treasure” and “navigation chart,” Nami’s spirits instantly perked right back up.
It had to be said, Nami was truly incredible.
Sinan had no idea if this was her first time in Orange Town, but the way she led him around made it seem like she knew the place inside and out.
Guided by Nami, the two of them quickly circled all the way around to the rear of the Buggy Pirates’ base.
“Nami, have you actually been here before?” Sinan asked curiously.
“Nope!” Nami replied.
“Then how do you know your way around so perfectly?” “Intuition!” Nami gave a simple, straightforward answer, looking completely confident.
Sinan couldn’t help but stare blankly at her.
Over the past two days at sea, Nami’s terrifyingly precise perception of the weather had already left Sinan deeply intrigued.
She could accurately predict sudden squalls, wind shifts, and ocean currents purely through sheer instinct.
And now, as she led him weaving through the complex alleyways of the town, she flawlessly bypassed several pirates patrolling the streets.
Nami had managed to bring Sinan all the way to the back of the pub where the Buggy Pirates were stationed without a single pirate spotting them.
Born with fists seemingly imbued with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki that left massive bumps with every strike.
Possessing an otherworldly perception talent capable of instinctively sensing all weather changes and incoming danger.
This made Sinan seriously suspect that Nami was a natural-born Awakened user of both Observation and Armament Haki.
It wouldn’t be completely unheard of.
After all, “Red Count” Patrick Redfield and Aisa from Skypiea were both natural-born masters of Observation Haki.
The rear of the pub was completely unguarded, and the loud, drunken cheers of pirates echoed from the roof.
Just as Nami was about to lead Sinan sneaking inside…
BOOM!
Another massive explosion rocked the area.
The entire pub violently shook as if the roof itself had been blown off.
Acting on pure reflex, Nami instantly dove back into Sinan’s arms as the shockwave slowly washed over them.
Step!
Step!
Step!
The sound of footsteps crunching across roof tiles echoed from above.
Looking up from the street, they saw a green-haired guy carrying three swords around his waist, with fresh blood heavily seeping out from a wound on his abdomen.
The green-haired guy was dragging a massive iron cage with both hands.
Trapped inside the cage was a rubber boy wearing a straw hat.
If these two weren’t Luffy and Zoro, who else could they possibly be?
Seeing their current state, Sinan roughly deduced what had happened.
Even without Nami selling him out, that idiot Luffy had still managed to get himself captured by the Buggy Pirates.
As for Zoro…
in his attempt to save Luffy, he had carelessly let Buggy stab him right in the kidney.
Seeing the two of them like this made Sinan sigh at the terrifying power of destiny.
Even without Nami’s involvement, the events that were supposed to happen to Luffy and Zoro still occurred exactly as planned, as if everything had been preordained.
The two groups locked eyes.
Luffy stared blankly and said, “Oh!
Zoro, look, there are people down there!” “You idiot, shut up!” Zoro harshly scolded.
Seeing that the two of them were clearly trying to evade the Buggy Pirates’ search party, Sinan merely waved at them before turning to leave.
Seeing that Sinan and Nami had absolutely no intention of exposing them, Zoro secretly breathed a massive sigh of relief.
As Sinan and Nami walked away, Luffy asked curiously, “Zoro, those two looked really weird!
What do you think they’re doing here?” Having just been stabbed and now forced to drag a heavy iron cage, Zoro snapped irritably, “How the hell should I know?!
Just shut your mouth and keep your voice down.” Luffy could only mumble a wronged, “Oh.” Actually, Luffy wasn’t the only one curious; Zoro was highly intrigued as well.
When he saw Sinan and Nami, Zoro had actually been quite startled.
Sinan’s face, heavily enhanced by the Devil Fruit, was simply far too handsome—the kind of face that was entirely unforgettable once seen.
Zoro had never imagined that a man could possibly look that good.
Of course, as a man whose sole ambition was to become the World’s Strongest Swordsman, the absolute pinnacle of swordsmanship was Zoro’s only true pursuit.
He was merely shocked that a human being could possess such flawless looks.
“Sinan, do you know those guys?” Nami asked curiously.
Sinan shook his head and smiled, “Nope, I just thought they looked pretty interesting!” Triggered by the massive explosion on the pub’s roof, the entire Buggy pirate crew sprang into action, actively hunting for Luffy and Zoro.
This also created quite a bit of trouble for Sinan and Nami.
The members of the Buggy Pirates had occupied several buildings surrounding the pub as their base of operations.
After searching multiple houses, they finally located the treasure in the basement of a building right next to the pub.
Sinan truly couldn’t comprehend how Nami figured it out.
Pirates were scattered across multiple buildings, but Nami only needed a single glance at the pirates’ behavior and the layout of the rooms to perfectly deduce whether a pirate was guarding treasure or not.
Perhaps it was simply the terrifying intuition honed from years of robbing pirates!
As for the pirates assigned to guard the treasure, Sinan was utterly speechless.
They were completely dead drunk and passed out on the floor.
It was no wonder Nami always succeeded so easily.
Having Sinan by her side made Nami’s actions vastly bolder.
She simply shot Sinan a look, signaling him to take them out.
Walking over, Sinan pressed a finger directly against the sleeping pirate’s forehead and discharged a lethal high-voltage current.
The powerful electricity instantly fried the pirate’s brain.
The pirate died peacefully in his sleep without ever waking up, his body merely twitching on instinct.
Grabbing the keys off the dead pirate’s neck, Sinan unlocked the basement door.
Exactly as Nami had predicted, a massive pile of gold coins and jewelry was heaped in the corner of the basement.
Under the glow of the torchlight, the treasure reflected a highly seductive, brilliant golden sheen!!
Seeing the glittering gold, Nami literally jumped for joy, planted a massive kiss right on Sinan’s cheek, and eagerly sprinted over.
She scooped up handfuls of gold coins and gleefully placed a golden crown squarely on her head.
Having just robbed 10,000,000 Berries the night before, and seeing that this pile was roughly worth the same, Sinan wasn’t overly excited.
Instead, he walked over and opened a small chest sitting right next to the pile of treasure.
“Nami, look!
What’s this?” Seeing the rolled-up chart in his hand, Nami asked excitedly, “Is that the navigation chart for the Grand Line?!” Sinan nodded and handed it over to her.
Taking the chart, Nami examined it extremely carefully.
Suddenly, the massive pile of treasure right next to her didn’t seem nearly as enticing.
Sinan glanced at the massive pile of “gold coins” in the corner.
Even though they were called gold coins, they were mostly just copper!
If that massive gunny sack full of coins were pure gold, it would be worth an absolutely astronomical fortune.
Even the crown resting on Nami’s head was nothing more than cheap gold plating!
When it came to the market prices in the One Piece world, Sinan felt things were completely warped.
Gold really wasn’t worth that much.
The absolute mountain of pure gold the Straw Hats eventually looted from Skypiea was only appraised at a mere 300,000,000 Berries.
Perhaps because this was an oceanic world with high volcanic activity, the natural yield of gold and silver was simply massive.
Things are only valuable when they’re rare—that was the only logical way Sinan could rationalize it.