The world of One Piece is a planet where the vast majority of its surface area is covered by oceans.
For those who make a living on these seas, a ship isn’t just a home; it’s the very tool they rely on for their survival.
To the pirates of the sea, a ship holds an extraordinary, irreplaceable significance.
Even so, it was absolutely impossible to just hand the ship back to these pirates and let them continue committing atrocities at sea.
Sinan genuinely couldn’t understand why Luffy was vehemently opposing his idea.
“Since they’re pirates, and according to the rules of pirates we defeated them, isn’t it perfectly normal for us to claim their ship and treasure?
Honestly, it wouldn’t even matter if I just killed them all right now,” Sinan stated, his confusion evident.
Faced with Sinan’s question, Luffy responded with a firm, unwavering gaze: “But a pirate ship is their crewmate.” Hearing Luffy’s response, the favorable impression Sinan had developed for him over the past two days slightly shifted, making him feel that Luffy was simply being too naive and stubbornly idealistic.
“I understand you want to protect the concept of ‘nakama,’ but don’t you think your logic is incredibly naive?
If we give them their ship back and let them leave, do you truly understand what that means?
Can you guarantee they won’t come right back and attack this island again?
Can you guarantee they won’t continue burning, killing, and pillaging across the sea?
What happens to the very next town they raid?
Not everyone is like you; these guys possess absolutely zero moral compass or guarantee.” Sinan retorted, a hint of displeasure creeping into his voice.
Luffy definitely understood the logic behind Sinan’s words.
However, the Red Hair Pirates had instilled the concepts of dreams and comradeship far too deeply into his core.
Thus, Luffy remained stubborn and simply declared, “No!” Meanwhile, Zoro chose to stand silently on the side, merely observing the clash of ideals.
Having suffered under the brutal oppression of the Arlong Pirates for years, Nami completely agreed with every single word Sinan said.
To her, Luffy’s opposition felt exactly like an endorsement of pirate atrocities, which instantly completely shattered whatever sliver of goodwill she had built for him over the past two days.
They barely even knew each other.
This completely unreasonable stubbornness annoyed Nami, and she snapped, “Then what exactly do you propose we do?!” Seeing that an argument was about to erupt, Zoro stepped in before Luffy could even open his mouth.
“That’s enough, Luffy.
It’s exactly as Sinan said.
Since they chose to become pirates, they have to be prepared for the consequences.
What happens to these guys is no longer any of your business,” Zoro lectured him sternly.
Hearing this, Luffy first glanced at Sinan.
Then, he silently pulled the brim of his straw hat down to completely cover his eyes and walked away toward the village without saying another word.
Luffy’s stubbornness wasn’t inherently wrong.
It was precisely because of his deep, unwavering devotion to his crewmates that a ship capable of performing miracles like the Going Merry was eventually born.
Although Sinan understood this, Luffy trying to stop him from selling an enemy ship right now was simply overstepping his boundaries entirely.
With Luffy walking away, Zoro, acting as his first mate, naturally followed right behind him.
To defeat your enemies but choose not to slaughter them all…
it seems there truly is a certain unspoken code of conduct among pirates.
This exact thought crossed both Nami and Sinan’s minds simultaneously.
It was glaringly obvious that their fundamental ideals completely clashed.
When they couldn’t even piss in the same pot, there was no way Sinan was going to travel on the same ship as them.
Since they weren’t even close friends yet, parting ways right here and now was for the best.
With the four of them essentially splitting into two opposing factions, Usopp—who had just been cheering joyfully over the pirates’ defeat—was left standing there incredibly awkwardly, having absolutely no idea what to do.
“Haha…
Hahaha!” Seeing Usopp try to laugh off the unbearable tension to lighten the heavy atmosphere, Sinan felt a bit exasperated.
“You can go ahead!” Sinan said with a sigh.
“We’ll handle cleaning up the rest of this.” Hearing this, and suddenly remembering how terrifyingly Sinan had massacred the pirates just moments ago, Usopp immediately bolted for the hills!
“He didn’t even say thank you.
How incredibly rude,” Sinan muttered, shaking his head.
Looking at the massive pile of unconscious and dead pirates, Nami asked, “What should we do with all these pirates?” “Let’s just hand them over to the Marines!
A lot of these guys probably have active bounties on their heads,” Sinan suggested.
The moment she heard the word “bounties,” Nami’s eyes instantly lit up like spotlights.
“I know there’s a Marine base quite close to here!
If we hurry, we can reach it in just about a day!” Nami said with obvious excitement.
Working quickly, Sinan and Nami gathered ropes, shackles, and iron chains from the pirate ship, tightly binding every single pirate who still had a pulse.
Phew!
After finishing the massive chore, Sinan felt far more exhausted than when he actually fought them.
During the tying process, Sinan had ruthlessly executed any pirate who even dared to show a hint of resistance.
Honestly, if he wasn’t trying to avoid racking up a completely psychotic kill count, Sinan would have just slaughtered all of them to save time.
It felt like a massive waste of energy.
“They’re incredibly poor!
This is such a massive pirate crew with over a hundred men, yet they don’t even have 10,000,000 Berries on board!” Having barely helped tie them up before immediately running off to loot the ship’s treasure, Nami complained bitterly.
“Without Captain Kuro leading them, these guys are nothing but low-tier pirate grunts.
They don’t have the strength to raid large merchant vessels, so they can only bully small, defenseless islands like this one.
How much money could they possibly have?” Sinan replied.
“Right…
Captain Kuro!” The moment Sinan mentioned Captain Kuro, Nami’s eyes instantly morphed back into giant Berry symbols.
She asked excitedly, “If I remember correctly, Captain Kuro’s bounty was 16,000,000 Berries, right?!” “That’s right!” Sinan nodded.
Hearing this, Nami glared at Sinan highly suspiciously.
“Then where is he?!
Don’t you dare tell me he fell into the ocean just like Butcher Bakal!” Seeing Nami’s dangerously hostile glare, Sinan quickly stammered an explanation.
“Uh, well…
Nami, since Captain Kuro faked his own death years ago, the Marines actually revoked his active bounty a long time ago.” “What the hell?!
Damn it, this is all your fault!” Having just watched over ten million Berries slip right through her fingers yet again, an infuriated Nami instantly punched Sinan twice in the head.
“How is this my fault?!” Sinan whined defensively, rubbing his throbbing head.
Since Nami was fuming, Sinan had no choice but to begrudgingly accept the two punches.
However, he secretly swore to himself that he would absolutely exact his revenge in bed later.
With everything settled and her anger vented, Nami, having absolutely nothing left to do, felt a massive wave of sleepiness instantly wash over her.
She couldn’t help but open her mouth and yawn deeply.
Ever since meeting Sinan a few days ago, Nami hadn’t gotten a single night of proper rest.
Between running around exhausting herself during the day and being ruthlessly plowed all night, she hadn’t managed to sleep for more than a few hours total.
Seeing how sleepy Nami looked, Sinan said, “Go back to the boat and get some sleep!
We’ll set sail around noon.” Nami truly was completely exhausted.
Without arguing, she stepped off the pirate ship and headed back to their small boat to rest, leaving Sinan alone to guard the captured pirates.
Watching the conscious pirates constantly exchanging shifty glances, Sinan knew exactly what kind of sneaky bullshit they were plotting.
Consequently, the pirates were highly unfortunate.
Too lazy to actually properly guard them, Sinan simply unleashed a massive, indiscriminate electrical shock on every single one of them.
All the pirates were instantly knocked unconscious, and the ones with weaker constitutions directly flatlined on the spot.
When dealing with pirates, completely wiping them out without a second thought might seem slightly excessive, but given the horrific crimes they had committed, locking them up for life or outright killing them definitely wasn’t wrong.
These guys were the absolute scum of the sea.
While it was true that a few might have been forced into piracy just to survive, that absolutely did not justify their atrocities.
The Nyaban Brothers and Jango received Sinan’s “special care.” After all, those three actually had active bounties and possessed decent combat strength.
If they managed to escape, Nami would absolutely murder him.
After knocking all the pirates out, Sinan sat boredly at the bow of the ship.
This world didn’t have smartphones, but luckily, he had managed to find a few highly explicit gravure idol magazines among the pirates’ stash to pass the time.
The world of One Piece didn’t just have global newspapers; they also published various fashion and adult magazines.
Even after several days, Sinan still couldn’t fully comprehend the bizarre state of communication technology and development in the One Piece world, but he just accepted that whatever existed was reasonable.