In the morning, the sea mist slowly dissipated, and a gentle breeze picked up.
Sinan, who hadn’t slept well all night, was woken up by Nami’s shouts.
“Sinan, get up quickly, or we’re going to be trapped in this sea area again.” Sinan groggily opened his eyes, only to see Nami already bustling about.
“Nami?” Seeing Sinan’s half-asleep state, Nami, who was preparing to set sail, said in annoyance, “Hurry up, or we’ll be drifting on the sea again today.” With that, Nami handed him a canteen of water and a type of hard biscuit suitable for long-term storage at sea.
Sinan, who had slept leaning against the cabin all night, threw off the blanket Nami had given him late last night.
Sinan took the biscuit and water, and Nami instructed, “Eat quickly.
You’re rowing in a bit.
I’ve already wasted a whole day saving you, and we have a lot of things to do today.” “Okay.” The biscuit actually tasted pretty good.
Sinan nodded in response while munching on it.
After packing up, the two set off in the small boat.
The East Blue, a sea covering nearly a quarter of the entire planet, was incredibly vast.
The ocean was dotted with countless islands of all sizes, and the places the Straw Hat Pirates would eventually visit were merely a fraction of them.
By the time Sinan and Nami finally saw a coastline, it was already noon.
This was a small island called Bahama.
Though small in size, it was quite famous in the East Blue.
The island’s location was quite unique.
Sitting right at the intersection of many sea routes connecting other islands in the East Blue, it served as a major transit hub, resulting in a highly developed commercial sector.
Thriving commerce naturally attracted pirates, which in turn brought Marines and bounty hunters.
This intertwined web of complex interests created a massive underground intelligence market.
As long as you had the money, you could buy almost any information regarding the East Blue here.
Nami brought Sinan here, of course, to gather intelligence and find her next hunting target.
The streets of Bahama Island were bustling with people, with an endless stream of merchants and travelers making it extremely lively.
Having lived in the 21st century, Sinan had seen skyscrapers hundreds of meters tall and incredibly prosperous commercial districts.
Bahama Island’s prosperity was nothing spectacular to him, but this medieval-style bustle still possessed a unique flavor.
Carrying a large backpack and following behind Nami, the two arrived at a bustling commercial street, where Nami casually walked straight into a bar!
The bar was a chaotic mix of all sorts of shady characters.
The moment they stepped inside, a group of fierce-looking pirates immediately cast their eyes on them.
Nami was already used to this.
She acted completely naturally, paying no mind to their stares, whereas Sinan grew somewhat nervous.
Seeing his demeanor, Nami whispered a warning, “Act natural.
Don’t look like that.
Showing them you’re nervous will only make them think you’re an easy target.
There are Marines stationed here, so they won’t try anything stupid.” The pungent smell of cheap booze, mixed with various indescribable foul odors in the air, combined with the glaring eyes of vicious pirates, left Sinan—a man used to a lawful society—feeling absolutely zero sense of security!
Since Nami had already warned him, Sinan could only force himself to look calm and grunt in agreement, “Mm!” Seeing Sinan like this, Nami slightly regretted bringing him along, not expecting him to be this cowardly.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he had lost his memory and had nowhere to go, she would never have brought him with her.
“Relax!” Nami reminded him once more before walking straight towards the bar counter.
Sinan forcibly suppressed his inner anxiety and followed her, pretending nothing was wrong.
The bartender was a fat, middle-aged man, slightly balding on top.
With a round face, a small mustache, and a faint smile, he actually looked quite friendly and harmless.
Seeing the two approach, the boss asked with a smile, “What can I get for you, customers?” “Get us two bowls of noodles first!
And then two mugs of ale.” With that, Nami sat down on a stool in front of the bar.
“Alright!
Please wait a moment!” Putting down the glass he had been wiping for god knows how long, he turned and went to the kitchen to get busy.
Knowing that talking too much would only lead to mistakes, Sinan, who understood nothing, pretended everything was fine and sat down beside Nami.
After the two sat down, the pirates’ gazes finally moved away from them.
People were constantly walking in and out of the bar; the only reason they had caught the pirates’ attention was simply because Nami was just too damn attractive.
The reason the pirates only stared and didn’t step forward to harass her was likely because a top-tier beauty like Nami daring to show up in a dive bar like this implied she had enough backing or confidence to defend herself.
Soon, the bar became noisy again, echoing with the crude voices and dirty jokes of the pirates.
A scrawny pirate said to a muscular one, “Boss, I heard the Buggy Pirates just conquered Orange Town.
Should we go check it out?” Hearing this, the pirate who seemed to be the captain cursed, “Idiot!
Buggy the Clown is a vicious pirate with a 15,000,000 Berry bounty!
If you have a death wish, go by yourself!
Don’t drag me down with you.” “Yeah, yeah!” Since the boss had scolded him, the surrounding underlings all quickly chimed in their agreement.
“Speaking of Buggy the Clown, ‘Butcher’ Bakal, who also has a bounty of 15,000,000 Berries, just raided Berkeley Town a couple of days ago!
I just saw the Butcher Pirates resupplying on this very island!” When it came to gathering intelligence, unless it was highly classified information, there was absolutely no need to deliberately ask around.
All you had to do was find a bar and grab a drink; those drunk pirates would naturally spill all the “great deeds” they had done and everything happening in the nearby seas as drinking gossip.
Just while waiting for their food, Sinan, who knew absolutely nothing about this sea except things related to the Straw Hats, managed to gather quite a bit of information.
The pirates had just mentioned that Buggy attacked Orange Town.
That meant Luffy had just set sail in these past few days, which also meant Nami would soon be heading there to steal Buggy’s treasure.
Various memories related to the Straw Hat Pirates flashed through his mind.
Sinan looked at Nami beside him and noticed that her eyes had already turned into $$ symbols.
“Nami, don’t tell me…?” Seeing her eyes, Sinan asked with an ominous premonition.
He already knew exactly how greedy Nami was for money; in just one day, he had practically sold himself to her.
The Butcher Pirates had just raided a town, making this the absolute perfect opportunity to steal their loot.
Obviously, Nami, whose eyes were filled entirely with Berries, couldn’t hear a single word he was saying.
….
In the early hours of the morning, the bustling and noisy daytime port had completely quieted down.
Aside from a few drunkards and streetwalking hookers, there was hardly anyone left on the streets!
The crescent moon in the sky grew increasingly dim.
The night was pitch-black.
Taking advantage of the dark cover, a small boat silently approached the docks over the sea.
Because of the Butcher Pirates’ vicious reputation, no other ships dared to anchor near them.
Fortunately, shielded by the dark night, the small boat quietly glided right up to the pirate ship.
Thud!
Thud!!
Only one grappling hook successfully caught onto the ship’s railing, while the other fell right back into his hands.
Nami shot him a look of pure disgust.
Even in the darkness, Sinan could clearly feel her disdainful glare, forcing him to just smile awkwardly.
Soon, the two used the grappling hook rope to climb up onto the deck.