13: “What’s this?” Nami asked curiously as she looked at the small screen in Kain’s hand.
“Another one of your weird inventions?” “More or less.” Kain pushed up his glasses and said, “This is a locator showing the position of Marine Branch 16.” “Don’t tell me you’re planning to?!” Nami’s pupils shrank as a thought surfaced in her mind.
Kain shrugged.
“It’s exactly what you’re thinking.” “More importantly, are you planning to leave all that treasure behind for the village?” Kain pointed toward the large bundles piled inside the living room, inwardly guessing that Nami probably wasn’t taking them with her.
“Yeah.” Nami nodded and glanced toward the family photo resting on the cabinet.
“Arlong and his crew occupied this place for eight years.
Nearly all the villagers’ money ended up in their hands.” “So I’m leaving these tens of millions of Belly behind for everyone.” Consider it a way of repaying the village.
After all, from beginning to end, they had never abandoned her.
“Treasure…” Kain suddenly remembered something, and a drop of sweat rolled down his face.
“I forgot something important!” “What?” “What do you mean by ‘what’?!” Kain said awkwardly.
“There had to be a ton of treasure inside Arlong Park, but I blew it all up…” After all those years of looting, there was definitely an enormous amount of money there.
At the very least, several hundred million Belly!
That was still money!
“You actually forgot something that important?!” Nami’s voice instantly rose several pitches, looking completely heartbroken.
“That was all money!” The moment she imagined all that wealth slipping through her fingers, Nami felt like her heart was bleeding.
She felt pain.
Pure pain.
‘Do you know how many things that money could buy?!’ This prodigal fool!
“You don’t really understand the importance of money until you’re the one managing the household!
“If something like this happens again, remember to tell me beforehand, got it?!” Nami snapped irritably.
‘What use was it to bring it up afterwards?’ “Uh…” “Maybe you should tell Uncle Genzo and the others.
They might still be able to dig up a lot of money and treasure from the ruins.” “That’s all we can do now.” Nami sighed.
“Come on, it’s time for us to leave.
Luffy and the others are probably getting impatient.” Before leaving, Nami looked at Bellemere’s photograph one last time and smiled warmly.
“I’m leaving now.” ‘You don’t need to worry about me anymore.
I have a group of incredibly reliable companions…
And a very dependable…
boyfriend.’ Well…
Things may have progressed a little quickly between us, but I can tell he’s sincere.
Still, I need a little more time to get to know him better before I completely entrust myself to him.
And finally…
Mom, I’ll take good care of myself.
I’m leaving now.
Reluctantly taking one last look around the room, Nami turned and walked outside.
The instant she stepped through the doorway, she felt as though someone had gently pushed her forward from behind.
She froze on the spot.
When she turned around, she saw that there was no one in the room.
“Is this your way of supporting me…?” Thank you, Mom.
“What’s wrong?” Kain asked curiously, having noticed Nami stop walking.
At the same time, he also glanced towards the room.
Earlier, the data displayed in his glasses had shifted for just a brief instant.
It was as though the magnetic field inside the room had undergone a violent fluctuation!
“It’s nothing.” Nami shook her head, grabbed Kain’s hand and started running forward., “Let’s go!” From today onwards, she was going to live a completely different life!
A gentle breeze swept through the orange grove as though bidding one final farewell.
So soft.
So reluctant to part.
“You two are…” Usopp stared at the pair who hurriedly jumped aboard the ship.
“What happened?
Were you being chased by a dog or something?” Nami rolled her eyes before shaking out her clothes.
Dozens of wallets spilled out all over the deck.
The sight left everyone dumbfounded.
“Wait…
you stole all their wallets?!” Meanwhile, Kain could only laugh helplessly.
“You little rascal.” “You damn brat, you stole our stuff!” “Get back here!” But in the end, the villagers’ teasing and scolding turned into heartfelt blessings.
“Take care of yourselves!” “Cocoyasi Village’s doors will always be open for you!” Hearing the villagers’ kind words made Nami’s heart feel incredibly warm.
All her efforts over the years hadn’t been meaningless after all.
“Uncle Genzo!” Kain shouted from the stern of the ship.
“There’s probably still a lot of treasure and money buried beneath the ruins of Arlong Park.
You should search around later!” “And Nami also left you all quite a lot of…” Before he could finish, Nami pulled him down.
“Don’t say unnecessary things!” If he revealed it now, it would be too embarrassing for her!
“Quick, quick!
Full speed ahead!” Watching the two of them fooling around aboard the Going Merry in the distance, warmth flashed through Genzo’s eyes.
Bellemere…
Nami has finally found her own path.
All we can do now is quietly bless them from here.
“She probably left behind all the money she earned over the years,” Nojiko sighed softly.
“That’s why she was in such a hurry to leave.” She was probably afraid the money wouldn’t be accepted otherwise.
“That girl…” Genzo shook his head helplessly.
Still, what else could he say?
This was his daughter’s heartfelt gesture.
There was no way he could let it go to waste.
In that case, he’d use the money to improve Cocoyasi Village.
That way, when Nami returned someday, she’d see an entirely different village.
Thinking about it, Genzo suddenly became full of motivation!
“Come on, let’s turn Arlong Park upside down!” “Yeah!!” Watching the group of grown men head off into the distance, Nojiko smiled faintly before looking toward the tiny black dot on the ocean horizon.
“Nami…” ‘Take care of yourself.’ (End Of This Chapter)