He meets the octopus Fish-Man Hatchan, who is oblivious of what happened at the park, and, thinking Zoro is a corrupt Marine, tows him to Cocoyasi.
The two sisters later visit the grave site of Nami's adoptive mother, Bell-mère, where Nami reveals she is almost finished paying Arlong's fee to buy back Cocoyasi.Īt Arlong Park, Zoro has busted free from the dungeon (with help from Nami, who cut his bonds) and defeated all the Fish-Men. Nami arrives sometime later, but the villagers treat her coldly and leave, save for Nojiko and Genzo. He runs as some of the Fish-Men come after him, while the others drag Arlong off before he goes berserk. Just as Arlong is about to kill Genzo, Usopp saves him. It is here that Nojiko reveals to Usopp, both of whom are watching, about the monthly fee the villagers have to pay Arlong in order to survive. She saves Zoro but beats him to reassure the Fish-Men that she is still part of Arlong's crew.īell-mère protects her daughters from Arlong.Īrlong then heads to Cocoyasi Village, where he confronts Genzo, the village sheriff, for simply collecting a new weapon.
After some banter, in which Arlong proudly states that Nami is the type of person who would betray even her own family for the sake of riches (which visibly disturbs her), Zoro throws himself into the water to test Nami's allegiance. Meanwhile, Zoro is brought to Arlong Park, where he finds out about Nami's allegiance to Arlong. Usopp then panics after he realizes what he has gotten Zoro into. After convincing the boy to give up on his quest for vengeance, Nojiko reveals to Usopp that she is Nami's foster sister and the island is her hometown, as well as Nami being part of Arlong's crew. Meanwhile, Usopp awakens in the woman's house, who introduces herself as Nojiko. The three then strap the boat to the sea cow and use it to tow them to the island. Luffy punches it at first, prompting Sanji to reprimand him for it but when he realizes the sea cow sees them as food, he quickly subdues it with one kick. Meanwhile, Luffy, Sanji, and Yosaku continue sailing, and just as they take a break to eat, they encounter a giant sea cow that is attracted to their food. Seeing the real Fish-Man getting closer, Usopp readies to fight him, but gets knocked out by the woman, who claims it is not a good idea to fight one of the Fish-Men. Johnny manages to escape and hide, while Usopp ends up getting attacked by the same boy from earlier, who had mistaken him for a Fish-Man. One of the Fish-Men from earlier spots the two and starts chasing them. They soon find themselves in the remains of Gosa Village, with all the houses upturned. Seeing that two Fish-Men have spotted them, Usopp and Johnny abandon ship, leaving Zoro to be captured by them. Zoro, Usopp, and Johnny arrive at the island, with the latter two tying up Zoro to prevent him from immediately fighting the Fish-Men. After this, Arlong and his crew are introduced, and it is revealed that Nami is part of Arlong's pirates.
Nami slaps him and gives him some money to make him leave.
Once she arrives at the park's gate, a boy confronts her, trying to fight Arlong for the death of his father. Meanwhile, Nami arrives at Arlong Park in the Going Merry. The two had noticed that Nami had been interested in their copy of Arlong's wanted poster, and her behavior quickly became suspicious when they told her that Arlong recently had become more active. When Sanji doubts that Nami is heading there, Yosaku explains that they were able to estimate her course after he and Johnny had suspected the connection between the two before they were thrown off the Going Merry. To pass the time, Yosaku tells them about the Seven Warlords of the Sea and how this relates to their current destination. The arc begins following the end of the Baratie Arc, with Luffy, Sanji, and Yosaku heading for Arlong Park on a small boat.