One Piece: Starting with Coercion and Enticement of Nami

Time flies.

6:30 p.m.

The Wavebreaker arrived at Elfa Island, the westernmost island in the Conomi Islands.

This is a mountainous island with a small town on the coast. At the same time, the 16th Division of the East China Sea Navy is located on the rocky hill to the right of this town.

Built against the mountain.

The 16th branch military port, where the Breaking Wave is steadily docked.

Meanwhile, the rat was already waiting for Thoth at the port, because Thoth had contacted him by telephone bug beforehand.

Upon seeing Thoth, the mouse beamed and, accompanied by his adjutant carrying a briefcase, came forward to greet him.

"Congratulations on your fortune! It seems the Tote brothers have made quite a bit of money this time!"

Upon hearing this, Toth, not wanting to offend someone who was smiling, nodded with a smile, but also got straight to the point and stated his requirements:

"The total bounty is 1580 million Berries. I only want 1000 million, the rest is yours. But I need intelligence on the sea monsters that appear in the waters near the Conomi Islands over the next month. How about it?"

Upon hearing this, the mouse's smile deepened. It wasn't in vain that he had come out to greet him out of courtesy. He reached out and grabbed Thoth's arm, beaming:

"Come on! Let's go inside the base and have a cup of tea. I'll have my men gather intelligence for you right away."

Seeing this, Thoth smiled and nodded, subtly breaking free from his grasp, and turned to greet Nami and the others:

"Nami, you guys dock the ship at the small town on the left. If you're interested, you can go and explore the town freely."

Seeing this, Nami immediately realized that Thoth had something to discuss with the greedy rat.

He nodded immediately.

Johnny and his crew returned to the ship after cutting down the sea monsters.

Watching the ship depart, Thoth followed the rat into the base.

Along the way, the mouse enthusiastically and boastfully introduced the layout of its base.

It must be said that although the rats are greedy, their bases are built like fortresses.

The vast majority of sea creatures in the East China Sea are likely to be found within seven miles.

They visited the base, had tea, and obtained the information they wanted.

Tot, carrying his suitcase, was escorted out of his base by the rats.

Watching Tote's departing figure, the mouse's eyes held a strange expression: "A giant shark is about to emerge from this sea."

The adjutant beside him changed his expression slightly. "Colonel, that guy did it on purpose, didn't he?"

"Intentionally? You mean to make an example of someone?" The rat scoffed. "Since he wanted to kill the monkey, why didn't he?"

There's not much else in this world, but like the swarms of monsters, there's no end to the killings.

The East China Sea is vast, and every single second, it's teeming with marine life!

I don't care if he kills me or not, as long as he pays enough, I'll provide him with services.

Go, call the heads of the villages and towns in this area. If they spot the sea creature E, they must immediately inform me.

Didn't they often call to urge us to provide assistance? Isn't now a perfect opportunity?

Since that kid wants to clean up those troublemakers in the sea for me, then I'll make sure he's never idle again.

"And in that case, if I charge them a management fee, would they dare refuse?"

The adjutant's eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at his superior with admiration. He had to admit, his superior really had a lot of ideas for making money!

……

Back to the Wavebreaker.

It was already dark by now.

Johnny Joseph is working out on the deck.

The cabin was brightly lit, and as soon as Tote entered, a loud roar came from inside.

Thoth raised an eyebrow, looking at the little tiger girl on the sofa, being held in Nami's arms and having her fur dried with a hairdryer:

"Did you give it a bath?"

Nokiko nodded with a smile: "We washed it while we were taking a bath, it smelled terrible."

As soon as she finished speaking, Tiger Girl let out a low growl of dissatisfaction, which was immediately silenced by a slap on the head from Nami.

Tiger Girl let out a muffled sob.

He raised his head, his icy blue tiger eyes filled with resentment. He ground his teeth as if to say, "You just wait, I'll remember this grudge."

Thoth smiled, sat down next to Nami, placed the suitcase on the table, and looked at Nojiko with a smile, saying, "The Berries inside will be stored in the safe under your room later."

Johnny Joseph said that everyone would give him $100,000 in pocket money.

Who would have thought that a ship's funds would be stored not in the captain's safe, but in the navigator's cabin?

This is called "the darkest place is under the lamp".

Of course, there was also a sum of tens of millions of pesos stored in Thoth's safe.

Nami paused, her eyes widening as she looked at Thoth: "So much pocket money?"

What about mine?

Toth was speechless. "Most of the money is with you, and you still want pocket money?"

Nami blinked immediately, then chuckled, "Yeah!" Thoth rolled his eyes at her.

"There are few people on our ship now, so we can just give whatever we can think of. But when there are more people in the future, we will need a specific set of rules."

For example, the monthly allowance for officers on board, the monthly allowance for ordinary crew members, the wages for trainee crew members, and so on.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished.

Upon hearing this, Nami's lips twitched, and she couldn't help but complain, "I have a feeling I'll be heartbroken later."

Seeing this, Thoth teased, "Should I hire another crew member who knows economics and management to manage the accounts?"

Nami immediately bared her teeth: "You wish."

However, at this moment, Nami stroked her chin and pondered, "But it's not impossible. You have to find someone who can do the accounting and is trustworthy. Then you can make him my deputy."

After all, I always feel that when we have more money in the future, I will be too busy to handle everything, and I don't want to spend a lot of energy on accounting.

"Firstly, I need to cultivate myself, and secondly, I need to take measurements and draw maps. I'm not like you, who can just wash your hands of things and ask me for whatever you need."

However, as she spoke of this, a figure suddenly flashed into Nami's mind. A cunning and annoying guy she had dealt with several times.

She had contacted and cooperated with that guy several times, but each time she gained no advantage whatsoever.

Although I really don't want to admit it, that guy is indeed very shrewd and capable.

Thinking about this, Nami hesitated, wondering whether she should recommend her to join the ship.

However, she quickly glanced at Thoth, her eyes flashing, and she knew she was going to get her revenge.

Since we can't win with our brains, we'll just have to crush her with force.

So, a decision was made.

"Thoth, you weren't joking just now, were you?"

Nami spoke earnestly.

Seeing this, Thoth met Nami's eyes and saw a sly glint in them.

"What? What's on your mind?"

Thoth asked her, and Nami took a deep breath and stared intently at Thoth, saying:

"I have a friend who's more of a sworn enemy than a friend. She's incredibly clever and cunning, but she's also kind-hearted."

I'd like to recommend it to you.

Upon hearing this, Thoth became interested, his eyes filled with curiosity: "Tell me, someone who can earn such high praise and admiration from you must be no ordinary person, right?"

"The Phantom Thief Karina. Do you know her? Like me, she specializes in stealing sea urchins..."

She's the same age as me. Although she doesn't have my natural talent for seafaring, she's incredibly smart—the smartest person I've ever met.

"Did you get sick from your previous interactions with her?"

Thoth suddenly asked with a smile, and Nami's face immediately turned dark, her chest aching with anger.

Seeing Nami's appearance, Thoth understood perfectly. Phantom Thief Karina herself knew, both in her past life and in this one.

She was an exceptionally intelligent best friend of Nami's, with whom she had a love-hate relationship, and in the future, she would become a world-class, super-popular singer.

Seeing Thoth's grinning face, Nami took a deep breath and glared fiercely at him: "That's right, I've been burned by her before, so I want to get her on our ship so we can bully her as much as we want."

"You really hold a grudge! She's really unlucky to have messed with you and you're still holding a grudge against her."

Thoth smiled and stroked his chin:

"I heard about her from the rats; they said she's currently somewhere in the surrounding waters."

Nami was surprised. "Is that so? Then I'm really lucky."

At this point, Nami looked at Thoth and asked, "So? Interested?"

Thoth's eyes flickered slightly. "I'll have the rats check her trail first."

Nami blinked, a slight smile playing on her lips:

"That's good. We'll let her do odd jobs first, like washing our socks."

……

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

For five days, Thoth led them on a journey through the surrounding waters.

While guiding them in their cultivation, he also went to search for Hai Feng Ning Wei Y.

But during these days, he only encountered a group of people with a total bounty of 980 million.

They were easily defeated by Tote and his five men.

It was four o'clock that afternoon.

On the vast, boundless sea.

A single-masted sailboat drifted in the wind.

At that moment, not far from the ship, Thoth's figure suddenly surfaced from the sea, gasping for breath, a smile appearing in his eyes:

"Swordsmanship, reaching a high level, acquiring skill characteristics, sword stance."

Characteristics of the same type as Sword Stance.

However, compared to the light and agile approach of sword stance, the saber stance places more emphasis on imposing presence.

The fusion of the two forces allows Thoth to make better use of his body.

Thoth gripped his knife, channeling his inner energy and spirit to condense his aura. With a thought, he swung the knife, and in the blink of an eye, a slashing beam flew thirty meters away.

In an instant, it cleaved a chasm several meters deep into the sea.

Looking at his masterpiece, a thoughtful look appeared in Toth's eyes. "The power of different combat techniques can be combined."

As the essential principles of swordsmanship were integrated into his swordsmanship over the past few days, Thoth vaguely felt that:

"Quantitative change will lead to qualitative change."

"The next combat skill we'll learn is spearmanship."

Back on the ship, after watching Johnny and the others practice and offering some guidance, Thoth picked up an iron spear from the weapon rack and went to the deck to begin practicing.

"Is Brother Tote going to learn marksmanship again?"

Johnny watched as Thoth changed his weapon, a look of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

"As expected of Brother Tote, most people can master one weapon until they die of old age, but he's already practicing the third weapon, isn't he?"

Joseph was equally astonished.

In the days that followed, they had been completely won over by Thoth's charisma and combat skills.