Angel investor in the One Piece world

What a coincidence!

They said it might take a while, but it just so happens that we've already met.

Rayleigh said that perhaps there are no coincidences in this world, only inevitabilities.

Perhaps, it really is fate?

The orange-haired girl below is definitely Nami, there's no mistake.

After all, the orange orb above her head was as bright as a light bulb in Damian's eyes.

Orange, ranking third in the system's investment target levels, should already be considered quite high, right?

As one of the original three members of the Straw Hat Pirates, he certainly deserves this level.

As Damian sized up Nami, the people and fishmen below were already in an uproar.

"Fly, fly in the sky?"

Nojiko exclaimed in disbelief, "How is this possible? Are they ghosts? But how can ghosts appear in broad daylight?"

Ah Jian was also dumbfounded. How did they manage to do that?

Clearly, the people from the remote villages of the East Blue had never even heard of Devil Fruits.

Not to mention them, even the fishmen from the Grand Line were quite frightened by the sudden appearance of Damian and his three companions.

However, after realizing what had happened, the fat merman in the lead immediately pointed his large sword at Damian in the sky, turned around angrily, and roared at A-Jian and the others, "So, there were people hiding in your village! Did you pay them?"

Damian, who hadn't even bothered to look at them before, couldn't help but twitch his lips at those words.

This world is too free; it allows such a guy to thrive.

"A fish-man?"

Colonel James asked in astonishment, "How come there are fishmen here?"

He was dispatched by Marin, so of course he knew where the fishmen roamed.

How could fishmen appear in the four seas? And in groups at that.

There is only one possibility!

"Are the Arlong Pirates here?"

The colonel's voice instantly brightened with delight. "I should have known, Damian! The shark hunting you mentioned... you mean Arlong, right?"

Arlong the Fishman, the pirate with the highest bounty in the East Blue, if Riel could achieve this feat!

"I didn't disappoint you, did I?"

Damian chuckled softly.

"certainly!"

James was overjoyed.

"A fish-man?"

Kuina looked at the fish-men below with a hint of curiosity. She had only heard of the fish-man race in the stories that Damian had told her.

"You lowly human, get down here now!"

The fat fishman was still yelling, "If you don't hand over your money obediently, I'll kill you all!"

"..."

Damian pursed his lips and pressed his right hand down.

The translucent puppet strings dangled down, disappearing into the ground.

The ground beneath the fishmen's feet instantly turned into a vortex. Before the four fishmen could react, their bodies were swallowed by the vortex and vanished in an instant.

That's enough.

Hearing another word of this idiotic stuff gives me a headache.

"this!"

Nojiko stared at all in disbelief.

"Has the ground...is the ground sinking?"

Ah Jian kept rubbing his eyes, but the smooth ground in front of him, with its faintly visible spiral patterns, kept reminding him that everything that had just happened was not an illusion.

"Could it be—"

Having spent many years at sea and seen much of the world, Nami had a thought: "Devil Fruits? Do the legendary Devil Fruit users really exist?"

"It is indeed a Devil Fruit ability, but it's not quite as legendary as some other fruits."

Damian landed on the ground with the three of them, stepping on the ground where four fishmen had just been buried alive. "Nice to meet you, Miss Nami."

"..."

Nami's expression suddenly changed, and she was immediately lost in her memories.

Could it be that the victim of the theft they once committed has come looking for them?

Oh no, oh no, oh no! What if this guy really is here to cause trouble?

Should we ask Ah Long for help?

A mischievous smile instantly appeared on the cunning girl's face. "Eh? That's strange. Since it's our first meeting, how do you know my name?"

"If you want to ask someone for help, you must first find out their information."

Damian smiled and said, "I'll get straight to the point, Miss Nami. My friend is going to the Grand Line, and she needs an excellent navigator. You should be the best navigator in the East Blue. I hope you can accompany her on her voyage."

"Haha, it can't be that good!"

Nami scratched the back of her head, grinning foolishly. "I only know a little bit about navigation."

Although he was smiling, his back was actually soaked with cold sweat.

How did he know about me?

In particular, how did he know that he was proficient in navigation?

Moreover, the Grand Line?

"As a reward,"

Damian laughed and said, "Let us help you take care of the Arlong Pirates first."

"..."

Nami's smile froze instantly.

"Perhaps the Arlong Pirates are an invincible force to you, but..."

Damian gently raised his hand. "Believe me, fish-people are actually a vulnerable group in this world."

Rumble!

The earth suddenly began to shake violently.

To people's horror, the small village was now turbulent and surging like a raging sea.

All the houses are being raised.

No, it's not a house!

The ground is rising!

Like a tsunami, giant waves of mud and rocks surged in from all directions, blotting out the sky and threatening to crush everything into dust in the next instant.

The villagers couldn't help but scream, and Lieutenant Riel screamed along with them. Not to mention them, even Colonel James was sweating profusely at this moment.

This power! It's outrageous!

However, the surging waves stopped abruptly, standing as still as the high wall surrounding everyone.

All of this was because Damian gently clenched his right hand and said, "As you can see, Miss Nami, if you agree, from today onwards, the Arlong Pirates will become history, and Cocoyasi Village will never again be persecuted by the fish-men."

The maximum range of the puppet strings is about two hundred meters. Within this range, Damian can control any object that can be touched by the puppet strings at will.

With the added physical strength from years of training, this situation was quite easy.

"..."

Nami watched all of this, her pupils dilating in shock.

Such power!

In her eyes, Ah Long, who could casually throw a house into the air, was an invincible monster.

But Ah Long's strength was utterly insignificant compared to the man before him!

Damian's smile widened.

Because he saw that the ball of light above Nami's head had coalesced into an orange seed.

The girl stared blankly at Damian.

Is it really possible to take the village back from Ah Long?

"No! Nami!"

But at that moment, seemingly already knowing what decision her younger sister would make, the older sister, Nojiko, grabbed her and blocked her path, gritting her teeth and shouting, "No!"

"...Nojiko?"

Nami was somewhat bewildered, wondering why her sister had stepped in to stop her.

"Can't!"

The older sister simply repeated in a low voice, "Nami, you can't!"

"Sir,"

Not only Nojiko, but Ken also stepped forward. He looked at Damian and pleaded, "Could we change the terms? Nami, she..."

He paused, "This child has already done so much for everyone. We can't let her sacrifice herself again... The Grand Line, even I've heard, is a graveyard for pirates, the most dangerous sea in the world..."

"Ah Jian..."

Nami was stunned again.

"We actually knew all along."

Ah Jian's voice choked with emotion as he forced himself not to turn around. "We've known about your deal with Ah Long for a long time. I'm so sorry for all these years, Nami. We couldn't help you with anything. The only thing we could do was try our best not to worry you, but even that wasn't done well."

Almost instantly, a torrent of tears streamed down the girl's face, and she instinctively covered her mouth.

Five years ago, she made a deal with Arlong, in exchange for her joining Arlong's pirate crew and drawing sea charts for him, in exchange for a promise to buy back Cocoyasi Village for 100 million Berries.

Therefore, she has never slackened for a moment over the years.

"Sir, I beg you! I know this is presumptuous, but please, could you please change your terms?"

Ah Jian bowed deeply to Damian.

It was a heartfelt expression of emotion.

But Damian acted as if he hadn't seen anything, and simply looked at Nami and asked, "So, Miss Nami, what's your answer?"

"I agree."

Without any hesitation, Nami wiped away her tears and answered firmly.

"The deal is done!"

Damian snapped his fingers. "Congratulations, Miss Nami. Soon there will be nothing to bind you anymore."

"On the other side of the sea lies freedom."