Starting with two Kamui, they raised the flag of rebellion in One Piece.

"Judging by appearance alone, although you are taller and stronger than the average person, how did you manage to defeat these fish-men? The strength of fish-men should be far greater than that of us ordinary people."

Nokiko's probing questions reached Li Mingyuan's ears.

He looked up at what was in front of him.

Curious?

"Of course! You're the hero who saved us, of course we'd be curious about how you did it."

Nokiko seemed completely at ease, showing no nervousness in front of Li Mingyuan. She even sat on the edge of his lounge chair, blinked, and leaned down to look at Li Mingyuan.

"Hey, can you tell me about the process of annihilating the Arlong Pirates?"

Nokiko gave Li Mingyuan's shoulder a familiar nudge and asked with a smile, "Do you know how many people have tried to rebel against the fish-people over the years, only to have their entire villages slaughtered?"

"Even the Navy from outside the region ignores the fish-men, and bounty hunters are no match for them... Rumor has it that these fish-men come from the Grand Line. Aren't you afraid to fight them?"

Li Mingyuan narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Nokigo, who was leaning over and looking at him.

He did not answer the girl's question immediately.

Instead, he began to scrutinize Nojiko in the same way Nojiko had scrutinized him earlier.

Her extremely attractive appearance, combined with her unique skin tone, always gives people a special kind of allure.

"Hmm, slightly brownish skin."

Li Mingyuan stared at Nojiko's skin tone, thinking to himself, 'It seems the character design will be based on the TV anime version.'

Anyone who has watched the East Blue Saga of One Piece will likely have some impression of Nami, the brown-skinned, blue-haired woman, in the early stages.

Not only did she help Usopp escape the pursuit of the Fishman Pirates and take a bullet for Nami, but she also helped Luffy, who was trapped underwater, breathe. She is a strong and reliable character with a fair amount of screen time.

Mature, cheerful, and determined, her appearance also appeals to many people.

What few people know is that Nojiko in the One Piece TV anime is actually the same as the brown-skinned Robin in the early TV anime. Although their skin tones look very natural and charming, these are all original colors added by the anime. In the original manga, Nojiko and Robin both have normal skin tones.

In the recap special of the anime, Nojiko's skin color was corrected, and Robin's skin color was also adjusted back to white after the Sabaody Archipelago arc, two years later in the anime.

Although many people feel that the skin tone adjustment doesn't make a difference without the skin tone bonus, many others feel that the adjusted skin tone of these female characters is more to their liking.

Li Mingyuan didn't care about this.

His attention to Nochiko's skin color at this moment was mainly due to a subconscious thought of something else.

In terms of priority, Zoro's situation shows that the manga storyline definitely dominates the One Piece fusion worldview. However, the anime, which follows the main storyline like the manga, seems to have just as much dominance as purely anime-original storylines. Otherwise, Nojiko's skin color wouldn't be brown; it would be closer to the manga's character design.

"Is it possible that unimportant settings, even if not present in the manga, might be retained after merging with the existing worldview? If so, the anime's practice of lengthening manga battle scenes to fill time, resulting in some characters' power levels being inflated or deflated, might also occur in this world."

"After leaving Cocoyasi Village, I'll have to be careful when I get to my next stop."

Pulling his wandering thoughts back, Li Mingyuan continued to gaze at Nuoqigao.

"Fear? Would a person feel fear towards livestock that are far inferior to themselves?"

"At least for me, it's impossible."

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Li Mingyuan replied calmly, "Nami was there the whole time to tell you the details. If you're really curious, just ask Nami. Personally, I don't really want to recall a battle that wasn't anything special."

"I can only say it's regrettable for those victims you mentioned, but now that the Arlong Pirates have been dealt with, there shouldn't be any more sad things happening to those who are still alive in the future."

"Hehe, you're very confident, aren't you? About your own abilities."

Nojiko nodded and exclaimed, "No wonder they dared to come and attack the Arlong Pirates."

"In other words, this is the legendary composure of a powerful individual? Is that true?"

"That's great."

Sitting on the edge of a lounge chair, Nojiko looked at the estuary, now stained crimson with blood, and gently swung her legs. "Nami and I have discussed countless times how to get rid of these fishmen, but no matter what we did, nothing changed."

"If only we had your strength back then."

After a final, poignant remark.

After saying that, Nojiko stood up from the chair with a smile, as if nothing had happened.

She waved to the other villagers who were observing the situation at the entrance of Along Paradise.

"Everyone, you can come over now! This is the savior who helped us get rid of Ah Long!"

"If you have any thanks to express, you can say them now, face to face!"

Nokiko made a trumpet shape with her hand around her mouth and said happily in a loud voice.

The villagers, who had been secretly observing Nojiko's conversation with the other party and were worried about Li Mingyuan's situation, could no longer hold back upon hearing this. They ignored the terrifying scene in Arlong Paradise and rushed towards Nojiko and Li Mingyuan's location.

Although they knew that the only possibility for someone in Arlong Park to appear in the current situation was the rumored bounty hunter, they still dared not approach rashly before Nojiko, who was closest to Nami, confirmed the situation, in order to avoid messing things up.

Now that they have received confirmation from Nojiko, they have no more worries.

Seeing this, Li Mingyuan sighed softly, knowing that his short leisure time was about to end.

"So, you just wanted to test what kind of person I am, that's why you came over and started talking to me earlier?"

Li Mingyuan looked up at Nuoqi Gao and spoke.

"Don't say such cold things."

"Isn't it perfectly normal to inquire about someone simply out of curiosity about their benefactor?"

Nokiko chuckled and replied, then leaned down again and whispered in Li Mingyuan's ear, "But there's something I've wanted to say to this benefactor for a while now—when you're talking to a girl, don't keep staring at her like that, it's too obvious."

"It doesn't matter to me, but you should still be careful when you're with other girls."

After saying that, Nojiko got up and left.

Li Mingyuan, surrounded by villagers, was left alone, looking at the other person's back, feeling somewhat bewildered.