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

...Could it be that he saw it too obviously?

Okay, Li Mingyuan admitted that he had indeed glanced at it unintentionally.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Compared to Noki's appearance and skin color, what is truly striking about her is the large amount of tattoos covering her shoulders and chest.

That was when Nami got the Arlong Pirates' symbol tattooed on her arm after joining the crew. To prevent Nami from feeling inferior because of the Arlong Pirates' symbol, Nojiko got the tattoo. In a way, it symbolized her sister's silent love.

Given that this product has a unique meaning in the plot, and the other person happens to be leaning down to talk to you, isn't it normal to take a few more glances?

Compared to that, what Li Mingyuan really wanted to complain about was, didn't Noki have any sense of boundaries? Anyone who didn't know better would think the two of them were very close, but they seemed to be getting way too close from the start.

"never mind."

Li Mingyuan shook his head slightly and looked away.

Just like with Nami, it's a natural affinity that developed after Nojiko was seen as a benefactor. After all, Nojiko is a very approachable person in the original work, and she quickly built a close relationship with Usopp and others when they first met.

The phrase "unrestrained personality" is not just a description.

Li Mingyuan looked at the villagers who had gathered around him again, his gaze focusing on the man in the lead.

Unexpectedly, besides Nojiko, I also ran into an old character like Ken. In a way, it really brings back memories.

"So you're the one who defeated Ah Long?"

"Thank u!"

Facing his gaze, the middle-aged man covered in scars solemnly lowered his head and bowed deeply to him, while the windmill above his head spun continuously in front of Li Mingyuan's eyes.

As Ah Jian took the lead, the surrounding villagers seemed to have turned on a switch, and they all began to express their gratitude to Li Mingyuan with enthusiasm and excitement.

Before long, the noise made Li Mingyuan's ears hurt.

"Alright, alright, you don't all need to come over here, the noise is too loud."

Li Mingyuan stood up from the lounge chair, waved his hands repeatedly at the villagers, and said with a headache, "I'm not the kind of person who likes crowds. If you have something to say, let's say it all at the banquet tonight. Nami already told me that you're having a banquet tonight, right? I'll be there then."

"Ah! Nami already told you, didn't she?"

Upon hearing this, some villagers' eyes lit up immediately, and they eagerly leaned out, saying, "You absolutely must be there tonight! Not just us, everyone else in the village really wants to see you!!"

"Where did you come from? How did you manage to defeat that Ah Long?"

"Does that mean someone is hiring you?!"

Although Li Mingyuan had tried to extricate himself from the topic, the villagers' enthusiasm was too much, and they kept asking all sorts of questions. He was soon surrounded by the crowd, and it became difficult for him to even move.

"Sorry, everyone's been a little too enthusiastic."

Seeing this, A-Jian, who was standing next to Li Mingyuan, couldn't help but smile wryly and tried to explain in the crowded crowd, "After all... Hey! Don't push over! Cough cough, everyone is suddenly freed from the hands of the Arlong Pirates, and they are all very excited, especially after seeing you, their benefactor, they can't control their emotions."

Unlike the bandits who were merely attacked and rescued, this island had been enslaved by the fish-men for years. Now that they were liberated, the people were eager to release their pent-up emotions. Some chose to celebrate, but for the villagers who had just seen Li Mingyuan, the thing they wanted to do most right now was to express their gratitude to him.

Li Mingyuan naturally understood this.

However, while I can understand it, it's really unbearable to have someone like him become the center of attention.

So Li Mingyuan reluctantly exchanged a few more words, but still couldn't hold back.

"Excuse me! See you tonight, I have to leave for a while!"

After leaving those words, Li Mingyuan casually picked up the cloth bag containing A Long's head, which was placed not far away. With a light touch of his toes, he leaped up from the crowd, stepped over the shoulders of several villagers, and rushed out of the crowd, scaling the wall of A Long's Paradise.

The villagers who witnessed this scene were initially shocked by Li Mingyuan's skills, but soon they became even more excited and chased after Li Mingyuan's figure as they rushed out of Along Amusement Park.

In the blink of an eye, Ah Long Paradise was in complete disarray, with only Ah Jian still standing there.

On the outskirts of the crowd, Nojiko, seeing this scene, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. It was because she had anticipated this that she left the crowd early.

"Haha, if you're so unwilling, why not just give me a cold rebuke?"

"What a strange person."

Nokiko said, suppressing a laugh.

At the same time, seemingly hearing the commotion downstairs, a window on the upper floor of Alon Amusement Park opened.

Nami poked her head out, looking down with a surprised expression. "Huh? Ken, and Nojiko, what are you doing here?"

"Ah! Nami!"

Nojiko's eyes lit up at the sight, and she waved to Nami, saying loudly, "We just saw our benefactor! He said he'll be attending tonight's banquet!"

"That person?"

Nami looked somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

Although she invited Li Mingyuan to the banquet when she expressed her gratitude, she thought that based on his personality from their previous conversation, he probably wouldn't like a lively place and wouldn't attend. She was surprised that he actually agreed.

Just as Nami peeked out, Karina, who had finally finished washing up in another room above the main building, put on the clothes Nami had provided and also opened the window to look out.

"Wow, this scene is truly amazing when viewed from above."

Karina stared in astonishment at the estuary, which was almost completely stained red. "There are corpses everywhere. It's horrific."

As she spoke, Karina turned her head again and looked at Nami, who had opened the window not far away.

"Nami, how come you're back so quickly?"

"On such a rare good day, I thought you would enjoy the freedom of liberation with your family and have a good chat or something."

Karina blinked.

"You're just too slow."

Nami turned to look at Karina, and couldn't help but roll her eyes. "You and my benefactor are still at Arlong Park, how could I leave you guys here and go celebrate by myself! Besides, we agreed to sort through the spoils together, why have you been showering in the bathroom for so long? Thanks to you, I've been doing all the work by myself since just now!"

"Hehe, sorry, sorry."

Karina chuckled sheepishly and said, "But thanks to me, you finally have time to talk alone with your benefactor. You look much brighter than before, so you must have expressed your gratitude quite a bit when you were alone with him, right?"

Little did they know that Nami and Li Mingyuan's conversation was actually about Karina's safety, and Karina was now teasing Nami a little.

However, the reason Nami is in such a good mood right now is because she just burned all those sea charts that had been a source of her anxiety for years.

Upon hearing Karina's words, Nami's face darkened.

He hadn't even asked about his benefactor's specific situation yet, and the conversation was all about how to help Karina solve her problems. And now he was being joked about like this.

"Karina!"

"Now that this situation has been resolved, let's continue talking about how you stole all my treasure last time, and then abandoned me penniless while I was with the treasure hunters, running away with all the money."

Nami forced a smile and said, "Thanks to you, I almost died. You don't really think I can pretend this never happened just because I don't mention it, do you?"

"Well!"

Seeing Nami's unpleasant expression, Karina stretched her neck, chuckled awkwardly, and slowly shrank back into the room.

"Um... hahaha, I'll be going now..."

"Wait! You little vixen, don't think you can escape from me!"

In the East China Sea, two people, one nicknamed "Fox Spirit" and the other "Little Thief Cat," are now playfully chasing each other in the same building.

Karina ran away, and Nami gave chase.

Below Alon Amusement Park.

Looking at the small theater above, Ah Jian couldn't help but laugh.

Even Nojiko smiled as she watched the scene unfold, genuinely happy.

"I never expected Nami to have female friends her own age."

"Was that Karina just now?"

"Although this is the first time I've seen this name, I think I've heard Nami mention it before. Apparently, we were rivals who worked together in the East Blue."

Nojiko rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought, and said, "So that's how it is. She's Karina."

Just as Nojiko was trying to remember, Ken walked over to her.

"Seeing Nami's expression, it wasn't until this moment that I truly felt that the Arlong Pirates were gone. Once this news spreads throughout the entire island, I think even more people will start celebrating."

"That young man is truly remarkable. Although he looks only a few years older than you and Nami, his situation is far beyond what we can imagine."

A-Jian looked at Nojiko and said in a very good mood, "He shouldn't be a pirate, right? If he's a bounty hunter, I wonder where he'll go next. But in any case, he probably won't stay on this island for long. I hope there's anything we can do to help."

"alright."

"The situation has been confirmed. Everyone should probably head back to the village to prepare. If we get back too late, we won't be able to have the banquet tonight, hahaha!"

With that, Ah Jian laughed heartily and turned to leave Ah Long Paradise.

He could see that the villagers who had left with Li Mingyuan earlier seemed to have lost sight of him and were now wandering around the forest with regretful expressions, as if they were still trying to find the young man.

Ah Jian was not surprised at all.

If someone who could defeat Ah Long really wanted to hide, how could they possibly let them catch up?

"Everyone, it's about time to head back and prepare for the banquet! We must give our benefactor a proper welcome tonight!"

Ah Jian loudly called the villagers back together.

Perhaps because the other villagers also knew that finding Li Mingyuan in this situation was nothing short of a pipe dream, although they were somewhat regretful, they still followed A-Jian and left Along Paradise, heading back on their way.

Only Nojiko did not leave immediately, but leaned against the wall of Arlong Paradise and waited quietly.

She plans to go with Nami.

Although she didn't know what Nami was busy with, now that she was finally free, she wanted to spend more time with Nami than ever before, rather than going home alone to prepare for the banquet.

Even just waiting during this time is incredibly pleasant.

Just as Nokiko was thinking this,

Suddenly, when her gaze inadvertently fell on a lounge chair not far away, she widened her eyes in surprise.

"Huh? You?"

Nojiko asked in astonishment, "When did you get back?!"

At this very moment, on the lounge chair that was just empty, a somewhat familiar figure has appeared again, casually lying down, still wearing the same sunglasses, with a calm expression.

It was Li Mingyuan.

It's as if it never left; now it's basking in the sun on a lounge chair.

Hearing Nokigo's words, Li Mingyuan remained motionless, only casually saying, "Just now, when that man named A-Jian left..."

"Wow, that's amazing, I didn't see you at all."

Nokiko moved closer to Li Mingyuan, scrutinizing the man's entire body with astonishment, clicking her tongue in amazement, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought you'd never left this lounge chair. How did you manage that?"

"There are too many questions; I have no obligation to answer them."

Li Mingyuan did not answer Nuoqi Gao.

He yawned, turned over, and faced away from the girl.

"If you have some free time, why don't you go back to the village and help prepare the feast? I see the other villagers all look very excited."

Li Mingyuan's voice came from behind him.

Having just gone around in circles with the villagers had taken a heavy toll on his mental energy. After all, these villagers were like family to Nami. Li Mingyuan, who was planning to recruit Nami, had to be mindful of his image and couldn't just coldly shut them off. It felt even more tiring than fighting.

Right now, he really wanted to take a nap and didn't want to talk to the overly friendly Nokiko.

Seeing this, Nokiko wanted to say something, but before she could speak, footsteps sounded at the entrance of the main building of Arlong Paradise.

Nojiko turned around and saw that it was Nami and the girl named Karina walking out together.

The two of them were carrying a lot of things, large and small.

At first glance, it seems that a faint golden luster can be seen under the thick fabric.

"Hehehe, what a bumper harvest!"

Karina hugged the package tightly, unable to suppress a chuckle. "With this money, we can stay active for a long time."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not your money, is it? Or haven't you learned your lesson from being caught this time?"

Nami sighed, too lazy to pay attention to Karina, and walked straight to Li Mingyuan's side.