Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 214 The Matter Ends

When Nami stepped off the dog-headed ship and arrived at the ruins of Arlong Park, she was still somewhat bewildered.

The shadow of his childhood, the monster he had worried about for so long, the mountain that oppressed Cocoyasi Village, Arlong who colluded with the Navy and claimed to be a superior species to enslave humans, and his fish-men... just like that, they were all gone?

From beginning to end, it was all just a matter of one punch from Garp. He took care of the Arlong Pirates so easily. For a moment, Nami felt as if she were dreaming.

It wasn't until a large group of marines pulled Arlong out of the ruins that Nami finally came to her senses and clearly realized that the Arlong Pirates had been completely destroyed.

"Mom...everyone...the Arlong Pirates are finally finished! We're finally free from the Arlong Pirates' oppression!"

After letting out two excited shouts, Uchiha Tou coughed behind Nami:

"Why don't you go search Ah Long's Paradise? I remember there should be quite a bit of Ah Long's property there!"

Ah Long's treasure?!

Nami, who had been excitedly expressing her feelings, suddenly had eyes that looked like Belial's after hearing this. Forgetting her previous emotional outburst, she rushed straight towards the ruins of Arlong Park:

"Make way, let me have a turn! I already know where Ah Long's treasure chamber is!"

Some naval soldiers who were carefully exploring the ruins were pushed aside by the excited Nami. The little thief lived up to her name and easily found several treasure rooms, pulling out huge piles of Berries and treasures.

Seeing Nami rolling around in the treasure and Beli, Uchiha Touyu immediately shook his head and came to her side:

"Stop acting crazy. This is the Navy's spoils of war, not your treasure. What are you so happy about?"

Nami, who was rolling around in the pile of treasure, froze instantly. She raised her head and looked at Uchiha Tou... and the Marine next to him who was staring at her, a mournful expression on her face:

"Huh?! This... can't I even get a single bit? I was the whistleblower, after all!!"

"Don't be silly, give all the money to the Navy! I believe Vice Admiral Garp will distribute this money to the people who have been harmed by Arlong."

Uchiha Touyu offered some words of advice, and only after hearing this did Nami stand up listlessly.

Even if Arlong's treasure were left to Nami, she would probably give most of the money to the villagers of Cocoyasi Village in the end. However, seeing the large amount of treasure being taken away by the Marines, Nami felt an unbearable heartache and could hardly breathe.

As for Uchiha Touyu, he didn't care much about the treasure. With Garp present, he couldn't just drain the fishmen dry, so he could only watch the show from the sidelines. He found it especially funny to see Nami's tearful expression.

The cleanup was quick. Under Garp's iron fists, even those fishmen with minor injuries and still able to move dared not retaliate. They were all terrified by Garp.

After all, he wiped out the entire Fishman Pirates with a single punch, and the force of the punch directly destroyed Arlong Paradise. Faced with such a monster-level powerhouse, these fishmen who had never seen the world were already terrified. How could they dare to provoke the Navy again?

Even Arlong, who had been knocked unconscious by Arlong Paradise before he could even make a move, didn't dare to utter a single word when he saw Garp. He had originally wanted to be the heavyweight who would make a grand entrance at Arlong Paradise, but he didn't expect that Garp would knock him and his headquarters down with one punch, turning him into a complete clown.

When fighting Kizaru, Arlong could still convince himself that the opponent's strength was just due to his Devil Fruit. But after seeing Garp's punch, Arlong truly felt hopeless. Whether it was himself, Jinbe, or their former big brother Tiger, what difference would it make if they faced Garp's punch?

With such powerful monsters around, the fishmen will never be able to turn their lives around.

A group of fishmen, handcuffed and stuffed like dried salted fish, were crammed into the hold of the dog-headed ship and taken to the 16th Marine Division, where they went to jail with Captain Rat.

For Garp, defeating the Arlong Pirates was a simple matter of one punch, but the cleanup afterwards took several days.

First, they thoroughly investigated the 16th Naval Branch from top to bottom, arresting those who needed to be arrested and issuing warnings to those who needed to be warned. After that, the entire 16th Naval Branch was reduced to just the ordinary marines at the bottom.

Then, these marines went on a whirlwind trip to distribute the treasures they had looted from the Arlong Pirates to the residents of nearby islands who had been oppressed by the Arlong Pirates.

This was originally supposed to be the work of the 16th Naval Division, but unfortunately the 16th Naval Division is practically paralyzed now, so it's definitely impossible for them to complete this task.

By the time everything was done, seven or eight days had passed.

That morning, Uchiha Touyu fought Garp again, but after half an hour, he was exhausted and pinned to the ground by Garp.

"Kid, you should have awakened your Haki by now, right?"

Garp shook his fist, feeling that the warm-up exercise was not bad. With a curious expression on his face, he looked at Uchiha Tou, who was lying on the ground, and asked.

"When I hit you, the feel was a little off, like it got a bit hard."

Lying on the ground, Uchiha Hiyu rolled his eyes. His face was bruised and swollen, he was covered in sweat, and his head was covered in bumps. He spoke helplessly:

"If I still don't learn anything after being beaten up by your domineering aura so many times, then I'm just an idiot, aren't I?"

"Who said that? I've been beating my stupid grandson since he was a kid, but he still hasn't learned to be domineering."

Garp pulled a bag of donuts from his clothes, popped them into his mouth, and started munching away while complaining.

"That's because you never explained the concept of domineering to him. Otherwise, with your grandson's talent, he should have learned about domineering a long time ago."

Karp shook his head upon hearing this:

"It's not about awakening your domineering aura as early as possible. When you're young, physical fitness is the most important foundation. It's much more efficient to cultivate domineering aura when you're an adult."

"When it comes to Haki, hard training can never improve as quickly as combat. Focusing solely on Haki when you're young and neglecting the development of your physical abilities is actually a very short-sighted approach."

"After all, even if you cultivate Haki from childhood to adulthood, it's not as fast as you can improve by just fighting a strong opponent after awakening Haki. And honing your physical strength is not as easy as cultivating Haki. You have to start training from childhood so that you can develop all your physical potential in adulthood."

Garp's words are truly wise, explaining why he didn't pass on the Haki to his grandsons from a young age—he naturally wanted to ensure his two grandsons wouldn't be distracted during their youth.

In fact, Garp's teaching was obviously not wrong. Luffy was able to defeat strong enemies by doing sit-ups, largely because Garp had trained his physique from a young age.

Luffy's growth path in the later stages was exactly as Garp had predicted. Apart from his Devil Fruit, other skills like Haki training were indeed something he could catch up with by just casually practicing and fighting a few battles.

"Tsk, so if you want to properly cultivate Haki, you have to go through life-or-death battles?"

Uchiha Tou raised his hand, clenched his fist, and dark domineering energy wrapped around his hand, making his entire arm gleam with a black metallic luster.

"Isn't that obvious? Almost all powerful figures have experienced numerous life-or-death battles with other experts of the same level. Otherwise, their strength wouldn't have reached this level."

"Yeah?"

Uchiha Touyu looked at his arm, said something indifferently, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"By the way, kid, I'm leaving tomorrow. I hope I don't see your name on any wanted posters."

Garp spoke up, and Uchiha Touyu glanced at him:

"Don't worry, someone like me wouldn't do something as low as Ah Long."

In any case, in this world, Uchiha Touyu couldn't absorb blood and souls on a large scale like he did in the Naruto world. After all, genjutsu couldn't be used in this world, and he had to do it himself every time. If there were millions of people, he would be exhausted to death.

Since there's no way to focus on quantity, the only option is to focus on quality. Therefore, it's estimated that Uchiha Touyu will be fighting against many powerful opponents in the future.

As for the Black Aura Offering... the world of One Piece is a completely evil and chaotic world. Even if it involves large-scale killings, as long as there is a pretext, the Navy will turn a blind eye.

However, given the abundance of pirates available for practice, Uchiha Tou wouldn't necessarily target the World Government member states. As long as he doesn't attack any World Government member states, he won't be considered a pirate.

However, whether they will take action against the navy in the future is another matter entirely.

After this training session ended, Garp didn't linger and left the East Blue with his dog-headed warship. After resting for two days and digesting everything he had learned from his battle with Garp, Uchiha Touyu went to find Nami.

In Cocoyasi Village, in an orange grove behind the village, Nami and her sister Nojiko are picking oranges.

In fact, after learning of the Arlong Pirates' destruction, Cocoyasi Village held a grand banquet. During the banquet, Nami had also resolved her inner conflicts and pretense, and was hailed as a hero by the villagers of Cocoyasi Village.

This period was probably the happiest time Nami had in Cocoyasi Village since she became an adult.

"Nami, are you really going to set sail?"

With healthy, wheat-colored skin and blue-white hair tinged with white, Nokiko looked at her younger sister with a cheerful yet slightly teasing expression.

However, the hint of unease in her eyes revealed that this older sister was not entirely without worry for her younger sister.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to become a pirate. I've already made it into Arlong's pirate crew, what else can possibly be difficult for me?"

"Besides, sister, you can see for yourself that I'm a Devil Fruit user now. With a Devil Fruit ability, I'm not weak even in the entire East Blue, okay?"

Nojiko recalled Nami's sudden invisibility, her strange speed, and even her ability to glide across the sea. She had to admit that with these abilities, Nami's ability to survive was far superior to that of ordinary people.

Moreover... she also knew how Nami obtained the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, and had a vague understanding of its value. Just from observing Nami's incredibly smooth and delicate skin, which had been altered by the Devil Fruit, over the past few days was enough for Nojiko to understand the value of this Devil Fruit.

Nojiko didn't know much about the power of the Devil Fruit. Being immune to bullets was already amazing in her eyes. However, she was very familiar with women's pursuit of beauty. If this Devil Fruit were placed in the hands of wealthy nobles, it would be easy to sell it for hundreds of millions of Berries.

Uchiha Touyu gave this Devil Fruit, which could fetch at least several hundred million Berries and provide an ordinary person with a comfortable life, directly to his younger sister. If his sister suddenly changed her mind and said she wasn't going to join the crew, then that seemingly easy-going young man would probably have to take a knife and hack his way from one end of Cocoyasi Village to the other!

"Nami, you're here!"

Speak of the devil, and he appears. While Nojiko was still thinking about Nami's partner, the hero who also saved Cocoyasi Village, Uchiha Tou had already appeared in the orange grove.

"Feiyu, would you like some oranges? These oranges are really sweet!"

Nami picked a large, golden-red orange and tossed it to Uchiha Touka. Touka caught it, peeled off the skin, and took a bite. It was indeed sweet and sour.

"Old man Garp has already left with his men, it's about time we set off too."

While eating an orange, Uchiha Tobi spoke to Nami, who blinked slightly and nodded gently:

"Has Lieutenant General Garp already left? Then it's time for us to go too."

"But Feiyu, we don't seem to have many boats... Are we going to have to use my old little sailboat again?"

"Okay, let's use that little sailboat for now. We'll go to Loguetown and keep an eye out. If we see any pirate ships or anything like that, we'll just steal them!"

"For now, let's be bounty hunters! Actually, an adventurer's group would also work, but we're still a bit small and can't sail any big ships."

Nami crossed her arms, looked at Uchiha Touyu, and frowned slightly:

"This is so casual. It feels like your plan to go to sea was just something you came up with on a whim."

"Speaking of which, Feiyu, why are you working so hard to set sail? Judging from your expression, you don't seem to want to become the Pirate King."

(End of this chapter)