Trouble in the Village
In the village of Kokoyashi, a man dressed like an high official, even had a black hat with a windmill attach to it, was minding his own business.
"Hey! Arlong is coming!" a villager yelled.
"Why is he coming down?" another asked.
"We've paid him his 'Tribute' a few days ago," a third villager said.
"Maybe my weapon is the reason why he has come," the man said, "In that case, everyone, get into your house!"
"Genzo," a villager said.
Arlong and top members of his crew arrived and the villagers backed away from him.
"So, it was you," Arlong said, "You were the one in possession of a sword three days ago."
"Yes, that's me. I happen to like collecting weapons," the man known as Genzo said, "What's wrong with that?"
"The purpose of a weapon is to create chaos and destruction," Arlong replied, "And that can lead to the destruction of this peaceful village."
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Nojiko heard about Arlong coming to the village and left to check it out.
Usopp decided to tag along, for unknown reasons.
"Aiee! That's Arlong?" Usopp yelled when he saw the fishmen, "He's not human!"
"Duh, he's a fishman," Nojiko stated.
"Nami isn't with him though," Usopp responded.
"She's probably at Arlong Park," Nojiko explained.
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"I have twenty villages under my control. And if someone dares to go against the higher authority, it can disturb the whole system," Arlong stated, "Gosa Village is the best example of what happens to those who dare to rebel against me. If they don't pay the tribute, it means they're rebelling against us!"
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"What does he mean by tribute?" Usopp asked.
"It's the money that we have to pay every month. We buy our lives from him. It doesn't matter if we're adults or children," Nojiko explained, "If there is one person who refuses to pay, the whole village will be crushed. Just like Gosa Village!"
"That's terrible! Just because of one person, they crushed the whole village?" Usopp asked.
"That is the way of Arlong. Their kind can kill a person and feel nothing," Nojiko explained.
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"Listen up! The only duty you inferior humans must do is paying us! You don't have to think of anything else! Because I want piles and piles of money!" Arlong yelled for the whole village to hear, "Your money will help me in creating an 'Arlong Empire'! The Empire that will govern every city in the East Blue!"
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"Arlong Empire? They're seriously thinking about building their own empire through out the whole east blue?" Usopp asked.
"That's right," Nojiko replied.
"So that means my village will be conquered too, right?" Usopp asked.
"Maybe. The best thing we can do now is just stay quiet and patient," Nojiko explained.
"Patient for what?" Usopp asked.
"Ah!" someone yelled.
They look to see that Arlong had beaten up Genzo and was now holding him up by his shirt.
"Genzo!" Nojiko yelled.
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"A person with a weapon is one who wants to go against me! I can't forgive that person because he has destroyed the peace in my area," Arlong said, "I will kill you as a lesson for others. So everyone will know what happens to a person who dares to go against me."
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"Are you kidding? He just has a sword, and he's going to be killed for it?" Usopp asked, "Who's going to allow that to happen?"
Nojiko rushed off to help Genzo.
"Hey! Get back here or you'll be killed!" Usopp yelled.
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Nojiko came out to the open.
"Arlong! You can't do this to us! We haven't defied you, and we have always paid you for the last eight years!" Nojiko yelled, "Release Genzo!"
"Nojiko!" a villager yelled.
"I've already told you that owning a weapon means trying to go against my rule. I have to kill this man to keep the peace of the area under my control," Arlong told her, "Or do you want me to destroy the whole village?"
"Everyone! Get into your houses! If you want to fight them now, all the things we've done for the past 8 years have been for nothing. If you wanted to risk your lives, we should have done that eight years ago," Genzo told the villagers, "But we didn't do it. We chose to live and stay with patients."
"But Genzo…" Nojiko responded.
"Your speech is very touching! You are right. Because you are alive you can be happy. Living is the greatest thing," Arlong said as he grabbed Genzo by the head and smashed his head into a wall of a building, "Just live the best you can. This man knew that it was a waste of time to think against me. For every living creature, life is unfair! Humans should live as humans!"
Arlong tossed Genzo into the ground.
Suddenly a marble was shot out of no where.
It hit Arlong and exploded.
All the villagers watching and the fishmen were confused.
Usopp appeared on the roof top.
"My name is Captain Usopp! I'm the bravest warrior of the East Blue with the crew of over 8000 men!" Usopp lied again, "Everyone around the world is afraid of me and calls me 'evil Usopp'. If you go back to your place, I will forgive you."
"Arlong! He's the guy that escaped from me earlier!" a fishman yelled.
"I don't care whether you have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of crewmen, I will kill all of them," Arlong said unaffected by the explosion.
"The explosion marble doesn't work?" Usopp asked.
"You puny human are just a weakling!" Arlong said.
Arlong picked up the house Usopp was on and literally flipped it upside down.
This caused the house to collapsed sideways and hit the other houses, causing them to collapse on each other like a row of dominoes.
Usopp came out of it okay.
"That was close," Usopp cried.
"He's over there!" a fishman yelled.
"Ack!" Usopp yelled as he ran away.
"Catch him, so I can kill him!" Arlong ordered.
The fishmen were restraining Arlong from destroying the whole village again.
They manage to drag Arlong away from the village.
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Usopp was once again using Haki to sense his way out of his chase.
"How did that guy escape from us?" a fishman asked.
"I don't know," the other said, "It's like he has some kind of sensing ability and has experience in running and escaping enemies."
"That's impossible! Even if he had experience in running away, no mere human should be able to escape from us," the third Fishmen said.
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Usopp was now far enough that he was searching around.
"I need to find Luffy," Usopp said.
A/N: I'm back! Italy and Greece was great! I got to see many places, and got so many things. Here are some advices for those of you that doesn't live in Greece or Italy and want to visit there one day:
* Make sure you have international coverage on your cellphones and know how to use it.
* Keep a converter that plugs into a outlet found in Italy Greece and any other country you're going to, and make sure it'll be able to work with the devices you're bringing on the trip.
* Make sure you know how much Euro you're spending and (if you live in the united states) multiply it by 1.3 to find how much it is in American dollars. Also (if your country doesn't use Euros) find out how to learn how much Euros are in the type of money your country uses.
* Rely on either actual cash or at least visa cards to buy things. But make sure you have enough cash to last you the whole trip because some places don't take Visas. But keep a regular debit/credit card incase you need to withdraw cash from it.
* Keep any money bags you carry in any foreign land hidden. There are pickpockets in every country.
* In Italy, when you order a pizza, you're better off telling the waiter you want a slice a pizza, because their whole pizza for one is big enough for 2-3 people.
* While on an outside tour, keep a bottle water on you at all time, especially during the summer and you're going to a big place like Pompeii
* Keep plenty of sunscreen and bug repellant on you.
* Make sure you have plenty of room in your bags for souveneir.
* Be careful with dealing with a device called a 'whisper'. No matter how low you set the volume, they blast in your ears. Especially if you're adjusting the ear piece to stay in your ear.
* When they tell you to stay with the tour group in a tour in some places, you're better off staying with the tour group, because some places are known to have stray tourist that get lost if they don't stay with the group.
* Also if you're going to a place where you can get lost, keep a phone number of the person in the tour group so that you can contact them and learn where to meet them.
* Keep a map of the city you're staying at, at any time (A compass wouldn't hurt having either), so that if you plan to go somewhere on your own, or with a small group, you know where to go. If you don't know how to navigate yourself around town, stay with someone that can, or stay with the main tour group.
* if the tour guide tells you to stay in a group while going somewhere, do it.
That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.