Time slowly passed, and half a month went by in a blink.
After throwing the negotiation matters to Black Rabbit, Lin Que himself entered a state of idleness.
Every day, he would wander around with the money obtained from selling divinity, looking for simple and brutal Gift Games to compete in and win.
If he couldn't find a suitable Gift Game and was bored, he would tease Black Rabbit, who happened to be in the Community, or play with the children in the Community.
Life was very leisurely, making Black Rabbit, who had to run around every day looking for people to borrow money from and was so tired she was almost sleep-deprived, envious to the point of nearly crying.
Just as Lin Que thought this leisurely life would continue until the day the auction began, someone in the chat group suddenly @ him.
Nami: "@Sea King, is Lin Que there?"
After half a month of intense activity in the group chat, the other members also noticed that Lin Que was very approachable.
They no longer added an honorific when calling him, unlike half a month ago.
Sea King: "Here, what's up?"
Nami: "It's about that thing I mentioned to you before, are you free now?"
Sea King: "You've accumulated enough points so quickly?"
Lin Que was a bit surprised.
The matter Nami spoke of was naturally asking him to deal with Arlong and others who occupied her hometown.
Lin Que had no urgent matters at hand, so he didn't refuse at the time.
However, traveling between worlds required 1000 points per day, and currently, the only way to earn points in the group was through daily sign-ins.
Lin Que had originally thought that it would take until after the auction for her to gather enough points.
He didn't expect her to have saved 1000 points so quickly.
Sea King: "You're not signing in seventy or eighty points every day, are you?"
Nami: "Not really, it was mainly Kaguya and Asuna who helped."
Ben Zi Na: "My world is very peaceful, and I'm not in a hurry to use points, so I just lent them to Nami."
Kaguya-sama: "Same as above."
Sea King: "I see."
Three people saving points together made much more sense.
[Group member "Nami" sent a exclusive red packet.]
[Group member "Sea King" claimed the exclusive red packet.]
After claiming the red packet sent by Nami, Lin Que's points increased to over 1400.
[Group member 'Nami' started a live stream.]
[Sea King joined the live stream.]
[Ben Zi Na joined the live stream.]
[Kaguya-sama joined the live stream.]
...
As Nami started the live stream, a beautiful woman with fair skin and short orange hair appeared on the screen.
Nami: "Wow! Is that Nami? So beautiful!"
Kaguya-sama: "This is… on the sea?"
Nami: "Yes, didn't I tell you before? My current identity is that of a pirate."
Standing on top of a sailboat, Nami gazed at the small island gradually appearing in the distance.
Nami: "Lin Que, you don't need to rush over."
Nami: "I still want to avenge myself, so I'll try first."
Nami: "If it succeeds, those 1000 points will be given to you as a fallback reward. If it fails, you can come and rescue me again."
Sea King: "Okay."
...
"You've been gone for a long time this time, Nami."
On a huge chair, Arlong looked at Nami who was walking towards him.
His serrated long nose twitched up and down, and his cracked mouth and equally serrated teeth made him look as terrifying as a monster.
"How was the harvest this time?"
"I made a lot of money~ Look!"
Nami held up her large backpack and shook it up and down.
"There are too many idiots on the sea, there's no pressure at all."
"Hahahaha~ You can't blame them!"
Arlong burst into laughter: "There are too few people as good at betrayal as you!"
"Well~ it's alright."
Nami shrugged: "Speaking of which, I got something good this time, do you want to see it?"
"Oh?"
Arlong narrowed his eyes: "What is it?"
"Something that can blow you, you bastard, to death!"
Like a Beijing Opera face-changing, Nami, who was smiling just a second ago, suddenly roared, raising the backpack in her hand and throwing it with all her might towards Arlong.
Under the enhancement of her strengthened physical fitness, the backpack instantly crossed a distance of more than ten meters and landed in front of Arlong.
"Hmm?"
The moment the backpack hit the ground, the smell of burning sulfur began to spread in the air.
After realizing what was inside the backpack, Arlong's eyes widened sharply.
"Explosives?!"
Boom—!
A deafening explosion sounded, and a terrifying shockwave spread in all directions with the sound.
A huge gap was blasted in the massive palace, and rubble fell from the sky.
Standing at the entrance of the palace, Nami, who had retreated immediately after throwing the explosives, stared intently ahead.
"Did it succeed?"
What she had just thrown was not ordinary explosives.
It was a special explosive given to her by Butterfly Kanae as a friendly gift after she told her story in the group.
According to Butterfly Kanae, it was obtained from her companion named Uzui Tengen, and its power was enough to injure a Lower Rank Demon.
Although Nami didn't know how strong a Lower Rank Demon was, after testing it once, she found that these marble-sized bombs were indeed powerful.
This is why she decided to act first and see if she could deal with Arlong.
"You truly disappoint me, Nami."
From within the thick smoke, a voice filled with suppressed anger suddenly sounded.
The sound of heavy footsteps echoed, and Arlong's tall figure suddenly appeared in front of Nami.
Nami's expression darkened: "It failed."
Even though he had taken the terrifying explosion at close range, Arlong was almost completely unaffected.
Only his tattered clothes proved that he hadn't dodged the explosion.
"I used to think highly of you, thinking you were a smart person."
Holding a large saw-knife that he pulled out from who knows where, Arlong looked at Nami expressionlessly.
"Tell me, why did you do this?"
"Did your brain get blown out, Arlong?"
Nami's face showed a sarcastic smile: "What I'm best at, is betrayal."
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