"Stop joking. How could an ordinary person possibly have strength like yours?"
A Long shouted angrily, his face twisted with rage as he glared at Su Xiaoqi and roared, "Sakata Gintoki, no matter who you are, today I will kill you."
At this moment, Sakata Gintoki, who had already dealt with Kuroobi and was currently fighting with Hatchan, was momentarily stunned. He found it rather sudden—why was that stinky fish suddenly venting all his anger on him? Could it really be because he was too handsome?
However, he had no time to think about that. He needed to quickly finish off Hatchan in front of him and then deal with the last lieutenant, Aolong. If he delayed any longer, the opponent would be taken down by Lu Linglong and Zhu Zhuqing—two girls who would snatch his points away.
Although A Long was spouting the fiercest words, he did not rush to attack. He knew deep down he was no match for Gintoki on land. The only advantage he had was the pool of water nearby connected to the sea.
If he could get into the water, relying on his innate advantages as a fish-man, he could definitely turn the tables and counterattack.
"Sakata Gintoki, you must have come here for Nami, right? If you want her, I can give her to you and leave immediately."
A Long tried to distract his opponent with words while inching his body slowly toward the water.
Su Xiaoqi noticed A Long's little move and instantly understood his plan. He wouldn't let the opponent escape into the water—not just some distraction, as if he wouldn't see through it.
"Ah!!!" Su Xiaoqi suddenly shouted, pointing behind A Long. "Jinbei, what are you doing here?"
"What?" Hearing that name, A Long stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look behind.
However, there was no Jinbei at all. Realizing he'd been tricked, A Long hadn't even had time to curse when Su Xiaoqi, who had approached closely, began to beat him fiercely.
Now, A Long's experience no longer held any value for him. After a brutal beating, Su Xiaoqi landed a punch straight through his chest, ending A Long's life.
Su Xiaoqi walked over to Sakata Gintoki and smiled, "Gin-san, looks like you're having a hard time. Want me to help?"
Gintoki hurriedly said, "That octopus is Gin-san's points. You're not allowed to compete with Gin-san."
"Then good luck! I'm going to check on the others. Make sure to keep one corpse intact; we'll need it later."
He was just teasing the others. Hatchan's strength was no longer impressive to him and wouldn't help him improve.
Meanwhile, on their side, the Evil Dragon Pirates had been completely wiped out by Lu Linglong and Zhu Zhuqing. The only survivor was lieutenant Aolong, but he was barely breathing.
When Su Xiaoqi learned the reason Lu Linglong and Zhu Zhuqing didn't kill him, he burst out laughing. The two girls found Aolong's appearance so disgusting that otherwise they would have surely taken his head.
"Big brother, I want to try," Sakuragi Hanamichi said, holding a knife, eager to act. Only he and Nami had yet to kill anyone here. Nami was a girl, so it was understandable, but he was a man.
Su Xiaoqi thought for a moment and said, "Sakuragi, I think you're more suited to be a basketball player. Killing is still a bit early for you."
He didn't want Sakuragi's hands to be stained with blood; he hoped the guy could stay as pure as in the original story.
Sakuragi nodded, "I'll listen to you, big brother."
Nami then took the knife from Sakuragi's hand and said, "Let me do it. I want to make some change in myself."
This time, Su Xiaoqi didn't oppose. Nami's situation was completely different from Sakuragi's. The pirate world was inherently survival of the fittest. If you didn't kill, you might be killed.
He thought that since she was a pirate, it made sense to kill pirates. Luffy's crew had a protagonist's aura—otherwise, the Straw Hat crew would have died countless times given how they only defeated enemies without killing.
Nami walked up to Aolong, took a deep breath, and said, "You have tormented our village for so long. Today, I will personally avenge all the villagers who died or were harmed by you."
After Nami finished speaking, the knife in her hand pierced into his heart.
Nami, trembling slightly as she looked at Aolong's corpse on the ground, had killed for the first time. Lu Linglong and Zhu Zhuqing walked over to comfort her.
Not long after, Sakata Gintoki, who had finished dealing with Hatchan, came over. Upon seeing Aolong's corpse, he immediately became displeased. "Who—who took Gin-san's points?"
Su Xiaoqi pointed at Nami and said, "A brave woman who is willing to give everything for her village."
"I see." Sakata Gintoki nodded and then laughed, "As expected of Gin-san's Nami-chan, Gin-san here is the—"
However, before he could finish, Nami interrupted, "Who's your Nami-chan, you bastard?"
After some playful banter, Su Xiaoqi looked at everyone and said, "The Evil Dragon crew has been dealt with, but there's still one problem left."
"Nami, Linglong, Zhuqing, you three go to Aolong's place and find all the money he's extorted from you over the years. Gin-san, Sakuragi, and I will clean up the fish-men's corpses. Later, we'll take them to Colonel Rat of the 16th Navy Branch to exchange for money."
Upon hearing "money," Nami immediately forgot about having just killed someone. Her eyes turned into dollar signs: "I'll go right now."
Soon, Nami, Lu Linglong, and Zhu Zhuqing each returned carrying a bag of treasure. Su Xiaoqi and the others had also packaged several fish-men corpses that could be exchanged for money.
Among the Evil Dragon Pirates, only Aolong and his three lieutenants were valuable. The others weren't worth anything.
Su Xiaoqi said, "Nami, make sure the villagers come over to handle the other corpses."
Nami nodded, "Okay, I'll tell them after this."
She hadn't alarmed anyone when she returned this morning. She planned to wait until the Evil Dragon crew was defeated before telling them.
On their way to the place where Nami hid the Going Merry, they happened to meet Nami's older sister Nojiko and the man who wanted to be their stepfather, Arlong.
The two were very surprised to see Nami return to Cocoyasi Village. When they saw the corpses of the Evil Dragon Pirates, they were even more shocked.
Nami just briefly spoke with them and asked them to go to Arlong Park to handle the fish-men's corpses. She promised to explain the situation in detail after she returned.
Just as everyone boarded the Going Merry and prepared to sail toward the 16th Navy Branch, a navy warship was heading toward Cocoyasi Village.
Su Xiaoqi picked up binoculars, looked at the figures on the ship, and laughed, "What a coincidence, huh? We don't even need to look for him; this rat just brought himself here."
"Everyone, the rat extermination operation begins."
The unfortunate Colonel Rat never understood until death why anyone would come to Cocoyasi Village to kill him. Wasn't this the Evil Dragon Pirates' territory? Weren't the villagers too scared to resist?
He had just decided on a whim to come a day early to collect protection money and ended up dying miserably here.
Su Xiaoqi finally fired a Kamehameha wave that sank the navy warship carrying Colonel Rat and the other navy corpses to the bottom of the sea.
After completing this mission, Sakata Gintoki started demanding to take the Going Merry for a ride. So, the group still went to the 16th Navy Branch as planned to exchange the Evil Dragon Pirates' corpses for bounty money.
On the Going Merry, standing at the sheep figurehead, Sakata Gintoki shouted in imitation of Luffy, "I will become the Pirate King!"
However, Gin-san's happiness was short-lived. After the Going Merry sailed for a while, he started getting seasick.
"Ugh..." Holding the railing, Sakata Gintoki vomited up the essence of his body to the sea and then collapsed weakly on the deck, saying, "How can this be? Gin-san is supposed to be the man who will become Pirate King!"