Nami's skills should have prevented her from being discovered, but women are sensitive, and even the sex worker, who had been brutalized into unconsciousness, suddenly woke up.
Nami, who had finally managed to open the door, was met with the sight of the sex worker. As Nami tried to stop her from alerting anyone, Butcher Bakal also woke up.
Butcher Bakal was a man who valued his treasure above all else; otherwise, he wouldn't have brought the sex workers onto the ship. He had been guarding against them trying to steal his fortune while he slept, so his sleep was never deep.
Discovering Nami's intrusion, and seeing her dressed like a thief, the enraged Bakal immediately grabbed the woman draped over him and hurled her at Nami like a weapon.
Nami dodged the flying sex worker—who crashed through the wall and flew out of the room—but she couldn't evade Bakal's subsequent attack.
Bakal exploded from the bed like a raging tiger and launched a punch at Nami. Nami barely managed to raise her Clima Tact staff to block the blow.
Bakal was a pirate with a 15 million Beli bounty. His baseline strength was at least ten times that of an average person. Nami's staff was no match for Bakal's furious punch.
The punch easily shattered the staff, but the broken staff bought Nami a crucial opportunity. The blow, which was intended to strike her directly in the chest, only landed on her right shoulder.
Had Bakal's fist struck Nami's chest, she would have died instantly from ruptured organs.
Even with only her shoulder hit, Nami felt like her arm was tearing apart. Her body flew uncontrollably backward.
While Nami was an ordinary person compared to Bakal, her physical fitness was far superior to that of a normal civilian. Before landing on the deck, she managed to adjust her body slightly, landing on her feet.
The sex worker beside Nami was far less fortunate; not only was she thrown and smashed through the wooden wall, but she was also hurled onto the hard deck. Her survival now rested entirely in the hands of fate.
Clutching the Devil Fruit in his hand, Xinán frantically ran to the foredeck. Seeing Nami collapsed, he yelled in shock, "Nami! Are you okay?!"
The Butcher Pirate ship was quite large, easily dozens of meters long, unlike the small Going Merry.
It took Xinán over ten seconds to run from the rear storage room to the foredeck.
Seeing Nami injured and down, the anxious Xinán didn't stop to process what had happened but rushed straight toward her.
Seeing this idiot, Xinán, instead of running away, rushing toward her upon hearing the commotion, Nami was both happy (that he hadn't abandoned her) and immediately worried.
"Xinán, run! Get out of here! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine!"
Clearly, her warning was ignored.
Just as Xinán reached Nami, the entire ship shuddered. Butcher Bakal, over two meters tall with muscles like a massive bear, his hand gripping a huge sword, leaped onto the deck.
"So, you have an accomplice! You dare to covet my treasure? Do you think I got the title of 'Butcher' for nothing?"
Holding a huge sword, with an imposing figure and an undeniably domineering tone, Bakal still looked slightly ridiculous with only a bedsheet covering his lower half.
"Huh? What's going on?"
The two drunken watchmen were finally awakened by Bakal's roar, but they were still heavily intoxicated and groggy.
"Worthless trash!"
Furious over the attempted theft of his treasure, Butcher Bakal didn't attack Xinán and Nami first. Instead, he walked over and slashed at the two still-dazed pirates with his sword.
Puff! Puff!
Blood sprayed. The two unsober pirates never had a chance to wake up. Their two heads, wide-eyed in death, rolled onto the deck amidst the blood.
Even with the ship's bow lantern flickering as if about to die, Xinán felt he saw the scene with painful clarity: two living people were just murdered right in front of him. Their heads lay on the ground, their eyes wide and staring.
The sight was simply too much for Xinán. Even special forces soldiers vomit the first time they witness a killing and lose their appetite for days. How much worse was it for Xinán, a white-collar worker exploited by his boss?
Thump!
A wave of helplessness surged from his heart. Xinán's legs gave way, and he collapsed to his knees on the deck.
Next, the emptiness and horror in his heart led to extreme discomfort. His stomach churned violently, inducing an overwhelming urge to vomit.
"Xinán, are you alright?"
Seeing Xinán collapse in terror, Nami desperately ran to him, enduring the pain in her shoulder.
Xinán was struggling against the psychological and physiological trauma, but he couldn't even manage the strength to respond to Nami.
He opened his mouth, trying to utter a word, but all he could do was gasp.
Seeing Xinán like this, Nami was at a loss. She instantly regretted bringing him. She hadn't realized his mental fortitude was so weak.
"Hahahaha! I thought the petty thieves who dared to steal my treasure were tough! Turns out, he's just a little baby who's never seen blood! What trash! Hahahahaha!"
Xinán's pathetic state made Bakal, a butcher stained with countless innocent lives, laugh with amusement.
After a moment, Bakal stopped laughing, turning his fierce gaze onto Xinán and Nami.
"To have trash like this try to steal my treasure is a total disgrace! Die!"
With that, Bakal raised his dripping greatsword and began walking toward the two.
Seeing this, Nami tried to pull Xinán to run, but Xinán was paralyzed, and her own hand was injured. There was no way they could escape.
"Damn it! Hell! Goddammit! Move, you piece of junk!"
Xinán roared desperately in his mind as Bakal advanced, but his body remained unresponsive.
His condition was like having an adrenaline overload, causing extreme excitement. His whole body was trembling uncontrollably, yet he couldn't make a single move. His body had completely locked up.
"Xinán, move! Hurry! Or we'll both die!"
As Bakal closed in, Nami pushed and pulled Xinán frantically, yelling at him, but Xinán remained catatonic.
Hahahaha!
With every step closer, seeing one person paralyzed with fear and the other desperately trying to drag him, Bakal laughed maniacally.
Xinán was screaming in his own mind. Watching the dripping sword draw closer, he wanted to move!
His brain was sending thousands of commands, but his body wouldn't react. It was as if too many commands had been given, and the body didn't know which one to execute.
"Idiot! Because of you, I'm going to die too!"
Seeing Xinán completely unresponsive, Nami's furious, iron fist smashed directly into Xinán's head.
Dong!
A huge lump instantly rose on Xinán's head, but it also flipped a switch. Xinán's body finally began to move.
He brought the Devil Fruit in his hand straight to his mouth, which he couldn't close. The rod-shaped, cucumber-sized pink Devil Fruit was shoved directly into his mouth.
Xinán was a truly desperate man—he gave himself a violent forced deep-throat.