Chapter 51 Lies and Lies (Ch 51)

Kokoahi Village.
Nami rowed a small boat towards the shore, carrying a box in her hand.
All the treasure stolen from Gawain’s ship had been converted into cash by him, no more, no less, a full 120 million berries.
All here.
This is her only hope of redeeming the village.
“As long as I have these things, I will be able to redeem the village!”
“I……”
The faces of Gawain and others flashed through Nami’s mind. She paused slightly, but took another step forward the next moment.
Walking through the empty village.
There was still no one around as before, even the street vendors had disappeared. It was the same place as he remembered.
The difference was that the eyes that were supposed to be everywhere and focused on her completely disappeared this time.
“Everyone……”
Of course Nami understood that not only the sight had disappeared, but also those people. She felt a sense of uneasiness in her heart for no reason.
Nami subconsciously quickened her pace and ran towards the orange grove at the edge of the village.
Nojigo was already waiting here.
Looking at Nami who had returned, Nokigo’s expression suddenly turned cold:
“What are you doing back here?!”
Nami was slightly stunned, then smiled and picked up the box in her hand:
“Noqigao, I have collected enough money to redeem the village!”
Noqigao pursed her lips tightly:
“You can’t redeem it!”
“How could that be? I’ve been with Aaron for the past few years, and he has never broken his promise regarding money!”
Nami was full of confidence and had hope on her face, but the more she was like that, the more pain Nokiko felt in her heart:
“So…his agreement with you is to bring the money to her, right? But what if you can’t bring the money to him?”
Nami’s pupils shrank.
She remembered the treasure she had lost before.
It’s not that she didn’t doubt her own judgment. After all, how could Kalina know where her hometown was, and how could she know where she hid the treasure?
But if it wasn’t Kalina, then who could it be?
The answer is almost obvious.
Nojigo spoke for Nami:
“From the beginning, he never thought of letting you redeem the village. All of this was just his game.”
“Watching you go from hope to despair time and time again, and then giving you hope again, in order to satisfy his own… perverted desires!”
“They know every penny you hide there!”
“It’s hopeless, Nami.”
“I have prepared a boat for you in the orange grove. Take the money and go now.”
“Why don’t you live somewhere else? There won’t be villagers like us who treat you badly, right?”
Nami shook her head stubbornly:
“Where’s everyone? Where’s Jian?”
Nojigao was indifferent and subconsciously lowered his head to avoid Nami’s sight.
Nami immediately realized where her uneasiness came from, and subconsciously asked:
“They went to look for Aaron? They’ll die!”
In a desperate situation.
Nami turned around hurriedly, but her shoulder was held down by Nojigo the next moment.
Bang!
A red slap mark fell on Nami’s face.
Nojigao retracted his hand and said almost in a roar:
“How long will you be naive?”
“This is a decision everyone made together. Rather than being a burden to you forever, they would rather die at the hands of Aaron. You——!
In the middle of her speech, Nokiko’s voice suddenly stopped, tears welled up in Nami’s eyes, and she murmured like she did when she was a child:
“So, sister, now I can’t leave anymore.”
After saying that.
Nami broke free from Nojigo’s restraints, turned around and ran towards Arlong’s territory, still tightly holding the suitcase that she regarded as hope.
She firmly believes it.
As long as the money can be brought to Aaron, no matter how bad the man is, he will keep his promise to the money!
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At the same time.
Aaron Park.
At the front door.
Ajian held a rusty flintlock rifle in his hand and carefully checked whether it could fire normally.
This was the weapon that Aaron had secretly hidden when he first came to Kokoa West Village. It had been in disrepair for many years and many of its internal parts were rusted.
Behind him were a group of villagers holding farm tools and sticks.
The crowd walked towards Aaron Paradise in a menacing manner.
“hateful!”
“What kind of life has Nami led all these years? That child carried all of our hopes, but in the end it was all a lie. Arlong never thought about fulfilling his promise from the beginning to the end.”
“I can accept him taking everyone’s life, but I can’t accept him trampling on Nami’s hope like this!”
“Fortunately, all the misfortunes of that child will end today. Without us, she should be able to live a good life. After all, we are just a group of people who treat her badly.”
“Damn fishman!”
…
From time to time, suppressed angry voices were heard from the crowd.
Some people’s hands were shaking because of their instinctive fear of the merman, some were staggering and feeling uneasy, and some were even afraid of death and looked around warily.
But no one backed down.
Ajian walked in front of the crowd, with his head lowered, listening to their discussions with mixed feelings.
“If Nami could hear these voices, she would be very happy. Unfortunately, she can’t hear them, and she can’t hear them.”
The woman who always made dirty jokes to him suddenly appeared in front of his eyes again.
If there were no Arlong Pirates, I should still have a chance, right?
As Ah Jian thought about this, a blush appeared on his face, just like it did back then:
“Bellmaire, you have a very good daughter~”
A gust of wind blew.
The windmill above Ajian’s head was humming.
The complicated emotions in his mind suddenly subsided and he looked up into the distance.
We have arrived at Aaron Paradise.
“Aaron!”
The two fishmen at the gate with drooping eyelids raised their eyes and saw the menacing scene before them. A flash of surprise flashed across their eyes, and then all turned into sarcasm:
“It seems that these humans still have some courage, but in the face of absolute power, what is the point of resistance?”
“Do you understand the consequences of doing this?”
“Everyone will die”
The fishman named Shioyaki slowly stood up. With a height of over two and a half meters, he looked like a giant to a group of civilians.
Not to mention that the natural physique of the mermen is several times or even dozens of times stronger than that of humans.
When the difference in innate endowments was reflected in reality, it was the natural sense of oppression of predators. With just a glance from Yan Shao, the legs of several people went limp.
But in the next moment, he was helped up by his companions. They came here with no intention of going back alive.
When you can give up your life, what else is there to fear?
Ah Jian raised the rifle in his hand with a cold face and shouted:
“I want to see Aaron!”
As he said that, Ajian pulled the trigger.
When the flintlock spewed out fire, the anger that Ajian had accumulated over the years also shot towards the fishman in the distance along with the bullet.