Late at night, the crescent moon hung high in the sky. From time to time, a cold wind blew, making people feel a chill.
On a slope leading to the village in West Luobu Village, Qin Ming and the others sat around a bonfire, eating grilled fish while discussing matters.
Because Luffy had been complaining that he was hungry, Qin Ming had no choice but to go to the beach and catch a lot of fish.
The fish that he caught were only from the shallow beach and were not big. In order to satisfy Luffy's unusual appetite, Qin Ming ran back and forth several times and caught hundreds of fish. Most of them went into Luffy's stomach.
"Didn't you run out of fishing nets? How did you catch so many fish?"
Nami curiously asked Qin Ming, who was eating grilled fish.
"I'm a professional fisherman. I can still work without a net, unlike a half-baked thief like you.”
Qin Ming chuckled. Before Nami could get mad at him, he handed over a freshly roasted silver crescent-shaped fish to her."This is a relatively rare crescent moon fish in the East China Sea. It usually lives in the deep sea. Only on the night of the first month when the moon is high in the sky will it occasionally swim to the shallow sea stall. I finally caught one, so I'll give it to you.”
"This kind of fish is very delicious. It has no bones and its meat is very soft. Look, after it's completely cooked, the fragrance of the meat is all sealed inside and won't waft out. When you eat it, the first bite is the most delicious.”
Qin Ming saw Nami sitting there in a daze, staring at him with her big eyes without saying anything. She didn't reach out to take the fish, so he thought that this woman thought the fish didn't taste good, so he said a few more words.
What? This man also knows how to take care of people. Then forget about what happened just now.
Nami looked at Qin Ming and lowered her head slightly. The light from the bonfire shone on her pretty face, which was red and covered the blush on her face.
Just as Nami was about to take the crescent-moon fish from Qin Ming, a long arm suddenly reached out. With a swoosh, the crescent-moon fish disappeared from Qin Ming's hand, leaving behind a bare barbeque stick.
"What kind of fish is this? It's so delicious.”
Luffy swallowed the Crescent Moon Fish that he snatched from Qin Ming in one gulp. He licked his lips as if he wanted to eat more.
"Why did you take my fish away!”
Nami stared blankly at the empty barbeque stick that Qin Ming handed over. She immediately flew into a rage and walked over to Luffy to give him a good beating.
"Wow!"
Luffy let out a scream, which sounded extremely ear-piercing in the silent night.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Thump! Thump!
"These fish taste good. It would be even better if there was wine.”
Solon didn't seem to notice that Luffy was being beaten up by Nami. He scratched his head and took a bite of the grilled fish as he said regretfully.
"Hey, it's just that he lost a fish, and that woman beat him up like this. Is she a demon?”
Usopp looked at Nami beating Luffy into a pulp and asked Qin Ming in a low voice.
"Perhaps."
Qin Ming looked at Luffy's pig-like face and secretly rejoiced, I've eaten the crescent fish a few times before. Luckily, I didn't eat it alone this time. Otherwise, if Nami found out, I would be the unlucky one.
As expected, Lady Luck was still on my side.
Qin Ming was very happy as he thought about it. He felt that his appetite was great. He ate a few more grilled fish before patting his stomach in satisfaction.
Half an hour later, Qin Ming and the others began to discuss tomorrow's battle plan.
"If the pirates want to attack the village from this coast, they must pass through this slope.”
Usopp added firewood to the bonfire and then said to Qin Ming and the others,"So as long as we guard this place, the people in the village will be safe.”
"This is too simple."
Luffy rubbed his round belly. He was surrounded by rows of fish bones.
Qin Ming and Sauron also nodded in agreement. If they were to defend the slope, they would indeed have an advantage from the high ground.
"You guys underestimate the enemy too much. The enemy has a lot of people, and we only have five people. We have to use some tactics.”
Wu Suo Pu said to Qin Ming and the others seriously.
"Why is it so complicated? Can't we just beat them up and send them flying?”
"Why is it so complicated? Can't we just cut them down?”
"Why is it so complicated? Can't we just kill them?”
Luffy, Sauron, and Qin Ming stood side by side with their arms crossed in front of their chests. They looked at Usopp and said the same thing at the same time. Usopp was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground, and he was almost petrified.
"You three idiots will die. If this continues, you will definitely die. Use your brains.”
Nami revealed her terrifying shark mouth and shouted at Qin Ming and the others.
"Aren't we all full?"
Luffy felt that he had eaten his fill, and it wouldn't be a problem for him to send the enemy flying tomorrow morning.
"It's not a banquet. It's acceptable if we don't drink.”
Sauron believed that even if he didn't drink, it wouldn't be a problem to kill the enemy tomorrow morning.
"I already guessed that the butler was a pirate, but you didn't believe me back then. Now, isn't it obvious who the real idiot is?”
Qin Ming believed that he had already grasped the opportunity, and it would not be a problem to kill the enemy tomorrow morning.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Nami didn't hesitate to beat up the confident Qin Ming and the other two.""Where did your confidence come from? Your opponent is the infamous Black Cat Pirates of the East China Sea. As pirates, your names aren't even on the bounty list.”
A few minutes later, Usopp smeared a large amount of oil on the middle section of the slope."Good, then they won't be able to climb the slope.”
"Listen up, our battle plan is to attack the enemy when they slide down this slope.”
Wu Suo Pu crossed his arms and looked at the slope that was covered with oil as he said to Qin Ming and the others.
"This seems pretty good."
Solon had no objections to Usopp's plan.
"We have to be careful too. Don't let ourselves slide down. That way, we will fall into a trap.”
Nami pointed at the oil on the slope and said.
"You are really cunning."
Luffy squatted on the ground and carefully stepped on the oil on the slope as he spoke to Usopp.
"Of course, I am very confident in my cunning and shooting skills.”
Usopp had a smug look on his face as he said to Luffy and the others,"Aren't you looking for companions? If you don't object, I can reluctantly be your captain. Under my leadership, you will have a bright future.”
“......”
Luffy, Zoro, Qin Ming, and Nami all fell silent after hearing Ousopp's words.
"I'm going to pee."
Luffy left without looking back.
"I'll sleep for a while."
Sauron yawned and walked to the edge of the rock. He leaned against the rock wall and prepared to sleep.
"I'm going to rest."
Qin Ming directly lay on the ground and looked at the stars in the night sky.
"It's a little cold."
Nami trembled and walked away from Usopp.
A cold wind blew in the dark night, and no one paid attention to Usopp, who was standing alone.
"Isn't your attitude too hurtful?”
Seeing the reactions of Qin Ming and the other three, Wu Suo Pu was deeply provoked.
After that, Qin Ming asked Usopp about Captain Crowe and learned that this person was known as Bai Bai. He was a powerful and cunning pirate in the East China Sea. He had once destroyed the combat power of an entire naval warship alone.
Three years ago, Crowe had been publicly executed by the navy, but he was still alive and well. It could be seen that this person was indeed good at scheming. Even the navy had been fooled.
"I'm thinking, why don't we just go and get rid of that butler?”
Qin Ming asked Usopp as he laid on the ground.
"As you can see, Keya doesn't believe me at all. If we barge into her house to deal with Crowe, Keya will definitely do everything she can to stop us. I've already disappointed her today. I don't want her to get hurt again.”
Usopp sat next to Qin Ming and continued,"As long as we successfully stop those pirates here, Crowe's plan won't succeed. He'll definitely come here to check on the situation. At that time, we will defeat him here. I will never let him return to the village and Keya's side. This is the best for Keya.”
"I see. It's up to you. Anyway, I'm just helping out voluntarily.”
Qin Ming rested his head on his hands and looked at the twinkling stars in the night sky. He actually fell asleep unknowingly.
Nami saw Qin Ming lying on the ground with many bandages wrapped around his body and sleeping. She recalled the last time he was covered in blood in Orange Town. It had only been about 20 days, and his injuries had not recovered yet. He had to fight again. Her heart softened and she thought of an idea.
The next day, the sky was slightly white. Qin Ming, who was sleeping, felt that his surroundings were a little noisy. He even heard many noisy voices: "That ship actually has five million Berries worth of treasure.”
"But Captain Zango, there's another person on the ship.”
"Snatch the treasure, kill the man on the boat, and throw him into the sea to feed the fish. When our Black Cat Pirates attacked, they still dared to sleep there as if nothing had happened. They were complete idiots. There was no point in living for such people.”
"Yes, Captain Zango!"
Qin Ming heard their conversation. Could it be that they were talking about me and calling me an idiot?
Qin Ming opened his eyes and saw a man with a black cat eyepatch on his head. The man raised his knife and slashed at him.
Boom!
Qin Ming kicked the person who had slashed him with a knife and sent him flying. He fell heavily on the shore: "Who called me an idiot? Are you looking for trouble?”
With one hand on the side of the boat, Qin Ming climbed up from the boat and saw a large group of people holding knives and wearing black cat eye masks looking at him fiercely.
"Who are you?"
Zango held the sharp blade ring in his hand and walked forward a few steps. He looked at Qin Ming who was standing by the side of the boat and asked.
"From the looks of it, you should be from the Black Cat Pirates, right? Unfortunately, I also have something to discuss with you.”
Qin Ming saw a large ship that was docked not far away. On the ship was a cat-faced pirate flag. He immediately knew who these people wanted to attack him were.
Although Qin Ming's face was calm, he was already cursing in his heart: F * ck, what was going on? Why am I here alone? Where did Luffy and Sauron go?
What puzzled Qin Ming the most was that he clearly remembered that he wasn't on this side of the coast last night, but on the other side of the coast. He was with Usopp and the others, so how did everything change when he woke up?
However, Qin Ming was also aware of a fact. Wusopu and the others had definitely guarded the wrong place. There were two slopes leading to West Luobu Village!
At this moment, Luffy and the others, who were waiting for the Black Cat Pirates to attack on another slope, finally realized that they had guarded the wrong place.
"Because I saw that Crowe and his accomplices met on the coast here, so I thought that the pirates would land here. They must be attacking the village from the northern slope now. We bet on the wrong thing.”
Usopp hurriedly said to Luffy and the others,"If we run north from here, we'll be there in three minutes. The terrain there is similar to here. We just need to stop those pirates on the slope.”
"En, Sauron, let's go. Qin Ming is still alone there, we have to help him as soon as possible.”
Luffy looked anxious and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Usopp also ran to another slope.
"Damn it, it's all your fault for leaving Qin Ming somewhere else. If anything happens to him, I'll chop you up!”
After Sauron finished speaking to Nami, who was stunned on the spot, he was about to run away when he saw Nami hugging her head and saying in panic,"Not good!"
Seeing how worried Nami was, Sauron was about to comfort her that Qin Ming should be fine, but before he could say anything, Nami said,""Our ship is docked on the northern coast. The treasures on the ship will be taken away by those pirates!”
Seeing that this woman was still worried about her treasure at this time, but she didn't care about Qin Ming, who might be in danger, Sauron was so shocked that he slipped and unfortunately stepped on the road that was covered with oil. Then, he was slid down the slope and couldn't get up for a while.
"You idiot, what are you doing?”
Nami saw that Sauron had fallen into a road filled with oil. He had tried to get up several times, but he slipped and fell. How could he drop the ball at such a critical moment?
"Shut up, it's all your fault! Quickly think of a way to let me go up!"
Zoro was lying on the oily road. Seeing Nami, the main culprit, turn around and criticize him, he was extremely displeased.
"Think of a way yourself. I have to use the fastest speed to save my treasure.”
Nami waved her hand at Sauron, who was at the bottom of the slope, and ran away quickly.
"I must kill her!"
Sauron was once again slipped by the oil and fell. He looked at Nami's back and gritted his teeth.
Solon had originally said that he would accompany Qin Ming to guard the other side last night, but who knew that Wusopu and Nami had vowed that the pirates should have attacked from this side, and there was no need to split their forces. This was not good, and they had all gambled wrongly, causing Qin Ming to be tricked.
"Why are you going against our Black Cat Pirates?”
Zangao saw that Qin Ming was alone, yet he was able to stop all of his subordinates. He remembered that Crowe had warned him not to mess up his plan, and he started to panic.
"Who knows? Maybe I just don't like you guys. Are you satisfied with this answer?”
Qin Ming said to Zangao after beating down the two pirates.
Although Qin Ming looked relaxed, he was still full of doubts: F * ck, who can explain to me why I'm the only one guarding here while everyone else is flying kites?
Qin Ming didn't know that after he accidentally fell asleep last night, Nami felt that it was necessary for him to have a good rest, so she told Luffy to move Qin Ming back to the ship. He didn't need to participate in this battle.
After a simple discussion, even Usopp agreed that Qin Ming could not participate in the battle. Firstly, his old injuries had not recovered, and secondly, he was only good at fishing. Usopp felt that the help he could provide was very limited.
And so, things ended up like this. Qin Ming was sleeping comfortably on the ship while Luffy and the others prepared to fight.
However, the truth was often unexpected. In the end, Qin Ming went up against the Black Cat Pirates alone, while Luffy and the others were still doing nothing.
How could this be? It's rare for me to care about him, but I've harmed him instead. However, there are only two slopes leading to the village. There's a 50% chance. That guy's bad luck is really good.
Nami was extremely anxious as she desperately ran towards the slope in the north.
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