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The old fisherman breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "This is Cocosia Village in the East China Sea."

"Cocosia Village?"

"Have you heard of this place?" the old fisherman asked instinctively, but he soon realized he was being redundant. Everyone in this area knew Cocoyasi Village; after all, it was...

"Never heard of it," Li Wei said, shaking his head.

"..."

That's what he said, but Li Wei felt that this Cocosia Village seemed familiar, but he didn't know if it was the same red-light district he had raided during his anti-prostitution campaign.

Regardless, Li Wei still needs to find a place to stay first.

"Old friend, would you like me to give you a ride?" Li Wei asked kindly.

The old fisherman shuddered. "A ride home... Damn it, does this mean they're trying to trick me into revealing all this information and then offering to take me there? I was so careless!"

Seeing the old fisherman's expression, Li Wei's face darkened: "I meant, should I give you a ride ashore?"

"Oh? Oh... you mean this? No, no need."

The elderly fisherman said that his heart was a little small.

"Then I'll be going now." Li Wei waved goodbye.

"Ah, that..." Seeing that Li Wei really didn't have any ill intentions towards him, the old fisherman hesitated for a moment and said, "You'd better not come to Cocosia Village."

Li Wei raised an eyebrow: "Outsiders aren't welcome?"

“No,” the old fisherman said with a wry smile, “this place has been occupied by a vicious pirate. If you come to Cocoyasi Village, he might target you.”

"Why is he staring at me? I'm not gay."

"Cough cough..." The old fisherman choked a few times, rested for a moment, and continued, "What I mean is, Cocosia Village is not peaceful right now, it's very unsafe. I advise you to leave here."

"If that's the case, why don't you leave?" Li Wei asked suspiciously. "I think you're deceiving me, Fatty Tiger."

"...Sigh, if only we could leave, but where can we leave? The whole village is under the watchful eyes of those damned pirates. When those pirates first arrived, it wasn't that no one in the village resisted, but she died tragically at their hands."

The old fisherman sighed.

"Then why don't you go after the Navy?" Li Wei asked curiously. He knew that the Navy existed in this world, and that the Navy was on the opposite side of the pirates.

In fact, among all places, the East China Sea has the weakest overall strength, and there are no major pirates that are difficult to eliminate, hence Li Wei's question.

"The Navy?" The old fisherman was furious upon hearing those two words. "It's good enough if the Navy doesn't aid and abet evil, how can we expect anything from them? Those beasts!"

"Hmm? Brother, what do you mean?" Li Wei pressed.

"The navy has long been in cahoots with those pirates," the old fisherman said helplessly. "For so many years, they've been working together to exploit us. Where can we escape to?"

This made Li Wei understand that there were only two major forces at sea: the navy and pirates. When the two joined forces, ordinary people had no chance to resist and could only silently endure it.

Thinking of this, Li Wei sighed, "Heaven did not allow me, Li Wei, to come; Cocoyasi is like a long night."

Old fisherman: ? ? ?

The old fisherman seemed to realize something, and his expression changed: "That's right, you'd better leave quickly, or you'll be in big trouble if that monster finds you!"

"Monster? Is it tasty?"

The old fisherman was nearly choked by Li Wei's thought process, but he still urged Li Wei to leave. Just then, the sea surged, and the old fisherman exclaimed in terror, "It's coming!"

PS:

Chapter 358 People as kind as you, I usually...

Not long after the old fisherman finished speaking, a huge sea beast emerged from the water. It had two curved horns on its head, looked somewhat like a cow, wore a nose ring, and had scales on its body like armor. This was a very large manatee, a member of the Arlong Pirates, a creature from the Grand Line, and possessed the ability to destroy an entire village with just one of its own.

Therefore, the old fishermen were terrified when they saw this manatee. Having been ruled by the Arlong Pirates for so long, they had long been traumatized. The inability to resist Arlong's rule had taken root in the hearts of many, even though some still struggled, their struggles only led to their repeated disappointment.

In the original story, their collective outburst stemmed from Nami being deceived by Arlong, which ignited the long-simmering anger of all the villagers.

Arlong Pirates are the most vicious pirate crew in the East Blue.

"It's that monster!" the old fisherman cried out in terror. "Damn it, it must have come out to hunt for food. I never expected it to come out at this time. We're doomed."

Moomoo glanced at Li Wei, or more accurately, at the sea beast Li Wei was controlling, which was what it intended to hunt.

"Moo moo."

"Want to eat me?"

Li Wei said calmly.

Moo Moo instinctively wanted to nod, but for some reason, it subconsciously shivered. In that instant, the biological instinct for survival erupted within it, causing it to hesitate. However, this hesitation was eventually dispelled.

Although it possesses some intelligence, it is still far inferior to humans.

So MooMoo attacked Li Wei.

So MooMoo got completely thrashed.

Under Li Wei's structural adjustments and modifications, the green-skinned sea serpent's physical attributes have improved several levels. Previously, the sea serpent was no match for MooMoo, but after the enhancement, coupled with Li Wei's personal control, MooMoo is no match at all.

In less than ten minutes, Moo Moo was covered in bumps and looked at Li Wei with a pitiful expression.

Ignoring Moo Moo, Li Wei thought of a crucial question.

"By the way, how many years have you been ruled by the Arlong Pirates?"

The old fisherman didn't need to think about it at all and answered directly, "It's been almost eight years, more than seven years."

"Seven and a half years?" Li Wei was taken aback.

The plot of One Piece is as follows: there are less than six months until Luffy arrives in Cocoyasi Village. The original description states that Cocoyasi Village is one of the villages affected by Arlong's plan to dominate the East Blue eight years ago.

But now, after seven and a half years, it's clearly not time for the story to unfold.

The reason Li Wei used this question to determine the time was because there was no clear calendar in the original One Piece manga. Therefore, to confirm where the plot had progressed, Li Wei could only rely on things in the original work that were clearly mentioned in relation to the timeline.

He didn't know if he was the only one thrown into this situation at this point in time, or if everyone was on the same starting line.

However, Li Wei preferred the latter. Since it was a celebration held by the parliament for the public, the starting point should be the same. Otherwise, it would be hard to convince people and give them a sense of fairness. As for the location, it would depend on random allocation, which was purely a matter of personal luck.

Of course, Li Wei also knew that the random drop points would not vary too much, and the element of luck would definitely be controlled within a certain range.

Li Wei quickly arrived at Cocoyasi Village. He had just recalled the general plot of One Piece and knew that this pirate named Arlong was currently the strongest in the East Blue. Even so, Li Wei had no interest in him. In the setting of One Piece, the East Blue is the weakest. The so-called strongest pirate in the East Blue would be easily defeated anywhere else.

Just as Li Wei stepped into Cocosia Village, a woman with short orange hair happened to meet him. She frowned slightly as she looked at Li Wei and said, "Are you an outsider? Get out of here. Cocosia Village does not welcome you."

"Here's a piece of advice: never set foot in this village again. Now get out of here."

After saying this, she left.

Watching her departing figure, Li Wei suddenly asked, "Are you called Nami?"

Nami turned around after hearing Li Wei's words. "Ah, since you've heard of my name, you should also know that I'm one of the four executives of the Arlong Pirates. Judging from your poor appearance, you probably don't have much money. Get lost. Next time I see you, I'll definitely steal all the few Berries you have."

This time, Nami left without hesitation.

Nami's words did not anger Li Wei. Although Nami's words were unpleasant, she actually just wanted to scare Li Wei away and prevent him from getting involved in the mess of Cocoyasi Village.

Nami has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and this personality trait is especially evident in the Arlong Pirates arc.

Li Wei didn't actually listen to Nami and leave; instead, he went straight into the village.

On the way, Li Wei encountered an uncle wearing a village police uniform with a windmill on his hat and scars on his face.

"Hey sir, do you know how to get to the Arlong Pirates' hideout?" Li Wei waved and casually greeted the other man.

"The Arlong Pirates? What do you want with them?" The middle-aged man named Kensuke frowned as he looked at Li Wei.

“Go and have a heart-to-heart talk with them,” Li Wei said casually.

"Are you a bounty hunter?" Kensuke asked.

"No."

"navy?"

"Not at all."

“…Pirates?” Kensuke’s face darkened as he said this.

"Maybe in the future," Li Wei replied after thinking for a moment.

"Possibly?" Kensuke immediately rebuked, "You want to join the Arlong Pirates?"

"Huh? You mean I should go and join those lazy bums?"

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing Li Wei's answer, Kensuke realized he had misunderstood and quickly advised, "You should leave here as soon as possible. The Arlong Pirates are more powerful than you can imagine. You're still young; don't risk your life here for some unrealistic dreams."

Li Wei shook his head. "Just tell me."

Kensuke said with a serious expression, "I'm sorry, but I can't possibly know you're the one and just watch you go."

Li Wei sighed and held out his palm to Kensuke. Kensuke instinctively stared at Li Wei's palm, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"This is……"

Upon seeing Li Wei's mutated hand, Kensuke blurted out, "A Devil Fruit user?"

"Just consider me one of them," Li Wei said calmly.

Kensuke hesitated for a moment, but still refused: "You're so young, there's no need for you to take such a risk."

"Alright, I won't force you."

Since Kensuke said so, Li Wei simply stopped pressing for answers. As for resolving things with force, Li Wei was unwilling to do so either. In the original work, Kensuke was one of Nami's most respected elders and a very kind person.

Li Wei was reluctant to use violence against such people.

and so……

Li Wei said viciously, "If you don't tell me, I'll wipe out this village right now!"

"..."

P.S.: It's too late tonight, I'll post the pictures all together another day, and update all three chapters at once.

Chapter 359 A Solo Journey to the Fishman's Stronghold!

Li Wei's sudden change almost strained Jianzhu's back.

He couldn't tell whether Li Wei was telling the truth or not, since he wasn't familiar with Li Wei. After his expression changed several times, he realized that Li Wei wouldn't give up because of him, and that as long as Li Wei wanted to, he could always find the Arlong Pirates' stronghold.

So Kensuke roughly told Li Wei the route.

"Well then, goodbye, uncle. Just wait and see if nothing happens." Before leaving, Li Wei left behind a sentence that left Kensuke completely baffled.

What does it mean to wait for nothing to happen?

I don't know how serious it is.

Following Kensuke's directions, Li Wei strolled leisurely towards the location, showing no signs of an impending battle. In fact, Li Wei had just arrived in this world, and due to the system's rules, his strength had been greatly weakened. Theoretically, Li Wei's current strength was no match for the fishman Arlong.

This is true in theory, and it is also true in practice.

But if Li Wei's guess is correct, this trip will go very smoothly. Even if it doesn't go smoothly, so what? For Li Wei, the greatest pleasure is seeking excitement and experiencing everything that makes him feel new.

About half an hour later, Li Wei arrived at the gate of the Arlong Pirates' base. He could see the building from a distance, which looked similar to the one in the anime and was very distinctive.

Li Wei walked to the door, but instead of punching or kicking, he placed his hand on it. In almost an instant, the door shattered into dozens of pieces. This was because Li Wei had used structural adjustment techniques to tamper with the door, damaging its internal structure.

Right after Li Wei broke down the door, the fishmen who had been celebrating and roaring inside stopped and looked at Li Wei with amusement.

"Boss Alon, another reckless human has come to his death," one of the flat-mouthed fishmen said.

Lying on the beach chair, Ah Long pointed in Li Wei's direction without turning his head and said, "It's up to you to handle."

"Okay."

The flat-mouthed fish-man was about two meters tall, and when it came up to Li Wei, it was even taller than him.

"Human, want to play a game?" the flat-mouthed fishman said cruelly.

"Oh? What are we playing?" Li Wei asked, feigning curiosity.

"Hide and seek," the flat-mouthed fishman laughed. "You run, I chase, but if I catch you, you're dead."

After the flat-mouthed fishman finished speaking, all the other fishmen burst into laughter, their laughter filled with deep sarcasm.