Chapter 207 Nami's Thoughts

"The devil fruit's combat power is not strong, so why is it sold at such a high price?"

After hearing what Uchiha Feiyu said, Nami showed a look of confusion on her face and asked.

Uchiha Feiyu shrugged slightly after hearing this:

"The name of this devil fruit is the Slippery Fruit. Its effect is to make the skin extremely smooth. It can even slide away cannonballs. It can also slide directly on the ground like skating."

"It does have some effects when used in combat, and can significantly reduce damage. If it can be developed to a high level, it is not inferior to some extremely powerful fruits. But in terms of practicality, it is still far inferior to those devil fruits that can exert powerful power as soon as they are obtained."

"But the Slippery Fruit has an extremely special effect. Even if that fat pirate eats the Slippery Fruit, she will be transformed into a beautiful woman with perfect body curves, smooth skin and no flaws!"

"Now, you know why this devil fruit is so expensive!"

Nami showed helplessness on her face and sighed:
"I see...it turns out this is a devil fruit used for beauty treatments!"

Becoming more beautiful is the common pursuit of almost all women. Nami can also understand why this devil fruit can be sold at such a high price.

Although Nami is a little beauty and hopes to become more beautiful, she has already been tortured by reality and does not think that becoming beautiful can solve all problems.

In her opinion, the only use of the Slippery-Slippery Fruit is to be able to sell it for a high price so that she can redeem her hometown, Cocoyasi Village, from the Arlong Pirates.

"Yes, this is indeed a devil fruit that is more useful for cosmetic purposes than for combat. Why, it seems like you don't care much about it?"

"Ha... I'm already pretty enough, I don't need any more cosmetic treatments. It would be best if I could sell this devil fruit for a high price..."

Nami sighed and said a few words. After hearing this, Uchiha Feiyu raised his eyebrows slightly:
"Since you want money so badly, let's go to the Grand Line and sell this devil fruit! According to my estimation, the Slippery Fruit can be sold for at least 10 billion Baileys in the hands of those Celestial Dragons. The actual price will be even higher."

Considering how lavishly the Celestial Dragons would spend hundreds of millions of Beli to buy a fish-man, Uchiha Feiyu estimated that this thing could be sold for at least two or three billion Beli. Don't underestimate women's pursuit of beauty, let alone wealthy Celestial Dragon women.

But after hearing this, Nami, who was originally the most greedy, also had a stiff expression:
"Forget about that...Going to the Grand Line is really too dangerous!"

"Haha... You know, this devil fruit can only be sold for 500 million or 600 million berries in our East China Sea, but it can be sold for double that in the Grand Line!"

"I don't want to leave Donghai, let's sell it here in Donghai!"

"Really? I thought all pirates yearned for the Grand Line!"

Uchiha Feiyu crossed his arms and looked at Nami, and said lightly.

Nami's body froze, and her expression was very ugly:
"What do you mean by that? I'm not a pirate!"

"But that tattoo on your shoulder should be the symbol of the Arlong Pirates! I've seen those fish-man pirates before!"

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the tattoo on Nami's shoulder and spoke lightly.

Nami was stunned for a moment, then she realized that when she was fighting with Arital just now, the clothes on her shoulders had been scratched into tatters, revealing the shark man tattoo underneath.

Seeing that this shameful tattoo had been exposed, Nami gritted her teeth, raised her head, and looked at Uchiha Feiyu's slightly cold eyes:

"I... I'm not a fishman... If you've ever seen the fishmen from the Arlong Pirates, you'd know that they despise humans!"

"But you must be related to the Arlong Pirates. I heard that Arlong controlled the village in the waters near the 16th Marine Branch. Could you be a traitor there?"

"Asshole, who are you calling a traitor? I wish all those fishmen from the Arlong Pirates would die! Cough cough cough puff..."

Nami's expression suddenly became excited, but it seemed that because she shouted too loudly, her physical injuries were affected. She opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, then her head became dizzy and she passed out.

"Tsk... it seems a bit too stimulating..."

Looking at the unconscious Nami, Uchiha Feiyu scratched his head, feeling a little helpless.

……

When Nami opened her eyes again, she found herself lying in a room with the wounds on her body wrapped with bandages.

"here it is……"

"This is the village chief's house. Because we killed Aritar, the village chief specially gave up his room for us to live in."

Hearing the voice coming from beside her, Nami was slightly startled. She turned her head and saw Uchiha Feiyu sitting next to her.

Uchiha Feiyu was sitting on the stool next to him, holding a fine long knife in his hand, slowly peeling an apple.

On the table next to him, a pink devil fruit was placed there carelessly, looking quite conspicuous.

"What? We're in a village on an island now?!!"

Nami was shocked, and a look of anxiety appeared on her face:
"Then why are you still here? Wait, didn't the village chief ask you for a devil fruit?"

After putting the peeled apple into the trash can next to him, Uchiha Feiyu took a bite of the apple and started chewing while speaking:
"You're asking me for a devil fruit? Haha, that's the spoils I got from the pirates, why should I give it back to the villagers?"

"Look at the spoils that the navy and bounty hunters get from killing pirates. How much of it is returned to the people?"

Nami was stunned for a moment, opened her mouth, and said weakly: "This... this is different..."

"What's the difference? After all, if I wasn't there, not only would the old village chief have lost his devil fruit, but Aritar might have even started a massacre here!"

"If that's the case, he should thank the two of us for saving the lives of his entire village! Look, he gave me this knife to express his gratitude for us saving them!"

Looking at the "best sword in the village" in Uchiha Feiyu's hand, Nami's mouth twitched... To be honest, she felt that her moral bottom line was already low enough. After all, she was a little thief. It was only natural for her to rob others of their wealth and help her own poverty.

But at least, although she had a small problem of robbing the rich to help the poor, it had not developed to the extent of blatant robbery!
"This... do these villagers really think so?"

"Of course, although their reaction was a bit intense at first, after I argued with them, they quickly admitted what I said, otherwise they wouldn't have given me weapons!"

Looking at Uchiha Feiyu's somewhat leisurely expression, Nami swallowed and didn't ask again how this so-called argument was "arguing".

"My Lord, dinner is ready!"

Just then, there was a trembling sound at the door, and then the door opened, and a young man from the village walked in.

However, this young man was limping, his face was bruised and swollen, and his forehead was wrapped in a bandage with blood oozing out. It was obvious that he had been beaten severely.

Nami remembered very clearly that when Arital ran off to look for the devil fruit, the young villager was still very normal. It was obvious that he must have been beaten by someone afterwards, which was why he became like this.

As for who beat her... Miss Nami wisely decided not to think about this question.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Uchiha Feiyu said lightly and took the rather sumptuous dinner from the young man. After hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, the young man's body trembled, and he hurriedly left the room with some fear.

"Tsk... I hope these guys won't poison the food!"

Nami took a look at the young man's performance and asked with some concern. Uchiha Feiyu shook his head:

"No, I'm a doctor myself, and I can't hide the poisoning from you!"

As a ninja, knowledge of identifying poisons and battlefield first aid are taught in ninja schools. In addition, Uchiha Feiyu obtained a lot of memories of medical ninjas in the later period. Even if he cannot use chakra now, he has certain attainments in basic pharmacology and human anatomy. It is hard to say whether he can be a regular doctor, but he is still capable of the position of battlefield physician.

If the poison was administered by someone like the World Government agent, Uchiha Feiyu might not be able to recognize it. However, this is just a small village. Even if there was poison, it would only be the common types. He could tell them apart even with his eyes closed.

"Okay, let's eat! After dinner, change the bandages again. I think you'll be able to get out of bed and walk around tomorrow! In two days, when you're fully recovered, our ship will be almost repaired."

If a normal human had been treated with Nami's injuries, even if they didn't die, they would have to stay in the ICU for three days, and it would be impossible for them to fully recover without three to five months. However, in the world of pirates, as long as this kind of injury is treated properly, it will take three to five days to recover.

Nami, who had just been seriously injured, was indeed feeling hungry now. Since Uchiha Feiyu had already confirmed that there was no poison in the food, she naturally began to eat it in big mouthfuls.

After finishing his meal, Uchiha Feiyu took out a pack of herbal paste, applied it on the new bandage, and said:
"Since you're awake, I won't change your bandages. I've already applied ointment to these bandages. You can change them yourself!"

"Oh...wait!? You were the one who put these bandages on me in the first place!!"

Nami reacted and screamed immediately, and Uchiha Feiyu just calmly blocked his ears and then spoke:
"Besides me, there are only villagers in this village. Do you think you can safely let those female villagers change the medicine for you?"

"I just beat up everyone in this village and took away their devil fruits worth at least 1 million. They can't do anything to me, but they may try to threaten me with you."

"Of course, I will definitely not be threatened by them, but if you do this, you will just be throwing away your life in vain."

Nami blushed and said angrily:
"Do you think everyone is as despicable as you? I think you are just a simple pervert!"

"Well... you already said I was mean, so isn't it normal for me to think about it a little more? As for the pervert... I have to say, you have a pretty good figure, and it feels like you still have a lot of room for development."

"Get out of here! Wait, after seeing my body, shouldn't you give me some compensation?!"

Uchiha Feiyu sneered, walked to the door and opened it, then turned around and said:
"I saw it with my own ability, why should I compensate you? And I treated your injuries and didn't ask you for medical expenses, you should be happy about that!"

With the sound of the door closing, Nami, who was originally furious, suddenly calmed down. She picked up the bandage with ointment and smelled it, with a relaxed expression on her face:
"Fortunately... this guy didn't kill me to silence me, but it seems like he's not a good person either!"

"Tsk... I feel so troubled! He is obviously just a young master of a chamber of commerce, why is he so good at fighting and so cruel! "

"Speaking of which, this guy is such a good fighter, how come he was robbed by pirates and was the only one left alive? How powerful must that pirate group be?"

With her eyes rolling around, Nami actually didn't care much about Uchiha Feiyu helping her change the medicine. As a woman in the world of One Piece, the welfare distributor in the original work, although this little thief cat couldn't be said to be very open-minded, she was also not fussy about trivial matters, at least she didn't care about this matter.

Compared to such trivial matters, Uchiha Feiyu's various behaviors and the dangerous aura around him are what really concern Nami.

Normally, if she had encountered such a dangerous person under normal circumstances, Nami would have found ways to leave long ago. However, this time, as long as she thought of the priceless slippery fruit, the little thief simply could not make up her mind to leave.

But after seeing Uchiha Feiyu's various performances, Nami didn't think that the other party would really share the money with her. What's more, with this little thief's character, she definitely didn't want to share, but wanted it all.

"Maybe... we can just steal this devil fruit, and then use this devil fruit to exchange for Cocoa West Village?"

"When this guy reacts, let those fishmen deal with him! Anyway, the devil fruit will be given to Aaron by then. Can he still take the devil fruit money back from those fishmen?"

The psychological trauma left by Arlong's group of fishmen on Nami was so great that Nami overestimated their strength and didn't think that Uchiha Feiyu could fight against this group of fishmen.

(End of this chapter)