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  As they walked, Nojiko, driven by for her vilge and the stranger before her, grabbed Coby's colr and yanked him to a stop. "Stop!" she yelled, her voice ced with desperation. "You will get yourself killed, and then Arlong will take his anger out on us too."

  Coby turo face her, a smirk pying on his lips. "Selfish, I like it," he ented, not with disdain but with an uanding nod to human nature. To him, selfishness was a fual humaion, ohat everyone was entitled to. Heroism for the sake of being a hero was foolish in his eyes.

  Nojiko misinterpreted his words, seeing them as a slight against her and the sacrifices her mother, Bellemere, had made. She was the daughter of a selfless woman who had givehing for her daughters. Her own willio sacrifice a stranger for her safety weighed heavily on her sce. Shame washed over her, but it was a feeling born from years of living uhe shadow of terror. She released his colr, her hands trembling slightly.

  Nojiko raised her gaze and looked directly at Coby. Her eyes was of resolve and desperation. "At least e with me for now. You ot fight them openly," she insisted, her voice steady but carrying an underlying urgency. Her statement ragmatiother perfectly natural humaion. She didn't know what Coby was capable of but she had seen Arlong's terror too many times, and knew, Arlong could use Coby as an excuse to hurt other vilgers. Coby, reizing the reason in her words, nodded in agreement.

  Nojiko led Coby through the vilge's quiet streets, her steps cautious and fidgety, as if she was expeg a fishman to appear any sed. She khat Nami was back, and this time she had gathered enough moo buy the vilge's freedom fr. Her primary goal was to dey any frontation until Nami could plete her deal with Arlong. However, she was also acutely aware of the danger Coby posed, not only to himself but also to the vilgers, if Arlong discovered his presence.

  As they walked, Nojiko's mind raced with sarios and pns. The best course of a, she decided, was to hide Coby at her house. It was a risk, especially if Nami brought Arlong to retrieve her stash, but it was the only viable option they had.

  Upon reag her house, Nojiko quickly ushered Coby ihe interior was modest, a refle of the simple life she and her sister led under Arlong's tyrannical rule. She motioned for Coby to sit down, her expression tense.

  Coby took in his surroundings with a keen eye. He he sparse furnishings and the aura of resiliehat seemed to permeate the space. This was a home that had seen hardship, yet it stood as a testament to the strength aermination of its inhabitants.

  Nojiko, standing by the window, peered outside, her eyes sing for any sign or his crew. The tension in her posture was evident, a clear sign of the stant vigince she lived under. "We'll wait here," she said, turning to face Coby.

  Coby only grinned, knowing waiting and hiding wasn't an option. He already set his mind to front and kill Arlong and his crew, it was iable at this point. But as an old woman barged into the house, Nojiko felt it was too te. "Genz is going to kill Genzo!" she yelled, her voice itched with panic. Without a sed thought, Nojiko stood up and dashed towards the vilge, Coby swiftly following her.

  As they approached, the air was filled with cries and shouting. "You hid swords, despite my orders not to!" Arlong's booming voice echoed through the streets. He held the vilge chief, Genzo, by the throat, suspended in the air. Genzo's face was torted with pain, struggling for breath under Arlong's iron grip. "Four of my men died. Sin by a sword. Is it your doing?" Arlong's face was twisted in anger. His fierce loyalty to his men was evident, ready to unleash his wrath for their loss.

  Coby assessed the se, calg the number of ehere were at least two dozen Fishmen, with two of them being Arlong's stro men, Kuroobi and Chew. As Nojiko was about to move to intervene, Coby acted swiftly, hitting her o knock her unscious. Gently movio a safe locatiohen positioned himself outside the vilge.

  He detached his two hands, each holding a knife, a skill he had acquired from his 'Bara Bara Detach Hand' ability. Taking a deep breath, he maneuvered his hands towards Kuroobi and Chew, targeting Arlong's key fighters first. The hands, guided by Coby's will, moved silently and swiftly, like shadows flitting through the chaos.

  As Coby's detached hands closed in on Kuroobi and Chew, all of a suddeench of blood and the sound of tearing flesh filled the air. The knives in his hands glinted ominously as they sliced through their flesh, leaving a trail of crimson in their wake.

  Chew let out a guttural scream as the first knife plunged into his chest, pierg his heart like a hot poker. His body vulsed as he tried to pull the bde out, but it was too te. Blood sprayed out of his mouth and nose as he fell to the ground, gasping for air.

  Kuroobi, the martial arts master, was quick to react. Coby's other hand joihe first, fnking Kuroobi with a rapid succession of attacks. Kuroobi fought back with all his might, but Coby's moves were too fast and too brutal. His knives left deep, bloody wounds in their wake, and Kuroobi's body was soon covered in a siing red sheen.

  The sound of bones crag and flesh tearing filled the air as Coby's bdes found their targets. Kuroobi's body twisted and torted uhe onsught, his screams drowned out by the siing squelch of flesh being torn apart. Blood sprayed out in thick, viscous streams as Coby's knives found their mark time and time again.

  Kuroobi deflected the knives with a swift movement of his arm, but the sed one caught him off guard. It sliced through his neck like a hot khrough butter, severing a major vein and causing him to spout blood like a fountain. Kuroobi fell to the ground, his eyes wide with shod pain as he clutched at his neck, trying to stem the flow of blood.

  In the end, Kuroobi y motionless on the ground, his body a twisted mass of gore and mutition. Chew y beside him, his lifeless eyes staring up at the sky. Coby’s hands stood over them both, his knives dripping with blood as he let out a low, satisfied chuckle.

  The otiohe attention , who turo withe fall of his twest men. His eyes, once filled with brutal certainty, now burned red with a rage that resembled that of a sea beast. His gaze followed the two floating hands as they returo Coby, who stood at the edge of the vilge, now holding two bloody knives.

  Arlong bared his shark-like teeth in a snarl. "Who dares?!" he bellowed, his voice thunderous and filled with murderous i. His eyes locked onto Coby, reizing him as the source of this ued threat. Oher hand Coby looked at Arlong in bewilderment, "Aor is that you?"

  Coby, just looked at Arlong with a teasing grin. He knew Arlong was strong, but pared to East Blue standards. Arlong was not just any pirate; he was a tyrant whose cruelty knew no bounds but also a fishy escaped from Grand Line because he was weak and pathetic. Coby already made sure he was strong enough to take him before fronting him. He had e to this isnd with a sole purpose, well a few additional ones as well but the main one was, taking Arlong down.

  The vilgers, witnessing the se from a safe distance, murmured amongst themselves. The sight 's rage was terrifying, yet there was a glimmer of hope. For the first time, someone had stood up to the Fishmen, and it was a stranger, an outsider who had nothing to gain from their plight.

  Arlong, with a swift motion grabbed one of the swords lied under his feet, Genzo's colle. "I'll crush you myself!" he roared, charging towards Coby with a speed that belied his size.

  Coby waving at him, activated Stealth Foot, vanishing from sight just as Arlong reached him. The Fishman's attack cut through the air, missing Coby by mere inches.

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