Turning back? For what—those filthy, oversized pigeons who dared to go for her hair?! Absolutely not. The thought alone made her skin crawl.
Oh, the glistening, glorious treasure. What a cruel, cruel world that forced her to choose between her dignity and her riches.
Settling for glaring daggers at her idiotic crewmates, she gave herself a moment of vindication. Perfectly justified, obviously. She was mourning here!
Her righteous inner monologue was interrupted by Zoro’s grumbling. Her eyes followed his gaze, squinting toward the horizon. There was something out there—a shadow, growing larger with every second.
“Is it getting… bigger?” she muttered, her gut already twisting into knots.
Before she could say another word, Luffy’s voice boomed, full of reckless glee. GET CLOSER?
She froze. Of course, of course he wanted to go closer. Why wouldn’t he? This was Luffy, after all—the man who had zero survival instincts and even less common sense. Of course, he wanted to charge headfirst into doom.
“No, no, NO!” she yelled, throwing her arms into the air. “We need to get AWAY from that!”
But her words were pointless. Someone (most likely that stupid Zoro) had already started turning the ship in the shadow’s direction. Nami’s face twitched as a fresh wave of despair washed over her.
The next thing she knew, she had Luffy by the collar, shaking him violently, tears streaming down her face in waterfalls. “WHY, LUFFY?! WHY DO WE ALWAYS RUN STRAIGHT INTO DANGER?!”
She could already picture her obituary: Gone too soon, tragically young, undeniably gorgeous, and horrendously broke.
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