After a brief moment of embarrassment, Nami stood up and said, "So... Mr. Administrator."

She had a profiteer-like smile on her face: "I don't think anyone paid you to stay here, right?"

"Just call me Kurokas."

Glancing at her, Kurokas smiled and said, "Smart little girl."

"I am not boasting, old man. Without my help, nine out of ten newcomers like you who enter the Grand Line will not survive."

"This sea area is very dangerous!"

"As expected!"

Nami said with a hint of understanding.

The other party's tone was not like that of a pirate, but he showed up proactively. Combined with the uninhabited and barren land around Upside Down Mountain, there was only one answer.

He is here to do business!

"I guess you didn't even prepare the record pointer?"

"Record pointer? What is that?"

At this time, seeing that the other party was not hostile, Zoro stopped his movements and said, "Hey, Nami, our time is limited."

"immediately!"

Nami replied without looking back, making Zoro's mouth twitch in anger.

Facing the other party's curious eyes, Kurokas sighed.

"Well, it looks like I have to teach you a lesson from the basics, but it won't be free."

"Oh hehehe, I can't pretend I didn't hear this, Mr. Kurokas."

With Luffy's confused expression, Nami grabbed his neck and pulled him over, saying: "Perhaps you don't know, let me introduce to you, this is our captain, and there is a bounty of 33 million shellfish in the East China Sea.

The most powerful pirate, Straw Hat Luffy."

"Yes...yes, it's me!"

Although he didn't understand what Nami was going to do, Luffy confidently put his hands on his hips and looked proud.

Sauron: "..."

Sanji: "..."

Then Sanji held his hands together and twisted around: "Unreasonable Nami-san, you are so beautiful!"

"……Why!"

Sighing tiredly, Kurokas waved.

"Rabb!"

"Um!!"

Seeing the huge island whale opening its mouth fiercely at her and others, Nami's expression froze and she quickly pushed Luffy away and raised her hands: "Wait a minute, the price is negotiable!"

Everyone: "..."

"Humph, a bunch of little brats!"

After appeasing Labu, Kurokas turned and walked towards the lighthouse: "Then, come with me."

"Hey, Nami."

Putting away his weapon again, Zoro called out to Nami who was about to follow, and reminded him again: "The pursuers may follow at some point, and it's not safe to stay here."

"I know."

In response, Nami took a deep breath and looked at him seriously: "But it's even more unsafe to leave!"

"I can smell the dangerous wind coming from the sea ahead..."

Nami looked solemnly at the calm sea area that was no different from the East China Sea: "According to the knowledge I read in the book, the navigation experience of the four seas is useless in the Grand Line. This is an incredible sea area that completely goes against common sense.

, I have to understand it better if I want to move forward.”

"Before then, it's best not to run around."

Zoro frowned when he heard this and looked at Luffy: "Captain, what do you think?"

"Well, just do as Nami says."

Luffy smiled indifferently, then put on his straw hat and looked at his friends: "You are our navigator. We will go wherever you say."

"Luffy……"

Nami was a little moved and looked at Luffy.

Zoro had no choice but to put his sword beside him and sit down cross-legged.

In this case, just recharge your batteries to deal with the pursuing troops.

…

Arriving inside the lighthouse, Nami discovered that this little old man did have something.

With her eyes, it was not difficult to see that there were many valuable things in Kurokas' house. However, he was still alive today in such a dangerous estuary. Nami did not think that he was solely relying on the whales on the islands outside to scare his enemies.

It was just a test to see if the other party was the navy's spy.

Nami, who survived the oppression of the evil dragon early and liberated her nature early, has grown tremendously in the past two years.

Pulling out an hourglass-like glass product from the cabinet, Kurokas said: "Here, this is the record pointer. Without it, it will be difficult for you to move forward on the Grand Route."

"Why?"

Nami picked up the thing and looked at the compass inside.

"Because the magnetic field in this sea area is chaotic, ordinary compasses cannot work at all. If you want to continue moving forward, the only thing you can trust is the magnetic connection between islands."

"The recording pointer is a thing that stores magnetism. When it is full, it will point in the direction to the next island. It's fine near here, but once it's far away, it's the only thing you can trust."

"I see."

Pulling out the commonly used compass in her pocket, Nami discovered that, as expected, although the pointer on it was still pointing firmly to the north, as it shook, the pointer did not shift back perfectly, but showed a slight deviation.

This is an almost fatal flaw in navigation!

Nami couldn't help but feel a little scared. Fortunately, she noticed something unusual and chose to stop temporarily, otherwise the whole boat would really be brought to a dead end.

Looking at her expression, Kurokas smiled: "Are you satisfied? Then Chenghui, ten million beli."

"Ten million Baileys!!"

Nami's scream made several people outside twitch their mouths.

"Why don't you go and grab it?!"

In response to this, Kurokas said righteously: "That's not right... robbing money is not as easy as making money in this business!"

Nami's whole body was filled with black air, and she was smiling but not smiling.

"I think you are trying to blackmail us on purpose!"

"Haha, then you don't have to buy it! There is no store like this after passing this village, and the nearest island is still early from here. You can try to buy it later."

"Monopoly business! It's so unreasonable."

Shocked by Kurokas's shamelessness, Nami thought of something.

【I have never seen such a shameless person!】

But Nami finally reluctantly bought it.

She is first the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates, and then she is the little thief cat who loves money as much as her life.

It was about the life and death of a ship of people, so Nami gave the money with a dark face.

"By the way, since you are so sincere, I will give you some additional information that will help you survive."

"explain!"

Kurokas: "..."

You turn your back on me and don’t recognize anyone!

"What an unpleasant little girl."

After muttering, he continued: "As I just said, the Grand Route can be divided into seven routes according to magnetic lines. The starting point determines the end point. Without a permanent pointer, it is almost impossible to change the route midway."

"Permanent pointer?"

Nami chewed the information in her words and nodded: "Continue!"

Kurokas: "..."

We don’t know her the same way!

"So remember, even if you are confident in your sailing skills, never take the fourth and seventh routes."

"Why?"
To be continued...