Luffy's fight continued, so Oliver stood up to get closer and not remain on the ground.
'I have to be prepared in case something strange happens because of the system,' Oliver thought.
He closed his eyes to stretch, and as soon as he opened them again, he was no longer in Arlong Park.
"The Earth? I must have fallen asleep."
He looked around and saw what seemed to be a city.
"Last time, I didn't leave my apartment, and now I'm outside."
He walked down the street, noticing that some people were walking, but they had no faces. He let it go because it was simply a dream.
He could hear the sound of people walking, cars moving, the wind blowing—everything that could be heard in a city.
He saw some stores, but all he could see inside was a white light. He tried to enter, but the doors wouldn't open, so he couldn't figure out why they were like that.
As he continued walking, he noticed that the shapes of the people were slowly starting to distort.
'What's happening? Is this turning into a nightmare?'
He looked around when he suddenly heard a scream.
"Oliver!"
He heard the screech of tires along with a loud crash that drowned out the scream, making him go on high alert, looking in every direction to see what had happened. In an instant, there wasn't a single person left on the streets.
"What the hell is going on?"
He was extremely nervous, not knowing what was happening.
All the sounds vanished in an instant, along with the people.
As he looked around, he noticed he could see inside a café, so he ran towards it to enter.
The moment he stepped inside, all the noise returned, and when he looked outside, there was absolutely nothing.
"What a weird dream," Oliver said.
There were people talking at the tables, and as expected, they had no faces.
"It's much calmer in here."
The sound of the café door opening was heard, but he kept looking around the place, trying to find an exit.
"Excuse me, I'd like a cup of black coffee, no sugar."
Oliver froze and slowly turned to see who had ordered that. It was...
"Is that me?"
He stepped closer to get a better look, and it was him—but completely opposite to how he was now.
The face of someone physically and mentally exhausted, messy black hair, a long beard, and extremely thin.
"It's true... I used to look like this because of that old man who forced me to check every damn exam while I was still studying."
"Oliver!"
He heard the woman's scream again, and once more, all the people vanished.
"Again... Again..." the Oliver from the dream began to say.
"What are you talking about?"
The woman's scream was heard again, making the entire place shake violently.
The Oliver from the dream kept repeating "Again," but louder each time.
"This just got weird. System! What's happening?!"
[*********************]
"This isn't a dream."
"SHUT UP!!"
Everything shattered, and he heard a loud scream before seeing a bright light.
"Huh?"
He saw Luffy dodging Arlong's attacks with his Kiribachi until he entered Nami's room.
'Everything looks fine.'
Oliver took a deep breath, as that dream had left him quite nervous.
'Whose voice was that?'
Meanwhile, Luffy was inside Nami's room, looking at all the maps.
"What is this room? It's full of papers," said Luffy.
"This is the room where that girl drew the maps. These are all the maps Nami made in eight years," Arlong told him. "Even if you look around the world, almost no one can draw maps as precise as these. That girl is a genius."
"Wow."
Luffy looked around until he saw a pen that had fallen from the desk, which he picked up.
"There would be nothing more foolish than wasting such talent," said Arlong.
"This pen... has blood," said Luffy, looking at it and thinking about how much Nami must have suffered in that room.
"For someone like me, who is going to conquer the world, Nami's maps are essential! She will keep drawing maps for my ambition."
Arlong pointed his Kiribachi at Luffy's neck.
"Once I have maps of all the seas in the world, no one will be able to stop me! The whole world will be mine! How are you going to use that girl better than I am?"
Luffy, having had enough of Arlong's nonsense, dropped the pen on the ground and grabbed the Kiribachi.
'What?! I can't move my Kiribachi!' Arlong thought as he tried to pull it away.
"Use her?!" Luffy shouted in anger, breaking the Kiribachi.
"My Kiribachi!" Arlong exclaimed, watching it shatter.
"Who do you think she is?!" Luffy shouted furiously.
"I will leave Nami here to draw maps. In this room, for the rest of her life. She has food and shelter here. We buy her whatever clothes she wants. She doesn't lack anything. She just has to keep drawing maps for me. We are nakamas!"
Outside, everyone was a little worried since there was no sound until a desk came flying out of the room, startling them. But upon realizing what it was, they calmed down.
Unlike the others, Nami recognized exactly what it was.
"Luffy?"
Luffy kicked again, now sending a bookshelf flying before he began delivering multiple kicks and punches, trying to destroy the room.
"Stop!" Arlong shouted, trying to slash him, but instead, he cut through the maps. "The maps, my maps!"
As Arlong watched his maps fly away, Luffy remained determined to destroy the room.
The maps in that room fell like rain.
With each object that fell, Nami remembered every moment of suffering she endured because of Arlong.
'Thank you.'
Nami thanked Luffy, crying as he destroyed the place that held so many painful memories. That destruction began to free her from all the suffering she had endured.
"You've gone too far! Damn rubber dwarf!" Arlong shouted, biting Luffy's neck.
"I don't give a damn how great the Fish-Men are or what happens to your stupid maps! Maybe I don't understand any of this!" Luffy gripped Arlong's nose tightly. "But I've found a way to save her!"
With all his strength, he bent Arlong's nose, making him scream in pain.
"It's all because of this room! This is the place she doesn't want to be! I'll destroy it all! Gomu Gomu no...!"
Luffy stretched his leg high into the sky, destroying the ceiling in the process.
"Don't get cocky! A filthy, inferior human is incapable of destroying Arlong Park!" Arlong fixed his nose and prepared to attack. "Sharks on Tooth!"
Arlong started spinning and lunged at Luffy, biting his stomach.
"...ONO!"
Luffy's foot came crashing down at full speed, striking Arlong's back and making him vomit blood. But Luffy didn't stop there—he kept applying pressure, forcing Arlong through every floor of Arlong Park, destroying it completely.
[Mission Complete]
[Obtained: 51,000,000 Belly, Talent Gacha Token, and Devil Fruit Gacha Token]
At that moment, all of Arlong Park began to collapse, worrying everyone, so they had to move back.
"LUFFY!!" Nami screamed, concerned for him.
"Relax, just look at the winner," Oliver said as he walked toward them.
From the rubble, Luffy emerged, badly injured, but seeing him on his feet filled everyone with joy.
"Luffy!" Nami shouted happily upon seeing him.
"NAMI!!!" His voice echoed for everyone to hear. "YOU ARE MY NAKAMA!!"
"Yes," Nami said, crying.
"Arlong Park..."
"...was destroyed!"
All the villagers cheered in joy, but they were soon interrupted.
"That's enough! Chichichi!" Nezumi shouted. "Well, looks like this is my lucky day. I saw the whole fight. I never would've believed that the Fish-Men could lose to a bunch of unknown pirat—"
Oliver grabbed one of the Fish-Men and electrocuted him, using him as a weapon.
He charged at the Marines, taking them all down, leaving only Nezumi.
"Hey, everyone is happy. How about you shut up?" Oliver said, grabbing him by the throat and slamming him into the ground.
Luffy climbed down from the building and was greeted by a relieved Usopp, happy to see his captain was okay. Nami walked up to return Luffy's straw hat.
'It's over, Bellemere-san. It took eight years, but in the end, everyone, including me, is finally free! And now, I have nakamas, important nakamas.'