"You really do look pitiful with tears running down your face."
Lynn crouched in front of Arlong with interest, giving his bloodied face a few light slaps.
"Too bad… It's not because you regret what you did.You're crying because you know you're about to die."
WHAM!
A massive fist slammed into Arlong's face—no technique, no restraint—just pure rage.
Lynn clutched his head with one hand, while the other pounded into his face like a steel hammer.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Bone-crunching thuds echoed across the courtyard.
Arlong's skull caved in under the assault, blood bursting from every orifice, teeth shattered, and his signature saw-nose snapped off from sheer force.
"Not enough. Not even close. I want your face to explode from the pressure."
Lynn tightened his grip, eyes gleaming with manic excitement.
Dizzy and disoriented, Arlong shivered under his grasp.
He was convinced now—this guy wasn't just strong—he was a sadist.
Compared to Lynn, even the smug monkey Admiral who once toyed with him—Kizaru—seemed merciful.
Every time Arlong's teeth regenerated, Lynn would destroy them again with a harder punch.
SPLAT!
Finally, with a sickening crack, Arlong's jaw shattered like glass. His eyes rolled back, brain reeling.
"Yo."
Lynn opened his bloodied fist, grabbing Arlong by the hair and lifting him up like a sack of trash.
"You're supposed to be from the strongest race, right? What a pathetic way to go out."
He chuckled darkly.
Arlong was no longer the proud, tyrannical sea king of the East Blue.
His jaw was pulverized, gums ruined, teeth shattered, saw-nose torn off—his entire face a pulpy mess.
Lynn ignored the mangled fishman and turned toward the courtyard gate.
"Nami. Nojiko. How long are you two planning to stand there watching the show?"
"Eh??"
Nami and Nojiko snapped out of their daze and quickly ran over.
Kaya, however, didn't follow. This was not her fight—she simply stood with the villagers, trying her best to explain:
"My brother isn't a pervert, I swear..."
"Arlong!"
Nami rushed up, teeth clenched as she glared down at the murderer of her mother.
Hearing her voice, Arlong forced his swollen eyes open.
"You..."
He froze when he saw that unmistakable orange hair.
Of course. That's why this human monster came.She brought him here...
Regret stabbed through his mind like a dagger.
If only... If only I'd killed her back then.
If he hadn't kept her alive to draw sea charts, this monster wouldn't have shown up. His crew would still be alive.
This is all her fault!NAMI!!!
Hatred surged in his eyes, enough to burn her alive.
But—
"Hey."
Lynn's tone dropped cold."Don't you dare look at my girlfriend with those eyes."
Without another word, he grabbed Arlong's broken face and forced him to look directly at Nami.
"Nami. Watch closely.""This demon who's haunted you for eight years—dies today."
"From now on, you'll never live in fear again. Every scar in your past—I'll make it up to you."
With those words, Lynn locked his fingers like claws around Arlong's skull.
"Arlong.""When you're dead, I'm going to butcher your body.""And let the 'inferior species' you despised eat you—piece by piece—grilled."
His voice was cold as the grave.
Terror—true terror—finally surfaced in Arlong's bloodshot eyes.
CRACK—!!!
With a deafening snap, Lynn crushed Arlong's skull in his grip.
Blood poured from his head. Five deep, gaping holes lined his face like a claw mark from hell.
His pupils faded to lifeless grey.
Dead.
Nojiko clutched her mouth, tears silently running down her cheeks.
"Belle-mère... your revenge is finally complete."
Nami stood frozen, overwhelmed with emotion.
The mountain that had weighed on her heart for so long—was gone.
Her hand instinctively reached up to touch her face. Wet.
"Tears...? I'm crying?"
She bit her lip, dazed, and couldn't stop the stream down her chin.
Lynn noticed, sighed softly, and was about to stand—
—when his head was suddenly smothered in softness.
Like being hit by a... face moisturizer.
"Waaahhhhhh~~~"
Nami didn't even know why she was crying.
She just threw herself into Lynn's arms, sobbing uncontrollably into his hair.
"Nami..."
Nojiko stepped forward, eyes also red, and held her sister's shoulders in comfort.
Lynn said nothing more.
He let Nami weep into him, holding her gently.
After some time, her crying slowed.
She pulled away and looked up at his towering figure, her voice trembling with a smile:
"Lynn... from today on, I'm your navigator.""Here—my charts. I drew them all myself. I—"
"Shhh."
Lynn placed a finger over her lips.
His eyes were gentle. The [MAX Affection (H-Scene)] tag softly triggered, causing Nami's mind to go slightly blank.
"I don't need anything that reminds you of pain."
He gently patted her head, then turned to look at the tall tower looming over the courtyard.
His dark pupils flickered—purple lightning dancing within them.
BOOM!!!
Thunder cracked the sky like divine wrath.
The tower exploded into rubble.
BOOM BOOM BOOM...
But it didn't stop.
Heaven's fury kept falling, lightning pounding the estate into ashes.
Only when the entire Arlong Park had been reduced to a scorched wasteland, did Lynn stop.
Then, he wrapped Nami tightly in his arms.
"L-Lynn..."
She was crying again.
And then—A brilliant golden light burst from her body.
Lynn's eyes narrowed.
"Word Tag Detected.""Reading..."
A multicolored tag panel unfolded before his eyes, shimmering like a rainbow.