"Ornamental object?" Robin couldn't help but laugh at Naruto's words. She looked at Naruto with a sincere expression and said, "Ornamental object?"
"Do you want me to help you catch this guy?"
Robin crossed her arms. She didn't seem to be joking. Love me, love my dog.
"No need. How can I catch such a cute mermaid? At the very least, I have to trap her." Naruto laughed and walked forward to greet Keimi.
The insensitive Keimi didn't notice, but Papagu was startled when he saw Naruto's figure.
"Keimi, behind you, behind you."
"Papagu, what's the matter? Is there something on my back? But I don't feel anything." Keimi hadn't noticed Naruto approaching her and was about to turn her head to look at her back.
Suddenly, she felt the upper half of her body being hugged. Naruto wrapped his arms around Keimi's slender waist and laughed.
"Cute mermaid, arrest her."
"Ah, you, what are you doing, Papagu, save, save me."
The panicked Keimi cried out in shock, swinging her fishtail and shouting at Papagu.
"Don't, don't hug me, who are you? Humans are so scary, Papagu."
Papagu saw Naruto's face and involuntarily took a few steps back, his expression a little ugly.
"You, you're the great thief who destroyed the World Government."
"I didn't expect a little starfish to know me."
Naruto smiled lightly and didn't let go of Keimi's hand. Instead, he moved over and wrapped his arms around Keimi's slender waist, making Keimi face him.
Keimi's face was pale. She was so shocked by Papagu's words that she couldn't speak and was about to cry.
"Great thief, Papagu, what should I do? I don't want to be sold, I want to go home."
"Keimi, don't be afraid, pull yourself together."
Papagu Starfish's words were not convincing at all, because its small body was trembling. This was a big pirate with a bounty of 1.5 billion. It did not know how it could have met such a big pirate so coincidentally. It was too late to run now.
Moreover, the group of people behind Naruto seemed to be very strong.
Especially that big sister with a gentle smile. She had already crossed her arms, as if she was preventing them from escaping and was preparing to activate something strange.
"Looking at it this way, mermaids and humans are indeed different. Even the shape of their mouths is different."
Naruto stared closely at Keimi's thin pink lips. Although they were slightly round, they were still beautiful.
Naruto grabbed Keimi's chin and ignored Keimi's panicked expression as he smiled.
"Little mermaid, do you want to be my pet?"
"Papagu, save me, I don't want to be a pet, sob sob … I don't want to be a pet, humans are too scary." Keimi couldn't help but burst into tears. Large drops of tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes.
She was crying very sadly because she was too timid to struggle.
"You, what do you want to do? Don't touch my Keimi."
The starfish screamed and ran forward as if it wanted to fight Naruto. Unfortunately, before it could run two steps, Naruto stepped on it.
Ignoring this strange creature, Naruto focused all his attention on Keimi. He reached out and wiped away Keimi's tears.
"Little mermaid, don't cry, it's not a bad thing to be my pet. There are countless bugs to eat, but you don't eat bugs, right? Anyway, I will prepare a sumptuous meal for you every day."
Looking at this mermaid, Naruto really wanted to feed her. It would be nice to keep such a beautiful mermaid in a water tank.
Keimi was so scared by Naruto's words that she didn't dare to cry anymore. She stared blankly at Naruto with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. Her trembling appearance almost made Naruto want to hug this mermaid and dote on her.
Rubbing Keimi's head, Naruto didn't do anything else this time. He let go of Keimi's arms and said with a calm expression,
"I was just joking with you just now. You really are a crybaby mermaid."
Wiping away the tears hanging from the corners of Keimi's eyes, Naruto's expression was very serious.
Keimi instantly breathed a sigh of relief. She was indeed an innocent girl. Seeing that Naruto was joking, she didn't have the slightest doubt and immediately regained her composure. She looked around and called out a little nervously.
"Papagu, where are you?"
"Below."
A short starfish waved its hand. Only then did Keimi notice the starfish that had sunk into the soil. Startled, she hurried forward, dug out the starfish, and patted the dust off it.
The starfish, who had recovered, spat out a mouthful of soil and heaved a sigh of relief.
"I almost died."
Looking up at Naruto, the Papagu starfish shrank back in fear and actually hid behind Keimi in extreme fear.
"Oh right, little mermaid," Naruto looked down at Keimi and said calmly.
"Can you take me to the Fishmen Island?"
"What do you want to do at the Fishmen Island?"
Keimi protected the starfish and looked at Naruto with fear. She didn't dare to get close to Naruto. She was still brooding about being hugged by Naruto earlier.
"I just want to hide for a while. How about it, little mermaid, can you help?" Naruto squatted down and looked straight at Keimi as he said calmly.
"I don't want to cause trouble. Why don't I help you and save Little Eight that you mentioned at the beginning? You take me to the Fishmen Island."
"You can save Little Eight!" Keimi's eyes lit up and her big black eyes flashed as she said excitedly.
"Can you really save Little Eight?"
Looking at Keimi's expression, Naruto wanted to tease the mermaid again. After pondering for a while, he said with a serious expression.
"The reward for saving someone is very high. Why don't you become my pet and I'll help you?"
"No." Keimi refused immediately, pouting her little mouth.
Naruto laughed and said.
"Then can you just tell me how to get to the Fishmen Island?"
Keimi thought for a while and looked at Naruto, not knowing how to answer. The starfish Papagu walked out from the side and said with a serious expression.
"Keimi, promise him."
Hearing the starfish's words, Keimi immediately nodded her little head. She really was a girl without her own opinions.