Page 16: - Doorway villagers note that Nami is absent and identify Arlong as a huge inhuman fishman. - Arlong declares he rules twenty villages and calls rebels a nuisance to his rule. - Arlong warns that failing to pay tribute means intent to rebel and references destroying Gosa village as a lesson. Page 17: - Nojiko explains that everyone must buy their lives monthly with tribute money from Arlong. - Genzo questions what tribute means while reacting with shock. - Nojiko states that Arlong's racial doctrine allows killing humans without hesitation and that one unpaid tribute destroys an entire village. Page 18: - Arlong demands an enormous sum of tribute money and tells inferior humans to work and pay without thinking. - Arlong declares that tribute will become the cornerstone of his Arlong Empire ruling all of East Blue. - Nojiko tells the two men to hurry and leave before Arlong returns.