"Her underlying emotions should be quite interesting."
Rosse smiled at the corner of his mouth, looking toward the nearby Otohime.
Ever since bringing Otohime next to Sabina, her emotions had been a little off.
Even when she previously saw Neptune, Otohime could face him with calmness, as if she were looking at a stranger.
But when seeing Sabina, Otohime couldn't hold back anymore.
"Utterly disgusting," Otohime's eyes were filled with loathing.
She had the ability to read minds, and after seeing her, Sabina's emotions were completely exposed to her.
There was fear, there was anger, there was dread, there was jealousy, there was hatred...
All sorts of negative emotions mixed together, unspeakably ugly.
Most crucially, upon seeing Sabina again, she had already confirmed one thing.
Those three little mermaids had died at Sabina's hands.
No matter what conflict existed, those three little mermaids were innocent, why kill them?
Thinking of this, Otohime's emotions uncharacteristically lost control.
Those three little mermaids, no matter what Neptune thought, they were always her children.
Seeing Otohime like this, Rosse instantly understood. Seizing the opportunity, he handed the platinum pistol to her.
If not now, then when to add intensity?
After today, he would be Otohime's only support.
Although a little despicable, since he had her now, he wouldn't let go.
"Otohime! You shameless woman, you dare!"
At this point Neptune didn't even care about Qope. Seeing Otohime raise a gun toward Sabina, his entire face darkened as he charged in this direction.
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
Otohime's eyes were cold, "When she killed Sharley, what did you do?"
"Sharley and the others deserved to die! If anything happens to Sabina, I swear I'll kill you!", Neptune had now completely lost his sanity.
The former lover was about to kill the current one. Such a thing happening right before him, along with Rosward's earlier incident, was enough to drive him mad.
What's more, his heart had already been warmed by Sabina these past few days.
Toward Otohime, his feelings had long vanished.
Neptune lifted the trident in his hand and, under Otohime's gaze, threw it with all his might toward her.
The ten-plus meter trident tore through the air, aiming straight for Otohime's chest.
Given Otohime's physical abilities, she couldn't dodge this attack.
If struck, she would definitely be impaled by the trident, dying on the spot, there was no other possibility.
But facing this attack, Otohime appeared extremely calm.
She only looked at Neptune with disappointment, then turned her head without another glance.
Neptune had found the woman he trusted.
So had she found the man she could trust, hadn't she?
Neptune had never given her this kind of security.
She was sure, this attack would never land on her.
Ding!
Just as Otohime had expected, Rosse merely waved his hand lightly, intercepting the trident and casually tossing it aside.
He even had the leisure to ask, "Need my help? You haven't killed anyone before, have you?"
"Some things… always have to happen for the first time."
Otohime's expression was cold as she pointed the muzzle at Sabina's terrified face and pulled the trigger hard.
'The deaths of my children, must be paid for with death.'
BANG!
"NOOOO!"
With the sound of gunfire and Neptune's mournful cry, a huge hole was blown open in Sabina's chest.
Although Sabina had a large build, Rosse's platinum pistol had been modified. It could easily blast apart a mammoth, let alone a normal female mermaid like Sabina.
If not for Rosse's fruit ability protecting Otohime's hand, the recoil alone from that shot would've shattered her arm.
Seeing Sabina dead, Neptune ignored everything else, rushing past Rosse and Otohime, throwing himself in front of Sabina and holding her tightly, his face full of grief.
Seeing Neptune's sorrowful expression, Otohime couldn't help but feel absurd.
If it had been her who died a month ago, would Neptune have been this sad?
She didn't know the answer, and didn't want to.
But Neptune had never given her trust. The fact that he so quickly gave his heart to another was already reality.
Since there had never been trust, why should she force it?
"If we hadn't come, what would you have done to those mermaids who knew the truth?", Otohime hadn't forgotten the main issue. She didn't bother with the grieving Neptune, but turned to the turtle-like Holp, "Answer me, Holp!"
"I-I would definitely have released them!", Holp raised both hands, face filled with fear.
'What the hell is this? Rosward is dead. Sabina is dead. Qope also died after killing all the Sea King Guards.'
Now only he and Neptune were left.
And it was clear, if he said a single wrong word, he and Neptune would die too.
'Damn it! Celestial Dragons aren't the same as Celestial Dragons.'
'That Rosward was so weak.'
"Liar. If you don't tell the truth, you know the consequences."
Otohime spoke calmly. With her abilities, unless it was someone strong like Rosse, no one could lie in front of her.
"I..."
Holp looked aggrieved.
'Damn!'
'Seriously, can a guy catch a break around here?'
'Even if I have the thought, I haven't acted on it yet, right?'
But facing Otohime's mind-reading, Holp could only speak honestly, "I would've advised His Majesty to execute them all. Only by treating Rosward's death as an accident can Fish-Man Island be saved."
That was his true opinion. He was also doing it for Fish-Man Island.
After hearing his words, Otohime didn't respond, but the already frightened mermaids below looked at Holp with deep hatred.
They were already pitiful, innocent victims, and Holp actually thought about killing them?
What kind of twisted logic was that...
"In that case, I have one more question..."
"Ask, ask, ask, Otohime, remember your place!"
Just as Otohime was about to ask about Nia, Neptune rudely interrupted. He stared hard at Otohime, his face brimming with unfiltered anger.
"Some things, I need to clarify," Otohime's face was calm.
Nia and the others were her closest people, she couldn't let them be wronged without reason.
"Your Majesty, let her ask. Consort Otohime is just anxious," Holp anxiously pleaded from the side.
From the looks of it, if they explained clearly, leniency might follow.
If Neptune got involved again, then he would be dead for sure.
He wasn't Qope, he didn't have that noble sense of dying for Fish-Man Island or Neptune.
"You still call her consort?", Neptune's bloodshot eyes didn't hesitate. He picked up the nearby trident.
Earlier, when Rosse tossed it aside, it had just been lying on the ground. This was an important plot item, Rosse had no interest in holding it.
Now, it could be useful again.
"No, no, no! Your Majesty Neptune, I was wrong! I was wrong! Saint Rosse, Your Highness Consort, please save me!"
Seeing the now-insane Neptune, Holp was completely terrified. He frantically cried out to the nearby Otohime and Rosse for help.
But for this theatrical scene, Rosse didn't even have the intention to interfere.
Otohime moved her lips slightly, but ultimately chose silence.
With Neptune like this, what the truth even was, no longer mattered.
Whether it was Neptune or Holp, they both deserved to DIE.
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