Below Mary Geoise, a dreamlike Fish-Man Island.
The once chaotic Fish-Man District now became orderly. Human adventurers and pirates who occasionally came and went no longer dared to be reckless.
Tens of thousands of fish-men and pirates were diligently training in the newly built, enclosed training ground.
Bursts of killing intent and battle cries occasionally echoed, making people's expressions change somewhat.
Even Neptune, who was somewhat unwilling at first, but given his status on Fish-Man Island and his alliance with the Sun Pirates, had no choice but to agree to their plan to form a fish-man fleet. Neptune acknowledged that his plan had undoubtedly taken effect and even exceeded expectations.
Those pirates, intimidated by the fish-men's power, no longer dared to act recklessly.
Occasionally, a few restless pirates and human traffickers would also be quickly dealt with by the increasingly elite and well-disciplined fish-man fleet under Neptune's training.
By the side of the lush green, beautiful Sea Forest.
A solemn tombstone stood there. It was the tomb of the late Queen Otohime, highly respected by the fish-men.
"Hey, old man, what do you want with me?"
A man with black hair, wearing a three-pronged hat, his neck wrapped in a wolf-skin scarf, and with intricate tattoos on his left arm, walked over.
At the same time, his gaze towards Neptune carried a hidden... ambition!
This person, who could directly, with his own power, force the royalty of the Ryugu Kingdom to agree to the Sun Pirates forming a fish-man fleet, and who had almost completely unified the Fish-Man District's Sun Pirates,
could be said to be highly respected. Yet, he also somewhat looked down on them for not being able to conquer the World Government and for not continuing to conquer fish-men and expand the fish-man fleet's territory.
He even hoped that one day he could replace them, leading the mighty Sun Pirates to take revenge on humanity.
Only noble fish-men were the true rulers of this great sea and land. Weak humans were only fit to tremble and survive under the fish-men's dominion!
"Hody Jones..."
Pobun stood there, his gaze somewhat sharp, examining Hody Jones.
Neptune, who was originally a bit chubby, had actually lost weight under Pobun's intense training, becoming lean and formidable, giving off no small sense of oppression.
"Do you know where this is?"
Pobun's face was indifferent. He pointed to Queen Otohime's tomb beside him.
"Queen Otohime's tomb, how could I not recognize it?"
Hody Jones's pupils constricted, and Pobun's heart skipped a beat, then he strongly confirmed.
Facing Pobun's sharp gaze, Hody Jones was somewhat flustered, his eyes flickering slightly.
Queen Otohime had hired human assassins back then to destroy the signatures she collected from fish-men islanders, to apply to the World Government for a plan to allow fish-men to reside on land, and at the same time, to provoke hatred and conflict between fish-men and humans.
"Of course you can't not know, because you are the human who harmed Queen Otohime back then, the mastermind behind the scenes is you!"
Pobun said with a cold laugh. Hody Jones's two sharp fangs looked somewhat terrifying.
He didn't know how Ichiji knew these things, but since that Lord said so, then he must be sure. He had endured for a year just to deal with these guys. If he avoided it, it would make people doubt his identity.
"How do you know?"
Hody Jones's face changed drastically.
Pobun's firm tone left him speechless.
"Not only that, you also stole the treasure from the Ryugu Kingdom's 'Tamatebako'..." Pobun walked towards him, his face grim. He never thought that what he did would actually be exposed. There was a restless Hody Jones with an unstable temperament. "And, that 'Dark Night Trial' that made the Fish-Man Island residents uneasy and restless, you led them in doing it, didn't you?"
"Hmph..."
Looking at the approaching "Neptune," Hody Jones's face was ashen. He cautiously retreated.
At the same time, filled with fury, he gritted his teeth unwillingly: "I never thought all this would be known to you!"
In his hand, unknowingly, appeared over a dozen strange pills.
"Are those the treasures stolen from the Tamatebako? The ES Poisonous Pills?"
Looking at the strange pills in Hody Jones's hand, Pobun's gaze carried a hint of mockery. He said faintly, "Do you want to use them to deal with me? Do you think that just because Arlong and the others aren't here, you can directly take advantage of the opportunity to kill me?"
Relying on Neptune's powerful physique, in the past year, under Arlong's guidance, he had already mastered Fish-Man Karate to a high degree, and even the Six Powers were completely mastered.
How could this trash Hody Jones, no matter how much he "hid his strength," be able to contend with him?
"You're too arrogant, Neptune. If it were you from before, perhaps even these few pills wouldn't be your match. But you've lost your memory, and I estimate you can't even unleash a fraction of your Fish-Man Karate's power, can you?"
Scanning the empty, silent surroundings, Hody Jones chuckled coldly, and directly swallowed those pills into his abdomen. His entire body swelled up. "I'll kill you, and then fake it as a human killing you. Then I'll find a way to take out that annoying guy Arlong, because the Sun Pirates have already fallen into my trap!"
Since he had already been exposed, he no longer needed to pretend.
"Gyahahahaha, what perfect power..." Hody Jones's teeth turned yellow and sharp, and his eyes turned bloodshot, filled with a terrifying, unconcealed killing intent and madness.
"Neptune, go ahead and die in peace..."
Continually increasing power caused Hody Jones to sink into it, becoming fierce and cunning. "Finally, one day, I will lead the Sun Pirates to take revenge on those humans!"
"Sea Beat!"
His entire body, with astonishing speed, directly threw a punch.
A large amount of water began to compress and vibrate, as if a shockwave violently struck Pobun.
"Naive, impossible..." Pobun couldn't help but shake his head.
He had no interest in this kind of half-assed fight.
Hody Jones knew nothing about how vast this sea was. He simply believed that by subduing some human pirates at sea, he was a strong individual.
"Armament Haki: Hardening..."
A light blue stone fist turned pitch black and shot out fiercely.
"Five thousand tile fists!"
"Charge!!"
Accompanied by a loud bang.
In an instant, a powerful surge of air violently exploded.
The ground directly collapsed, and the surrounding grass was sent flying.
"Ah..."
A figure let out a miserable scream, sent flying like a cannonball.
However, it was not Pobun, but Hody Jones who was beaten by the deadly drug.
His entire mouth was full of blood. He was filled with anger and disbelief. He swallowed over a dozen ES Poisonous Pills, yet he was not Neptune's match?
This clearly made him somewhat unacceptable!
"What~~~ How could you be so strong? I don't believe it! I don't believe it!!"
He vomited a large mouthful of blood. His right arm was covered in fresh blood, and even his pale bones were exposed. Hody Jones screamed loudly, his face contorted with rage, looking somewhat wretched.
The entire person struggled to get up, full of anger, rushing towards Neptune.
"Go to hell!!"
Without any exception, he was directly sent flying.
"Bang..."
He heavily smashed into a large rock behind him, and collapsed there, covered in blood.
"A frog in the well, simply laughable!"
Pobun looked down at Hody Jones, who was still trying to struggle, his eyes filled with contempt.
Perhaps Hody Jones could still unleash astonishing strength in the sea, but it was just this much power, and he was still on drugs.
But honestly, according to that Lord's words, one ES Poisonous Pill could increase a common human's arm strength by ten times, unleashing twenty times the arm strength. Two pills would directly double that...
This was enough to show how terrifying the ES Poisonous Pill was. Although it was impossible to directly stack it infinitely, at a critical moment, it might be possible to use it to gain victory in an otherwise unwinnable battle.
If this thing was given to Germa for research, and if it could truly be "upgraded," its effect would undoubtedly be enormous.
"Neptune, these guys took the drug, but they're quite miserable. They've injured quite a few of our own people..."
At this moment, Arlong, leading a group of half-dead fish-men, their bodies covered in blood, walked over. He held a small bag in his hand and directly asked Pobun for instructions: "This is what we extracted from their secret laboratory!"
"To be prepared, let's keep those poisonous pills. Perhaps they can be used in the future." Pobun's eyes flickered. He didn't care that he would be beaten by Hody Jones. He directly took the small bag of poisonous pills from Arlong.
"Give these guys to Prince Niji. Tell them these guys are the culprits who conspired against Queen Otohime and conducted 'Dark Night Trials,' committing unforgivable crimes against their own kind."
...Otohime...
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