When Brook arrived at the Hard Shell Tower, carrying Minister Hippocampus, the sight before him greatly shocked him; human pirates, thrown by the Target-Target Fruit, lay scattered haphazardly around the Hard Shell Tower.
Just then, a deafening crash broke the silence. The gate swung open, and an extremely corpulent shark, like an arrow from a bowstring, shot out of the Hard Shell Tower, carrying Luffy and Orochimaru.
Luffy, encased in a bubble, stood atop it, unable to hide his excitement. His eyes narrowed into slits, and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Off to the Sea Forest!!!"
Orochimaru, on the other hand, looked around with a bored expression. He did not want to go to some forest with Luffy... He wanted to find the treasure vault... He wanted to play by himself!!
Turning his head, he saw Brook carrying Minister Hippocampus, Orochimaru mechanically raised his hand and waved. Immediately, the two people and one shark vanished from everyone's sight.
Soon, a Luffy, a Fishman with shark skin, and a snake appeared above Fish-Man Island.
Shirahoshi, filled with guilt, curled up inside Mekaro's mouth, (.•ˇ‸ˇ•.) looking very well-behaved.
Poor Mekaro was so choked up that tears welled in his eyes. He swam with difficulty through the air, enclosed in a bubble, while uncontrollably dry heaving.
Shirahoshi, however, looked around excitedly, muttering to herself, "Is this what they call an adventure?"
Luffy and Orochimaru also curiously surveyed their surroundings, as they knew little about Fish-Man Island. Luffy smiled particularly brightly.
"Hahahaha? Hmm? If being excited is an adventure, right, you're going to the Sea Forest, what kind of place is that... It must be an interesting place."
Shirahoshi lightly pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress her tears. Her voice was slightly calm, but her eyes sparkled with a hint of anticipation:
"That is a graveyard... Since the graveyard was built, I have never been there even once. That is the place I have most longed to visit in my heart for the past ten years."
Luffy listened to her words, remained silent for a moment, then did not press further. Suddenly, he saw a group of strange-looking things in the sky, but they were too far away to see clearly. He could only give up in the end, but he was still a little curious.
Mekaro had been flying in the sky for a long time now, and he was almost choked to the point of rolling his eyes. His two shark fins flapped desperately, pushing him forward, and he was covered in sweat.
Mekaro couldn't help but dry heave, almost spitting Shirahoshi out. Luffy muttered with slight displeasure, "Be careful, shark."
Immediately after, Luffy couldn't help but sneeze, complaining a little.
"Oo (• ́₋₍•̀ ) It's all your fault, you shark, you made my nose itchy."
Shirahoshi asked with some concern, "Luffy-sama, do you have a cold?"
Orochimaru suddenly became disgusted with the sweating Mekaro. He instantly turned into a snake and coiled himself on Luffy's Straw Hat: "No... someone must be cursing him, after all, idiots don't catch colds."
Luffy puffed out his cheeks and tugged on Orochimaru's tail.
"Don't call big brother an idiot!"
Orochimaru unhappily shook off Luffy's hand, saying, "Don't pet me so casually."
After flying for a while, Luffy suddenly saw Chopper and Sanji, surrounded by crowds below, as well as the injured Hachi the octopus.
Luffy was burning with anxiety. He jumped down abruptly, looking at Hachi with a worried expression.
"Hachi, what happened to you?"
Hachi just kept repeating, urging them to leave Fish-Man Island quickly.
At this moment, Mekaro, who had been struggling to stay in the air, finally ran out of strength. He slowly descended to the ground, and with an uncomfortable retching sound, the giant Shirahoshi was spat out of his mouth.
The group of people who had been shouting that the Straw Hat were attempting to abduct the Mermaid Princess seemed to be under a spell, instantly falling into extreme astonishment, each one dumbfounded.
They stared intently at the Mermaid Princess, who was slowly rising from the ground. Mekaro's saliva clung to Shirahoshi, shining in the sunlight.
Orochimaru looked at Shirahoshi, who was covered in saliva, and showed a hint of disgust. He instantly formed a hand seal, and water "whooshed" over Shirahoshi from head to tail.
Shirahoshi did not understand why Orochimaru did this and looked at him with a bewildered expression.
Orochimaru reverted to his half-snake form, floating in the air expressionlessly and saying, "Saliva is too dirty."
Shirahoshi, a little dazed, asked,
"But Orochimaru-sama, isn't your water also sprayed from your mouth?"
Orochimaru instantly froze, the expression on his face solidified. Luffy and Chopper, standing by, could no longer hold back and burst into a fit of laughter, slapping the ground repeatedly with their hands.
"Hahahaha... Hahahaha!"
Sanji, who was smoking, turned around at the sound of laughter and, caught off guard, glimpsed the gigantic Shirahoshi. He instantly became as if under a spell, standing still and turning to stone.
And Orochimaru, also struck by Chopper's mockery, also turned to stone with him.
Just as Luffy and Chopper were at a loss for what to do, a wild, sinister laugh suddenly echoed from the sky.
"Hahaha... Princess Shirahoshi... marry me!"
The Fishmen gathered around Shirahoshi, looking at the man flying from the sky, stepping on coral, and roaring, "It's this guy! He's tried to harm Princess Shirahoshi's life repeatedly! Now he even has the audacity to propose! He's utterly shameless, there's a limit to joking! Vander Decken!"
Vander Decken in the sky ignored the shouts of the people around him, still grinning sinisterly.
"Answer me quickly! Shirahoshi!! It must be yes, right! Ah hahahaha."
Shirahoshi looked up at the man in the sky, biting her lip lightly, her body trembling slightly, wanting to speak but hesitating... "Um..."
Vander Decken was overjoyed, shouting, "What... is that a yes?!"
Shirahoshi first showed a hint of shyness, but finally mustered the courage to look up.
"I'm sorry! You're not my type!
Orochimaru-sama said you're a pervert!!
Die, pervert!"
Shirahoshi's words echoed in the air for a long time.
The air seemed to suddenly freeze. Vander Decken's body stiffened, looking at Shirahoshi in disbelief.
A simple sketch by Orochimaru suddenly appeared in Shirahoshi's mind. She raised her tail high and swung it forcefully towards Vander Decken in the sky, like swatting a fly, directly hitting him hard to the ground.
With a loud "bang," like a thunderclap exploding in everyone's ears, Vander Decken's body instantly plummeted towards the ground uncontrollably, like a meteor struck by a cannonball.
Immediately after, with a "boom," Vander Decken crashed heavily to the ground, and the rising dust instantly engulfed his figure.
The ground also trembled violently from the massive impact, and the surrounding Fishmen were shaken off balance.
Vander Decken lay in the deep crater, his face filled with shock and bewilderment, his eyes wide open, his mouth agape, yet unable to utter a single word for a long time. Only a trickle of blood slowly seeped from the corner of his mouth, appearing particularly striking in the dust.
Vander Decken died.
The surrounding Fishmen dropped their weapons in shock, raising their hands Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
The dumbfounded Princess Shirahoshi was still crying.
Who taught her this!! Give them back their timid, crybaby, gentle princess!!!!
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