Chapter 273: Dreamy Ryugu Palace! Dislocated Plot
The bubble-train passed through a deep-sea passage formed by massive, colorful coral reefs.
The Straw Hat Pirates officially entered the brilliant, golden Ryugu Palace, perfectly encased in an incredibly huge semicircular bubble.
This was undoubtedly an architectural miracle in the deep sea.
Although they were 10,000 meters under the sea, the incredible "Sunlight Tree Eve" perfectly conducted the sunlight from the surface down to this place.
The sunlight pierced through the clear seawater and refracted onto Ryugu Palace. The entire massive palace complex shimmered with iridescent light, like a dreamlike fairyland that only appears in myths and legends.
"Wow—! So spectacular! It's practically sparkling!"
Usopp, Luffy, and Chopper were currently pressed against the transparent window of the bubble-train, shouting and pointing at the magnificent scenery outside, their eyes nearly popping out.
The bubble-train landed steadily.
As soon as the group stepped into the vast and magnificent palace hall, they were greeted by two rows of beautiful mermaid palace maids dressed in gorgeous attire.
They swayed their brilliant fishtails, wearing sweet smiles.
In unison, they bowed their slender waists to welcome these distinguished guests who had come from afar.
Sanji, who had barely managed to maintain his sanity on the way here, saw this spectacle and, without any suspense, had giant pink heart-shaped lights explode from his eyes once again.
From the depths of his already fragile nasal cavity, a stream of scalding nosebleed, like a volcano about to erupt, began to surge uncontrollably.
To prevent this idiotic perverted cook from dying of excessive blood loss in this sacred Ryugu Palace hall and becoming an indelible disgrace to the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro and Franky were quick to act.
The two of them pulled out a thick iron chain from who knows where, and in a flash, tightly bound Sanji into a motionless dumpling.
Chopper even jumped up and stuffed two large, thick wads of hemostatic cotton into his steaming nostrils.
This comical scene immediately caused the mermaid maids on both sides to cover their mouths with silk handkerchiefs, letting out bursts of pleasant, giggling laughter.
Passing through the hall, King Neptune set up a grand state banquet of the highest standard for the Straw Hat Pirates in the main palace hall.
The wide, luxurious long table was filled with delicacies unique to the deep sea:
Glowing deep-sea premium caviar,
Giant Sea King hind leg meat roasted to a golden crisp,
And all kinds of unheard-of exotic seafood, overflowing with appetizing aromas.
Zoro wasn't very interested in the exquisite food. He boldly picked up an entire barrel of peerless fine wine that Ryugu Palace had cherished for hundreds of years and tilted his head back to drink deeply.
The clear and mellow liquor flowed down his throat. He wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, praising it incessantly and exclaiming how satisfying it was.
Luffy, on the other hand, sat in the center C-position of the banquet without hesitation.
His hands almost turned into afterimages that were invisible to the naked eye, frantically stuffing tons of meat and food in front of him into his mouth.
With his astonishing eating speed, his stomach also rapidly swelled into a round, large ball at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Just as everyone was drinking happily and exchanging toasts, Luffy's extraordinary nose suddenly twitched vigorously in the air.
He seemed to have caught some unusual information.
In the air mixed with the aroma of wine and seafood, he actually smelled a wonderful scent that was a hundred times more fragrant and rich than the top-tier food in the hall!
Taking advantage of everyone's attention being on King Neptune and no one noticing him, Luffy quietly put down the half-gnawed bone in his hand.
He muttered an excuse about going to the restroom and slipped out of the main hall like a slippery loach.
Following that soul-stirring aroma, Luffy sneaked off in the direction of the "Royal Kitchen" of Ryugu Palace.
Halfway through the banquet, King Neptune, sitting in the main seat, put down the giant wine glass in his hand.
Looking at the energetic Straw Hat Pirates below, a deep look of sorrow appeared on his broad face that had previously worn a smile.
He sighed helplessly and began to tell them in a low voice about the enormous predicament currently facing the Fish-Man Island royal family.
Besides Hody Jones from Fish-Man District, who had extreme thoughts and was always causing trouble in the dark, trying to incite hatred, what made this old king feel the most headache, anger, and deep powerlessness was the ability user who ate the "Target-Target Fruit" — "Vander Decken IX".
In order to forcibly obtain the Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi, that psychologically twisted Decken had been using the power of his Devil Fruit for ten long years to throw various lethal weapons at the "Hard-Shell Tower" where Shirahoshi lived.
Whether it was sharp swords or heavy boulders, once locked onto by him, they would track the target endlessly.
This kind of crazy harassment and assassination forced the poor Princess Shirahoshi to not dare step out of her room for ten whole years.
His daughter could only hide in that high tower made of hard metal all day long.
Hearing this heinous and perverted behavior, the justice-filled Petty Thief Cat Nami immediately raised her eyebrows in anger.
She was just about to slam the table, stand up, and curse that scumbag who bullied girls.
Just then, the highest-level alarm suddenly sounded over Ryugu Palace without any warning.
A Neptune Army general rushed into the main hall with a panicked expression and knelt on one knee:
"Oh no! Your Majesty! That madman Decken has launched another attack!"
"This time... this time he threw a rusty battle axe even bigger than the castle, and it's flying straight toward the Hard-Shell Tower!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall was shocked.
Everyone immediately put down their wine glasses, rushed out of the main hall without hesitation, and looked up at the deep-sea sky in the distance.
They saw that in the clear seawater above Ryugu Palace, a massive giant axe, carrying a terrifying whistling sound of breaking the air, was smashing fiercely toward the lonely high tower deep inside Ryugu Palace.
The volume of the giant axe was like a small mountain, and the mottled rust on it revealed a thick aura of death.
If it fell, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The surrounding Neptune Army soldiers were ashen-faced, knowing they were powerless to stop a destructive attack of this level.
King Neptune was even more furious, his eyes splitting; he roared and grabbed the golden trident in his hand, preparing to rush up to fight for his life to protect his beloved daughter, regardless of everything.
At this critical moment, Tatsuya, who knew the original plot, did not choose to help immediately.
He turned his head and looked around in the panicked crowd, his handsome brows slightly furrowed.
Wait, something is wrong. Where did that kid Luffy go? I remember this is the classic scene from the original work where he accidentally breaks into the Hard-Shell Tower and saves the damsel in distress, right?
After looking around carefully, Tatsuya finally confirmed a speechless fact. Luffy had really disappeared.
Watching the deadly giant axe about to strike from the sky, Tatsuya put down his wine glass and let out a sigh.
With a soft "Swish!" sound.
Under the shocked and astonished gazes of King Neptune, countless Neptune Army soldiers, and the Straw Hat Pirates, Tatsuya's figure disappeared into thin air, as if he had completely melted into the air.
Meanwhile, inside the pitch-black Hard-Shell Tower, Princess Shirahoshi, who was huge but timid as a mouse, clearly heard the terrifying whistling sound getting closer and closer outside.
The shadow of ten long years instantly swallowed her.
She was so scared that tears gushed out like a bursting flood. She held the huge plush pillow tightly with both hands, trying to shrink her mountain-sized body as much as possible into the deepest corner of the room, her whole body shivering uncontrollably.
"Help... Father... Someone save me..."
As if hearing her call,
The space in mid-air inside the tower, which had been calm, suddenly twisted.
Tatsuya appeared out of thin air and hovered steadily in mid-air.
Facing the behemoth smashing down with violent kinetic energy, Tatsuya's expression was as calm as water.
He raised his head slightly, and in his right eye socket, that pale purple Rinnegan filled with circles of mysterious ripples suddenly erupted with a circle of blinding, dazzling light.
An overwhelming and terrifying repulsive force erupted outwards from him as the center.
"Boom—Crack!"
Accompanied by a deafening, earth-shattering collision sound.
That heavy giant axe, capable of shattering sturdy city walls, struck this invisible repulsive force and, like hitting an indestructible wall of sighs, instantly halted all its momentum in mid-air.
Immediately after, under the ruthless crushing of absolute power, the surface of the giant axe became covered with dense cracks.
Then it crumbled inch by inch, turning into fine iron filings filling the sky, like a black metallic rainstorm, scattering into the seawater outside the Hard-Shell Tower.
A deadly crisis was thus instantly and lightly resolved.
Tatsuya slowly retracted the hand that had released the repulsive force and turned around in mid-air.
The dim light inside the Hard-Shell Tower gradually brightened, dispelling the darkness in the corner.
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