Chapter 82: Fisher Tiger
ââSabaody Archipelago.
Located roughly at the halfway point of the Grand Line, this island cluster sits near both Marine Headquarters and the Holy Land, attracting a wide variety of peopleâpirates, Marines, even Celestial Dragons.
But precisely because of that, these islands are steeped in âdarkness.â Especially in the areas labeled GR 1 through GR 20, which are known as lawless zones, illegal establishments thrive unchecked.
âââHurry up!! Todayâs merchandise is insane!!â
âYeah⊠I heard theyâre putting a Devil Fruit up for auctionâŠ!!â
It was an underground transaction. A shady shop that held auctions for slaves and rare items, drawing in a steady stream of participantsâmostly pirates.
The shop was secretly operated by the pirate group known as the Donquixote Family and had earned a solid reputation in Sabaodyâs underworld.
According to the chatter among those gathered, a Devil Fruit was up for bidding this time.
No one knew exactly which Fruit it was. But just the mention of a Devil Fruit was enough to stir any sailorâs curiosity. For a pirate preparing to venture into the New World, it represented a powerful potential asset. It was a treasure of the seaâso it was only natural that people would flock to it.
ââBut most of them didnât realize that the fruit was never truly meant to be sold.
"Heh heh⊠Look at all these idiots, biting the bait."
Watching the crowd from the back of the auction house was Diamante, one of the Donquixote Pirates' top executives. He had been entrusted with overseeing this auctionâor more accurately, the Devil Fruit itself.
The fruit up for auctionâthe Goru Goru no Mi, capable of generating infinite goldâwas nothing more than a decoy to lure in customers.
Undercover members of the Donquixote Family hidden among the bidders would ensure that the fruit remained in their possession. And once someone consumed it, they could produce endless gold, making their future operations far smoother.
Right now, they needed money. Without enough funds, negotiating with the big players of the New World would be impossible. That was why they had sent a top executive to oversee things.
"ââQuite the lively crowd⊠Perfect."
ââBut the man in the hooded coat already knew everythingâabout the Goru Goru no Mi being offered, about the Donquixote Familyâs scheme to keep it.
Money could buy information, even from the lowest ranks. Smirking beneath his hood, he had already calculated his next move.
"ââFIRE!! FIRE!!"
"Run!!"
"Ugh, even the smokeâŠ!?"
ââAnd finally, he made his move.
"âŠ!! Hey!! Grab the Goru Goru no Mi and get outta here!!"
"Y-Yes, sir!! âŠWait, huh?"
By the time the Donquixote Family, including their top executive, tried to regain control, it was already too late.
The power to create gold was now in the hands of a man who had lost everything to gold.
"Ha⊠Hahahahaha!!! Finally⊠FINALLY!! The power of infinite gold is MINE!!!"
The man with slicked-back, yellowish-green hair wasâGild Tesoro.
He was the mastermind behind the criminals who set the fire, the one who used the chaos to steal the Goru Goru no Mi.
Freed from slavery years ago, Tesoro had secretly continued his activities as a pirate, searching relentlessly for this very Devil Fruit.
"Now⊠no one will ever control me againâŠ!!! With this, Iâll become a supreme who rules over everythingâŠ!!!"
Tesoro immediately devoured the fruit, reveling in the changes surging through his body.
To him, money was everything.
Money could buy anything. Money could bring happiness.
The poor had no right to live. Even human lives could be bought with gold.
In this twisted world, gold was the ultimate ruler.
"Just watch⊠you Celestial Dragon scumâŠ!! With this power, Iâll crush even youâŠ!! And those so-called monsters of the New WorldâIâll dominate them all with the power of GOLD!!!"
His mind was already filled with grand ambitions.
Tesoro knew the underworld inside-out. He hadnât spent his years since age twelve mingling in the shadows for nothing.
In the Grand Line, the strongest forces were the Emperors of the Seaâthe Four Emperors.
If he wanted to make his mark as a pirate in the New World, allying with one of them was the best path forward.
And fortunately, Tesoro had connectionsâif they could even be called thatâwith one of the Four Emperors.
With his newfound power and wealth, forging an alliance was possible. It was time to gather a proper crew and make his move as a true pirate.
"ââBut the New World can wait."
Yet Tesoro remained calm. Though the thrill of obtaining the Goru Goru no Mi still burned in his veins, his lips curling into a grin, he quietly slipped away from Sabaody by ship.
He could head straight into the New World, but he decided against it.
Because this year, the New World was in turmoil.
He didnât even need his underworld contacts to knowâthe newspapers had been blaring the news for all to see.
The reason lay in the recent headlines clutched in Tesoroâs hand. The name of the pirate with three scars over his left eye wasââ
"Red-Hair⊠Now this guyâs a real madman."
ââRed-Haired Shanks.
His name was legendary in the pirate world, infamous even to the Marines.
His past duels with Hawk-Eyes Dracule Mihawk were the stuff of myth.
And the chaos he had recently unleashed in the New World? Insane.
But it all traced back to an incident months earlierâone that Shanks had set into motion. The headline read:
ââRED-HAIRED SHANKS LOSES LEFT ARM IN EAST BLUE!!!
Thatâs rightâmonths ago, everyone had been stunned.
Shanks, who had left the Grand Line for the East Blueâthe weakest of all seasâhad returned missing an arm.
For a swordsman of his caliber, rivaling legends like Hawk-Eyes, King of the Blazing Fires, and Flower Sword Vista, losing an arm was unthinkable.
And when he returned to the New World, the fallout was predictable.
Countless pirates held grudges against him. They saw a one-armed man and thought he was vulnerable.
A brutal war erupted.
Shanks was known as a proper pirateânot the type to pick fights unprovoked.
ââBut when angered, he was terrifying.
That was common knowledge in both the government and the underworld. Once Shanks snapped, he was nearly unstoppable.
The pirates who challenged him learned that the hard way.
But the battles that followed shook the New World to its coreâeven drawing the attention of the Four Emperors.
"Clashing with Whitebeard⊠driving off Big Momâs Sweet Commanders⊠wounding Kaidoâs top officers⊠This is madness."
Somehow, the Red-Hair Pirates not only survived but thrived, disrupting the balance of power in the New World.
Their clashes with the Emperorsâ forces triggered a chain reaction, throwing the entire sea into chaos.
Many assumed theyâd be crushedâbut the opposite happened.
They repelled the Emperorsâ crews.
Even without the Emperors themselves stepping in, their top officers were monsters in their own right.
Rumors said the government had even offered Shanks a Warlord positionâbut he refused.
Did that mean he sought freedom⊠or dominion?
Either way, his ambitions reached even higher.
"Tch⊠What a nuisance."
Thanks to that, the Navy had started moving more aggressively. For Tesoro, who was preparing to take serious action soon, it was an unwelcome development.
But if one of the Four Emperors decided to crush him in earnest, his days would be numbered. With that thought, Tesoro set down the newspaperâjust as it happened.
ââŠHm.â
His eyes turned to the newspaper dropped onto the deck of the ship. Dawn had already broken. Since he was a subscriber, the News Coo must have dropped it off just now. Tesoro picked it up and checked the headline. It wasnât worth as much as gold, but information was still valuable.
â!!?ââ
But the moment he saw the paper, Tesoroâs face went pale.
For someone who had spent years as a pirate and rarely showed his emotions even when surprised, his expression now was frozen in shock. He trembled. Thatâs how great the impact was. It was the first time in years something had shaken him like this.
The headline readâ
âCaptain of the Sun Pirates⊠Fisher Tiger, deadâŠ!!â
It was an article reporting the death of one of the men who had once saved him from slavery.
ââA few days before the world would be shaken by that news.
ââA lone ship sailed through the Grand Line.
ââKoalaaaa!! We can see it!! Your hometownâs in sight!!â
A voice rang out aboard the ship, its figurehead shaped like a fish.
Every person aboard had features that set them apart from ordinary humans.
âItâs gonna be lonely without you!!â
âTake care of yourselfâ!!â
âDidnât think there were humans like you out there!! Uwooooon!!â
Webbed hands. Fins. Fangs.
Some had multiple arms. Some had the lower bodies of fish.
And all of them bore the mark of the sun somewhere on their body.
They were fish-men or merfolk. And pirates.
The Sun Pirates, led by the legendary Fisher Tigerâthe hero who freed slavesâhad finally reached Foolshout Island in the Grand Line.
They had traveled far, bonded deeply, and forged an unbreakable connectionâall to bring back one human girl who had once been a slave: Koala.
âIâll tell everyone in the village!! That there are lots of kind fish-men out there!!â
ââŠHeh. All right, time to go.â
âYeah!!â
Koalaâs face, once a tragic mask frozen in a smile no matter what was done to herâstill scarred from the trauma just months agoânow shone with life.
And Fisher Tiger, there to see her off, wore a similar expression. Though he had never told anyone, he too carried a storm of trauma, hatred, rage, and sorrow deep in his heart.
But for this one moment, his heart was calm. The feelings buried inside wouldnât vanishâbut maybe, just maybe, they could start to change.
This human child, the people of his homeâFish-Man Islandâand those like Queen Otohime, who believed in coexistence between fish-men and humans⊠maybe the next generation, shaped by that vision, wouldnât be forced to choose the path of violence and conflict.
Watching the tearful reunions between mother and daughter, and seeing his own crew bid her farewell, he let himself believe that.
Koala had waved back with gratitude.
With hope in his chest, Tiger turned back to his ship and set out once moreâ
ââFisher Tiger, captain of the Sun Pirates, I presume?â
â!!!â
âOr so it should have been.
Until that moment, Tiger had managed to think of humans without hatred in his heart.
âI am Vice Admiral Strawberry of Navy Headquarters!!! We received a report from a resident of a certain island that you were headed here!! The adults in the village you just visited are also aware that there might be a bit of trouble here⊠in exchange for us turning a blind eye to the girlâwho was once the property of the Celestial Dragons.â
âThe charges were âassaultâ and âescape.â
Marines surrounded Tiger. Countless guns were aimed at him. Intent to kill, thick in the air.
And the ones responsible for this situation⊠were the humans. The same former slave who had begged the Sun Pirates to bring Koala home. The villagers who had just reunited with her.
And the Navy, waving the banner of âjustice,â were not only condemning Tiger for attacking the Holy Land, but also for escaping from itâreminding him that both were unforgivable crimes.
Gunfire erupted. Blood sprayed from Tigerâs body. His fury surged.
âAt the same time, the Sun Pirates were also under attack.
âA Navy trapâŠ!?â
âLook at this⊠This is what humans are!!!â
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"Everyone!! Abandon the ship and dive to the seafloor!!! The boss Tai's in danger!!!"
The surrounding warships bombarded the Sun Pirates without mercy.
They abandoned their ship and moved to rescue Tiger and seize the navy vessel.
The villagers pretended not to hear a thing. The Sun Piratesâ retreat had begun.
âSome distance away, far offshore, a lone ship floated.
ââThree navy ships incoming. On board weâve got⊠who was it again, letâs see⊠Ah, itâs this guy. Vice Admiral Borsalino of Navy HQ. A Logia-type Devil Fruit user with the Glint-Glint Fruit. Known as a monster and rumored to be the next Admiral⊠So? Want us to kill him? Thatâd earn us some serious credit.â
âKuhaha⊠Tempting offer, but forget it. Fighting without reason only gets you losses.â
The pirate, peering through a telescope, checked the list in his hands and reported to his captain, who sat on the deck. The captain responded with a twisted grin.
âEspecially nowâitâd be bad timing. Letâs finish our job and get out of here! Iâve had it with this boring sea. Stay at a distance and observe!â
âGot it.â
Following the captainâs suggestion, they concealed their ship to avoid detection.
Neither the Navy nor the Sun Pirates noticed the hidden vessel.
âThe Sun Pirates barely managed to escape the Navyâs ambush.
But their ship was seized, and Tiger sustained fatal injuries.
âDonât give it to me!!! I donât want to live off that blood!!!â
â!!?â
Without a blood transfusion, Tiger would die.
But he flatly rejected the human blood. He wouldnât listen to reason, no matter how much his crew pleaded with him.
Tigerâs rare blood type meant that unless they used the human blood stocked on the seized navy ship, he wouldnât survive.
âI wonât submit to humans!!!â
Even while gasping, he resisted with all his might.
He didnât want kindness. Didnât want pity. Didnât want to be kept alive by the blood of the filthy humans who had always looked down on fish-men.
âI⊠was a slave!!!â
âWhatâŠ!!?â
ââŠâŠ!!!â
âBossâŠ!!â
Yesâhe had been a slave.
Many of the fish-men heard this truth for the first time and were deeply shaken. The expression of pain and sorrow on their heroâs face turned their own pale.
But Tiger had never wanted them to know.
In truth, he didnât want this rage to be passed on to the next generation. He wanted it to end with them.
He didnât want to stand in the way of good humans like Koala, or noble souls like Queen Otohime who dreamed of coexistence.
They were wrong. Lashing out at all humans with hatred and revengeâit was wrong.
But even knowing that, Tiger couldnât let it go.
âI just⊠canât⊠love humans anymoreâŠ!!!â
âThe demon in his heart refused to yield.
He didnât want to tell this to his comrades who had traveled with him. He would carry the truth and terror of mankind to the grave â so that peace might have a chance.
With that wish in his heart, he was ready to die.
âBoss!!! Donât say that!! Please, liveâŠ!! You still can!!!â
ââOi oi! Thatâs right! You dying would be a problem⊠even for me!!â
â!!?â
At that momentâthe wall exploded and in came a large man.
His build rivaled, perhaps even slightly exceeded, Jinbeâs â massive even by fish-man standards.
He brought a group of pirates in with him.
âTheyâre not marinesâŠ!!â
âWho the hell are you people!!!?â
âJi-Jinbe-sanâŠ!! Theyâve docked their ship!!â
They werenât marines. But dragging along multiple humans, there was no doubt they were pirates.
And their shipâwas right next to the navy vessel. It must have been a surprise attack, timed when most of the Sun Pirates were below deck tending to Tiger. Several fish-men were already down on the deck.
âWell, well, look at all these fish-men and merfolk lined up like fish in a barrel⊠Todayâs gonna be a good haul. Shouldâve brought Pe-tan along for the funâŠ!!â
ââŠâŠ!! You⊠YouâreâŠ!!â
âTh-That flagâŠ!!!â
Tiger and Jinbe turned pale at the sight of the shipâs flag and the intruders.
There was no way they didnât know them. They had ties even with the Sun Pirates.
This was a crew belonging to one of the Four Emperors who ruled the seas.
âThe flag bore the skull with two horns.
The name of the crew: Beasts Pirates.
âBeasts Pirates âTobiroppoâ Sasaki â Bounty: 544,000,000 Berriesâ
âYouâre Tiger, right? Then you know what we want. Nue-san wants a word with you⊠and your crew while weâre at it!!â
âWh-Why the hell is a Yonkoâs ship here of all places!?â
The Sun Pirates gasped.
One of the notoriously dangerous fighters of the Four Emperors was here.
And Tiger, gritting his teeth, cursed the sheer hopelessness of it all.
âD-Donât screw with us!!! You humans⊠Humans areâŠ!!!â
â!! Stop!! Arlong!!!â
Arlong, shaking with rage, lunged at Sasaki through tears, ignoring Tigerâs warning. He aimed to rip the man apart with his proud nose.
To Arlong, this pirate was a personal insultâhe couldnât contain his fury.
âBut he never stood a chance.
âGYAAAHHH!!!?â
âArlong!!?â
Arlong screamed on the floor, clutching his nose. Sasakiâs wooden sandal had slammed down onto his face, snapping his nose clean in half.
Sasaki let out a sigh as he looked down at him.
âCome on now⊠donât go flying off the handle like that. Youâre just a shark bred for meat, an afterthought at best. Put simply, Iâve just been sent on a little errand.â
âA-an errandâŠ!?â
âYeahâcapture Tiger and the rest of the fish-men and bring âem into our crew. Thatâs the job.â
âWhatâŠ!?â
Jinbe and the rest of the Sun Pirates were stunned. In other words, this was a recruitment offerâstraight from a Yonko.
Sasaki grabbed Arlong by the scruff of the neck and flung him behind him. The pirates accompanying Sasaki quickly moved in and began restraining him.
âLike I saidâitâs a request from Nue-sama. You really think Iâd bother coming all the way out to the first half of the Grand Line if there wasnât something in it for me? Iâm only here âcause thereâs profit to be made. You get that, right? So donât go testing my patience.â
ââŠ!!â
Sasaki glared at them with a twisted grin. The fish-men, realizing they were up against a superior force flying the banner of a Yonko, instinctively stepped back.
Sensing their fear, Sasaki chuckled.
âWould help if you just tied yourselves up alreadyâweâre busy too. Babysitting a bunch of clowns bickering about humans and fish-men is too damn boring for my tastes.â
âWhy youâŠ! Let me go, you bastard!! Gahâ!!â
âOh, and by the way. Anyone who refuses to come along? I got full permission to do whatever I want with âem. Heh⊠So Iâll say this once outta kindnessâgive it up. If not⊠letâs see⊠maybe Iâll sell half of you off, and serve the other half up as appetizers for Nue-samaâs drinking party. Fitting, right? Fish food and all!â
âGyahahaha!! You kill me, Captain!!â
âMan, you got a way with words!!â
Sasaki and his crew burst out laughing. Not a single fish-man present could hear their words without burning rage.
And thenâTiger, even while on the brink of death, forced out his voice.
âDid you say⊠sell usâŠ?â
âI dabble in the slave trade for side income. Even fish-men or mermen fetch a decent priceâeven the males. Heh, as for this meat-shark here, maybe Iâll slice off his fins for some quality shark fin soup and pawn the rest off to the Celestial Dragons for a clean one hundred berries. Wouldnât that be something? Following the same path as his dear big broâshould be an honor!â
ââŠ!! Hah⊠Iâll kill youâŠ! Iâll kill you, you bastardâŠ!!!â
âYou monsterâŠ!!â
Arlong and Jinbe seethed at Sasakiâs words. Arlong in particularâhaving once endured those same horrorsâtrembled with rage, his bloodshot eyes glaring.
Tiger was no different.
âHah⊠hah⊠Sorry, but Iâm as good as dead alreadyâŠ!! I ainât lettinâ you control usâŠ!! And you can tell that demon of yours the sameâŠ!!!â
âThat ainât gonna happen!! Sorry, but weâre dragging you back aliveâone way or another!!â
â!!?â
Sasaki roared as his form began to shift. A Zoan-type Devil Fruitâancient model. His body grew even larger, his power surging as he transformed into a fearsome beast. He loomed over them, instilling raw terror, and advanced toward Tiger.
âOutta the way, small fry!! Unless you wanna get crushed with the rest of âemâŠ!?â
It was clearâSasaki had every intention of taking all of them back with him. And so, naturally, Tiger, on the verge of death, was the first he reached for.
The Sun Pirates couldnât move. Weapons in hand, they hesitated.
Because if they were trying to keep him alive by force⊠then Tiger might still be saved.
That sliver of hope made their resolve waver.
But thenâone man stepped forward. One man alone stood in Sasakiâs path.
âââI wonât let you!!!â
âYouâŠ!â
âJinbe-san!!!â
Jinbe planted his feet and stopped Sasakiâs charge. He was pushed back slightlyâbut even Sasaki narrowed his eyes at the resistance, visibly impressed. The name âJinbeâ was one heâd heard before.
âWell, well⊠so youâre Jinbe, huh. Looks like youâre not completely useless.â
ââŠEveryone, take Brother Tai and run!!â
âJinbe-sanâŠ!! Butâ!â
The Sun Pirates faltered. And Jinbe understood why.
But he would not allow it.
Clenching his teeth, fists trembling, tears running down his face, he took his stanceâand spoke.
âWe will honor Brother Taiâs final wishâŠ!!!â
ââŠ!!â
Jinbe had already made up his mind.
Tiger would die. If they surrendered, he might live. Butâ
âBecoming their comrades might save our skins⊠but it would only mean going right back under human rule!! Thatâs the very thing Brother Tai hated most of all!!!â
âJin⊠beâŠâ
âBrother Tai⊠I want you to liveâŠ!! But until the moment you die, Iâm still your underling!! So itâs only right that I carry out your willâthatâs what it means to be your manâŠ!!!â
âJinbe-sanâŠâ
Hearing Jinbeâs words, the Fish-Man Pirates finally solidified their resolve.
Tears welled up in their eyes, yet they glared at their enemies and took up their weapons. All they could see before them were the enemies threatening their captainâs freedom.
Then Jinbe, now standing in as their leader, shouted:
âWe will not let you strip the freedom of Brother Taiâthe hero of Fish-Man Island!!! Charge!!!â
âYEEEAAAHHHHH!!!â
The Fish-Man Pirates stood united. With tears in their eyes, they charged toward the overwhelming force of a Yonko.
âTch⊠these brain-dead weaklingsâŠ!! Fine then. Iâll send every last one of you straight to hellâŠ!!!â
With a click of his tongue, Sasaki prepared to face off against Jinbe and the rest of the Sun Pirates alongside his crew.
Watching that scene unfold, the hero murmured his final words.
âIâm⊠happy⊠Sorry I couldnât fight alongside you⊠but⊠youâve got this, everyoneâŠâ
âWAAAAAAGHHHH!!! PROTECT THE BOSS!!!â
âBOSSâ!!!â
With cries of anguish, the Fish-Men launched into battle against the Beasts Pirates.
And shortly afterâFisher Tiger, captain of the Sun Pirates, liberator of slaves, and hero of Fish-Man Island, passed away.
ââAnd then⊠after the world reeled from the news of the heroâs death.
ââWano Country, Onigashima.
There, a certain manâs voice echoed.
As I listened to it while eating some delicious sushi, I let out a disappointed sigh.
âEhhhh? Tigerâs dead~? And I was really looking forward to meeting him too~â
ăSorry, Nue-sanâŠ!! But this isnât over yetâŠ!!! Just wait a bit longer. Iâll bring back that Jinbe guyâs head as a gift for you and Kaido-sanâŠ!!!ă
With a piece of sushi in hand, I listened to Sasakiâs report via Den Den Mushi. Heâd been sent on an errand.
According to him, Tiger had died, and Jinbe had escaped. Though they managed to capture a few dozen Fish-Men, in the end, Sasaki had been outmaneuveredâby Tiger⊠no, by Jinbe.
That likely explained the hint of irritation in his voice. He hadnât lost, per se, but Jinbe had put up a decent fight and succeeded in his goal. I could understand how he felt, honestly. So I just giggled.
âAha, okay, thatâs enough, so hurry on back, will ya? Iâm looking forward to the red snapper and the rest of the sashimi youâre bringingâȘâ
ăTch⊠But stillâă
âShut up!!! Donât give me orders!!! Iâll kill you, old man!!!!â
ă!!?ă
Just as Sasaki was about to object, a different voice exploded through another Den Den Mushi call, stunning him.
Chaos erupted on our end too. But the reason was simple: one of my elder siblings was also talking to someone else over a Den Den Mushi.
And not just anyoneâit was someone on the same level as Kaido⊠another one of the Four Emperors.
ăYou come here and Iâll sink you, Kaido!!!ă
âIâve got no business with you!!! Iâm going to kill that red-haired brat!!!â
ăI donât care what your reason isâif you trespass in my territory, I will make you pay!!!ă
âFine by me!!! Iâll take your head too while Iâm at it!!! Get ready, old man!!!â
Kaido roared into the receiver, loud enough to shake the entire mansionâno, the entire island. The skies churned in sync with Kaidoâs fury.
As I listened in, Sasaki nervously asked:
ăâŠKaido-sanâs opponent isâŠ?ă
âHmm? Heâs going at it with Whitebeard. See, that red-haired punk injured Queen and trashed one of our islands. So now Kaidoâs decided to kill him and reached out to Whitebeard about it⊠But geez, Whitebeardâs being so stubborn.â
ăâŠI see.ă
Sasaki went quiet. No surpriseâKaidoâs rage was so intense it probably had him on edge, even from over there.
Though, he was holding up better than the rest of the crew. Most of them looked scared stiff.
âNu-Nue-san!! At this rate, the whole mansion willâ!! Canât we do something to stop them!?â
âItâs fine, itâs fine. This place is pretty sturdy⊠And besides, I kind of get where theyâre coming from. Iâm a little irritated too.â
âHuh?â
I gave them the real reason with a smileâwhat that red-haired brat had done.
No need to take it out on the crew, after all.
âHavenât you heard? That redhead didnât just beat Queenâhonestly, that just means Queen was weak. But then that brat went and wrecked the island and stage I was gonna use for my next live show~~~âȘ Aha, I let him off the hook once, and look what I got for it⊠That little bastard. Iâm seriously gonna kill him.â
ââŠâŠ!!!â
âOops, my bad. Mightâve let a bit of my anger slip through just now. My face tensed up, so I made sure to smile again.
âAnyway, thatâs how it is. You guys get the ship ready, âkay~~~âĄâ
âY-Yes maâam!! Right awayâŠ!!â
âYup yup⥠I love subordinates who listen properly⥠Sooo, Sasaki~? You hurry back too, okay? I donât care about the fish anymore. Things are way more urgent over here nowâĄâ
ăâŠUnderstood.ă
âOkay then~âȘâ
And with that, I hung up and put down the Den Den Mushi.
Kaido had just finished his call too.
âââOi, Nue!! Letâs move outâŠ!! Weâre gonna kill that red-haired brat who dared mess with usâŠ!!!â
âIâm in, Iâm in~! Letâs gooo!!!â
âK-Kaido-sama, Nue-sama!! W-Wait, you canât just go off on your own like thatâ!!!â
I hopped onto Kaidoâs shoulder as he transformed into a dragon and prepared to leave Onigashima. But one of the subordinates stopped us, and I pausedâjust in case. Might run into the Navy out there or something. Probably safer to take a ship, huh? Aha~ Now then⊠Time to teach that cocky redhead a little lesson.
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