One Piece: From the Rocks Era to King of the World

Chapter 235 The King of Loan Sharks

"You are a mermaid, why did you surrender to humans and betray the fishmen!"

Many fishmen who hated humans questioned Gerard angrily.

"Water strike!"

Gerard's eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand and grabbed some water droplets that flew out. More than a dozen people who had just questioned him were immediately hit by the water droplets, blood spurted out, and they fell to the ground in an instant.

"Now I will teach you a rule. You must be respectful in front of the strong, otherwise you will die without knowing how you died!"

"You should be thankful that our captain wanted to recruit you, so he didn't kill you just now. Otherwise, all the 100,000 fishmen in Fishman Street would have died here!!"

Gerald snorted.

"Your captain has left, what are you doing here?"

Tiger stopped the fishman who was about to take action and asked instead.

"Fishman Karate: Nine Thousand Watts Punch!!"

Jellal didn't answer, but instead used Fishman Karate to punch the group of fishmen hard on their heads.

Suddenly, the fishmen felt a violent airflow rushing past their heads, and the rows of tall buildings three hundred meters away were blown to pieces.

This horrified them terribly. If that punch had been thrown at them, at least a thousand people present would have been killed or injured.

"That's right, the 9-kilowatt fishman karate is so much stronger than Boss Tiger!"

Some fishmen recognized the power of Jellal's Fishman Karate, which completely refreshed their understanding of Fishman Karate!

"I stayed only because we are both fishmen."

"Eleven years ago, I was a slave, a fishman captured from Fishman Island by damn slave traders. Later, it was the captain who rescued me and did not care about my status as a slave, and allowed me to join the Promise Pirates!"

"In the Promise Pirates, the captain taught me how to become stronger so that I would no longer be threatened by slave traders. Even now, slave traders run away when they see me!"

"Now, I am the captain of the Wuji Pirates. I can get a salary of two million Baileys every month. I have thousands of pirates under my command. I have a mermaid wife and a human wife at home. I have three children. I also have my own house and garden on land."

"I have achieved what I have today by working hard step by step after joining the Wuji Pirates. Now the Wuji Pirates want to build a fish-man fleet, so they come to Fish-man Island to recruit fish-men. This is your chance. As for whether you can seize it, it depends on whether you want it or not!"

After Gerard finished speaking, he turned around and left without staying any longer.

"Boss Tiger, I want to leave here and join the Promise Pirates!"

"I want to go too. I've had enough of this place. I want to go to land and marry a human wife!"

If Li Yuan's words were the hammer that crushed the self-esteem of the murlocs, then Jellal's words were the glue that mended their self-esteem, letting them know that they, the murlocs, could live so well and become so strong!

With Jellal's personal experience, they believe that as fishmen, they can also become superior people like Jellal!
"You are crazy, the Promise Pirates are going to sell you to slave traders!"

Even now, many fishmen are still unwilling to believe in the Wuji Pirates.

"Impossible. I heard that the Wuji Pirates hate slave traders the most. In the territory they rule, all slave traders will be attacked."

"Yes, I heard that the humans ruled by the Wuji Pirates number hundreds of millions, and they are not short of money at all."

"No matter what, this is our chance to change our fate. I don't want to live in a crappy place like Fishman Street anymore. I want to go out and try my luck. Even if I die, I won't regret it!"

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Even though many fishmen are now injured, they are still dragging their injured bodies step by step towards the port. They want to board the ship of the Wuji Pirates. They never want to live a humble life like before!
"Boss Tiger!"

Many people were waiting for Tiger's attitude. He was the boss of Fishman Street, and many fishmen were willing to listen to him.

"Those fishmen who want to join the Infinity Pirates can go ahead. Don't worry about me. Although I won't join the Infinity Pirates, I will also form a fishman pirate group and venture out to the sea soon!"

Tiger said.

"That's great, Boss. We'll go with you then."

Two days later, there were more than a thousand more murlocs on Hades, and most of them were the ones who were beaten in the Murloc Street.

"Captain, your recruitment method is really effective!"

Looking at these fishmen coming on board, Gerard couldn't help but flatter them.

"Come on, stop saying nice things. From now on, you will be the one leading these fishmen."

Li Yuan waved his hand.

The murlocs must be led by murlocs. If they are placed under the command of other human cadres, those murlocs will not be so easy to be obedient and convinced.

"Don't worry, Captain. I will train them well and make them a qualified fleet of murlocs."

Jellal assured, patting his chest.

"This is just the first recruitment. After these thousand or so fishmen have seen the benefits of the Wuji Pirates, you will take them back to Fishman Island and let them share what they have seen and heard with the rest of the Fishman Island."

"At that time, more fishmen will join the Wuji Pirates and will be willing to live on the islands given to them by the Wuji Pirates. My goal is to build a fleet of at least 50,000 fishmen."

Li Yuan said.

In this world surrounded by the ocean, mermen are simply the chosen ones and the darlings of the sea. As long as the mermen hide in the sea, ordinary people have no way to deal with them.

This is probably the reason why the World Government is determined to suppress the fish-people. Once the fish-people are allowed to come to land and reproduce, they may become a major concern for the World Government in the future.

However, Li Yuan doesn’t care about all this now. He needs a powerful underwater force, and the mermen are the best choice.

There are three types of combat environments in this world: sea, land and air. Now the most powerful force of the Wuji Pirates is the land combat force. In the future, he will build an underwater fish-man force and a force in the sky.

It’s just that the sky power has not yet taken shape, and there is no direction for its development for the time being.

"Captain, I got it!"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Gerard also knew how he would manage these fishmen next.

"Otohime, you must come back safely!"

Neptune watched Hades leave Fishman Island at the port, and the flag of the Infinite Pirates was left here, making Fishman Island the territory of the Infinite Pirates. At the same time, Li Yuan arranged for the two captains, Mari of the Feather Fruit and Emil of the Steel Fruit, to come to Fishman Island to guard it.

Although these two captains are not as powerful as the cadres, their own strength is now comparable to that of ordinary vice admirals. They are more than capable of guarding Fishman Island and deterring the pirates who have just entered the New World.

After all, the profits that Fishman Island can gain are huge. In the future, the Promise Pirates will manage Fishman Island. This is the only channel for pirates and some illegal entities to enter and exit the New World and the first half of the Grand Line.

As long as the business is well managed, the monthly profit will be at least 10 billion. Li Yuan will not miss such a huge profit.

After returning to the Wuji Sea, Li Yuan arranged these fishmen on Siren Island.

A few days before Li Yuan set out for Fish-Man Island, Yadina had already prepared an island for the fish-men to live on. This island is geographically close to Wano Country and is located in the heart of the Wuji Sea, with almost no war and danger.

There are many trees and flowers planted on the island, as well as a lot of seafood and shellfish, making it very suitable for fish people to live in.

As for housing, in a short period of time, only houses suitable for two thousand people were built. The future buildings will need to be built by the fish people themselves. If they don’t want to, they can also pay humans to build them.

"Great, is this our home from now on?"

After getting off the Hades, the sight of the blooming flowers on the island and the warm sunshine made these fishmen, who were used to the gloomy and cold Fishman Street, feel like they had seen heaven.

“It’s so beautiful!”

When Otohime saw this scene, she was also amazed by the sea of ​​flowers in front of her.

Li Yuan doesn't have that much time to take care of the murlocs, so the rest of the matters are left to Gerald and Yadina.

After putting the fish people down on Siren Island, Li Yuan came to Venus Island and came to Lazili's laboratory.

Ever since Yadina took over all kinds of food in the Wuji Sea, Lazili let go completely and devoted herself to the medical career, researching many advanced drugs.

Nowadays, the most popular healing medicine and scar removal cream in the world were developed by Lazli, and only the Wuji Pirates can produce them. No one else can produce such medicine.

Moreover, the various medicinal baths that can only be purchased by the captain and cadres in the Wuji Pirates have greatly increased their effectiveness after being improved many times by Lazili, and even have some effect on Li Yuan's physique.

"Husband, why are you here!"

When Lazili saw Li Yuan coming, she stopped the experiment in her hand, trotted to Li Yuan, and took his arm intimately.

"Why am I here? If I didn't come to see you, you wouldn't even know to come to see me?"

Li Yuan glared at Lazili unhappily and said, this little girl is so addicted to the experiment that she can't extricate herself. He hasn't seen her for more than a month. If Li Yuan doesn't come again, who knows if this little girl will continue.

"How could that be, my husband? My research has reached a critical moment. You asked me to develop a drug that can stimulate the potential of the human body, and I already have some clues."

Lazili knew she was in the wrong and looked pitiful as she admitted her mistake.

"Well, I know you are doing this research, so I found some samples for you."

"The stuff in here is a drug that can temporarily increase a person's combat power, but the side effects are a bit severe."

Li Yuan handed the murderous drug in the jade box to Lazili.

In the original book, this deadly drug greatly increased the strength of Hodi and his gang, but the side effects were also very severe. Not only did it shorten their lifespan, it also caused muscle atrophy throughout their bodies.

According to Li Yuan's understanding, this side effect may be great for the weak, but for some strong people who have life return, they only need to replenish energy in time to reduce physical damage. As for life span, he doesn't know.

"That's great, thank you husband, I'll go research it now!"

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Lazili's eyes lit up, and she picked up the jade box and wanted to continue studying it.

"Lazili, have you forgotten what I just said? Do you still want to study?"

Seeing Lazili's appearance, before she could run out, Li Yuan pulled her into his arms and kissed her.

"Husband, I was wrong, please forgive me!"

When Lazili saw Li Yuan's eyes, she immediately knew that Li Yuan was a little angry. Her tone immediately softened, and she became as lovable as a well-behaved kitten.

"Wrong? Since you know you're wrong, why don't you make amends as soon as possible?"

Li Yuan lifted Lazili's beautiful little chin and smiled.

Hearing this, Lazili's cheeks flushed, she took off her white coat, then reached down with her jade hands, bent her jade feet and squatted, raised her red lips slightly, and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Sir, we have disassembled the power system of the ship that can sail without sails sold by Thomas Shipyard of the Wuji Pirates, and we can also start to manufacture it ourselves!"

“We can even equip our existing sailing vessels with this power system, without having to purchase additional vessels.”

A shipwright excitedly said to the big-bellied man wearing sunglasses next to him.

This big-bellied man with glasses is none other than Du Field, the loan shark king of one of the dark webs in the underworld.

"The power of technology really does bring huge benefits!"

Ever since the appearance of the Promise Pirates' new weapons and ships, he has seen business opportunities in technology.

This year, in the name of world peace, the MADS Institute for Peace was established, and world-renowned scientists were recruited to join the MADS research organization.

The technology of disassembling and replicating the ships of the Promise Pirates is the masterpiece of MADS.

It's not just the loan shark king Du Field who is analyzing the technology of the Promise Pirates' ships, other forces are also doing it and have all succeeded.

In the first few years, they would continue to order ships from Thomas Shipyard, but in recent years, they have rarely placed orders, and if they do place orders, they are steel battleships.

Li Yuan had already thought of this situation, because the technology in the ships he sold was very little and simple, and he used very little technology and was not afraid of others analyzing it.

Only the technology used on the Promise Pirates' own ship is more advanced.

"Unfortunately, there is no substitute for the material used in the barrels of the Wuji Pirates' munitions. Otherwise, they could have been copied."

Du Field sighed.

"However, with scientists like Vegapunk here, there is still a chance that we will have our own unique technology in the future!"

Du Field quickly became excited. He found that the scientists of Vegapunk were really powerful. As long as he could get hold of them, what technological means would he not have in the future?

Unfortunately, what Du Field didn't know was that his actions had been noticed by some forces. Once the importance of scientists like Vegapunk became known, he would not be able to protect these scientists.

(End of this chapter)