I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 195 194. The murderer is you!

Dragon Palace City.

hall.

On the huge throne, the king of this country, Neptune, the god of the sea, sits.

Even if you just sit here, the exaggerated height of nearly ten meters will give people a great sense of oppression.

Next to the throne stood a petite and beautiful woman.

Princess Otohime.

She has long wavy golden hair and a pair of clear blue eyes. Her golden hair is combed into rabbit ears and fixed on top of her head with an orange waterwheel hair accessory. She wears a white long robe embroidered with warm yellow fish scale patterns.

A light yellow ribbon is suspended behind the head and passes through the arms.

Gives people a fairy-like atmosphere.

At this time, Otohime said with a smile to a fat blue whale shark standing in front of the two of them:

"Jinbei, I heard from the people down there that something strange happened on the island today.

A strange group of six people came to the island. It was said that there was a merman among them. It was said that they rescued a mermaid girl who was captured by human traffickers as soon as they arrived on the island. Later, they also helped a restaurant owner on the island.

I heard that you were the one who had contact with them in the beginning.

The leader is a very amazing human being. I am very curious about what he does. I want to meet him. Can you take me there tomorrow?"

As she finished speaking, Neptune, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't help but loudly refute her:
"That human's methods were extremely brutal, and none of the pirates he dealt with survived.

Otohime, this is too risky. We don't know whether the other party is a friend or a foe.

I don’t agree with you doing this.”

"Lord Neptune is right. Princess, it is too dangerous for you to do this. That man gives me a very dangerous feeling.

I can’t quite see through him.”

Jinbei gave her the same admonition at this time.

Ke Yiji took a deep breath, with a look that refused to be refused, a firm look in her eyes, and clenched her fists. Her tone was very firm:
"We know too little about humans, and that man isn't a pirate, and he doesn't look very old. From what you've said, I can tell he's very strong. And from his actions since arriving here, I can also tell he has no ill will towards us, the fishmen. So, I want to meet him and talk. I want to learn more about humans."

After listening to Otohime's words, the two were speechless. Neptune couldn't help but look at Jinbe with some anxiety in his eyes. He still didn't want to let his beloved wife take risks.

Jinping looked helpless, his mouth slightly open, but then Otohime smiled and spoke, and her words were a fatal blow to the two of them:

"You don't want me to sneak down to see him by myself, do you?"

Just one sentence made the two of them feel a little upset.

Willful but without any dislike towards him.

This is Otohime.

Jinbei looked at Neptune. Neptune's eyes slightly closed, then opened, and he sat up straight. He looked directly at Jinbei and said solemnly:
"My beloved wife's safety is in your hands, Jinbe.

You must protect her."

Seeing this, Jinbei nodded solemnly, "As long as I'm alive, I won't let anyone harm Princess Otohime."

At this time, a fishman guard standing guard at the entrance of the hall listened to the conversation inside, with an extremely disgusted look in his eyes, and roared in his heart:
"You actually still want to contact those low-class humans. You are such a disgusting bitch. You don't even have the dignity of a fishman. I was thinking of letting you live for two more days, but it seems I can't wait any longer."

"Tomorrow, I'll let you go tomorrow."

……

The next day. early morning.

After getting up from the warm and comfortable shell bed and washing up, Messer and his friends went to a breakfast restaurant outside to have breakfast.

Walking on the street, thinking about where to travel next.

At this time, I saw many residents on the road with smiles on their faces, holding a piece of paper in their hands and heading towards the same place.

Yamato beside him asked curiously:

"Messer, it seems they are all heading to the same place, and they are talking about Gironde Square. I wonder if there is anything interesting happening there? Let's go and take a look.

Oh, and didn't I hear yesterday that Princess Otohime of this country would be giving a speech there? Could she be there?
The mermaid princess, wouldn’t she be very beautiful? Let’s go and see her. Also, I heard the mermaid princess is there too.”

At this time, Xiong Bao was lost in thought, wondering where he had heard of this mermaid princess. After a few seconds, Xiong Bao's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Messi with doubt:
"When we were on Sky Island, didn't Robin tell you that the mermaid princess was the Sea King?"

Moses looked at him in surprise:
"I didn't expect you to remember it?"

Xiong Bao blinked. "Didn't they say they wanted to make a sea-king fish head with chopped peppers? I haven't tried it yet, so I took note."

Speechless.

Hearing this, Yamato's eyes sparkled with curiosity. He gently bumped his shoulder against Messer's and asked:

"Sea King? What's that? Is that the Pirate King?"

Messer shook his head and chuckled as he explained. After hearing what Messer said about the Sea King, Yamato blinked.

"So it's the king of the sea kings. That's very powerful indeed. But it's of no use to us. We're not afraid of ordinary sea kings."

"I heard that deep in the ocean, there are super-large sea kings that are thousands, tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of meters long. Are you afraid of them?"

Messer glanced at her and said.

Yamato's mouth twitched. He felt a little scared just thinking about it. Even if he froze it, it would take a lot of energy.

The key point is that given the huge size of that monster, whether you can freeze it or not is another matter.

If that kind of monster can have armed color domineering, eh~ I can’t think about it anymore, just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.

Yamato spoke out the idea that came to his mind.

Mercer, who was walking towards Gironde Square, had a thoughtful look in his eyes. It would be too arbitrary to say that such a situation was impossible.

After all, a mere Kung Fu Manatee can master the Armament Observation Haki.

It's not realistic to say that the super-large sea king that has lived for who knows how long definitely doesn't exist.

but.

Skull hurts.

forget about it.

Mix in the crowd.

Not long after.

A few people entered Gilong Coad Square from the entrance, and suddenly there were crowds of people, but strangely, it was not noisy.

This is an irregular oval square, surrounded by rock walls that are no less than a hundred meters high.

It's like a basin with clear edges and corners.

In the center of the square stood a circular podium. Beneath it were three large storage boxes, into which citizens placed their signatures. A petite woman stood, her eyes alight with longing, delivering a stirring and captivating speech.

After a moment, Yamato blinked and looked at Messer puzzledly: "Why do I always feel like someone is influencing my mental will?"

Mercer said calmly, "It's a unique application of Observation Haki. It can subtly influence others. As for ordinary people, it's even easier to influence them. That woman doesn't look like a 'good person' at first glance."

"Identification"

Strength rating: F-
"Observation Haki (A)": The innate Observation Haki allows one to hear the inner voices of others and use this ability to unconsciously deliver highly contagious speeches.

Yamato's mouth twitched, and he looked at Messer helplessly: "I didn't sense any malice from her.

Rather, there is a strange feeling of compassion for the world.”

Eri held Messer's hand tightly, frowned slightly, and said softly:
"Brother, Eri doesn't like that feeling."

Moses shook his head. "A foolish woman who is too naive and idealistic. She possesses the ability to see through people's hearts and minds, and can easily discern the good and evil in a person's heart."

If you watch too much, you will either become a social phobic who hates everyone, or a social bully who is compassionate to the world.

And she is obviously the latter."

Pfft!

Yamato grinned and said, "Social phobia? Social bull? You're such a good metaphorist, Messer."

“Is there still social anxiety?”

"Well, when I was a kid, my grandfather told me about a very powerful man in Roger's time. He also possessed the innate Observation Haki, which allowed him to see into other people's minds. However, because he heard too many negative thoughts from people, he became withdrawn and eccentric, and he no longer trusted anyone. He was a very socially anxious person."

"What about that person? Is he still alive?"

"Well, alive, enjoying a private room on the sixth floor of Impel Down."

Yamato looked at Messier with an embarrassed face. She didn't expect this turn of events. Her pretty face couldn't help but twisted together: "I surrender to you."

If you don't count the demon horns, Yamato is only three centimeters shorter than him.

Reaching out and tugging at her cheek, Mercer changed the subject. "By the way, why do I notice you haven't grown any taller in the past two years? You haven't grown more than ten centimeters in the past two years. Logically, shouldn't you be in your prime growth period?"

Yamato rolled his eyes at Messer. "Why are you so tall? Aren't you only two meters tall? With the Dragon Bone state, does height matter? Through the fusion of body and soul, I can adjust my body shape within a certain range.

There are also applications for half-beast transformation. Now that I'm about the same height as you, it's perfect."

As he spoke, he put his arm around Messer's neck and said with a grin, "Isn't this perfect? If I really grow up to be as tall as Kaido's gorilla, my life will be a real hassle."

Moses rolled his eyes at her.

At this time, the speech over there was coming to an end, and it was obvious that the woman named Otohime breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

It can be seen that he is tired.

Looking at the autograph sheets being put into the storage box, she couldn't help but smile happily.

At this time,

Messer noticed that she was looking towards him, and their eyes met. Otohime's eyes flashed with surprise and joy.

And took a step towards this side.

But at that moment, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Three huge orange-red flames suddenly burst out from the three surrounding storage boxes.

Her steps suddenly stopped, Otohime's face was stunned, and a surge of grievances boiled in her heart. The next moment, without thinking too much, she rushed to a storage box, used her body to hold the flames, and took out the signature sheet that was burning in flames from it.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

"Hurry up and put out the fire! Hurry up and evacuate the people." A chubby, bowling-ball-like catfish-merman minister wearing glasses panicked and made arrangements:
"Hurry and pull the princess away, it's very dangerous there. Also, go and protect the princess, the three princes, and Princess Shirahoshi."

The soldiers obeyed the orders one after another.

Two fish-man soldiers hurried over and pulled Yiji away.

"Don't worry about me. Go save these precious autographs. Do your best to keep them intact. These signatures cannot be lost in any way."

After saying this, she felt that digging with her hands was too slow, so Otohime broke free from the soldiers who were afraid to pull her hard, and quickly got up and ran outside. She picked up a bucket, filled it with water from a puddle, and ran over to put out the fire.

The scene was chaotic for a while.

Not far away, Messer was watching this scene with a subtle expression.

Watching Otohime desperately trying to put out the fire, Yamato said with a subtle expression, "Messer, do you think we should go help her?"

Messer looked at Yamato and blinked:

"Why? Do you want to help her?"

Yamato looked at Otohime who was busy there, and her face looked like she was about to cry:

"Well, I don't hate her. She's a good person."

"Then you go."

Messer said softly.

Yamato blinked and nodded heavily:
"Then I'll go."

The next second, the whole person turned into a shadow and disappeared. After a few flashes, he came to the podium. The surrounding fish-man soldiers were shocked.

"There is an assassin, quickly protect the princess."

"Don't move. Stay away from our princess."

"Who are you? This is not a place for you."

Yamato's mouth twitched, and the next second he took action to silence them.

The biting cold air burst out from his body surface, spreading around the podium in the blink of an eye, freezing the burning storage box into an ice sculpture.

The flames dissipated.

The soldiers around him looked at Yamato blankly.

At this time, Yamato scratched his head and looked at Otohime, who was stunned by the wooden bucket, and said with a smile:

"I think this is a bit too much trouble for you. Do you mind coming here uninvited?"

The wooden barrel in Otohime's hand fell to the ground. She covered her mouth with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes, and said hurriedly in a sobbing voice:
"No, no, thank you so much, I..."

At this moment, Yamato's pupils suddenly constricted, and he reflexively slapped Otohime in front of him. At the same time, a crisp sound of "clang" suddenly rang out in the air in front of Otohime.

A sudden bullet aimed at Otohime's heart was knocked off course.

With a "Puff!" sound, the arrow pierced through Otohime's right shoulder socket.

At the same time, Otohime trembled, looked at her right shoulder blankly, and her body softened and fell to the ground.

At that moment, the entire podium fell into silence, and the people around watched as blood splattered from Otohime's right chest and she fell to the ground.

The smile in Yamato's eyes disappeared at this time. He bent down and embraced the fallen Otohime in his arms. A biting coldness burst out, ice crystals appeared, and formed a circle of defense wall around him.

At the same time, his observation Haki spread out, sensing the direction from which the projectile came, and discovered a strong malicious aura on the outer wall of the square in the distance.

The murderer is him.

Yamato couldn't help but look towards Messer in the crowd.

But there were only Eiry and Xiong Bao. They blinked and then discovered the presence of Messer on the rock wall.

Don't think about the murderer anymore.

Outside the ice wall, someone has already arranged soldiers to capture the murderer.

Yamato looked at the very weak Otohime in his arms, blinked, and couldn't help complaining:

"You are so weak, your body is so fragile, it feels like you are about to die."

Otohime complained helplessly:
"I should still be able to be saved. Although I'm weak, the injury to my shoulder isn't fatal. I shouldn't die."

Bang bang bang!
The ice wall frozen around Yamato made a banging sound.

Panic voices rang out from outside the ice.

"Mother! Are you okay? Open the ice and let me in."

"Mother! Let me in quickly. I want to see you."

"Lady Otohime, are you alright? Those inside, please release the ice. Lady Otohime needs medical attention."

Seeing this, the surrounding ice walls turned into cold air and dissipated under Yamato's control.

The people outside immediately saw Otohime, who was seriously injured and pale, lying in Yamato's arms.

A handsome fishman boy over three meters tall quickly rushed up, looked at his mother, and said in panic:
"Mother, are you okay? Doctor, doctor, come quickly!!"

The accompanying medical staff quickly came up to examine Yiji's injuries, but then their faces turned pale. "The wound is quite deep. Immediate surgery is necessary."

"Why don't you perform the surgery quickly? What are you still hesitating about?" the young man roared with his eyes wide open.

The doctor's face was bitter. "But we don't have all the surgical tools here. We need to get them immediately."

The young man looked grim: "Why don't you send someone to get it?"

Yiji reached out and held the boy's hand, saying softly, "Shaxing, you don't have to be like this. Mother is fine. Don't worry, this injury is not serious."

Just as the mother was gently comforting her furious child.

On the cliff not far away, the moment Messer discovered the situation on Yamato's side, he used his observation Haki to sense the situation here and immediately locked the murderer's location.

The twisted emotions of excitement, pleasure, hatred, and disgust that filled the spirit were simply nauseating.

There was also the action of him raising his gun and aiming at the podium, and the smoke drifting from the muzzle.

After Messer simply told Eri, Kumabo and the others that he was going to find Yamato, he disappeared.

At this moment, he was looking at a great white shark soldier wearing the uniform of a Dragon Palace soldier five meters away.

He then looked at the human pirate in front of him who was shot and lying on the ground, dying.

There was a look of amusement in his eyes.

The soldier looked at Messer with a hint of vigilance, raised his gun and aimed fiercely, saying:
"Damn human, are you an accomplice of this human who murdered Princess Otohime? It was you who killed Princess Otohime."

Moses looked at him, saw the pleasure and crazy malice hidden in his eyes, and chuckled:
"Didn't you do it yourself? Mr. Murderer who killed the princess of your own country with a gun?"

The fishman soldier's expression changed slightly, and he roared angrily, "You're talking nonsense! Stop slandering me here. This was clearly your doing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the finger on the trigger pulled, and bang! A hot bullet erupted from the muzzle towards Messer's face.

At the same time, Messier dodged the bullet easily, appeared in front of him, raised his left hand and slapped him in the face.

There was a muffled sound of "bang!"

The Great White Shark Man's face collapsed and he rolled backwards in mid-air.

Bang! With a dull thud, it hit a coral reef not far away.

The reef was broken into pieces.

The great white shark lay on the reef groaning, its face unrecognizable, its mind blank, and its body twitching uncontrollably.

Mercer ignored him and looked at a little guy who was peeking from behind the coral reef just now. Because the coral reef exploded, his figure would be exposed.

A ten-meter-long black and white megalodon shark. Messer looked at it and said calmly:

"Are you also an accomplice of the shooter?"

The Megalodon took a look at the half-dead fishman lying on the ground, and quickly shook his big head. There was anger in the fishman's eyes and his mouth opened and closed:
"Shark. Shark. Shark."

Like cursing.

Seeing this scene, Messier felt a little curious. This guy seemed to be the pet shark beside the future mermaid princess Shirahoshi.

He was also the only fish that witnessed the entire process of the attack by Hodie Jones, who was half-dead after being slapped half to death by him.

Mercer laughed and said, "Did you just see the whole process of this guy committing the crime?"

Shark nodded hurriedly: "Shark."

Moses: “Will you be a witness?”

Shark nodded quickly: "Shark."

Mercer smiled and said, "Very good, he is a good boy."

The shark touched his head with his fin, a look of human joy on his face.

"How will you be here?"

At this moment, a shocked and angry voice sounded from behind.

(End of this chapter)