I will traverse countless worlds and become a god entirely on my own!

"That's truly an amazing ability."

Robin looked at the beautiful deep sea, never imagining that one day he would enter it in this way.

"Isn't Lord Baiye being too unfair?"

Lilia was originally very worried about the safety of Fishman Island. If, as Baiye said, there were other ways to enter, it would not be good news for them.

However, if this is how one enters Fishman Island, it seems that only Byakuya could do it.

Even underwater, Susanoo moves at an extremely fast speed. Following Lilia's guidance, they quickly arrived at Fishman Island.

The fish-men of Fishman Island knew of Susanoo's arrival long ago; it was far too enormous, and they had no intention of concealing it at all.

Especially this ability.

Although so many years have passed, the impression left in the Valley of the Gods still makes King Neptune clearly remember whose power it was.

Upon learning of the arrival of such an important figure, he felt a sense of unease. After all, someone of his stature wouldn't come here without a reason, especially after disappearing for so many years!

"It's alright, don't worry. Maybe they don't mean any harm."

Queen Otohime comforted Neptune from the side, though she secretly harbored a slight anticipation for the arrival of Byakuya.

Over the years, she had been seeking a way for fish-men and humans to live in peace, and even collected petitions on the streets to relocate to the mainland. However, her plan failed after Tiger's death.

Until recently, she rescued a Celestial Dragon and returned with a signature from the World Nobles agreeing to establish friendly relations between the Fish-Men and humans, which gave her renewed hope.

She had always wanted to push this forward. She was working hard with the World Government, and if she could get the great pirates to agree with her idea and have their consent, she felt that she could take another step forward on this path.

As for why the World Government still needs to find Byakuya, it's because Byakuya killed too many people back in God Valley, and several times, it was Byakuya's appearance that prevented these events from progressing.

Therefore, she believes that Bai Ye's opinion is very important!

"Is this grand welcome from all the fishmen?"

After Bai Ye landed on Fishman Island, he saw that he was surrounded by countless fishmen. These fishmen were curious, but even more so, they were afraid.

That's a pirate of that caliber!

If he were to take action, he would probably destroy the entire island, right?

The fish-men were all thinking to themselves, while nervously watching Bai Ye.

"Queen Otohime, King Neptune."

Lilia stepped out from behind Bai Ye and greeted the two of them. As for her relationship with them, Lilia could only say that she knew them.

After being rescued by Bai Ye, she returned to Fishman Island. As a mermaid who had been captured, she received a lot of care from the Fishman tribe. It was during that time that she had a slight interaction with the two of them.

When King Neptune saw Lilia, he had already forgotten about the mermaid in front of him, but Queen Otohime recognized her.

She always kept every merman in her mind. Upon seeing Lilia, Queen Otohime was slightly surprised, but her expression quickly returned to normal as she asked with concern, "Lilia? I thought you'd been captured again, and I even formed a merman search party to look for you. But I didn't hear anything about you being auctioned off, so..."

Queen Otohime was too embarrassed to continue speaking in the end.

To put it nicely, they thought she was safe; to put it bluntly, they gave up on her.

"No, I just joined Lord Byakuya's Dawn Pirates!"

As she spoke, Lilia showed the star pattern on the back of her left hand. Every member who joined the Dawn Pirates would have this pattern tattooed on the back of their hand.

Initially, Byakuya didn't really want to do it, but Yamato insisted that it would be more fun if everyone had the same symbol. In the end, he couldn't persuade Yamato otherwise, so he chose a star as the symbol.

"Idiot, put it away."

Bai Ye took Lilia's hand and put it down, then rubbed his forehead, feeling a sense of helplessness.

He could already foresee that if this news spread, when Kaido fought for the Emperor, once this mark was exposed, everyone would know about Kaido's relationship with him.

Fortunately, the mark is in a location chosen by each person and is not necessarily fixed on the back of the hand.

The star pattern of the White Night is located slightly above the heart.

Currently, besides those who are already members of the Dawn Pirates, only King has been marked. As for Queen and Jack, these two not-so-bright White Night plans to wait until they are completely exposed before marking them.

Under Barrett's strict discipline, Quinn has become much more obedient and reliable.

"Ah?! Lord Baiye, I'm sorry, I forgot!"

Lilia stuck out her tongue sheepishly, realizing she might have revealed something earlier.

"Never mind, we'll just be more careful next time." Bai Ye raised his hand and patted Lilia's head, then looked at Neptune and asked, "King of the Fishmen, would you like to have a chat?"

Bai Ye came here to find Neptune.

Seeing that Bai Ye directly asked to talk to him, Neptune hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Since he's come looking for me, there's no way I can hide from him.

Moreover, Queen Otohime's gaze clearly indicated that she wanted her to agree.

"So many mermen!"

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Is her reaction time a little too long?

Byakuya turned around and looked blankly at Yamato behind him, whose eyes were shining.

Didn't she see the fish-man before?

Speaking of Lilia, she is a mermaid, and it seems she has never actually seen a fish-man.

"Alright, let's go back to the palace and talk."

"can."

Byakuya nodded in agreement. He was also a little surprised, as he had heard before coming that Queen Otohime had already made contact with the World Government.

Based on this, Bai Ye also knew that Queen Otohime would probably die soon, but this was not what Bai Ye was most concerned about.

I originally thought that after making contact with the World Government, they would directly reject my request.

Now it seems I was overthinking things.

Inside the palace.

Neptune, Queen Otohime, the eldest prince of Shark Star, the second prince of Imperial Star, the third prince of Overturned Star, Lady Shirley, and someone who surprised Byakuya: Momousagi Gion!

He never expected that Gion would be here.

Inviting Lady Shirley by White Night is understandable, because on Fishman Island, Lady Shirley's prophecies are always accurate.

I guess she wanted to ask Mrs. Shirley to make a prediction later.

Gion was also very surprised at this moment.

She originally came to Fishman Island with the intention of going to the New World. After all, she had nominally left the Navy, so it was impossible for her to go to the New World in the same way as before. So she came to Fishman Island to go there.

After she arrived, Queen Otohime, upon learning of her arrival, invited her to the palace for a chat.

After she stayed there for a while, Queen Otohime and many fish-men in the palace ran out. Originally, she wanted to follow them to see what had happened, but then she thought about it and gave up.

She eventually decided to stay there and wait for Queen Otohime to return before preparing to depart for the new world.

As a result, after Queen Otohime and the others returned, before she could even say goodbye, she was invited here, where she met the person she had been searching for!

It’s not a waste of time to break through the iron shoes.

She had searched for so many years without finding a single person, but just as she was about to leave, the person came again.

Gion remained silent, pondering how to approach Byakuya to complete the task assigned to her by Marshal Sengoku.

After glancing at Gion, Byakuya didn't say anything more.

He had actually learned about Gion from Hawkeye, since Hawkeye, as the world's greatest swordsman, had naturally challenged Gion.

The two fought once, and Hawkeye won. Hawkeye mentioned it briefly when he came back.

Bai Ye clearly remembered that the person in the anime was already a candidate for admiral, so how could she possibly defect to the Navy? His first thought was Drake, so it was obvious who her undercover target was.

I didn't expect it

He encountered a woman who wanted to infiltrate his inner circle.

Should we teach her a lesson here?

After thinking for a while, Bai Ye decided to deal with his own problem first.

"please."

Neptune placed the fish-man island's special desserts and drinks in front of them.

He was basically giving up anyway, since he couldn't beat the other party anyway, so he decided to see what Bai Ye's purpose was in coming here first.

"I'm here to seek cooperation with you!"

Bai Ye didn't want to spend half the day drinking and eating, only to have the other person constantly guessing his intentions for being there.

He prefers to tell the other person his things directly, giving them more time to think.

"cooperate?!"

When Queen Otohime heard that Byakuya wanted to cooperate with them, the tension in her heart completely eased.

She possesses innate Observation Haki, allowing her to hear the thoughts in others' minds. Although it's somewhat shameful, she did use her ability just now to try and find out what Bai Ye's purpose was in coming to Fishman Island.

However, she was unable to hear Bai Ye's thoughts at all, and the same was true for the three girls who came with Bai Ye. It was as if there was an invisible barrier around them that kept their abilities out.

Unable to use her abilities to probe Byakuya's thoughts, Queen Otohime naturally wanted to know Byakuya's purpose in coming here.

"Could you please tell me what we would like to collaborate on?"

Queen Otohime asked quickly.

“I can have Fishman Island migrate to the mainland and establish a continent where humans and fishmen can live in peace. My idea is to connect all the landmasses together, just like the Great Kingdom back then. What Joy Boy promised you should be similar, right?”

You mean!?

Queen Otohime looked at Byakuya with excitement. If Byakuya was also willing, it seemed that there was a good chance that peaceful coexistence between fish-men and humans would be achieved.

And he actually knew about Joy Boy and the Little Mermaid?

Unable to fulfill the promise he made to the mermaid princess, Joy Boy left his letter of apology on Fishman Island.

Now another person has appeared, saying that he wants to fulfill the promise that Joy Boy made to Fishman Island.

This is something that Queen Otohime has always been doing.