Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

The terrifying pressure of the deep sea can easily crush the internal organs of ordinary humans, and even if a human is strong, he is useless in such an environment because he cannot breathe underwater.

Entering the New World requires a certain amount of courage and strength, and this first leg of the journey, Fish-Man Island, is a test of whether these pirates possess such qualities.

The terrifying death rate on the way to Mermaid Island has forced many pirates who want to enter the New World to take the risk of crossing the route in front of the Marine Headquarters.

Because they still have a fighting chance against the navy's pursuit, but if something happens in the deep sea, they are almost certainly doomed.

Of course, the two routes to the New World would be fraught with danger for others, but for Wood and his crew, they were no problem at all.

If they pass in front of the Navy Headquarters, as long as they give Sengoku a heads-up beforehand, the other party will not deliberately target them, but will only symbolically send a few warships to chase them.

As for heading to Mermaid Island, with the Sun Pirates and their fishmen protecting them, how could they possibly encounter any danger?

Tiger and his friends could practically walk the route to Mermaid Island with their eyes closed.

Even if they encountered any sea kings along the way, Wood and his group didn't even need to lift a finger; Tiger and his crew had already dealt with them all.

When Wood and his companions landed on Mermaid Island, they experienced firsthand what it meant to be treated like a complete idol.

Tiger and the Sun Pirates are wanted criminals by the World Government, but that applies outside of that world; it obviously doesn't apply here on Fish-Man Island.

As the Sun Pirates and Wood entered the giant soap bubble of Fishman Island, a large number of Fishman Island residents, who had already received word of the situation, gathered in the island's plaza with various banners to welcome Tiger and his crew.

After Mary Geoise, Tiger and his crew have finally done something big again, and this time it's for their fellow countrymen.

In the outside world, Tiger is a vicious fish-man criminal as described by the World Government, but on Fish-Man Island, Tiger is a true national idol and hero.

Furthermore, King Neptune of Mermaid Island did not choose to stop the residents of Mermaid Island from welcoming and worshipping Tiger and his companions; in fact, he even supported it.

The World Government only needs to do its job superficially; as for the rest, Mermaid Island doesn't care at all.

Fish-Man Island is located 10,000 meters deep in the ocean, which is basically a forbidden zone for humans. If it weren't for the fear of the World Government and the powerful figures in the Navy, King Neptune really wouldn't need to give anyone any face.

Because Tiger and his friends are heroes, and Wood and his friends also played the role of hero's assistants in the Enies Lobby story, they were also warmly welcomed by Mermaid Island.

During this time, Wood also met the renowned Queen Otohime. To be precise, after Wood arrived at Mermaid Island, it was she who took the initiative to ask to see him.

Queen Otohime dedicated her life to ensuring that both fish-men and mermaids could coexist harmoniously with humans.

Unfortunately, despite the princess's high prestige, Mermaid Island did not have many supporters of her ideals.

Moreover, for so many years, Queen Otohime had never met a human with the same ideals as herself, until Tiger told her about Wood's existence.

The place where Queen Otohime and Wood agreed to meet was the "Sea Forest" on Mermaid Island, which was also a place Queen Otohime often visited.

The Sea Forest possesses a Poneglyph that seems to contain information about the legendary "Sea King." However, Wood already knows who the so-called "Sea King" is, so this time he did not bring Robin but came to the appointment alone.

Outside the Sea Forest, Tiger and Otohime, who had been waiting for a long time, were overjoyed to see Wood arrive as promised.

Tiger apologized immediately upon seeing Wood, because he had not kept his promise to keep Wood's identity a secret, revealing that Wood was actually the fishman swordsman Yasuo, and that he had told Queen Otohime about their conversation on the desert island.

"Boss Tiger, please don't worry. If it's Queen Otohime, then it's fine. And I also believe that the Queen will keep my secret."

Chapter 199 Mermaids? Then I'm even more excited!

Queen Otohime, a mermaid of the goldfish race, has long, wavy golden hair and large blue eyes. She wears an orange crown-shaped hairpin to tie her hair back.

She wore a long orange robe with a fish scale pattern, the pattern being even denser on the cuffs and the fish tail.

As the mother of Princess Shirahoshi, the world's most beautiful woman, Queen Otohime's appearance was not actually that stunning.

However, aside from her appearance, Queen Otohime possessed a unique and approachable charm.

Despite it being their first meeting, Wood inexplicably felt that the person in front of him was trustworthy and couldn't help but develop a liking for him.

"Please forgive Tiger's mistake, for he knows my long-cherished wish."

Like me, Tiger has always advocated for the coexistence of merfolk, fishmen, and humans.

"But for so many years, the merfolk I represent, and the fish-men represented by Tiger, have never seen a human who shares the same desire as us, until your arrival, Lord Wood."

"Humans, fish-men, and mermaids all share the same blood. Perhaps many years ago, we even had a common ancestor..."

Do you know how excited I was when I heard Tiger repeat these words to me?

I was born with 'Observation Haki', which allows me to hear the inner thoughts of others and to give speeches.

But having given numerous speeches before, I was truly moved to tears upon hearing these words.

As Queen Otohime spoke, tears began to well up in her large eyes, and snot was dripping from one nostril. Wood was truly puzzled; was this woman really the queen of Mermaid Island…?

"I am indeed the Queen of Mermaid Island. I am only acting this way because I am so moved."

Seemingly realizing that her demeanor was indeed somewhat inappropriate, and rather impolite to a guest she was meeting for the first time, Otohime quickly wiped her nose with her long sleeve and looked at Wood, saying...

However, Wood's expression changed to surprise when he heard what Otohime said, because he hadn't said it aloud, but Otohime had "heard" it!

"As I just said, my 'Observation Haki' allows me to hear the inner thoughts of others."

Of course, this is on the premise that the other party is able to open their heart to me, or that we can understand each other.

In fact, the reason Tiger revealed your existence wasn't because he broke his promise, but because I overheard his inner thoughts.

“I am truly delighted. At first, I had some doubts about whether what Boss Tiger said was true, and whether there really is someone like Lord Wood among humans.”

However, I have just confirmed that, just as Tiger said, Lord Wood does not have the slightest prejudice against either mermaids or fish-men.

Even towards me, whom he was meeting for the first time, he held a certain degree of trust; otherwise, with his abilities, he shouldn't have been able to hear Lord Wood's inner thoughts.

Upon hearing that Otohime's "mind-reading" ability had certain limitations and could only take effect at specific times, and that if Wood chose to close his mind, the other party wouldn't hear anything, Wood breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if he himself doesn't have any prejudice against Princess Otohime, being around someone who can hear other people's thoughts is still very stressful.

Even Wood now felt a pang of pity for King Neptune.

With his wife possessing such abilities, King Neptune had virtually no spare resources to hide a secret stash of money, and keeping a mistress on the side was essentially out of the question.

As for what Otohime said, Wood had no prejudice whatsoever against Tiger of the Fishman race and her, a Merman, that is indeed true.

After all, it's quite normal for Wood, as a transmigrator, to have different values ​​from the natives of this world.

"Those who are not of our kind must have different hearts?" Stop kidding me. Even those seasoned perverts from Wood's past life are now saying that they can't get excited about overly normal humans anymore, okay?

Mermaids are nothing more than a bunch of non-human girls... cough cough, the topic has gone a bit off track.

In short, to Wood, there really wasn't much difference between the so-called merfolk and the fish-men. After all, having played all sorts of games and read all sorts of anime and novels in his previous life, he categorized all races that were still humanoid into the category of humans.

Otohime was delighted to finally meet Wood, whom she had long admired, and was convinced that there were people like Wood among humans. She suggested that they go out for drinks to celebrate finding a kindred spirit.

Wood didn't know much about Queen Otohime, but he was very interested in her unique Observation Haki, so he nodded in agreement, unaware that Tiger was shaking his head frantically at him.

"Damn it, what's wrong with those guys? I'm trying so hard to coexist with humans, but none of them support me."

And that guy Neptune, he always says he supports me, but he never does anything in reality!

He's the king of Mermaid Island! Can't he just issue a law that compels all the islanders to respond to my call?

Looking at Princess Otohime, who was acting like a madwoman and going on a drunken rampage, Wood was completely stunned. Was this really the Queen of Mermaid Island?

This is completely different from what he knew before!

Wasn't Queen Otohime of Mermaid Island supposed to be a passionate, compassionate, understanding, and gentle person? But what is this queen in front of him? Is she an imposter?

"Queen Otohime always does this when she gets drunk, venting all her pent-up frustrations."

That's why I just shook my head to you, indicating that you shouldn't drink with Otohime.

Tiger had clearly seen Queen Otohime's current state before, so he showed no surprise at all.

"Drunk? But if I remember correctly, she only had one drink..."

What's so bad about that? He's terrible at drinking and has such a low alcohol tolerance, yet he dares to invite others to drink?

Unable to hold her liquor, Queen Otohime became drunk after just one cup and began to vent her frustrations. In her emotional outburst, she even slammed her hand on the table repeatedly.

What left Wood even more speechless was that, despite slamming her hand on the table herself, she somehow managed to break her own hand in an open fracture...

"Queen Otohime's health is very poor; even slapping someone can cause an open fracture..."

Tiger continued to explain to Woodco, and that the open fracture he was referring to wasn't from the person Princess Otohime hit, but rather from someone who hit another person and ended up breaking their own bone...

Chapter 200 Wood's Proposal to Queen Otohime

Seeing Princess Otohime's face streaked with tears and snot from the pain of her broken arm, Wood's previous understanding of Princess Otohime was shattered!

The Queen Otohime, who stood before him at a height of 224 centimeters, was someone Wood had previously perceived as a strong, powerful human woman.

But now it seems like the other person is just a child who hasn't grown up yet.

So the question is, how did Queen Otohime, with her frail health, withstand King Neptune's weight...?

Ahem, the topic has veered off course again.

In short, Wood and Tiger became Princess Otohime's emotional outlets after that, listening to her complaints for a long time.

Only after Queen Otohime's drunkenness subsided somewhat did she finally produce a document and begin discussing serious matters.

The documents in Queen Otohime's hands are actually signed documents by the residents of Mermaid Island, pushing for their relocation to the mainland.

The signboard was already covered with the names of many Mermaid Island residents, a result of Queen Otohime's frequent speeches.

Princess Otohime, holding the documents in her hand, expressed her thoughts to Wood and Tiger. She also planned to raise her demands for relocation to the mainland at the World Conference, hoping to fight for the right of the residents of Fish-Man Island to live on the mainland through her own efforts.

However, both Wood and Tiger silently shook their heads at Queen Otohime's suggestion.