Simultaneous Transmigration: Why is it all One Piece world?

Neptune released him, looked him up and down, his eyes slightly red.

"It's good that you're back...it's good that you're back..."

Otohime also stood up, walked to Tiger, and bowed slightly.

"Mr. Tiger, welcome back."

Tiger quickly helped her up.

"Princess, please don't do this, I can't accept it."

The group took their seats.

The candlelight flickered, but the atmosphere gradually grew somber.

Queen Otohime looked at the scars on Tiger's face, the old and new marks mixed together, and felt a lump in her throat.

"Tiger, what exactly have you been through in these past three years?"

Tiger remained silent for a moment.

Then he began to tell his story.

He recounted his capture and enslavement, those dark and hopeless days.

Tiger looked up at Neptune and Otohime.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness."

"I stayed there for three years, and in those three years, I saw far too much."

"In the end, I escaped."

"But after I escaped, I couldn't help but think about those still inside, those still suffering... What will happen to them?"

"And today, I heard that child's cry, and he helped me make the final decision!"

Tiger took a deep breath and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"I will liberate the slaves of Mary Geoise! ​​Not just my fellow fish-men, but all enslaved people!"

Neptune's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

Otohime's tears flowed down her cheeks.

But it wasn't because of fear.

It's because she heard it.

Her Observation Haki was unleashed at full power at this moment.

I heard Tiger's inner voice.

That mournful cry was like a scream from hell.

She also saw many faces.

A woman who died holding her baby.

A fish-man who went mad and died after witnessing his loved ones being skinned and devoured alive...

A mermaid whose hands were cut off and made into a specimen...

Desperate and silent.

Otohime covered her mouth, but couldn't stop her body from trembling.

Neptune looked at his wife, then at Tiger.

He knew what Tiger's decision meant.

Mary Geoise.

That's the Celestial Dragons' lair, the most dangerous place in the world.

Going there would be tantamount to suicide.

But he did not try to stop him.

Because he saw something more important than life and death in Tiger's eyes.

"Have you thought it through?"

Tiger nodded.

"I've made up my mind."

Even if it means death?

Even if it means death!

Neptune remained silent for a long time.

Then he stood up, walked over to Tiger, and patted him hard on the shoulder.

"Go."

His voice was a little hoarse.

"Go do what you want to do."

"The Dragon Palace Kingdom will be your support."

Tiger looked up at him.

The mermaid and the fish-man looked into each other's eyes.

A thousand words are left unsaid.

Otohime stood to the side, her vision blurred by tears.

She looked at Tiger, at this man who was about to die, and suddenly remembered what the boy had said during the day.

"Peace will prevail if we seek it through struggle."

"Peace sought through compromise will lead to the demise of peace."

She didn't agree before.

But now...

She didn't know.

She really didn't know.

Tiger turned around and put his black robe back on.

He suddenly stopped at the door.

"princess."

Princess Otohime raised her head.

Tiger did not turn around.

"That boy named Nok..."

He's right.

Our enemy is not human beings.

"Those things that are high and mighty."

"One day, someone will lead us to bring them down."

He paused.

"Maybe it's him."

"Maybe it's someone else."

"But it will definitely happen."

The door opened, and the man in black disappeared into the night.

Princess Otohime stood still for a long time.

Outside the window, the water ripples.

She suddenly remembered the domineering young man from earlier that day.

...

"oi!"

Tiger paused in his steps.

In the darkness of night, the street ahead was completely blocked by a group of people.

The young man at the head of the group, who was looking at him, had his arms crossed and a slight smile on his lips.

It was Nock.

Behind him stood a large group of people, not many, but about twenty or thirty in number. They were all the fishmen who hadn't left during the day. At this moment, their eyes were burning with fervor as they stared at Tiger, as if he were a walking legend.

They have already acknowledged Nok as their leader, but that doesn't stop them from maintaining the same level of respect for Tiger.

Tiger was stunned.

What are you doing here?

Nock grinned.

"I'll be waiting for you."

He stepped forward and stood in front of Tiger.

"Boss Tiger, you're going to Mary Geoise, right?"

Tiger's pupils contracted slightly.

How did you know?

"Just guessing," Nock shrugged.

Nock had already guessed Tiger's identity during the day. Considering the current time, it would be easy to guess Tiger's plans after his return.

You caused such a huge disturbance in Mary Geoise and didn't call me? That won't do!

As for the fact that this matter is very dangerous and extremely likely to result in death.

Nock, however, has a different opinion.

In the original story, Tiger was able to climb Mary Geoise alone and escape unscathed, so there's no reason why I would necessarily be left behind, since my current strength is not much inferior to Tiger's.

Moreover, he knows the Six Styles and Moonwalk; he's a fish-man.

In addition, the Navy's Nock has already begun to learn the basics of Observation Haki, and in the future, Nock will finally obtain the Logia-type Devil Fruit - the Cloud-Cloud Fruit!

Nock was confident that he could escape if he wanted to, even if he didn't want to roam Mary Geoise.

Therefore, he's definitely going to get involved in this event that could make him famous!

Nock pointed to the people behind him.

"Take us with you."

Tiger was silent for two seconds.

Nok is the future hope of Fishman Island, but what I am about to do is too dangerous, so I must not let this hope perish with me!

So he shook his head.

"no."

Nock raised an eyebrow.

Why?

"Because that's suicide." Tiger's voice was low. "Don't you know what Mary Geoise is?"

"I know."

"You knew that, yet you still went?"

"That's precisely why I'm going," Nok said, looking at him. "Boss Tiger, how many people can you rescue by yourself? And what about after you rescue them? How will you bring them down? Have you thought about that?"

Tiger opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

He did think about it.

But there was nothing he could do but release them from prison. As for their subsequent escape, whether they lived or died, he had no control over that.

"You see," Nock shrugged, "when one person stirs up trouble, it's suicide. When a group of people stir up trouble, it's called an uprising."

He glanced back at the people behind him.

"Besides, what do you think they're here for?"

The group of merfolk immediately became agitated.

"Big Brother Tiger! Let's go with Big Brother Nock!"

"We are not afraid to die!"

"We'll die together!"

Tiger looked at them, momentarily at a loss for words.

"Don't worry, I know my place. We'll never get involved in anything too dangerous!"

A night breeze blew by.

The two stood facing each other.

a long time.

Tiger sighed, then laughed.

That smile contained helplessness, emotion, and a hint of... relief that was hard to define.

"You little rascal..."

He reached out and slapped Nock hard on the shoulder.

"Alright."

Nock's eyes lit up.

"real?"

"Really." Tiger withdrew his hand. "But there are conditions."

"What are the conditions?"

"You must obey my orders." Tiger stared at him. "This isn't a game, this is a life-or-death situation. I tell you to retreat, you retreat. I tell you to hide, you hide. Can you do that?"

Nock nodded without hesitation.

"able."

Tiger looked at him and suddenly felt that the kid had agreed too quickly.

But he didn't think much of it.

"Then it's settled."

...

"Hey, Nock, what you just said about helping the slaves escape..."

"Well, don't rush, take your time."