Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Fishman Island has thus returned to the World Government's attention. It can be said that Reina deserves much credit for Fishman Island's current state, but just like Fisher Tiger, this matter cannot be publicized.

However, as the eldest prince, Shark Star was very familiar with Reina's deeds, so he held Reina in high esteem.

"No need for formalities, come on up! Blue Fatty, did you come with us too? Did Marco contact you?" Reina waved to Shark Star, then turned to Jinbe and asked.

The Fishman Pirates were used to hearing Reina address Jinbe by his name, but Shark Star and the Sea King Army he brought were hearing it for the first time, and they were all extremely surprised.

"Blue...Blue Fatty? He actually called Boss Jinbe 'Blue Fatty'? Doesn't he know that Boss Jinbe is now one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"

"Idiot, didn't you hear how Prince Shark Star addressed him? He's the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Lord Akame Reina!"

Amidst the discussions among the Tingzhou Sea King Army, Jinbe reluctantly stepped forward and whispered to Reina, "Mr. Reina, could you... perhaps use a different form of address for me?"

"What's wrong? Aren't you blue? Or are you not fat?" Reina said, pursing his lips.

Jinbe's lips twitched, and he sighed. Forget it, it's better not to discuss this with Reina, because in the end, he'll be the one who gets hurt!

So after greeting Reina, Jinbe immediately ran to Whitebeard's place. He arrived at the Moby Dick and went to pay his respects to Whitebeard right away. Even Reina couldn't say anything about it.

"Tch~ What's wrong with Blue Fatty? Doesn't it sound nice? It's such a cute name!" Reina scoffed, watching Jinbe run away as if he were fleeing. "Hmph, in another world, plenty of people call you Blue Fatty! Can you even talk back to them?"

"So... as of now, we still don't know what's on the seabed?" After listening to Whitebeard's information, Jinbe thought for a moment and asked.

"Nonsense, we can't fight underwater, so of course we have to wait for you guys to come!" Reina rolled his eyes and said.

"Mr. Reina... don't worry! I'll send someone down to investigate right now!" Jinbe said with a forced smile when he heard Reina's words.

“No!” Reina shook his head and said, “Don’t send anyone down. If you’re going, you lead the men down yourself!”

"Huh?" Jinbe looked at Reina with some surprise. Was it really necessary for him to go down personally just to investigate?

“I agree with Mr. Reina’s opinion! My father and the others have been here for a while, and after discovering some clues about the other side, there are only two possible outcomes if we go down! One is that the other side has already left and we won’t find anything! The other is... that the other side is already prepared and waiting for us to come to them!” Shark Star nodded, directly agreeing with Reina’s words.

"Not bad! Little guy...you look like you're ready for something big! Here's what we'll do~ Namu, you go down with Jinbe and the others! Don't spread everyone out too much, Shark Star, you'll take command from the center!" Reina looked at Shark Star and said with a smile:

"I was initially hesitant to let you go down there, but Neptune sent you here because he must want you to experience something! So, besides taking command from the center, I have another requirement for you: protect yourself! Can you do that?"

Seeing the encouraging look in Reina's eyes, Shark Star nodded excitedly and said, "No problem!"

"Alright, Jinbe and Namur, you two take him away and protect Shark Star. I don't need to remind you of his identity! If he's gone... the future of your Fishman Island is in jeopardy!" Reina said, looking at the two of them.

Namu and Jinbe exchanged a glance, nodded, and replied, "Leave it to us!"

"Alright! Then you can proceed! Remember, if things get really bad, lure the enemy ashore, and we'll be there to meet you at sea!" Reina said with a smile.

Chapter 433 The Strange Black Mist

"According to intelligence, there should be a sunken city at the bottom of the sea, but because Reina was worried about alerting the enemy, he didn't let me go down to investigate!" After entering the sea, Namur shared the information he knew with Jinbe and the First Prince Shark Star.

"Understood, I'll leave this to you two this time!" Shark Star nodded and said.

Although Reina put him in command, he mostly had Jinbe and Namur protect him, as he himself knew that he was no match for the two in terms of strength.

"Prince Shark Star, do you have any good ideas now?" Jinbe seemed to know that Reina wanted to train Shark Star, and asked with a smile.

"The situation is unclear right now, and I don't have any good ideas. The main thing is to investigate first. Maybe... the other party is afraid of the reputation of the Whitebeard Pirates and has already run away!" Shark Star said with a smile.

“Don’t think like that. If you do, you might just fall into their trap!” Namuel shook his head and said.

"Yes! Senior Miu'er! I understand!" Shark Star immediately perked up, indicating that he understood.

He knew that Namur was reminding him not to be too careless.

Compared to the battle-hardened Namur, he was far too inexperienced.

"Alright, don't be too nervous! Even if the navy came, they wouldn't be able to take us down without a few warships!" Jinbe said with a smile.

His purpose was to help Shark Star relax, because being too tense could lead to some misjudgments.

Soon, the group descended to the seabed. The seabed was pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. However, Jinbe and his companions had already made preparations. When there was a lack of light, they had already turned on the light sources they carried with them. In addition, they were fish-men who lived on the seabed, so it was not a problem.

"It seems this was indeed a city before! But now it can only be considered ruins!" Shark Star said with a sigh, looking at the underwater city whose general shape could still be vaguely discerned.

“Let’s go, let’s survey the surrounding area first!” Jinbe said to Namuel beside him.

“Alright! The Sea King Army will stay behind to protect Prince Shark Star, and we’ll each take half of the rest!” Namur nodded and said.

"Wait... Jinbe, Namur!" Shark Star called out to the two, saying, "I suggest we don't split up yet, but go directly to the city center and then search in different directions. That might be better!"

Jinbe and Namur exchanged a glance, nodded, and agreed to Shark Star's suggestion.

This isn't a big problem; it's all exploration anyway, so it doesn't matter how you do it.

"Keep an eye out for any signs of sea monsters or sea kings along the way!" Shark Star instructed the Sea King soldiers beside him as they moved forward.

"Yes!" The Neptune Army, which had been closely protecting Shark Star, immediately dispersed and began to search the surroundings as they advanced!

"You guys go too!" Jinbe nodded with a smile as he looked at Shark Star's composed demeanor, and then said to the crew members around him.

And so, the group of people searched for traces as they made their way toward the center of the city.

Unbeknownst to them, not far from them, a dozen pairs of blood-red eyes were watching them.

"Hehehe... There's actually a member of the royal family of Fishman Island here... Staying here for this adventure was definitely the right decision!" A dark merman figure chuckled strangely from a cave outside the underwater ruins city.

Then the dark figure waved her arm, muttered some incantations, and a wisp of black mist slowly drifted out from her body and headed towards the city.

Meanwhile, the Shark Star crew, completely unaware of all this, had just arrived at the center of the city.

"Boss Jinbe, Senior Namur, I'm leading the Sea King Army to search this area. I'll leave the surrounding area to you!" Shark Star said politely to the two of them.

The two nodded, naturally understanding what Shark Star meant.

"Everyone, spread out around Prince Shark Star and search everywhere for any traces of Sea Kings, sea monsters, or fishmen!" Jinbe directly ordered the members of the Fishman Pirates.

"Yes!" The members of the Fishman Pirates immediately scattered and began searching for any possible traces.

"Your Highness, come quickly! We've found something here!" A moment later, the Sea King's soldiers seemed to have discovered something and shouted towards Shark Star.

Upon hearing this, Shark Star immediately swam over in that direction.

"what's the situation?"

"Your Highness, look! There's a building here that's remarkably well-preserved, and it seems like it was once inhabited by merfolk!" the soldier replied, pointing to a building.

“Very good, you few, come with me inside and take a look! The rest of you continue the search!” Shark Star said after thinking for a moment.

In his view, the area was surrounded by their people, and if there was any danger inside, as long as he made a little noise, rescue would come immediately. Therefore, he did not think that this place was particularly dangerous.

However, as soon as Shark Star entered the building, he immediately frowned. He seemed quite disgusted by the environment, smell, and layout.

However, as the eldest prince, he had to set an example, so even though he was somewhat disgusted, he still decided to lead his soldiers forward.

"Your Highness, look! There are murals all around!" The soldiers made another discovery soon after walking a short distance.

"Let me see! Ah~~~~" Upon hearing this, Shark Star was about to step forward to check when a black aura suddenly enveloped him, causing Shark Star to let out a painful scream.

"What's going on? Everyone on alert!" The bewildered Neptune Army immediately protected Shark Star, and a soldier walked towards Shark Star, seemingly wanting to check on its condition.

"Roar~~ No... Don't come any closer... Get away! Huff~ Huff~ Huff~ Go... Go tell Jinbe... Boss... Hurry!" Before the soldiers could even get close, Shark Star immediately covered his head and shouted loudly at them.

The Neptune Army soldiers looked at each other, unsure of the situation, and dared not leave.

"Go and inform Lord Jinbe outside. The rest of you stay here with me to protect the Crown Prince!" At this moment, a captain spoke up, pointing to the soldier closest to the door and giving the order.

"Yes!"

"Pfft!"

"Awoo!"

But just as the soldier turned around, the eldest prince, who was still crying in the same spot, suddenly appeared behind the soldier with red eyes, reached out and pierced through the soldier's body, and then bit the soldier's neck.

Shark Star's sudden movement startled the soldiers, who all drew their weapons and aimed them at him.

The blood at the corner of his mouth and his blood-red eyes made the eldest prince look extremely eerie. Everyone only dared to confront him like this, but dared not step forward.

"Your Highness...are you...are you alright?" The sergeant asked, mustering his courage, after seeing Shark Star standing still after biting the soldier who was about to leave.

However, Shark Star remained standing there motionless. At this moment, the captain of the sergeants quietly gestured to the soldiers beside him, telling them to leave now and inform Jinbe to come over.

Upon seeing the soldier with the long hand gesture, he slowly retreated, but dared not turn around, fearing that if he did, he would be killed by the First Prince of Shark Star.

But after he took two more steps back, Shark Star suddenly looked up at the soldier.

"Damn it! Everyone... get out of here!" The sergeant knew things were going to get bad, and as he rushed toward Shark Star, he ordered his men to leave immediately.

"Pfft!"

"How...how is this possible?"

Looking at the arm that had pierced through his chest, the captain of the corps looked at the eldest prince, Shark Star, in disbelief. As members of the Sea King Army, they had some understanding of the three princes' strength. Although the princes were stronger than him, they were definitely not capable of killing him in one move. But now the princes had done it.

"Captain!" Upon seeing this, the soldiers of the Sea King Army rushed to their captain's aid.

"Run!" The sergeant grabbed Shark Star's arm, preventing him from chasing after the Sea King's soldiers.

"Go!" the sergeant shouted angrily at his soldiers.

Seeing this, the Neptune Army soldiers had no choice but to grit their teeth and run towards the door.

But before they could run far, Shark Star caught up with them at a very fast speed. As for the captain, he was already lying on the ground, no longer moving.

"Your Highness~~~~!" Just as a soldier was about to be caught, he could only shout at Shark Star with his eyes closed in fear.

After shouting, the soldier slowly opened his eyes and realized that he had not been killed.

It wasn't that Shark Star had regained his senses and let him go, but rather that Shark Star's attack was blocked by a thick, blue arm.

"What happened?" Jinbe asked, somewhat surprised, after blocking Shark Star.

He is a shark-fish man, and is extremely sensitive to blood. So even though Shark Star and the others were inside the building, Jinbe could smell the blood when he killed the first soldier, which is why he was able to come to their aid so quickly.

"We don't know either. After we discovered this well-preserved building, we came in to survey it with the Crown Prince. As we were walking, the Crown Prince suddenly seemed to be possessed by something, and he became quite agitated. Then he attacked us!" The Sea King soldier hiding behind Jinbe quickly recounted what had just happened.

"Look at his eyes! They're exactly the same as those of that Tiger-like Merfolk brat who was controlled back then!" Namuel, who had arrived at some unknown time, pointed at Shark Star's blood-red eyes and said, "Has his strength increased a lot?"

“That’s right, even the sergeant commander was killed by the Crown Prince in one move!” The Sea King Army soldier nodded and replied.

"His strength has indeed increased considerably!" Jinbe, who was blocking Shark Star, confirmed.

"Knock him out first, then send him to the Moby Dick!" Namur said directly after glancing at Shark Star.

"Alright!" Jinbe exerted force and forced Shark Star away, but just as he and Namuel were fighting, Shark Star suddenly leaped up and ran quickly toward the side of the building.

"Oh no! Stop him! We absolutely cannot let him get away!" Namuer exclaimed in alarm.