One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

For example, massacring unarmed civilians or attacking naval bases.

The reason why the Navy still retains the bounty system is mainly to indicate the degree of danger of the bounty holders, to warn the world, and to motivate naval officers and soldiers to kill pirates and obtain military merits and monetary rewards.

Another very important point.

Compared to those who occupy a single territory, these are the great pirates who have established mature power and no longer rely on burning, killing, and looting, but instead begin to manage their territory and collect taxes.

Those small pirates, like locusts, that have spread all over the world are actually the biggest threat to civilians around the world.

Once these small-time pirates are put on a bounty, they will be targeted by those around them, thus being nipped in the bud.

After listening to Vice Admiral Tsuru's account, Sengoku spoke into the Den Den Mushi:

“Rorschach, since this happened in your area, I would like to trouble you to make a trip to the Kingdom of Saint Poplar and investigate the matter related to the explosive rock.”

If it can be resolved, then we should begin to address it.

If you encounter any problems, contact me again. Enies Lobby isn't far from Marineford anyway.

"No problem, I was going anyway even if you hadn't told me. My weapons were taken by that fat guy."

By the way, old man of the Warring States period, I'd like to recruit someone..."

After a while, the Den Den Mushi (transmitter worm) hung up.

Sengoku looked at Vice Admiral Tsuru with a puzzled expression and asked, "Tsuru, why don't you tell Rorschach the true identity of that Gulliver?"

"Heh, giving young people a challenge is always better than crushing their confidence. Besides, do you think that kid will lose?"

Lieutenant General Tsuru said with a smile.

Garp shrugged it off: "Gulliver, humph, I thought he had really reformed, but it turns out he's gone back to his old ways. In that case, let my disciple teach him how to behave."

Just as Rorschach was being ordered by Sengoku to go to Queen Spring City to investigate the Explosive Rock incident.

On Fishman Island, thousands of meters deep in the ocean, an event is about to trigger a conflict between two of the Four Emperors of the New World.

Fishman Island, located directly beneath the Red Line, is not as dark as other deep-sea environments, even though it lies 10,000 meters below the surface.

The opposite of.

The trunks of the Yarlung mangroves, reaching thousands of meters into the seabed, bring unexpected light to this pearl of the sea.

The island, which is seven or eight kilometers in diameter and suspended in the sea, is surrounded by a huge bubble.

This makes Fishman Island truly resemble a dazzling pearl floating in the deep sea.

Above, the seawater sways and ripples, and every now and then, you can see huge sea monsters swimming around the island.

The island is dotted with coral reefs of various shapes and sizes.

Occasionally, you can even see pearls and agates exposed on the ground, as well as a dazzling array of beautiful seashells of various sizes.

At the port of Ryugu Castle at the end of Fishman Street, several Ryugu Castle guards in armor were standing guard, bored.

Since the coating business on the Sabaody Archipelago was ordered by the World Government to be controlled by the Navy.

The number of pirates who dived from Paradise and entered the New World through Fishman Island plummeted.

This is a good thing for most of the residents of Fishman Island, as it will protect them from the harassment, attacks, and plundering of some pirates.

This is not a good thing for the fish-man thugs in Fishman Street who rely on threatening human pirate crews to obtain money, weapons, and supplies.

"Two months! A full two months! Not a single pirate crew has come down. If this continues, my plans will have to be postponed again!"

On a smooth, large rock, Hody Jones, a burly and imposing figure with a gaping mouth full of serrated fangs, stared at the quiet harbor ahead with bloodshot eyes. His face was so gloomy it seemed to drip water.

Without those greedy human pirate crews to rob, he wouldn't be able to gather enough weapons and money.

Without weapons, he couldn't arm the more than 100,000 thugs on Fishman Street.

Without money, intimidation alone won't win over some wavering individuals.

In this way, his long-planned rebellion, which he had been impatiently waiting for, would be postponed indefinitely.

Originally, he planned to launch a coup against the Dragon Palace Kingdom, led by the incompetent Neptune, within five years at most, seize the throne of the Fish-Men, and become the new king of the Dragon Palace Kingdom.

But if things continue like this, I don't know when I'll be able to gather the men to rebel.

In addition...

"Can this thing in the Dragon Palace Kingdom's treasury really give me the power I want? So that I can defeat that traitor Jinbe?"

Hody Jones stared at the red capsule he was holding in his hand, lost in thought.

Just then, his ears twitched, and he suddenly raised his head to look up at the harbor at the end of Fishman Street, a ferocious smile appearing on his face.

There, above the bubble membrane of Fishman Island, a huge pirate ship was rapidly descending towards the port.

You can vaguely see the huge elephant head sculpture at the bow of the pirate ship.

"Hehehe, finally a pirate has delivered himself to our doorstep."

Chapter 238 Bring the boat closer!

"Lord Jack! Fishman Island is just ahead. It's Whitebeard's territory now. Are we really not going to inform the Ryugu Kingdom before going in?"

On the coated deck of the Mammoth, the hot-bodied and beautiful Gifter, the artificial Devil Fruit Springbok Man Kinramy, holding a barrel half her height, looked up and asked Jack, who was sitting on the deck and was also over four meters tall.

At this moment, Jack the Drought, with his flowing blond hair, had removed the iron mask from his mouth and was devouring large chunks of meat.

Hearing his beautiful subordinate's words, he continued to tear at the steak in his hand with a blank expression, while reaching out his muscular hand to grab the barrel of liquor that Kim Rami was holding and pouring the liquor into his mouth.

"Gulp, gulp."

Jack's throat bobbed up and down.

In just five or six seconds, he drank the half-person-high barrel of wine in one gulp.

After finishing his drinks and meat, Jack stood up, looked down at the approaching Fishman Island, and grinned, revealing a mouthful of serrated fangs.

"Whitebeard's territory?"

"Click".

The empty barrel shattered in his large hand, crushed into a ball of broken wood fibers, and then flew out of the coating like a cannonball, disappearing into the depths of the sea.

"so what?"

Who do you think I am?

"Move the boat closer!"

The gifted on the ship looked troubled, but none dared to disobey Jack's orders.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. We're just going to Fishman Island to replenish our fresh water supply. It won't cause any conflict."

Kim Rami quietly comforted his companion, then ran to the top of the cabin and began to adjust his descent direction using driftwood.

Soon, the massive Mammoth passed through the bubble membrane covering Fishman Island and officially entered the island's territory, plummeting straight down towards the port below.

Inside the port lies a vast, azure lake.

The lake is also filled with seawater, which serves as a cushioning measure for ships entering Fishman Island.

The Mammoth arrived openly and brazenly, without any attempt to conceal its presence.

"Boom!"

With a loud crash as the hull of the ship struck the water, the Mammoth crashed heavily onto the azure lake.

A large splash of water was created, drenching the Ryugu Palace seahorse guards who were standing guard at the port.

The seahorse guards' faces showed anger, and they were about to shout when they heard a series of footsteps behind them.

The guards turned around and their expressions changed.

"Why are all the thugs from Fishman Street here?"

"Shh... Keep your voice down. They're all under Hody Jones's command now, and they're pirates from the New Fishman Pirates."

Behind them, hundreds and thousands of fishmen of all colors surged toward them, their faces etched with undisguised savage grins.

"Hehehe, guards of the Dragon Palace, if you don't want to die, get out of the way and stop getting in the way!"

Beside Hody Jones, who was leading the group, Icarus, the giant squid fishman wielding eight spears, stared at several pale-faced seahorse guards with a pair of malicious eyes.

One of the seahorse guards swallowed hard and whispered, "Hody Jones, don't do anything rash. King Neptune has decreed that no fish-man in the Ryugu Kingdom may attack pirates without cause. This is to prevent offending those notorious pirates..."

"Shut up! If you're not leaving, then stay here forever. Anyway, no one will know about the deaths of a few soldiers."

Just like that foolish woman who died back then, hehehe.

Hody Jones grinned, revealing a wicked smile.

His right hand was outstretched, and from the webbed fingers, seawater, like mucus, seeped out and formed a ball of water.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, he flung the ball of water in his hand toward several seahorse guards.

"Strike the water!"

"Shhhhh!"

The ball of water that shot out dispersed in the air, turning into arrow-like droplets that struck the seahorse guards in their horrified gazes.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Accompanied by the dull thud of armor breaking and bones shattering.

Before the four seahorse guards, clad in heavy armor, could even scream, they were thrown into the lake behind them, their bodies arching as they tumbled into the water with splashes.

"Huh? What's going on? Are those mermen fighting amongst themselves?"

At the bow of the Mammoth, the Gifters watched in bewilderment as the bloodshed unfolded before them.

Hody Jones's slightly reddened eyes reflected the large ship on the lake, and a look of greed appeared on his face.

"What a huge pirate ship! We should be able to get a lot of loot this time."

Thinking of this, his smile grew even wider, and he waved to Icarus beside him.

Icarus understood, grabbed the eight spears, stepped forward, and, looking up, shouted at the gifted men standing at the bow of the ship:

"Hey! Pirates! Listen up! Everyone on board, get off! Don't try to resist. If anyone resists, the entire crew will die! No one can defy the rules of the New Fishman Pirates on Fishman Island!"

"What?"