I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

In the eyes of pirates in the New World, male fishmen are also a rare breed of cargo.

Garp subconsciously scanned his surroundings and, sure enough, saw gazes fixed on the mermaids.

However, in Garp's Observation Haki perception, he did not detect any obvious greed or hostility in these gazes, but simply regarded them as rare demi-humans being observed for novelty.

Although he roughly knew that the world had changed and the Celestial Dragons no longer existed, Garp could not hide his surprise.

“Times have changed.” Mrs. Shirley smiled, seemingly guessing what Karp was thinking:

"Of course, human traffickers can never be completely eradicated in any era, but on this sea train line built by Mr. Tom, anyone who dares to cause trouble is courting death."

"Tom? Oh, he's the fishman shipwright who built Roger's ship." Garp realized.

The two men sat next to each other on the sea train, and as the train moved forward with the waves, they began to talk.

Karp asked about the major and minor events that had occurred during his coma, and Mrs. Shirley answered them one by one, and the conversation was quite pleasant.

"You're also planning to go to Sabaody Archipelago? Then we're going the same way." Garp pondered for a moment and offered his suggestion:

"The Sabaody Archipelago... isn't exactly peaceful. If you don't mind, let me show you around."

During the conversation, Karp's gaze followed the train window to the distant ocean, but he was suddenly struck by a sudden realization.

He sensed something was wrong.

I don't know when it started, but there has been almost no sound of waves outside the window. The sea surface is as smooth as a mirror, and even the white clouds in the sky are still as if they were murals.

He immediately turned pale and stood up:

"I knew something was wrong!"

The loud shout shattered the afternoon tranquility of the train, startling many dozing passengers awake.

"This isn't the bus to Marineford at all!"

"How could the route from the New World to Marineford possibly travel through the Calm Belt?" Karp shouted amidst the astonished gazes of the passengers.

"You're all putting on an act, aren't you! I knew the World Government couldn't just disappear like that!"

"Where's Sieg? He's hiding in the shadows, laughing at me, isn't he! Why don't you come out and fight me for three hundred rounds!"

But what alarmed Garp was that everyone was still looking at him with a strange gaze, as if he were the one who was abnormal.

His shouts echoed across the sea, and soon the once smooth, mirror-like surface began to ripple.

The seawater bulged, a massive shadow approached from underwater, and a huge snake's head emerged from beneath the surface.

This is a gigantic serpentine sea king. The pupils of its eyes are larger than the carriages of the sea train, and each eye is about 100 meters high. It is staring intently at the carriages.

"So it really alerted the sea kings of the Calm Belt?"

Garp muttered something to himself, then raised his iron fist, stepped onto the window sill, and prepared to jump out.

He was very familiar with sea kings, and he had killed many of the super-large sea kings in the Calm Belt, so he was not afraid at all.

Before he could jump out, Xia Li and the others quickly reached out and grabbed him, preventing him from leaving.

"Vice Admiral Garp, don't attack the Sea Kings!" Shirley quickly advised.

"Sea kings are no less intelligent than us, and they even have their own language, but we just can't communicate with them."

"Since Princess Shirahoshi became the Sea King, the Sea Kings of the Calm Belt are now legal citizens of Liangshan International. If you attack a legal citizen without cause, it is a clear crime."

"Sea Kings can be legal citizens?" Garp stared wide-eyed, not quite understanding what Shirley had said for a long time.

"Of course. The sea kings of the Calm Belt are a race under the jurisdiction of Neptune Shirahoshi."

"Sea creatures have long lifespans, far exceeding those of humans, so it's not surprising that they possess intelligence comparable to humans."

Shirley continued to explain:

"The sea monster that appeared outside the train is a legitimate employee of the Sea King Transportation Company, used to protect the safety of the Sea Train."

"I must have heard the noise you made, Mr. Garp, so I came out to check it out. That's all."

Garp listened to Shirley's words with some confusion, then took a closer look at the sea king outside the window. Finding that it was indeed not hostile, he sat down reluctantly.

The sharp, piercing gazes from all around made Garp, a veteran of the Navy his entire life, suddenly blush.

"It seems times have truly changed," Garp sighed softly.

"Can you tell me more about this sea train?" Garp asked, afraid of making a fool of himself.

Mrs. Shirley continued to explain:

"The Sea Train was originally invented by Tom, a fish-man shipwright."

"One of the major technical challenges of this type of maritime vehicle is that it is easily affected by ocean waves and weather, especially the Great Route with its abnormal climate and the latter part of the New World."

"Therefore, for more than ten years, the Sea Train has only existed in the waters near Water Seven, and the route is not long. After all, Mr. Tom is the world's number one shipbuilder with superb skills. Other engineers simply cannot learn from him and have no way to replicate the Sea Train."

"Therefore, although the sea train is advanced, it has been slow to replace the commonly used sailboats."

“But things are different now,” Mrs. Shirley said.

"The Calm Zone is a special sea area. This ocean is calm and waveless. The only danger is the sea kings that live in this ocean. It is the perfect place to lay the tracks for the sea train."

"Now, the sea kings of the Calm Belt have become legitimate employees of the Sea King Transportation Company."

"That's why I said earlier that no one dares to cause trouble on this sea train."

"This..." Garp was stunned. He had only slept for a few months, but it felt like ten years had passed in the outside world.

"The windless train that carries the sea is indeed a cutting-edge invention," Mrs. Shirley smiled.

Both shipwright Tom and mermaid princess Shirahoshi are from Fish-Man Island, which makes her proud.

"This is just the current situation; there will be even greater changes in the future. The Calm Sea Train will be more than just a transportation hub; it will play an even greater role," Mrs. Shirley said.

"A certain esteemed individual creatively proposed an international exchange initiative. In the future, the Calm Belt, with its sea train route laid out, will become a bridge for communication between the four seas. Liangshan will take the Calm Belt and the Grand Line as its core to promote economic integration and cultural inclusiveness among the five major maritime nations."

At this point, Mrs. Shirley sighed from the bottom of her heart:

"In the era when the Celestial Dragons ruled the world from their high positions in the Holy Land, the Red Line and the Calm Belt divided the world into four parts, and the four oceans were isolated from each other, with deep barriers between them."

"But things are different now. The alliance of nations is no longer just a slogan, and exchanges between nations will definitely be greatly strengthened."

Karp was stunned.

In the past, communication between different parts of the world was quite difficult.

Formal exchanges require climbing the red earth continent and obtaining a visa from the world government, which is troublesome and time-consuming.

The ability for naval warships to navigate the Calm Belt is a relatively recent development, achieved only after Vegapunk modified his warships with Seastone.

There was another thing that concerned Garp.

The sea train departs from a volcanic island in the New World, but travels through the doldrums to the Sabaody Archipelago.

This shows that the sea train in the Calm Belt can not only be used to traverse the Grand Line and the four seas on both sides longitudinally, but it is also conducive to the movement of the sea train. It has obviously established a transverse transportation route parallel to the Grand Line.

"Moreover, the new navy, after its reorganization, is stronger than ever before."

"Zeff and Akainu are the Fleet Admiral and Vice Admiral, respectively, and they have four Admirals under their command: Kizaru, Aokiji, Green Bull, and Fujitora."

"The new navy has established branch fortresses at various stations of the sea train, and the navy can also travel quickly between the front and rear sections of the Grand Line through the military sea train transportation network."

"Large warships have a speed of no more than 30 kilometers per hour, and purely wind-powered sailing warships are even slower."

"But the speed of a steam-powered sea train can reach nearly 100 kilometers per hour in the calm zone where there are no winds or waves, which is three or four times the speed of a warship."

"The future looks promising," Garp exclaimed sincerely.

At that moment, he truly felt that the world had changed drastically.

..................

Several hours later, the sea train docked at the Sabaody Archipelago, and Karp could see the huge gap in the Red Line continent.

When he learned that it was a miracle that Sieg had cut through with a single sword strike, he was once again stunned.

Out of concern for Mrs. Shirley's safety, Garp did not leave for Marine Headquarters immediately, but kept his promise and prepared to escort Mrs. Shirley.

Unexpectedly, she led the fish-men and mermaids around her toward the gate of an amusement park.

"So you came to Sabaody Park...no wonder." Garp nodded.

He also had contact with Fishman Island and knew that Sabaody Park was the shared dream of all Fishman and Mermaid children.

But as he entered the amusement park, Karp suddenly realized something was wrong:

"Wait...this isn't Sabaody Park!"

"Ah Long Paradise? Why does this look a bit like Chambord Paradise? Did we come to the wrong place?"

Karp was suspicious, but he still followed Mrs. Shirley inside.

Compared to the renowned Chambord Park, the Arlong Park in front of us seemed much quieter, with not many tourists.

This amusement park is newly opened. Although it occupies a large area, many facilities are not yet fully completed, and only some of the rides are open to the public.

Near the amusement park entrance, in front of a lollipop stand, a shark-fish man who looked somewhat familiar to Garp was squatting on the steps.

"hateful..."

The shark-fish man growled from his throat, his eyes sharp, as he gnawed hard on the seven-colored lollipop in his hand.

With a gaping maw, its astonishing bite force, powerful enough to crush steel, easily shattered the lollipop and swallowed it.

On the other side, the octopus fishman Hachi was making takoyaki at his stall, and the aroma filled the air.

"Boss, would you like some takoyaki?" Xiao Ba asked.

"What's so good about takoyaki?" Ah Long said fiercely, pulling out a large marshmallow and chewing it greedily.

"Ah Long, I'm here." Xia Li's voice came from the entrance of the amusement park.

She looked at Ah Long and the others, her gaze momentarily unfocused.

It seems that Ah Long's dreams and predictions from back then have all come true...

Shirley and Alon are actually siblings, although they don't look alike at all.

"Shirley, you're finally here." Ah Long quickly stood up from the steps, beaming with delight.

"My Aaron Park is having a tough time right now; it's not a match for Chambord Park yet," said Aaron, the future amusement park tycoon.

"The human children are reluctant to come near the amusement park that I painstakingly built, saying that we look too scary."