I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Among the crowd below the square.

Sun Bear, cloaked and completely concealed, secretly locked onto Hody Jones in the distance and the corners of the plaza with his Observation Haki.

Not only him, but Higuma also brought several of his naval subordinates, who changed into civilian clothes and kept watch in the shadows.

Higuma's attention was not on Queen Otohime's speech; he was simply waiting quietly for the right moment to arrive.

Queen Otohime's speech went much more smoothly than ever before.

At her call, the citizens of Fishman Island enthusiastically lined up and began signing their names in order.

But at that moment, some furtive people began to appear on the outskirts of the square. These people were also wearing cloaks, which almost covered their entire bodies.

However, at this moment, Neptune, Queen Otohime, and even the general public were all focused on the speech itself, and no one noticed the approach of these humans.

boom!

With a sudden gunshot, the fishmen, who had been lined up in an orderly fashion, were startled and looked toward the source of the gunshot.

The human pirates removed their cloaks, revealing cruel smiles on their faces, and their pistols were still smoking as they strode towards the autograph area.

One of them also had a lighter in his hand.

These are human pirates hired by Hody Jones to burn the signatures directly in order to stop Queen Otohime.

The appearance of human pirates quickly caused panic and chaos in the square.

"Humans have appeared, and they want to burn the signatures!"

"Are they human pirates? Or human traffickers?"

And at this time.

Higuma's heart skipped a beat, his gaze fixed on Hody Jones, who stood in the shadows behind the crowd, reaching into his pocket and silently pulling out a pistol.

The gun barrel was pointed directly at Queen Otohime in the center of the square!

At this moment, almost everyone's attention, including Neptune's, was focused on these suddenly appearing pirates, and the Ryugu Kingdom's army was preparing to move out.

Higuma, who was in the crowd, also quietly picked up a small pebble that he had prepared beforehand.

As the saying goes, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

If Queen Otohime on the surface is a cicada, the human pirates are a mantis that suddenly appears, and Hody Jones, who's secretly plotting, is the oriole...

So, Higuma, who had read the script, was the boy hiding behind the scenes, seeing everything clearly, holding a slingshot and aiming it at the oriole.

Frame drop attack, activate!

Although there are no dazzling special effects in this Fishman Island Plaza, it has the advantage of a huge number of people around it, numbering in the tens of thousands.

With tens of thousands of people on the same screen, the space around the sun bear also experienced a very brief pause!

In that instant!

Higuma had already seen the cruel smile creeping onto Hody Jones's lips as he pointed his pistol at Princess Otohime, his finger already on the trigger!

"Now!"

laugh!

Amidst the chaos in the square, Higuma raised his head and threw a pebble through the crowd, slicing through the air and heading straight for Hody Jones. The pebble landed precisely in the muzzle of the pistol in Hody Jones's hand!

Not only does Higuma possess the extremely accurate Nobita card, but he also received training from Vice Admiral Garp in throwing artillery shells by hand. Whether it's firearms or hand-throwing, his accuracy is quite astonishing.

Frame drop attack, resolved.

Next frame.

The trigger of the pistol in Hody Jones's hand was pulled!

boom!

As expected, the scene of Queen Otohime's blood splattering across the square and her falling to the ground did not happen in front of Hody Jones.

Due to the foreign object inside the barrel, Hody Jones's pistol exploded, the entire barrel burst open, and shards of metal tore through his arm, drawing blood.

"What...did something just fly by?"

Hody Jones winced in pain, his face darkening instantly. He wanted to find the person who had made the move, but when he looked up, a chill ran down his spine.

The pistol just exploded in my hand; it made quite a commotion!

He was originally standing in a dark corner, but now all the soldiers around him were looking at him. He had replaced the human pirate and become the focus of everyone's attention!

"Hody Jones, what are you holding in your hand?!"

Neptune's eyes widened in fury, and his massive body, several meters long, blocked Hody Jones's path.

Although the gun in Hody Jones's hand had exploded, it was still clearly a pistol.

His position, the direction he was pointing, and the sudden action of drawing his gun... this is simply not something a Dragon Palace soldier should do!

The result is already quite obvious!

"Hody Jones!"

Neptune roared and swung his trident down with tremendous force. The trident slammed into Hody Jones's forehead with a loud whooshing sound, knocking him to the ground with a bloody head wound.

Just as Neptune was about to finish subduing Hody Jones, he heard a familiar scream from behind him.

She is Queen Otohime!

He turned around abruptly and saw Queen Otohime in the center of the square, looking anxious and flustered.

About ten steps away, a four-legged merman carrying White Star on his shoulder took off running away.

"Shirahoshi, I like you!"

As Vander Duncan IX carried the four- or five-year-old Princess Shirahoshi on his shoulder and ran quickly, he said this.

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the human pirates and Hody Jones, he seized the opportunity to capture Shirahoshi.

Chapter 492 The culprit was you, Sig!

Van der Duncan suddenly made a move, capturing Bai Xing as she fled, which surprised everyone.

Including Higuma himself.

Although he had read the script, it didn't mention that Vander Duncan would take the opportunity to kidnap White Star.

In the original script, Vander Duncan simply touched Shirahoshi in the chaos and then decided never to wash his hands again.

Therefore, Sun Bear didn't take Vander Duncan seriously at all, and his attention was entirely on Hody Jones.

Now, however, VanderDuncan has taken advantage of the situation and lured Bai Xing away.

Higuma narrowed his eyes, pulled a pistol from his pocket, and aimed it at the fleeing Vander Duncan, but ultimately did not fire.

At this moment, Vander Duncan was carrying Shirahoshi on his shoulder as they fled. Although Shirahoshi was young, she was quite large and was struggling on Vander Duncan's shoulder. If he were to fire a shot, even Higuma might accidentally injure her.

After thinking for a moment, Higuma put the pistol back, then took out a small Den Den Mushi from his pocket...

.....

"White Star!"

Neptune was shocked and furious, and immediately wanted to chase after Shirahoshi.

But he had only run a few steps when a soldier's halberd flew through the air from behind and pierced his back, drawing blood.

Looking back, he saw that Hody Jones had already gotten up from the ground and was looking at him coldly.

"It's in the way..."

At this point, Neptune had no time to spare for Hody Jones. After ordering the surrounding Dragon Palace soldiers to arrest Hody Jones, Neptune sped up and hurried after Vander Duncan.

The scene became increasingly chaotic.

Fishman Island is a kingdom of the ocean, with vast stretches of sea. Vander Duncan quickly ran out of the square and arrived in front of a pre-prepared coated boat.

He grabbed Bai Xing with one hand and gently touched the coated boat with the other, then carried Bai Xing and jumped onto the boat.

Instantly, the coated boat took off and flew towards the sky above Fishman Island.

Vander Duncan is a user of the Target-Target Fruit. Once he memorizes a target with his palm, the object he throws will track the target to the ends of the earth.

The target he remembered with his left hand was a pirate ship that he had been waiting for outside Fishman Island. Now, he used his Devil Fruit ability to make the small coated boat under his feet fly towards the pirate ship outside Fishman Island!

Looking up, you can vaguely see a gigantic fishman figure, about seventy or eighty meters tall, in the sky above Fishman Island, and a pirate ship waiting outside the giant bubble.

That was Vander Duncan's pirate ship, and his subordinate, the bald sea monster.

However, if you look closely... there's more than one pirate ship. On the other side of Fishman Island's bubble, there's another armored pirate ship rapidly approaching.

"White Star!"

Neptune's eyes widened in fury. He had already reached the edge of the Haihe River, reached out and grabbed a stream of water in his hand, about to rush towards the fleeing Vander Duncan.

But the next moment, the sky turned black, and a huge shadow covered everything.

Suddenly, an ironclad pirate ship fell from the sky and landed right in the river in front of Neptune, splashing water everywhere.

"Humans who stowed away? How did they end up here?"

In this critical moment, Neptune had no energy to care about the stowaways, but when he saw the figure standing on the bow of the ironclad pirate ship, he froze on the spot, his blood almost freezing.

"Sig! It was you..."

The moment Neptune uttered the name, a chill ran down my spine.

"Yes, that's me."

Sieg stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back and replied in a deep voice.

At the same time, he glanced at the surrounding battlefield out of the corner of his eye.

He had already spoken with Rixiong before, and he had a general understanding of what had happened in the square.

He was about to continue speaking when he saw Neptune's expression suddenly turn grief-stricken.

"So it was you, you heartless bastard, who tried to steal my Shirahoshi! She's just a child!"

While the pirate king's fame spread far and wide, some strange rumors also became famous throughout the sea.

Although the truth of this strange rumor was unknown, Neptune, a father who actually had a little girl at home, naturally preferred to believe it rather than risk it, and remained extremely wary of Sieg.