Arceus' Pirate Journey

"You are free! But you are not safe yet! This is Marijoa, and you all know what the consequences will be if you stay here. If you don't want to be pushed out on a corpse cart, then follow me!"

Holding the swords and guns snatched from the guards, Tiger began to liberate the slaves, giving priority to adult males who were able to fight. The guards outside had surrounded him after noticing the commotion here, and he needed people to resist those guards.

The Celestial Dragons have a lot of slaves, even including giants, and the two giants have become the most powerful force now. With CP0 agents guarding the Celestial Dragons, these people can't stop the giants at all.

Tiger, who appeared here like a savior, became their backbone. Most of the people who were at a loss followed his orders, especially the fishmen and mermaid slaves.

"Brother Tiger, the chains have been opened, what shall we do next?"

"The target is Chigang. We will seize the Bubble Cable Car and evacuate from there."

Although he was able to climb up by himself, it does not mean that everyone can return along the same route as him. Even he himself may not be able to do it. It is easier to go up the mountain than to go down. It is much more difficult to leave here than to come up.

There must be defenders in Chigang, but for the sake of freedom and survival, they have to fight to the death.

After the accident of Marijoa, Marinford, which was closest to here, would definitely be notified. At this time, the warships that received the order had begun to send reinforcements to Chigang. The World Conference had already ended, and the admirals stationed here had naturally evacuated.

On both sides of Marijoa are the two strongest branches of the navy, and with their own armed forces, there is no need to keep an admiral here all the time.

It won't be long before the reinforcements arrive in Marijoa, but until then the defenders there will have to hold on on their own.

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"Major General, according to intelligence, a group of slaves have seized the bubble cable car, and they are about to come down!"

"And there are giants, Major General. They are already in sight!"

This was the message sent to them by the people above. They could not destroy the bubble cable car directly because that would cause the transportation here to come to a standstill.

It would cause huge losses to the World Government, and the Celestial Dragons’ request was not to kill these slaves, but to capture them back.

Therefore, the few defenders up there did not resist at all, but instead let them go, because the people there did not want to take this responsibility. They knew that even if they let the slaves go, they would still have to face the defenders of Chigang, so they made this decision.

Faced with the approaching bubble cable car, the soldiers guarding here didn't know what to do.

"Raise your gun, keep the muzzle down, and shoot freely."

"Lower it?!" The bubble cable car still has a certain height, so it is impossible to hit the target by holding it horizontally.

"Excuting an order."

"Yes!"

Gunshots continued to ring out, but no slave fell. This was the decision made by the navy officer. As the guard here, he naturally knew what the situation was like up there. He had no ability to interfere with the Celestial Dragons, but he could make his own choice at this time.

But after they landed, he still stood in front of Tiger with his weapon.

"Human, get out of the way, we just want to be free."

“Impossible, this is my duty, I will not tell you that the two warships in the east have sufficient supplies and can set sail at any time.

I won't tell you that the ammunition depot is behind me. If we detonate it, this place will be in big trouble and I won't have time to take care of you.

I won’t even tell you that support from headquarters will arrive in 5 minutes at most.”

“…Do it!”

With the help of the Red Harbor defenders, Fisher Tiger successfully escaped with Mary Geoise's slaves. When the reinforcements arrived, they only saw the burning Red Harbor.

The next day, Tiger became a wanted criminal with a bounty of 2 million berries, and his name became known to all the major forces...

Chapter 450: One is stingy, the other has no money

With the help of the local defenders, the slaves of Mary Geoise managed to escape with relatively few casualties. The total evacuation was an overly idealistic result. Even though the Celestial Dragons requested to capture as many escaped slaves alive as possible, there would still be deaths in the battle.

Slaves are not just vases for the entertainment of the Celestial Dragons. There are also some war slaves in the arena. Most of the dead and injured slaves are from this group.

"Ahem... this guy is really ruthless..."

In the ruins, the major general stationed here climbed up, and Tiger suddenly punched him before retreating. The man who could defeat the Fishman Street and make Jinbei willingly call him the boss is not a weak man among the fishmen.

During this period of time, Tiger was the strongest among the mermen in the sea, and the innate strength of mermen was ten times that of humans. That punch made the major general realize that even if he really fought, he would not be the opponent's match.

At this moment, he felt some blood surging in his body, which was the effect of Yu-man Karate.

Fishman Karate is not only able to use water as a means of attack, but it can also strike at the water content of the enemy's body, allowing the attack to cause greater damage.

A Murloc who is proficient in Murloc Karate can even cause damage to a user with nature-type abilities simply by punching, without using Haki.

"Major General, those guys have already escaped..."

"What are you standing there for? Go chase him."

He didn't hold a grudge against the punch, otherwise he would have had a hard time explaining himself.

"Major General, the other ships were pierced by the murlocs..."

This is the most common tactic used by murlocs on the sea. Their priority targets are usually not people, but ships. If they lose their foothold, even non-powerful people will suffer in the sea.

"Then there's nothing we can do. Let's wait for support from headquarters. Where's the medic? Find him here right away!"

As he spoke, he began to pat his chest and even coughed up some blood, but his confidants always felt that he had done it himself.

The explosion of the armory made them look shabby, but no one thought there was anything wrong. After daybreak, they did not question the defenders' faults. However, Kong still replaced the defenders here, and the original people stayed in the headquarters to temporarily perform logistical work.

Fisher Tiger's bounty also spread across the sea with the flapping of the news bird's wings. Even some people with special identities appeared in the Dragon Palace Kingdom for the first time in a long time, messengers from the World Government.

It was very quick to get from Marijoa to the Sabaody Archipelago. He came with an expedited order from the World Government. At this time, they finally remembered that the Ryugu Kingdom was still a member of the World Government.

Their purpose of coming here is very simple, to demand that the Dragon Palace Kingdom hand over Fisher Tiger.

Neptune did not refuse and said that he would hand Tiger over to them as long as they caught him, but whether to send someone to capture him was another matter.

Before the operation, Tiger discussed many things with Neptune and Otohime. They are the only ones who know what Tiger has experienced. Moreover, Tiger said before the operation that no matter whether it is successful or not, he will not return to Fishman Island in the near future.

The status of an allied country is still very important to Fishman Island. Without this status, their situation will only get worse.

At the same time, the fish people who knew about Tiger's situation also became excited.

Fishman Street used to be a large orphanage, but somehow it became what it is today.

There live a large number of unemployed vagrants from Fishman Island, and Tiger is very famous among them. Now they all plan to join Tiger. For example, Aaron has begun to gather his younger brothers.

Even the few fishmen who had followed Manderfisch had the same idea, and at this time they were saying goodbye to Manderfisch.

"Brother Manderfesh, we..."

"Go ahead, go ahead. It's not like we'll never see each other again. If all else fails, just use my name. This name is still somewhat useful on the sea."

In fact, it is not just a little useful, but quite useful. Because of the name "Kaido II" and his similar abilities, some people on the sea really regard him as Kaido's son, and there are even some places where rumors say that he is Kaido's successor.

"I knew you guys were going to go. This is a parting gift for you."

As he spoke, Mandfesh threw over a box. It was the arms sample that Kojiro had brought over. Because the Ryugu Kingdom refused to purchase in this regard, the goods had been stockpiled here and now they were just in use.

Although they were just samples, they were still high-quality weapons. Manderfesh only took a small part, and Kojiro has now found an opportunity to sell the rest.

Although there are a large number of fishmen, except for Tiger, they basically listen to the orders of Arlong and Jinbei. As for the Marcolo trio who are traffickers of their own kind, Kojiro simply looks down on them.

Because of Tiger's incident, Xiao Ba, who originally sold takoyaki, also planned to close the shop and go out to sea. He gave Xiao Ba some weapons and asked him to go talk to Aaron.

This time it was not a friendly aid. Manderfesch did it out of friendship with those younger brothers, while Kojiro was just doing business purely.

Aaron was very satisfied with the weapons Xiao Ba brought, but he didn't buy any of them because in his opinion these weapons were too expensive and he could buy at least ten times the amount of arms somewhere else.

Although Aaron was quite nice to his fellow tribesmen, he was greedy and stingy. In his opinion, it was completely unnecessary to spend such a large sum of money, as the physique of a fishman did not need to rely on such a weapon.

Although Arlong did not place an order, Jinbei became interested in these weapons, but he had an equally embarrassing problem. He was willing to purchase this batch of arms, but his situation was the opposite of Arlong's.

One has money but is unwilling to spend it, and the other wants to buy it but has no money.

The captain of the Dragon Palace Kingdom army had a good salary, but he also had a lot of spending money, and the money he saved was not enough to buy these weapons.

“Can’t it be cheaper?”

"Mr. Jinbei, I've given you a 20% discount. These weapons are much more accurate than ordinary weapons, and they are waterproof and moisture-proof. Even if you raid underwater, it won't affect their use. The special bullets even allow you to fire underwater. This price is already very cheap."

Although he now dislikes humans like Aaron, he is not as extreme as Aaron and does not hate everyone, especially people like Kojiro who get along well with fishmen.

"But... well... can I write an IOU?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Jinbei, we don't support loans, but if you're willing to help a little, it's not impossible. Do you remember those people who were imprisoned for kidnapping Rusalka not long ago?"

Chapter 451: Mining and the Entertainment Industry

"You mean..."

"Their sentences are too long, and you don't have to do anything. It's enough to let them get the key inadvertently."

Rusalka lives on Fishman Island. Although there are some inexplicable rumors, she also has her own social life. Mandfesh does not want to directly ignore the laws of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, otherwise Rusalka will be embarrassed in the future.

But he was never happy that those people were alive, so he needed them to escape from prison.

"Mr. Jinbei, people who kidnap their own people are scum even among the fishmen, right?"

In the end, Jinbe agreed to the deal, and when he returned to the Ryugu Kingdom to resign, he used his last bit of authority to make a few mistakes, then left Fishman Island with a large amount of munitions, and followed Arlong and the others on their journey to find Tiger.

Upon receiving the news, Manderfesh showed no mercy. He intercepted them before they could escape back to Fishman Street and put an end to this hatred completely.

After escaping from Marijoa, most of the slaves went their separate ways, but the fishmen stayed with Tiger. They used the sun symbol set up by Tiger to cover up the original Sky Dragon Seal, making it impossible for all members to distinguish whether others had been slaves.

The Sun Pirates, composed of fish-men, began their adventure on the sea.

Fisher Tiger pursued a peaceful policy during his voyage, requiring crew members not to harm humans without reason, including humans who were at war with them.

Although they defeated many navy and bounty hunters who were chasing them, they also defeated many pirates who wanted to use them to make a name for themselves.

This is the most effective way for pirates to gain fame, to defeat the most popular person at the moment.

When the title of Emperor of the Sea first came out, whether it was Kaido, Whitebeard or BIG MOM, they would encounter ignorant challengers from time to time.

They established their position completely with the corpses of losers.

However, even though he defeated many people, Tiger always advocated not to kill humans, because the meaning of the Sun Pirates is "liberation" and "freedom".

He often told his companions, "We won't kill anyone." If someone else said this, most of the fishmen would sneer.

But Tiger is different, his fame is too great, Jinbei is gradually influenced by Tiger, even Aaron has begun to be careful, but he still hits very hard.

"Aaron."

"Big brother."

After another battle, Tiger found Aaron. Although he had talked several times, Tiger was not satisfied with the results.

"Not all humans are bad. You should know that Whitebeard's flag protects Fishman Island. And I heard that you have a good relationship with that guy Manderfesh?"

"Brother, don't mention that guy. That bastard is actually a human pretending to be one... I don't know where he got the ability to not be afraid of water..."

"Don't be so stubborn, Aaron. Didn't you notice that your tone of voice has changed?"

Tiger patted Aaron on the shoulder, then walked back to the cabin and planned the future voyage by referring to the nautical chart.

......

On Fishman Island, after a period of sailing, Taizoro, who replaced Kojiro, also arrived at Fishman Island, and he was warmly welcomed by Otohime.

Because he represents the Hundred Beasts Fruit, even though there is also a pirate group behind the Hundred Beasts Fruit, the Hundred Beasts Fruit has a completely different meaning.

It is a "legal" enterprise of the World Government. The employees of the enterprise do not have to go to Fish-man Island, but can choose to pass through Marijoa Red Port. The contact between legal enterprises and Fish-man Island has a lot of overlap with her philosophy.

Today, the most powerful force on the ocean is still the World Government. If you want to live freely, the attitude of the World Government is very important.

Although merfolk have natural aquatic advantages, there is only one Sun Tree Eve, which is the only way for Fish-Man Island to obtain sunlight in the deep sea. This results in the fixed living locations of most merfolk and mermaids.

If the two tribes really split, it would do more harm than good to the Fish-Man Tribe. Although Otohime's idea was naive, the future she envisioned was the best policy for Fish-Man Island based on the current situation.

"Mr. Tezulo, Ms. Stella, please come this way. King Neptune and Princess Otohime have been waiting for you for a long time."

Led by the Catfish Left Minister, they came to the reception room of the Dragon Palace Kingdom.

Right Minister Kaiba took over the position of commander-in-chief of the Sea King Army after Jinbe resigned. At this time, he was inspecting the guards at the prison. This was the impact of the previous prison break.

Then came the familiar pleasantries, but compared to the nonsense conversations with those people in Mary Joa, it was much easier to talk here.

Tezuolo quickly got to the point and began discussing the problems of the mining company.

"Your Majesty, Princess, Kojiro should have discussed the specific rules with you before, right? After such a long time, you should have considered everything."

"After careful consideration, we agree with Kojiro's proposal. We will assist you in recruiting employees on Fishman Island in the name of the Ryugu Kingdom."

They finally chose this path because the people of Fishman Island didn't understand mining and didn't know how to organize people to mine. In order to expand cooperation, Otohime and Neptune finally chose this method.

Kojiro had discussed some details on their behalf before, such as the fact that they were going to take the Ryugu Kingdom to explore mining sites, and that places where fishmen and mermaids could not live could not be on land.