Arceus' Pirate Journey

Crunch, crunch, Garp's fists made a series of noises, followed by an extremely familiar scene and screams.

Chapter 625 Bellmère: Girls, we are rich

"You can see that Luffy is just an idiot. Why don't you just come with me? I can give you some delicious food."

Looking at Luffy being beaten unilaterally, Ace handed an apple to Heracross and tried to kidnap him.

Heracross's approach was also very direct. He took the apple, ate it, and then rejected Ace.

Most Pokémon will not betray their owners. Even if they are abandoned, they will stubbornly wait for their owners to return in one place until they die.

Except for some cases, Pokémon will not choose a new owner while the owner is still alive. However, a certain Pokémon has been waiting in the forest for many years.

But not everyone can obtain this bond. Those who exchange Pokémon at will and only treat Pokémon as tools do not deserve this bond.

Ace just said this, he already knew about the friendship between Heracross and his brother.

"Hello, hello."

"You guys, you two are really a perfect match, both of you are foodies."

The farce ended with another farce. Garp was holding Luffy and giving him a loving education, but while beating him, both the beater and the beaten fell asleep at the same time, while Ace fell asleep while eating.

Only Heracross was left, trying his best to clean up all the remaining food in order not to waste it.

But not everyone likes Heracross. Some people now get a headache when they see Heracross.

For example, in the village of Kokoasi, Bellmère was about to pull out his gun when he saw Heracross in the orange orchard.

"Go away! You rhinoceros beetles, stay away from my orange tree!

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Because Tiger survived successfully, Aaron's hatred did not worsen further, and with the existence of Manderfesh, his views gradually changed.

The most important point is that Tiger has always kept Aaron by his side, so he has no chance to come to Kokoasi to harm the people here. Although there is a rat colonel who is looking for reasons to collect taxes, he is still a navy after all, and he is a bit restrained in what he does.

Most of the lower class people's demands are not excessive. They just want to have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear and survive. Except for the ambitious ones, most people have no interest in rebellion, so the people of Kokoaxi live a pretty good life.

But the Hercules were not friendly creatures to Bellmère because they would suck the sap of the tree. There was actually not much sap in the orange tree, but for some reason, those Hercules particularly liked the sap of her orange tree.

Heracross spends most of his time deep in the mountains sucking the sap of giant trees, and orange trees are no different to them than chewing sugar cane.

The Hercules are not without benefits. They can help Bellemere get rid of pests in the orange orchard. If they only sucked one or two sips of sap, she wouldn't care at all, but once these Hercules get addicted to the sap, they will forget everything else.

She didn't want these giant rhinoceros beetles to destroy her orange orchard, so when she saw Hercules approaching, she had no choice but to drive them away.

Just now when cleaning the room, Bellmère happened to see two Heracrosses flying in, so he came out to drive them away.

Since Arceus had ordered not to harm humans at will, they would usually run away when driven away, but this time was different. Bell-mère's blank shots into the sky did not scare them away like in the past, and the two Heracrosses even threw a stone at her.

Looking at the stones rolling past his feet, Bellmère felt a nameless anger burning in his heart. These rhinoceros beetles were becoming more and more excessive.

"Assholes! Do you really think I'm easy to bully? I used to be a marine too!"

She was happy that someone liked her oranges, but she couldn't accept this way of liking.

As he spoke he began to load the pellets, but a voice stopped him.

"and many more!"

A man with a windmill on his head walked over. He was Ajian, the real-life version of Ajian. The windmill on his head was a prop he used to tease Nami, so that Nami would not cry when she saw him.

He is the sheriff of Kokoyasi Village. Also because Aaron and his gang did not appear here, his body was not covered with bruises.

He had heard Bellmère's gunshots before, so he came here to check the situation.

"What are you doing? These rhinoceros beetles have destroyed many of my saplings. Without them, how can you support our family?"

"It's not impossible... ahem, what I mean is, look at this stone."

He handed the stone that had just rolled over back to Bellmère. After wiping off the dirt on it, a golden object was revealed underneath.

"gold?!"

After scratching it with his fingernail and looking at the mark left there, Bellmère showed an incredible look.

"It might be a nugget gold... But this is the first time I've seen such a big one. When I was a kid, my grandfather told me stories about gold diggers."

"You...are going to trade this for an orange tree?!"

"Hey."

Heracross stopped what he was doing, nodded to Bellmère, and then pointed to several orange trees nearby.

"Here, all for you. You can eat whatever you want from these trees!"

How can you make money from oranges like from gold? These rhinoceros beetles can actually do such a thing. At this moment, in Bellmère's eyes, they are no longer pests, but high-quality customers.

Oranges are grown to be sold, so she would definitely not object if the tree was bought together with the other tree at a high price.

"I said Bellmère..."

"No money! Nami and Noki have grown up and need money. This is not enough. If you don't mind, I can pay with my body~"

"I didn't tell you this! Such a big piece of nugget gold, there might be a gold mine nearby..."

The two looked at Heracross again. This time, it was no longer a customer, but the God of Wealth.

That day, Bell-mère returned home very late and was covered in mud, but Nami and Nojiko saw an unconcealable smile on her face.

Today's dinner also turned out to be unusually sumptuous. After retiring from the army, Bellmère's life was very difficult. When the orange business was not good, she even didn't eat, and only let her adopted daughters eat. She just ate oranges. She told her daughters that she was losing weight and maintaining her skin by eating oranges.

Although Bell-mère did not let them go hungry, it was the first time that they had such a rich feast, which even made Nami and Nojiko feel a sense of fear.

"Bellmère, you don't want us anymore..."

"No, I don't want to leave Bellmère!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I not want you? It's just that we are rich now, and we will never be short of money again. Tomorrow we will go buy sea chart information for Nami. Nokigo? Is there anything you want?"

Bellmère didn't explain why, but just told them not to worry about such things anymore.

Chapter 626: Fishman Island Wedding, Disruptive Gunshots

Heracross was easy to communicate with. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Bellmère and Ajian asked them about the origin of the stone, and Heracross took them to the place where the stone was found.

Arceus did not allow them to actively interfere with and harm human life, but they wanted to eat the orange trees. Referring to the behavior of humans, they decided to make an "exchange".

They happened to find this golden stone in a stream in the distant mountains. In their memory, many humans liked such golden things, so they ran to the orange orchard with the stones.

Seeing that the humans liked it very much and offered to exchange these useless stones for more delicious food, they certainly would not refuse, and took two people with them over mountains and across rivers to find the stream.

After Ajian and Bellmère successfully mined the gold here, the two became completely excited. Judging from the current situation, the reserves here are definitely not small. Not only them, but the entire village may become rich with this opportunity.

But Bellmère asked Ajian not to tell anyone for the time being. It was not that she wanted to keep it all to herself, but she alone could not find all the gold mines here.

But she knew what kind of people the navy here was like. When she was in the navy, she had her own coat of justice, which was a uniform only for lieutenants.

Even the retirement allowance issued to a second lieutenant would not have made her live in such a tight financial situation. So where did the allowance go? The result is self-evident.

If they knew about the gold mine, a good thing would turn into a bad thing.

The two men panned for gold for a day, planning to improve their lives first and then make long-term plans. The children didn't understand much, so after Bellmère took the lead in eating, they also joined the queue.

The two Heracrosses outside the door shook their heads, not understanding why those humans liked those useless stones so much.

To them, gold was far less important than oranges, and now they discovered that not only the juice of orange trees tasted good, but their fruits tasted good too.

And these Hercules had another idea. Arceus was looking for stones, and humans liked to dig stones. If the stones they dug contained the stones Arceus needed, they would make a lot of money.

The village of Kokoyasi began its own industrial transformation, and the fish people who caused disaster to Kokoyasi in the original timeline now appeared at the wedding scene.

Otohime followed the advice of Neptune and Jinbe and did not hold any special ceremony. She just brought her son and daughter to attend the wedding of Rusalka and Mandfesh as a royal family member.

The wedding venue was at Gilong Court Square, which is the most commonly used venue on Fishman Island and where most public events are held.

As mentioned before, they welcome those who want to attend the wedding, and they have no objection to those who don’t want to attend.

Tiger, who had left Onigashima before, had also returned here. He and Otohime almost represented the voices of the vast majority of the fishmen and mermaids. They all attended the wedding as guests, so other citizens naturally had nothing to say.

"Who was the last merman who married a human, Manderfesh? It was Director Gu from many years ago, right? Charlie, I tell you, that guy must be a playboy behind the scenes. He is not suitable for you."

Aaron kept muttering something, but Xia Li chose to ignore Aaron the whole time.

"Boss Tiger, please take care of this guy when you have time. His brain may be broken."

Xia Li helped Tiger get a glass of wine, and at the same time hoped that Tiger could turn Aaron into a normal person, after all, Aaron would only listen to his advice.

"I think he was drunk, but what he said didn't seem to be a problem. This is the first time I've seen a merman married to a human."

"No, Boss Tiger, Sister Kokoro also married a human, but that human doesn't live in Fishman Island, but in the Seven Water Capital. My brother told me about this."

Another male mermaid took over the conversation, his name was Dan, the younger brother of Fishman Tom. He was a shipwright on Fishman Island and a researcher of the Sea Forest. He had a good relationship with Haku and had met Manderfesh several times, so he came to join in the fun.

"Your brother is...Tom, right? How is he now?"

"There hasn't been any news recently, so it should be good."

After chatting for a while, their eyes returned to the center of the square again. Otohime did not plan anything extra, but she got a lot of help from others, such as the Sea King's soldiers who were flying with bubbles and scattering petals.

In addition to mermen and mermaids, some humans can also be seen in the venue. Some are Manderfesh's subordinates, and some are employees of the mining branch. Although the people working underwater are all mermen, those responsible for the handover on land are all humans.

Looking at the conference hall below, Otohime felt very happy. This was just an individual case, but it was a small step towards eliminating racial barriers.

In addition to those who are willing to participate in the ceremony, there are also many people watching from a distance. These are the largest group on Fishman Island, the neutrals. They have complex feelings towards humans, they are not so hostile, but they are also unwilling to contact each other easily.

"Otohime, it's almost time to recite the oath."

"Well, I'll go right away."

Neptune is the king of the Kingdom of Ryugu, but his reputation may not be as great as Otohime's. At least among the people, Otohime's reputation is much greater than his, so Otohime served as the witness of the wedding and found a pair of priceless rings from the treasury of the Kingdom of Ryugu.

Everything is moving in a good direction, but some people are already gritting their teeth as they watch the scene at this moment.

For a royal family member of Fishman Island to do such a stupid thing was extremely stupid in Hodi's opinion.

He hated humans and also hated Otohime who was close to humans. He saw this wedding as an opportunity. With so many participants and onlookers, he only needed to kill Otohime in public and then find a way to frame the murderer on the humans here, and his goal would be achieved.

Otohime, who was close to humans, will die as a result, and her death will also arouse the anger of Fishman Island. As long as this is the case, Fishman Island will never accept humans, and he can further promote the concept of hatred.

If possible, it would be better to create chaos so that he could kill more people. He had stolen some things while the Dragon Palace Kingdom was preparing gifts, which was the basis for his action.

At this time, Otohime had already begun reading the emcee's lines, and the surrounding salutes were ready. While everyone's attention was on the stage, Hodi in the distance took out a gun and aimed at Otohime. He wanted to shoot the moment the salute sounded.

"bump!"

The sound of salutes and gunshots rang out at the same time, but what he expected did not happen. Manderfesch had one hand across in front of Otohime, holding a still smoking bullet.

Chapter 627: Boss's Talk is an Art

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Seeing Manderfesch suddenly raise one hand to the side, Rusalka looked puzzled. This action seemed very strange at this time.

"Ah? Sorry, my back just felt a little itchy."

Manderfisch began to exert force with his palm, and the bullet he had just held in his hand was directly crushed into powder. Then he shook his palm, and the powder silently scattered on the ground.

This was his wedding. Although he had already held one on his own territory, he didn't want anything to go wrong at the wedding on Fishman Island. This was Rusalka's home, and he would be embarrassed if any accident happened, so he didn't make it public.

Hodi guessed correctly. The gunshots accompanying the salute did not attract the attention of other people. The sound was very small and most people did not notice anything unusual. However, Manderfesh was different.

His identity as the former captain of the Beast Scouts has cultivated his vigilance, and his current identity as the numberer demonstrates his strength.

He didn't have the hobby of using his Observation Haki for no reason, but he was extremely sensitive to crises. Even though the sound of the salutes was covering his eyes, his intuition still sensed something was wrong.

Then he grabbed the bullet out of thin air with his muscle reaction. It was not difficult. It just required a little bit of domineering and a little bit of super strength.

There are many people who can do this in the Grand Line, and anyone who has some fame has a way to deal with bullets.

Unless the bullets are fired by those who have cultivated their domineering aura to a very powerful level, guns in the hands of ordinary people cannot cause any harm at all.

[It should be from the side and back.. Is the target Otohime? Damn it, why at this time....]

Mandfesh suddenly pulled Rusalka over and stood behind her, then adjusted the angle and blocked Otohime in the blind spot of the shooting range. If one wanted to hit Otohime from this angle, he would have to pass through her body first.

The other party took advantage of the gun salute to shoot, and it seemed that they wanted to assassinate him. They would not carry out a large-scale operation, so he wanted to end the ceremony first and then slowly deal with the other party.

But it is not realistic to keep such a hidden danger. It would be terrible if they really make a big move.

"Pearlman! I suddenly remembered that I forgot something. It's a small gift for Princess Otohime. You and Jinbei go get it for me! There's a purple circular pattern on the box! It's over there."