One Piece: Shadow monarch? I'm Just Logistics!

Chapter 247: Fish-Man Island Crisis

"Jinbe?"

Reiner recalled the undead he was about to send out. Seeing Jinbe swim over, he also jumped down from the second floor to the deck.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Ace and the others?"

"Long time no see."

Jinbe stepped onto the deck, first scanning the crew and greeting them, then faced Reiner and replied, "I've come this time to deal with some trouble on Fish-Man Island."

"What happened to Fish-Man Island?" Nami asked.

"It's a civil war."

"A fellow named Hody Jones has led the fish-men of the Fish-Man District in a rebellion..." Jinbe didn't treat them as outsiders and told them everything truthfully.

Reiner listened, lost in thought. Their agreement to train for two years was made after the Impel Down incident, a few days later than in the original story, which also caused their reunion to be a few days late.

According to Jinbe, about a month ago, Hody had begun to capture pirates arriving at Fish-Man Island on a large scale, enslaving them.

Having gathered a large number of troops, he launched a surprise attack on Ryugu Palace a few days ago.

Currently, the Neptune Army had been defeated, and the members of the royal family had been captured. Only Princess Shirahoshi was still in the Hard-Shell Tower, which Hody had already surrounded.

All the civilians on the island were under surveillance, and all who resisted were imprisoned in the prison tower.

This information was relayed to Jinbe by Hatchan, who had infiltrated Hody's forces and secretly contacted him.

After learning the news, the Whitebeard Pirates naturally rushed over from the New World, as this was an island under their protection.

Although Whitebeard was dead, the pirate crew had not disbanded.

They did their best to protect the territories they had once sheltered. As the gateway to the New World, Fish-Man Island, which bore the brunt of pirate attacks, was naturally a top priority.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Jinbe, who was extremely fast in the water, had rushed back for a day and a night. Ace and the others were still behind.

However.

If Jinbe traveled at full speed, he was much faster than a ship. He had already been swimming for a day and a night. It would probably take Ace and the others several days to arrive.

Reiner estimated in his mind.

Besides, they still had to find a place with Yarukiman Mangroves to get coated. By the time they arrived, the day lilies would have long withered.

Hody had also dared to make a move with this in mind. After all, fish-men had a natural advantage underwater. He was confident that Ace and the others' coated ship would never be able to reach them.

A misplaced confidence, that is.

"So that's how it is."

Luffy nodded, it was unclear if he truly understood or not. He walked up to Jinbe and said with a smile, "In that case, let us help too."

"Are you sure, Luffy?" Zoro suddenly spoke up.

"I'm not against it, but it is another country's affair. We don't even know the whole story, and we're just going to interfere rashly. You need to think it through."

"Zoro is right," Jinbe said, not showing any displeasure upon hearing this. Instead, he nodded in agreement with Zoro's words.

"I am very grateful for your sentiment, but this is not as simple as a battle. The root of the civil war has actually been accumulating for a long time. I don't want to casually involve you all in this."

Reiner knew the root cause Jinbe was talking about was still the complex issue of race.

Whether it was Arlong or Hody, even if they were defeated, it wouldn't prevent the next one, and the one after that, from appearing in the future.

Jinbe's current plan was to first try to persuade Hody and the others, and only then consider fighting.

"Getting involved... it's fine."

Luffy put his hands on his hips, looked up at Jinbe with a smile, and said, "Although I don't know what happened, you said we're friends, right? That reason is enough."

Luffy's way of thinking was not that complicated, and he couldn't think about complicated things anyway.

He had only one principle in doing things, and that was to follow his heart.

Being a pirate was not a profession with a fixed style. Some wanted to burn, kill, and plunder; some were obsessed with finding treasure; some just wanted to adventure. They were all following their own hearts.

What being a pirate represented was the freedom to follow one's heart.

If one had to adhere to a fixed style to be called a pirate, then being a pirate would not be freedom, but a constraint.

"Luffy is right! More importantly!"

Sanji's face was grim as he clenched his fists, suddenly looking up and shouting, "The war might have displaced so many mermaid ladies!"

"They must be waiting for a knight to save them right now! No matter what, we can't just sit by and watch! Prepare to devote your lives to me, mermaid sisters!!"

"How is that more important, you idiot!!"

Slap!

Usopp slapped the back of Sanji's head and cursed, baring his teeth!

Interfering in another country's civil war for that reason? Your infatuation is a bit weird, don't you think!

"This..." Jinbe was also at a loss for words, but...

Hody's thinking was as extreme as Arlong's. In his heart, he actually wasn't confident he could successfully persuade him.

According to what Hatchan said on the phone, the situation was already very urgent. If a battle broke out, he would be all alone...

Jinbe's thinking was not rigid. The Straw Hat crew were companions they had fought alongside, and they trusted each other.

If the other party was already determined, for the sake of Fish-Man Island, he would not repeatedly refuse their kind intentions.

"Luffy."

Jinbe looked at Luffy seriously. Although he had a smile on his face, he could already see the determination in the other's eyes.

"In that case, I will owe you a debt of gratitude for this."

With that, Jinbe sat down cross-legged, bent down, and pressed his head to the ground in a bow, saying in a low voice, "Ace and the others might not make it in time. I ask for your assistance."

"A debt of gratitude... don't be so serious, Jinbe."

Luffy still smiled faintly and extended his hand to Jinbe. "Get up. We just want to help a friend."

"Speaking of which, the situation of the civilians on the island isn't great either. I wonder how Camie is doing," Reiner said.

The thought of Camie's safety made the others restless as well.

Sanji was even more consumed by anger, his eyes looking as if he were about to kill someone. "If sister Camie is harmed, no matter who it is, I'll tear them to pieces!"

"That's right!"

"It seems even if we weren't helping Jinbe, we probably couldn't avoid getting involved."

"We will never let anyone who harms Camie go!"

Several people spoke up one after another.

"Yosh!"

Perhaps to make Jinbe feel better, Luffy clenched his fist and held it to his chest, shouting seriously, "Then this is now the 'Help Camie's Country and Meat Grand Battle'!"

"Wait a minute, Luffy. Something strange got mixed into that operation name," Reiner reminded him.

Luffy then shouted again, "Then let's call it the 'Mermaid-Fishman-Meat Grand Battle'!"

"Is that what you changed?!"

Slap!

Usopp chopped him on the back of the head with the side of his hand and shouted, baring his teeth, "The strange thing is still there, hey!!"

Looking at the laughing group, Jinbe was clearly still a bit bewildered.

Who is Camie?

A certain young girl had, without realizing it, seemingly brought several great backers to Fish-Man Island.

"Although I don't know what's going on, since it's like this, I will first explain the whole story to you all."

With that, Jinbe began to tell everyone about Hody's situation.

While the Merry was still sailing, he told them about the formation of the Sun Pirates, along with the story of the fish-man hero, Fisher Tiger.

He also mentioned Hody's former idol, Arlong.

It was also at this time that they learned about what had happened in Nami's hometown, which made Jinbe feel even more guilty.

When Arlong was captured back then, it was Jinbe who, as a condition for accepting the World Government's invitation to become a Warlord, had him released. He never expected it to cause so much misfortune.

Regarding this, Nami did not blame Jinbe for anything. The matter with Arlong was in the past. The past was like smoke, scattered by the wind.

If it couldn't help you move forward, then don't dwell on the past.

(End of chapter)

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