Chapter 467: The sun reflected at ten thousand meters below the sea

After breakfast.

Otohime once again acted as guide, but this time Shirahoshi joined them.

Yeruashi, Robin and the others left Ryugu Palace for a walk around Gyojin Island.

Gyojin Island was not very big, so they reached the Sea Forest rather quickly.

This place is called the Sea Forest because there are many beautiful corals of various species growing here, forming a tree-like appearance in the forest.

But in addition to a variety of colorful corals, there are also a lot of sunken ships, so there is a rather calm and cool atmosphere in the marine forest.

Because of this atmosphere, Shirahoshi was not as talkative as yesterday.

Before long.

They arrived at the poneglyph, located in the depths of the sea forest.

Robin carefully examined the poneglyph and quickly discovered that, in addition to the story of Gyojin Island, there was a message with Joy Boy's apology written on it.

Shirahoshi, who was holding Yeruashi in her large hands, asked with interest, "Mr. Yeruashi, what does the forest look like on the surface? Is it similar to our sea forest?"

Yeruashi smiled, "No, it is very different."

Answering Shirahoshi's question, he squinted his eyes slightly and looked in a certain direction.

In that direction, behind a large coral reef, there were several figures crouching.

They were led by Hody Jones, who shot Otohime in the original story and blamed the humans, and then tried to seize power on the Island of the Fish-Men!

"Otohime dared to come to such a place accompanied by people, even without a guard..."

Hody Jones briefly examined Yeruashi and the others, then stared at Queen Otohime.

Zeo looked at him, "What are we going to do?"

"Of course..."

Hody looked coldly at Otohime and smiled mischievously, revealing a row of sharp teeth, "We can't miss a great opportunity."

He took the gun from Zeo's hand, who was standing next to him, pointed it at Otohime in the distance and closed one eye, starting to aim, "If you kill Otohime right now, everyone will definitely think that humans did it, right? It might even cause a war to break out."

"Ha ha ha, boss, as usual, you're clever and cunning!"

A few fish-men nearby grinned mischievously.

Daruma cast a wicked look in the direction of Yeruashi and the others, "Jimbei even became a Shichibukai, for the sake of peaceful coexistence with humans, but how dare you ignore the fact that we fish-men are superior to humans?"

"Shut up!"

Hody growled irritably, glaring at his subordinates with unparalleled seriousness, and began to carefully aim at Otohime's head.

After a few seconds, cold and anger flashed in Hoda's eyes, and his index finger sharply squeezed the trigger.

Auge!!!

The sound of a gunshot was heard.

The bullet flew out of the gun barrel and instantly covered about a hundred meters, hitting exactly on Otohime's head!

Robin, who was closely examining the poneglyph, and Hancock, who was admiring the colorful coral reefs, turned their heads sharply in the same direction when they heard the loud sound of a gunshot.

Did someone dare to open fire on them?!

The moment the sound of the gunshot rang out, Otohime froze, stunned, feeling the fear of imminent death.

But at the last moment, Yeruashi who had been sitting in Shirahoshi's tender arms a moment before, suddenly appeared in front of Otohime.

If you slow down time several times at this moment, you can see how Yeruashi relaxes and carelessly raises his hand at a speed several times faster than the speed of the bullet, after which he stretches out his index finger and thumb, carefully holding the bullet between them.

"What?!"

Hody's eyes, who was holding a gun in his hand, snapped open, full of surprise and disbelief.

From his point of view, it looked like Yeruashi instantly appeared in front of Otohime and blocked the bullet with a simple wave of his hand!

"Mom!!!"

Shirahoshi shouted, startled by the loud sound of a gunshot.

Otohime quickly came to her senses after hearing her daughter's frightened scream, and looked worriedly at Yeruashi, who appeared beside her without knowing when.

At this moment, Yeruashi slowly lowered his hand, between whose fingers the bullet was carefully held.

"...Mr. Yeruashi?!"

Otohime exclaimed in shock.

Yeruashi just looked at Otohime and smiled at the frightened Shirahoshi, "There's no need to be so afraid, Shirahoshi, everything is fine."

"Mr. Yeruashi..."

Shirahoshi hid behind Otohime and looked timidly at Yeruashi, then looked fearfully in the direction of the coral reef, behind which Hody Jones and the others were hiding.

Yeruashi casually glanced at the coral reef, which was about a hundred yards away from them, and roughly stretched out his fingers, between which a small bullet was clutched.

Whoosh!!!

The bullet that flew out of Yeruashi's hand quickly cut through the air and pierced the coral reef.

The reef was first covered with many small cracks and then crumbled, revealing the figures of Hody and other fish-men, who looked in shock in the direction of Yeruashi and the others.

Hody Jones, who was standing at the head of several fish-men, froze in place and slowly lowered his head, surprised to find a small bloody hole in his chest!

A gush of blood spurted from the wound, flooding Hoda's chest and stomach.

"Ahhh!"

Shirahoshi was even more startled when she saw the bloody wound on Hoda's chest.

The Mermaid Princess's eyes filled with moisture, as if she was about to cry violently.

Yeruashi shook his head and gently rose into the air, after which he looked at the frightened Shirahoshi with a soft smile, pulling Muramasa's demonic sword out of its sheath, "Do you want to see the sun, Shirahoshi?"

"Look carefully."

"The sun will appear there now."

Yeruashi pointed upward, which forced Shirahoshi to look away from Hody and the other fish-men.

Shirahoshi trusted Yeruashi, so when she saw their movement, she suppressed her fear with difficulty and raised her head, looking up with her big wet eyes.

At that moment, Yeruashi smiled and abruptly waved his sword from the bottom up.

Whoosh!!!

A smooth black strip appeared before Shirahoshi's eyes, extending to the end of the field of vision to the left and right.

The Mermaid Princess froze in shock on the spot.

The sky above Fishmen Island, or to be more precise, the ten-kilometer water column, suddenly split into two equal parts!

At the end of the crack formed, a clear blue sky could be seen.

Soon, the bright rays of the sun poured through the crack, illuminating the Island of the Fish Men and the seabed around it.

Startled, Shirahoshi was bathed in the sun's bright rays.

Not only Shirahoshi, but also Otohime gazed in awe at the huge crack formed in the water column above Gyojin Island.

Zeo and the other fish-men nearby looked up at the sky with incomprehension and shock, completely losing touch with reality.

Although Hody Jones' heart was destroyed by the launched bullet, he still remained conscious, staring in disbelief at the ten-kilometer column of water, cut in two parts by a blow from the Yeruashi sword.

But Yeruashi did not allow them to 'enjoy enough' of this beautiful sight.

"..."

He looked at Shirahoshi, who was gazing in awe at the sunny sky, forgetting the fear caused by the gunshots and spilled blood, then carefully returned Muramas' demonic sword to its sheath and stretched out his hand in the direction of Hody and the others, squeezing the empty air with his palm.

Hody Jones, whose life force was rapidly depleting, Zeo and the rest of the fish-men were caught by an invisible, irresistible force and collided at one point.

Pooh!

Soon, all the fish-men were tightly compressed into a small sphere and fell to the ground, with a slight movement of Yeruashi's hand.