Taking Over

Chapter 12

Title: Taking Over

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I am on the walls of my castle. When I look down I see thousands of Fishman, Merman warriors, and even the civilians have come here. Well then… time to make an inspiring speech and all that bullsh*t, I just look at them all with a serious face and in a serious but encouraging voice, I start talking to them. "Fishman kind has NEVER dared to freely live above water, or even on Fishman Island… because they thought… we live a life of imprisonment. That is no life to live… BUT NO MORE WILL THIS BE SO!!! We may fall during our journey, BUT the greatest glory in LIVING lies NOT in never falling but in RISING every time we fall, don't be afraid of dying… after all... our time is limited in this world… SO DON'T WASTE IT HIDING IN FEAR."

As soon as I say that the Fishman below me all started cheering and loudly screaming my name. "WOOOOGHHHH. JAWS,...JAWS... JAWS.."

These people really need a messiah-like me to guide them into the light. Well, that is obviously ridiculous, but to them, it isn't. They have never had someone give them hope for a better future. But that is no longer so because I will be the one to fill that hole for them.

"So... LET'S GO AND TAKE EVE THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE…" I announce loudly, giving them even more hope. I want them to not be afraid of death, maybe create a religion? Or some type of afterlife that if they die while fighting then they will go to heaven. That would maximize the benefits for me, so I will try and integrate that into Fishman culture.

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After finishing all of that whole speech I joined my army into going to conquer a new island.

I look at my Eternal Log Pose that I bought from the black market. I start swimming towards where it is pointing, and with 1500 Fishman behind me following. While swimming it looked like a giant wave of Fishmen following me, this is good. I have finally started laying down the groundwork for the future. I will need that foundation and armies from my future self to grow into a powerhouse.

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Well, first we swam for seven hours through the New World until we arrived at Applenine Island: population 600.000, army around 1000 soldiers. Population satisfaction with their current leader is low. I chose this place out of nowhere… this was planned all along. This first victory must be astonishing and show my soldiers that we are doing this for the greater good. (Of myself, but they don't need to know that)

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As soon as I resurface I can see the island, and as its name's sake, it has houses with a roof in the shape of an apple, befitting the island's name.

The most distinct geographic feature of the island is the colossal apple in its center, which dwarfs the nearby mountains. There are five smaller apples around its base, and three more around its top, near the stem, making nine in total.

The houses are covered in snow and some of the citizens are wearing winter clothing, also some of the citizens noticed the thousands of Fishman heads popped out of the water.

"WAHHHH MONSTERS."  Screams one of them, immediately causing panic amongst the population and they start running away.

As they do so, I just have my army land on the ground... well then, tike to start the conquest.

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Under three hours I had this island occupied and all of the humans gathered into the main square.

It wasn't even a battle, they just casually gave up on their fight. The hardest part was gathering the people.

Six hundred thousand people gave up just like that. Thair king is in front of me kneeling, I don't say anything like mocking him or something like that. The winner doesn't need to remind the loser of anything, the loser will always know who is better and then he will act accordingly.

I look around and see the faces of the people full of despair, I guess they might be thinking that I will make them my slaves or something like that. I don't blame them, I am not exactly pretty to look at. Shark-like teeth and eyes with blue skin... being a Fishman gave me a lot of advantages, but a beautiful appearance wasn't one of them. Well by human standards that is, as from Fishman stands I am moderately good-looking.

In the end, I just shake my head at this and start coercing to the people around me by telling them. "When I saw your country I thought it was an amazing country."

The people's faces light up a little. After all, if someone compliments you, you instinctively gain a better impression of them. It is a purely instinctual thing that most people don't even notice happening to them.

 "But when I saw the state it was in, I couldn't help but be saddened. A country with so much potential... but it was all wasted." As I continued talking, no one dares to interrupt me.

Then I start walking around and say with a serious look on my face, but a nonchalant tone in my voice. " I have to say… even then I didn't expect such a weak resistance… and weakness. Even with the advantages that your country has… it isn't even close to your geographical closest island to you Dressrosa… in comparison to the Applenine Island is truly trash…"

The people start getting a little angrier at me, better redirect that hate to someone else then. Though what I have said until now has been only half the truth, what do these misinformed people even know about truth?

 "Then I understood what's happening, it isn't your fault that you aren't good enough. I looked around the island and I saw honest, hard-working people. So that is when I came to a conclusion... It is your leader's fault… he couldn't guide you amazing people to prosperity. He just used you to make himself richer while you stayed poorer. No matter how good the people are, if they are stolen from, this country will never advance."

As I say that I suddenly turn around and...

Baam!

Then I kick their ex-leader on the pack of his head. He falls on the ground and starts begging me again. "Please, please let me live... I will give you everything I have..."

The people look at him angrily, the king is playing his role pretty well. Usually, not even he would act like this in front of his subjects, but we have his family hostage, so he doesn't really have a choice in the matter.

"I have seen that to islands like yours there are a lot of pirate raids… and… I might seem like a monster to you but would you be raped and killed by some pirates so..." I smile viciously at them as I say this. "LET ME KILL ALL OF YOUR ENEMIES AND BECOME MY SUBJECTS!!!"

As I say that I release my Conquerors Haki to make half of them bow down to me and the other half like sheep, they follow what the others are doing and they bow down to me too. They will think that their bodies bowed down instinctively and that its a sign that I am destined to be their leader, of course, they know nothing about Conqueror's Haki.

There will obviously be some people who will be against me... and they will have to 'mysteriously' disappear if they do that publicly. I have no fantasy that all of these people will love me, but I do know that I have the power to keep them all in line.

I notice tears come out of the king's eyes. Well sorry little man, but you will have to become my stepping stone.

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One year passes after my conquering of my first territory in the new world and I am sixteen now. A lot of things happened since that time, it feels like I am always working too hard and training.

I look at the darkness around me, I am at the bottom of the sea while trying to do some pushups.

Damn this is hard… with the water pressure I can almost feel my body crack. Damn, I have been having diminishing returns from all of my training lately, it is true that I am currently the strongest Fishman in a fight but… THAT IS NOT ENOUGH!!!

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After some time I returned back to my base on Raijin Island and when I entered there the guards were looking at a bounty poster all in excitement, then when they see me they point the bounty poster towards me and say "Boss, your bounty has gotten updated again after taking over that last island. It got even bigger, look at it."

And then he hands me my bounty poster and… 

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AUTHOR NOTE:

Even though he was reborn as a Fishman… Jaws can still use his charisma. Also, we see that he has hit some bottlenecks on his physical strength. What will his next move be? And how high is his bounty?... Find out in the next chapter of… One Piece: Reborn as a Fishman.🤣

P.S: His physical power right now is after Time Skip Luffy... (without gear 4).. and his overall power together with his advanced Armament Haki is around Yanko Commander (not Katakuri lvl though)... also the MC trains a lot that is the only reason why he got this strong together with his Fishman physicality. He is almost always keeping himself busy...

P.S: When this story reaches 1000 Power Stones, it will get +1 Bonus Chapter that day.

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