263 Shirahoshi

Shirahoshi is a mermaid princess with the ability to communicate with Sea Kings, the king of Sea Kings that has appeared in Fishman Island since 800 years ago.

Shirahoshi's ability to summon Sea Kings grants her tremendous power capable of saving countless lives or potentially destroying the world. This ability is known as the legendary ancient weapon: "Poseidon."

Shirahoshi's situation wasn't very good at this time. Because of the relentless pursuit by the shameless Van der Decken IX, she had to hide in her protective tower.

Shirahoshi's hard shell tower is impenetrable to anyone except herself, and it's not easily destroyed.

Therefore, it serves as an excellent safe place for Shirahoshi. However, due to the persistence of Van der Decken IX and his crew, she often hid here.

The inability to communicate with the outside world and to go out at will is a great trouble for Shirahoshi.

"My dear Shirahoshi, aren't you planning to come out? If you don't, you might regret it."

A familiar and unpleasant voice echoed outside – Van Der Decken IX.

Shirahoshi has heard these words many times, but whenever she hears Van der Decken IX's voice, she can't help but feel disgusted and fearful.

Shirahoshi remained silently in the hard shell tower, tightly covering her ears with her hands, afraid to hear the continuation of that voice.

While the hard shell tower can block most attacks, it can't stop the sound from penetrating. Shirahoshi hates Van Der Decken IX for it.

Furthermore, the present Van Der Decken IX has long been twisted. Initially, he only professed his feelings to Shirahoshi, but now, he has become enraged.

"Shirahoshi, I warn you, if you don't come out, then I will kill your father, your brother, and then you'll be all alone" 

Van Der Decken IX threatened from outside.

Confronted with this cruel threat, Shirahoshi couldn't help but feel her heart tremble. She was a little scared, afraid that Van Der Decken IX would actually carry out his threat.

"No, there's boss Jinbei, you can't do whatever you want!" Shirahoshi shouted.

Jinbei, the Sea Knight, has always been the righteous figure in Shirahoshi's heart and the pride of the fishmen.

At the same time, Jinbei is part of the formidable fishman category, having mastered powerful fishman jiu-jitsu and fishman karate. He once held the title of Shichibukai.

However, Jinbei's honour as a Shichibukai ended at the Summit War, but this did not diminish his standing in Shirahoshi's eyes.

"Jinbei? That guy is truly a disgrace to the fishmen. He couldn't resist joining the Marines as a Shichibukai, and now he's joined that Big Moms pirate group. Always relying on humans!"

 Another voice came in at this moment.

Van Der Decken IX turned his head, only to find Hodie Jones.

"Why are you here?" 

Van Der Decken IX asked suspiciously.

Seeing Hodie Jones' expression, he whispered in Van Der Decken IX's ear: "Something's happened. We need to get out of here first."

"What's the matter? Why the rush? I'm doing something very important right now."

Van Der Decken IX was a bit reluctant, as he had run out of patience and planned to exert mental pressure on her continuously until she came out.

Inside the hard shell tower, Shirahoshi heard the owner of the voice. In a sense, he was even more terrifying than Van Der Decken IX.

"God, it's Hodie Jones. Why is he here too? Are they really planning something against my father?" 

Shirahoshi said with a hint of worry.

On the back of the hard shell tower, there is a 25-meter-long shark wearing prisoner-like clothes. It resembles a gigantic pet and lets out a roar towards the hard shell tower.

"Megalo, why are you here? Be careful not to get attacked by them"

Shirahoshi expressed concern upon hearing that her pet was approaching.

What Shirahoshi didn't know was that, at this moment, Hodie Jones had forcibly pulled Van Der Decken IX away.

"What happened?" Van Der Decken IX asked, dissatisfied.

"I just got a report that someone saw Whitebeard and five Marine battleships. They've all docked on Fishman Island"

Hodie Jones said solemnly.

"What?!" 

Upon hearing this news, Van Der Decken IX was shocked. It was truly surprising.

Whitebeard and the Marines coming to Fishman Island together was something they never anticipated.

"How can this be? Is it true?" Van der Decken IX questioned. 

"What kind of status does Whitebeard hold now? He's the Pirate King, the king of the sea. How could he come to such a place? And Marines coming with pirates?"

"If he wants to come to Fishman Island, he must first coat his ship to resist the turbulence. It's not so easy. And what could be the purpose of the Marines coming here?"

After calming down for a while, Van Der Decken IX began to think seriously. This strange behaviour left him very puzzled.

Hodie Jones certainly believed that Van Der Decken IX's analysis was reasonable, but the news was reported by his men, and many people had seen it with their own eyes.

At this moment, Hodie Jones couldn't make a clear judgment, but he felt a little nervous.

"Whether it's true or not, it's useless to guess. We need to verify; this matter is too crucial"

Hodie Jones said solemnly.

"Okay, but I don't believe in this kind of thing. It must be the king's plan to deliberately frighten us"

Van Der Decken IX said.

"He is controlled by us now. How can he still have the ability to create such a big illusion?" 

Hodie Jones asked.

"Don't forget, there is also a Sea Knight Jinbei; that guy is not easy to deal with. Being close to humans, he may deliberately create this kind of illusion, trying to make us retreat" 

Van der Decken IX said with some thought.

In the face of the confident Van der Deeken IX, Hordy Jones is genuinely concerned. After all, there are five Marine warships, and they can be easily imitated.

However, this kind of situation is naturally very serious, so the two are also cautious; they did not go directly to the island to explore.

Instead, they returned to the place where their two pirate crew were stationed, near Noah's Ship, and planned to gather the pirate forces.

On the other hand, under the guidance of the residents of The Fishman Island, Whitebeard soon arrived outside the Ryugu Palace buble gate.

Of course, on the way, there were also some fishmen who were deeply influenced by Hodie Jones and others, attacking Whitebeard.

In order not to create a negative impact in front of the residents, Whitebeard did not kill the attackers but only shook them back.

Outside the Ryugu Palace, crew members from Hodie Jones and other pirate groups, these peculiar fishmen, all appeared in Whitebeard's field of vision for a moment.

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TO BE CONTINUED

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