Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? Old Ship Reunion (Thanks to Definitely Not Megatron for the 15,000 Qidian coin tip)

At the same time.

Inside Arlong Park.

Beside a clear swimming pool, a muscular, saw-toothed Fish-Man is sunbathing on a folding chair. (See picture)

Beside him, several oddly shaped Fish-Man cadres were playing cards together.

Octopus Fish-Man Hachi, perhaps due to his naturally low intelligence, couldn't participate and could only set up the oven to make takoyaki. (See picture)

Speaking of which, octopuses are clearly intelligent creatures, at least a bit smarter than the manta rays, kissing gouramis, goldfish, and sunfish present.

I don't know why Hachi always looks so simple-minded.

This left Arlong feeling extremely helpless.

When Arlong left Fish-Man District to start his own pirate crew, he didn't want to hire Hachi, but rather the more skilled Eight-Sword Style swordsman, Blue Ring Octopus Hyouzou.

Unfortunately, the cost of hiring Hyouzou was too high.

Greedy, cruel, and obsessed with money, Arlong, who believed that "money is the best and most reliable thing," ultimately chose the cheaper Hachi.

As it turns out, you get what you pay for.

This silly octopus isn't very good at killing people, but he's a master at cooking, which is completely inconsistent with the fierce, bloody, and brutal style of the Arlong Pirates.

It was too late for regrets; Arlong could only accept his fate.

Just as Master Ma is well-versed in human nature, analyzed, Arlong and his gang are indeed similar in temperament to the Kunlun Slaves, and there is quite a bit of brotherhood among the small group.

Arlong values his brothers very much.

They value it far more than they would their own children.

Most of the Fish-Man in Fish-Man District don't have fathers.

This is the exact opposite of the situation in the world of One Piece, where humans generally do not have mothers.

"Is A Zhang back?"

Arlong stretched, sat up, and looked around, only to find that one of his officers seemed to be missing.

The manta Fish-Man, Kuroobi up and replied, "That kid probably spotted another interesting merchant ship and's chasing after it to have some fun, right?" (as shown in the picture)

It is common knowledge that A Zhang enjoys torturing and killing human sailors on merchant ships.

"That guy really doesn't know what's good for him. He was put in charge of monitoring the waterway towards Cocoyasi Village, but he's always running off somewhere else."

Arlong was somewhat angry upon hearing this.

That's all.

In this sea area, there is nothing that can threaten the Fish-Men in the water.

Let the underlings mess around, it's just killing a few inferior races anyway.

"Hachi! Hachi?"

"Hey~ Arlong -Long, are you calling me?"

Octopus Hachi put down the brush and looked up with a silly expression.

Arlong nodded and said, "That's right. Go look for A Zhang around Cocoyasi Village. Tonight's cadre meeting is very important. Don't let that kid be late again!"

Because he couldn't afford to buy a Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi), Arlong had no choice but to send another underling to find someone.

"Okay!"

Hachi nodded, reluctantly put down the half-cooked takoyaki, and got up to leave.

But a short while later, Hachi ran in with a few small fry on guard duty.

"Brother Arlong! Brother Arlong!"

Several Fish-Man ran to the poolside and shouted, "The Navy is here! Those annoying guys from 16th Branch are here again!"

Arlong was picking his teeth with sandpaper when he heard the news. He immediately snorted unhappily, "Is that Scott guy here again? He's so greedy!"

The underlings shook their heads and said, "It doesn't look like Scott's ship. It's a big white ship with two small, dilapidated boats following behind."

"Hmph, what a big appetite!"

Arlong spat disdainfully, the powerful droplet of water creating a small crater in the ground.

"Is it because that good-for-nothing Scott thinks he can't intimidate us without showing off his strength, so he's deployed his elite troops? Does he think I care about his military strength? How laughable!"

In recent days, the warships from the 16th Branch have come to solicit bribes many times.

The bribes demanded each time increased.

Arlong has found out that Colonel Scott, the commander of the 16th Branch, is about to be transferred to another sea area.

So he planned to make one last big profit before leaving office.

"It seems these filthy, inferior races can never be satisfied... But Scott probably forgot that since he's getting out of here, why should I care about him?"

Arlong sneered, "Let's go, men, come with me to meet them!"

"This is the 16th Branch navy you were talking about?"

On the beach of Fish-Man Paradise, Arlong's gaze passed over the smoke-shrouded flagship "White Hunter" on the sea and landed on the battered "Good Guy Twitch," his face ashen.

Memories of that nightmare from seven years ago flooded back to me.

"Fisher Tiger..." A palpable rage flashed in Arlong's eyes.

"That's right, it's them, the ship from 16th Branch."

Octopus Hachi, still somewhat confused, nodded. "Arlong- san, look how interesting this ship is, ne~"

"Interesting... indeed interesting..."

Arlong smiled cruelly. "Kuroobi, Chu, you recognized me too, didn't you?"

Kuroobi and the others are clearly much smarter than Hachi.

At least the obvious Seastone base is unmistakable.

Their expressions turned grave. "Brother Arlong, two of them are Marine Headquarters ships, and the smaller one seems to be a G2..."

"That's right!"

Arlong stared intently at the Twitch. "Even if I turn to ashes, I will never forget that ship! The ship Borsalino sailed on!"

Seven years ago, Arlong was an officer in the Sun Pirates.

Although he scoffed at Fisher Tiger's theories, out of respect for his elder brother, Arlong still strictly obeyed the Sun Pirates' discipline—no killing.

Including Fish-Man.

This includes humans as well.

At that time, there was a human girl named Koala on the Sun Pirates' ship. (See picture)

She was one of the slaves freed by Fisher Tiger during his rampage in Mary Geoise.

After a long voyage, the Sun Pirates finally brought Koala back to her hometown, Foolshout Island.

However, the villagers on the island betrayed Fisher Tiger and his gang.

Fisher Tiger was severely wounded in the Navy's ambush and eventually died from blood loss because he refused to receive human blood transfusions.

This devastating blow caused divisions within the Sun Pirates.

Including the human girl Koala, some of them followed the Fish-Man Hack and joined the Revolutionary Army, determined to overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule.

Some of them followed Jinbe, the Knight of the Knight of the Sea, and joined the Shichibukai under the name of the Sun Pirates to protect the safety of Fish-Man Island.

The last part is Arlong and his gang.

They lacked neither the Courage to violently overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule nor the perseverance to endure humiliation and struggle for the survival of the Fish-Men. Instead, they unleashed their inner evil, running rampant on the sea and taking pleasure in torturing and killing the weak.

Of course, to say that Arlong Courage at all would be to underestimate him.

Initially, he was driven by a sense of Jianghu and a desire to avenge his elder brother, so he returned to Foolshout Island alone, intending to kill all the humans on the island who had betrayed Fisher Tiger.

For this reason, he even brazenly attacked the warships anchored in the port.

However, Arlong was very unlucky; he disturbed someone's lunch break on a nearby warship.

Then- Vice Admiral of the G-2 Branch — Borsalino. (See picture)

What happened next...

Arlong shook his head, banishing these painful memories from his mind.

The ship in front of us, despite having suffered a fire and been repaired with extremely poor workmanship, has its insignia on the bow and its superstructure completely unrecognizable.

But just by looking at the hull and the gunwale, Arlong was absolutely certain that this was the boat Borsalino used to take a nap!

Arlong was too lazy to even think about why the G-2 Branch's ships would come to the East Blue.

All he wants now is to dismantle this annoying ship!

Anyway, Borsalino is definitely not up there; seven years have passed, and he's probably been promoted long ago.

Do you think I, a superior race, would be intimidated by a wrecked ship?

Arlong made up his mind.