The Death of Arlong

Ma Qiao easily dispatched Momoo with a single punch, but that brief moment allowed Arlong to successfully dive into the sea.

He poked half his body out and laughed loudly at Ma Qiao and Smoker, "So what if you're from the Marine Headquarters? So what Logia? The water is the domain of Fish-Men! In the water, I'm invincible! Even Borsalino couldn't do anything to me!"

Originally, this was just something Arlong made up on the spot to bolster his courage, but Smoker suddenly took it seriously.

"So you've fought Kizaru before!"

Arlong's face turned cold, realizing that the arrogant man smoking a cigar was mocking him.

Don't expose their cruelty; these inferior races are truly wicked!

Arlong sank into the water, his webbed feet thrashing about to provide acceleration.

He began to circle around continuously, pushing his speed to its limit.

"Shark Killer Javelin!"

Like a submarine's anti-aircraft missile, Arlong tensed up, using his serrated nose as an arrowhead, shooting straight from the water towards the "White Horse" duo in the air.

'Hmph, Logia users will definitely be able to elementalize their bodies. That way, I can just attack the thing on his back and drag him underwater as a hostage...'

Arlong was devising the perfect battle plan in his mind.

But...

Duang!

The Jitte and the Riot Games struck almost simultaneously, landing hard on Arlong's left and right cheeks respectively.

He, who always presented a fierce and aloof image, had his cheeks distorted dramatically, and his newly grown teeth were broken one by one.

Arlong vomited three liters of blood and fell back into the water.

That's it?

Can this world ever get any better?

Is there anything truly real and credible left in this world?

If this thing has the fighting power of a "Shichibukai," wouldn't I be Marine Admiral by now?

Smoker looked up at Ma Qiao in disbelief, like an innocent young girl who had just been deceived.

To everyone's surprise, Ma Qiao shook his head with a serious expression. "I never said that this guy was the only Arlong Pirates whose fighting strength was comparable to that of Shichibukai."

"They're Arlong Pirates, so isn't Arlong the strongest among them?"

Smoker was furious. "This is completely against common sense! There's a limit to your jokes!"

"I'm not joking!" Ma Qiao shook his head.

Before Smoker could continue questioning, Arlong, who had fallen into the water and nearly lost consciousness, overheard their conversation.

Are these two powerful individuals, either of whom could easily beat me up, really going to come here and tell jokes with such seriousness?

Or is it...?

"Hey! Scarf Kid, have you no shame when it comes to lying about your achievements? I don't have any guys like that under my command!"

Arlong roared, "If Jinbe, that soft-hearted guy, were here, would you be so arrogant?!"

"Jinbe the Knight of the Sea? He's not qualified yet, Arlong!"

Ma Qiao pointed to Hachi who was locked in a fierce battle with Tashigi not far away, wielding six swords, and shouted, "You probably don't know this, but your subordinates are full of hidden talents! This great swordsman of the Six-Sword Style is the man who Dark King Rayleigh with his bare hands!"

Upon hearing this, the noisy battlefield instantly quieted down considerably.

Apart from the East Blue native soldiers under Morgan's command and Nami the Cat Burglar, who was a local East Blue who had never seen the world, everyone else, whether Marines or Fish-Men, stared in shock at the bewildered Hachi.

Wallace, protected by Garen and Twitch, was so shocked he almost dropped his camera into the sea.

"Pluto... Dark King Rayleigh..."

He stammered out the name of the legendary figure.

It was as if every single word weighed more than a thousand pieces of gold.

Wallace eventually calmed down, raised his camera, and gave the bewildered Hachi a close-up shot.

If this is true, then this photo will definitely be the front page headline of the next issue of the East Blue Daily!

Dark King Rayleigh's old friend appears in the East Blue; Colonel Twitch his army to suppress him!

Such a Big News Morgans is something even the newspapers of the New World probably couldn't find more than a few times a year!

"Haha~"

At this moment, Arlong let out his signature sinister laugh, "You shameless, lowly races are getting better and better at spouting nonsense! I brought Hachi out of Fish-Man District, how could he possibly be related to that kind of powerful figure— Hachi —run!"

Compared to Hody Jones, who treats his own kind as pawns and is willing to destroy Fish-Man Island —a purely anti-human and anti-social individual— Arlong does have some redeeming qualities.

He was incredibly cruel to humans, but he was remarkably caring towards his own kind.

Whether it was his former elder brother Fisher Tiger, or the knight-errant Knight of the Sea Jinbe parted ways with him, or the Fish-Men brothers who followed him, Arlong's loyalty to them would certainly earn him a place among the top ranks in "Water Margin".

Taking advantage of the moment when the "White Horse" duo were stunned, Arlong used the [Shark Killer Javelin] again, slamming it into Tashigi.

Neither Ma Qiao nor Smoker expected that Arlong would voluntarily abandon his advantage at sea and rush back to the shore to fight.

Even Ma Qiao specifically brought the [Scan] summoner spell this time to prevent Arlong from ambushing him underwater.

This backup plan was completely wasted.

"Damn it! Tashigi!"

Smoker realized that Arlong's target was his young adjutant, who lacked battlefield experience, and quickly swung out his Jitte, aiming it at Arlong's flight path.

Bang!

With a deafening roar, the Jitte struck.

Despite being hit hard and losing his way, Arlong still managed to stab Tashigi's arm with his serrated nose and force her back with a punch.

Before he could catch his breath, Arlong grabbed Hachi by the collar and, with a Fish-Man Karate, hurled him violently toward the edge of the battlefield.

"Run! Run! Don't look back!"

"You're different from us! You shouldn't have died at the hands of the Navy!"

"You're just as stupid as Fisher Tiger. You shouldn't have followed me to find Jinbe."

"Arlong -san~" Hachi cried loudly, unwilling to leave.

"Cough cough cough..."

Arlong Long coughed up a mouthful of blood, but still roared, "Run! This is my order!"

"Ah... Arlong- san..."

Under Arlong's piercing gaze, Hachi finally turned and ran away with tears in her eyes.

"Navy! You lackeys of the Celestial Dragons, your opponent is me, hahaha!"

Arlong spread his arms wide, blocking the pursuing navy. His valiant aura made even the elite troops of Loguetown feel fear and retreat repeatedly.

"That's why I always say..."

Ma Qiao jumped off Smoker's shoulder, dodging attacks from several Fish-Man officers with a Playful Trickster move, and landed in front of Arlong:

"I really hate the world that Oda created!"

"Why are you, a villain, making yourself so pathetic?"

After saying a couple of things that Arlong couldn't understand at all, Ma Qiao took a hit from Arlong's Fish-Man Thrust, raised his right arm high, and golden light slowly gathered at his fingertips.

At that moment, Arlong felt as if Borsalino had reappeared before him after undergoing plastic surgery.

Their temperament and radiance are so similar!

The difference in appearance is quite significant...

"Accept the sanctions, Demacia!"

Ma Qiao's golden arm transformed into a giant sword of light, slashing fiercely down at Arlong.

[Demacian Justice], Garen's ultimate ability.

Its power increases as the enemy loses more health.

It's an amazing technique to prevent your opponent from doing sit-ups!

Arlong, who was already low on health, suffered a massive amount of additional damage.

In the dazzling light of justice, the life of this Fish-Man with blood on his hands was rapidly slipping away.

"True justice is not about valuing fish lives or buying things for free..."

Ma Qiao leaned forward slightly and sighed in a barely audible voice, "Fisher Tiger's last wish, I will fulfill it in the right way."

"What? You mean you want to...?"

Arlong, his entire body mangled and mangled, stared at Ma Qiao in shock.

But soon, a slight smirk appeared on his ugly, menacing face. "Good luck... inferior race..."

The light faded.

Only a charred, blackened corpse remained standing upright on the unscathed ground.

A faint smile remained frozen on the corpse's face.