After a long while,
Luffy slowly opened his eyes, still groggy. Nami and the others beside him looked overjoyed.
"Luffy!!!"
"You're finally awake!!!"
"I'm..."
Struggling to sit up, King Luffy, wrapped head to toe in bandages, was confused at first. Then he quickly recalled what had happened, and his eyes turned dangerous.
"Right!!! That big guy!!!"
"He's already gone."
A gigantic figure entered through the palace room's doorway. King Neptune's expression was dark and ugly, while Queen Otohime beside him still had tear streaks on her face.
Looking at the Straw Hat Pirates, he sighed. His eyes were filled with unrestrained grief... and confusion.
Fish-Man Island's future—
What direction would it take?
"Luffy, you're awake."
After greeting him, King Luffy could not help asking about what had happened.
Neptune sighed and answered,
"If you're asking about Sade's whereabouts, they have already left Fish-Man Island for the New World."
As he spoke, Neptune's eyes were bloodshot. Queen Otohime beside him was even more heartbroken, unable to stop tears from falling.
"Ah... He's already gone?!!!"
"What exactly happened?!!!"
King Luffy froze for a moment, then angrily pressed for answers.
"Sade... no, perhaps the next time we meet, we should call him Lord Sade. With Mr. Austin no longer governing Fish-Man Island, it is now effectively tied to the warship of [Dark Sun]..."
Neptune's eyes dimmed.
"I don't know whether this is truly a bad thing for Fish-Man Island.
Lord Sade took Shirahoshi and some of the Fish-Man warriors aboard Noah, and they have already left Fish-Man Island for the New World!!!"
"Nani?!!!"
King Luffy's pupils trembled.
"Scaredy Star was taken by that big guy..."
At that moment, Zoro had more or less fully regained consciousness as well. He frowned at Neptune.
"Noah? That should be the name of the ship the Sea