As Hody Jones issued his arrogant, overbearing provocation, the New Fishman Pirates behind him burst into unrestrained, raucous laughter. The hundred thousand Pirates in the square formed an overwhelming spectacle, and the piled-up weapons blotted out the sky. The reflections off the metal alone made it nearly impossible for those nearby to keep their eyes open.
A deathly silence fell over the surroundings. After learning the truth behind Queen Otohime's death, the anger that had just ignited in the fishmen's hearts was crushed by the terrifying scene Hody Jones had created. A force of one hundred thousand Pirates was enough to start a large-scale war.
Fishman Island simply did not have enough troops to contend with that many Pirates, much less the incomparably powerful gang of thugs known as the New Fishman Pirates, backed by the Fish-Man District.
Fear spread through the square once again. All the watching fishmen suddenly felt that King Neptune was finished, and Fishman Island was finished too.
Nothing could stand against Hody Jones's army of one hundred thousand now. Once Fishman Island fell into Hody Jones's hands, every fishman would face an even more terrifying and darker future.
A fishman with such an extreme, twisted worldview could even turn on his own kind. If Fishman Island fell into his hands, what future could it possibly have?
Just as the square was drowned in an ocean of terror, Princess Shirahoshi, hiding among a distant coral reef and holding a telescope, fearfully pulled her head back. Already timid by nature, she trembled all over after witnessing this scene.
"Eldest brother Jinbe!" Princess Shirahoshi glanced at Jinbe, who sat on her shoulder, and choked out through tearful eyes, "Father King and my brothers have already been surrounded. Aren't you going to save them? If it's eldest brother Jinbe,