The Konoha Go's journey back to the New World went remarkably smoothly—so smoothly that Uchiha Hiko even began to wonder if he had somehow arrived in a fake Red Line Continent world. In a world filled with Pirates and danger, he had returned from the undersea world to the New World without encountering any Sea Kings or even Sea Beasts, nor had he run into a single Pirate ship along the way.
That left Hiko rather surprised. He could understand avoiding Sea Beast attacks, since Jinbe was aboard and had some ability to communicate with marine creatures, but not encountering even one Pirate ship was unexpected.
"Strange!" Hiko lightly tapped the rail, feeling the sea breeze blowing toward him. There was even a faint fragrance in the gentle wind, making him feel utterly at ease. "Our round trip to Fishman Island took only a little over twenty days. We ran into plenty of Pirates on the way there, so why does it feel like every Pirate in the world died during this trip?"
Jinbe manned the helm and rode the waves forward. Hearing Hiko's words, he replied, "Nine out of ten Pirates are heinous criminals. The rest are those who truly yearn for freedom and adventure on the seas. Perhaps if there were fewer Pirates in this world, it would be much more peaceful."
Hiko could understand Jinbe's words. Fishman Island suffered not only discrimination and oppression from humans. Countless Pirates traveled from the Four Seas to the New World, and Fishman Island, as an important transit point, had long been tormented by Pirate trouble. To Fishman Island, the existence of Pirates was a massive cancer.
"Hehe!" Luo cut in from the side. "If all the Pirates are dead, Eldest Brother won't have anywhere to show off his sense of