"Hmph! Could something have gone wrong?" Hody Jones hurried through the hidden corners of the streets, heading straight for Ryugu Palace. "The Dragon Palace Guards wouldn't appear in the Fish-Man District for no reason. Our coup plan has been well concealed all along. It shouldn't have been discovered!"
However, Hody Jones was also a decisive man. After having his subordinates hold Jinbe back, he planned to storm Ryugu Palace alone.
Having once been a Dragon Palace Guard, Hody Jones knew their patrol routes very well. Along the way, he successfully avoided every patrol and secretly infiltrated Ryugu Palace.
At that moment, Ryugu Palace's defenses were unexpectedly weak. Hody Jones frowned, his teeth grinding. With the palace so poorly guarded, the guards must have all been sent to the Fish-Man District to help capture him.
"Damn you, King Neptune!" Hody Jones roared as he crept back and forth, charging straight toward the main hall.
"Hahaha! Father really knows how to joke!" A clear, pleasant female voice rang out. Hody Jones recognized it—it was Princess Shirahoshi's voice...
But wasn't Princess Shirahoshi usually kept within the inner palace? Why had she been let out today?
When Hody Jones sneaked outside the hall and looked in, King Neptune was stroking the beautiful mermaid princess, Princess Shirahoshi, on the head with a kindly smile. The First Prince stood below him with a halberd in hand, while more than a dozen guards stood loosely stationed before the hall.
"Once Hody Jones is brought to justice and those pirates who were forcibly captured are pardoned, the crisis on Fish-Man Island will finally be resolved!" The First Prince nodded and smiled at a young man. "With Boss Jinbe personally handling Hody Jones, there certainly won't be any problems. My second and third brothers have gone to rescue the