Jinbe's arrival greatly eased the pressure on Fish-Man Island.
The strength he displayed astonished Neptune and the entire Neptune Army.
With the Sea Kings' help as well, the situation around the outskirts finally stabilized.
Having breathed a sigh of relief, Neptune returned to Ryugu Palace to oversee the banquet preparations.
Yet Shirahoshi's crying still came and went. After all, Otohime could not stay by her side every moment.
She needed time to eat, bathe, relax, and even work.
Do not forget that Otohime was also a senior official in the Publicity Department, making her Tesoro's subordinate.
Thus, she often had to prepare speeches before traveling to designated cities to promote righteous rhetoric beneficial to the World Government's rule.
In the past, most of her work had been on the Sea Star Homeworld.
But after several years of development, the focus of her work had shifted to other worlds.
Especially those worlds that had only recently been conquered.
The World Government would have the Publicity Department and Foreign Affairs Department gather the upper echelons of various nations in those worlds to listen to several of Otohime's passionate speeches.
This allowed them to quickly stabilize their hearts and minds.
If there were figures so stubborn that even Otohime's speeches could barely influence them, or had little effect on them—
CIPHER POL-No.8, led by Biba Amatori, would secretly eliminate them.
They made sure their deaths seemed justified and reasonable, so that everyone believed they were mere accidents.
Of course, if a deterrent was needed, they could make it seem less natural.
Back to Shirahoshi.
Since no one knew she was "Poseidon,"
no one paid much attention to her frequent crying.
Nor did anyone connect her with the growing number of sea beasts outside Fish-Man Island.
Naturally, Otohime would not give up her work