Near Gyoncorde Plaza, Hody Jones and his gang were lying in wait among the houses surrounding the plaza.
Inside the house, the original owner of the residence was now bound and huddled in a corner, shivering.
Looking at the two trembling Merfolk, Hody Jones grinned and said in a cold voice.
"Cowardly, weak, naive, and foolish!"
Fish-Man Island is full of scoundrels like you who drift with the tide; that's why we're always trampled underfoot by weak humans!
Hody Jones clenched his fist and asked without turning his head.
Is everything ready?
"Ready, boss! We have a full 20,000 brothers infiltrated Gyoncorde Plaza. Most of the people in the surrounding rooms are now our hostages!"
"Are the artisans on the outer perimeter of Fish-Man Island ready for the coating process?"
"We're ready. As soon as they receive the order, they can open the coating on Fish-Man Island and completely bring in the seawater!"
"This is far from enough. As for the Energy Steroid, have everyone be ready to take Energy Steroid at any time. When the Celestial Dragon arrive, those who have taken the Energy Steroid must hold off Neptune Army coming from the direction of the Ryugu Castle!"
"Don't worry, brother!"
Neptune, and Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi, even that Jinbe and that female Marine next to the Celestial Dragon.
They were all gathered together at this moment. Neptune Army on the Ryugu Castle side currently only had the Minister of the Right as its leader!
"I see!"
Hody Jones nodded in satisfaction, then took two steps forward and, with a cold smile, grabbed the bound homeowner.
"Weaklings, cowardly bastards like you, how could you ever become my tools!"
You should feel honored!!!
Meanwhile, outside the coated area of Gyoncorde Plaza, Gawain and his group were riding Giant Flounder, slowly moving towards the plaza.
As they approached the plaza's coating, Neptune sadly pointed to the center of the plaza, which was visible to the naked eye.
There stood a simple, not very tall, and even somewhat dilapidated, lectern.
"Friend Mjosgard, that's the place Otohime cherished most in her lifetime. It was there that she gained the recognition of the entire Fish-Man Island!"
Of course, that's also where she died!
After saying that, Neptune pointed his Trident downwards, Giant Flounder quickly carried everyone into the coating of Gyoncorde Plaza.
The Flounder stayed below the podium, placing its fins on the ground to allow everyone to safely step onto land.
Then, the Flounder gracefully departed.
As soon as Mjosgard landed, he couldn't help but look towards the podium.
Even though it was just an empty podium, Mjosgard felt as if he were seeing Otohime from back then.
He walked aimlessly to the podium, stood at the highest point, looked down at the crowd, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes again.
"Is this where Lady Otohime spoke to the Fish-Man?"
There was also a shooting; she fell right here...?"
As he spoke, Mjosgard closed his eyes. He didn't need anyone to give him an answer; at that moment, he felt as if he had become Otohime.
For some reason, Mjosgard asked Gawain, looking confused.
"Gawain, it suddenly occurred to me, would someone as kind as Otohime really want us to avenge her?"
Clearly... she was the kind of woman who wouldn't hurt even anyone!
Hahahaha!!!
Before Gawain could respond, a series of arrogant laughs suddenly came from afar.
The laughter made Mjosgard frown, and he looked toward the source of the laughter with displeasure.
In his eyes, the tall Hody Jones strode out from the distant houses and stood about two hundred meters away from the podium.
From a distance, Hody Jones yelled at Mjosgard.
"Stop pretending to be compassionate, you noble Celestial Dragon, heh heh!"
Don't you know? The people who killed Queen Otohime back then were humans like you!!!
As soon as he finished speaking, Hody Jones clapped his hands, and the loudspeakers next to the podium immediately started working!
At the same time, all the sounds and images from Gyoncorde Plaza were also transmitted and played to each and every individual Fish-Man Island!
In the Sea Forest, the Merfolk who had just been singing and dancing huddled together in confusion, staring blankly at the large screen nearby.
Outside the Mermaid Cafe, Madame Shyarly, who was watching the Merfolk serve customers, smirked coldly as she looked at the independent relay Den Den Mushi inside the cafe.
Aside from Gyoncorde Plaza, countless Merfolk were all focused on the nearest screen.
At that very moment, Hody Jones on the screen raised his right hand high.
In that instant, tens of thousands of cunning villains emerged from the nearby houses, wielding various weapons, wearing chains, and all bearing the New Sun Pirates' insignia.
The New Sun Pirates' logo is somewhat similar to the traffic signs that Gawain encountered before his time travel.
The logo is surrounded by a circular flame pattern, and in the center of that flame pattern is a symbol that forbids humans from using it!
After the group had all poured out, Hody Jones looked excitedly at Neptune and roared.
"Neptune, tsk tsk, the greatest of our great Fish-Man, His Majesty!"
I know that all my fellow fish-men on Fish-Man Island are watching me, so let us all remember just how great our King Neptune truly was!
Once, on this very stage before us, humanity despicably shot and killed Queen Otohime!
And what did our King Neptune do?
At this point, Hody Jones lowered his right hand and roared.
"Tell me what Neptune did back then!"
Neptune, terrified, hid in the Ryugu Palace!
In an instant, tens of thousands of Fish-Man in the square roared in unison, their voices causing Neptune to let out a long sigh of relief.
Then, Hody Jones raised his right hand once more.
"Yes, that's right. Even with the death of the Queen, His Majesty Neptune dared not take any action against the human who was the murderer!"
But putting aside the past, let's take a good look at the present!
Hody Jones raised his right hand and waved it forward, and tens of thousands of Merfolk immediately roared along with him!
Amidst the increasingly frantic howls, facing the entire audience of Fish-Man Island, Hody Jones pinned his index finger to Gawain's direction.
"Just yesterday, the Celestial Dragon, who treated us as slaves and abducted our weaker kin, came to our country to lord it over us!"
Right there in our largest banquet hall, the Celestial Dragon abducted our princess, who was also Queen Otohime's only daughter!
Neptune, what did you do in the face of all this?
You groveled at the feet of the Celestial Dragon, at the feet of the weak humans, and handed your daughter over to them completely!
Hody Jones's eyes quickly turned bloodshot, and due to his extreme anger, even the capillaries in the back of his eyes slightly ruptured!
He raised his head and roared loudly.
"Who are they? Tell me, who are they?!"
"They are Celestial Dragon!!!"
Hody Jones's henchmen answered loudly.
"Yes, they are Celestial Dragon, then who are we? Who are we?!"
"We are their slaves!!!"
Those who followed Hody Jones were filled with righteous indignation; they shouted and vented their anger.
Amidst this spreading madness, Hody Jones clenched his right fist tightly.
"Our Fish-Man are born with ten times the strength of humans!"
Our swimming speed as Merfolk is undoubtedly the fastest on this ocean!
We have the ability to breathe on land and in the sea; we are clearly capable of living in every corner of this world!
Where humans can survive, we can survive!
We can survive where humans cannot!
We are better than them!!!
But why are they our masters, and we their slaves?!
At this point, Hody Jones took a deep breath in excitement. He widened his eyes and walked forward for dozens of meters, completely breaking away from the Fish-Man's group and standing on the opposite side of Gawain and his group.
Meeting Gawain's ambiguous smile, Hody Jones grinned and burst into laughter!
"That detached expression... that's Gawain, the Celestial Dragon who's about to take our princess away!"
Why would such a weak fellow be treated as an honored guest by the cowardly King Neptune?
Why is it that people like him always get to ride roughshod over us?
Why!
Because we have a cowardly king!
Fish-Man Island should not grovel before humans. Humans should fear us more than we fear them!
My fellow countrymen, open your eyes and prick up your ears!
As long as the throne of Fish-Man Island is no longer held by cowards, then we will no longer fear them!!!
Hody Jones slammed his right fist into the air, and two huge shadows instantly appeared in the sky outside the coating of the distant Gyoncorde Plaza.
Those were two enormous Sea King, which floated around Gyoncorde Plaza, blocking all the Neptune Army that came from all sides from being outside the coating.