"Jinbe?"
Reiner recalled the undead he had been about to send into action. Seeing Jinbe swim over, he jumped down from the second floor onto the deck as well.
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with Ace and the others?"
"Long time no see."
Jinbe stepped onto the deck, first scanning the group and greeting them before turning to Reiner. "I came this time to deal with the trouble that's broken out on Fish-Man Island."
"Something happened on Fish-Man Island?" Nami asked.
"It's an internal rebellion."
"A man named Hody Jones led the fish-men of the Fish-Man District in revolt." Jinbe did not treat them as outsiders and told them everything honestly.
As Reiner listened, he fell into thought. Their agreement to train for two years had happened after the Impel Down incident, a few days later than in the original story, which had also delayed their reunion by a few days.
According to Jinbe, Hody had begun mass-arresting pirates who arrived at Fish-Man Island about a month ago, enslaving them.
After gathering a large force, he had launched a surprise attack on Ryugu Palace several days ago.
The Royal Army had already been defeated, and the royal family had been captured. Only Princess Shirahoshi remained inside the Hard-Shell Tower, which Hody had already surrounded with his men.
All civilians on the island were under surveillance, while every resister had been thrown into the Prison Tower.
Hatchan had obtained this information by hiding within Hody's forces and secretly contacting Jinbe.
Once they learned the news, the Whitebeard Pirates naturally rushed over from the New World, since this was an island under their protection.
Although Whitebeard was dead, the pirate crew had not disbanded.
They did everything they could to protect the territories Whitebeard had once sheltered. As the gateway