After Amazon Lily and Wano Country made their positions clear, Neptune, King of Fish-Man Island, was next to speak up.
The reason Neptune hadn't been the first to speak wasn't that he'd been hesitating. He'd simply fallen asleep just a moment ago, and Princess Otohime had to wake him.
As far as Neptune was concerned, he hadn't paid the slightest attention to either Wood's apology or this gathering to declare their positions.
In his eyes, Fish-Man Island and Dark Island had long since become inseparable. The things Wood had said earlier had been meant for everyone else present. Fish-Man Island had always considered itself one of Dark Island's own.
If there were perhaps a few people in the Amazon Lily Kingdom and Wano Country who weren't willing to stand against the World Government, Neptune could guarantee that Fish-Man Island was united in its support for Wood.
For one thing, the Fishmen and Merfolk of Fish-Man Island were already deeply prejudiced against humans, and they especially hated the Celestial Dragons, the Nobles who preyed on their people.
And that was before even considering Wood's popularity and reputation on Fish-Man Island. To put it bluntly, even if he wanted to start a rebellion there, Neptune thought more than half the Fishmen would follow him.
There was no helping it. Wood had done so much for all of Fish-Man Island that they could never repay him.
More than half of the residents on Dark Island's main island now were Fishmen and Merfolk who had come from Fish-Man Island.
What's more, Neptune reckoned that if Wood, the company president, gave the word, these Fishmen wouldn't even bat an eye if he told them to assassinate their own king.
To put it bluntly, although he, Neptune, was indeed the king of Fish-Man Island, his words