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"Hahaha, so you came to rescue us," Camie said, scratching her head. "I thought you'd been captured too."

This is so embarrassing.

Xi Yan shook his head helplessly upon hearing this, then turned to the mermaid beside him and asked, "Is this your friend?"

"Yes, her name is Milan." Camie proudly put her arm around Milan's and said, "We're really good friends!"

Xi Yan:...

Of course they were on good terms; they were so close that they got eaten by sea monsters together.

"Hello... you..."

Milan looked at Xi Yan with some fear and said.

"You seem a little afraid of me?"

Milan immediately jumped, then said, "No!"

To say no... that's a bit of a shock.

"Don't worry, I'm not like those human traffickers. I won't do anything to you," Xi Yan said.

"Milan, Xi Yan is my friend. He's different from other humans and won't hurt us," Camie said.

Milan paused for a moment after hearing Camie's words, then nodded and gradually relaxed.

Since they're Camie's friend, they probably wouldn't hurt them.

Thinking of this, Milan lowered her head and said, "Thank you for saving me."

"It was nothing."

After Xi Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Camie and said, "Tell me, why were you eaten by a sea monster again?"

"Hehe~"

"Hey, you!" Xi Yan glared at him and said, "Believe it or not, I'll beat you up to teach you a lesson!"

If he hadn't run into this guy, he would have been taken to Mary Geoise!

When that time comes... a nightmare awaits them!

"Forget about this," Camie said, shaking her head.

Xi Yan-qin's fist could make Luffy-chan scream in pain if it hit him, then it would be even more difficult for her, so let's just forget about it.

"Then tell me what happened!" Xi Yan said, "Also, why didn't Hatchan come with you this time?"

In the past, when Camie got into trouble, it was always Hatchan who came to his rescue. Why is there no sign of him this time?

"Hatchan Ba went to handle things in Fish-Man Street," Camie said. "As for why the two of us are here..."

"I mainly came out to find some fresh shellfish, but I never expected to be eaten by a sea monster."

"Hehe~"

Xi Yan:...

Seeing that Camie hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the problem, Xi Yan paused for a moment, then raised his hand and flicked her forehead twice.

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

"Ouch, that hurts!" Camie said, clutching her head.

"Why... why am I getting beaten too?" Milan said, rubbing her slightly reddened forehead.

"This will teach you both a lesson," Xi Yan said irritably, "So you won't get caught again."

"But..."

"But what?"

Xi Yan's expression gradually turned serious. He pointed to the distant Red Line and said, "If I hadn't happened to run into you, you would have been sent there!"

"Once you enter Mary Geoise, the Celestial Dragons will treat you like pets, and your survival will be in question!!"

Hearing Xi Yan's words, the two of them turned pale.

Camie, in particular, who had experienced the auction, began to tremble.

"I'm sorry, I didn't want to be caught either..." Camie said, head down, "But I never imagined I'd be eaten by a sea monster..."

Who would have thought that activities thousands of meters below the sea level could lead to being brought to the surface?

Xi Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then rubbed his temples and said, "You shouldn't leave Fish-Man Island anymore. Just stay here and Takoyaki shop with Hatchan."

He felt that Camie was having some bad luck, so it would be better if she didn't leave Fish-Man Island.

"Okay, I understand. I won't leave Fish-Man Island again," Camie nodded.

After this incident, she will never leave Fish-Man Island again!

"Okay." Xi Yan nodded.

It's good that this guy can learn his lesson.

Then, Xi Yan said, "By the way... do you have to leave Fish-Man Island to search for shellfish?"

Fish-Man Island is at least an island... doesn't it even have a place to go beachcombing?

"In the past, we didn't need that, because we have a bay on Fish-Man Island where we can find shellfish," Camie said. "But since that man passed away, more pirates have come to our Fish-Man Island, and the bay has become more dangerous than before."

"Therefore... we have no choice but to search for shellfish in deeper waters."

Only by entering the sea can the pirates not catch them, which is why Camie and Milan must leave Fish-Man Island.

Xi Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said with a complicated expression, "The Whitebeard Uncle..."

He remembered Jinbe mentioning this, saying that Whitebeard lent his flag to Fish-Man Island to deter those petty villains and prevent them from attacking Fish-Man Island.

But now that the Whitebeard Uncle is dead, his flag...

'It seems that without top-tier combat power, no one else will take the Whitebeard Pirates seriously anymore,' Xi Yan murmured to himself.

I wonder how those guys are doing now.

"It really is Lord Whitebeard," Milan said sadly. "It is precisely because of that lord's Pirate Flag that Fish-Man Island has been able to live in peace for so long, otherwise we might have been..."

"Human traffickers, huh...?"

Having understood Milan's meaning, Xi Yan subconsciously glanced at the flag hanging high up.

"Yes, human traffickers."

Milan said, "I heard before that some sisters were kidnapped in the bay, I wonder how they are now."

They were very lucky to be rescued by Camie's friend, but what about the other sisters?

Thinking of this, tears welled up in Milan's eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xi Yan glanced at Camie, who also looked sad, then turned to look at the distant Red Line, slowly narrowing his eyes.

' The Fish-Man Race, whom traffickers call high-level goods, will probably be taken to Mary Geoise,' Xi Yan thought to himself.

Maybe...

As if he had thought of something, Xi Yan's eyes began to flicker.

Then, Xi Yan turned to Camie and asked, "Has Jinbe gone back to Fish-Man Island?"

"Has he come up with any solution to the current predicament?"

"Jinbe Boss said he'd find a way to resolve this," Camie nodded and said, "But I don't know exactly what that method is."

Upon hearing this, Xi Yan stroked his chin and said, "Is that so...?"

Given the Whitebeard Pirates, they've lost their ability to intimidate other pirates, so... the best solution is to find another powerful backer. That would solve their current problem!

I wonder who Fish-Man Island will contact.

BIG MOM Pirates?

Or perhaps it's the Beast Pirates?

Or perhaps the Red Hair Pirates?

Either one of them could intimidate other pirates.

As for the World Government...

Don't be ridiculous. Those guys are probably more interested in getting Fish-Man Race slaves sent to the Celestial Dragons than protecting Fish-Man Island.

Therefore, Xi Yan would not consider the World Government.

Just then, Camie asked, "By the way, Xi Yan-qin, where are Luffy-chan and Merry-qin?"

She remembered that the two people were with Xi Yan.

"They're all training," Xi Yan said.

Merry trained with Grandma Za, while Luffy trained with Uncle Rayleigh.

By now... those two should have arrived at that special island and started training.

"Train?"

Camie was taken aback. Why train?

Shouldn't they be waiting for Nami-qin at Sabaody Archipelago right now?

This time, however, Xi Yan didn't offer an explanation. Instead, he pointed to the sea beside him and said, "Alright, you two should hurry back to Fish-Man Island to avoid any further accidents."

"OK..."

Camie obediently hopped to the side of the boat, then, as if she had thought of something, turned to Xi Yan and said, "Xi Yan-qin, do you want to come with us to Fish-Man Island?"

"I have coral bubbles here."

As they spoke, Camie took out a coral bubble from her pocket, indicating that the other person could use it to go to Fish-Man Island with them.

She added, "Master Pappagu is really looking forward to you visiting his shop."

Ever since returning to Fish-Man Island, her teacher Pappagu, has been talking about Xi Yan every day; he's practically ready to run out to sea to find her.

"No, I have more important things to do." Xi Yan turned to look in Mary Geoise's direction and said, "So I don't have time to go to Fish-Man Island with you."

"Let's talk about visiting later..."

"I see..."

"Don't worry, we'll go to Fish-Man Island once our friends are all gathered," Xi Yan said.

"Good!"

After saying that, Camie didn't say anything more, jumped up and plunged into the sea.

Milan thanked Xi Yan again before plunging into the sea below.

"Bon Voyage!"

"Profound!"

After waving to Xi Yan on the water's surface, the two turned and entered the sea, swimming at an extremely fast speed towards the depths.

Watching the two leave, Xi Yan remarked with some emotion, "The Fish-Man Race are truly a wondrous race."

After shaking his head, Xi Yan used Shadow Clone Technique and Transformation Technique to restore everyone to their original appearances, and then his main body came to the deck.

After glancing at the items on the ship, Xi Yan muttered, "How does a ship sail again?"

Recalling the scenes he had witnessed on the ship, Xi Yan began to maneuver the boat step by step.

"Hey, I really am a genius!" Xi Yan grinned.

Then, the ship, flying a distinctive flag, sailed towards the distant Port.

"That's strange. Why did they suddenly order a stronger defense?" A man holding a long spear looked at his bald companion with suspicion. "Could it be that someone is planning to attack the Holy Land?"

"Are you kidding me?"

The Cone-Head Man next to him rolled his eyes and said, "How could anyone dare to attack the Holy Land!"

This is the territory of the Celestial Dragons, the territory of the God of the World!

Who would dare come to a place like this?

"Years ago, wasn't there a Fish-Man named Fei... Waaaaah..."

"Shut up!"

The Cone-Head Man covered his mouth said with a grim face, "If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"

Is mentioning that guy's name in a place like this suicidal?

If their conversation were overheard by those above, they might be killed on a whim!

Then he said, "Don't mention that guy's name. Nod if you understand."

"Waaaaah!"

"Huff... huff..."

The freed man immediately gasped for air, then said, "Are you planning to kill me?"

"Hmph, killing you now isn't out of the question," the Cone-Head Man sneered. "At least it'll make your death more painless."

If I were captured by the World Government's interrogators... that would be worse than death.

Upon understanding what the other person meant, the man immediately shut his mouth, then patted his forehead and said, "Sorry, sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"Alright, enough talk, they're here."

The man immediately shut his mouth after glancing at the approaching giant ship.

A moment later, the ship approached the Port and finally came to a steady stop.

"Isn't that Kane?"

Staring at Kane as he walked down, the man said, "He was only gone for two days, why is he back again?"

"Maybe they got their hands on some good stuff," the Cone-Head Man said.

Then, he approached Xi Yan and said, "Kane, why are you back so soon?"

"Of course, we got the best stuff," ' Kane ' grinned.

"What good stuff?"

"We got two mermaids!"

"A mermaid?!" The Cone-Head Man looked at ' Kane ' in shock and said, "I didn't expect you to get into this kind of work too."

"Also?"

Kane raised an eyebrow and asked, "Besides me, has anyone else captured Fish-Man Race?"

"Of course!"

The Cone-Head Man chuckled, "Recently, quite a few people have captured Fish-Man Race!"

"However, there are quite a few mermaids among them; most are Fish-Man Race."

Kane's eyes flickered upon receiving the useful information, then he nodded and said, "Looks like I'm not the only one who's lucky."

"You're really lucky," the other man said, walking over. "After all, mermaids are not easy to catch."

Mermaids are the fastest swimmers in the world, and are therefore notoriously difficult to catch.

Players like ' Kane ' who can catch two opponents at once... are indeed rare.

Then he said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the elevator."

After saying this, the man turned and walked towards the boat, gesturing for Xi Yan to follow him.

After glancing at the guy's back, Xi Yan followed without saying a word.

"That bastard, he's really eager to get his hands on something," the Cone-Head Man muttered.

Well, it's about time this kid went, so let him go.

As for myself...

Let's deal with the next delivery person who comes!

Soon, Xi Yan and the man returned to the ship.

The man then rubbed his hands together, indicating to Xi Yan that it was time for him to give Xi Yan a reward.

Xi Yan smiled upon hearing this, then looked up at the other person and said, "Come on, look into my eyes."

man:???

The man looked at Xi Yan with suspicion, wondering what this guy was up to.

But before he could speak, he saw a pair of Blood-colored Eyes that gradually widened.

Man:!!!

'Damn it... this guy is one of the Blood-Eyed Ninja that the higher-ups are heavily guarding against!'

It's over... it's completely over...