The Erupting Gale, Deep-Sea Water Tornado!

"Honestly, how much longer are we going to have to wait?" Usopp said, frowning. "Is this banquet ever going to start or not?"

They arrived and weren't even invited to sit down; they were just left there waiting... What does that mean?

"I'm so hungry..." Merry said, rubbing her tummy.

Me too~

Ah~

"Even though I don't have a stomach to go hungry, yo ho ho ho ho~"

"Now is not the time to talk about these things."

Nami glanced at the forces that were gradually surrounding them and slowly narrowed her eyes.

Something's not right here.

After witnessing this, Usopp paused for a moment, then said with a headache, "Have we been dragged into some strange incident again?"

Why does this feeling feel so familiar?

"That's possible."

"I'm truly sorry to have troubled you to come all this way," the Left Minister said calmly as he approached the group. "But for the safety of Fish-Man Island, we'll have to arrest you first."

Upon hearing this, Nami and the others frowned. What did they mean by "for the safety of Fish-Man Island"?

What did they do?

"Left Minister, is there some misunderstanding?" Camie asked anxiously.

Luffy-chan are her good friends, how could they possibly threaten Fish-Man Island?

"No, there is no misunderstanding, because I have already received information that they are suspects," the Left Minister said.

"What suspicion?" Nami asked.

"Firstly, they captured many young and beautiful female mermaids!"

Secondly, according to Madame Shyarly's prophecy about the future, you are dangerous individuals who will destroy Fish-Man Island!

"Ha?"

A few question marks appeared above Usopp's head, and he immediately retorted loudly, "Are you kidding me?!"

"Predictions about the future... who knows if they'll come true?!"

He would absolutely not accept being attacked for such a reason!

"That's right, prophecies are completely unreliable." Nami said, frowning. "And you actually said that our Straw Hat Pirates are capturing mermaids..."

"Are you kidding me!"

"Have you forgotten what we did?!"

Back in the Sabaody Archipelago, they killed Celestial Dragons for the sake of Camie, a young female mermaid!

Moreover, Xi Yan is the hero of Fish-Man Island who saved so many Fish-Man slaves!

Even if Xi Yan is dead in these people's eyes, it shouldn't make them look at the Straw Hat Pirates like this.

"This..."

Hearing Nami's words, the Left Minister's face showed a troubled expression, because he also understood what the Straw Hat Pirates meant to Fish-Man Island.

But upon recalling Madame Shyarly's prophecy, his expression immediately hardened.

"I know what your Straw Hat Pirates have done, and I know this might be a little unfair to you, but..."

The Left Minister paused for a moment, then said seriously, "For the safety of Fish-Man Island, we have no choice but to ask you to make do for now."

"But don't worry, once we can confirm your innocence, we will release you and apologize."

The Straw Hat Pirates did indeed do a great service to Fish-Man Island, but... for the safety of Fish-Man Island, he had no choice but to do this.

"For this reason...?"

Merry looked at the Fish-Man with some disappointment. She had initially thought they were decent people, but it turned out...

Seeing the slight disappointment in Merry's eyes, Neptune thought of his own daughter when she was little, and his heart clenched.

"Is this really a good idea..." Neptune murmured.

Is it really fair to the Straw Hat Crew to arrest people without concrete evidence?

"Just surrender obediently, you lot!" the Left Minister said.

"How could we possibly surrender so easily for this reason..." Nami habitually pulled out her Clima-Tact and said, "Don't be ridiculous!"

As a pirate, how could he possibly entrust his life and death to someone else so easily?

Even if we need to find out what happened, we should let them investigate freely!

"That's right!"

Merry floated up slowly, looking at the Fish-Man Soldier around her with displeasure, and said, "We won't surrender!"

"Then we have no choice but to fight! Yohohohoho~"

Brook also drew his weapon, his gaze gradually sharpening.

Usopp then pulled out a bullet, grinned, and said, "Let's test the waters with you guys then."

Uncle Rayleigh said that he could use the power of Devil Fruit to increase his strength and speed...

Let him give it a try!

"It seems you intend to resist to the end." The Left Minister said coldly, "In that case, there's nothing more to say."

"Go! Capture them!"

"Profound!"

Upon receiving the order, the Fish-Man Soldier roared and charged towards Usopp and his companions.

"Don't underestimate me!" Usopp shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately used the power of the Devil Fruit to amplify his strength.

He then threw the bullet in his hand.

"Ultimate Kill - Exploding Star!"

Search~

"Buzz~"

The next moment, the projectile suddenly grew several times larger during its flight, and then struck the Fish-Man Soldier not far away, causing a terrible explosion!

"Boom!!"

"Ah!"

The Fish-Man Race was hit screamed, then his Byakugan rolled back and he collapsed to the ground.

This scene directly shocked the Fish-Man Soldier.

Usopp, on the other hand, wore a satisfied expression. This feeling of amplifying his own power... was indeed very enjoyable!

"Throwing cannonballs with bare hands?!" Nami exclaimed in surprise, looking at Usopp. "Aren't you a sniper?!"

"Who says snipers can't throw shells with their hands?" Usopp said with a smirk.

A single shot, a perfect hit—what else could it be but a sniper?

Nami:...

Is this how it's calculated?

Just then, a Fish-Man Soldier rushed in front of Nami, raised his fork and stabbed down, shouting, "Gotcha!"

"Pfft~"

"Varied...?!"

The Fish-Man Soldier was completely dumbfounded when he saw that Nami's arm, which he had hit, was not bleeding.

What's going on?

"Even though I can't exert much of my strength in this environment, I'm not someone you can bully!" Nami said.

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her foot and kicked the Fish-Man Soldier, making him bend over like a shrimp in pain.

Then, another Clima-Tact the other person on the head with a stick, knocking him unconscious.

"Yohohohoho~"

"Miss Nami is even scarier than before~" Brook laughed.

As he spoke, he effortlessly cut down several Fish-Man Soldier.

"Enough with the nonsense!"

"Yohohohoho~"

"You all accuse people so easily, you're all bad people!" Merry said, frowning. "I'm going to beat you all to a pulp!"

"Ha?"

Upon hearing Merry's words, the Fish-Man Soldier who had surrounded her were taken aback for a moment, and then they were all amused.

This little brat actually said he wanted to beat them up; it's kind of funny.

They then planned to grab Merry, hoping to deter the other Straw Hat Pirates members from acting rashly.

But before they could make a move, they saw Merry slowly extend her hand from the bubble and point it at them!

The next moment...

"Boom!!!"

An incredibly terrifying gale erupted from Merry's hand, subsequently forming a horizontal deep- Water Tornado in the ocean!

"Boom!!!"

Fish-Man Soldier:???

The Fish-Man Soldier were dumbfounded when they saw the Giant Water Dragon that appeared out of nowhere.

No, is this something a child who looks to be under eight years old could do?

Is this reasonable?!

Then, the Fish-Man Soldier standing in front of Merry were swept up by the attack Merry released, their bodies flying uncontrollably backward with the Water Tornado.

Finally... it slammed hard into the inner wall behind it, creating a huge hole in it!

"Boom!!"

Then, the Power of Wind gradually subsided, and the sea gradually returned to calm.

"Um?"

Zoro had just run to the vicinity with Perona, paused for a moment, then looked at the huge hole and the several Fish-Man Soldier lying on the ground with some surprise, and said, "This attack was..."

Could it be that the Xi Yan has launched an attack here?!

This guy is using Water Release Technique to attack... isn't he afraid of revealing that he's still alive?

Thinking of this, Zoro frowned.

"Stop standing there, get out there and save them!!" Perona yelled.

At a time like this, he's still standing here in a daze. I don't know what this idiot is thinking.

"Profound!!"

Zoro, regaining his senses, nodded and then ran outside wearing the bubble shield.

"What terrifying power..."

Upon glancing at the destruction caused by Merry, the Left Minister's expression immediately turned ugly.

"Left Minister, these people are clearly Devil Fruit User!"

"Devil Fruit User..."

Listening to the Fish-Man Soldier's words, Neptune turned his gaze to Usopp, thinking to himself, 'This man's ability... it's somewhat similar to the ability of that legendary man.'

Are they similar abilities?

Or is it the same Devil Fruit?

With this in mind, Neptune fell into deep thought.

The Left Minister then remarked, "I can tell they are Devil Fruit User..."

After speaking, the Left Minister paused for a moment, then, as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up and he said, "Break their bubbles, and we can catch them!"

They'll win as long as they can get these Devil Fruit User into contact with the sea!

"Profound!"

The Fish-Man soldiers nodded upon receiving the order, and then cautiously approached the group, clearly intending to break their bubble first.

"What to do?"

The group warily watched the approaching Fish-Man Soldier and said, "If the bubble bursts, we're really finished."

By then, only Merry would still have the ability to resist; the others were basically just waiting to die!

"Then let's just not let them break it!" Nami said.

"Profound!"

"Everyone, stop resisting!" Camie said anxiously, "Otherwise, you'll really be punished..."

"That's true, but..." Brook said in a deep voice, "Miss Camie, we have no reason to just obediently wait to be arrested."

"That's right."

Usopp nodded and said, "They're trying to capture us for no reason, so... we can't just surrender."

After all... they didn't know what these guys' motives were for saying those things, so they absolutely couldn't hand over the initiative to them.

"This..."

Hearing what they said, Camie was stunned. What should she do now?

"Just watch our performance quietly," Nami said.

Then, she turned to look at Merry and whispered some things to her.

Upon hearing this, Merry turned her head to look at the giant Bubble Coral not far away, then nodded to indicate that she understood.

"Go! Capture them!"

"Profound!"

The Fish-Man Soldier, having received their orders, charged towards Usopp and his companions again, howling, but this time they fell even faster than before.

"Hateful..."

"I advise you to just give up," Usopp calmly pushed up his glasses and said, "Otherwise, you'll be the ones who suffer."

"Has this guy with the Long Nose become so reliable?!" Pappagu exclaimed in surprise.

"It seems everyone has become incredibly powerful in the last two years..." Camie said.

Hearing what the two said, Usopp and the others' lips immediately began to slowly curl upwards.

They haven't been playing around these past two years.

"Damn it, we are no match for them..." The Left Minister gritted his teeth, then turned to Neptune and said, "King Neptune, please lend us a hand!"

If their King were willing to take action... he could definitely defeat these people.

Upon hearing the Left Minister's words, Nami and the others stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Neptune, who hadn't made a move at all.

They were eager to know what choice the kind uncle who had invited them there would make.

"Can we really arrest people just because of a prophecy about the future?" Neptune, arms crossed, frowned and said, "Really...?"

"King Neptune?"

"Don't make a sound, I'm thinking."

After a moment's thought, Neptune's eyes gradually sharpened.

"Looks like you've made your decision, you Curly-haired Uncle."

"Although I don't know if you will destroy Fish-Man Island, for the sake of Fish-Man Island's safety... I'll have to ask you to make do for now," Neptune said, raising the giant Golden Trident in his hand.

"It's that same old excuse again..."

Nami frowned upon hearing Neptune's words, then glanced at Usopp and Brook and said, "In that case..."

"Um?"

Before Nami could finish speaking, she noticed several white ghosts floating out of the corridor in the distance. These ghosts then quickly rushed towards the surrounding Fish-Man Soldier!

'This is!'

As if she had understood something, a look of joy immediately appeared in Nami's eyes.

At that moment, Neptune raised his weapon and began spinning wildly.

"I'll only pop your bubbles, I won't harm your lives, don't worry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Neptune thrust his weapon at Nami without hesitation.

The next moment...

"Clang!"

"Zoro!!"

Seeing Zoro appear before them in the blink of an eye and block Neptune's attack, Usopp and the others immediately showed expressions of surprise.

"Ah, it's me," Zoro said without turning his head.

"Hala hala hala~"

Perona, adorned with bubbles, emerged from the corridor, cheerfully using her Devil Fruit ability to take down several Fish-Man Soldier, then said, "And me~"

"What kind of the Royal Army am I? I'm only fit to be a Sea Worm..."

"If there's a next life, I'd like to be seaweed..."

"Huh?"

The Left Minister was dumbfounded, staring at the suddenly dejected Fish-Man Soldier. What was going on?

After forcefully shoving Zoro back to Usopp and the others, Neptune frowned and looked at Perona, saying, "So that's it. This is that girl's Devil Fruit ability."

The released ghosts can actually make those affected become depressed... That's truly a terrifying ability.

"Lord Neptune, what should we do?!"

"Don't worry, I'm here," Neptune said.

He then turned his attention back to Zoro, clearly believing that this was the most troublesome opponent.

"Hey, Zoro, Perona, weren't you two arrested?" Usopp asked, puzzled. "How did you get out?"

They had initially planned to capture these people and extract their location information, but Zoro and his crew showed up on their own...

"I'll just cut down the cell and get out," Zoro said calmly.

Left Minister:???

No, what kind of talk is that?

The half-meter-thick steel Great Gate was hacked down?

Is this reasonable?

"That really suits your personality..." Usopp remarked.

After capturing Zoro, why didn't they take away Zoro weapons?

Do you think Zoro poses no threat at all?

This is truly... outrageous.

Nami looked at Perona curiously and asked, "So how were you captured?"

"It's all because of this idiot."

Perona said irritably, "He said he wanted to find a place to rest and sober up, and also wait for you guys to come along, so the two of us went to the cell together."

"You didn't resist?" Usopp asked in surprise.

The Ghost Princess actually obediently followed the Fish-Man Soldier to the prison?

"They can't threaten us anyway, so let's go," Perona said. "We can also wait for you to get here."

With her and Zoro's strength, they could get out of that place at any time, so she wasn't worried.

Usopp immediately understood; it seemed these two didn't take these Fish-Man Race seriously at all...

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. With their strength, dealing with these people is really a piece of cake.

"Alright, let's talk about this later," Zoro said, staring at Neptune had raised his weapon. "We're still fighting."

"Profound!"

"Continuing to fight will only result in double the damage," Neptune said calmly, looking at Zoro. "So you'd better just surrender..."

"Sorley!"

Zoro:???

"It's Zoro!" Zoro roared, opening his shark-like mouth.

Who is Sorley?

"Quickly, pop those bubbles on them, and victory will be ours!" the Right Minister said.

"You're back?!"

Upon seeing that it was the Right Minister returning with his entourage, the Left Minister's eyes immediately lit up with joy.

"Yes, I've brought reinforcements to help you!"

"Good!"

Upon seeing the Right Minister, Neptune's expression immediately became somewhat tense.

"How is my daughter Shirahoshi, doing?"

"Is she alright?"

Clearly, this elderly father was very worried about his daughter's safety.

Perona's eyes flickered after hearing Neptune's words.

'So this is a father who cares about his daughter after all.'

As if she had thought of something, Perona's expression became somewhat complicated.

Lord Moria...

"Princess Shirahoshi is perfectly fine," the Right Minister said.

"That's good..."

Neptune breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that his daughter was alright.

Then, he looked at Zoro and said, "Let's take you down first!"

After dealing with things here, he went out to find the Straw Hat and the Sunglasses Man himself!

But before he could even make a move, a gigantic bubble appeared inside, pushing all the seawater out!

"Um?"

Upon seeing this, Neptune was momentarily stunned, then frowned.

This situation is really disadvantageous for them...

"Hey, where did the seawater go?" the Left Minister exclaimed in surprise.

"It's that little girl!"

The Right Minister glanced at Merry standing next to the giant coral bubble and exclaimed in disbelief, "She did it!"

Upon hearing this, the Left Minister glanced at Merry, then said with a grim expression, "We really miscalculated..."

Without seawater... they would be even less of a match for these people!

Hey~

Under their gazes, Merry chuckled and said, "Let's see what you do about it~"

"Well done, Merry!" Usopp exclaimed in delight.

Without the restriction of seawater... these people are no match for them at all!

"Yohohohoho~"

Brook smiled and praised, "As expected of Miss Going Merry."

"Nami made me do it~"

"As expected of Miss Nami!"

"Let's not bother with the flattery," Nami said. "Let's get the work done first!"

"Profound!"

Everyone nodded upon hearing Nami's words, and then turned their attention to Neptune and the others.

Then, Zoro grinned and said, "Come on, let's continue~"

Such a huge mermaid... I wonder what it would feel like to chop it up.

"Hateful..."

The Right Minister gritted his teeth, then raised his weapon and said, "Let's attack together and take them down!"

There's no turning back now, so... we have no choice but to fight!

"Wait a moment!"

King Neptune said, "Let me do it!"

"What?"

"You..."

"These guys are very strong," Neptune said seriously. "To avoid unnecessary casualties, I'd better take them down myself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Neptune charged toward Zoro, wielding his giant Golden Trident.

"Good timing!"

Seeing this, Zoro didn't hesitate to wrap his weapon with Haki, and then planned to take down the fat Fish-Man in front of him in one move.

But before he could make a move, he heard a crisp sound.

"Click~"

"Ah!"

My back hurts!!!

Feeling the excruciating pain in his lower back, Neptune's face turned deathly pale, and his body collapsed uncontrollably to the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

Zoro:...

Seeing Neptune, whom he had just taken down, Zoro had been in a fighting stance, was immediately rendered speechless.

What's this all about?

After a moment of silence, Zoro stopped his pose, unsure of what to say.

"Oh no! His Majesty the King's back is hurt!" the Left Minister exclaimed excitedly. "Quickly, all of you, don't let them harm His Majesty the King!!"

"Profound!"

Upon hearing the Left Minister's order, the Fish-Man immediately roared and charged towards Zoro and his companions.

So...

Zoro, who had taken down several people with a single strike, said unhappily, "When did I ever say I was going to bully someone who couldn't fight back?"

Unfortunately, such words meant nothing to the Fish-Man Race Taxi Soldiers.

After all... for them, His Majesty the King's safety is the most important thing!

"Yohohohoho~"

"Looks like we'll have to take them all down first," Brook said with a chuckle.

"Leave it to me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Perona released a number of Negative Ghost without hesitation, and these ghosts rushed towards the Fish-Man Soldier.

The next moment...

"Buzz~"

The Fish-Man Soldier, struck by the Negative Ghost, immediately became gloomy.

"I... I really want to be a sea bug..."

"Someone like me should never be a member of the Royal Army. I'm utterly unworthy..."

"I'm sorry, if possible, please let me turn into a Toad..."

"What a terrifying woman..."

The Right Minister, gazing at Perona in the distance, subconsciously swallowed and said, "They actually defeated all the soldiers in such a short time..."

Is this the power of Devil Fruit User?

This is terrifying!

"Now you know how powerful I am, right?" Perona said with a smirk. "If I hadn't been too lazy to fight you earlier, do you really think you could have caught us?"

Stop joking, okay?!

She doesn't even need Zoro to lift a finger; she can take down these idiots!

Right Minister:...

Why are pirates these days so scary?

"Well done, Perona!" Nami laughed.

"As expected of you," Usopp remarked with some emotion.

"Perona, you're amazing!"

"Hala hala hala~"

Hearing everyone's praise, Perona burst into laughter, clearly very pleased.

"Tie them up," Nami said.

These guys are no longer capable of fighting, so there's no need for them to continue dealing with them; just arrest them.

"Profound!"

Zoro nodded upon hearing Nami's words, and then tied up all the Fish-Man Soldier.

"Damn it, losing like this is so embarrassing..."

Seeing Zoro approaching him with chains in hand, Neptune slammed his hands on the ground, clearly intending to struggle.

Seeing this, Perona flew over, looking at Neptune with a complicated expression, and said, "Hey, Curly-haired Uncle, I advise you to behave yourself."

If she could, she wouldn't really want to lay a hand on this Curly-haired Uncle.

Looking into Perona's eyes, Neptune paused for a moment, then turned to look at the Taxi Soldiers who had been tied up by Zoro and the others.

'Although I don't know why this girl has that look in her eyes, if I force my way in my current state...'

Not only will they not win, but they might also anger these pirates, and then their Taxi Soldiers might get killed!

With that thought in mind, Neptune completely gave up the struggle.

"That's more like it."

Seeing Neptune become obedient, Perona nodded in satisfaction, then gestured to Zoro to go forward and tie him up.

Zoro didn't stand on ceremony and tied Neptune up tightly.

"That's all right now," Zoro said, patting the chains.

"No, what have you all done?!"

Coming to his senses, Pappagu grabbed his starfish head and said, "Why did you capture them all?"

"That's right."

Camie stared blankly at the scene and said, "How are we going to handle this?"

To this, Perona simply snorted and said, "Who told them to attack us first?"

Then, Perona looked at Camie and Pappagu and asked, "By the way, who are you two?"

As she spoke, Perona also revealed two Negative Ghost.

This scene made Pappagu's eyelids twitch.

"We're Luffy's friends!" Pappagu quickly said.

"Friends?"

Upon realizing that the person was one of their own, Perona promptly withdrew her abilities, which relieved Pappagu.

Although I don't know who this woman is, this is terrifying...

"Seriously... how did things turn out like this so inexplicably?" Usopp said, scratching his head.

They inexplicably got into a conflict with the Royal Family of Fish-Man Island, and then inexplicably arrested all of them... What kind of mess is this?

"You started this conflict, and you're asking me?"

"No, actually I just wanted to scare them a little so we could all run away together..."

Zoro:???

Oh, I see.

How would he know?

After a moment of silence, Zoro shook his head and said, "Anyway, what's done is done, so there's no going back. So... don't dwell on it."

"This situation can't be brushed aside with just a 'there's nothing we can do'..."

Usopp quipped, "We passed by Fish-Man Island and then accidentally took over Ryugu Kingdom..."

"Just how wicked are we pirates?"

Why do they always seem to encounter these strange things?

In response, Zoro said, "What's done is done, what else can I do?"

After glancing at the two arguing, Perona looked at Nami and said, "Are you the only ones here this time?"

Luffy and his crew weren't with Nami and the others?

"No, that's not true."

Nami shook her head and said, "Luffy and that idiot who plays with wood were here too, but I don't know why they suddenly disappeared..."

A fool playing with wood?

Perona was taken aback for a moment, then realized who Nami was referring to.

'Are you talking about Xi Yan...?'

Perona then became puzzled. If these two had come to the Ryugu Kingdom... why did they sneak away?

Could it be that they discovered something?

Zoro, looking annoyed, said, "Huh?"

"Those two guys actually ran away?"

"Honestly, don't they know they'll get lost if they wander around here?!"

"Those two idiots!"

If they get lost here, finding those two guys won't be an easy task!

This is such a waste of time!

"Why would you say Barry like that?" Usopp retorted. "You're probably the only one around here who could get lost."

This person with no sense of direction actually has the nerve to criticize others... How could he even say something like that?

"Ha?"

Zoro immediately became unhappy upon hearing Usopp's words.

"What do you mean by that?" Zoro glared at him.

Is this jerk saying he has no sense of direction?!

"It means exactly what it says~" Usopp said, shrugging. "After all, you're terrible with directions."

"Yes, that's true."

The others nodded in agreement, clearly aware of Zoro's situation.

Zoro:...

Seeing the reactions of these people, Zoro opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After a moment of silence, Zoro turned his head away and said nothing more.

Listening to the conversation, Neptune showed a surprised expression.

He truly hadn't expected that this incredibly powerful swordsman would be so directionally challenged... This was quite surprising!

"So you're actually terrible with directions..."

"Sorley!"

"It's Zoro!!!"