Chapter 236: Swinging the Sword, the Stain on the Cloak of Justice! (Two-in-One)
"Commoners, hurry up and save me!!!"
"Quick, bring me my mask!"
"The fishy stench here is practically suffocating me!"
The man's heart-rending roars rang out. He wore fitted white brocade robes, but they were now covered in dust and wood chips. A long wound stretched across his forehead, blood streaming past the corner of his eye and staining his collar.
Before the wreckage of the luxurious cruise ship, the people of Fish-Man Island looked at the human slowly crawling out of the ruins, exchanging bewildered glances.
Commoners.
What a grating form of address. It was hard to imagine such a word coming from someone who needed help. Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought the people of Fish-Man Island owed him something, that he had some hold over them that allowed him to insult them so brazenly.
The fish-men, who had been sighing at the tragic sight before them, could not help but feel anger rise in their hearts.
"Commoners?"
"You're a human who needs our help, yet you're still insulting us like this?"
"Are you serious?"
A young fish-man gathered his courage and shouted at the man on the ground from within the crowd. The people of Fish-Man Island had never held much goodwill toward humans. Over the years, most humans passing through Fish-Man Island had been no good.
In that respect, it had greatly diminished the fish-men's favorable impression of humans.
Moreover, rumors often circulated on Fish-Man Island that humans liked to capture fish-men and merfolk as slaves, deepening the conflict between the races.
When Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the other Marines came to the island, they had actually suffered quite a bit of discrimination. That was despite Fisher Tiger leading them and their good