"Have you all decided?"
"Yeah, Big Brother Shak, we've decided. Big Brother Tiger did something so incredible. We can't just let him be abandoned. We're going to help him!"
In the Fish-Man District, quite a few fish-men had gathered together. They planned to follow in Tiger's footsteps.
"Are you kidding me?! Stay on Merfolk Island and behave yourselves! I don't need you here! Just stick with Big Brother Shak and help him out properly!"
An angry roar came from the Den Den Mushi in Shak's hand. Tiger did not want so many fish-men to get dragged into this.
Just as he had asked Neptune to issue a statement branding him a rebel, Tiger wanted to handle these matters himself.
"Big Brother Shak, calm those guys down for me. Wouldn't they be better off living peacefully over there with you?"
"I can't do that, Tiger. They want to pursue their own dreams. Even if I stop them today, they'll probably sneak out anyway.
I'll leave these fine young men to you. The outside world isn't like Merfolk Island. Think more carefully before you act, and try to bring them all back."
One tradition of the pirate world was that once people decided to set sail as pirates, they selectively forgot about things like family.
Shak could stop them for a while, but not forever. Since they wanted to follow Tiger, then he would let them go. Besides, he personally supported what Tiger was doing.
All he could do was look after their families on Merfolk Island while they were at sea.
In the end, many fish-men, including Jinbe and Arlong, chose to follow Tiger.
The slaves who had escaped together scattered in different directions, while the warship seized from Red Port was repainted and turned into a pirate ship.
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