Neptune stared fixedly at the man. He wanted to know who the murderer was, then avenge the queen at any cost.
"Your Majesty should already know that the one who assassinated Queen Otohime back then was someone from Fish-Man Island, right?"
Yang Hao countered with a question, and the change in Neptune's expression confirmed his suspicion.
"That's impossible! How could Mother have been killed by someone from Fish-Man Island?"
Fukaboshi refused to believe it. After all, his mother had enjoyed the support of the entire race.
"Based on the information I found in the Marines, Queen Otohime was definitely not assassinated by the World Government or the Marines. And since Fish-Man Island hasn't found the real culprit either, for someone to hide so perfectly in a place like Fish-Man Island, with its distinct race, the culprit must have been a fish-man. After all, fish-men and humans are far too different."
Yang Hao gave a simple analysis. Though he knew Hody Jones had done it, he could not simply point the finger. He needed some logical deduction to make it sound reasonable.
Fukaboshi wanted to argue further, but Neptune spoke first.
"So you don't know who the murderer is either."
He was disappointed. He had thought this man knew the culprit's identity, but it turned out he did not.
Just as the other man had said, Neptune had long suspected that the queen's killer had been someone within Fish-Man Island. It could not have been a human.
But he had not made it public. Instead, he investigated in secret, only to find nothing. The main reason was that there were simply too many suspects.
Fish-Man Island's hatred toward humans ran deep, yet the queen had advocated reconciliation with humans and had even sought to join the human World Government. This had