Conqueror's Haki!

"Hello, I am Otohime, Queen of Ryugu Palace. First, thank you very much for saving the fish-men who were being hunted by pirates and Marines. Second, I would like to ask—do you truly intend to protect Fish-Man Island?"

After hearing what the people of Fish-Man Island had said, Queen Otohime became extremely excited. She had always preached the ideal of peaceful coexistence between humans and fish-men. All this time, even if fish-men were unwilling to accept it in their hearts, they had still approached humanity with hope, seeking to live peacefully alongside them. Yet humanity had refused to coexist with fish-men no matter what. This had always been Otohime's greatest headache. But now, at last, a group of humans had acknowledged the fish-men and their existence. Her ideals had finally taken their first step forward. One could only imagine how delighted Queen Otohime was.

Hearing Queen Otohime's words, Mirai merely glanced at her before saying flatly, "Don't misunderstand. I only said that Fish-Man Island will be the territory of Mirai Uchiha from now on. Protection is merely incidental. Besides that, you will have to pay a certain price. We are pirates—we never do anything without profit!"

Mirai had never intended to protect anyone. Everything he had done so far was merely to spread the name of the Immortal Pirates. He had no desire to become some kind of hero!

Even so, Queen Otohime still wore a smile as she hurriedly nodded. "You're right. What do you want? Treasure? As long as it is something we can provide, we are willing to pay!" This was the first step toward peaceful coexistence with humanity. As long as it was a problem that money could solve, it was no problem at all.

"Build us a large ship, and make it fast. Also, prepare