Five Million!

The banquet finally ended after more than half a day. Whitebeard and the others bid their farewells and left one after another. They had not come to Fish-Man Island for any particular reason; they had simply wanted to offer it their protection. But now that Fish-Man Island had become Li's territory, they no longer had any reason to protect it. Although Li was still an unknown little pirate on the Grand Line, Whitebeard believed that before long, another great pirate would rise on the Grand Line.

"Brother Li, your ship will take five days to finish. Until then, stay here in Ryugu Palace!"

After seeing Whitebeard and the others off, Neptune looked at Li and his group as he spoke. Following Otohime's mediation, Neptune still did not entirely trust pirates, but his attitude toward Li's group had improved considerably. Perhaps he was still holding onto a bit of hope.

Li's group had no objections. They had nowhere in particular to go on Fish-Man Island anyway. With food and drink provided here, why not?

"Captain, the way that Marshall D. Teach looked at you seemed a little off!" Once they reached the rooms Neptune had arranged for them, Shanks narrowed his eyes and spoke.

"Mm, that's right. Marshall D. Teach is an extremely ambitious man, but I've never heard of him before. I wonder what his purpose is for quietly hiding aboard Whitebeard's ship!" Benn Beckman muttered as he rubbed his chin.

"Hmph, even if that kind of person wants to target Lord Li, he'll have to see whether he has the ability!" Boa Hancock said with her hands on her hips and her chin slightly raised.

That chin-raising gesture looked very much like Li's, because Li also liked to use that gesture when looking at people weaker than himself. However,