Fish-Man Island, Sea Forest.
Led by Queen Otohime, more than sixty thousand merfolk and fish-men gradually gathered within this underwater forest, breaking its silence.
Among them were men and women, young and old alike. All carried bundles of luggage and gathered here with anticipation in their hearts.
Relocating all five million residents of Fish-Man Island at once was highly unrealistic. Aside from the issue of housing, the fish-men's attitudes and views toward humans also had to be considered.
Therefore, fish-men and humans needed to gradually understand and adapt to one another. Naturally, various problems would arise during that process and would need to be resolved one by one.
To avoid triggering large-scale conflicts, after careful discussions, both sides ultimately decided that these sixty thousand-plus fish-men who did not harbor hostility toward humans would serve as the first batch of immigrants from Fish-Man Island to live on Sky Island...
After Queen Otohime conducted an on-site inspection of Sky Island, finalized the relocation plan, and paid the appropriate fees, Sky Island began large-scale construction to create an environment suitable for merfolk, building all kinds of houses and structures.
In each of these sixty thousand-plus people's families, one or two members, totaling seventeen thousand people, would be assigned to work in shellfish factories after arriving on Sky Island, in accordance with the immigration agreement. If the others wished to work as well, Umbrella Corporation would arrange positions for them.
Although Umbrella Corporation had already acquired the Moon's robot technology with Ain's help, and would manufacture its own intelligent robots within the next few years, labor resources would no longer be a problem for the company.
But...
Sephiroth still honored the promise he had made and did not choose to break the agreement.
After all, he wanted to hold the ancient weapon known as