The Secret of the Three Ancient Weapons

Seeing the broad smile on Lin Yan's face, Neptune could not help muttering to himself inwardly.

As the king of Fish-Man Island,

he naturally could not be an idiot. On the contrary, Neptune was a very dependable king.

Listening to Lin Yan's righteous words at this moment,

then recalling how Shirahoshi had used the power of the Sea King earlier...

the more Neptune thought about it, the more something felt off.

As a result, the way he looked at Lin Yan grew increasingly strange.

As for that,

Lin Yan's response was:

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

I was helping that young girl grow. How could I possibly have had some ulterior motive?

The girl had awakened her desire to protect and defended her hometown.

No matter how one looked at it, there was nothing wrong with that, right?

"..."

Seeing Lin Yan's utterly composed expression, Neptune fell silent. After a long while, he could not help shaking his head with a bitter smile.

"Very well. Since that is the case, I'll have to trouble you, Lord Lin Yan."

"No trouble at all!"

Lin Yan immediately smiled and shook his head.

Of course, he knew Neptune had surely noticed something, but he was also confident that Neptune would agree in the end.

After all, it was a fact that Shirahoshi was the Sea King.

No secret could remain hidden forever.

Even without this crisis on Fish-Man Island, it might have been exposed someday. The information Lin Yan had received from Donquixote Doflamingo ahead of time was proof enough.

Since that was the case,

Shirahoshi would eventually need someone powerful to rely on.

And when it came to finding a powerful backer, who could be more reliable than Lin Yan, the fifth emperor of the seas and a member of the Whitebeard Pirates?

So,