Mermaid Cafe, Whitebeard's Protection

Quite a few pirate ships were docked in the harbor at Fish-Man Island.

Everything was orderly, comparable to Water 7.

Of course, that might also have been because of that pirate flag.

Lin Ye's small boat approached without attracting much attention.

The boat was so small, with no pirate flag hanging from it, and its design was so strange.

No one would have associated it with a pirate ship.

"Good thing we have that flag." A fish-man at the harbor dock looked at the raised pirate flag and sighed with feeling.

The effect of Whitebeard's pirate flag was obvious.

Before that pirate flag had been raised, Fish-Man Island had been a treasure trove in the eyes of pirates.

Large numbers of merfolk and fish-men had been abducted by pirates and slave traders.

Fish-Man Island naturally had its own guards, but how could they withstand those humans driven by profit?

Especially after the Great Pirate Era began, the situation had become even worse.

But once that flag had been hung, such incidents had come to an abrupt halt.

Of course, it was impossible for them to disappear entirely.

But no one, whether pirates or slave traders, dared act as recklessly as before.

After all, Whitebeard had declared that Fish-Man Island was now under his protection.

"Dock your ship properly. Once the Log Pose finishes recording the magnetic field, someone will guide you through Fish-Man—"

Before he could finish his routine speech, the fish-man's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Two people stepped down from that unremarkable little boat.

But the man walking in front was far too familiar.

Especially after Whitebeard had declared this place under his protection, the fish-men and merfolk of Fish-Man Island had specifically memorized the appearances of the Four Emperors.

"Four Emperor Lin Ye!"

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