Chapter 139: After the Battle (55)
Chapter 138: After the Battle
"Brother Arlong?" Hachi stared in disbelief as the imposing Arlong groveled in the mud like a dog, begging a human to spare his life.
For Hachi, who had always been indoctrinated by Arlong with fish-man supremacy and racial superiority, Arlong's behavior was simply impossible to accept.
"Brother Arlong, what are you doing?!" Hachi roared.
"Hachi?" Arlong turned to look at him and shouted, "Hachi! Hachi, come save me!"
"There's another fish-man over there! Everyone, kill him!" Arlong looked at the octopus fish-man, raised the musket in his hand, and shouted.
They were now riding high on momentum. They would no longer blindly believe in that nonsense about fish-men being superior and humans being inferior. They understood that whoever was superior depended only on who was stronger; race and identity were nothing but fraudulent lies.
Hachi had clearly realized this as well. The lies he had believed in for so long had all collapsed, leaving behind nothing but emptiness.
His six swords hung low in his hands, their tips pointed at the ground. He showed no reaction to the human pitchforks and muskets closing in around him, merely staring blankly at Arlong in the mud.
His idol had been shattered.
Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! The humans' cries rang in his ears, but Hachi no longer wanted to care.
"Wait." Leo shouted, stopping everyone.
"This guy once saved my friend's life," Leo stepped forward and said. "Let him go."
"Although he collected your taxes, he never killed any of your people, did he?" Standing beside Tashigi, Leo addressed the villagers, whose emotions had nearly reached their peak. "Do me a favor and spare his life."
The villagers looked at one another. In the end, they were kind-hearted people, and