In the Square

"Execute them already, Captain Hody!" Some of the New Fish-Man Pirates were eager to see the mighty Neptune and his family die by their blades.

"Burn them!"

"No, stab them!"

"Make those shameless royals die horribly!"

"Make sure the spectators remember what they looked like when they died!"

The New Fish-Man Pirates wore vicious expressions. The Fish-Man citizens, terrified of their overwhelming strength, could only look on in fear. Not one dared speak.

But while the New Fish-Man Pirates argued over how to dispose of Neptune and the three princes, no one noticed that the palace guards they had beaten down in the square were disappearing one by one.

"Shut up!" Hody Jones merely turned his head, but the Fish-Men he looked at fell silent in terror, as though a wild beast had fixed its gaze on them.

"Decken's men still haven't reported Shirahoshi's death..." Hody Jones sounded uneasy. "If we can't draw her out, it'll all be for nothing..." Even with ES, he did not dare underestimate the mermaid princess's power to command the Sea Kings.

"Don't you touch my sister, Hody!" Fukaboshi shouted furiously. "She isn't even a fighter! What threat could she possibly pose to you?"

"Hmph. Prince Fukaboshi, did you really think I knew nothing?" Hody Jones sneered. "Of all you royals, the one I most want gone is that legendary mermaid..."

"Please stop, Hody!" Princess Shirahoshi appeared unexpectedly in the square, with Jinbe and Li Ziming beside her.

"Please let everyone go. If this continues, people will get hurt!" Shirahoshi tried to persuade Hody Jones to abandon his plans.

"Haha! You really are a princess. I didn't expect you to avoid the trap..." An ominous feeling stirred in Hody Jones, but he quickly brushed it aside. He had been powerful even before taking ES; now