Fish-Man Island

Fish-Man Island lay 10,000 meters beneath the Holy Land of Mary Geoise. It was an essential stop on the way to the New World and the birthplace of most Fish-Man Tribe members and Merfolk. Known as the "Undersea Paradise," it was a dreamlike place.

To reach it, one had to coat a ship with special materials at the Sabaody Archipelago, then dive beneath the sea and ride the currents. The enormous Sea Kings along the way made the journey a living hell.

It was a gateway between the Grand Line and the New World. Since the start of the Great Pirate Era, it had gradually been swept into the storm of chaos, with forces from every side fighting endlessly.

The Fish-Man Tribe and Merfolk on the island lived separately. Fish-Man District was a large place that took in orphans, but due to the incompetence of its management, it had become a lawless area where Fish-Man delinquents gathered.

Fish-Man Island, Fish-Man District.

A week had passed since the "Mary Geoise Attack Incident." The outside world was still trying to process the shocking news, while Ye Qiong—the one at the center of the storm—lay leisurely on a beach chair. Wearing nothing but a pair of shorts, his sturdy upper body and perfect abs were exposed to the warm, comfortable sunlight. Before this, even he could hardly have imagined that sunlight existed 10,000 meters beneath the sea. (The giant tree Sunlight Tree Eve, which grew near Fish-Man Island, transmitted sunlight from the surface down to the island.)

Thanks to the self-healing ability derived from the life force within his plant tattoo, the savage wound left by one of the Five Elders, the white-haired elder, had completely scabbed over and shed its skin. Only a faint pale scar remained on his bronze chest.

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