Before Werther was a mermaid with an enormous pink tail and a head of golden hair.
She was breathtakingly beautiful. As Werther looked at her lying helpless on the ground, a sudden thought surged through him: he wanted to possess her.
He immediately forced the thought down. It wasn't what he truly wanted; her power was affecting him.
"Hmph. You men all deserve to die. Humanity should just go extinct."
Her voice was clear and bright, with a strange allure.
Werther unleashed a torrent of lightning, and the mermaid screamed.
She had begun trying to charm him again. He could clearly feel his desire rising.
He swam up to her with a pair of Seastone Handcuffs already in hand.
Of course he had prepared a weapon against Devil Fruit Users in advance.
But the moment he seized her wrist, it slipped in his grip, and she nearly broke free.
His superior strength won out. He cuffed her, then took a closer look.
Werther ran a hand over her body. She trembled, seemingly afraid of him.
He noticed something else: her skin was exceptionally slick, as though coated in a thick layer of mucus.
That explained it.
He had wondered how a Devil Fruit User could dive underwater. Now he knew.
The thick coating kept most of the water from touching her body, allowing her to move freely beneath the surface.
And this was fresh water, not seawater, so swallowing a little wouldn't sap her strength. As a mermaid, she could breathe underwater. That was how she had survived down there for so long.
But according to the stories, she had lived beneath these waters for two hundred years. Mermaids didn't live that long, and she still looked young. Werther was puzzled.
Searching her, Werther found the enormous Sea Jade.
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