Just when many forces in New World are cooperating, Whitebeard Pirates has now arrived near Fish-Man Island.
After Whitebeard left a group of crew members, he was invited into the Imperial Palace by King Fish-Man Island.
The Mermaid King carefully arranged a banquet. Near the end, when he was about to get down to business, Marco suddenly walked in in a hurry.
"Pops! Teach That guy escaped!"
Whitebeard looked stunned, still not understanding what Marco meant.
Just listen to Marco continue, "Blackbeard guy has evil intentions. He injured the fourth captain and his party who were staying on the ship, and robbed all the supplies on the ship. He took a few guys who followed him, and now he is missing."
Whitebeard slowly reacted, then became furious, "Asshole!"
"Pops, do we want to hunt him down?" Marco said with an angry expression.
Whitebeard was silent for a moment and sighed, "Well, since he wants to leave, there is no point in staying. I just didn't expect that he, who is usually the most honest, would actually have ambitions!"
The Mermaid King looked at this scene awkwardly and didn't know what to say for a moment.
He is extremely worried now. Fish-Man Island has always been under the protection of Whitebeard.
Now that Whitebeard is going to the Empire, it means that Fish-Man Island will lose this powerful protection.
Whitebeard calmed down the anger in his heart and looked at King Fish-Man Island.
"It's a joke to the king!"
The Mermaid King covered up the embarrassment on his face, "No! No! No matter which family there are, there are always one or two disobedient children."
"Newgate, once you leave, you don't know when you will come back!"
Whitebeard naturally understands what the mermaid king means by asking this question.
"King, if you are afraid that my departure will affect Fish-Man Island, in fact, you can go to the Empire with me to meet His Majesty.
If Your Majesty is willing to protect Fish-Man Island, I think there will be no big pirate in the entire sea who dares to touch the mermaid clan!"
The mermaid king looked embarrassed, "Well... I heard that Empire does not allow other kings to exist!"
Whitebeard pondered for a moment before answering.
"It depends on the king's choice. Empire allows ethnic minorities to have certain autonomy, but they must give up the name of the king."
"Would the king choose Fish-Man Island peace for hundreds or thousands of years in the future, or choose the power in his own hands? I can't make this choice for you, king!"
Seeing that Whitebeard was determined to go to the Empire, the mermaid king was a little confused for a moment, "Newgate, is it necessary?"
Whitebeard nodded.
The hall gradually fell into silence, including Marco on the side, who was holding back the anger in his heart and stopped talking.
After a long while, the mermaid king said, "So, it seems that I have to accompany Newgate to the Empire. I just hope that Empire can support me to continue to be the king!"
After saying this, the Mermaid King went to the depths of the palace. When he reappeared, he was followed by a group of guards and two mermaids, one large and one small.
The younger one is his wife Queen Otohime, and the older one is their daughter Princess Shirahoshi.
At this time, although Princess Shirahoshi was twice as tall as his mother, his beautiful face looked a little childish.
"Father, are you taking us out to play?" Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi looked around curiously.
The mermaid king did not immediately answer his daughter's words, and kept thinking about how to retain his throne this time at the Empire.
To be honest, he was a little unwilling to let him completely hand over his power to humans, so he took Shirahoshi and his princess with him on this trip.
I just want to let Empire understand the importance of Merfolk through Shirahoshi as Super Ancient Weapon.
Shirahoshi Seeing that his father did not answer, his eyes immediately began to mist, and he looked like he was about to cry.
Seeing his daughter looking like she was about to cry again, Queen Otohime glared at her husband.
He quickly comforted his daughter. After all, his daughter would easily lose control of her strength once she was overly sad.
After soothing for a while, Shirahoshi was comforted, and Queen Otohime couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
This little ancestor is good at everything, he has a kind and obedient personality, but his temper is too fragile, and he will be sad because of the smallest things.
Whitebeard and Marco watched the mermaid king bring Shirahoshi with their expressions, "King, are you sure you want to do this!"
The mermaid king nodded heavily, "I must attract Empire's attention to Merfolk during this trip, so that we, the mermaid clan, can have bargaining chips!"
Whitebeard Although he felt something was wrong when the mermaid king was like this, he didn't say anything more.
The group left Fish-Man Island soon.
Back on the ship Whitebeard looked at the fourth captain who was injured and bandaged, his face turned gloomy again.
After appeasing the captains of the four teams, Whitebeard returned to the captain's cabin alone.
This time his son's betrayal caused him a big blow.
Queen Otohime brought Princess Shirahoshi with her, but she was full of curiosity about everything. This was the first time she left Fish-Man Island.
"Mother, is this a human being?" Shirahoshi asked innocently.
Queen Otohime nodded, "Shirahoshi, the place we are going to this time is related to whether we can live in peace with humans in the future. So mother hopes that my little princess can be stronger!"
"Yes! I can do it, mother!" Shirahoshi opened her eyes wide and nodded heavily. She had long heard her mother tell her about human society, so she also understood her mission this time, and she would never let her mother, concubine, and father down.
Whitebeard fleet set sail again, but this time they did not go far when they were stopped by a group of fleets flying pirate flags.
Marco used the telescope to look at the pirates not far away who were crossing their only route.
"Red Hair Pirates, why are they here!" Marco had a trace of doubt in his eyes, and quickly went to the captain's room and called Whitebeard out.
Whitebeard was wearing a big cloak and standing on the bow of the ship. As the fleets of both sides approached, Whitebeard also saw Shanks who was also standing on the bow of the ship.
"Shanks It's been a long time since I last saw you. I remember the last time I saw you was when Roger was alive. After so many years, you have grown so big! You are also a pirate in your own right!"
"Old man, I'm here to stop you from going to the Empire!" Red-Haired Shanks said with a solemn expression.
"Why!" Whitebeard narrowed his eyes.
Red-Hair looked at Whitebeard, who was obviously much younger, and was slightly startled, but this was not the time to dwell on this.
"Old man, are you really going to ruin the era created by the captain?"
"Why did you say that!" Whitebeard frowned slightly.
"Old man, do you know the consequences of doing this!" Red-Haired Shanks asked directly.
"I just made my own choice and found someone worthy of trust for my family. As for the other results, I don't care!"
Shanks's face sank slightly,
"Does the old man want to see New World return to its former chaotic state?"
"Shanks, you should understand that I have not taken on the responsibility of peace for the New World pirates." Whitebeard said in an emphasised voice.
Shanks tightened his fists.
From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to see the era pioneered by his captain end like this, but he had to admit that now Empire had cut off the source of Great Pirate Era in all aspects.
Seeing that Whitebeard Pirates was already preparing to fight, he knew that Whitebeard had made up his mind.
Thinking of the consequences if the two of them started fighting, he slowly loosened his clenched fists.
But he still wanted to make a final struggle.
"Old man, I have a request. Can you give me a ride to East Blue? I think the old man will still give me this face!" Red-Hair suddenly lowered his head and requested.
Whitebeard had a trace of doubt in his eyes, "Go East Blue!"
"Yes! There are young people there who will inherit the captain's will!"
Seeing Shanks speak so sincerely, Whitebeard's heart was slightly touched.
I have to say that he was extremely envious of Roger, who not only climbed to the top of the sea and promoted an era, but even after death, there were still young people who completed his unfinished things.
"That's all! Since you don't give up, I will give you a ride, but you can't reveal your identity as a pirate if you go to the Empire!"
Seeing that Whitebeard agreed, Red-Hair breathed a sigh of relief and nodded seriously.
If Empire hadn't been too strict against pirates, he would have wanted to go to East Blue a long time ago.