Fisher Tiger

As everyone knew, after a hero saved a beauty, she would inevitably fall in love with him!

Rayleigh was no exception!

After spending more and more time together, they hit it off like a turtle and a mung bean.

Shakuyaku had once been the queen of Amazon Lily and the captain of the Kuja Pirates.

She was none other than the Shakky of today.

Of course, at the very beginning, Shakky's feelings had been one-sided. Rayleigh had no intention of getting together with her.

Shakky knew what Rayleigh was thinking, so she did not pester him too much.

But after the Roger Pirates disbanded, Shakky launched a fierce offensive!

For Rayleigh, Shakky gave up her position as queen and captain and left Amazon Lily.

For the first few years, she had no idea where Rayleigh was, but fate brought them together on the Sabaody Archipelago.

Now, the lovers had finally ended up together, and the two of them were living together.

Rayleigh had not refused her, either. After all, he did not want to be too lonely!

Inside Shakky's Rip-off Bar, Mislanda dragged Rayleigh through the door. The sight made Shakky, who was smoking nearby, delighted.

Although she was living with Rayleigh, he was absent more often than not.

"Hello, Aunt Shakky!"

Mislanda greeted her, then tossed Rayleigh onto the sofa.

"Hehehehe. Rather than calling me Aunt Shakky, I'd much rather you called me Mom!"

"Ah, that won't do. The old man just said you weren't my mom!"

"It's not that I don't want to call you that. It's just that the old man refuses, so there's nothing I can do!"

Hearing Mislanda's words, Shakky looked at Rayleigh with a half-smile. The expression made Rayleigh's scalp crawl.

"Is that so? Looks like I haven't done enough. I'll have to try harder!"

"That's right, that's right! I actually want you to be my mom. Keep it up—I'm rooting for you!"

"Hahahaha, all right! For the sake of becoming your mother, I'll try harder!"

With that, Shakky pushed a glass of wine toward Mislanda.

She knew Mislanda had not come merely to see whether Rayleigh and she were doing well. He must have had something important to discuss.

"Go on. What do you need my help with?"

"It's simple. I'll be staying on the Sabaody Archipelago for the next few days. I'm waiting for someone, but I don't know when he'll arrive!"

"Oh, I understand. Leave it to me. I'll notify you when he arrives!"

Mislanda nodded.

"Fisher Tiger, a fish-man adventurer. Please!"

With that, Mislanda left.

"Hey, Mislanda, help me hang up the 'Closed' sign."

"Got it. Right away!"

With that, Mislanda hung the "Temporarily Closed" sign on the door and left without looking back!

After he left, Shakky walked toward Rayleigh with a smile.

"Um, um, the kid was just talking nonsense. I never said anything like that!"

"Oh, really?"

Shakky did not care about that. They had not seen each other in a long time, and whether Rayleigh had said those words or not, he was not getting away today!

"I really didn't say it! I really didn't! Wait, don't—don't!"

"Don't come any closer!"

Hearing the commotion from inside the bar, Mislanda could not help laughing.

Well, serves him right!

Mislanda had originally planned to stay there for a few days and wait for Tiger.

But now, it looked like he had better find somewhere else!

Mislanda ended up waiting for five whole days.

On the evening of the fifth day, Rayleigh found Mislanda.

When Mislanda saw the red marks on Rayleigh's neck, he nearly died laughing!

Aunt Shakky really had lived up to her time as queen. Handling Rayleigh was effortless for her!

"What are you laughing at? This is all your fault!"

"That's not fair. I didn't lie either! You can't blame me for this!"

Those words had indeed been spoken by Rayleigh. Mislanda had merely repeated them.

Why blame me?

"All right, enough nonsense!"

Rayleigh's tone grew more serious.

"The person you were waiting for has arrived, but he's already left. I don't know where he's headed."

"What? He already left?!"

After hearing Rayleigh's words, Mislanda decided not to stay any longer. He immediately elementalized and left the Sabaody Archipelago.

Mislanda's Dark-Dark Fruit allowed him to elementalize, and he could even use that ability to fly.

In addition, Mislanda could use the Dark-Dark Fruit to create a small space for himself. He called it Black Hole Space. It worked much like a spatial ring and could even hold people.

Seeing how hurriedly Mislanda left, Rayleigh could not help wondering.

What was he planning to do?

"Fisher Tiger really doesn't follow the usual script. I thought he would go to the Sabaody Archipelago first, but I never expected him to head straight for the Red Line!"

Thinking of this, Mislanda quickened his pace.

However, when he remembered that Tiger still had to climb the Red Line, he slowed down again.

The Red Line towered into the clouds. For an ordinary person, climbing up from the bottom was unthinkable.

"Forget it. I'll find him first!"

Before long, Mislanda saw the red natural barrier.

Looking up, he could not see the top at all.

If he really had to climb it with his bare hands, taking two or three days would be considered fast!

"This should be the place!"

Mislanda had consulted a great deal of information beforehand. The place he was in now was directly beneath the slave prison.

In other words, if someone wanted to climb up quickly, this was the best route.

As a slave who had escaped, Tiger would definitely choose this place as his starting point too.

But Mislanda could not find any sign that someone had climbed up. In other words, he had arrived a little too early!

"Ugh, I miscalculated!"

"I'll wait for him."

And so, Mislanda waited.

Before long, it was the latter half of the night.

A burly figure poked his head out of the sea, his bright, piercing eyes fixed on the Red Line!

After hesitating for a few seconds, he grabbed hold of the climbable parts of the Red Line and began carrying out his plan.

But just then, an unexpected voice rang out behind him.

"You're pretty brave, actually daring to climb up with your bare hands!"

Boom!

The voice exploded in Fisher Tiger's mind like a bomb.

Shocked, he lost his grip and fell straight into the sea.

"Who's there?!"

Tiger surfaced again and looked toward the sky.

A young man in a black trench coat was hovering in midair, watching him with interest.

Seeing the smile on Mislanda's face, Tiger's heart jolted.

He did not know why, but he felt as if this man could see right through him.

"Don't be nervous. I'm not your enemy!"

Mislanda slowly descended, eventually standing on the surface of the sea.

Seeing the man only a few meters away, Tiger placed a hand on the dagger at his waist.

Although he did not know who this was, Tiger did not think he was any match for him.

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

Tiger could not understand it. Only he knew about his plan for today—he had not told anyone!

So what was going on? Why was someone here?!