Is Humanity the One That Shot Queen Otohime?

In the square, Queen Otohime gazed excitedly at everything before her. Children had brought their parents to sign and vote for her, and the application forms for the World Government had already filled several enormous baskets. Hundreds of thousands of people had come to vote. As long as they worked a little harder, getting signatures from more than half the population was definitely not a dream. Just look at those enormous baskets that towered over people—each one held nearly fifty thousand application forms.

However, at that very moment, one of the full baskets suddenly burst into flames. "Huh? Put out the fire!" Queen Otohime was stunned and rushed over first.

Then, with a loud bang, a gunshot rang out, and Queen Otohime collapsed in a pool of blood.

Everyone was stunned. The women and children all began screaming.

"It was a human!" Hody Jones jumped out and shouted, "I saw it! A human shot and killed Queen Otohime!"

"Why?" All the Fish-Men were consumed by rage. "Wasn't Lady Otohime working so hard to coexist peacefully with humanity?"

"Wake up!" Hody Jones shouted. "The Celestial Dragons go everywhere choosing beautiful Mermaid girls, abducting them as slaves and humiliating them as they please! Peacefully coexist with humanity?"

Hody Jones drew his sword. "I'd rather kill them! Kill the pirates and avenge Queen Otohime! Kill the Celestial Dragons—we must stand against humanity!"

"Avenging the Queen—!" The Fish-Men all went mad. "Kill the pirates! Kill the Celestial Dragons! Stand against humanity—!"

"There's a human pirate over here!"

Out in the wilderness, a down-and-out human pirate was sprinting for his life, with a large group of Neptune Army soldiers in hot pursuit.

"I didn't fire the gun!" The human pirate was utterly bewildered. He hadn't even had time to start the fire. Wasn't the agreement