No. 312: Shadow

Not even Jinbe, his former big brother, mattered to him anymore!

"Hody, you really are just like Arlong. No—even Arlong was never as rotten as you!"

Jinbe stamped forward. The bricks beneath his foot shattered, sending fragments flying. He was furious.

"What right do you have to mention Brother Arlong? The Marines killed him, and instead of avenging him, you became a lapdog for the World Government!"

Jinbe's accusation set Hody Jones ablaze with anger too.

Of everyone in Fish-Man District, Arlong was the one Hody admired most and wanted to follow. Yet Arlong had died at the Marines' hands without anyone knowing why, and his death had barely caused a ripple.

If Jinbe hadn't brought up Arlong today, Hody Jones might have thought these people had forgotten Brother Arlong's death altogether!

"Even so, that doesn't excuse anything you've done today!"

"Heh. I've got nothing to say to a traitor like you!" Hody Jones took a deep breath, struggling to suppress his urge to kill. "You'll never understand the pain and anger of the Fish-Man Race!"

"This rage has been building for hundreds of years!"

"I understand your pain. I can hear the 'voice' buried deep inside you clearly. But violence can't solve everything!"

Queen Otohime could not help stepping forward to rebuke him.

"Violence can't solve everything? If I didn't have power, would you arrogant royals even bother speaking to a thug from Fish-Man District?"

"What a joke, Otohime!"

"You so-called royals live off the people of Fish-Man Island. You sell out our interests to curry favor with the Marines and the World Government."

"We have never harmed Fish-Man Island's interests! We work with the Marines to protect it!"

Neptune could no longer stay silent and spoke up in protest.

"Gahahahaha! You so-called royals rotted away long ago. You