Uchiha Hikaru stood at the bow, draped in a golden cloak, his expression indifferent. In the dark depths of the sea, his attire shone with incomparable brilliance.
"Tch! Where did this idiot come from? How dare he act so arrogantly beneath the sea!" A fish-man saw Hikaru standing proudly at the bow and immediately took offense. Gripping an axe, he swam over. "I'll chop you to pieces and toss you into a deep-sea trench, where you can rot into filth and become part of the ocean! Let's see how arrogant you are then!"
Quite a few fish-men shared that sentiment. To them, this flashy fellow in a golden cloak simply had an unbearably irritating face. Even killing him outright would not be enough to vent their hatred, and they all swam toward Uchiha Hikaru's ship.
"Hold it!" A voice rang out. An octopus fish-man with several swords hanging from his body swam over and looked toward another part of the bow. Everyone immediately spotted Jinbe at the helm.
"Boss Jinbe!?"
Jinbe held an exalted position on Fish-Man Island. In particular, he had once joined the Shichibukai, willing to make sacrifices in order to reduce the conflict between humans and fish-men and earn humanity's trust for the fish-man race. Later, after the Summit War, Jinbe had been expelled from the Shichibukai. To protect Fish-Man Island, he had once again humbled himself and joined one of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin, seeking her protection for the island.
Jinbe's actions had caused an immense stir throughout Fish-Man Island. In the eyes of many fish-men, Jinbe was the embodiment of chivalry on Fish-Man Island.
"Hyouzou, what are you doing here?" Jinbe knew this octopus fish-man. Moreover, Uchiha Hikaru had already told him everything about the hidden threat to Fish-Man Island. Among the Fish-Man District