"Bang! Bang, bang! Bang!"
One enormous, strange-looking fish after another, each sporting bull horns, kept leaping out of the water and charging at Xie Wen and the others as they walked across the bridge.
Under the Fighting Fish's onslaught, the tall steel railings on either side of the suspension bridge were soon bent every which way. In some of the worst-hit sections, several bars had even snapped.
"Wh-what vicious fish..."
Shirahoshi had initially wanted to see whether she could soothe them, but these Fighting Fish showed no regard whatsoever for her status as the mermaid princess.
"Fish this lively should have pretty good meat, meow."
Sanji Meow's eyes lit up. "Xie Wen, let's catch a few to take back and try!"
"Sure." Xie Wen looked around. "Who wants to do it?"
"If we're taking them back as ingredients, it would be better to avoid damaging their bodies as much as possible, right? Then I'll handle it, meow... hah!"
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Hua Mei Meow stopped Klee Meow and Jinx Meow, who were about to throw bombs, then flattened her upright triangular ears. Her Conqueror's Haki erupted in an instant, sweeping out in all directions, and the entire school of violent Fighting Fish immediately fell asleep like babies.
"C-Conqueror's Haki?!"
Luo, who had been putting on a cool, aloof front nearby, nearly bit his own tongue.
Though Xie Wen's cats had already dealt his confidence quite a blow, seeing that they even possessed Conqueror's Haki still made Luo feel as though all his years of living had been wasted.
Even Kuma looked at Hua Mei Meow in amazement. Although it seemed as though anyone with a bit of standing could possess Conqueror's Haki once the manga's story entered the New World, their numbers were still minuscule compared with the enormous population of the