Above Fish-Man Island, several enormous sea monsters were flying through the air on bubbles.
A group of figures were on the back of the sea monster—it was Hody and his gang!
"Hahaha..."
Hody raised his hands high, burst into laughter, and said:
" Neptune, look at Fish-Man Island under your rule! You won't see it tomorrow, ha ha..."
" Hody, our 100,000 men are already waiting for us at Gyoncorde Plaza. We're just waiting for us to bring Neptune there so we can begin this grand royal execution ceremony!"
"I'm talking to you," said Zeo calmly, his tone revealing a hint of madness.
"Excellent! Today is a day to remember. From this day forward, our Fish-Man race will be reborn, and the world will ultimately submit to us Fish-Man!"
Hody laughed as they arrived above Gyoncorde Plaza.
Looking down at the massive crowd, Hody felt a surge of pride. With his forces, who could stop him?
Then Hody commanded the sea creatures beneath him, "Sea creatures, find an open space to land!"
The Fish-Man on the ground suddenly felt the sky darken, and couldn't help but look up. Their faces immediately lit up with excitement, and they shouted in unison:
"Boss Hody is here!!"
Upon hearing this, all the Fish-Man around involuntarily raised their heads, looking at Hody standing at the forefront with deep respect. One of the Fish-Man said in a tone of awe:
"Is this Boss Hody? He can actually control such a huge sea monster! He's incredibly powerful!"
Another Fish-Man who overheard this chuckled, then proudly declared, "Of course! Our New Fish-Man Pirates are the World's Strongest, and Boss Hody is our captain!"
"So, that means Boss Hody is the strongest person in the world! Isn't it normal for him to have such strength?"
This scene unfolded in various parts of the plaza, filling many of the newly joined New Fish-Man Pirates Fish-Man awe and pride for Hody!
The World's Strongest Person is their pirate captain! How exciting!
" Hody, the World's Strongest!"
A voice suddenly rang out in the square, and then, as if a switch had been flipped, the same words echoed throughout the square.
" Hody, the World's Strongest!"
"..."
The sound was so loud that Hody, who was in mid-air, could hear it clearly. He couldn't help but smile and turned to his men, saying:
"Your new recruits are excellent; they have very high moral character and speak well. We should recruit more people like them in the future!"
Having said that, Hody turned his head, looked down, took a deep breath, and shouted:
"My little ones!"
Hody's voice echoed throughout the square, and all the Fish-Man involuntarily stopped shouting, turning their gazes to Hody, waiting for their leader to speak.
Seeing that his words had silenced the entire room, Hody smiled again.
This feeling of having everyone respond to his call excited him and fascinated him!
He cleared his throat, a rare occurrence for him, just as he was about to say something, when a violent tremor suddenly came from beneath his feet, accompanied by the mournful cries of sea monsters.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Hody shouted, shaking his body.
"I don't know, it seems like the sea lion suddenly went berserk!" Zeo also looked confused.
Upon hearing this Hody looked down at the sea lion at his feet and said in an unfriendly tone:
"Hey! Sea lion, what's going on? Do you want to die?"
Normally, Hody's roar would terrify the sea lions, but today it seemed to have no effect whatsoever.
The sea lion continued to shake, and then its massive body plummeted to the ground.
"!!!"
"Boom!"
The sea lion crashed into the ground with a loud bang, and Hody and his gang, as well as Neptune, all fell off in the impact.
In an instant, smoke and dust filled the sky, and a dark figure flashed past within it.
"Cough cough..."
A chorus of coughs echoed across the court as Hody slowly stood up.
"Sea lion, it seems you really have a death wish!"
"If you don't do it, plenty of sea monsters will! Do you think I can't live without you?" Hody roared, but a trembling voice startled him instantly.
" Hody!! The sea lion's belly... is bleeding a lot!"
"What!!"
Hody quickly turned his head to look, and a bloody, mangled wound came into his view, still oozing blood.
"What... what's going on?" A bead of cold sweat trickled down Hody's face.
They were just in the air, so why did a wound suddenly appear on the sea lion's belly? Did someone attack them?
Before Hody could figure out what was going on, another anxious voice rang out.
" Hody, Neptune's gone too!"
"!!!"
Upon hearing this news, Hody's expression turned extremely ugly.
He was now certain that someone was targeting him from the shadows, first attacking the sea lions and causing them to fall from the sky, and then rescuing Neptune before they could even figure out what was going on.
Without Neptune, their plan would fail!
No! He won't fail, and he can't possibly fail! Even if he has to turn the entire Fish-Man Island upside down, he'll find Neptune and kill him today!
Thinking this, Hody shouted to those around him, "Everyone, find Neptune right now! Kill him today, no matter what!"
Before these people could make a move, a voice came from above.
"No need to look anymore, I'm right here!"
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned toward the source of the sound, where Neptune was surrounded by a group of people.
Upon seeing the crowd, Hody's eyes narrowed, and he whispered, " The Straw Hat Pirates!"
That's right, the people protecting Neptune behind him were Luffy and Jinbe.
Jinbe looked at Hody and said, " Hody, why did you kill King Neptune?"
"Why kill him? Hahaha..."
"I think I've made myself clear. This country doesn't need a weak king, and we Fish-Man don't need to live in peace with humans. Fish-Man, this inferior race, should be trampled under our feet!"
"Since this country's ideals clash with ours, then we will overthrow it ourselves!"
"What I didn't expect was that you didn't run away when facing so many of us. Didn't you hear what they just said?"
"Our New Fish-Man Pirates are the world's number one pirate crew, and I am the world's number one..."
"Pfft!!"
Before Hody could finish speaking, a fist landed on his stomach, sending him flying and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
" Hody!!!"
The Fish-Man stared in utter horror at Hody being sent flying, then stiffly turned their heads to look at Hody, who had just made the Luffy, with expressions of terror.
Luffy pulled down his hat brim and said in an extremely calm tone:
"Want to become the World's Strongest?"
"You're 100,000 years too early!!"