Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 948 The secrets of the merman tribe!
New World, Raftel.

"Wait a minute, you mean..."

In front of the huge and solemn stone tablet, Luffy looked up in astonishment and looked at the tablet.

To be precise, he was looking at the white star inside.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

"Oh, that's trouble!"

Rubbing his hair in distress, Luffy turned back to look at the others who were all curious and said, "She doesn't know how Shirahoshi got out either."

"Nani?!"

A group of people stood there in a daze.

What is this word?

Even the person involved doesn’t know how to get out? !
"Does she still remember how she was locked up, Luffy?"

Jinbei asked with a slightly sad tone.

The fact was the same as Ron had guessed. Although he could vaguely sense Shirahoshi's breath, he could not communicate directly like Luffy.

"Wait a minute, let me ask..."

After that, Luffy turned around and repeated the question.

At the same time, he held his chin up, transformed into Sherlock Holmes, and nodded from time to time, looking very reliable.

“Hmm…hmm, I see…”

"Is it really okay?"

Sanji asked worriedly, his curly eyebrows furrowed.

He understood the truth. After all, the only person who could communicate with Shirahoshi now was Luffy...but that was Luffy after all!
90% of the time I'm in pure fool mode!

Is it really okay?
"We have no choice but to trust him."

Nami sighed, not wanting to discuss the subject.

Having said that, suddenly, a terrible feeling of oppression burst out from Luffy.

That is the domineering aura of a king!
He was forced out by Ron as early as before he set out to sea in 1519. Now, several years have passed, and as Luffy's strength has increased, his domineering aura has become more and more frightening.

“I see… I understand.”

Luffy replied calmly, but those who knew him well heard some different emotion in his tone.

"how?"

Jinbei couldn't help but ask.

"I……"

Luffy moved his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and looked at him: "After Shirahoshi was brought here, Orrick stabbed her heart with a knife."

"Then she lost consciousness, and when she woke up, she was already locked inside."

Noticing the anger and sadness on Jinbei's face, Luffy lowered the brim of his hat: "She said... before she passed out, she felt like her body was flying, and there was a force inside the stone tablet that pulled her over."

The feeling of your body flying?

Isn't that just the soul leaving the body?
This was said so clearly that even Luffy, who was in complete idiot mode 90% of the time, could understand it.

The way to rescue Shirahoshi is simple: exchange life for life!

If a person dies near the stone tablet, their souls will be exchanged and one will go into "jail" instead of Shirahoshi.

Swish!
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Death, it is something so distant and yet so close at hand.

None of them were ready to die.

But soon, Jinbei raised his head and pulled the upper body bathrobe down to his waist, revealing his blue skin.

"I come!"

Everyone looked at him in shock, Jinbei took a step forward and came to Luffy's side, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"If I can end this nightmare with my life, what's the harm in dying?"

Then he looked at Zoro.

"Please, Swordsman-san!"

"Is this really the only way?"

Zoro grabbed the Wado Ichimonji with his left hand and stepped forward.

Although he has only known him for a short time, he has great respect for Jinbei. He is a man who deserves the name of "Sea Knight". Regardless of race, he is a man of pure spiritual nobleness.

Even though he had been influenced by the samurai spirit in Wano Country, Zoro still couldn't bring himself to do it. "Wait a minute, these are just Princess Shirahoshi's speculations, there is no evidence to prove them."

Nami stopped Zoro in panic and turned to ask Luffy: "And if we want to exchange lives for each other's, why don't we just go find the current Sea King..."

"By the way, isn't our ultimate goal the Sea King? Even if we send Jinbei in, it won't solve the problem!"

This sentence hit the nail on the head, and the group of people became more excited.

Yes, even if they send Jinbei in now to rescue Shirahoshi, they still have to face Poseidon.

Zoro breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Jinbe with a smile.

"It seems that you can't die."

however……

"No, I think you'd better not have such naive ideas."

A familiar voice sounded from behind the crowd. Everyone turned around in surprise, their pupils suddenly shrinking.

"navy?!"

Clang!
Zoro drew his weapon, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

"I remember you, Navy Ghost Sword, Quinn Donte!"

Wearing a large cloak of justice to shield his body from the scorching desert sun, Donte lazily placed his left elbow on the hilt of his astonishingly long sword, standing in front of the fully armed members of the assassination team.

"The three-sword swordsman, Rororoa Zoro..."

Dongte said the name calmly, then looked past him and looked at Luffy: "There are many ways to kill people. Do you know why Orrick chose a knife?"

Being ignored, Zoro: "...I'll cut you down!"

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"why?"

Luffy asked, looking up.

"If the body is injured too severely, even if Shirahoshi is rescued, he will still die."

"Indeed, we can't just consider the soul swap, we also have to consider whether we can survive after the swap."

Chopper glanced at Jinbei and said, "So we have to find a delicate way to kill the opponent while also healing him."

This is not a contradiction in medicine. Many patients whose brain waves have stopped can be saved.

"Not only that, the target must also be a mermaid or a fishman."

Dong Te had no intention of taking action, so he found a big rock to sit on. "Princess Shirahoshi's body can control the sea kings, do you know why? How were the sea kings born? What is the connection between them?"

This question touched upon the Straw Hat Pirates’ blind spot in knowledge, and Dong Te did not expect them to answer, so he explained: “In fact, the Sea Kings are just a group of biological weapons that were deliberately created… Well, that’s nonsense.”

After all, ancient weapons are famous.

"Many, many years ago, someone used advanced medical technology to piece together and sew together the body tissues of different creatures to form all kinds of monsters."

"They were not so huge at the time. It was only over time that the seastone continued to infiltrate them, changing their genes and amplifying their size, forming a heredity that gave rise to this group of creatures called sea kings."

Looking at the confused faces of the Straw Hat Pirates, Toute decided to make it short.

It would take three days and three nights to explain to them why seastone causes organisms to grow larger.

Dongte shuddered as he recalled how he was also curious about the reason behind Ron's sudden increase in height and had looked up some information, only to have a headache for three days.

"And as I said, they are a group of biological weapons. Once the weapons are manufactured, there naturally needs to be a switch to control them."

"This switch... is you, the merpeople and the fishmen."

Pointing at Jinbe, Toto continued.

"The reason why the Neptune royal family has always been a royal family is because the ability to control sea kings can only be passed down in their bloodline... Every few hundred years, when the power in this bloodline becomes strong enough, a mermaid princess who can control sea kings will be born."

At this, Dongte grinned.

"Yes, just as you think."

"Mermaids, fishmen and sea kings are also the product of a biological experiment. They were deliberately placed on Fishman Island to monitor the actions of the Mountain Ancestor for some bigwigs to prevent it from going berserk."

"Fishman Island, the original name should be the monitoring station or military base."

"Now let's go back to the question just now... Think about it, why can the Sea King outside exchange souls with Princess Shirahoshi?"

boom!
The information revealed in Donte's words made the Straw Hat Pirates dizzy, but they understood a little bit.

Robin covered his mouth in surprise and said, "Because just like the birth process of sea kings, fishmen and mermaids... also need a biological sample!"

In the ruined desert of Raftel, Robin discovered a number of broken reliefs.

The pattern depicted above is a scene of ancient ancestors performing some kind of worship and sacrifice, and the protagonist is a huge mermaid woman with a human body and a fish tail!
As expected, excluding inhumane biological experiments, mermaids and mermen are the direct descendants of that god!
Heavy mourning for the online writer "Night in the Grid". To be honest, I didn't feel anything when I first heard the news during the day, but then I searched curiously and found that I had read many of his books before... Instantly, the feeling of loss of the familiar things came to my heart, and I was filled with emotion. No matter who you are, all friends who see this paragraph, take care of yourself.

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