After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"Oh!"

The giant sword left a long scratch on the ground of Fishman Street, but it did not hurt Martin and his companions, who easily dodged it.

Martin looked at the huge warrior and felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

"Mr. Martin, be careful. This man's Devil Fruit ability is similar to Cracker's," Jinbe warned.

Martin only realized it after Jinbe reminded him: "Yes, they are Cracker's biscuit soldiers. Apart from their appearance being slightly different, they are almost the same."

Martin asked, "Who are you, and why do you have Cracker's Devil Fruit abilities?"

"No, no, no, this isn't Cracker's ability. I ate a different fruit," Oreo shook his head and denied.

"Hmph! No matter what fruit you ate, you'll pay the price today." Martin said, clenching his fist and punching.

“Lord Martin, hand him over to me!” Jinbe said, blocking Martin’s path.

Martin looked at the fish-man in front of him and said, "Jinbe, this is between me and the Big Mom Pirates, so you shouldn't get involved."

Jinbe thought about how terrifying the Big Mom Pirates were, and if he got involved, Charlotte Linlin, that crazy woman, would blame Fishman Island, which would be a disaster for Fishman Island.

Thinking of this, Jinbe bowed to Martin and stepped aside, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Sir Martin."

Oreo grew angrier the more he looked at himself. What had he become? These two were actually fighting over him. Did he look that weak?

"No need for all this back and forth, none of you are going to escape, you're all going to die!" Oreo screamed.

"Cookie Darts!"

Oreo stretched out his hands, and black, round projectiles shot out like bullets, flying towards Martin and his group. The projectiles flew out like a shower of flowers, covering everyone.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The cookies kept hitting Martin and his friends, their edges as sharp as knives.

Fortunately, none of the people present were weak; although the biscuits were very sharp, they could not break through their defenses and harm them.

Surprisingly, these biscuit projectiles were deflected and, upon landing, transformed into tiny figures, each wielding a small knife.

The countless tiny cookie figures swarmed towards the crowd like ants, sending chills down everyone's spines!

"Hahaha! How about that? Pretty amazing, right?" Oreo laughed loudly as he looked at the flustered crowd.

Martin kept knocking the little men away. Although these little men weren't very powerful, they were still very annoying, and if you weren't careful, they could still hurt your vital organs.

Hearing Oreo's laughter, Martin suddenly realized how stupid he had been to attack these little people! As the old saying goes, to catch a thief, first catch the king; to shoot a man, first shoot his horse.

"Moonwalk!"

Thinking of this, Martin used Moonwalk to fly into the sky and headed towards Oreo.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Oreo had anticipated that someone would attack him, so he had arranged several cookie soldiers around him. The cookie soldiers raised their weapons and slashed at Martin in unison.

Martin was struck by the giant sword, which slammed him to the ground from the air. The other biscuit soldiers followed suit, slashing down their giant swords in waves of attacks.

"The iron block vibrates!"

Martin channeled his energy along with the Navy Type 6 Iron Block, and the greatsword struck him. The recoil force traveled along the sword to the biscuit soldier, making the originally hard biscuit soldier soft and unable to stand, collapsing to the ground.

"shave!"

A passage appeared before Martin, and without a word, he pushed off the ground and charged straight at Oreo.

"Oh!"

Martin rushed up to Oreo and punched him directly on the head, shattering Oreo's skull into pieces and turning him into a pile of dust. Martin used the force of a long-range punch to deliver the blow.

No, this isn't the real Oreo, Martin immediately realized as he looked at the Oreo turned to powder.

"Hahaha! How's my clone? Isn't it exactly like me?"

Oreo's laughter came from all directions.

Martin looked back and saw dozens of Oreos appearing in various locations on Fishman Street, each saying the same thing, making it hard to tell which were real and which were fake.

"Oh!"

Oreo had barely finished laughing when Martin punched him on the head, spitting blood and teeth from his mouth as he was sent flying – a fatal blow.

"You... how do you know this is my original body?" Oreo asked in confusion. Every clone was just like him, so why was Martin able to hit his original body with one blow? However, his words were slurred and his voice was somewhat distorted.

Although Oreo's words were somewhat unclear, Martin still understood and casually replied, "Do you believe me if I said I just hit him randomly?"

"puff!"

Oreo was so angry at Martin's words that he spat out blood. Was his luck really that bad? He got hit by Martin's casual attack.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you since you've shed so much blood. It's simple: you can draw the skin and bones, but you can't draw the heart," Martin said.

"What do you mean?" Oreo asked, not understanding.

"Cough! It's terrible to be uncultured. What I mean is, although your clones are very realistic, they are still just clones. They don't breathe or have a heartbeat. I can sense them clearly with my Observation Haki. Do you understand?"

Martin yelled at Oreo.

“I see. Next time I’ll make sure my clones can not only talk, but also have heartbeats and breathe. Thanks for the advice!” Oreo shouted to Martin.

"Heh! You won't do it again."

Sword draw and slash!

A crimson-black sword aura slashed out as Martin made his move.

Oreo suddenly found his body stiff and unable to move at all.

Looking down, he realized that his Devil Fruit body had been split in two.

"I! I'm dead? I clearly ate a Devil Fruit!"

Oreo collapsed to the ground, bleeding profusely.

As Martin defeated Oreo, the pirates who had been centered around him instantly collapsed and scattered. There were too many pirates and the collapse was so sudden that Martin and his crew were caught off guard and failed to capture many in a short time.

Soon the Sea King's army returned, bringing back many pirates, including some powerful pirate captains. They were brought back under the guard of Lily and her crew, but unfortunately, none of these pirates possessed Devil Fruit abilities.

Kuala Lumpur Koh Place.

Neptune saw that his ministers had returned with many pirates under their custody, and he knew that the matter of Fishman Street had been resolved. However, the endless stream of pirates was giving him a major headache.

Since the start of the Age of Exploration, countless pirates have passed through Fishman Island to reach the New World every day. While most pirates are relatively well-behaved, there are always a few pirate crews that want to make a fortune on Fishman Island.

The disappearance of people on Fishman Island has become commonplace, and if this continues, the Fishman race will one day be wiped out.

“The Left Minister has all these pirates imprisoned,” Neptune said to the Left Minister.

"Your Majesty, it won't work. The prisons are full. We can't accommodate so many criminals."

The Left Minister shook his head and said.

“Your Majesty, I think simply keeping these pirates in prison is not enough. Doing so will not only increase your burden, but also fail to deter them,” Martin interjected, overhearing Neptune and the Left Minister’s conversation.

"Then, Mr. Martin, do you have any good ideas?" Neptune asked after listening to Martin's words, which he found very reasonable.

"My idea is simple: hang those wicked pirates by the roadside so passersby can see the consequences of breaking the rules of Fishman Island. Make the less wicked pirates do manual labor, and release them after a certain period. This will not only increase the workforce for Fishman Island but also make those pirates repent. Finally, by releasing the pirates who have done their labor, we can let them tell the whole world what's going on here: Fishman Island is not easy to bully, and bullying Fishman Island will have consequences."

Martin briefly explained the matter of labor reform.

Neptune thought it made a lot of sense, so he arranged for the Left Minister to actually deal with these pirates.

"Father, are you all finished with your work? I want to go to Mother's grave as soon as possible!"

Bai Xing jumped over and said.

“Okay! Let’s go to the Sea Forest now.” Seeing Shirahoshi’s eager look, Neptune quickly agreed.

And so, led by the Right Minister, Neptune and his entourage set off for the Sea Forest in a grand procession.

The Sea Forest is an underwater forest located northeast of Fishman Town. Because many shipwrecks from the sea are transported here by the tides, it is also known as the "Ship Graveyard".

Because "Sun Tree Eve" transmits sunlight from the sea surface to Fishman Island, many beautiful corals grow here, and fish and whales also forage here.

A section of the Sea Forest is wrapped in bubble wrap; this is the grave of Princess Otohime, Shirahoshi's mother, and a Poneglyph is located alongside the grave.

Shirahoshi wept incessantly at her mother's grave before being taken back to the palace by her three elder brothers.

In the end, only Neptune and Martin remained inside the bubble membrane, while the Sea King's guards stood watch outside. They were not allowed to enter; each time they came, they could only stay outside as guards.

Neptune watched Martin intently studying the historical text, wondering if this man could actually understand it.

"Sir Martin, can you read what's written on it?"

“Your Majesty, I can’t understand it, but someone can.” Martin didn’t hesitate to take out a Den Den Mushi and shine it on the Poneglyph.

The Den Den Mushi stared wide-eyed, while on the other end was his wife, Robin.

“Can you tell me what it says?” Neptune asked.

"What, Your Majesty? Don't you know what's written on it?" Martin asked.

“Yes, all I know is that it’s an apology letter from a man named Joy Boy to the Little Mermaid. Although we’ve guarded this place for generations, we don’t know what it contains,” Neptune said.

Martin nodded, connected to Robin's Den Den Mushi, explained the situation, and then Robin began translating on the spot.

"As you said, the above is an apology letter. For some reason, they were unable to fulfill their promise, so they left this historical text. On the other hand, they hope to convey this matter to their descendants through this historical text, so that their descendants can continue to fulfill this promise."

“You mean them? Isn’t Joey Boy the same person?” Neptune asked in surprise.

“Yes, they must be a group of people,” Martin said.

“It’s incredible. We’ve been saying for generations that it’s just one person, someone who lived in the same era as the first Merman Princess,” Neptune said in surprise.

"After reading these historical texts, I have a better understanding of the history from 800 years ago. 800 years ago, there should have been a war that affected the whole world, and in the end, Joy Boy and his people were defeated. Your fish-man princess also participated in that war, and in the end, she led the fish-man race to retreat to Fish-man Island, saving your race from extinction."

Robin's voice came through the Den Den Mushi.

As with the previous books, Robin begins to recount the contents of the Poneglyphs as Martin touches them.

It seems that when they created these historical texts, they knew that their lineage might be wiped out and that their descendants would not be able to read the text, so they left behind this method.

"You mean to say that Joy Boy and his group were wiped out, so no one is keeping their promise?" Neptune asked after hearing what the Den Den Mushi said.

“They were probably wiped out. Of course, some of their people survived, but those survivors probably don’t know their own clan’s history,” Martin guessed.

Neptune fell silent upon hearing Martin's words, pondering what Martin had said.

Those words were refreshing to him. Although the content was somewhat unbelievable, he felt that what Martin said seemed to be true.