XX-level Hokage

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!" Upon seeing this incredibly bloody scene, Shirahoshi screamed instantly.

Qi Bai turned to look at the utterly panicked Bai Xing. *Thud*, she'd forgotten all about that.

Upon seeing this, Mashiro instantly activated "Memory Vision," erasing the blood memory from Shirahoshi's mind.

Chapter 109: The Drowned Fishman (Part 1)

"Okay, it's alright now," Mashiro said softly to Shirahoshi. "Huh? What happened to me?" Shirahoshi asked, somewhat annoyed.

"It's nothing, let's go see Vander Deikun, the one who's threatened you for nine years." Shirahoshi chuckled. "Are we really going?" Shirahoshi asked somewhat timidly.

"That's right, only in this way can Shirahoshi break free from her fear." Mashiro flew to Shirahoshi's side, gently stroking her cheek, and said. "Okay, okay, I understand." Shirahoshi hesitated for a moment, then her expression hardened, and she said.

"Let's go then." Mashiro turned and gave Jinbe a look, then left with Shirahoshi.

Jinbe, seeing the meaning in his eyes, spoke to the fish-men beside him: "You Muxi, find a place to bury him."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards Fishman Backstreet. He now understood that, just as Mashiro had said, if he didn't pay attention now, the new Fishman Pirates would definitely cause even more trouble for Fishman Island in the future, so he had to clean them up.

Outside Fishman Island, on the sunken ship of the Flying Dutchman, a large number of fishmen are now gathered to watch.

In addition to Vander Decken and the members of the Flying Pirates, there was also Hody Jones and the members of the new Fishman Pirates he brought with him.

Vander Decken's full name is Vander Decken IX. His ancestor, the first Vander Decken, founded the Flying Pirates. The Flying Dutchman shipwreck is the legacy of the first Vander Decken.

The first Van der Deikun brought immense wealth to Fish-Man Island and was respected by many of its fish-men. However, with each successive generation of Van der Deikun acting recklessly, his name gradually became tarnished, and he was eventually forced to leave Fish-Man Island and live on the sunken Flying Dutchman.

Originally, Vander Deikun lived a relatively comfortable life thanks to his ancestors' inheritance, until he first met Princess Shirahoshi, at which point his life underwent a dramatic change.

When Shirahoshi was 6 years old, her mother, Otohime, saved a Celestial Dragon but was shot in return. In her distress, Shirahoshi cried out, attracting the Sea Kings.

Vander Deacon, having witnessed her summon the Sea Kings with her cries, learned that Shirahoshi was the legendary mermaid princess who could control the Sea Kings, whom the First Ancestor had been searching for for many years. He believed that Shirahoshi would be stunningly beautiful when she came of age, and in order to obtain this ability and to covet Shirahoshi's beauty, he fantasized about marrying her.

Ever since Vander Decken touched Shirahoshi with his right hand when she was six years old, he had never washed his right hand again in order to use his powers to track her down. Initially, Vander Decken would send love letters to the Ryugu Kingdom at most once a week, then he escalated this to sending packages, and eventually even...

The proposal turned into a threatening one, which frightened Shirahoshi, who then reported it to her father, Neptune.

White Star's father, Neptune, was furious and ordered his three sons, the three Neptune brothers, to lead an army to hunt down Vander Decken IX, while White Star stayed in the Hard Shell Tower to avoid the attack.

Indeed, it's less about Vander Deikun's love for the stars and more about his love for the powerful celestial beings that the Little Mermaid possesses.

This explains Mashiro's confusion. When she learned from Neptune and Jinbe that Vander Decken fell in love with Shirahoshi when she was six years old, Mashiro was puzzled. Who would like a six-year-old white-haired loli? Because of this, she even thought that Vander Decken was a perverted lolicon.

The reason why Hody Jones came to find Vander Deacon was quite simple.

Vander Deacon had been invited by Aaron in the past, but was turned down by him on the grounds that he "didn't want to work under someone else." Hody Jones thought of following Aaron's example and partnered with Vander Deacon.

Surrounded by two groups of fishmen, Vander Deacon and Hody Jones sat on either side of the cabin.

"Why are you making such a big fuss to see me? Is there something you need?" asked Vander Decken, captain of the New Fishman Pirates.

“Of course, Vander Decken IX, do you remember when Arlong came to see you before he left?” Hody Jones said in a low voice. “Of course I remember. He wanted to invite me to join his Arlong Pirates, but I am the captain of the Flying Pirates, and naturally I cannot submit to someone else.”

“I have no interest in his ambitions,” Vander Deiken replied, shrugging.

“I’m here today to continue what Brother Aaron did back then,” Hody Jones asked.

“What? You want me to join your new Fishman Pirates? But that's impossible.” Vander Decken chuckled. “No, I didn't mean that. I'm here to cooperate.” Hody Jones revealed a row of incredibly sharp teeth.

“Oh? Cooperation? How do we cooperate?” Van der Deiken said absentmindedly, still showing no interest whatsoever.

"I've heard that you, Vander Decken IX, are deeply in love with Princess Shirahoshi on the island, and even forbid her from spending her life with anyone else, but Neptune has brought her into this world, preventing them from being together," Hody Jones said calmly.

"That's right, that's right! If it weren't for that Neptune guy, I would have married my beloved Shirahoshi long ago." Vander Deiken was incredibly...

He said angrily.

"So what I'm proposing is that the Flying Pirates and our New Fishman Pirates join forces to destroy Neptune's regime. In return, Princess Shirahoshi will be yours," Hody Jones said in a seductive tone.

Upon hearing this, Vander Decken pondered for only a moment before immediately agreeing to Hody Jones's proposal, asking, "What should we do?" Hody Jones laughed and replied, "I'll prepare a group of human pirates, and then you'll use your Devil Fruit ability to throw them..."

Once outside the walls of the Hard-Shell Tower, I will force them to open the city gates on the condition of regaining their freedom. After the gates are open, I will lead the new Fish-Man Pirates to storm Ryugu Palace under the pretext of rescuing King Neptune, and then silently kill Neptune and everyone in his regime.

Van der Deiken pondered for a moment, seemingly finding the plan feasible, and continued to ask, "When will it begin?" He was now quite impatient.

“After Jinbe leaves, you should know that with him around, our plan can’t succeed,” Hody Jones replied.

Just then, the sound of drums rang out. "Clap clap clap!"

"Who's there?!" Hody Jones picked up the trident from the ground and said coldly. All members of the New Fishman Pirates immediately went into battle mode.

"What a brilliant plan. Using the pretext of protecting the king to kill him—that's innovative. If neither Kipin nor I were here, you might actually succeed," a woman with black hair and white eyes said softly, appearing not far away at some point.

The woman was indeed Shiro. After arriving near the Flying Dutchman with Shirahoshi, she first subdued the ship's guardians, a bald sea monster and a giant yellow octopus. Then, she left Shirahoshi outside the ship while she concealed her presence and flew into the Flying Dutchman.

"You are the human woman who appeared beside Neptune today," Hody Jones said coldly, pointing his trident at Mashiro. (Author's Note)

There's something good coming in the next chapter!

Chapter 110: The Drowned Fishman (*)

“That’s right, although you look stupid, your memory isn’t bad at all,” Mashiro said with a smile.

“You are as repulsive as your inferior human race. I was originally going to spare your life for Jinbe’s sake, but now I think I’ll pass.” Hody Jones said, as a group of fishmen surrounded Mashiro.

"Apart from Tiger and Jinbe, are all the rest of you fishman pirates this confident?" Mashiro looked at Hody Jones with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot and asked softly.

Hody Jones ignored Mashiro's words and said coldly, "Go!"

Instantly, the dozen or so new Fishman Pirates officers brought by Hody Jones launched an attack on Mashiro. Seeing this, Mashiro extended her delicate white finger and gently traced the character "一" (one).

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"... Fresh blood gushed out.

All the New Fishman Pirates' executives were cut in half at the waist, their eyes wide with disbelief as they crashed to the ground. "Next, it's your turn." Mashiro walked lightly towards Hody Jones.

"No, no! This is impossible?! Who are you?!" Hody Jones kept backing away, staring at Mashiro in disbelief.

“Me? Just a passing traveler,” Mashiro replied softly. [Name: Neptune]

Gender: Male Age: 29

Race: Murloc; Faction: Murloc Island

Three-color Haki: None; Devil Fruit: None; Height: 2.8m; Luck Value: 45; Approval Rating: 01

So, goodbye.

Mashiro snapped her fingers, and instantly, black flames spread across Hody Jones's body. "Aa ...

Hody Jones screamed miserably, and a dozen seconds later, he turned into a puff of gray smoke and disappeared without a trace. Then Mashiro turned to look at Vander Deikun beside him.

Vander Decken kept swallowing, his four hands trembling. If he knew he couldn't escape, he would have run away after the New Fishman Pirates' officers died.

"Um, sir, I have no relation to Hody Jones, and I have no ill intentions toward humans. Please spare my life." Vander Decken, and all the members of the Flying Pirates behind him lowered their heads, not daring to look at Mashiro.

[Name: Vander Deiken IX]

Gender: Male Age: 23

Race: Fishman; Faction: Fishman Island; Haki: None

Devil Fruit: Paramecia type, Target-Target Fruit; Height: 2.2m

Luck value: 40 Approval rating: 0

[Paramecia Type: Target-Target Fruit: Once an opponent is targeted, the object thrown by the user will automatically track them to the ends of the earth, unless it is en route.]

The tracking stops only when the target is shot down or blocked by an obstacle. The number of targets it can remember at the same time is the same as the number of hands.

"If you wash your hands, the target locked by that hand will be removed, and you must touch the other person again to lock on again." "Are you Vander Deikun? Come with me." Mashiro said softly.

“Yes, sir.” Although he didn’t know what Mashiro wanted to do, Vander Deikun knew he had no room to refuse. As he walked onto the deck, two exclamations rang out simultaneously.

"Pancreas!" "Ah!"

Vander Deikun saw Shirahoshi playing with the sea monster Kraken outside the Flying Dutchman. Shirahoshi also saw the strange-looking Vander Deikun following behind Mashiro.

“This guy is Vander Deikun, the weirdo who's been bothering you. I've already talked to him, and he's heading to land. He won't bother you anymore,” Mashiro said to Shirahoshi.

"Really?! Lady Mashiro!" Shirahoshi cried with joy, tears streaming down her face. "You tell me," Mashiro said, looking at Vander Deiken behind him.

“Of course, it was wrong of me to harass you in the past, Princess Shirahoshi. After being persuaded by this gentleman, I have realized my mistake. To atone for it, I have decided to stay away from Fishman Island from now on.” Vander Decken hurriedly said under the threatening look in Mashiro’s eyes.

“It’s so good that Deakin thinks that way,” Shirahoshi said. “It seems you can go now,” Mashiro said softly.

“Thank you, sir, thank you, sir,” Vander Deiken said hastily, then quickly left.

As he fled, Vander Deikun thought to himself, "I will avenge this, even if it means taking the entire Fishman Island down with them."

Watching Vander Deikun's departing figure, Mashiro reached out her hand, and immediately a swift current of water swept Vander Deikun into it, causing the water coating on his body to peel off instantly. Then, Vander Deikun began to sink into the seabed crevice beneath him.

"Wasn't Lord Deacon supposed to be heading to land? Why did he suddenly swim into the crevice?" Shirahoshi asked curiously. "Perhaps he has something to attend to," Mashiro replied with a smile.

I wonder if a fish-man with a Devil Fruit ability will drown.

"By the way, Shirahoshi, have you ever seen black flames?" Mashiro suddenly asked.

"No, can flames be black?" Shirahoshi shook her head, then asked doubtfully. "Of course."

As Mashiro spoke, the entire Flying Dutchman was instantly engulfed in a ball of black flames and burst into flames.

"Wow! There really are black flames, and they can even burn in seawater! How amazing!" Shirahoshi exclaimed, her eyes sparkling.

"But isn't this ship Lord Daken's home? Is it really alright to just burn it down like this?" Shirahoshi asked doubtfully. "It's fine. He's decided to settle on land; he won't be coming back to this place," Mashiro said calmly.

"Alright, let's go. It's getting late, we should take you home now," Mashiro said softly. "Yes, yes, Mashiro-sama," Shirahoshi nodded.

Shortly after the two men left, the Flying Dutchman emitted more than a dozen agonizing screams. This occurred after White Star was returned to the Hard Shell Tower.

Mashiro found Toki, Nami, and the other three, and took them back to the Mermaid Apartment. Then, she went to the Mermaid Cafe alone. "Welcome!"

Upon entering the café, Mashiro found only two mermaid waiters. "Where is Mrs. Shirley?" she asked one of the waiters.

"Mrs. Shirley isn't feeling well and has gone back to her room to rest," the mermaid waiter replied.

"Could you tell me Mrs. Shirley's address?"

In a small, luxurious house, Shirley sat on the sofa, looking at the crystal ball in her hand.

"Who is she? Why isn't my crystal reacting at all?" Just then, the doorbell rang.

Shirley got up and saw Mashiro outside the door through the doorbell.

Although she really didn't want to open the door, she eventually turned the doorknob. "Um, is there something you need?" Shirley asked.

"Nothing, I just wanted to come and see the beautiful Miss Shirley." Mashiro said, gently embracing Shirley's shark tail. Shirley was so startled she almost gasped, instinctively pulling back. Mashiro, however, suddenly reached out and grabbed her waist to prevent her from leaving. "Are you crazy!"

Shirley hadn't expected Mashiro to be so bold and direct towards her, but she didn't dare to shout loudly, so in desperation she could only scold her in a low voice.