One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

This is truly a delicacy that can never be tasted outside of China.

Only on Fishman Island can you enjoy such fresh deep-sea fish dishes.

Moreover, the desserts on Fishman Island are also exceptional.

The caramel pudding has a silky smooth texture, with a thin, crisp caramel coating that has just the right amount of bitterness, perfectly balancing the sweetness of the pudding itself, making it sweet but not cloying; the special seafood bread is soft and delicious, with a layer of savory, bursting deep-sea caviar inside. This bold combination is not at all incongruous, but rather creates an extremely unique and sophisticated sweet and savory flavor...

As expected of Charlotte Linlin's Choice.

Seeing the satisfied expressions on Kane's and his companions' faces, King Neptune finally felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Having treated you to this level of hospitality, surely you wouldn't deliberately cause trouble again?

This is also a helpless move.

Although Fishman Island is nominally under the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates, it is far from the reach of the emperor, and there are always audacious pirates who, blinded by huge profits, run rampant here.

If it were just ordinary pirates, that would be one thing; Jinbe and he together could easily handle them.

But Kane, the Calamity, is clearly no ordinary being.

We were full and satisfied.

Seeing that Kane was wiping his mouth, seemingly having finished his meal, the eldest prince, Shark Star, finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Lord Kane, please tell me, who exactly killed my mother?"

Neptune did not stop his son; he simply remained silent, waiting for Kane's answer.

"Hody Jones".

Kane stopped keeping him in suspense: "He was a soldier in the King's army at the time, and because of his extreme hatred for humans, he was very dissatisfied with Queen Otohime for being close to humans."

"This hatred reached its peak when Queen Otohime began collecting signatures from the residents of Fishman Island to agree to relocate to the mainland."

"So he bribed a human pirate to set fire to the signature box, and personally sniped Otohime while she was collecting signatures. He also shot and killed the human pirate he had hired and framed him."

"what?!"

Looking at Kane, who was speaking eloquently as if he had been there all along, the mermaids and fish-people present were all taken aback.

They felt an intense resistance and instinctively wanted to deny this horrifying truth.

But Kane's argument was logically consistent, and for a moment, no flaws could be found.

More importantly, Hody Jones is indeed, as Kane said, an extreme fishman supremacist, and his radical ideas are no secret in Fishman Street and even Fishman Island.

Jinbe's face turned extremely ugly as he recalled the many illogical aspects of the crime scene.

He suppressed his turbulent emotions and couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, Mr. Kane, do you have any evidence?"

"Have!"

Kane stated unequivocally, "Princess White Star's pet shark, Mecaro. It witnessed Hody Jones's entire act of violence and informed Princess White Star."

"what?!"

The three princes were struck dumb, frozen in place.

If Kane is telling the truth, then their sister has been carrying this bloody truth alone since the day their mother was murdered.

What kind of pain and torment must she endure, watching her mother's killer go unpunished, having kept this a secret all this time?

Jinbe's massive body trembled slightly as he said in a sorrowful voice, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we must now ask Princess Shirahoshi for the truth."

The thought that she had allowed Hody to distort the truth and incite the Fish-Man Island residents to hate humans caused Queen Otohime's years of hard work and effort to go to waste is unbearable.

His heart felt as if it were being squeezed tightly by a hand, making it impossible for him to breathe.

Now, even with Queen Otohime's dying wish, he must find out the true cause of her death.

Neptune stood up abruptly without the slightest hesitation and immediately ordered, "Go to Hardshell Tower."

Having come this far, he could no longer consider his wife's dying wish.

The murderer must pay the price he deserves!

So Neptune and his group, along with Kane and a few others, left the banquet hall and headed to the Hard Shell Tower within the Dragon Palace.

The most striking feature there was the dense array of weapon marks on the walls and doors.

"What is this?" Hiyori asked curiously.

"It's a long story..."

Just as Neptune was about to explain the situation, a piercing sound suddenly came from afar.

His expression changed drastically, and he shouted a warning: "They're here! Be on guard!"

A red glint flashed in Kane's eyes, and a calm smile appeared on his lips. He didn't even turn his head to look; he simply raised his hand casually, slightly bent his index finger, and flicked it lightly in the direction from which the attack came.

An almost invisible vacuum wind blade burst forth instantly, colliding head-on with the incoming giant axe.

Swah——

The moment the wind blade made contact with the giant axe, there was no deafening collision sound, only an extremely faint sound, like a sharp blade cutting through silk.

The next moment, to the horrified gazes of Neptune and the others.

The massive, menacing battle axe was neatly cleaved in two along its central axis.

The axe, now cut in two, lost all its power and fell limply to the ground with two loud thuds.

Kane slowly withdrew his finger.

It was as if I had only done a trivial little thing.

Chapter 118 Princess Shirahoshi

"Your Majesty Neptune."

A seahorse mermaid dressed as an official led a group of soldiers and hurriedly came to greet them.

"This is the Right Minister in charge of protecting my daughter, and also my right-hand man in governing the country."

Neptune gave Kane and the others a brief introduction, then glanced heavily at the neatly cut fragments of the giant axe on the ground and let out a long sigh.

"As for this... well, it's a long story."

As he explained, he led Kane and his party into the Hard Shell Tower.

"That's how it is. In order to pursue Shirahoshi, Vander Decken IX started throwing weapons at us every day to intimidate us."

Neptune's tone was filled with helplessness and anger.

Upon hearing this, Violet seemed to have thought of something and gave Kane a teasing glance: "So, that Princess Shirahoshi must be very beautiful, right? And a princess at that~"

Kane glanced at her helplessly: "Bai Xing is only nine years old this year."

He's not like that perverted lolicon, Vander Deiken IX.

"what?!"

Yamato, Hiyori, and the others were immediately astonished.

"They actually attacked a 9-year-old girl!"

"too disgusting!"

"That's a pervert!"

The crowd's faces showed disdain and anger, and they couldn't help but spit.

Yamato even rolled up his sleeves on the spot and volunteered to kill Vander Deiken IX.

Although Hiyori and the others didn't say it, their eyes revealed their agreement.

Neptune's eyes lit up, but then he said with disappointment, "Lord Newgate also wanted to kill Vander Decken IX after hearing about White Star's deeds, but he was too cunning and hid in the deep sea. We could never catch him."

Jinbe nodded in agreement.

Not to mention the Whitebeard Pirates, even he himself once went to hunt down Vander Decken IX.

However, the deep sea was too vast, and Vander Decken IX did not need a fixed location to throw his weapons, so his whereabouts were untraceable.

Ultimately, the only recourse was to issue an arrest warrant.

Kane shrugged and suggested a possibility: "Perhaps we could ask Hody Jones. They're both scoundrels; they might have each other's contact information."

But he himself knew that the chances were slim.

If they really wanted to hide, who could find a group of fish-men in the deep sea?

During the conversation, Kane and his party officially entered the interior of the Hard Shell Tower.

What comes into view is an extremely spacious room, decorated in a luxurious yet cozy way, like a fairy tale world.

In the center of the room, there was an exceptionally large soft bed, on which lay a little shad mermaid loli with an astonishingly large figure, a pink fishtail, and long pink hair.

A shark wearing a suit with the word "Prisoner" printed on it is swimming clumsily, trying its best to make her happy.

It's worth noting that children born from the union of a fish-man and a mermaid do not necessarily inherit their parents' race.

Their racial affiliation was randomly selected from countless fish genes within their bloodline.

It's somewhat similar to drawing talents at the start of an online game.

If you were to draw upon the powerful genes of an ancient fish species, it would be no less valuable than eating a regular Zoan-type Devil Fruit.

Hearing the noise at the door, the adorable little mermaid princess turned around, her pink eyes immediately lighting up as she exclaimed with delight, "Father, brothers, you've come!"

But when she saw Kane and his group, she was clearly stunned for a moment. A look of panic flashed across her face, and she subconsciously gripped the blanket under her and shrank back.

If her father and brothers hadn't been there, she probably would have already cowered under the covers in fear.

Neptune quickly stepped forward and gently comforted his daughter with his large hands.

Then, he turned to look at his pet shark, Mecaro, by the bedside and solemnly commanded, "Mecaro, in the name of the King of Fishman Island, I command you to answer my questions truthfully without any concealment!"

A few large drops of cold sweat instantly appeared on Meccalo's forehead.

It nodded nervously, indicating absolute obedience.

Neptune took a deep breath before slowly speaking: "On the day of Princess Otohime's death, were you present? Did you... witness the true face of the murderer?"

Mecaro's body stiffened visibly, and it instinctively looked at its little master, Shirahoshi, its eyes filled with struggle.

But in the end, under Neptune's gaze, it repeated what it had seen.