One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

"Hee hee hee……"

Seeing the innocent and carefree Yamato, the mermaid waiters listening nearby couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.

What a perfect couple!

Human sorrows and joys are not interlinked.

Violet, Hiyori, Reiju, and Robin, who were sitting not far away, almost instantly looked pale.

They exchanged a glance, then stood up in unison and went to the counter together.

Hiyori Kozuki spoke first, trying to keep her tone calm: "Miss Shirley, could you please do a divination for me as well?"

Shirley nodded and once again hovered her hand over the crystal ball.

The divination was quick this time. After she looked up, her expression became extremely strange. Her gaze lingered between Kane and Hiyori, as if she had seen something unbelievable.

After a long silence, she managed to utter a few words with difficulty: "Congratulations to you too?"

Upon hearing this, Hiyori Kozuki's tense shoulders instantly relaxed, and she let out a soft sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Lord Kane did not abandon her in the future.

Next up is Violet.

When Shirley saw the scene displayed in the crystal ball, she began to seriously doubt her own divination abilities for the first time.

Did I do too many divinations today and my eyes got tired?

How come the male lead is the same person all the time?

She looked at Violet with a complicated expression, then at Kane who seemed innocent beside her, and finally gave the same answer as before.

Following that, Reiju and Robin also stepped forward one by one.

After receiving the same "congratulations" reply, the women, though with different feelings, all seemed somewhat satisfied.

Although they didn't know what the future held, they at least knew that Kane would give them an "explanation".

that's enough.

After all, Kane never hid his "philanthropy," and to some extent, they tacitly accepted this situation.

After finishing the divination for the last person, Xia Li silently took out a clean handkerchief and carefully wiped the crystal ball, as if it had been stained with something dirty.

The look in her eyes as she looked at Kane changed from awe to disdain.

A complete womanizer.

Kane could only helplessly shrug to himself.

Although he was a womanizer, his feelings for every girl were absolutely sincere and genuine!

Prince Duan was his role model.

three days later.

Fishman Island Port.

The Neptune family came to see him off.

"Goodbye, Brother Kane, and all my brothers and sisters..."

When the time for parting arrived, Shirahoshi still couldn't hold back her tears, which rolled down her cheeks like glistening pearls.

Although they only spent a few days together, they forged a deep friendship with the Neptune family.

"Don't be sad, didn't we exchange Den Den Mushi numbers? You can call us anytime you miss us."

Kane gently patted White Star's huge, bright red fishtail, offering a tender reassurance.

"Definitely."

Bai Xing nodded vigorously, trying to stop her tears, and extended her little finger.

“Of course.” Kane smiled, extending his little finger and gently touching her fingertip to his.

After Shirahoshi bid farewell to everyone, King Neptune stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency Kane, I entrust my people to your care."

"Do not worry."

Kane patted his chest: "They're my men now, so I'll naturally take responsibility for them."

After saying goodbye to the Neptunes, Kane and his group finally set off to return home.

Fishman Island no longer holds any appeal for them.

Chapter 123 Return to Wano Country! The Vanished Island!

The recoated Rayquaza slowly departed from the dreamlike harbor of Fishman Island and began to rise.

On the deck, Robin held a folder and gave Kane a brief report on the recruitment results.

"Lord Kane, after the recruitment ended, we received a total of 1,203 male merfolk, 123 female merfolk, 254 male mermaids and 56 female mermaids."

"Oh?"

Kane was somewhat surprised, raising an eyebrow slightly. "There are significantly more people than expected. There are even female merfolk willing to leave with us?"

You should know that female mermaids were highly sought-after items in the slave market.

Ordinary mermaids, regardless of gender, have a starting bid of around one million Berries, and the same applies to male mermaids.

But a beautiful female mermaid can easily fetch a price of over 70 million Berries!

For this reason, female mermaids have historically been the group most severely persecuted by human slave-hunting teams, and they usually would never easily leave the protection of Fish-Man Island.

"A large portion of them came with their families. And some..."

Robin paused, her tone heavy: "They were rescued from a group of merfolk slave hunters who captured mermaids and sold them to humans. They had lost hope in Fishman Island and were thinking of trying their luck at sea."

This was actually an accident.

The Beasts Pirates' large-scale recruitment campaign unexpectedly brought to light a fishman slave-hunting team hiding in the shadows of Fishman Town.

What angered and disgusted Robin the most was that the leader of the fishmen, before being captured, still argued vehemently: "Even if I don't capture them, those idiots will eventually be tricked and captured by other human slave-hunting teams! Why should others earn this money? I might as well earn it!"

This act of betraying and persecuting one's fellow countrymen for personal gain resonated deeply with Robin, who had suffered betrayal and deception since the age of eight.

Every time it's mentioned, my mood immediately turns terrible.

Kane was silent for a moment, then finally let out a soft sigh: "Every race has its share of beings that break the lower limit."

What he didn't expect was that, upon verification, the members of that three-man fishman slave-hunting team were all former crew members of the "Sun Pirates".

The hero who once liberated slaves has transformed into a vicious dragon.

He shook his head, no longer dwelling on these thoughts, and turned to Jack beside him: "After we return to Wano Country, the selection and reorganization of personnel will be entrusted to the two of you. Jack, you will be responsible for selecting the elite from among them to form and manage the future Fishman combat force."

Then, his gaze shifted to Hesong: "The rest of the personnel who are not suitable for combat, along with their families, will be placed under your management and work assignment."

Not all fishmen and mermaids are suited for combat.

Those who yearn for a peaceful life or excel at production are best suited to be entrusted with the honest and reliable Kawamatsu.

After a period of oppressive and gloomy deep-sea voyage, when the massive hull of the Liekongzuo suddenly broke through the sea surface and was once again bathed in the cloudless sunlight, the entire deck instantly erupted in excitement.

"Sunshine! Is this the sunshine on the sea? It's so warm!"

"Mom! Look! Those are real clouds! White clouds!"

"The ocean! I've finally arrived!!"

Almost all the fish-men and mermaids gazed greedily at the azure sky, breathing in the salty yet incredibly free air, so different from the deep sea.

Many people were so moved that they shed tears.

The yearning for land, sunshine, and freedom has long been ingrained in their genes like an instinct.

Many people even jumped directly into the clear seawater, swimming and darting about happily on the surface, freely enjoying the freedom of swimming in the open sea.

At this moment, even the seasoned thugs of Fishman Street revealed childlike smiles.

Kane leaned leisurely against the ship's side, watching the excited scene of the fishmen and mermaids, a slight smile playing on his lips.

This time, he did do something good, I suppose.

While the fish-men and mermaids were enjoying the beauty of the sea and sunshine, they arrived at Wano Country.

"What a high mountain! What a magnificent waterfall!"

The new immigrants on the ship looked up and were deeply awestruck by the towering, steep cliffs surrounding Wano Country, which resembled natural city walls, and the massive waterfalls that roared down from them.

It truly lives up to its name as the surface of the deep sea.

How could such a rugged and magnificent sight be seen on Fishman Island?

The thought of living here in the future filled them with anticipation.

Lord Kane said that their new home would be inside the cliff.

I don't know what kind of environment that was.

However, they are confident that they can build a good new home.

The Sky Pirate skillfully navigated the underwater harbor, took the massive elevator, and finally landed smoothly at the port of Ghost Island.

"Lord Kane!"

The members of the Beasts Pirates continued to cheer enthusiastically, welcoming the return of Rayquaza.

Kane smiled and waved to them.

The fishmen and mermaids behind him began to tense up. Looking at the Beast Pirates, who exuded a fanatical and savage aura, they suddenly realized that they had arrived at the Pirate Emperor's headquarters.

At this moment, Jack stepped forward without hesitation.

"Men, get your act together and don't embarrass me!"

"Yes, Boss Jack!"

Strangely enough, after Jack yelled at them, the fishmen stopped being nervous and started to cheer them on, their morale suddenly rising.

Kane looked at his younger brother with admiration.

He truly deserves to be the leader of the murloc army that he chose.