LRAB Chapter 369 The Outburst of Gale, Deep-Sea Tornado!
Chapter 369 The Outburst of Gale, Deep-Sea Tornado!
Chapter 369 The Outburst of Gale, Deep-Sea Tornado!
"Honestly, how much longer are we going to have to wait?" Usopp said, frowning. "Is this banquet ever going to start? They've come all this way and they haven't even been invited to sit down. They're just being left here like this... What's the meaning of this?"
"I'm so hungry..." Melly said, rubbing her tummy.
Me too.
"ah"
"Even though I don't have a stomach to go hungry, yo ho ho ho ho!"
"Now is not the time to talk about these things."
Nami glanced at the forces that were gradually surrounding them and slowly narrowed her eyes.
There's something wrong with this.
After witnessing this, Usopp paused for a moment, then said with a headache, "Have we been dragged into some strange incident again?"
Why does this feeling feel so familiar?
"That's possible."
"I'm so sorry to have troubled you to come all this way," the Left Minister said calmly as he approached the group.
But for the safety of Fishman Island, let's arrest you first.
Upon hearing this, Nami and the others immediately frowned. What did they mean by "for the safety of Fishman Island"?
What did they do?
"Minister of the Left, is there some misunderstanding here?" Cammy asked anxiously.
Luffy and his friends are her good friends, how could they possibly threaten Fishman Island?
"No, there is no misunderstanding, because I have already received information that they are suspects," the Left Minister said.
"What suspicion?" Nami asked.
"Firstly, they captured many young and beautiful female mermaids!"
Secondly, according to Lady Shirley's prophecy about the future, you are the dangerous individuals who will destroy Fishman Island!
"ha?"
A few question marks appeared above Usopp's head, and he immediately retorted loudly, "What a joke!"
"Predictions about the future... who knows if they'll come true?!"
If they were to be attacked for this reason... he would absolutely not accept it!
"That's right, prophecies are completely unreliable." Nami said, frowning. "And you actually said that our Straw Hat Pirates are capturing mermaids..."
"Are you kidding me!"
"Have you forgotten what we did?!"
Back in the Sabaody Archipelago, they killed a Celestial Dragon for Camie, a young female mermaid!
Moreover, west Yan is the hero of Fishman Island who saved so many fishman slaves!
Even if west Yan is dead in these people's eyes, it shouldn't make them look at the Straw Hat Pirates like this.
"this.
Hearing Nami's words, the Left Minister's face showed a troubled expression, because he also understood what the Straw Hat Pirates meant to Fishman Island.
But upon recalling Mrs. Shirley's prophecy, his expression immediately hardened.
"I know what your Straw Hat Pirates have done, and I know this might be a little unfair to you, but..."
The Left Minister paused for a moment, then said seriously, "For the safety of Fishman Island, we have no choice but to ask you to make do for now."
"But don't worry, as long as we can confirm your innocence, we will release you and apologize to you."
The Straw Hat Pirates did indeed do a great service to Fishman Island, but... for the safety of Fishman Island, he had no choice but to do this.
"For this reason..."
Melie looked at the fish-men with some disappointment. She had initially thought they were decent people, but it turned out...
Seeing the slight disappointment in Mary's eyes, Neptune thought of his own daughter when she was little, and his heart clenched.
"Is this really okay...?" Neptune murmured.
Is it really fair to the Straw Hat crew to arrest people without concrete evidence?
"Just surrender, you lot!" the Left Minister said.
"How could we possibly surrender so easily for this reason..." Nami habitually pulled out her Clima-Tact and said, "Don't be ridiculous!"
As a pirate, how could he possibly entrust his life and death to the other party so easily?
Even if we need to find out what happened, we should let them investigate freely!
"That's right!"
Melly floated up slowly, her eyes filled with displeasure as she looked at the surrounding merman soldiers, saying, "We won't surrender!"
"Then we have no choice but to fight! Yohohohohoho!"
Brooke also drew his weapon, his gaze gradually sharpening.
Usopp then pulled out a bullet, grinned, and said, "Then let's test the waters with you guys."
Uncle Rayleigh said that one could use the power of a Devil Fruit to increase their strength and speed.
Let him give it a try!
"It seems you intend to resist to the end." The Left Minister's face turned cold. "In that case, there's nothing more to say. 'Go! Seize them!'"
"profound!"
Upon receiving the order, the fish-man soldiers roared and charged towards Usopp and his companions.
"Don't underestimate me!" Usopp shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately used the power of the Devil Fruit to amplify his strength.
He then threw the bullet in his hand.
"Ultimate Move: Exploding Star!"
"search"
"Buzz"
The next moment, the projectile suddenly grew several times larger during its flight and then struck the fishman soldier not far away, causing a terrible explosion!
"boom!!"
"what!"
The fishman who was hit screamed, then his eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground.
This scene directly shocked the fishman soldiers.
Usopp, on the other hand, showed a satisfied expression. This feeling of amplifying his own power... was really awesome!
"Throwing cannonballs with bare hands?!" Nami exclaimed in surprise, looking at Usopp. "Aren't you a sniper?!"
"Who says snipers can't throw shells with their hands?" Usopp said with a smirk.
A single shot, a perfect hit—what else could it be but a sniper?
Nami:
Is that how it can be calculated?
Just then, a fish-man soldier rushed in front of Nami, raised his fork, and stabbed down, shouting, "Got it!"
"puff"
"Varied..?!"
The fishman soldier was dumbfounded when he saw that Nami's arm, which he had hit, was not bleeding.
What's going on?
"Even though I can't exert much of my strength in this environment, I'm not someone you can bully!" Nami said.
As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her foot and kicked the merman soldier, making him bend over like a shrimp in pain.
Then, another day, he struck the other person on the head with a stick, knocking him unconscious.
"Yohohohoho"
"Miss Nami is indeed more terrifying than before," Brook laughed.
As he spoke, he effortlessly cut down several merman soldiers.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"Yohohohoho! You guys just accuse people so easily, you're all bad people!" Mary said, frowning slightly. "I'm going to beat you all to a pulp!"
"ha?
Upon hearing Melly's words, the merman soldiers who had surrounded her were taken aback for a moment, and then they were all amused.
This little brat actually said he wanted to beat them up, it's kind of funny.
Then, they planned to grab Merry, which would make the other Straw Hat Pirates members hesitate to act against her.
But before they could make a move, they saw Mary slowly extend her hand out of the bubble and aim it at them!
The next moment.
"boom!!!"
An incredibly terrifying gale erupted from Melly's hand, which then formed a horizontal deep-sea tornado in the sea!
"boom!!!"
Fishman Soldier: ? ? ?
The merman soldiers were dumbfounded when they saw the giant waterspout that appeared out of nowhere.
No, is this something a child who looks to be under eight years old could do?
Is this reasonable?!
Then, the merman soldiers standing in front of Mel were swept up by the attack Mel released, their bodies flying uncontrollably backward with the water dragon.
Finally... it slammed hard into the inner wall behind it, creating a huge hole in it!
"boom!!"
Then, the wind gradually subsided, and the sea gradually returned to calm.
"Um?"
Zoro, who had just run to the vicinity with Perona, paused for a moment, then looked at the huge hole and the several fish-man soldiers lying on the ground with some surprise, and said, "This attack was..."
Could it be that the Western Flame has launched an attack here?!
This guy is using water-based techniques to attack here... Isn't he afraid of revealing that he's still alive?
Thinking of this, Zoro frowned.
"Stop standing there, hurry up and go save them!!" Perona yelled.
At a time like this, he's still standing here in a daze. I don't know what this idiot is thinking.
"profound!!"
Zoro, regaining his senses, nodded and then ran outside with the bubble cover on.
"What terrifying power..."
Upon glancing at the destruction caused by Melie, the Left Minister's expression immediately turned ugly.
"Minister of the Left, these people are clearly Devil Fruit users!"
"A Devil Fruit user..."
Listening to the fishman soldier's words, Neptune turned his gaze to Usopp, thinking to himself: "This man's ability... how come it's somewhat similar to the ability of that legendary man?"
Are they similar abilities?
Or is it the same Devil Fruit?
With this in mind, Neptune fell into deep thought.
The Left Minister then remarked, "I can tell they are Devil Fruit users..."
After speaking, the Left Minister paused for a moment, then, as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up and he said, "Break their bubbles, and we can catch them!"
They'll win as long as they can get these Devil Fruit users to the sea!
"profound!"
The mermen soldiers nodded upon receiving the order, and then cautiously approached the group, clearly intending to break their bubbles first.
"What should we do?"
The group watched the approaching merman soldiers warily and said, "If the bubble bursts, we're really finished."
By then, only Mary would still have the ability to resist; the others were basically just waiting to die!
"Then let's just not let them break it!" Nami said.
"profound!"
"Everyone, stop resisting!" Kemi said nervously. "Otherwise, you'll really be punished for it." "That's true, but..." Brooke said in a deep voice, "Miss Kemi, we have no reason to obediently wait to be arrested."
"That's right."
Usopp nodded and said, "They're trying to capture us for no reason, so... we can't just surrender."
After all... they didn't know what these guys' motives were for saying those things, so they absolutely couldn't hand over the initiative to them.
"this.."
Hearing what the others said, Kemi was stunned. What should she do now?
"Just watch our performance quietly," Nami said.
Then, she turned to look at Mary and whispered some things to her.
Upon hearing this, Melly turned to look at the giant bubble coral not far away, then nodded to indicate that she understood.
"Go! Capture them!"
"profound!"
Upon receiving the order, the fish-man soldiers charged towards Usopp and his companions again, howling, but this time they fell even faster than before.
"hateful.
"I advise you to just give up," Usopp calmly pushed up his glasses and said, "Otherwise, you'll be the ones who suffer."
"Has this guy with the long nose become this reliable?!" Papagu exclaimed in surprise.
"It seems everyone has become incredibly powerful in the last two years..." Kemi said.
Hearing what the two said, Usopp and the others' lips immediately began to slowly curl upwards.
They haven't been playing around these past two years.
"Damn it, we are no match for them..." The Left Minister gritted his teeth, then turned to Neptune and said, "King Neptune, please lend us a hand!"
If their king were willing to take action... he could definitely take down these people.
Upon hearing the Left Minister's words, Nami and the others stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Neptune, who hadn't made a move at all.
They were eager to know what choice the kind uncle who had invited them here would make.
"Can we really arrest people just because of a prophecy about the future?" Neptune, arms crossed, frowned and said, "Really...?"
"King Neptune?"
"Don't make a sound, I'm thinking."
After a moment of thought, Neptune's eyes gradually sharpened.
"Looks like you've made your decision, you curly-haired uncle."
"Although I don't know if you will destroy Fishman Island, for the safety of Fishman Island... we'll have to make do for now," Neptune said, raising the giant golden trident in his hand.
"It's that same excuse again..."
Nami frowned upon hearing Neptune's words, then glanced at Usopp and Brook and said, "In that case..."
"Um?"
Before Nami could finish speaking, she noticed several white ghosts floating out of the corridor in the distance. These ghosts then quickly rushed towards the surrounding fishman soldiers!
"This is!
As if she had understood something, a look of joy immediately appeared in Nami's eyes.
At that moment, Neptune raised his weapon and began spinning wildly.
"I'll only pop your bubbles, I won't harm your lives, don't worry!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Neptune thrust his weapon at Nami without hesitation.
The next moment.
"Clang!"
"Zoro!!"
Seeing Zoro appear in front of them in the blink of an eye and block Neptune's attack, Usopp and the others immediately showed expressions of surprise. "Ah, it's me," Zoro said without turning his head.
"Halaharahara"
Perona, adorned with bubbles, emerged from the corridor, cheerfully using her Devil Fruit ability to take down several fish-man soldiers, then said, "And me~"
"What's the point of being a royal soldier? I'm only fit to be a sea worm..."
"If there's a next life, I'd like to be seaweed..."
"Huh?"
The Left Minister was dumbfounded as he looked at the fish-man soldiers who had suddenly become so passive. What was going on?
After forcefully shoving Zoro back to Usopp and the others, Neptune frowned and looked at Perona, saying, "I see."
"Is this the girl's Devil Fruit ability?"
The released ghosts can actually make those affected become depressed... That's truly a terrifying ability.
"Lord Neptune, what should we do?!"
"Don't worry, I'm here," Neptune said.
He then turned his attention back to Zoro, clearly believing that this was the most troublesome opponent.
"Hey, Zoro, Perona, weren't you two captured?" Usopp asked, puzzled. "How did you get out?"
They had initially planned to capture these people and extract their location information, but Zoro and his crew showed up on their own.
"I'll just cut down the cell and get out," Zoro said calmly.
Minister Zuo:? ? ?
No, what are you saying?
The half-meter-thick steel gate was chopped down?
Is this reasonable?
"That really suits your personality..." Usopp remarked.
After capturing Zoro, why didn't they take away his weapons?
Do you think Zoro poses no threat at all?
This is really... outrageous.
Nami looked at Perona curiously and asked, "So how did you get captured?"
"It's all because of this idiot."
Perona said irritably, "He said he wanted to find a place to rest and sober up, and also wait for you to come along, so the two of us went to the cell together."
"You didn't resist?" Usopp asked in surprise.
The Ghost Princess actually obediently followed the fishman soldiers to the prison?
"They can't threaten us anyway, so let them go," Perona said. "We can also wait for you to come here."
With her and Zoro's strength, they could get out of that place at any time, so she wasn't worried.
Usopp immediately understood; it seemed these two didn't take these fish-men seriously at all...
Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. With their strength, dealing with these people is really a piece of cake.
"Alright, let's talk about this later," Zoro said, staring at Neptune who had raised his weapon. "We're still fighting."
"profound!"
"Continuing to fight will only result in double the damage," Neptune said calmly, looking at Zoro. "So you'd better just surrender..."
"Soli!"
Zoro: ? ? ?
"It's Zoro!" Zoro roared, opening his shark mouth.
Who is Solly?
"Quickly, pop those bubbles on them, and victory will be ours!" said the Right Minister.
"You're back?!"
Upon seeing that it was the Right Minister who had returned with his entourage, the Left Minister's eyes immediately lit up with joy.
"Yes, I've brought reinforcements to help you!"
"good!"
Upon seeing the Right Minister, Neptune's expression immediately became somewhat tense.
"How is my daughter, Shirahoshi, doing?"
"Is she alright?"
Clearly, the elderly father was very worried about his daughter's safety.
Perona's eyes flickered after hearing Neptune's words.
"So this is a father who cares about his daughter."
As if she had thought of something, Perona's eyes became somewhat complicated.
Lord Moria—
"Princess Shirahoshi is perfectly fine," the Right Minister said.
"That's good..."
Neptune breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that his daughter was alright.
Then, he looked at Zoro and said, "Let's take you down first!"
After dealing with things here, he went out to find the Straw Hat Boy and the man in sunglasses himself!
But before he could even make a move, a huge bubble appeared inside the room, pushing all the seawater out!
"Um?"
Upon seeing this, Neptune was momentarily stunned, then frowned.
This situation is really disadvantageous for them...
"Hey, where did the seawater go?" the Left Minister exclaimed in surprise.
"It's that little girl!"
The Right Minister glanced at Merry standing next to the giant coral bubble and exclaimed in disbelief, "She did it!"
Upon hearing this, the Left Minister glanced at Mei Li, then said with a grim expression, "We really miscalculated..."
Without seawater... they would be even less of a match for these people!
"Hey"
Under the gaze of these people, Mary chuckled and said, "Let's see what you do about it."
"Well done, Merry!" Usopp exclaimed in delight.
Without the restriction of the seawater... these people are no match for them at all!
"Yohohohoho"
Brooke smiled and praised, "As expected of Miss Mary."
"Nami made me do it~"
"As expected of Nami."
"Forget about the flattery," Nami said. "Let's get the work done first!"
"profound!"
Everyone nodded upon hearing Nami's words, and then turned their attention to Neptune and the others.
Then, Zoro grinned and said, "Come on, let's continue."
Such a huge mermaid... I wonder what it would feel like to chop it up.
"hateful..."
The Right Minister gritted his teeth, then raised his weapon and said, "Let's attack together and take them down!"
There's no turning back now, so... we have no choice but to fight!
"Wait a moment!"
King Neptune said, "Let me do it!"
"What?"
"you."
"These guys are very strong," Neptune said seriously. "To avoid unnecessary casualties, I'd better take them down myself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Neptune charged toward Zoro, wielding his giant golden trident.
"Well done!"
Seeing this, Zoro didn't hesitate to wrap his weapon with Haki, and then planned to take down the fat fishman in front of him in one move.
But before he could make a move, he heard a crisp sound.
"Click"
"what!"
My back hurts!!!
Feeling the excruciating pain in his lower back, Neptune's face turned deathly pale, and his body collapsed uncontrollably to the ground, trembling uncontrollably.
Zoro:
Seeing Neptune, whom he had just taken down, Zoro, who had been in a fighting stance, was immediately rendered speechless.
What is this?
After a moment of silence, Zoro stopped his pose, unsure of what to say.
"Oh no! His Majesty's back is hurt!" the Left Minister exclaimed excitedly. "Quickly, all of you, don't let them harm His Majesty!!"
"profound!"
Upon hearing the Left Minister's order, the fishmen immediately roared and charged towards Zoro and his companions.
So...
Zoro, who had taken down several people with a single strike, said unhappily, "When did I ever say I was going to bully someone who couldn't fight back?"
Unfortunately, these words meant nothing to the merfolk soldiers.
After all... for them, His Majesty's safety is the most important thing!
"Yohohohoho"
"Looks like we'll have to take them all down first," Brooke said with a chuckle.
"Leave it to me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Perona released a number of negative ghosts without hesitation, and these ghosts rushed towards the merman soldiers.
The next moment...
"Buzz"
The murloc soldiers struck by the negative spirit immediately became gloomy.
"I...I really want to be a sea bug..."
"Someone like me shouldn't even be a member of the King's Army. I'm utterly unworthy..."
"I'm sorry, if possible, please let me become a sea toad..."
"What a terrifying woman..."
The Right Minister glanced at Perona in the distance, swallowed hard, and said, "They actually defeated all the soldiers in such a short time..."
Is this the power of a Devil Fruit user?
This is terrifying!
"Now you know how powerful I am, right?" Perona said with a smirk. "If I hadn't been too lazy to fight you earlier, did you really think you could have caught us?"
Stop joking, okay?!
She can take down these idiots without Zoro even lifting a finger!
Right Minister:
Why are pirates so scary these days?
"Well done, Perona!" Nami laughed.
"As expected of you," Usopp said with some emotion.
"Perona, you're amazing!"
"Halaharahara"
Hearing everyone's praise, Perona burst into laughter, clearly very happy.
"Tie them up," Nami said.
These guys are no longer capable of fighting, so there's no need for them to continue dealing with them; they can just be arrested.
"profound!"
Zoro nodded upon hearing Nami's words, and then tied up all the fishman soldiers.
"Damn it, losing like this is so embarrassing..."
Seeing Zoro approaching him with chains in hand, Neptune slammed his hands on the ground, clearly intending to struggle.
Seeing this, Perona flew over, looking at Neptune with a somewhat complicated expression, and said, "This curly-haired uncle..."
I advise you to be more honest.
If she could, she wouldn't really want to lay a hand on this curly-haired man.
Looking into Perona's eyes, Neptune paused for a moment, then turned to look at the soldiers who had been tied up by Zoro and the others.
"Although I don't know why this girl has that look in her eyes, if I force my way in my current state..."
Not only will they not win, but they might also anger these pirates, and their own soldiers might be killed!
With that thought in mind, Neptune gave up the struggle completely.
"That's more like it."
Seeing Neptune become obedient, Perona nodded in satisfaction, then gestured to Zoro to come forward and tie him up.
Zoro didn't stand on ceremony and tied Neptune up tightly.
"That's all right now," Zoro said, patting the chains.
"No, what have you all done?!"
Coming to his senses, Papago grabbed his starfish head and said, "Why did you catch them all?"
"That's right."
Kemi stared blankly at the scene and said, "How are we going to clean this up?"
Perona simply snorted and said, "They attacked us first, after all."
Then, Perona looked at Kemi and Papagu and asked, "By the way, who are you two?"
As she spoke, Perona also revealed two negative ghosts.
This scene made Papagu's eyelids twitch.
"We are Luffy's friends!" Pappagu quickly said.
"Friend?"
Upon realizing that the person was one of their own, Perona promptly withdrew her abilities, which relieved Papagu.
Although I don't know who this woman is, this is terrifying.
"Speaking of which... how did things turn out like this so inexplicably?" Usopp said, scratching his head.
They inexplicably got into a conflict with the royal family of Fishman Island, and then inexplicably arrested all of them... What kind of mess is this?
"You started this conflict, and you're asking me?"
"No, actually I just wanted to scare them a little so we could all run away together..."
Zoro: ? ? ?
Oh, I see.
How would he know?
After a moment of silence, Zoro shook his head and said, "Anyway, what's done is done, so there's no going back. So... don't dwell on it."
"This situation can't be brushed aside with just a 'there's nothing we can do'..."
Usopp quipped, "We passed by Fishman Island, and then accidentally took over Ryugu Palace..."
"Just how wicked are we pirates?"
Why do they always encounter these strange things?
In response, Zoro said, "What can I do now that I've already done it?"
After glancing at the two arguing, Perona looked at Nami and said, "Are you the only ones here this time?"
Luffy and his crew weren't with Nami and the others?
"No, that's not it."
Nami shook her head and said, "Luffy and that idiot who plays with wood were here too, but I don't know why they suddenly disappeared..."
A fool who plays with wood?
Perona was taken aback for a moment, then realized who Nami was referring to.
"Are you talking about Xiyan?"
Perona then became puzzled. Since these two had come to the Dragon Palace, why did they sneak away?
Could it be that they discovered something?
Zoro, looking annoyed, said, "Huh?"
"Those two guys actually ran away?"
"Honestly, don't they know they'll get lost if they wander around here!"
"Those two idiots!"
If they get lost here, finding those two guys won't be an easy task!
This is such a waste of time!
"Why would you say something like that?" Usopp retorted. "You're probably the only one around here who could get lost."
This directionally challenged guy actually has the nerve to criticize others... How could he say something like that?
"ha?"
Zoro immediately became unhappy upon hearing Usopp's words.
"What do you mean by that?" Zoro asked, his eyes wide.
Is this jerk saying he has no sense of direction?!
"It means exactly what it says," Usopp said, shrugging. "After all, you're terrible with directions."
"Yes, that's true."
The others nodded in agreement, clearly aware of Zoro's situation.
Zoro: —
Seeing the reactions of these people, Zoro opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
After a moment of silence, Zoro turned his head to the side and said nothing more.
Listening to the conversation, Neptune showed a surprised expression.
He really didn't expect that this extremely powerful swordsman would be so bad at directions. This was quite unexpected!
"So you're terrible with directions too..."
"Soli!"
"It's Zoro!!!"
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