Chapter 229: Secret of Fish-Man Island
"Neptune."
"Otohime."
Hearing Neptune's words, Queen Otohime silently took Neptune's hand, wanting to say something.
However, before she could speak, Neptune interrupted her. Seeing Neptune gently shaking his head, she already knew that Neptune had made his decision.
Although Neptune usually listened to her in everything, and would even try to satisfy her willful and unreasonable requests, when he truly made a decision, she could offer suggestions, but she couldn't make the decision for him.
"Fish-Man Island is too weak now, or rather, I am too weak. So weak that I can't even protect my Subjects from Damage."
Neptune looked at the scene broadcasted by the Visual Den Den Mushi and said with self-reproach. Although the Pirates in the scene were leaving, the dilapidated Town, the deserted Street, and the broken corpses of Fishman at the street corners were all telling Neptune that all of this had really happened.
He couldn't pretend nothing had happened just because those Pirates left. Nicholas appeared this time, but what about next time?
Moreover, even with Nicholas's Protection, what about the future? Would Fish-Man Island always have to be at someone else's mercy?
Hearing Neptune's words, Nicholas was first stunned, and then burst into laughter. As expected, someone who could become the leader of a race wouldn't be a simple character, of course, the two idiots on the back of a certain Elephant didn't count.
"It seems you have made the Resolve of a King, Neptune."
Nicholas paused, then looked at Fisher Tiger and his Whale Shark Fish-man subordinates standing there.
"Tiger and Jinbe are trustworthy Friends, no need to avoid them."
Neptune naturally understood Nicholas's meaning and said directly.
"Oh, then there's no problem. Neptune, according to the Record of your Mermaid Royal Family, a Mermaid Princess will be born every few hundred years. This Mermaid Princess may not have much Strength herself, but she can Order all the Sea Kings in the entire Sea, even the Super Giant Sea Kings must unconditionally obey her summons when they hear it."
Nicholas casually spoke of the Secret History of the Mermaid Royal Family.
"So you were planning that, huh."
Neptune looked deeply at Nicholas and said. When Nicholas said he wanted to be his Daughter's Godfather when they first met, Neptune only thought it was a Joke from Nicholas, after all, he didn't even have a partner at the time, although he liked Otohime, it was more of a one-sided love.
And with Roger's arrival later, and Shally's birth and Prophecy of the King's birth, it began to make him realize that something was wrong. After all, Nicholas seemed to have come to Fish-Man Island to find Shally, but Shally was not born at that time.
Now, hearing Nicholas talk about the Legend of the Mermaid Princess passed down by the Mermaid Royal Family, Neptune immediately connected all the Clues. At the same time, he also understood why Fish-Man Island would fall into War in the Future.
If it were known to the outside World that the Mermaid Princess possessed the Ability to control Sea Kings, it would undoubtedly be a huge Tragedy for Fish-Man Island, because although the number of Humans in this Sea occupies an absolute advantage, and there are even many Strongest, don't forget that almost ninety percent of this World's territory is covered by Seawater.
Once the Mermaid Princess mobilized Sea Kings to frantically Attack all Humans, the connection between Islands on the Sea would inevitably be severed. At that time, the Civilization on each Island would be separated, which would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Humans.
Even worse, if this situation continued for hundreds of years, the Human Civilization of the entire World might regress.
This is not impossible. With the strange things on the Sea and the bizarre Ability of the Devil Fruit, it might really be possible for the Mermaid Princess to live that long.
Nicholas just smiled at this. Obviously, Neptune, who now realized the seriousness of the situation, could no longer get off the Ship.
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill myself?"
Neptune suddenly said something shocking. As soon as these Words came out, Otohime, Fisher Tiger, and the three useless Princes all looked at Neptune in horror, because they could hear that Neptune was not joking, but might really choose to do so.
"No."
Nicholas looked into Neptune's Eyes with a calm face.
"The birth of the Mermaid Princess in this Era cannot be changed. Even if you die, I can let your three Sons or the two over there, or even more Male Mermaid, mate with Queen Otohime! The birth of Poseidon is already destined, the process is not that important."
"Neptune, the choice now is yours. Do you want Fish-Man Island to rely on its own Power to make its Voice heard to the entire World, or choose to continue like this? The choice is now in your hands."
Although it was said that the choice was in Neptune's hands, Neptune knew he had no choice. He didn't want a family disaster to be staged in his home.
"Fish-Man Island is willing to Surrender and accept your Protection, Nicholas."
Neptune said solemnly.
Hearing Neptune's Words, Nicholas also showed a smile.
For Nicholas, the importance of Poseidon was self-evident. Once Poseidon was in his grasp, it meant he controlled the Voice on the Sea.
At this point, another piece of Nicholas's Plan was completed.
"Good."
Nicholas looked at Neptune and accepted the invitation.
Thinking of maintaining a good relationship with Fish-Man Island, Nicholas thought for a moment and proactively suggested:
"Neptune, to show Sincerity, I will use my Channels to send back the Mermaid who have been trafficked to Fish-Man Island as much as possible. In addition, I will also provide Fish-Man Island with certain Armaments to improve Fish-Man Island's Defense Force."
In the One Piece World, Armaments are a very important resource.
Not only for individuals, but even more so for countries.
Sufficient Armaments are a good representation of a country's strong military Power. Similarly, sufficient Armaments are also key to supporting the victory of a War.
Many countries in Turmoil in the Pirate World often fail miserably in War and are subsequently destroyed because the supply of Armaments resources cannot keep up, or they win War by relying on sufficient Armaments, just like Doflamingo was able to become the joker of the Underworld by selling Armaments.
From this, it can be seen the Value of Armaments in the One Piece World.
Soon Nicholas picked up the Den Den Mushi and dialed out. He first called Beddyk. Although Beddyk mainly engaged in Armaments Transactions, he was still very influential in the Sabaody Archipelago. However, to Nicholas's surprise, Beddyk's Den Den Mushi seemed to be unreachable.
After waiting for a moment, Nicholas hung up and dialed the Flamingo's Den Den Mushi. After all, this Flamingo largely started his business by selling the Human Trafficking Business.
As for Nicholas's call, Doflamingo was not surprised at all, and even proactively offered to help Nicholas repurchase Mermaid and Fishman from others. His enthusiasm even made Nicholas suspect whether Doflamingo had a request for him.
(End of Chapter)