Center of deck.

Clinton and the other pirates looked at the swordsmen surrounding them, as if they had a sudden onset of acute appendicitis, with no color on their faces and cold sweat breaking out.

Speak up, bastards!!!

Answer? Abuse?

Either way is fine.

Come on, say something!

Even if it’s a direct attack!

What's going on with this constant stalemate!

Tick ​​tick tick——

The huge pressure caused sweat beads to appear on his head, sliding down Clinton's cheeks to his chin, and then fell to the deck soaked in water vapor, splashing out.

On the other hand, the other pirates on the deck were not much better. They held their weapons firmly with both hands, as if this was the only way to give them a sense of security.

On the deck, it suddenly became very quiet.

There is an uneasy feeling in the air.

In just a few seconds, to the senses of Clinton and the other pirates, it seemed like a long time had passed.

A strong will to survive has been pushing Clinton to do something quickly.

"move..."

"Do it!"

Then, just when he finally mustered up the courage to fight to the death, he saw the extremely powerful swordsman on the opposite side charging directly towards him.

He arrived at Clinton's side almost instantly, and then quickly pressed his right hand to the knife at his waist.

As a silver bolt was swung out, Clinton's body froze, and then his pupils shrank sharply.

Pfft——!

Without warning, a thin line of blood appeared on Clinton's neck, and then a large amount of blood spurted out with a hissing sound.

"Eh?"

Clinton lowered his head and looked at the blood spurting from his neck in shock.

With deep confusion, Clinton's head fell directly to the ground, and he lost his life in an instant.

"K, Captain Clinton...!"

"How could this happen? Captain Clinton is obviously a big pirate with a bounty of 50 million, but he just met him..."

"It's over. If the Bloody Grand Duchess Hilary finds out, we will be dead."

The pirates around looked at Clinton who fell to the ground as if they had lost their souls.

"We seem to be dead now."

Even the captain, who had a bounty of 50 million, was killed by someone in one move, so wouldn't they be doomed?

"Leave no one behind."

The leader indifferently sentenced these pirates to death, and then turned around and stopped paying attention to the life and death of these pirates.

Behind him, his subordinates who received the order launched a one-sided massacre against the remaining pirates.

Suddenly, shrill and desperate screams sounded on the deck.

After quickly completing the killing, everyone began to move the supplies on the pirate ship. These supplies could be handed over to the foreign trade department in a short period of time and can be exchanged for a large number of useful things.

A few minutes later.

All supplies on the pirate ship were moved onto the deck.

Under a simple calculation, including gold, silver, jewelry and goods, it was worth at least tens of millions of beliries. Even Clinton's head was not spared. After all, they had a special way to convert it into money.

Soon the giant goldfish pulled the ship away, leaving only a pirate ship floating alone on the sea.

"Captain, Isshin Ashina and the others are back. This time they killed a pirate and found something interesting at the bottom of the pirate ship's cabin."

Simon looked at Nicholas and said

"Something interesting?"

Nicholas was a little curious about what Simon could say was interesting.

"Yes, two mermaids were found in the cabin of this pirate ship."

Simon smiled and nodded.

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"Oh? Two mermaids? Not two mermaids?"

Nicholas was a little surprised.

"It's a mermaid, not a fishman."

In the slave market, mermaids have always been valuable but not marketable, and mermaids have always been the focus of protection in Ryugu City. But I didn't expect that such a weak pirate group could actually capture two mermaids? And they were safe.

escaped from Fishman Island.

"Want to take a look?"

Simon asked.

"Um."

Nicholas nodded. He was also a little curious about how these two mermaids were caught. You must know that ordinary mermaids will not leave Fish-Man Island easily, and the chance of being caught outside Fish-Man Island is almost non-existent.

Then, under the leadership of Simon, a giant fish tank was brought in from the outside.

Inside were two depressed young fish girls leaning against the corner of the fish tank, hugging each other.

Around their necks, they each had iconic slave collars.

Nicholas looked at the two mermaid girls hugging each other in the cell, whose eyes had lost their luster.

Obviously they also know what a miserable life awaits them if they fall into the hands of humans.

Nicholas' eyes couldn't help but stay on the face of one of the mermaid girls.

It seems that there is a slight impression, but I can't remember it. It feels like I have just seen it before but had no interaction with it.

It seemed that he heard a slight movement or noticed Nicholas's gaze.

One of the mermaid girls, who looked older, slowly turned her head and looked at Nicholas outside with her eyes that should have been like gems but were dim at the moment.

Just a glance.

The mermaid girl's eyes burst out with bright light, and her jewel-like eyes returned.

"It's you……"

The fish-man girl's voice was full of indescribable excitement, and even her tail kept waving in the water because of her excitement.

Seeing the mermaid girl's reaction, Nicholas frowned slightly and asked calmly: "Do you know me?"

Nicholas' words caused the excitement on the mermaid girl's face to freeze.

However, he quickly realized that he had indeed only met the other person once and had not even spoken to him.

"Dragon Palace City, I served you at His Majesty Neptune's banquet..."

She reminded her softly, obviously the aftermath of the disaster put her in a good mood.

"Oh, I remembered it."

The mermaid girl's reminder made Nicholas instantly recall the origin of the other party.

It turns out that when he was a guest in Dragon Palace City, he served his own mermaid, so it makes sense.

"What's going on? Why were you captured? Has Dragon Palace City been breached?"

"Ryugu Castle has not been breached. After Roger became the Pirate King, a steady stream of pirates from the Grand Line attacked Fish-Man Island. My sister and I just wanted to go out and buy some jewelry..."

The mermaid girl gently held the hand of another frightened mermaid and said to Nicholas. It seemed that she recalled the scene at that time, and the fear on her face with delicate features was still lingering.

"No need to say it, I understand."

Nicholas interrupted the mermaid girl's narrative.

He probably guessed what was going on.

As Roger became the Pirate King, coupled with the exaggeration of various public opinions and the intentional or unintentional fueling of the World Government, everyone thought that Roger had gained huge wealth. Countless people went to sea to find Roger and

Seize the treasure.

As a passage into the new world, Fish-Man Island is naturally the first to bear the brunt. The influx of a large number of pirates cannot be stopped by the power of Fish-Man Island, and most of these pirates are seeking wealth.

So while Fish-Man Island was in chaos, the pirates naturally focused on the most valuable young mermaid on Fish-Man Island. Even if they couldn't find Roger, they could still kill him with the young and beautiful mermaid.

Make a fortune.

Just thinking about it deeply, Nicholas could imagine how chaotic Fish-Man Island was during the period when Roger became the Pirate King.

Nicholas stepped forward, and the fish-man girl also surfaced with her tail wagging and looked at Nicholas from the edge of the fish tank.

Nicholas was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand, and then took off the slave collar with an explosive inside from the mermaid girl's neck with his bare hands.

"Now, you are free."

"Lord Nicholas..."

Seeing Nicholas help her remove the collar that restricted her freedom, the mermaid girl's eyes suddenly burst into tears, she suppressed her sobs and prayed:

"Lord Nicholas, I know this is very presumptuous, but...but...can you help Fish-Man Island...many of our sisters..."
Chapter completed!