Mermaid Island, this legendary island located at the bottom of the deep sea, is the homeland of all mermaids and fishmen. In this era of rampant pirates, it is the first stop from the Grand Line to officially enter the new world. If the Soap Bubble Islands are a symbol of the pirates' official farewell to the Grand Line, then Mermaid Island is the new world to welcome these seas. Thief's new.
"Now, the Soap Bubble Islands have become the dust of historyand that symbol has also become a thing of the past"
The three-dimensional strategic map exudes a faint fluorescence. In this somewhat dark room, it looks like a floating planet, quietly suspended in the air. On the projected sphere, there are some bright red symbols conspicuously marked. The colorful light spots are like unsettling red stars on the blue night.
"But, dear First Princeare we too impetuous?"
Around the elongated conference table in the room, the woman sitting second on the right seemed a little dissatisfied, and the target of her question was the ruling prince sitting first on the left, Ika D. Reno.
As if to prove her words, the woman flipped the white hair beside her neck seductively and pointed at the flashing red light spots on the map. Among them, it can be clearly seen that the largest red light spot is located in Ala The hinterland of Bastan, and the other points echo each other and are clustered in places not far apart. However, there are two points, one is located on the distant original soap bubble islands, and the other point is further away, After the Red Earth Continent.
"The City of Frost and the City of Sky are both very important combat forces But now they are located so far away, wouldn't they be cautious enough? Ah, of course" She closed her eyes slightly and stretched out her arms. He put a hand on the table to support his delicate cheek: "Of course I don't denyborrowing the Navy's demon-slaying order to destroy the originally uncontrollable soap bubble islands and replace them with the absolute ones guarded by the Frost City." It's a good strategy. I just think from a purely military point of viewit's not cautious enough."
The woman was a little lazy, but her unambiguous words naturally attracted enough attention. She glanced at Renault next to her. Urlotan, who was sitting second on the left, nodded slightly and then picked her up. words: "Indeed, the mobilization of troops simulated the expansion of the front line Therefore, it suddenly reached a point where it was somewhat difficult to control"
Within Holy O'Hara, the military management is jointly carried out by the second prince Ullotan and the second duke - Shui Shui Mo Xue. The woman who just asked the question is the second-ranked Duke, Shui Shui. .Moxue.
He waved his hands noncommittally, and Renault's lavender eyes did not waver at all: "There is no problem at all His Majesty has chosen the representative figures who are fueling the flames of this era. As long as everything unfolds from them, the eyes of the world will be You can¡¯t see us hiding behindyou all know that, right?"
The three-dimensional map suspended above the conference table distorted, and then disappeared. What was projected again was a pirate ship. The straw hat skull and crossbones flag floating on the mast clearly stated the identity of this pirate group.
"Ah, a sacrifice to the world?" Mo Xue seemed to understand what Renault meant. Mo Xue tilted her head slightly, but still held her cheek with one hand and looked at the man wearing a straw hat playing with a long-nosed girl in the image. The girl, with a hint of regret and sympathy in her tone: "How pitifulAre we going a little too far? Putting the initial cause of everything on their heads?"
This time he did not speak. Urlotan just looked at the person in the image quietly, his stone green eyes showing no expression. Seeing his expression, Mo Xue, who was sitting opposite him, blinked, and then Rolling his eyes: "What? Have you seen these children?"
After a moment of silence, Urlotan did not avoid the question, but nodded lightly: "That's right."
"So, is it enough? They" As if she was very interested in this topic, Mo Xue sat down again, seeming to show how serious she was about this issue: "Trees that are not big enough can support us." The shadow lurks beneath it"
Hearing the other party¡¯s answer, Mo Xue lay down on the table again without interest, and glanced at Renault feebly: ¡°So, First Prince, what¡¯s the next strategy? Sure enough, if you don¡¯t know, you will feel very uneasy¡±
"Pay attention to your demeanor" Hong Ling, who was sitting third from the left, looked at the black notes spread out in front of him without raising his head, but he clearly said to Mo Xue: "What should you do if you feel uneasy?" ? As for those guys An Xin, I can confirm that they are barely qualified as sacrifices"
Because of Hong Ling¡¯s words, Mo Xue frowned unhappily: ¡°Hey, what do you mean by barely having that qualification? So?A straight answer? "
With a slight breath, Renault stood up and seemed to be planning to announce the end of the meeting: "In shorteverything has been stepped up now. My fellow tribesmen, please be carefulThen, please go back to your posts." Go up"
Mo Xue shrugged, and the figure disappeared into the room out of thin air first, followed by Ullotan, until only Renault and Hong Ling were left.
"What? Third Prince, do you seem to have any questions?" Glancing at Hong Ling, who was still sitting in his seat and now staring at him, Renault's lavender eyes narrowed slightly: "Speaking of which , you who directly participated in the last plan don¡¯t seem happy"
Closing the black notebook in front of him with a snap, Hong Ling seemed a little irritated, and there was a rare hint of impatience in his words: "This is natural His Majesty always pushes things to the parliament, and now the parliament also It's not complete Let's not talk about the fifth Duke who has not returned since his awakening. Now, the First Duke and the Third and Fourth Dukes are frequently absent, as are the Fourth and Fifth Princes But now they are missing. In the preparation period for such an important war, you"
Hong Ling's gaze swept across the room vaguely, and then settled on Renault again. His half-open and half-closed eyes had a cold light: " Don't you feel that it is a bit too uncoordinated?"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly took on a strange feel, as if dark spider threads were wandering and entangled in the air. Looking at Hong Ling's pure black eyes stubbornly staring at him, Renault suddenly exhaled slightly, with a faint arc at the corner of his mouth, and gently raised his right hand to brush the hair from his forehead. Pointing, Renault opened his eyes again and looked at Hong Ling, with a hint of smile in his tone: "Ah, I do feel it like the fragrance of flowers blooming in the dark But, so what?"
"This country exists because of His Majesty, and this world will be the same Just as we feel, can you make sure that it is not a game that only belongs to His Majesty?" Reno's lavender eyes narrowed slightly, outlining the The arc was as weird as the master's words: "So, we just need to do what we should doincluding what we think we should dothat's all"
His brows furrowed deeply. It was obvious that Hong Ling was not satisfied with Renault's answer. He stood up from his seat and Hong Ling tilted his head: "So, Renault, are you threatening me?"
"No I'm just kindly reminding you not to get involved in His Majesty's bad taste" Renault's expression remained unchanged, and his tone remained calm: "You don't want to have His Majesty erase your memory, change your body, and then marry someone. Let¡¯s go to an unknown place"
"" A row of black lines suddenly appeared on his forehead. Hong Ling looked at Renault, whose expression was still calm, and spoke with a twitching corner of his mouth: "First Prince I hope you don't put that kind of horror Things were said in that understatement"
Narrowing his eyes, Renault seemed not to let the conversation continue. Instead, he turned around and closed his eyes slightly: "What are you worried about? This is just His Majesty's merciful punishment for those rebels. It has been confirmed now. The course, the progress of Mermaid Island Then, goodbye"
As Renault¡¯s figure also disappeared from the room, the frowning Hong Ling shook his head and then left. The whole room returned to tranquility again, as if the sea on the eve of a storm.
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At the entrance to Mermaid Island, the Straw Hats, who had finally arrived here, were blocked by a group calling themselves the 'New Fishman Pirates'. After using the wind from the Sonny to advance, they followed the Sonny. After rushing into the interior of Mermaid Island, this incident was temporarily over.
but
In the fish-man street with a particularly dark atmosphere, there is no shortage of fish-men with fierce eyes everywhere. Since the big incident two years ago, Jinbe, the former Shichibukai Kaisha who led the fish-man pirate group, gave up the title of Shichibukai. , so he could no longer be protected by the World Government. Therefore, in order not to bring unnecessary trouble to the Fishman Island and the censure of the World Government, Jinbei took the initiative to lead the Fishman Pirates to leave the island.
But now, with the turbulent undercurrent, another pirate group has occupied the Fishman Street here, claiming to be the 'New Fishman Pirates Group'. The only thing that is certain is that the life that exists here, today Everyone is bound to smell the sweetness of blood.
"Vein shock!" Accompanied by the woman's cruel voice, followed by several dull screams and blood splashing into the air, a figure that seemed taller than the other fishmen fell to his knees weakly, and then crawled. On the ground covered in blood, a foot wearing high black boots stepped on the fishman's head mercilessly.
"It still looks so boring" The bloodthirsty smile on the corner of her mouth has not disappeared, and the short-haired woman is frivolous.She licked her fingers, the blood on them seemed to satisfy her, and she lifted the foot that was stepping on the fish-man's head indifferently, and then dropped it heavily!
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The groans of overwhelmed bones sounded as the woman was trampled one after another, and a splash of blood inadvertently splashed on the woman's delicate white cheeks, but this only served to set off her blood-colored eyes. Hitomi is even more violent! !
There was a hint of madness in the corner of her mouth. The woman seemed to be purely enjoying the pleasure of killing. The fish-man who was still able to move and fell to the ground tremblingly finally woke up. At this time, the short-haired woman seemed to finally wake up. Feeling bored, he put his hands into the pleated pockets of his skirt and turned around, just in time to see the fishman's expression almost collapsed due to panic.
"Ara, aren't you going to run?" Unexpectedly, the woman smiled softly, her crescent-shaped eyes and the smile at the corners of her mouth seemed to give people a completely harmless feeling, but that trace of splash on The blood on her cheeks and what she said next were mixed with the unmistakable aura of blood type: "If you don't run away, I will crush all your bones and head Just like this Guys the same.¡±
After shuddering, he looked at the fishman who was no different from mud at the girl's feet. The remaining guy finally understood that what the girl said was definitely not a joke, so he also made an absolutely wise decision. That is, run away.
Seeing the last survivor stumbling and running desperately, a strange smile appeared on the woman's lips, and her right hand, which had been put into the pleat pocket of her short skirt, was withdrawn again, without any trace of the stain on it. There was a trace of blood, and the white and delicate fingers seemed to be carved from the best ivory.
The woman's index finger stretched out, her thumb and the remaining three fingers were all clasped together, and she slowly pointed it at the back of the survivor's head like a pistol. At this time, the running fishman also saw what seemed to be so close in front of him. In the waterways on the island, as long as he jumped into the water, he was confident that he could escape from the sight of the devil immediately, but
"If you run away, I will make you into a beautiful fireworkit will be really beautiful" It seemed that she was discussing with the other party in a soft tone, but the woman The next tone was suddenly filled with a cold and cruel aura: "Arterial shock!!"
A bolt of blood-red lightning seemed like an arrow of death tearing through the air. It connected the woman's fingertips to the fish-man's body in an instant, and what followed was a dull sound of flesh and blood exploding, and there was nothing else. With the sound, the fishman turned into flesh and blood splashing everywhere in an instant.
"Ah ha ha ha Such an ordinary and ugly thing can be so beautiful" As if she saw something funny, the woman giggled. The two strange bat hairpins on her head It also trembled slightly with her movements. But at this moment, her smile suddenly stopped slowly, and she sniffed slightly in the air as if she smelled something.
"I smell it again" The expression on her face turned into a chilling coldness, and the woman looked straight in the direction of Fish-Man Island: "Casa's blood and other people's blood" The mixed smell is so annoying no matter what time!!"
In that direction, there was a bay where a group of mermaids were playing. Among them, a mermaid perched on a nearby reef glanced at a mermaid wearing a T-shirt, and spoke with some concern: "Kemi, you have been distracted recently. Restless, what¡¯s wrong?¡±
Hearing the greetings from his companions, Kemi quickly raised his head and waved his hand: "Ah, it's nothing, just because I thought of some friends and wondered why they haven't gotten here yet"
Hearing Kemi's words, the mermaid holding a cigarette in his mouth shrugged, as if he wanted to say something, but at this time, the several mermaids in front seemed to see something, and a burst of exclamation came over: "It's not good These, these arehuman beings?"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Kemi and the other mermaids also went into the water and swam to the front. They happened to see four figures being swept here by the waves from the water above. One of them was a woman with a long nose. The other one was a strange little reindeer that looked like a tanuki, and the other one was a blond woman wearing a black women's suit.
In addition, there was a girl with short hair, and a conspicuous round-top straw hat was carried on her back. At the same time, Kemi also recognized these people.