The Viltrumite Across the Worlds

Chapter 241: Chapter 241: Teach the Fish-Men a Lesson!

Fish-Man Island sat directly opposite the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, the highest point of the Red Line, 10,000 meters above sea level. Fish-Man Island itself was 10,000 meters below the surface, almost at the very bottom of the sea. It was also the unavoidable passage to the New World for pirates who could not cross the Red Line.

At the same time, Fish-Man Island was the birthplace of most fish-men and merfolk, a dreamlike paradise.

However, beneath the surface of that beautiful paradise, it had drawn countless nightmares to itself. Because of the mermaids’ beauty, countless adventurers, human traffickers, and pirates risked everything to travel thousands of miles to Fish-Man Island for one purpose, to kidnap beautiful mermaids and sell them to human nobles on land for their pleasure.

By the standards the World Government and the Marines used for pirates, a pirate with a bounty in the tens of millions was already a great pirate capable of bringing disaster to an entire region. In the Four Seas, a pirate at that level was almost the strongest one could find. Pirates of that caliber usually controlled several towns under their banner and counted as large armed forces.

Pirates with bounties over a hundred million, meanwhile, could only be found along the Grand Line.

And even on the Grand Line, where pirates were countless and powerful fighters were everywhere, pirates with bounties over a hundred million were strong among the strong. In the first half of the Grand Line, the sea commonly known as Paradise, the highest bounties generally did not exceed three hundred million.

In other words, once a pirate’s bounty reached three hundred million, it became very difficult for it to rise any further. Pirates with bounties above three hundred million were difficult to find even in the second half of the Grand Line, the so-called New World, where monsters were everywhere.

A pirate with a bounty of three hundred million was already qualified to serve as an officer under one of the Four Emperors, the sea emperors who could stand against Marine Headquarters and commanded tens of thousands of pirates.

Yet some especially beautiful mermaids could sell for more than three hundred million purely on appearance alone.

There were even records of someone paying the outrageous price of one billion to buy a mermaid.

That situation directly encouraged countless slave traders to take reckless risks, rushing to Fish-Man Island to commit violence and kidnap people.

In recent years, Fish-Man Island’s public order had improved slightly because First Son of the Sea Jinbe had become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and because Fish-Man Island had come under Whitebeard’s banner, gaining the protection of one of the Four Emperors. But now, because Whitebeard had fallen and Jinbe had been removed from the Seven Warlords by the World Government, things had begun to spiral out of control again. Some people who had lost out on countless "profits" because they had not dared approach Fish-Man Island while Whitebeard was alive now planned to seize as much as they could in one go before Fish-Man Island found a new backer.

But that situation ended here.

Because Marine Headquarters Admiral Jovian had set his sights on Fish-Man Island. He would never hand beautiful mermaids over to anyone else.

Fish-Man District.

It was the gathering place for Fish-Man Island’s orphans. However, due to poor management, it had completely turned into a paradise for thugs. Some weak pirates who did not dare go into Fish-Man Island’s towns to kidnap people all came here to capture fish-man children and sell them on land. Of course, because everyone here was an orphan, the "quality" was generally poor, and it was difficult to encounter beautiful mermaids.

But that could not stop the pirates’ enthusiasm.

"Yahahaha!"

"Boys, tie them up!"

"Catch every last fish-man!"

"What a haul today! The moment I heard Whitebeard had fallen, I knew our chance had come!"

A pirate with a long beard and a vicious face wore a bubble around his head as he looked at the fish-men his men had captured and laughed endlessly.

"Hahahaha!"

Although they were underwater, and none of them could hear what their boss was saying, that did not prevent them from understanding his meaning. After all, their boss was a complete scumbag, and coincidentally, so were they.

"Boss! Look what I found!"

A two-meter-tall pirate holding a machete hacked open the wooden house in front of him. When he saw what was inside, his eyes lit up.

"No!"

"Stay away, you bad man!"

The adorable little creature inside the house shouted loudly at the pirate holding the machete.

"Hahahaha!"

The pirate laughed disdainfully, grabbed the adorable little thing in one hand, and carried her over to their boss.

"This is..."

The pirate leader looked at what his subordinate had caught, and his eyes lit up.

That long blue hair, snow-white skin, and a body with a human upper half and a fish lower half, there was no mistake. This was a mermaid child. Luckily for them, she was a little girl mermaid.

"Hahahaha!"

"We found treasure!"

"Brothers, retreat!"

The pirate leader looked at the treasure in front of him and burst into laughter, using a special method to notify his subordinates.

"Ohhhh!"

One pirate after another received their leader’s signal and began gathering, preparing to leave.

They left behind a devastated Fish-Man District and the cries of countless children.

"Hey! Where do you think you’re going, bastards?"

Just as the pirates were preparing to leave, a man wearing a bubble around his head, a white suit, and a Marine Justice coat over his shoulders blocked every pirate’s path.

"Ma..."

"Marines?!"

When the pirates saw the newcomer clearly, they were so frightened they froze in place, as if they had forgotten what they were supposed to do. They were like mice seeing a cat. Their fear seemed to come from their very DNA.

"Don’t be scared!"

"We’re at the bottom of the sea, and there’s only one enemy!"

The pirate leader looked at the pirates around him whose legs had gone weak and tried to bluff.

Unfortunately, the pirates around him could not hear a word he was saying.

"Ah..."

Especially after one of the pirates clearly saw the Marine’s face, he was so shocked he could not even move. His legs went weak, and he fell to his knees before the Marine, constantly kowtowing.

"Are you idiots? You’re actually bowing to one Marine?!"

"We’re pirates!"

The pirate leader looked at his useless subordinates in fury.

"Today, I’ll show you why I’m the boss and you’re the underlings!"

"Even if I die, even if I die right here, I will never bow to some lousy Marine!"

The pirate leader pulled out his weapon, preparing to fight the Marine blocking their path to the death.

"Boss!"

"This..."

Until one pirate grabbed him and handed over a newspaper that had been soaked rotten by seawater.

"The new Marine Headquarters Admirals have been confirmed, they are White Dragon Jovian..."

"White Dragon? Admiral? Jovian?"

The pirate leader looked at the Admiral’s photo in the newspaper, then looked at the face of the Marine blocking their path. His heart went completely cold.

Three seconds later...

"Admiral! I was wrong! I’m a good person!"

"I’ve got an elderly mother to support and children at home! I only came here to catch a few fish to help my family get by!"

The pirate leader dropped to his knees in front of the towering Marine and wept bitterly.

"Fuck you!"

Jovian looked at the sobbing pirate and kicked him over.

Then he waved behind him. One Marine soldier after another marched over in perfect formation, cuffed all the pirates, and escorted them toward the warship behind them.

"Arrest every last one of them! Don’t let a single one get away!"

Jovian roared furiously. The thing Jovian hated most was people who bullied children.

"Uh..."

The tiny mermaid looked at the furious Jovian, curled up into a ball, and looked utterly pitiful.

"..."

Jovian looked at the little mermaid curled up in a ball and pulled out a huge lollipop from behind him.

"Don’t be scared. Want some candy?"

Jovian looked at the adorable little mermaid and revealed an incredibly righteous smile.

"Slurp."

The little mermaid licked the lollipop in her hand and was instantly captivated by the wonderful sweetness. Then she kept licking the lollipop and lowered her guard against Jovian. That was the nice thing about children. Give them something to eat, and they would treat you as a good person. Though, to be fair, Jovian really was a good person.

"Mister, I want one too!"

When the other fish-man children saw Jovian giving the tiny mermaid candy, they all ran toward him.

"Get lost! I don’t have any candy for little boys!"

Jovian kicked a baby cuttlefish fish-man away. Even though the other kid looked like a stuffed toy and was rather cute, Jovian still struck. Jovian was fair. He treated all little boys equally!

The commotion Jovian caused seemed to attract the attention of some adult fish-men deep within Fish-Man District.

One vicious-looking adult fish-man after another walked toward Jovian.

"Hahahaha!"

"Hody Jones, we’re really lucky! To think we’d see a Marine at the bottom of the sea!"

"As long as we capture this Marine, we’ll definitely make the New Fish-Man Pirates famous. Then we can dominate the land and become the Pirate King!"

A fish-man covered in patterns looked at Jovian’s justice-bearing suit and laughed at the blue fish-man leading them. Fish-men had special ways of communicating underwater, perhaps similar to dolphins.

"Hahahaha!"

"What luck!"

The blue fish-man revealed a savage expression as he looked Jovian up and down.

"Huh? The New Fish-Man Pirates..."

Jovian frowned as he looked at the group of guys who seemed like background characters.

"Since you’re already calling yourselves pirates, you’d better be ready for what comes next!"

Jovian cracked his joints and walked toward the fish-men.

"Hahahaha?!"

"That Marine doesn’t seem scared of us!"

"Is he planning to fight us?"

"A human thinks he can beat us fish-men underwater?"

"Who does this Marine think he is, a Marine Admiral?!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The fish-men looked at Jovian and burst into laughter, as if they thought Jovian was hilarious.

Meanwhile, in Ryugu Palace, the legendary palace where the Great Knight of the Sea, King Neptune of Fish-Man Island, resided.

"Report!"

Several fish-man soldiers with expressions of utter terror ran into Ryugu Palace, entering the hall where Neptune was.

"What has you in such a panic?"

"Do you even know where you are? How can you behave so disrespectfully?!"

Inside the palace, Neptune’s minister looked at the panicked soldiers and scolded them.

"We apologize. We were rude! We have urgent news to report!"

Hearing this, the soldiers all dropped to their knees and spoke anxiously to Neptune.

"No matter what it is, you are still not allowed to..."

The minister remained furious. He felt that the manners of these people were far too lacking.

"Enough. We can talk about etiquette later. Tell me what happened."

At that moment, Neptune stopped the minister and spoke to the soldiers before him.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"We received word that Marine Headquarters Admiral Jovian has arrived at Fish-Man Island!"

After receiving Neptune’s permission, the soldier immediately spoke.

"What?!"

"An Admiral?!"

"Where is he? Hurry and invite him to Ryugu Palace!"

Neptune looked panicked. One had to know that Marine Admirals were the face of the World Government. If they slighted him, it could bring enormous harm to Fish-Man Island.

"Uh..."

"After that Marine Admiral arrived, he went straight to Fish-Man District..."

The soldier answered Neptune’s question.

"This is bad! Fish-Man District is the territory of those punks. What if they accidentally injure the Admiral?!"

After hearing the soldier’s words, the fish-man minister’s expression filled with panic. Fish-Man District was currently occupied by the thug named Hody Jones. That group was extremely ruthless. If they injured a Marine Admiral, the consequences would be unbearable.

The fish-man minister shuddered at the thought of the Marines making trouble for Fish-Man Island because of this. To the fish-men, it would be an unprecedented threat. Although fish-men in the sea were not exactly afraid of the Marines, the aftermath would be extremely troublesome. From then on, it would basically become impossible for fish-men to go up to the surface.

"Hurry! Go save the Admiral!"

Neptune naturally knew how serious the problem was, so he immediately gave the order.

"Uh..."

"That may not be necessary..."

The fish-man soldiers glanced at one another and shook their heads.

"Why not?"

Neptune looked at the fish-man soldiers in confusion and asked.

"Because..."

"The full ten thousand members of the New Fish-Man Pirates currently living in Fish-Man District have already..."

"They have already been completely wiped out by that newly appointed Marine Admiral..."

The fish-man soldiers looked at Neptune with lingering fear in their eyes. Then they lowered their heads and reported.

"What?!"

Hearing the fish-man soldiers’ words, Neptune and his ministers, who had always believed that fish-men were definitely stronger than pirates underwater, all widened their eyes.

Today, they finally gained a completely new understanding of what so-called top-tier combat power meant.

At that moment, in Fish-Man District.

Injured, unconscious fish-men were scattered everywhere.

"Hey, fish-man bastard!"

"What king did you say you wanted to become again?"

Jovian’s left hand gripped the throat of Hyouzou, Fish-Man Island’s number one swordsman. His right hand gripped the already unconscious Ikaros. One foot stood on the ground, while the other stomped hard on Hody Jones’s head.

"How is this possible?!"

"There were ten thousand people here! This was an army!"

Hody Jones could not understand how a single human had taken down his ten thousand subordinates by himself.

"Talk, bastard!"

Jovian kept pressing his foot down on Hody Jones’s head while asking his question. He had deliberately spared the other man’s life just so he could ask why the hell Hody had been so arrogant and dared act so cocky in front of Jovian.

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