Pirates: The first partner is Tom Cat

The bright sunshine pours down, and the colorful corals everywhere seem to be glowing. Fish of all sizes gather or disperse, and giant blue and white whales swim around.

This is a scene that is almost impossible to appear in reality. Even in this world, it can only be seen in the Sea Forest southeast of Fish-Man Island.

The so-called Forest of the Sea does not mean that there is a forest under the sea, but that there are patches of huge corals, which are almost the same in appearance as forests on land.

Those fish people who dare not go to the sea rely on this coral forest to imagine what the forest on the ground looks like.

"Wow! What a beautiful place!" Rui Mengmeng exclaimed while lying on the bubble of the ship's window.

"Really, so beautiful!" Bai Xing also exclaimed.

In order to ensure that Zhang Tatsuya and his companions would have no regrets on their journey, Princess Otohime specially took Shirahoshi to accompany Zhang Tatsuya and his entourage to the Forest of the Sea.

Artoria was also watching quietly, but when she heard Shirahoshi's voice, she asked curiously: "Hasn't Shirahoshi been here before?"

Bai Xing shook his head and said with his mouth shut: "No, my father and mother don't allow me to come here, and my brothers don't want to bring me here either."

Princess Otohime explained: "Because this place is close to Fishman Street, it was fine when Tiger and Jinbe were there. After they went out to sea, they could not ensure the movements of the criminals in Fishman Street, and they could not bring out a large number of people for fun.

The army is coming."

Fishman Street and Sea Forest are two relatively famous places, but they are not within Fishman Island, but in the deep sea outside Fishman Island.

The difference is that the Forest of the Sea is full of sunshine and the scenery is beautiful, but Fishman Street is almost the opposite, except that the promised boat "Noah", which is of great significance to Fishman Island, is stored there.

It was the giant ship that the Mermaid Princess made eight hundred years ago and made an agreement with Qiao Yin Boyin at that time to move all the residents of Fish-Man Island to the sea. It was almost half the size of Fish-Man Island and was enough to carry all the residents of Fish-Man Island.

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But something happened at that time, which caused Qiao Yin and Boyin to fail to fulfill the agreement.

The specific details are unknown, but that was the time when the World Government was established, and this matter is probably inseparable from the World Government.

There is a large open space in the middle of the sea forest, with many small corals like shrubs and flowers growing on it, and there are also many sunken shipwrecks piled around.

A huge hemispherical bubble enveloped the open space and part of the coral forest. In the original plot, because the Straw Hats did not enter Fish-Man Island from the entrance, the Sunshine was washed into this big bubble by the current, and there was almost no damage. Good luck.

To explode.

At this time, Zhang Daye and the others settled here temporarily, and Tom and Bai Xing ran around here curiously.

Others admired the various corals out of curiosity, or looked through the shipwrecks.

Zhang Da also thought about whether he should carve a memory of his visit here or break off some pieces of coral as souvenirs.

But in the end, I forgot about it and just took a few photos for a while. If I wanted to collect corals, I could go elsewhere. He shouldn’t destroy such a beautiful scenic spot that he cherishes so much.

"Actually, the fish bus has arrived here recently. It will be much more convenient for children to come and play in the future." Princess Otohime pointed to a sign not far away and said.

Zhang Da also clearly saw that it said "Yubushaizhimori Station" on it. This is exactly what a bus station looks like!

"Huh? Are they Princess Otohime and Princess Shirahoshi?" A mermaid came out of the coral forest, wearing a dark hat and thick-rimmed glasses. In order to facilitate movement in places without water, like Shirahoshi, she wore a bubble wrap around her waist.

Bubble.

"Mr. Dan?" Princess Otohime recognized him and introduced him, "This is Mr. Dan, a boatman and researcher on the forest of the sea, the younger brother of Mr. Tom, the world's number one shipwright."

"Meow?" Tom came over and pointed at himself, showing a puzzled expression. He only had one cousin, a cat, who looked exactly like him. Even Jerry couldn't tell him that he was not a mermaid.

Zhang Da also touched his cat head: "I'm not talking about you."

Seeing Dan's puzzled expression, Princess Otohime explained: "This Mr. Cat is also called Tom, and this is..."

After introducing Zhang Tatsuya and others one by one, Princess Otohime said: "They are not only my saviors, but also important guests I invited from the ground."

"It turns out you are the humans who saved the princess. Thank you so much!" Dan took off his hat in greeting very elegantly.

"You don't have to be so polite." Zhang Tatsuya and the others have heard this kind of words of thanks a lot recently, which is enough to show how much Princess Otohime is loved by others.

"It turns out that Mr. Cat has the same name as my brother. I must introduce you to each other if I have the chance." Dan seemed to be looking forward to the scene where the two Toms would meet.

Tom tilted his head, also looking forward to seeing Tom.

In addition, Dan is particularly concerned about Shark Chili: "I would like to ask, Mr. Shark Chili, were there any robots among your ancestors?"

Because fish people and mermaids will randomly display genes that appeared in their ancestors, Dan immediately thought of Shark Pepper when he saw it.

"No." Shark Chili knew this and explained helplessly, "I have no ancestors. I am just an ordinary robot assembled by humans from parts."

"I see." Dan showed an understanding expression and boldly speculated: "That means robots will appear in your descendants."

"..." Shark Chili was speechless. Although their B-series robots have human emotions and can fall in love and even get married, they shouldn't have the function of producing offspring, right?

Unless you learn technology yourself and then build a small robot - truly create a human being.

However, Shark Pepper obviously didn't want to talk more about this aspect. He changed the subject and said: "What did the princess just say about studying the forest of the sea?"

"That's my interest." Speaking of his professional field, Dan began to ramble:

"The Forest of the Sea is so mysterious. It is blessed by the Eve of the Sun Tree and is full of beautiful corals. Whales and other fish schools gather here because of this. However, the ships that sank near the Fish-Man Island will always drift here with the sea currents.

Come on, this place is so beautiful and full of life, but it looks like a graveyard of ships."

Looking at the countless sunken ships around them, everyone thought that the term "ship graveyard" was indeed correct.

"With so many sunken ships, are there any treasures?" Rui Mengmeng blurted out the question in her mind: Generally speaking, when mentioning sunken ships, people often think of treasures.

Dan seemed to understand this feeling and said with a smile: "This place has been visited by countless fish and mermaids, and the more valuable things have long been picked up by others."

"What a pity."

"It's no pity. For me, the real treasure is the Forest of the Sea itself." Dan seemed to really like this place. "If you want to visit, why not let me be your tour guide."

Everyone did not reject Dan's kindness. Under his guidance and explanation, they saw various wonders and got to know various strange fishes.

Then, they saw a square black stone in the coral forest.

The stone is about four meters high, and there are many places on the surface covered with moss, making it look very old.

The front was engraved with square characters, which no one present recognized - this kind of characters did not belong to the universal language range, so the language pack loaded by Zhang Daye and others did not include it.

This is the 100-year-old historical text that is said to record the blank, commonly known as the Robin Trap (no).