The blackening of the heavens begins with Hokage

at the same time.

Fishman Island.

On her way to the palace to rescue Bai Xing, an ugly tiger-shark man with four legs and two arms and a wide stripe suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked her way.

This broad-striped tiger shark man took the target fruit in the original work, and in the next 10 years, he would throw a weapon at Shirahoshi every once in a while, forcing Shirahoshi to marry him.

Vanderdeken IX.

At the same time, he is also the leader of the Flying Pirates.

Today's Vanderdyken IX looks much younger than when he appeared in the original work, but this still cannot change the fact that he looks strange.

Similarly, just like in the original work, he now witnessed Bai Xing's cry and summoned various Neptune species. He also knew very well that Bai Xing was the legendary one who could control Neptune that his first ancestor had been looking for.

A mermaid princess!

The purpose of coming here this time is to get to know Bai Xing.

I want to marry Shirahoshi in the future and control Shirahoshi's abilities.

"Hello, Princess Bai Xing. This is the first time we meet. I am Vander Deken IX." Vander Deken IX took off his hat and bowed down to salute Bai Xing.

Bai Xing was anxious: "You...can you let me go? I want to ask someone to help Brother Luffy."

Vanderdeken IX looked very gentlemanly: "Of course, no problem, my princess. But... before that, princess, can you and I complete the etiquette that should be performed between the royal family and the nobles?"

Say it.

Vanderdeken IX took off his gloves and stretched out his hand in a handshake gesture.

Bai Xing didn't think too much, shook it casually, and quickly floated towards the palace.

Vanderdeken IX did not stop him this time.

Looking at Bai Xing's leaving figure, a smile inadvertently appeared on his lips.

…

After a while.

Shirahoshi found her eldest brother Sharkstar near the palace and told Sharkstar about Luffy's condition. But before Sharkstar sent people to rescue Luffy, the entire Fish-Man Island fell into chaos again.

Those fishmen who escaped back were like crazy, shouting all over the fishman island.

"Dead! Everyone is dead!"

"Monster! There is a monster! Run away! Everyone run away!"

"Jones! Jones was killed by a monster! Everyone, run away!"

"It was humans! It was humans who killed Jones!"

After seeing this, Shark Star immediately caught one of the frantic fish-men and asked what happened. Although the fish-man was frightened and was a little confused, it did not prevent him from telling what happened on the pirate ship.

And at the same time.

Luffy also passed through the air door and appeared in Keelon Court Square again.

The discerning fish-man immediately spotted his figure.

"It's him!"

"it's him!"

"It was this human being who killed Jones!"

Those fish-men who were so frightened that they no longer called Luffy "Luffy".

The people of Fish-Man Island, because of the shouts of these fish-men, began to gather in the direction of Luffy one by one. Some of the people around him had complicated eyes, while others were pointing.

But Luffy didn't pay attention to their looks.

He was just looking for his sister Bai Xing in the crowd.

quickly.

Shark Star also rushed here with Bai Xing because of the commotion here.

Seeing that Luffy was safe and sound, Shirahoshi rushed forward regardless and hugged Luffy. Luffy's body was like a toy, allowing Shirahoshi to hold him in his arms.

"Brother, it's great that you're okay."

"It's okay. My mother's murderer has been killed by me."

The surrounding noises started again.

The frightened fishmen all pointed at Shirahoshi and Luffy in the center and roared.

"It was him! It was this human being who killed Jones!"

"He is a murderer! He is a murderer! He also killed many fishmen!"

These fishmen who were so frightened that they had forgotten the cause and effect of the incident. They forgot that it was the fishmen who took action first and Luffy only fought back after the fact.

Seeing everyone pointing at Luffy and accusing him, Shirahoshi quickly shouted and explained: "That's not it! It's not like that! Jones is the real murderer of his mother, so Luffy-san went to kill him!"

As soon as these words came out.

Another commotion immediately broke out at the scene.

The human who killed Otohime had long been killed by Hody Jones. In everyone's eyes, Hody Jones was the hero who avenged Otohime. Why did he suddenly become a murderer again?

After hearing this, Shark Xing was very excited.

He arrived at Bai Xing's side in the blink of an eye: "Bai Xing, is everything you said true?"

Bai Xing nodded anxiously.

She was afraid that people wouldn't believe her.

Of course Shark Star would not doubt his sister.

But it doesn't stop some fishmen who don't like humans very much from questioning Bai Xing's statement.

"Princess White Star, we all know that you have a good relationship with this human being. But you can't say that Jones, who killed the murderer, is the murderer?"

"Everyone saw with your own eyes that Jones brought back the murderer's body. Jones is the hero who successfully avenged our Fish-Man Island! You slandered our hero for this human being. Isn't that bad?"

Seeing that some people didn't believe in him, Bai Xing became nervous.

"It's not like that! It's not like that! Jones is really the murderer of his mother. I saw this with my own eyes!"

"If Jones was really the murderer, why didn't you tell him in the first place?"

"My mother told me not to say anything, so I didn't say anything..."

There was a lot of noise.

Some people believe in White Star, some don't.

But obviously, it is no longer suitable for Shirahoshi and Luffy to stay here.

Shark Star floated to his sister and comforted him: "Leave it to me to deal with it. You and Luffy go back to the palace first."

Shirahoshi said yes and left with Luffy and the palace guards.

Afterwards, Fishman Island was almost divided into two camps.

One camp believes in Luffy.

One camp is making a noise that Luffy is not welcome on Fish-Man Island and Luffy cannot stay here any longer.

However, Luffy ignored them and had no intention of leaving Fish-Man Island for the time being, because he had to attend the funeral of Empress Otohime.

Neptune and other royal families also endured huge pressure to retain Luffy.

Some residents, because they were dissatisfied with the royal family's decision, began to spread rumors and cause trouble all over the Fish-Man Island, making the guards furious. During this period, what made Neptune and the princes even more troubled and annoyed was that,

The problem of residents spreading rumors and causing trouble has not yet been resolved, and new troubles have arisen here in Shirahoshi.

That is Vanderdeken IX's pursuit of White Star.

It was fine at first.

He used the ability of Target Fruit to send only love letters.

It can be seen that Bai Xing did not respond to him again and again.

Gradually, love letters turned into terror packages, and finally into weapons.

In the original work, it was for this reason that Shirahoshi was unable to attend Otohime's funeral. Now, just like the original work, in order to avoid these weapons, Shirahoshi had to hide in the hard-shell tower.

Time flies, and years fly by.

In a blink of an eye, the day of Otohime's funeral came.

Luffy stood outside the hard-shell tower, looking at the door full of weapons, and was in a daze for a while.

I don’t know how long it took, but he finally said: "Brother..."

He didn't get a response from Li Yaoxiang, but he was sure that Li Yaoxiang would be able to hear what he said.

He continued: "That weapon...can you lend me one more time?"

Li Yaoxiang said with a smile in his tone: "Okay."

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