[In January 1503 of the Haiyuan calendar, a large number of pirates appeared in the South China Sea. The navy was unable to intercept these pirates, but it abandoned many ports...]
[In February 1503 of the Haiyuan calendar, the situation on the islands in the South China Sea was getting worse and worse. When I passed some islands that had been renovated, the original humans on them had disappeared. I ventured into some villages, but there were only a few of them. Apart from the long-dried blood and the white bones with some flesh and blood eaten by seabirds, there was nothing else.
The scene of a village full of corpses shocked me. I don’t understand why humans kill each other so much. Are the people they kill not their own race? Are humans really so cruel that they don’t spare their own kind? ?
I drove away the seabirds, and buried the human bones that I didn’t know...]
[In April 1503 of the Haiyuan calendar, I came to a human village again. I was very happy because the humans here had not been killed yet, but just when I was about to leave to continue traveling, I saw a pirate flag flying. The ship is heading towards the island.
I was very uneasy and hesitant. I knew that humans would regard a fish-man like me as a monster, but recalling what Otohime said, I made a decision and set foot in the human village on that island.
As expected, I was treated like a monster. The adult humans in the village picked up various weapons that could not be considered weapons. Some brave children even picked up stones and threw them at me. My head was smashed. But fortunately, I met the village chief and told them the news of the pirates' imminent arrival.
Pirates seemed to be more terrifying than me as a fishman. The people in that village abandoned the village and chose to escape. I helped them and guided them on the seabed away from the pirate ship.
The pirates did not burn or kill on the island, but they robbed a lot of things because the navy was chasing them. They left quickly after grabbing the things.
The people in the village escaped. I wanted to leave directly, but the human village chief kept me. It turned out that before escaping from the village, he asked the villagers to bury some supplies on the mountain of the island, but he wanted to express his gratitude to me. Prepare to treat me to a meal in the village.
I couldn't resist the other party's enthusiasm and agreed. That night, the group of enthusiastic and grateful humans made me realize that there is no difference between them and us fishmen and mermaids.
Princess Otohime is right, fishmen, mermaids and humans can understand each other, what is missing is an opportunity. 】
"Wow~"
The cold sea water was poured on his head, and Fisher Taigmo Lake's consciousness became somewhat clear.
"Murloc, it's time to take a dip in the water and bask in the sun!"
The hands that were hung were finally put down, and the shackles around his neck were pulled by the chains. The slave trader dragged him out of the cold and damp cabin like a dog to death.
"Is this the fish-man who tried to escape a few days ago? Is the rope on his body secure?"
"Don't worry, Captain Xipurno. Look at the wooden shackles on its feet. Even if you throw this fish-man into the sea, he won't be able to swim."
"Okay, water him with more seawater and feed him some fish bones. Don't let him die, otherwise you will lose money."
The sea water poured on his head, and his body was warmed by the dazzling sunlight. As a portion of fish offal that had been eaten down to only the head and bones was thrown in front of him, Fisher Tiger Only then did he finally recall the fact that he was captured by the humans in that village and sold to the slave fleet.
[Human beings cannot be trusted at all. I helped them, but they...]
"Eat it, what, don't you like it?"
"Haha, fishmen all eat raw food. If you give it cooked food, of course it won't eat it."
"Quickly catch a fish, kill it and give it raw fish intestines."
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The humans on the slave fleet mocked his identity as a fishman, which made Fisher Tiger feel extremely angry, but he was too hungry to do anything.
Fisher Tiger thought about going on a hunger strike and dying, but he felt very unwilling to die at the hands of humans.
Gritting his teeth, Fisher Tiger took one bite after another
After eating the fish offal in front of him, he secretly swore that he would escape, even though he had failed twice before and the chance of escape was becoming increasingly slim.
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"Damn it, the situation in the South China Sea has stabilized. Slaves are getting harder and harder to capture."
"Captain Xipurno, why don't we go back? This time we have already acquired a fishman. If we capture more ordinary slaves, it will only serve as a pressure for us. We will also waste food to ensure that they are not destroyed. starve."
"You're right, let's return to the Sabaody Islands. This time we will sell that South Sea fishman at a good price!"
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To enter the Grand Route from the four seas, you usually have to pass through the currents of the Upside Down Mountain, but their slave-catching fleet has a special channel, which is the windless zone.
On the edge of the Windless Zone, there is a group of people who specialize in helping people smuggle into the Grand Line. They have mastered some sea routes in the Windless Zone with fewer sea kings, and they only need to pay them a large toll. You can be taken through the windless zone and into the Grand Route.
"It's so damn dark. You only need 1 million Baileys to come out, but you actually want 10 million Baileys from us when you go back?!"
"There is no other way. The navy now strictly controls the entrances to the new world from all over the world. Many pirates have no choice but to come here and take this road to enter the Grand Line."
"Those people are not afraid of being beaten to death by themselves. If they charge so much money, they will be reported to the Navy sooner or later!"
"Drink, naive, do you think the navy doesn't know about this business?"
"What's the meaning?"
"What I mean is that the power behind this business is the World Government, and the navy has no control over this matter."
"What's the basis?"
"Look at those escort ships. Although they have been modified, based on my perspective as a shipwright for more than 20 years, I am sure that they must be old-style warships of the navy. There are sea towers underneath. That is the key to driving away the sea kings. But this does not mean that it was always safe in the windless zone in the past. Every time we went to and from the windless zone, there would always be some unlucky people and boats dragged into the sea by the sea kings."
"What advice do you have?"
The man brought up a stack of Baileys, and the old boatman took them with satisfaction.
"Go and bribe the steward who arranges the ship positions and ask him to arrange your ship closer to those escort ships. The Sea Kings hate sea tower stones. The closer they are to the escort ships, the less likely they are to be attacked.
On the contrary, the farther away from the escort ship, even if it is in the middle of the fleet, the greater the probability of being attacked by the Sea King class. "
Xipuruo is an old man. He bought the best boat space early. A mighty fleet of hundreds of ships entered the windless zone. When it came out, there were 30% fewer ships. Everyone who entered the great sea route They all have the feeling of surviving a disaster.
Why are slaves expensive?
The biggest reason is that the risks borne by slave ships are huge.
Ten boats go out and seven come back, which is considered a blessing.
"Be careful, don't let others take advantage of you. When you get back, I will give you bonuses, and I will also use my own money to buy you the strongest wine and play with the most beautiful girls!"
"Long live the Captain!"
Leaving the windless waters, all the slave fleets were cautious, including the pirate ships. They were wary of each other.
Being black and eating black is a traditional art in this sea. Every year, countless newcomers die because of it.
Look, there is already a pirate ship targeting a slave ship over there, but they don’t know that they are the real prey. The slave ship is the bait of the Harkus slave catching team, but it is luring the pirates who took the bait. Enter the encirclement of your own fleet.
Xipuruo was watching the show on the edge of the fleet, and at the same time he was looking for the soft persimmons in it. If they could swallow one or two ships, their harvest would be improved this time, whether they swallowed the other ships or the other ships. Pirate's ship.
The situation at sea changed, and suddenly the clouds became dense, the rain began to drip on the ground, and the fighting started earlier.
This group of madmen were already jealous of killing each other, and no one noticed that the surrounding sea currents were becoming more and more turbulent.
By the time this phenomenon was discovered, the ships could no longer escape the turbulent whirlpools in the surrounding waters. At some point, a large number of fish lemures floated to the surface, their green eyes staring at each ship. of living people.
"Stop, stop, we seem to be surrounded by something?!"
"What on earth is that?"
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The rain has stopped, the sound of the waves is louder, and those who are still alive can only see a strong figure riding the wind and waves on a surfboard.
"Discovered by the slave fleet."
The speaker is a woman with healthy wheat-colored skin and a hot figure. She is not a famous person.
In fact, two years ago, she was a village girl who was sold to the slave fleet by her parents because her family did not have enough to eat.
The JD Association rescued her midway, and she has been working for the JD Association since then, running boats on the sea, going to some kingdoms to spread the JD Association's ideas, and has been working hard.
And it was also half a year ago that she was received by the master of Happy Island and given a magical fruit, and was appointed as the sea captain of the slave-catching team.
Now, she finally has to complete a big task.
"Do you know who we are?"
After trying to sail away and finding it useless, those who realized that they and others were completely trapped here started shouting at the woman who was suspected of being the instigator.
"Who are you? Aren't you human traffickers?"
"Well……"
The person who spoke was a little choked, and it was obvious that the other person was coming towards them.
"Wait a minute, I understand, this is a member of the Evil Shark Pirates!"
Suddenly, someone exclaimed.
"The Evil Shark Pirates, are they famous?"
Some people don't know the situation.
"It's very famous, of course it's very famous. I heard that in the slave fleet they were targeting, not a single person could leave the sea alive, and they all became food for the sea.
Rumor has it that all of them are monsters from the depths of the sea. They are a pirate group formed by deep-sea monsters to take revenge on our slave-catching team and specifically hunt the slave-catching team.
It's so miserable, we didn't expect to encounter them, now we are dead. "
Someone who knew the situation tremblingly introduced the vicious reputation of this pirate group.
"But isn't that human?"
"Maybe it's a sea monster disguised as a human!"
The slave-catching team on the ship began to panic, while the pirates on the pirate ship relaxed, as long as it was not aimed at them.
"Everyone who encountered them, except for a very few who escaped, was killed by them, including pirates..."
"What?"
"grass!"
One sentence made the pirates panic.
"There is a Celestial Dragon standing behind us, please let us go if you are wise!"
In panic, someone shouted, but it was no use.
"Sorry, my mission is to bury all of you traffickers in the sea."
The woman on the surfboard squatted down and touched the water with her hands.
The huge waves were set off and rushed directly towards the trapped fleet.
The fish lemures in the sea also rushed over together on the huge waves.
The screams of the human traffickers were drowned by the huge waves. When everything settled, there was no one on the deck of the slave ship.
The pirates on the pirate ship were trembling with fear. They looked at the woman who killed a group of slave catchers with some horror, fearing that the other party would also bury themselves.
"Send some of your people to the slave ships, free the slaves and take care of them, then sail the ship and follow me. If there is any problem, you will die."
The JD association is very short of people. Now, after defeating pirates at sea, they will take them back to screen to see if they can make gold out of shit and find some useful people.
use.
Of course, the slaves from the defeated slave-catching ships were also better choices for supplementary members. Benica took this half-disabled fleet and quickly came to the JD Association, a specially set transfer station in the first half of the Grand Line. Station - on the drifting misty island.
This drifting island is the product of people with island fruit abilities. It is specially responsible for picking up slave fleets that were caught by them from the windless zones on both sides of the South China Sea and the West China Sea and smuggled into the Grand Line. Some of the slaves on it, as well as Some pirates.
Of course, pirates are divided into good and bad ones, as well as those who can and cannot be changed. The bad ones and those that cannot be changed have basically been chopped into pieces and fed to the fish lemures.
This drifting island is surrounded by countless fish lemures. The island itself also has Mist Fruit users who maintain a camouflaged fog. It can be said to be the hidden mobile island base of the JD Association in the first half of the Grand Line.
Although there may sometimes be a shortage of supplies, it is not a big problem if people with fluttering fruit abilities in the association bring supplies from a small island from time to time to support them.
"For the newcomers who are still conscious, come here and line up to register. For those who have fallen into coma, the medical team will go over to help treat them."
"Can the fish-man save me too?"
"Are you talking nonsense? Our organization is famous for saving all kinds of people. Fish-men are also human beings. Save him, but be careful. The other person may have an overreaction after waking up. Avoid him from hurting others, and prevent him from hurting himself. Tie it tight with the restraints."
"We are the female warriors of Nine Snake Island. If you send our sisters back, we will definitely thank you..."
"Little brat, are you talking about your mother? Hurry up and register. If you want anything, we'll talk about it after registration is completed!"
On May 3rd, 1504, the young Boya Hancock and her two younger sisters were kicked in the butt by the JD association aunt who maintained order in the team because of their delay in registering the team.
As the female warriors of Nine Snake Island, they dare not speak out in anger because the three of them were rescued from the slave fleet.
And the person who rescued them froze the entire sea with just one move.
"Tell me, who is the person who saved us?"
"Sister, instead of thinking about who is going to save us, we should think about how we can get back to Nine Snakes Island!"
