Chapter 128 Jinbei
After the speech, Princess Otohime placed a cardboard box in front of her to collect signatures as usual.
People in the square looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, a few children broke the silence and jumped over to hand over a few signature papers.
Princess Otohime asked a little nervously, "Are the children here to make me happy? Are they going to go back again?"
This sounds sad. Before this, Princess Otohime had worked hard for more than five years. She collected a total of one hundred pieces of paper, each of which could accommodate ten signatures, which means one thousand signatures.
The population of Fishman Island is 5 million.
Especially after the news of Tiger's death spread, there was a situation where people asked for his autographs back, and years of hard work went to waste.
But today, the situation was different. The children put the papers into the box with a smile: "No, mom also asked for a signature!"
The children's actions acted as a signal, and the adults followed suit.
"The princess has done so much for us, how can we remain indifferent?"
"I don't know much about the humans on the sea, but I trust the princess."
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Signature papers were submitted one by one, and soon the small cardboard box was filled up. Princess Otohime looked at the quickly filling box, her eyes filled with tears, and she was so excited that she was at a loss .
But people's enthusiasm did not stop: "Princess, such a small box can't be put in!"
“Do you know how many people there are in this country?”
"Get a bigger box!"
"Everyone..." Princess Otohime covered her mouth. She was always good at public speaking, but now she could only thank the people who submitted their signatures incoherently.
Fortunately, the right minister, the seahorse mermaid, commanded the soldiers to bring a bigger box: "Please put the signature here!"
The bigger the box, the more enthusiastic people became. The scene of submitting signatures was like a subway station during rush hour.
What’s even more vivid is that a cute little Camie in the crowd was pushed to the front by an unknown force, and then he and his signature paper were put into a cardboard box.
Zhang Da also saw this and took Kemi out of the box. He said to the right minister, "Send someone to maintain order. It would be bad if someone gets hurt."
"Yes, yes." The right minister quickly commanded a team of soldiers to maintain order, and sent people back to Longgong City to transfer more manpower.
Someone submitted one and then came back: "Lady Otohime, I signed another one!"
The person next to him reminded: "Each person can only sign one copy. Duplicate signatures are invalid!"
"Why is that? I'll go call my friends over!"
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Hearing these words and feeling everyone's sincere hearts, Princess Otohime finally couldn't help herself and burst into tears without caring about her manners, with tears almost bursting out of her eyes.
It’s been too long. She has been waiting for this day for too long. She has been giving speeches all over the country day after day, helping those in trouble and teaching everyone the knowledge on the ground…
All these efforts finally blossomed into beautiful flowers on this day, and will one day bear sweet fruits.
Princess Otohime felt that things had been going really well recently. Not only did she return safely from Marijoa and receive a personal letter from a world noble, but she also made several kind human friends and received recognition and support from so many people today...
She even felt that all her good luck in life had run out in these few days.
Princess Otohime tried in vain to wipe away her endless tears with her wide sleeves, venting all the grievances and sorrows she had experienced in the past few years. It was great to have such a day!
The people around Princess Otohime looked at him crying with joy and were happy for her from the bottom of their hearts.
Zhang Daye whispered to Artoria , "Artoria, please help keep watch."
"Hmm?" Altria looked at him in confusion.
Zhang Da also explained: "Although there are so many people who support Princess Otohime's actions, there must be people who strongly oppose it. Some people who hate humans may take extreme measures."
Artoria immediately understood what he meant: "You mean assassination? I understand."
Zhang Da couldn't remember when Princess Yiji was assassinated, and it was not easy to make a direct accusation. He could only take some precautions and remind them to be on guard against extreme people.
At this time, a fat blue-skinned fishman and a dark-skinned, long-haired mermaid were watching the enthusiastic crowd in the corner of the square.
It's Jinbe and Aladdin, the ship's doctor and vice-captain of the Sun Pirates.
Jinbei, holding a pipe in his hand, said, "The princess has really created hope through her own efforts."
Aladdin folded his arms: "If there are enough signatures, maybe we can really change the fate of Fishman Island."
"If he could be moved by the princess's strong belief, even Arlong would definitely change." Jinbei said with emotion, "I really want Brother Tiger to see this day too!"
Aladdin was not optimistic about this. Arlong was very stubborn. Before he parted ways with Jinbei, the two had a big fight because of their different ideas. Of course, it was Jinbei who beat Arlong unilaterally.
Jinbei inherited Tiger's will and acted with the purpose of not killing anyone. Arlong was obsessed with making humans feel pain... no, fear.
Even Princess Otohime might not be able to change Arlong's will easily.
"Aladdin, what do you think of those people?" Jinbei was referring to Zhang Tatsuya and the others.
“You know Jinbei, I, like many others, have had the same experience as Brother Tiger.
Just like the tattoo of a Celestial Dragon that will never disappear once engraved, we who were slaves and suffered inhuman torture will never lose our hatred for humans in our lifetime. "
As he said this, Aladdin looked at Zhang Daye and the others without any hostility in his eyes. He was one of the more sensible people and knew who he should hate.
Jinbei was reminded by Aladdin: "Maybe we should clean up Fishman Street."
Fishman Street was originally a giant orphanage for orphans, but soon after its establishment, chaos began to appear in the orphanage and the management staff was helpless, so it became a gathering place for the criminals of Fishman Island and turned into an uncontrollable zone.
Unlike the lawless areas in Shabaodi, where the World Government does not want to intervene, Fishman Street is a bit like the slums in the movies, and the Ryugu Kingdom cannot come up with a good solution.
Tiger, Jinbei, Arlong, and Hodie Jones all came from Fishman Street.
It is for this reason that Jinbe knows that there is a lot of negative emotions accumulated there, including hatred towards humans and dissatisfaction towards the royal family.
If left unchecked, there could be serious consequences.
If he wanted to reorganize the situation, the only way Jinbei could think of was to use his fists to beat all those who disobeyed him. Although this was only a temporary solution, it would at least prevent them from causing trouble for Princess Otohime in the short term.
Here we can see the difference between Tiger Jinbe and others and Kozuki Oden. After Kozuki Oden beat up all the gangsters and thugs under his rule, people immediately became obedient and focused on development, and finally built a paradise.
But even though Tiger and Jinbe beat up Fishman Street, Fishman Street was still in chaos and unruly.
So, Master Kozuki Oden is truly great and brilliant.
But please forgive my stupidity, I don't understand what's so smart about that adult. Is he going to cook oden on the corpse of his best friend?
