Chapter 135 Target Fruit
Neptune looked at Zhang Daye and said, "I heard that there are similar lawless areas in the Sabaody Archipelago?"
Zhang Da also nodded: "Indeed, there are, but that place is different from Fishman Street. It's not that there is no way to solve it, but it's more like they don't want to solve it. Otherwise, the Navy Headquarters is nearby, even if they occasionally take the opportunity of training to take a stroll, it won't be as chaotic as it is now."
"Indeed, the forces there are intertwined, and the situation is more complicated. In comparison, the situation in Fishman Street is simpler." Jinbei volunteered, "Why don't you let me lead the team and capture all the criminals."
“Isn’t this too rough? Perhaps there is a way without resorting to force.” The Left Minister, the Catfish Mermaid, is a peacemaker and has always had poor judgment. Even when facing pirates, he would consider sitting down and talking first.
Neptune knew him well, so he would never listen to his opinions on such issues: "Just do as Jinbei said, but we need to settle the children and innocent people in the future. As for the criminals, of course, they will be punished as they deserve."
"Mother!" Baixing swam over with Tom.
Rui Mengmeng, Shark Chili and the three princes followed closely behind.
"Shirahoshi? Mother is discussing something with everyone. Can she come and play with you later?" Princess Otohime touched Shirahoshi's head.
"But, I just received this." Shirahoshi handed a folded piece of paper to Princess Otohime.
"This is..." Princess Otohime unfolded the paper and looked at it, exclaiming, "A love letter... written to Shirahoshi?"
"What???"＊n
The whole place was filled with exclamations. Neptune bent down and put his big head behind Otohime, reading the contents of the paper word by word: "Damn it! Who is Vander Decken IX? Shirahoshi is only six years old!"
The Right Minister, the Seahorse Merman, had heard of this name: "Vander Decken? Isn't that the captain of the ghost ship?"
"Ghost ship?" The princes looked at the right minister curiously.
The right minister explained: "Yes, the ghost ship Flying Dutchman . Legend has it that this ship is cursed and can never return to its homeland. It can only drift on the sea. Legend has it that encountering this ship during a voyage means destruction! And the captain of this ship is called Vander Decken."
"How scary." Bai Xing showed a frightened expression.
Tom was as scared as Shirahoshi. He was most afraid of ghosts and spirits. This was a ghost ship that represented destruction. Tom was so scared that he hugged Zhang Daye's thigh tightly.
"That's just a legend. He was actually just a pirate." The reliable Jinbei stepped forward to refute the rumor. "The reason for this legend is that the first Vander Decken often intercepted passing ships in the deep sea. This Vander Decken IX should be his descendant."
If he was just a pirate, that would be easy to deal with. Neptune asked, "Who sent this letter? Where is the sender?"
He dared to write a love letter to a six-year-old girl, and this little girl was his daughter. Neptune wanted to beat this scumbag into a real scum.
Bai Xing said timidly: "No one came to deliver the letter. This letter flew here by itself."
"Flying here?" Everyone was surprised. Neptune looked at his most stable eldest son, Shark Star, in confusion.
Shark Star nodded and replied, "It was indeed flying. At that time, White Star was helping Mr. Tom catch fish and make a fire, and the letter suddenly flew in front of White Star."
Zhang Da also rubbed Tom's head hard. Mermaids don't eat fish. How come you kidnapped the mermaid princess to help you catch fish and barbecue it!
Tom looked innocent. Do you know how a cat feels when it sees a bunch of fish tails dangling in front of it all day?
It’s already very restrained to only grill the fish and not the mermaid, okay?
Neptune didn't care about Shirahoshi helping catch and grill fish anymore: " What the hell is going on?"
Zhang Da also knew that the Target Target Fruit had a disgusting-sounding name. Anyone touched by the hand of the ability user would be marked as a target. From then on, as long as that hand was used, anything thrown in that direction, no matter where, would fly towards the target until it hit the target or was destroyed.
When that hand touches other people, those people will become new targets. If you wash your hands, the previous mark will become invalid. Each hand can mark a target, so if an octopus man eats this fruit, he will make a lot of money.
This may make the ability seem useless, but in fact its effect is ridiculously strong, because the concept of throwing something can be considered as throwing as long as you gently tap your hand, even if the weight of the object far exceeds your own strength.
With this ability, you can even throw out a giant ship as big as half of Fishman Island. It seems that throwing an island with bare hands is not a dream.
Fortunately, the person who obtained this ability is not very smart, otherwise he would just kidnap a weakling and have his men send him to the vicinity of the enemy, and then slap out a small island and a giant sea king. What kind of ancient weapons such as Pluto and Neptune are needed for this?
"Then it can only be the power of the devil fruit. Since we set out to look for Jinbe today, has Princess Shirahoshi come into contact with any suspicious people?"
Zhang Da also asked, since this ability requires marking first, then he must have come into contact with Shirahoshi before he can make sure that no strangers have approached him when he was there.
The three princes and the princess all shook their heads. They were there but didn't see anyone suspicious.
"Yes." Rui Mengmeng reminded, "After seeing the boss and the others leave, some people spontaneously gathered around and said they wanted to protect the princess."
"In that case, is there someone with special abilities mixed in with the crowd? How cunning." Shark Star asked, "White Star, do you remember any strange people contacting you?"
Bai Xing pointed at his chin with his index finger, as if he was thinking hard. After a while, Bai Xing shook his head: "No one touched me?"
Wasn't it at that time? Zhang Da also patted Tom: "Do you remember anyone who came into contact with White Star?"
Tom shook his head, indicating that no one had touched her.
This is strange. If he had encountered this before, he should have started sending letters a long time ago. He should only have the chance to get close to Shirahoshi in such a chaotic situation as today.
"In that case, immediately order a nationwide manhunt for Vander Decken!" Neptune decided that if they couldn't come to a conclusion through discussion, then forget it. Anyway, they could find out the whole story by catching him and asking him questions.
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On the other side, on the Flying Dutchman.
This is a coated ship with tattered sails and a large skull decoration on the bow. The style of the whole ship is mainly gloomy and terrifying. No wonder there is the legend of a ghost ship.
Vander Decken is a tiger shark man with four legs and two hands. His overall image is that of a sloppy and wretched middle-aged man.
Because he ate the devil fruit, he would not die in the sea, but he would become weak and unable to move, so he had to rely on bubble wrap to move around in the sea.
Even though this guy had a hole in his brain, he at least knew to run away after doing something bad, so after making sure he had marked Shirahoshi, he immediately slipped back onto the ship.
He decided to stay out of Fishman Island until Princess Shirahoshi agreed to his proposal.
He didn't even think about how to send it to him if Bai Xing really couldn't make up his mind and wanted to write him a reply.
"Hahaha, Princess Shirahoshi must have received my love letter, right?" Vander Decken was already thinking about what to do at the wedding.
