The thin small boat swayed along with the waves, the three people completely drenched sat quietly inside.
Jotaro's face was heavy.
Losing direction in the sea was no different from death.
Now he couldn't even distinguish east, south, west, or north, and the knowledge he learned before seemed completely unusable in this world.
The magnetic field here was very strange.
The compass pointed east one moment and west the next, he had already completely given up on it.
Even if he distinguished east, south, west, and north, without a map, he still couldn't determine which direction was safe.
Splash!
A heavy sound came from the water surface. Jotaro glanced to the side, the strange fish that had fainted earlier had woken up again and dove into the depths of the water.
"Yare yare." Noticing the opponent approaching the small boat again, Jotaro pressed his hat, "Looks like I still have to give it a bit of a lesson!"
Star Platinum appeared beside Jotaro, eyes like lightning, even if the waves obstructed his observation, he still had the confidence to block the opponent at the moment of attack.
"Oooo…"
He hadn't even made a move yet, but the giant Sea King from earlier had already surfaced, its two side fins coming together, seemingly begging for mercy.
After being brutally beaten by Jotaro, it indeed refused to accept it. The first thing it thought upon waking was to take revenge.
But as a Sea King, its senses were extremely sharp.
The aura that had just burst from Jotaro made it instantly fall into despair, its whole body stiffening rapidly.
It completely believed that if it made a move, it might never see tomorrow's sun.
"What's the meaning of this? Surrendering?"
Looking at the Sea King's seemingly kowtowing motion, Jotaro was a bit surprised, and at the same time, Star Platinum's punching fist also came to an abrupt stop.
Afraid that Jotaro wouldn't understand its meaning, the Sea King quickly nodded, eyes tearing up anxiously.
"So pitiful. Jotaro-san, you better spare it,"
The Sea King's pitiful appearance made Nezuko feel sympathy, and she couldn't help but advise.
Upon hearing this, the Sea King's round big eyes showed a grateful expression, looking at Jotaro while nodding repeatedly, as if begging him.
"Weird…" Jotaro noticed the Sea King's human-like behavior and asked, "You can understand our words?"
The Sea King's horse-like head nodded up and down, splashing layers of waves.
Jotaro was silent for a moment, then said lightly, "Fine, I'll spare your life, but! You must take us to find land, preferably the kind with people living on it!"
His gaze was sharp like a blade, cold like frost, and his Conqueror's Haki unintentionally spread out.
In an instant, all the scales on the Sea King stood on end, clattering together from fear, making creaking sounds.
For such a wild and fiercely strong beast, Jotaro knew better than anyone how to tame them.
"Very good!" Seeing the other party had no objections, he took out a huge iron chain from the space, one end tied to the Sea King's body, the other tied to the small boat.
"Take us to find land!"
In this sea area, it had no natural enemies, dominating thousands of miles, but now, it was being driven like livestock by the man in black before it.
Letting out a whimper, it still obediently bit the iron chain, steadily pulling Jotaro and the others forward.
'I didn't expect it, such a creature actually has advantages.'
Leaning in the small boat, Jotaro folded his hands behind his head, lying down comfortably.
He wasn't sure if the other really understood his meaning, but he had ways to make it understand.
With extremely high intelligence, communication was convenient.
———
"Colonel! Ahead, a Sea King has been spotted blocking our route."
The wind and waves were calm. A warship rode the wind as it advanced. On the main mast, a man dressed as a navy was looking through a telescope and saw a black dot appear on their route.
He zoomed the scope, unexpectedly seeing a huge Sea King.
Hearing the subordinate's words, the colonel who was enjoying the sunshine while leaning in his chair asked, "What does it look like?"
"It has a horse face!"
The six whiskers at the colonel's mouth slightly twitched, revealing a scornful smile.
Looking at the appearance, it wasn't the Sea King raised by that person, then there was nothing to fear.
"A mere beast dares block this colonel's path? Fire the cannons and drive it away!"
"Yes!"
The subordinate received the order, immediately moved the cannon, aiming at the Sea King's direction.
Just about to fire, the navy observing through the telescope shouted loudly, "Wait! There are humans near the Sea King!"
Following his line of sight, several human figures gradually emerged.
Jotaro was standing right on top of the Sea King's huge fish head.
"That's strange, why does it feel like this Sea King is being driven by that person…"
"What kind of joke are you making!" The navy colonel with a rat-like face clearly didn't believe his subordinate's nonsense.
"Those beasts are proud and arrogant, how could they be driven by humans! Maybe in the Grand Line such people exist."
"But this is the weakest East Blue!"
"C-Colonel! The Sea King is coming over!"
The observer looked at the Sea King rushing over at high speed, so frightened he fell straight down from the mast.
They were all a bunch of weaklings. If such a monster got close, they were doomed.
"Useless!" The colonel slapped him flying with one hand, took the telescope from his hand, and was then so scared that his eyes nearly popped out.
Sea King. Even bigger than the one he had seen at Arlong's place.
'Since when did the East Blue have such monsters!'
"Fire the cannons now!"
The colonel who came back to his senses shouted anxiously.
If they didn't drive it away, this ship would be destroyed.
"But there are still humans on the Sea King!"
"Who cares whether they live or die! Fire now or I'll shoot you!"
The colonel took out a pistol from his waist, pointing it at his subordinates.
Hearing the sound of the gun being cocked, those subordinates had no choice but to follow his order, load the ammo, and then ignite.
The warship let out waves of booming sounds, dozens of shells fired toward the Sea King's direction.
———
Jotaro frowned slightly.
He had already discovered the warship and had seen the people on board, this was precisely why he had the Sea King swim toward them.
Right now, he urgently needed to gather information from the locals.
Who knew the other party would react so strongly.
He thought this kind of fish was commonly seen in this world.
Looking at the cannonballs all over the sky, he shook his head and slowly said, "Star Platinum!"
The speeding missiles instantly lost all velocity, frozen in the sky.
Jotaro carefully observed.
These cannonballs weren't very advanced in terms of technology. Judging from the appearance, they looked more like 19th-century shells.
"Ora ora ora ora!"
He smashed away all cannonballs that would pose a threat to him, five seconds had already passed!
Yet time-stop hadn't ended.
His current limit should be nine seconds.
Star Platinum's range had also reached a terrifying ten meters.
If not, how could he, just by standing on the Sea King's head, clear all the nearby shells?
To prevent this group of navy from firing more cannonballs and threatening him, Jotaro had Star Platinum smash one shell into pieces.
Then time started to move normally. The shell fragments turned into streaks of light, destroying all the warship's cannons.
"There's an enemy!"
"Enemy attack!"
The navy on the warship scattered in panic.
The navy colonel with a rat-like face, seeing the situation was bad, already wanted to sneak away amidst the chaos.
However, the ferocious Sea King didn't do what they expected, it didn't tear the warship into pieces, but instead stopped steadily not far from them.
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