A small submarine was diving into the deep sea.
Inside the cabin, Roa stood leisurely by a porthole, manipulating the surrounding water currents to tease the giant deep-sea fish swimming past.
The large fish had no idea what was happening. The seawater, which usually held them like a mother, had become incredibly mischievous, sometimes tugging at their tails, sometimes grabbing their heads and forcing them to spin.
"Is Scopper Gaban still on Fish-Man Island?" Roa asked without turning his head.
"Yes."
Behind him, King nodded calmly. "We just contacted Morgans. He said Gaban has stayed on Fish-Man Island all these years and never left."
"Is he waiting for me?"
Roa stopped playing with the fish and spoke with some emotion. "Gaban is still a loyal man."
Undoubtedly, Gaban was also lingering on the island because of the Sea God. Since he also knew the true identity of the Sea God, the Roger Pirates were naturally wary of Roa obtaining this Ancient Weapon.
That's why Gaban had been staying on Fish-Man Island.
It must be like this, right? He must have confirmed early on that Shirahoshi is this generation's Sea God, which is why he stayed?
He couldn't just be there because Fish-Man Island has many beautiful mermaid ladies, could he?
"Do you want to get rid of that guy, Boss?"
King's tone was utterly devoid of emotion, as if the person to be eliminated wasn't the third-in-command of the Pirate King's ship, but some insignificant stray dog.
"If you wish, I will chop off his head for you."
"No rush."
Roa slightly waved his hand. "Let's see what he has to say first."
"Understood."
King nodded respectfully.
As the submarine continued its descent, even deeper in the abyss below.
In the dark seawater, an inexplicable sound suddenly rang out.
"The vanished new king reappears. Is he coming for our King?"
"The new king comes with malice. We cannot let him approach our King."
"Stop him, stop that approaching Demon King!"
In the deep water, massive shadows converged, heading towards the upper layer of the sea, immediately stirring up huge turbulent currents.
"Hmm?"
Inside the submarine, Roa suddenly looked up. A frown instantly creased the handsome young man's face. "Is someone slandering me again? Demon King, who are you talking about!"
"Someone?"
Enel, who, like King, was accompanying Roa to Fish-Man Island, suddenly focused his mind. With the assistance of electromagnetic waves, his Observation Haki spread out.
It could be said that every disturbance, from the surface to the seabed, within a considerable range, was instantly perceived by him.
But...
"I didn't hear any sound."
Enel looked at Roa's back with some confusion. "Boss, is someone really talking?"
His Observation Haki was specialized in listening to sound, but at this moment, he couldn't hear anything at all.
"Oh?"
Roa, who was annoyed by the slander, paused, then remembered that he hadn't activated his Observation Haki, and his Haki couldn't typically hear people talking from far away.
So this is...
Roa instantly had a guess.
His Observation Haki immediately spread out.
"Oh!"
A hint of a smile appeared in his eyes and brows. Roa chuckled and spoke, "A group of fish wants to stop me?"
"Fish?"
Enel slightly paused, then he was instantly stunned. "Sea Kings! So many Sea Kings have gathered! What's going on!"
"Perhaps they are knights launching a desperate charge towards the Demon King to prevent the princess from being stolen."
Roa said with interest.
So it's the Voice of All Things.
Has this ability evolved along with my own evolution?
Interesting.
Now I can clearly hear the voices of the Sea Kings.
In that case, does it mean I can communicate with the Sea Kings now?
But what use is that?
To coerce the Sea Kings by holding Shirahoshi hostage?
Does that count as a low-grade version of the Sea God's ability?
It's quite amusing when you think about it.
"Boss!"
Enel's voice had become serious. "How should we deal with them?"
If they were on the surface, he wouldn't care how many Sea Kings there were.
Just mere fish.
It wouldn't take much effort to turn them all into roasted fish.
But they were in the deep sea. He couldn't use his ability arbitrarily. He couldn't control the transmission of lightning in the water. One false move and the submarine would be instantly blown up.
Roa didn't answer. He raised his hand, signaling Enel to be quiet.
Because he heard the voices of these deep-sea monsters again.
"Go back! Demon King, do not approach our King!"
"This deep sea does not welcome your arrival..."
"Ohoho, the local Sea Kings are quite unfriendly, aren't they?"
Roa spoke with a light laugh. "You want to stop me? Then come and try."
His voice was transmitted through his ability, which, although having a low presence, certainly allowed him to manipulate sound waves to a certain extent.
Then.
"You, you can understand our words?"
"How is this possible? Could it be that you are the Joy Boy of this era?"
The words were filled with utter astonishment.
So, could the Joy Boy of yesteryear understand them too?
"No matter who you are, you are not allowed to approach our King again!"
"Go back! Demon King, go back to your world!"
Accompanying the voices that only Roa could hear, gigantic shadows slowly appeared from the dark deep sea.
"Wow! What are those!"
Capone Bege, who was also accompanying Roa to Fish-Man Island, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. "So many Sea Kings, and they're huge!!"
Even King couldn't help but be slightly alarmed.
The Sea Kings that were emerging from the deep sea below were indeed excessively large!
Each one was at least over a thousand meters in size. The few leading ones were even close to four or five kilometers!
The submarine was tiny, like a mouse, in front of these monsters. A slight bump could smash it to smithereens.
"Boss!"
Bege screamed in a panic. "What should we do now?"
The Boss was indeed powerful and invincible, but they couldn't ignore this deep sea!
"Go back!!"
As if noticing Bege's panic, the Sea Kings issued their final warning.
"Otherwise, we will launch an attack..."
"An attack? Perfect."
Roa just smiled and nodded. "The Demon King is going to steal the princess now. Come and try to stop me!"
On his forehead, a pair of spiral horns coiled up.
Then, a gigantic figure instantly appeared out of thin air in the seawater below the submarine.
"To deal with you monsters, naturally, I must use the King of Monsters!"
Roa ordered casually, "Go, Typhon."
The hundred-headed wicked dragon that appeared out of thin air in the deep sea roared.
Just the roar itself stirred up a huge vortex in the deep sea.
A Sea King that was directly facing it was actually blown away by the vortex.
Then, the King of Monsters from Greek mythology suddenly sliced through the water.
Even in such deep water, even though its height exceeded a hundred meters, Typhon was still as fast as lightning.
No, the monster itself was already wreathed in lightning!
A sharp claw suddenly traced a sharp arc in the dark deep sea.
Immediately, a massive scream echoed through the deep sea.
One Sea King was directly cut in half by a single claw from Typhon.
Honestly, Typhon's size looked quite small compared to this monster. The visual effect right now was like a small cat slicing an adult in two with one paw!
That's because the strength of the two sides was not on the same level at all!
Now, Typhon was even forcibly grabbing one Sea King's head with one hand and its neck with the other, then giving a strong pull, directly ripping off the head of the Sea King, which was over ten times larger than itself.
Then, the King of Monsters roared in another direction. A strong wind swept out, twisting the seawater into a huge water cyclone that instantly pierced through another Sea King.
It wasn't over yet. The water cyclone, without losing momentum, simultaneously tore apart several more Sea Kings in the back.
"Roar!!"
Typhon roared wantonly, shuttling back and forth in this deep sea.
One Sea King after another was constantly being torn apart by it.
Only the few most massive Sea Kings could slightly resist, but only slightly due to their thick skin and flesh. They were still instantly ripped with huge wounds, and after two more attacks, they could only futilely turn into fragments.
This was a naked massacre. In Roa's ears, the Sea Kings' screams were incessant.
A few minutes later, it was finally quiet.
All the Sea Kings had been reduced to a pile of fragments.
This deep sea was stained crimson with blood.
"What a pity. It seems you won't be able to stop me."
Roa chuckled. "No one can stop me."
The King of Monsters, which had killed all the blocking monsters, returned, carefully embracing the submarine and starting to accelerate its descent into the deep sea.
Since he had already summoned it, he might as well let it speed up the submarine.
At the same time.
Fish-Man Island.
Ryugu Palace.
"Waaahhh!!"
A sharp wail suddenly broke the silence of the castle floating above Fish-Man Island.
"Shirahoshi? What's wrong, Shirahoshi!"
A gentle-faced woman with blonde hair, dressed in an orange scale-patterned robe, quickly walked into her daughter's room.
On the overly wide bed for ordinary people, the adorable "little" girl was crying loudly.
She was a girl with pink hair, looking about twelve or thirteen years old, her long pink hair tied up in two bun-like knots resembling rabbit ears on top of her head.
The girl had a dreamily cute appearance, but also a dreamily huge body.
The blonde woman, whose height was no different from an average person, was petite like a baby in front of her.
Yet, they were mother and daughter.
"What's wrong, Shirahoshi?"
The blonde woman, Otohime, wife of Neptune and Queen of the Ryugu Kingdom, climbed onto the bed and quickly walked to her daughter, patting her lower back with concern. "Did you have a nightmare?"
"Mom! It's so scary!"
The girl rubbed her eyes with both hands, big tears pouring out uncontrollably. "I heard so many sounds screaming! They were telling me that a very scary Demon King is coming!"
"Demon King?"
Queen Otohime was startled, and subconsciously said, "Was it a nightmare you had, Shirahoshi?"
It wasn't that she didn't believe her daughter, but the title "Demon King" sounded like something only found in the fairy tales she told Shirahoshi when she was little.
"No! It wasn't a dream!!"
The girl suddenly clutched her chest in pain. Her dreamily exquisite face was pale from the inexplicable suffering.
"I can still hear... them, they are wailing in pain..."
Otohime's expression immediately became serious.
She was a natural Observation Haki awakener.
She possessed an exceptionally special Observation Haki.
She could easily feel the emotions of others.
At this moment, she could clearly feel the panic and anxiety in her daughter's heart.
What on earth is going on?
Could it be—just as Mr. Gaban said... did Princess Shirahoshi truly awaken that ability?
Is it really this child?
Are the Sea Kings talking to her?
No!
It's not talking!
It's a warning!
Who is it?
The Demon King!
Who has come?
This is bad!
I must quickly tell Mr. Gaban about this and seek his advice!
At the same moment.
Fish-Man Island, Coral Hill.
This was a famous tourist spot on Fish-Man Island, the most bustling port town in the Ryugu Kingdom.
The most famous establishment in this area was a café called the Mermaid Café.
The café was run by a beautiful mermaid named Shirley.
She was also a renowned prophet of Fish-Man Island.
She wasn't faking it; she was a genuine prophet, with a one hundred percent accuracy rate.
However, perhaps because she had seen too many misfortunes through her prophecies, she gradually stopped predicting the future for others.
But, of course, she occasionally predicted the future for herself to prevent possible disasters.
Today was one such occasion.
In the bustling café, the large, cool-toned blonde mermaid sitting behind the bar was concentrating on the crystal ball in front of her.
Then.
Thump!
The crystal ball suddenly fell to the floor.
The café's waitstaff and the dining guests subconsciously looked over.
Then everyone saw that the most famous prophet of Fish-Man Island, whose face was already pale, was now completely devoid of color. Her entire body was shaking non-stop, and her forehead and back were completely soaked in cold sweat.
"Disaster, disaster is coming! Go quickly and tell Neptune! Absolutely do not refuse him! Absolutely do not refuse that Demon King!!"
"..."
The café instantly fell silent.
A little later.
The hastily arrived Mr. Gaban, the third-in-command of the Roger Pirates, looked at the tear-stained Princess Shirahoshi and spoke with a grave expression.
"Princess Shirahoshi, tell me exactly what just happened!"
So, the little princess sobbed and repeated everything.
Gaban immediately pursed his lips.
"Mr. Gaban,"
Neptune, the slightly alarmed ruler of the Ryugu Kingdom, said anxiously, "Shirahoshi, she, really—"
"Mhm."
Gaban nodded solemnly. "This child has indeed awakened the ability of Poseidon, the Sea God!"
"I never thought it would really be this child!"
He was also somewhat shocked.
Could this little princess, who has always been timid since childhood, be the vessel for the Sea God?
The power to destroy the entire world resides within this tender body!
"Then, were those sounds the Sea Kings?"
Neptune's voice instantly became more urgent. "Are their warnings also true?"
"There is likely no falsehood."
Gaban took a deep breath. "It must be Roa who has come!"
In his perception, the only person who could be called the Demon King and prompt a warning from the Sea Kings was Roa!
It couldn't be Imu, could it?
Why would that guy specifically make a trip to Fish-Man Island?
"Roa!"
Neptune's body... Fish body immediately shook, and his expression became extremely ugly. "Roa the Calamity!"
He was a man who had lived through that era and naturally knew what that name meant!
Even Tiger had previously made a special trip to the New World just to avoid provoking Roa.
"Then quickly hide Shirahoshi!"
Neptune immediately spoke. "Roa is very dangerous, right? If Shirahoshi falls into his hands, wouldn't that be terrible?"
"Absolutely not!"
Gaban immediately shook his head. "In that case, Fish-Man Island will be doomed instead!"
"Shirahoshi's existence is not a secret. Hiding her will only draw more attention and essentially tell Roa about her uniqueness! Roa is no fool!"
He said solemnly, "The situation might not be so bad. Shirahoshi's ability has only just awakened today. Roa couldn't possibly know about it beforehand!"
Although Roa must have slaughtered some Sea Kings, he shouldn't be able to understand the Sea Kings' language, right?
"He might be here because of his previous contact with Tiger!"
"Poseidon must be a Mermaid Princess, but a Mermaid Princess isn't necessarily Poseidon!"
"As long as Princess Shirahoshi doesn't show any special signs, we can fool Roa!"
Gaban looked seriously at the sobbing little princess. "Princess Shirahoshi, now, I, your uncle, need to train your acting skills!"
The little princess looked at him blankly.
Then, Gaban turned and looked at Queen Otohime beside him. "Your Majesty the Queen, when necessary, we will have to rely on your special ability!"
The Queen could forcefully infect others with her emotions. In that case, even if the little princess's acting skills were insufficient, she could use her ability to forcefully enhance the little princess's performance.
"Good!"
Queen Otohime nodded gravely.
"To protect Shirahoshi and Fish-Man Island now, everything must proceed as normal!"
Gaban said sternly, "We cannot let Roa discover any flaws!"
"Report! Your Majesty the King, Jinbe and Brother Tiger have arrived!"
A guard rushed in to report.
"They're here just in time!"
Gaban quickly spoke. "Hurry and let them in!"
To play this act well, these two guys were also indispensable!
However, the hastily arrived Tiger's first words were, "Neptune, did you hear... Oh, Mr. Gaban, you're here too! Did you also come because of Shirley's prophecy?"
"Prophecy?"
Gaban was startled. He naturally knew about the hundred-percent-accurate great prophet.
So, looking at the anxious faces of Tiger and Jinbe, a sense of foreboding rose from the bottom of his heart.
"What prophecy?"
He instinctively pressed for details.
Jinbe took a deep breath and said seriously, "Madam Shirley said that disaster is coming!"
"What?"
Shirley's prophecy is one hundred percent accurate!
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