Chapter 238 Jinbei Overwhelmed
Calmly watching Wapol being carried away by his guards, Brett didn't intervene.
Among those guards was a rather familiar-looking fellow—wearing thick green winter clothes with a shovel on his back. When leaving, he alone bowed apologetically to Princess Vivi.
It was Dalton. Brett also knew this man's name.
He was the captain of Wapol's army, essentially the only conscience among Drum Kingdom's current leadership. In the original story, after Wapol was driven away by Blackbeard, this guy stood up to protect the nation and was eventually elevated by the people to become the nation's new king.
Quite a decent man.
Brett quietly watched Wapol's receding figure as he was carried away by his guards.
The Munch-Munch Fruit's ability could recombine swallowed things. Wapol would even create Wapol metal in the future—a metal even Franky used, incorporated into the Franky Shogun.
This showed Wapol could precisely control combinations.
So with materials and blueprints, didn't this mean Wapol could become a super production line?
No matter what remarkable machinery, he could directly swallow materials then spit them out.
Undoubtedly, this was an interesting ability that would delight all scientists.
Anyway, Wapol was just scum, so might as well try having him shine in another position.
Boring matters ended here. The lively Reverie had to continue.
At the same time, at Fish-Man Island—
"What's with these guys?" In the sea area near Fish-Man Island's entrance, Jinbei frowned at the battle occurring ahead in the water.
It was a fleet composed of several pirate ships, currently fighting the Immigration Bureau's forces.
The battle was completely one-sided. In the deep sea, neither humans nor their ships had any combat capability. Fish-Man Island's warships had already completely annihilated this pirate fleet with just a few consecutive bombardments.
This originally wasn't anything serious that warranted alarming Jinbei.
After all, though the title Emperor of the Deep had long been famous across the seas, and after the Heptagonal Alliance's establishment, Fish-Man Island's deterrence had advanced even further—
But this world had as many ignorant, reckless bastards as you could want.
They wouldn't care how terrifying a force Fish-Man Island was. They'd only think—what if there's a chance to bite off a piece of meat?
Not only could they make a fortune, but if they caused trouble on Fish-Man Island and then escaped unscathed, they'd probably become famous across the seas instantly. This world had as many people willing to die for a bit of fame as you could want.
So originally, such pirate attack incidents shouldn't be strange.
But strange things were happening.
Just within today, there had already been several waves of pirates attacking Fish-Man Island.
This was abnormal.
Even though the seas never lacked such hotheads, wasn't today's frequency too high?
Jinbei found it hard not to feel surprised.
Could it be they knew Brett had gone to attend the Reverie and thought there was nothing to fear, so they agreed to invade en masse?
Feels like I'm being underestimated.
Don't underestimate the Warlords, you fools!
Jinbei felt quite troubled.
So he planned to capture some pirates and question them about whether today's repeated pirate attacks were coincidental or had other circumstances.
After all, the frequency was too high.
Suddenly, a fish-man swam rapidly to his side. "Boss Jinbei! The mine was attacked by pirates!"
"What!" Jinbei's expression changed dramatically.
There really was a problem!
Unlike Fish-Man Island, the mine in the deep sea trench had no air at all—it was 100% deep sea territory.
What kind of brain-damaged pirates would go attack there?
Suspicions arose unbidden in Jinbei's mind.
Could it be they're targeting that secret mining area deep in the mine?
Jinbei's expression changed dramatically. If that were true, this would be troublesome!
If what's there were truly exposed—
"We head to the mine immediately!" Jinbei departed without stopping. Absolutely couldn't let the fact that Fish-Man Island possessed a Sea-Prism Stone mine be exposed.
Also, this matter had to be reported to Brett immediately.
Pirates?
Were they really just pirates?
Jinbei's speed wasn't slow. He quickly arrived at the mine in the deep sea trench.
He could already clearly see the pirate fleet battling the mine's guards.
Fortunately they hadn't broken in yet.
Jinbei breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he'd quickly resolve these guys!
What he didn't know was that the mine area inside was already quite chaotic. Many places had people screaming that human pirates had attacked.
In a certain mine tunnel, Mark and several fish-men were pulling a small boat forward.
The boat was fully enclosed—impossible to see what it contained inside. Wrapped in a bubble, it could float easily in the water.
"You're kidding, right?" Mark muttered. "Human pirates actually came to attack here?"
Simply couldn't understand what those guys were thinking.
"First deliver this batch of ore to the ship," Mark said.
He didn't think human pirates could defeat Fish-Man Island's forces in the deep sea.
He just needed to work as usual, step by step. Other matters weren't his concern.
But when turning a corner in the mine tunnel, several panicked fish-men suddenly crashed into them.
Caught off guard, Mark and his group were knocked over in a heap.
The tremendous force also made the small boat carrying ore that they were pulling crash into the tunnel wall. The bubble directly shattered, then the boat smashed to the ground. This time even the tightly closed lid was opened.
"Hey, what are you doing!" Mark immediately got up and started gathering the overturned boat.
"Sorry, sorry!" The fish-men who'd crashed into them with all their might just kept apologizing.
Mark didn't notice that one of them was stuffing his hand into his pocket.
Outside the mine, Jinbei easily dealt with this group of attacking pirates. As he grabbed a pirate, preparing to ask what their purpose was, the Den Den Mushi rang.
"Boss Jinbei! More pirates have appeared! The industrial zone! And the Sea Forest—both have pirate traces!"
"The Sea Forest!" Jinbei's eyes widened.
That place, like this mine, hid things that absolutely couldn't be exposed.
No—it might even be more important than the mine!
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