Naruto's figure swept rapidly through the underwater sky.
Considering Fishman Island's double bubble barrier, he couldn't just charge straight out, so he headed toward the main entrance instead.
Speaking of Vander Decken, that guy was a complete freak.
Seeing six-year-old Shirahoshi summon giant Sea Kings and wanting her power wasn't particularly strange. What was truly bizarre was that this sicko had somehow fallen in love at first sight with a child and decided she would definitely be beautiful when she grew up.
Then he actually had the audacity to propose to her father.
Honestly, in another timeline, dragging him out for target practice wouldn't be enough to vent the anger.
Even now, Vander Decken, almost fifty years old, was still relentlessly harassing sixteen-year-old Shirahoshi. How was this any different from pedophilia?
Whether out of concern as an "uncle" or simply because he couldn't stand this kind of behavior, Naruto had genuinely developed killing intent toward this scumbag he'd never even met.
This wasn't something that could be solved with just a beating.
Naruto's speed was incredible. He even created Tempest's engine type at the bottom of his feet, filling it with Wind Release chakra to spray high-pressure air for acceleration.
This was a little trick he'd developed himself.
When he secretly visits Egghead Island to see Dr. Vegapunk someday, he should be able to get inspiration from quite a few amazing technological products there.
During Naruto's flight, weapons actually flew past him in midair.
He intercepted them all, of course, but coincidentally, he could trace back Vander Decken's position by following the direction the weapons were flying.
Soon Naruto left Fishman Island.
He created bubbles directly on his body surface, with air holes at the bottom of his feet spraying airflow for propulsion, rapidly chasing toward another direction in the deep sea.
Searching for things on the ocean floor was normally very difficult.
Three-dimensional positioning, the dark environment of the deep sea, plus water pressure... ah, none of these were problems for Naruto.
Observation Haki became his deep-sea radar, scanning everything around in 360 degrees with no blind spots. Soon he found that tattered three-masted sailboat.
The Flying Dutchman.
In front of this ship, there was also a massive humanoid creature, carrying chains and pulling the vessel forward.
When Naruto landed on the deck, he saw a strange four-legged thing continuously touching huge weapons that had been salvaged, using the hand not wearing gloves. They looked like they should be used by giants.
After being touched by him, those weapons would automatically float up and then fly toward Ryugu Palace.
Speaking of which, Vander Decken was clearly a fishman but had eaten a Devil Fruit, so he needed bubbles on his ship to isolate seawater.
It was like someone eating a Fish-Fish Fruit... unable to breathe on land and unable to swim in water.
A certain Mythical Zoan was an exception.
His Mark-Mark Fruit could "launch" any object he touched regardless of size or weight as ammunition, which had nothing to do with his own strength.
In other words, if Vander Decken wanted, he could even turn an entire island into a weapon like Golden Lion.
The only drawback was that he had to touch the target once first to make it a "bullseye."
And the things thrown would automatically navigate. Unless they encountered obstacles or were forcibly destroyed, they would definitely hit the target.
A very powerful fruit ability, unfortunately wasted on a perverted owner.
More precisely, a perverted owner whose life was about to end.
When Naruto stepped onto this ship, the Vander Decken family should stop at the ninth generation.
"Vander Decken, is it you? The one who's been harassing Shirahoshi for these ten years?"
Only when Naruto spoke did Vander Decken discover that a stranger had appeared before him.
Naruto didn't use Conqueror's Haki to directly knock him unconscious or cut off his head with one slash.
That would be too easy on him.
For these ten years, it was this guy who had kept little Shirahoshi in constant fear.
"Bahahaha! That's right, call me Lord Vander Decken! And who are you? A meddlesome guy, I suppose."
Vander Decken wasn't afraid at all of the intruder who had suddenly appeared on his ship.
Not only did he possess his supposedly "invincible" Mark-Mark Fruit, but the giant sea monster pulling his ship could easily deal with ordinary intruders.
Looking at this sleazy old creep still arrogantly gesticulating before him, the anger on Naruto's face had already sunk into his heart.
"Legs, too many."
"Huh?"
Before Vander Decken could process anything, two of his legs had already been severed.
Blood flowed out and dispersed in the seawater.
"Ahhhhh! Bastard! Bastard! Wadatsumi! There's an intruder! Hurry up and attack!"
The severe pain came belatedly. Vander Decken screamed while shouting loudly.
"As expected of a fishman, even with both legs cut off, you can maintain such vitality for so long."
Naruto seemed to completely ignore the slowly turning giant sea monster and casually made another observation.
At the same time, the sound of Vander Decken's arm falling could be heard.
Wrapped in bubbles, that gloved hand made a wet slapping sound against the deck.
"Is this the hand that touched little Shirahoshi?"
"Or this one?"
The other hand also broke off.
Even as a fishman, Vander Decken was about to faint from pain.
Not to mention his fruit ability was basically completely wasted unless he could develop a way to activate his ability with his mouth or feet in the future.
Of course, the premise was that he would still have a future.
"Wahhh! Lord Vander Decken! What happened to you!"
Speaking of which, it was somewhat laughable that this giant sea monster called Wadatsumi, when he opened his mouth, actually made a childish voice like a small child.
If you only looked at his appearance, this guy was purely just a giant savage with relatively abundant body hair, at most with a fish fin growing on top of his head.
Compared to his eighty-meter height, that fish fin was really not conspicuous enough.
"You idiot, save me quickly!"
"Ah... okay! Captain!"
Shouting this, Wadatsumi directly extended his fist and smashed downward.
Unexpectedly, Naruto didn't attack him but simply dodged the attack.
But Vander Decken was unlucky.
"Ahhhhhh!!"
Splat.
The Flying Dutchman was directly punched through.
The deck shattered, and Vander Decken himself became a two-dimensional image, flattened into a thin meat patty.
"Wah! Captain! What happened to you?"
Wadatsumi looked at the Vander Decken sauce stuck to his fist and directly burst into tears.
Only then did Naruto slowly land back down.
The reason he didn't attack the other party was simple.
In Naruto's perception, this guy was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, with no malice at all.
"Hey, big guy, stop crying."
Naruto also had some wonderful feelings. In the past, others always called him this way.
Coming to the seabed, it seemed like anyone who was human was larger than him.
"Wah wah wah wah wah wah! Captain!"
"Nobody wants me anymore! Boo hoo hoo!"
Wadatsumi simply sat down with a thump, hugged the Flying Dutchman, and cried loudly.
He was a crew member of the Flying Dutchman. Although he might have been tricked by Vander Decken into pulling the ship, he was still quite loyal to his captain.
The source of this loyalty was simply that he didn't want to be abandoned.
At this moment, the emotions conveyed from Wadatsumi's heart weren't entirely sadness.
There was also guilt for making mistakes and fear of being alone.
All of this was crystal clear in Naruto's perception.
"I say, big guy, stop crying!"
This time, Naruto's shout used Haki, immediately making Wadatsumi stop crying.
He looked at that small guy in front of him and felt afraid for no reason.
Without Vander Decken's orders, Wadatsumi didn't dare fight anyone at all.
"Since you're already homeless, let me introduce you to a job."
"Go be a bodyguard for a princess. Consider it atonement for the crimes you committed helping bad people all these years."
Hearing Naruto's words, Wadatsumi was stunned.
"Bodyguard? Bad people?"
Seeing that he didn't react, Naruto simply told him about what Captain Vander Decken had done.
Without adding any embellishment.
"Ahhh! Is that so? I'm willing to become that princess's bodyguard!"
Wadatsumi was very easy to convince. He wouldn't doubt what anyone said to him.
Not to mention Naruto was also telling the truth.
Hmm... finding a bodyguard for Shirahoshi should give her more sense of security when going out.
Although the culprit was already dead, Naruto knew that Shirahoshi's heart would definitely still carry anxiety about the outside world.
Anyone who had been continuously harassed by a pervert from age six for ten years would be like this.
Perfect, consider it a gift for his little niece.