51: Chapter 51 The curtain rises, the actors take their places.The two seemed quite pleased with their plan, and seeing that it was getting late, Otohime said, "We've had a really enjoyable chat.Before we knew it, it was dinnertime.Shirahoshi and Kuina are probably looking for you.Let's hurry to the restaurant."
Wang Lufei agreed and chatted with Yiji all the way to the restaurant.Looking at the two little girls standing at the door, pouting, Wang Lufei asked with some confusion:
"What's wrong?Did someone make you angry?I'll go teach him a lesson."
Shirahoshi and Kuina both raised their hands towards Luffy and said in unison, "It's you, Luffy (sir)!You said you had something to do this morning and would go back to find us later, but you've only just shown up now.Humph!"
Wang Lufei then realized that it was his own drowsiness that morning that had caused the trouble, and apologized, "Sorry, I was a little out of it this morning, and then I took a nap, so I forgot what I was supposed to do."
Later, we ran into Lady Otohime, and we had a very pleasant conversation.If it hadn't been so late, we probably wouldn't have thought to come to the restaurant.I'm so sorry, both of you, please forgive me!
The two little girls looked at Wang Lufei, who was apologizing sincerely, and considering that he had indeed been somewhat listless that morning, their already low spirits vanished immediately.They said in unison:
"I forgive you, but don't let it happen again!"
Seeing that the two little girls had calmed down, Wang Lufei quickly pulled them to sit down and enjoy the relatively harmonious dinner.
Afterwards, they did their daily training together before returning to their respective rooms.
Just in case, Wang Luffy once again painstakingly activated his Observation Haki to lock onto Otohime, and slowly fell asleep while praying that she wouldn't move around too much while asleep.
That night, Otohime was strangely different from the day before.She didn't move around much, except for getting up once in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.
Wang Lufei woke up in the morning with a grateful look on his face, and the room of Xiang Yiji was filled with light.
However, the reason why Otohime stopped moving was that yesterday morning she involuntarily activated her innate Observation Haki and heard what Wang Luffy was thinking.
The reason she was so unnatural at the restaurant yesterday wasn't just because she wasn't prepared to talk to Kizaru, but also because she heard Wang Luffy constantly sensing her and mentally complaining about her spinning-top sleeping posture.
She was so embarrassed that she almost dug a two-bedroom apartment out of the ground with her feet; the fact that she didn't back out on the spot shows how strong her mental fortitude is.
Wang Lufei was unaware of all this; he simply thought to himself how wonderful it would be to have a long sleep.
Afterwards, Wang Luffy went out and called Kuina and Shirahoshi to go to the restaurant together.After arriving at the restaurant, Otohime, who was already seated, nodded and greeted the three happy people.
Wang Lufei returned the greeting normally, but while bowing, he made a backwards gesture with his hand to form the number 2, meaning he would go to see her at 2 PM.
Then Otohime replied with "OK".But don't get the wrong idea, this isn't some adult depravity, but rather a preparation for meeting to carry out their plan.
The morning passed uneventfully.At 2 PM, Wang Lufei went to Princess Otohime's palace as promised.However, on the way, he changed his body shape and appearance, disguising himself as one of Princess Otohime's guards.
Looking at Princess Otohime sitting gracefully in the chair, Wang Lufei walked up to her with practiced ease and said, "All arranged, Your Highness, it's time for us to set off."
Otohime looked somewhat puzzled, but quickly recovered and said calmly, "Let's go to the Fishman Plaza.I need to collect the islanders' petition signatures."
When the naval hero arrives, we will hand it all over to him, so that he can see our Fish-Man Island's sincerity in wanting to coexist peacefully with humans.
After Otohime finished speaking, she led four guards, including Wang Luffy disguised as a guard, out of the palace and headed to Fishman Plaza.
Meanwhile, hidden outside Princess Otohime's palace was a gloomy-faced fishman who was constantly sharpening his claws and muttering to himself with a fierce look on his face:
"I originally wanted to let you live a little longer, but I didn't expect you to be so suicidal, even thinking of leaving the palace to collect signatures."
"This is truly a stroke of luck!I'll kill you and then frame the humans.Even if humans want to coexist peacefully, Fish-Man Island won't allow it.Hahahaha!"
That's right, this fishman is Hody Jones.It was Otohime who deliberately spread the news that she had a big plan to attract him, just so that he would hear about this plan.
Everything went smoothly, proceeding according to their plan.Otohime also arrived at the Fishman Plaza quickly, although this was just a decoy plan.
But Otohime still wanted to do her best to collect autographs, because it was not only her long-held wish, but also a gift for the upcoming naval hero.
Then, Otohime began her speech, which was full of emotion and brought tears to her eyes.With Wang Lufei acting as a guest to create atmosphere, the fishmen in the audience were so moved that they couldn't be stopped from kneeling down to get Otohime's autograph.
After a busy afternoon, the petition signature collection was very popular, with eight or nine out of ten residents who gathered at Fishman Square signing it that day.
Although the number of people is still insignificant compared to the total population of Fishman Island, the news that Otohime is collecting signatures should spread quickly, and more and more people will come to visit her.
Hody Jones wasn't foolish enough to assassinate Otohime on the first day of collecting signatures.Instead, he planned to kill her when she was almost finished, which would not only make her more desperate but also make the residents of Fishman Island even angrier.
His hunter's scheme was going smoothly, but little did he know he had already fallen into someone else's trap.Wang Lufei had been secretly observing his movements.
For the next few days, Otohime and Luffy collected autographs in the plaza.As more and more autographs were collected, Otohime's reputation spread further and further.
It was mostly the residents who signed the petition who spread the word, and it spread like wildfire, even reaching the Sea Kings.
Seeing this, Hody Jones knew it was time for him to make his move.So, late at night, he found a high vantage point from which he could observe the situation in the square, and hid there with the human-made gun given to him by the prince.
The peaceful night passed quickly, and the sun had already risen.As usual, Wang Luffy and Otohime arrived at Fishman Plaza.As per his routine, Wang Luffy used his Observation Haki to observe his surroundings and discovered that there was an extra person inside the attic.
She secretly relayed a message to Princess Otohime: "Your Highness, they can't wait any longer and are preparing to make their move.The assassins have been arranged and are in the back pavilion.I won't let you get hurt, so when you're playing dead, try to make it look natural."
Princess Otohime nodded naturally, indicating that she understood.She then began her speech as usual, and just as she reached the climax of her speech, a gunshot rang out.
Wang Luffy pretended to pounce on Otohime with great effort, grabbed and crushed the bullet fired by Hody Jones with one hand, and took out a special bullet from his other hand and stuffed it into Otohime's clothes, which already contained blood bags and bullet holes.
All of this happened in an instant; no one noticed.They only heard the gunshot and saw the guards lunge at Otohime, who then collapsed in a pool of blood, wounded.The guards cried out, "Catch the assassin!Catch the assassin!"
Seeing this, Hody Jones didn't linger any longer and quickly went to a secluded spot to change back into his guard's clothes before heading to the square.
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