One Piece: At the start, defeat Momonosuke and take Yamato to sea.

Chapter 59 Mermaid Companions

"Since you've put it that way, I'll reluctantly accept you as a nobody."

"However, you must cultivate diligently in the future and not hold us back."

Luo Ji glanced at the fragments of the divination orb on the ground. He had indeed gained a great advantage by destroying Xia Li's treasure.

Considering that Shirley does indeed have some talent and potential, let's recruit her as a mermaid lifeguard, as one of the safety guarantees for the many capable people on the ship.

Shirley is only 25 years old now, one year older than Yamato, and is in the prime of her life.

However, mermaids can only choose to transform their tails into legs when they are 30 years old.

But a tail also has its charm; a waist wrapped in wine and chaff—just a heads-up.

"A nobody? My strength is more than ten times that of an ordinary human!"

"If it weren't for the fact that I have to maintain the elegance of a mermaid, I could take on ten of the thugs in Fishman Street by myself!"

With Luo Ji's permission, Shirley was now a pirate and no longer needed to pretend to be a lady. She instantly revealed her sharp teeth and went berserk.

She's a mackerel shark mermaid who grew up in Fishman Street and has a cheap, brutal half-brother named Evil Dragon.

If it weren't for her identity as a fortune teller and a mermaid, which required her to be dignified, elegant, and peaceful, she would be a volatile shark mermaid.

If she hadn't obtained the divination pearl back then, it would have changed her fate.

She might grow into an extreme mermaid like a dragon.

Now she has no feelings for her cheap older brother, the evil dragon, and their values ​​are completely diverged.

"Very good! The momentum is excellent!"

"The Luo Ji Pirates need a spirited young woman like you!"

Luo Ji looked at the furious Xia Li and smiled with satisfaction. She could be willful, domineering, cold, elegant, and dignified.

He's way cooler than those soft and sweet mermaids.

"Humph!"

"When I get tough, I'm no less formidable than that Muir!"

Shirley smiled proudly. Mermaids and fishmen with shark blood are among the stronger people on Fishman Island.

Fish-men like Jinbe the whale shark, Hody Jones the great white shark, Arlong the sawtooth shark, and Namur the giant shark...

"Manager!! Are you going to become a pirate?"

The waitresses at the Mermaid Cafe, Cammy and Ishiri, had just woken up when they heard that Shirley was going to join the Luo Ji Pirates, and they immediately became anxious.

Without Sister Shirley in charge of the café, they were afraid that other fish-men or pirate customers would cause trouble.

After all, Manager Shirley's reputation and aura are still very powerful.

"From now on, you will be in charge of running the coffee shop."

"Ishri, from now on you will be the acting manager of the coffee shop. Take good care of things at the shop."

Xia Li waved her hand and made a decisive decision: she would go and see the real sunshine in the future.

In the past, she, like other mermaids, was filled with longing and fear for the outside world.

They knew how valuable and dangerous they were on the high seas.

They dared not leave Fishman Island and venture onto the mainland.

Otherwise, if he shows his face, he will probably be kidnapped by human traffickers soon.

But now, Xia Li has complete confidence in Luo Ji.

She believed that this man, who could destroy the Red Earth, could definitely protect her.

"Manager, didn't you say the ocean is very dangerous? Why did you go out? If you get caught by human traffickers, you'll be..."

Kemi held Charlotte's hand tightly. She didn't want this kind shopkeeper and sister to be captured by humans, otherwise her fate would definitely be tragic.

The stories on Fishman Island are filled with tales of human traffickers and nobles' cruelty and debauchery, as well as the tragic stories of mermaids.

"Don't worry, I trust this man."

Shirley stroked the little heads of the mermaids and chuckled softly.

If Luo Ji couldn't protect her, she wouldn't have made up her mind to take the risk outside.

"Haha, that means our new partner is a mermaid!"

Yamato jumped up excitedly; this was even cooler than the fish-man officers of the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Ghosts, dwarves, mermaids, our ship is truly well-stocked."

Violet chuckled softly. With a mermaid who was good at swimming, the safety of their ship was finally a little better.

"Captain Luo Ji, First Mate Yamato, please help us stop this riot."

Seeing that the riot outside had not yet subsided, Shirley quickly asked for help.

In fact, they were involved in this riot.

If Luo Ji and Yamato hadn't stunned so many citizens, those who rushed over wouldn't have been successfully instigated by unknown individuals and started a riot.

"I was just about to kill this guy's accomplices!"

A red light flashed in Luo Ji's eyes, and he laughed mockingly.

Those guys, Hody Jones, are dead meat!

A bunch of nobodies trying to assassinate him? They're asking for trouble.

"My men! Let's make an appearance on Fishman Island!"

Luo Ji laughed loudly at his crew.

Everyone present cheered enthusiastically!

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At Kuala Lumpur Kaut Plaza.

The King's army is still quelling the chaos and unrest in Fishman Street.

However, with the addition of King Neptune and his three princes, the murlocs, who were unable to defeat the bewildered and confused, have been suppressed.

However, there was also a group of extreme fish-men who, instigated by Hody Jones and his group, took the opportunity to vent their years of oppression and darkness.

"With Jinbe away, these fishmen are really getting out of control!!"

As the eldest prince of Shark Star defeated one extreme fishman after another, the anger on his face grew increasingly intense.

These fishmen completely disregarded the merfolk royal family, treating them as enemies.

If it weren't for Jinbe, the leader of Fishman Street, keeping them in check, these extreme fishmen would definitely cause even greater trouble.

King Neptune was also watching, but the extreme sentiment on Fishman Island was indeed getting worse.

In fact, when Otohime was attacked, Neptune was on the verge of turning to the dark side and starting a war with humanity.

But before she died, Princess Otohime repeatedly comforted and persuaded Neptune, which finally made him tearfully agree to Princess Otohime's dying wish.

At that time, he was angry and frustrated; in the eyes of the people, he was a spineless king.

They didn't even have the courage to avenge Queen Otohime.

No one knows how much pressure and suffering he endured.

"Try not to hurt them."

King Neptune still instructed his three princes and the royal guards to be careful and not cause any deaths.

After all, they are all their own people; they have simply been blinded.

While the royal army and the rioting murlocs continued their battle.

"Roar!!!"

A dragon's roar echoed throughout the entire Kuala Lumpur Plaza area.

A giant fire dragon, seventy or eighty meters long, burst out from the entrance of the Mermaid Cafe, surrounded by flames.

"What kind of sea monster is that? Is it a dragon??"

"How could a fire dragon possibly appear on Fishman Island!"

"There are people up there!!"

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To the astonishment of the King's Army and the rioting murlocs, the fire dragon charged straight into the center of the battlefield, causing many murlocs to flee in terror.

Even King Neptune's mount, the 40-meter-long whale Hoai, was scared away by hundreds of meters.

Meanwhile, the members of the Luo Ji Pirates stood atop the fire dragon's head, looking down at the numerous fish-men, their terrifying aura spreading outwards.

"I heard someone wants to kill me?"

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