Six Paths of Pirates

Chapter 146 The Princess in the Tower
Aokiji left.

The admiral came suddenly and left quickly.After finally giving a reminder of unknown meaning, he left the bottom of the sea.

Of course, it would be wrong to say that he just patted his ass and left. Before leaving, he and Nagato destroyed the bubble membrane covering the sea forest, allowing the deep sea water to pour down and cover the sea forest again.

Of course they did this to clean up the mess made by Aokiji, and use seawater to accelerate the melting of the sea forest glacier-no way, Aokiji can only freeze to make ice but cannot take back the ice, and Nagato has many abilities but There is really no one who can deal with such a large-scale glacier. The two can only rely on the power of nature.

Fortunately, there is no one in the sea forest. If you want to restore the old look here, you only need to wait for ten days and a half months, and then use large bubble corals to recreate the bubble membrane.

As soon as Aokiji left, Nagato naturally returned to Murloc Island to settle business.

"Your Majesty!" As soon as she passed through the outer bubble membrane of Murloc Island, Violet threw herself into Nagato's arms with smiles and tears all over her face, "It's great that you're fine!"

"I made you worry." Nagato said lightly wrapping Violet's waist and stroking her long hair.

The two embraced for a moment, and after Violet calmed down, they looked at each other tacitly and separated from each other.

At this moment, Neptune stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty Nagato. After repelling all the beasts and Big Mom, he defeated General Aokiji. Dressrosa's reputation will surely be even louder in the sea."

Neptune couldn't get close to and couldn't see the sea forest's battle, but this didn't prevent him from judging the outcome of the battle - Nagato appeared here instead of Aokiji, so there was no doubt who the winner was.

"King Neptune deserves the prize, it's just a fruitless fight." Aokiji did admit defeat, but Nagato didn't think it was necessary to boast and publicize, so he lightly revealed it.

What really deserves attention is the real purpose of his trip: "I want to discuss the matter mentioned earlier with King Neptune. I wonder if the king has time?"

As one of the four people who heard the secret in Sea Forest, Violet also looked at Neptune.

"This..." Neptune pondered for a while, but even though he was in a dilemma, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Of course there is time."

In Dragon Palace City, Neptune, who moved here, sat opposite Nagato and Violet in a meeting room, and then he retreated from the left and right and a group of guards, leaving only the three of them here.

Such caution is naturally because Bai Xing, who is both his daughter and Neptune, is of great importance, and the secret of his identity cannot be leaked.

After sitting down, Neptune frequently changed his posture, showing the boredom and entanglement in his heart. After a long time, he seemed to have considered it before he said: "Actually... Your Majesty Nagato, Shirahoshi has a real reason for being inconvenient to leave. "

"Please tell me." Nagato said.

"If Bai Xing leaves Dragon Palace City, he will die!" Neptune said solemnly.

"Ah? How come?" Violet on the side changed color and covered her mouth with her right hand.

Violet was worried because of Neptune's words, but Nagato would not be dismissed by Neptune's vague sentence: "There is such a thing, please explain in detail, maybe I can help busy."

In fact, if Nagato's memory is clear enough, he can naturally guess what Neptune said, but it is a bit difficult for him to remember this.

Poor Neptune found this excuse after thinking about it, and only heard him say: "Actually, Shirahoshi has been under various attacks since eight years ago. In order to protect her, I had to build a hard shell tower for her to hide in." In order to ensure safety, she also lost her precious freedom, and even my three sons and I can only see her very briefly every day."

Violet asked: "Have been attacking for eight years? Could it be that the assassin has been hiding in Dragon Palace without being discovered?"

"No." Neptune shook his head, "We know the identity of the attacker, he is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, Vander Dyken IX! But we know that we can't capture him because he is a target fruit capable user , has the ability to hit the target remotely no matter where he is after marking the target, in other words, he has been attacking Shirahoshi in places we can't find."

Nagato nodded: "So that's the case, I already know the situation, please take me to meet the princess first."

"Your Majesty Nagato!" Neptune said anxiously, "I know that His Majesty is powerful and can easily resist Van der Daken's ability, but if Shirahoshi leaves the hard shell tower, she will be exposed to the attack of the target fruit all the time, If His Majesty is by Shirahoshi's side, he can certainly protect her, but as King Dressrosa, there will always be a time when Shirahoshi leaves, and at that time Shirahoshi..."

Neptune was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. To his uneasiness, Nagato simply replied: "Don't worry, King Neptune, I don't intend to take such a conservative approach, and it is indeed impossible to protect Princess Shirahoshi all the time. In my opinion, to solve this problem, the most effective way is to get rid of Van der Dejken, what do you think?"

"This..." Neptune looked complicated and couldn't answer for a while.

In fact, he had expected Nagato's response, and even from the very beginning, he had no intention of making such a plan.

Shirahoshi was asked to be taken away by Nagato because he is the king of the sea, and it is precisely because of this that Neptune is not very worried about the safety of Shirahoshi if he is taken away, because Nagato must protect it if he wants to control the power of the sea king White Star.

He is safe and sound, but whether he is free or not and whether his life is good or bad is unknown, so Neptune cannot help but feel worried. At the same time, he who loves his children deeply is really reluctant to leave Bai Xing by his side.

But looking at it from another perspective, Bai Xing's life is not good now: he has been staying in the hard shell tower for eight years. It is said that protection is actually tantamount to imprisonment, and even he and his sons have many restrictions on seeing her and accompanying her.Having lost her freedom for so many years, not only has she never seen the sunshine she yearned for, she has never even paid homage to her mother's cemetery.

So Neptune told about Van der Daken's story, which showed the extremely contradictory true thoughts in his heart-he wanted Vander Daken's 24-hour attack to restrain Nagato and keep Shirahoshi by his side, and at the same time He wants to use Nagato's hand to get rid of this villain and let Shirahoshi regain his freedom.

In the end, Neptune's love for Shirahoshi prevailed, and he replied to Nagato: "Indeed, if Your Majesty can get rid of Van der Daken for me and Shirahoshi, my children and I will be very grateful. I will trouble Your Majesty to take care of Shirahoshi."

Nagato nodded: "It should be so, and I can understand the king's current mood, so I can make a promise: Dressrosa will ensure Shirahoshi's safety, and will receive the princess with the highest standard, and Fishman Island will Harvest my friendship, the gate of Dressrosa will be open to all murlocs and mermaids, if you are worried, your majesty and princes can come and visit Princess Shirahoshi anytime.”

After receiving Nagato's response and promise, Neptune had mixed feelings: his daughter was about to leave him, but he looked at it rationally, and it was impossible for him to take care of her for the rest of his life, and his sons and daughters always had to see the beauty and wind and rain of the outside world. , if this is the case, where can it be safer and more reliable than being by Nagato's side?

Thinking of it this way, his heart became much more stable, and he also had the beautiful hope that Bai Xing would soon regain his freedom and start a new life.

Having made up his mind, Neptune turned slightly sideways, and made a gesture of invitation: "Then please follow me, both of you."

(End of this chapter)