Tracing the source begins with One Piece

As for the idea of ​​realizing the Sunshine Dream, whether to make a pact with humans, live in peace with humans, or break away from humans... they are all courageous attempts to embark on the path that has been pioneered with all the efforts in the thorny abyss.

However, as Neptune has always known, one thing is that the ideal world where fishmen and humans coexist is just a dream that has long been destroyed by their ancestors.

Too many mermaids and fishmen fell on this blood-and-tears-soaked Xiongguan Road.

However, the people who did it were gone, and someone had to continue to complete it, so he also became a seeker.

"Great dreams, wonderful ideals"

Moria opened his hand and praised, expressing his understanding and approval, but then changed his subject.

"But now it seems that this dream is still out of reach, isn't it?"

He did not wait for Neptune to refute and continued to describe the history of Fish-Man Island. What he said shocked and horrified Neptune.

"Two hundred years ago, Fishman Island joined the World Government and was able to participate in the World Conference for the first time, and was finally recognized as a 'subhuman', not a fish, but the disgust and discrimination have never diminished."

"..."

"Thirteen years ago, the fish-man Fisher Tiger caused havoc in the holy land of Mariejoia, attacked the Draco people, liberated the slaves, and challenged the world government. While becoming a hero, he also became a thorn in the side of the world's powerful people, leading to the fish-man island. was disqualified from the World Conference”

"Eight years ago, because Princess Otohime rescued the Celestial Dragons, she went to Marijoa and brought back a letter from the Celestial Dragons from the world's nobles agreeing to the establishment of friendly relations between the fish people and humans, and gained the qualification to re-join the World Conference. However, Otohime After Ji's death, everything ended without any problems."

"..."

Neptune stared and said with a horrified look, "How do you know this? Have all the events on Fish-Man Island been spread across the sea? Impossible, impossible...".

In his opinion, even the people of Fishman Island, who are mermaids and fishmen, may not all know about these major events, and time can bury everything.

Moria shook his head, "How do I know? It's not important. What's important is that the truth is like this, isn't it?"

Neptune couldn't help but suffocated and regained consciousness. It was indeed true. The important thing is that the current situation of Fishman Island is still as reflected in the history described by Moria. It is a dangerous situation that is not optimistic.

"So, do you know who is the biggest enemy of the dream of Fish-Man Island?" Moria's tone became inexplicably lower, and he said with full force and meaning.

"The enemy is, isn't it..."

Neptune blurted out, but suddenly found that he could not be specific to a certain noun or object.

"Human? No."

"Nobles of the kingdom? No."

"Nobles of the world!!!"

"No, no, no, the world's nobles are Celestial Dragons."

"The Celestial Dragons are gods!"

"World government?"

"But aren't we one of them?"

"If the enemy is them, then what does it mean that we have been working hard to return to the stage of the world conference?"

"..."

The frustrated Neptune slowly fell into isolation, muttering to himself, talking about various things, and then rejecting them.

He is a seeker of Tao, but his Tao is Princess Otohime's Tao. It is a mechanically adopted concept that has never been expanded in depth, but is only satisfied with the status quo.

Looking at the current situation of Fish-Man Island, the answer is obvious.

In the years since Princess Otohime passed away, all he has done is to stop the fish and mermaids from hating humans, and asking them not to be enemies of humans.

As for why he did this, it was because Princess Otohime did it, and he followed it. However, this kind of imitation was just a pure robot, and he never thought of further implementing it. dream.

So much so that all he has done in the past eight years has not brought the long road to the dream of Fish-Man Island any closer, but has only kept him in the same place. As a result, he has not been able to attend two consecutive world conferences to initiate peace issues. .

As a result, the situation of the fishmen has not improved in any way over the past eight years. On the contrary, it has become even worse, to the point where it is difficult to move even on the ground.

So much so that for eight years, the laws of Fish-Man Island still clearly stated that "the distribution of blood to humans is prohibited", allowing the "Judgement of the Dark Night" to run rampant.

As a result, over the past eight years, the anger and hatred in Fish-Man Island have accumulated deeper and deeper. Even the sin-filled Fish-Man Street has intentionally or unintentionally ignored it, allowing it to sink freely.

……

In terms of his responsibilities as a father, Neptune is qualified, but for his responsibilities as a king, it can only be said that he is a conservative king who is more than conservative but not aggressive enough.

The "public opinion and public sentiment" that has been surging under the throne has never been actively eliminated or controlled, but has been allowed to develop. As a king of millions of people, what kind of dereliction of responsibility is this?

Can we turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye until the day when we are overthrown?

So who is the enemy of Fishman Island’s dream?

"It's the world!!!"

When Neptune heard this word, he couldn't help being speechless. He stared at the third prince below who was guiding everyone, and finally shed tears.

Doesn't he understand?

The enemies of Fish-Man Island are the nobles, the aloof world nobles, the Celestial Dragons, and the world government controlled by the Celestial Dragons!

And isn’t it the world government that oversees and manages the entire world?

Does he really not understand?

The racial discrimination that Princess Otohime believes is only caused by the privileges of a small group of nobles.

It is indeed a small group, but it is this small group of world nobles that controls the power of the world and determines the direction of the world.

No, how could he, who could chat happily with Whitebeard over wine, not understand that he just didn't want to think deeply.

In the dead of night, the old fishman would always sit alone on the throne, staring in the direction of Geelong Court Square, silently.

He always warned himself in his heart that this was the fire of dreams left by his princess. Even decades ago, Neptune clearly understood how cruel the world was to the fishmen, and the racial shackles had never been broken.

He deeply understands that if he wants to stand up and make the decision, no, but to be equal, this is a miracle in his lifetime. I am afraid that he will never have the chance to see his dream blossom in this life.

Otherwise, it would not have been 800 years without even setting foot on land, even Noah would have been forgotten, and even just living now would have been exhausted.

Moria still told the cruel reality about the tearful king next to him, as the initiator who simply woke up the man who was pretending to sleep and cried bitterly.

"The enemy of mermaids and fishmen has always been this world."

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