To the end of the sea [One Piece]

They gradually moved away from the noisy town and approached a quiet forest.

As Megalo swam forward, Ena's eyes widened slightly.

The sunlight pours down softly, interweaving among the slowly floating bubbles to reflect a dreamy light; the blue water and blue-green corals and branches are layered around both sides. They shuttle between such scenes, as if In the realm of gods.

The water waves reflect the holy light, giving everything in front of you a hazy phantom.

They saw the familiar little lion head from a distance, and Franky was waving to them.

"Ouch! It's you!" The tall man pushed his sunglasses up on his forehead and saw Bai Xing who had an obvious goal. "Why did you bring a super beauty!"

They jumped off Megalo's back, and Ena helped Chopper lift Sanji off.

He seemed to have become much more normal after seeing Bai Xing, and he didn't even have any nosebleeds anymore.

Luffy saw the blue figure sitting on a high hill in the underwater forest from a distance.

"Jinbei——!!" He shouted excitedly and happily, waving his arms, "Long time no see!!!"

Eina also turned around and raised a smile, her eyes sparkling.

She experienced that war with Luffy, so she knew how important Jinbe was to Luffy. It was he who led Luffy all the way to Marineland, and he fought side by side with them all the time. In the end, Jinbe even took on the important responsibility of taking Luffy away from Akainu.

That was Luffy's savior.

"Mr. Jinbei!" Ena always uses honorifics first with people she doesn't know so well.

The fishman laughed and came to them: "Luffy! Long time no see!" He looked at Eina: "It's Miss Naraku, she looks very energetic!"

Ena smiled and nodded: "Mr. Jinbei looks very good too. Don't be so polite, just call me Ena."

Jinbei nodded: "Then don't use honorifics to me, Ena."

Shirahoshi called him in a low voice: "Boss Jinbei!"

The blue-skinned fishman responded with a smile on his face: "Oh, it's Princess White Star. It's been a long time—"

The smile on his face froze for two seconds.

The always very steady fishman's eyes almost jumped out of his head, and he shouted in shock: "Wait...wait?! Princess White Star?!"

Ena sighed.

She could already predict how many people would have their eyes opened because of Shirahoshi.

+ + +

A fishman came over from the Wanli Sunshine: "Hey, you are the Straw Hat Boys, right?"

Luffy immediately shouted angrily: "Who are you! Why are you on our ship!"

Ena put her hand on Luffy's head and knocked it down.

"Please be polite, Luffy," she said helplessly, "With Franky here, how can we let strangers board the ship casually?"

Frankie came over: "That's right! This is Mr. Dan, the younger brother of my master, Mr. Tom. He is coating our boat."

The film that Rayleigh had previously coated had fallen off due to their unconventional way of entering Fish-Man Island. If they wanted to leave, they would have to coat it again sooner or later.

The fishman wearing a hat smiled and waved to them.

Luffy immediately became happy: "Oh! That's it! Franky's brother, the coating master, right? Thank you!"

Eina's face was tangled, and Franky looked at each other.

I don’t know where to complain.

In the end, Frankie gave a thumbs up: "Yes, that's about it!"

It’s almost there! !

+ + +

Eina turned around and saw Shirahoshi sitting in front of a pure white building, clasping his hands and lowering his head quietly.

"That's the mausoleum where Princess Shirahoshi's mother, Princess Otohime, is buried." Jinbei said beside Ena, "After the princess died, Vander Deken began his crazy courtship of the princess, which resulted in her not even being able to attend the funeral. , was imprisoned in a hard-shell tower for ten years.”

Eina's eyes suddenly softened when she looked at Shirahoshi.

Although she looks huge, she is still just a teenage girl.

Her mother passed away early, and her life was threatened by perverts for ten years.

So when Luffy asked her where she wanted to go, the first place she mentioned was the underwater forest.

It’s not that I came here to see the scenery… but that I had someone I couldn’t bear to care about.

The beautiful girl with an alluring face looked pious and gentle. She closed her eyes and lowered her head while talking to her mother attentively. Her long eyelashes were covered with crystal tears, but there was a happy smile at the corner of her mouth.

She and Luffy suddenly stared at each other at the same time.

Luffy jumped up first, caught the suddenly flying ax with a rose on it, threw it away, and jumped back to the ground.

"Really, it's been dozens of times since I brought the coward out, and now he's here again?" Luffy put his hand on the straw hat and said with a frown.

"That's why I said it would be dangerous for you to bring the princess out." Jinbei sighed, "How can we explain to Fish-Man Island if something happens outside?"

"Nothing will happen." The silver-haired girl said calmly and supported Yugiri on her waist. "Luffy promised Shirahoshi to knock away the things thrown by Vander Deken, and he will definitely do it."

She and the smiling Luffy looked at each other, and when they turned their heads, their eyes were like swords: "And I will do my best to protect her safety."

Jinbei smiled helplessly.

She knew how terrible a beautiful face could do to a girl.

At this point, no one has a more say than Ikegawa Ena.

People in the Straw Hat Pirates are used to seeing her face, so they rarely realize how lethal Ena's appearance is.

The ladies at the Mermaid Cafe are not exaggerating at all. Ena has an appearance that is comparable to that of a mermaid princess.

The suffering she suffered as a child forced her to go through many difficulties and dangers, and only when she grew up did she become strong enough to protect herself.

So she is always gentle towards Shirahoshi. Shirahoshi is a too soft girl. Although she is over-protected, Ena's thoughts are always that even this is better than being the same as her.

She didn't want any girl to have to go through the same thing as her.

Shirahoshi needs to step out and train herself, but before that, Eina is willing to work with Luffy to save her from many dangers that she shouldn't bear, so that she can slowly become stronger.

Because she was forced to grow up by the darkness and evil in the world, she especially wanted to tell Bai Xing to take her time.

You are lucky, you can grow up slowly.

+ + +

"Ena, Luffy, dear!" They heard a voice calling them from afar.

Eina turned her head and saw Nami and Kemi riding the Bubble Fish Bus from Mermaid Island towards them.

Eina stepped forward to greet Nami: "Nami! Are you okay?"

"We're fine," Nami said, "but Kemi and I ran away from Ryugu Castle in the chaos."

She looked solemn: "At first they suddenly said they wanted to arrest us, but then a group of fishmen attacked the palace, and we fought back with the soldiers. I took Kemi out to find Luffy. I want to tell you the news so hurry up go back."

"Are Zoro, Usopp and Brook still in the palace?" Eina asked.

"Zoron was fighting with their boss when I left." Nami said, "I don't know what's going on now."

For a moment, everyone's expressions were very cold.

"I didn't expect Hodi to attack Ryugu Castle." Jinbei said in a low voice, "I'm sorry...Luffy, I asked someone to give you a message because I was afraid of the impact on you. I didn't expect that you would be involved in the end."

Bai Xing couldn't help crying after hearing that Neptune was abducted: "Uuuu...Father, he will be fine..."

"Then can you explain a problem to us." Ena stared at Jinbei and said in a deep voice, "The reason why we illegally invaded the island was because we met the guy who calls himself the New Fishman Pirates... Now the Huo you are talking about Di is their boss, right?”

Jinbei nodded: "Speaking of this issue, I must also thank you."

He lowered his head and said solemnly: "The people who crushed the Fish-Man Pirates in the East China Sea two years ago...are you, the Straw Hat Pirates."

Nami's face suddenly turned pale for a moment, and she subconsciously covered her tattoo.

Eina looked sideways at Nami.

Jinbe continued: "I have always wanted to thank you for stopping them... and I also want to apologize to you."

He spoke words that were as shocking as thunder.

"Because I was the one who exiled Aaron and his gang to the East China Sea..."

Eina was so shocked that she opened her mouth slightly, and her first reaction was to look in the direction of Nami.

The orange-haired woman clutched her tattoo hard, looking horrified.

+ + +

No one spoke to them for a long time, and it was the silver-haired girl who broke the silence first.

"Jinbei." Her voice was slightly cold, "I think you need to give us a clear and detailed explanation about this incident back then."

She took two steps towards Nami, stood in front of her and faced Jinbei, with sharp eyes: "Because our navigator... came from the village that was once ruled by Aaron."

Jinbei lost all color for a moment and opened his mouth.

Hachi, who was injured on the side, raised his head with difficulty and said: "It's true...Boss Jinbei...the harm we inflicted on Nami and the others back then...is a sin that I can't feel at ease with no matter how I apologize..."

Eina raised her head and said, "But we are willing to listen to your explanation. You should tell us all the facts behind this."

Jinbei lowered his head in pain.

"Always... humans have never stopped discriminating against fish-men."

"I remember that the most serious time of discrimination was after the Age of Discovery began." Dan, who was standing on the ship, added, "At that time, countless human pirates poured into the Grand Line, and Fish-Man Island was subjected to endless wars and plunder. .”

"The one who saved all this in the end was the white-bearded dad who just passed away." Jinbei said.

Eina raised her head.

"He took the Fish-Man Island under his command, and from then on the Fish-Man Island was able to see the light again." Jinbei said, "But humans' hatred of the Fish-Man will never stop. I'm afraid you will also see this in the Shampoo Islands." Can see it.”

Ena thought of Kemi who was auctioned, and how people hated and attacked Hachi after they discovered that he was a fish-man.

"You must have heard about the bad relationship between fishmen and humans and the evil and darkness that arise from it." Jinbei said, "And in the history of Fishman Island, in order to save this distorted history, two people appeared. A great man.”

He raised his head: "That is Princess Otohime... who is buried over there, the mother of Princess Shirahoshi."

"And Fisher Tiger, who freed countless slaves."

Eina's eyes widened in surprise and she clenched her fingers.

"Fisher Tiger?!" she exclaimed, "That's the one...that's the leader of the Sun Pirates who climbed onto the Red Earth Continent with bare hands, rushed into Mariejoia and liberated countless slaves..."

Jinbei nodded: "Exactly."

Ena remembered her anger and ridicule when she saw Aaron's tattoos.

【You are such a shame with this tattoo】

Because Fisher Tiger, as well as the Sun Pirates, had always been the most revered symbols in her heart.

The nobles who openly fought against Marie Gioia and contributed to the cause of freeing the slaves.

Jinbei slightly loosened the belt of his kimono, revealing the complete tattoo pattern on his chest.

Eina's pupils shrank.

"Once upon a time, Aaron and I, and Xiaoba..."

"They are all members of the Sun Pirates."