Pirates: I was born to be a king

"How can it be!"

At some point, sweat began to form on Liya's forehead and her eyes widened in disbelief.

Alyssa also found it hard to believe. After all, who would assassinate a mermaid on Fishman Island?

Even if they said he was secretly taken away, she would believe it more.

Noah was stunned for a moment but then recovered and said nonchalantly, "As a princess, you often go out without a guard, so it's normal even if you die."

"Master Noah, please don't say such cruel words! Shirahoshi must be very pitiful now, having lost her mother at such a young age..."

Leah glared at Noah angrily, and then felt sympathy for Bai Xing's situation.

"That's what it is~"

Noah muttered to himself, and became even angrier in his heart, "You're so good, Otohime! Liya has never glared at him like she just did."

Alyssa also comforted: "Okay, Sister Liya, after the ship is coated, we will go to Fishman Island to have a look."

Liya sighed and said, "It can only be like this."

"It's just that the relationship between the fishmen and humans is likely to deteriorate again."

When Liya thought of this, her mind became complicated. She was worried about the future of the mermen. If the mermen tried to retaliate indiscriminately and directed their hatred towards the entire human race, then the mermen would probably face the crisis of genocide.

All of a sudden, Liya understood why someone wanted to assassinate Princess Otohime.

Because of Princess Otohime, the merfolk had some hope for humans and believed that merfolk could coexist with humans. But now that Princess Otohime has been killed by humans, this is bound to arouse the anger of the merfolk.

"Could this be a trick of the World Government?"

Liya asked Noah and others around her doubtfully.

The people of the World Government look down upon fish-men the most. This can be heard from the CP agents. Even many navy officers have a disgusting attitude towards fish-men, not because of their words or actions, but out of physical aversion.

Alyssa shook her head, then nodded: "It's possible, but I don't think they need to do this, because there are not many humans who like the merpeople. At least the four seas have been completely civilized. They all think that merpeople carry germs, of course, except for female mermaids."

Not to mention the various colored skins of the mermen, just the strange hands and other weird fins alone make it hard to accept that they are humanoids. This is not the case with female mermaids. After all, mermaids are beautiful creatures in many storybooks.

Well, to put it simply, to people we are not familiar with, we are all members of the appearance association, not to mention an unfamiliar species.

Kerla pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "How can this be! There are still many good people like Boss Jinbei and Brother Tiger among the fishmen! And they don't have any germs at all!"

"It's a visual impairment. This is normal, Kerla."

Noah touched Kerla's head with a smile. She was already a little over 1.4 meters tall. Now because of sufficient food, females develop earlier, so she has started to develop. Her height has been increasing rapidly during this period.

Although Kerla had never heard of the term "perception barrier", she could vaguely understand what it meant by breaking it down. However, she was still not satisfied and said angrily, "It must be someone from the World Government who is slandering Brother Tiger and the others!"

Noah laughed and said, "It's not really slander."

"Hmm? Why is Lord Noah speaking for them?"

Kerla was very surprised, knowing that the World Government was definitely Noah's enemy.

Noah shook his head and said, "I'm not speaking for them, but the merfolk are a very proud species, they are just being severely suppressed right now."

When a murloc grows up, he will have at least ten times the strength of a normal adult man. He is also proficient in water. If he learns a little bit of murloc karate, it will be easy for him to become a wanted criminal with a bounty of millions of berries.

In contrast, for ordinary humans, a bounty of several million Baileys would already make them a big shot in the East China Sea.

Not to mention the slightly trained murlocs.

Kerla didn't understand what Noah meant, but she didn't ask any questions. She just puffed her lips in dissatisfaction.

Alyssa tried to smooth things over and said, “Okay, this happened this morning, and the boat hasn’t been coated yet. Let’s continue shopping. Curiosity or anxiety will not help.”

Everyone understood this, but after walking around for a few rounds, they found that their interest had mostly faded, so they simply went straight to Xia Qi's bar to see if there was any news.

Xia Qi's rip-off bar.

As soon as Noah pushed the door open, he saw a welcome scene—Xia Qi was holding a bruised man in one hand, and said with a smile, "Oh, Noah, you're here again so soon. Wait a minute, I'll take care of this poor guest."

As she spoke, Xia Qi dragged the man, who was still reaching out to Noah and the others and shouting for help, past Noah and the others and walked straight out the door.

Noah smiled and said, "It's okay Xia Qi, it's very interesting!"

It is undeniable that Noah finds this scene very interesting every time he sees it. How could anyone think that the woman who can open a blackmail bar in Shampooland openly would be an ordinary woman!

After hearing two clanging sounds that shook the ground, Xia Qi clapped her hands and walked back.

Xia Qi lit the cigarette in her mouth and walked back to the bar, saying, "Brother Noah, are you here to inquire about the information of Princess Otohime of the Fishman?"

"That's it!"

Noah didn't care about Otohime's life or death. He was just surprised that someone he knew died. This should be a normal emotion.

Xia Qi brought the drinks and said with a smile, "I was shocked too. You guys just left and we received the news right after that. I didn't even tell Lao Lei."

Noah rested his chin on his hand and sipped the wine that Xia Qi handed over with a bit of disdain. After hearing what Xia Qi said, he moved the wine glass aside and asked curiously:

"Oh? Why? I remember Roger and the others had a pretty good relationship with Neptune."

Xia Qi explained: "Indeed, but it wasn't Neptune who died. Lao Lei hasn't been to Fishman Island for a long time. The last time was when he came back by boat. At that time, Neptune hadn't married Otohime yet!"

Noah and the others suddenly realized, and said, "So Rayleigh and Otohime are not familiar with each other!"

Xia Qi nodded and said, "That's right. Lao Lei's impression of Yi Ji is only from his conversation with Neptune back then, so I don't have much to say. You'll know it sooner or later anyway."

Kela couldn't help but ask: "Aunt Xia, is the murderer really a human?"

Xia Qi was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be surprised by the name "Auntie Xia", but she soon stopped caring and nodded, "It should be, but it's very strange, all kinds of strange, a man who looked like a homeless person shot and killed Otohime with one shot, and was caught on the spot, but when he was caught, he didn't even have basic consciousness, and was probably dead. Such a coincidence, no matter how you look at it, it feels like a frame-up. After all, according to the intelligence, Otohime is kind to people and has no human enemies, let alone someone who wants to exchange her life for hers."

Alyssa tapped the table and pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of the Fishman Street that Noah had mentioned last year, and asked anxiously, "Could it be a force within the Fishman tribe that hates humans?"

As soon as the words fell, Noah and Xia Qi both showed expressions of appreciation.

Xia Qi said: "It is indeed possible. I have had someone investigate the fishman who arrested and killed humans. He is from Fishman Street and is very aggressive. He has the potential to become the new boss of Fishman Street. The most important thing is..."

Xia Qi paused for a moment, then a mysterious smile appeared on her face. "He is a genuine evil fishmanist who hates and discriminates against humans. He has also gained support from many fishmen in Fishman Street because of this."

"He loudly declared on the field that the murderer was a human, and even showed that person to all the fishmen."

Xia Qi chuckled and said, "It is indeed very concerning, but unfortunately there is no evidence."

Xia Qi shook her head regretfully and put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.

In fact, she also wanted to find evidence that the fishman was the murderer. After all, she also had a fishman friend, and her subordinate who served as her intelligence agent was also a fishman, and he was the one who passed the information back.

"Ah~"

Kerla also felt it was a pity and didn't know what to do for her benefactor.

After Alyssa patted her head comfortingly, she looked at Xia Qi and asked, "What did King Neptune say?"

Yes, she was worried that Neptune would make irrational decisions in his rage. She knew how much the king doted on his wife, even though he had bronchitis.

The king is still very powerful on Fishman Island. Even if the other side does not lose their mind and go to war with humans, once the racial policies are issued, many fishmen will unconsciously replace the thoughts of hatred.

Xia Qi felt her hands itching and unknowingly picked up another cigarette, saying, "He never appeared in the public eye from beginning to end. The handling of external affairs was handed over to the minister and Jinbei."

"How could Boss Jinbe let Princess Otohime be killed there?!"

Kerla said anxiously that in her mind, the strongest person besides Tiger was Jinbei. It was hard for her to imagine that someone could kill Otohime under Jinbei's protection.

Xia Qi said helplessly: "Little Kerla, Jinbei is no longer a palace guard. He is a Shichibukai and it is impossible for him to follow the princess every day. He is here now just by chance."

People have to have time to rest, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea also guard the various nodes of the Grand Line.

However, Jinbe is a bad guy. Unless he captures fish-men or mermaids, he will turn a blind eye to other pirates passing through Fish-man Island. After all, with his strength, if he intercepts them, it will definitely cause the pirates in the New World to attack.

Kerla knew that she was being unreasonable, so she lowered her head in frustration.

Noah and the others chatted with Xia Qi for a few minutes and then left. They came here hoping to get some information. In the end, they got some information, but not much.

"This is the fishman who caught the murderer~"

Leah looked at the black and white picture of Hodie Jones in the newspaper and thought to herself: He really doesn't look like a good person.

Alyssa looked at his appearance, recognized his race, and said, “Great White Shark Human!”

"Great White Shark Humans!"

At the same time, on the other side, Roland, who was on the same frequency as Alyssa, said calmly, "He is indeed very dangerous!"

Robin and Vanessa also nodded. The three of them were all outstanding scholars and had reached the top level in their respective fields. Robin was well-read, Vanessa was a doctor and also a biological expert, and of course she also knew the great white shark human race.

"It's no wonder that many people discriminate against murlocs. They are very similar to fish. Even the personalities of various murlocs are very similar to those of their corresponding species of fish."

Robin began to explain. To be honest, she was not averse to mermen, but she was very wary of the brutal race of mermen.

"That's right. The great white shark is also known as the 'man-eating shark'. It is ferocious and brutal, and humans are also on its menu. It is very likely that the fishman would kill Otohime, because even the same kind is on its menu."

Vanessa nodded in agreement. "Just like Jinbei, he is a whale shark. Whale sharks are gentle, so although Jinbei is strong, he is very gentle. It cannot be said that he is not naturally influenced by the whale shark race."

Luo Lan held the bubble filled with books with one hand and said, "Forget it. It's useless to guess. We will know when the time comes. Anyway, the fish man doesn't look like a good person. At worst, we can force him to confess."