One Piece: The Rise of the Murloc

The tip of the knife was pointed with a cold light, pointed diagonally at Hody Jones' nose, and the mournful face of Hody Jones was reflected on the blade. .

"Old, boss."

"Don't, don't do this!"

"Yes, if you have something to say, please say it!"

If he hadn't read the original work and knew the character of Hody Jones, Li Xiang might have let him go because he felt so pitiful.

There is a widely circulated fable in Li Xiang's last life, about the farmer and the snake. The farmer kindly left the poisonous snake, but the other party killed the farmer after it recovered. Li Xiang dare not guarantee that Hody Jones will change his mind and turn around, and use his money The inevitable character will definitely come back to bite Li Xiang in the future.

Li Xiang held a knife in his hand, with a smile on his face, looking harmless to humans and animals, but he said words that made people break out in a cold sweat:

"Hody, just relax, I will be very gentle."

"In just a moment, I will cut off your arm without feeling any pain."

Just when Li Xiang raised the knife and was about to drop it, the evil dragon ran from a distance, and its tall figure suddenly stood in front of Hody Jones, stopping Li Xiang's action.

Li Xiang looked attentively.

The evil dragon's face was pale, and he had obviously just woken up. His upper body was hastily wrapped with strips of rags, barely blocking the wound.

It was obvious that he had forced himself to come over.

Li Xiang felt unhappy, raised his eyebrows coldly, and said:

"Evil dragon, what are you doing!"

There was an expression of pain between the evil dragon's brows, and even his legs were trembling and his body was shaky. Even if he fell to the ground in the next second, Li Xiang would not feel strange.

But even so, the evil dragon still stood firmly in front of Hody Jones, like a hen protecting its chicks, with its arms spread out to firmly protect him behind it.

The evil dragon grinned and said matter-of-factly:

"Li Xiang, if you want to chop off Hodi's arm, just come and chop mine off!"

"I will be punished in his place!"

As soon as these words came out, whether it was Li Xiang, Hody Jones, or other fishmen, they were all shocked!

Li Xiang looked at the evil dragon suspiciously, filled with doubts.

Was he beaten stupid by himself?

How could there be such stupid people in this world who would be punished for others? Isn’t that stupid?

Li Xiang asked tactfully:

"Evil dragon, do you know what you are doing now?"

The evil dragon was not like Willy who only came out to show off to win people's hearts. His demeanor was extremely natural and he said matter-of-factly:

"Hody just made a bet with you just to stand up for me."

"Since he lost, I, as the boss, should bear the consequences for him."

The suspicious look in Li Xiang's eyes became even more serious.

After all, in the original work, evil dragons are famous for their cruelty. Even though they know that they love and protect their own kind, it's not like that, right?

Hody Jones looked at the back of the evil dragon as majestic as a mountain in front of him, and listened to what he just said word for word. He thought that what he had done had actually harmed his idol, a tall man who was more than 2 meters tall. He actually knelt on the ground, with tears in his eyes, and said sadly:

"Boss!"

This was not like the pretentious tone he had shouted out to please Li Xiang before, but a call from the bottom of his heart.

Hearing the call of "boss", the evil dragon grinned and looked at Li Xiang. His face looked calm, and he had calmly accepted his next fate.

Whether it's good or bad.

"If I can't protect my little brother, who am I?"

The evil dragon calmly said these words, not only the subordinates he brought, but even some usually neutral fishmen felt waves in their hearts.

These fish-men gangsters may not look at each other normally, or they may have enmity, but at this moment, they all unexpectedly agreed and shouted:

"Dragon!"

"Dragon!"

"Dragon!"

……

The momentum is huge and the momentum is like a rainbow!

Willy, who was hidden in the crowd, saw this scene, his eyes were red with jealousy, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"This guy, the evil dragon, is really putting on a good show!"

Unfortunately.

Willie purely interprets the evil dragon with a villain's heart. He has no trace of acting at all. He purely wants to protect Hody Jones from the bottom of his heart.

"If I can't even protect my own little brother, then who am I, the evil dragon?"

The evil dragon's words immediately shocked Li Xiang.

For the first time, Li Xiang did not look at these fish-men from the perspective of humans in the previous life, but looked at them from the perspective of fish-men.

Heroes have emerged from the grass since ancient times. Perhaps the evil dragon is not a hero in the eyes of humans, not even a strong man, but in the eyes of the fish people in this Fishman Street, the evil dragon is a boss worth following, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire ahead. The little brothers who believe in the evil dragon will go through fire and water without hesitation!

Seeing Li Xiang in a daze, the evil dragon said displeasedly:

"Why are you dazed? If you want to cut my arm, hurry up. My evil dragon is not the kind of coward who can cry and cry!"

Li Xiang came back to his senses and felt a trance in front of his eyes.

The reincarnation of life and everything in the past life should all disappear, and we should not be so attached to it.

Li Xiang lowered his head and glanced at his hands. The palms were larger than ordinary people, especially the membrane between the fingers that resembled frog webs. They were once so dazzling and stung Li Xiang's heart as a human being. But now he looked over. But he has become accustomed to it.

Yes, I am no longer a human in the previous life, but a fish-man in this world.

I am Li Xiang, a fish man!

The knot that had been hidden in his heart melted away in one day, and Li Xiang suddenly felt his mind became brighter, so he laughed heartily:

"Hahaha! Hahaha!..."

The evil dragon frowned, thinking that Li Xiang was mocking him, and said coldly:

"what are you laughing at?"

"Sorry! Sorry!" Li Xiang noticed the displeased look in the evil dragon's eyes, waved his hand and said, "I just figured out a lot of things."

"Originally, I wanted to defeat you and become the boss of Fishman Street, just for the convenience of making some money."

"But now, my mind has changed."

Under the astonished gaze of the evil dragon, Li Xiang stretched out his right hand and invited with a smile:

"Evil dragon, come and mess with me!"

The evil dragon curled his lips and sneered:

"What if I say no?"

"Then after I cut off one of your arms, I will also cut off your other arm and two legs. If you still refuse, I will kill Hody again."

"..."

long silence.

The evil dragon looked at Li Xiang with firm eyes, not like he was telling a joke. In addition, according to the rules of Fishman Street, whoever has the bigger fist is justified. The evil dragon's Adam's apple moved up and down, and he turned his head away, unwilling to do so. Wan Di stretched out his right hand and shook it with Li Xiang.

Out of the last bit of pride, the evil dragon looked ferocious and said in a vicious voice:

"Li Xiang, if I find that you are not worthy of being the boss of Fishman Street, I will deal with you myself!"

Li Xiang smiled and said easily:

"Don't worry, I won't give you this chance."

Therefore, what happened today will leave a strong mark on the records of historians many years from now.

The famous historian Herodotus recorded this passage in his book "The Fish-Man Emperor":

"In the spring of the year 1507 of the Haiyuan calendar, the future murloc emperor officially rose from a small murloc street in a very different way."

(End of Volume 1: The Fishman Boy)

(Next volume: The Boss of Fishman Street)