A week went by in the blink of an eye.
The Thriller Bark caused quite a stir in East Blue.
But Luke didn't care and still rushed towards the destination.
"Arlong, it's not good!"
"A giant ship broke into our territory!"
"That ship seems to be the Thriller Bark that caused a huge sensation in Loguetown recently!"
"It's the Netherworld Pirate!"
Cocoyasi Village, Arlong Park.
Several fishmen were a little panicked as they emerged from the bottom of the sea.
They came to a tall fish-men with a jagged nose and blue skin and reported in a panic.
"What!?"
Arlong, who was sitting on a beach chair and sunbathing leisurely, had a drastic change of expression.
"Damn it, what happened?" He stood up directly and looked at the fellow fishmen with a pale face: "Why did Warlord come here?"
Although they oppressed ordinary civilians by force and kept saying that humans are inferior creatures and think that they are ten times stronger than humans. As the darlings of the sea, the fishmen who can breathe and swim on the bottom of the sea are the noblest race in the world.
But Arlong naturally knows the true strength of those humans.
In particular, he was beaten and severely humiliated by Kizaru, who had just been promoted to Admiral a few years ago and relied on his overwhelming strength to easily defeat him.
As for Jinbe, a fish-men who agreed to the World Government's invitation to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea System for the sake of the Fish-Man Island, Arlong naturally knows his strength very well.
Although he says Jinbe is a coward who compromises with the World Government, and he's very unconvinced by him.
But what he must admit is that he is indeed no match for Jinbe.
Gecko Moria, who is also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, is most likely not an ordinary person.
"Arlong, they are already here!"
"Gulu! Is that Moria's Thriller Bark?"
"This is the first time I have seen such a huge ship!"
"Boss Arlong, if we want to destroy their ship, it's not that easy..."
"It's impossible to launch an attack from the bottom of the sea on this scale, right?"
At this time, the black spot grew bigger.
It soon attracted the attention of the fishmen present, including Arlong.
As the huge Thriller Bark approached, the faces of these Fishmen who usually dominated East Blue all drastically changed.
Every one of them opened their mouths wide, and a cold sweat broke out on their forehead.
"Damn it, are they here for us?"
Arlong gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly.
Looking at the Thriller Bark that was obviously heading towards Cocoyasi Village, they were shocked and angry.
At the same time, behind these fishmen, in a building about several stories high.
In a room that is not particularly spacious, there are a lot of drawings.
An orange-haired girl who was bending her head on the table, writing and looking back at the drawings, straightened up.
She rubbed her sore eyes after working for a long time, then she looked at the blue sea outside the window and was about to relax.
Suddenly, her eyes widened.
She stared blankly at the huge and menacing ship on the sea, which was as big as an island: "Is it... a ship?"
"Crash..."
The Thriller Bark soon stopped in front of Arlong Park.
Huge pterosaurs, carrying zombies, circled back and forth in the sky, making these fishmen feel panicked and a little uneasy.
"Gecko Moria, what are you doing here?"
Look at the bow ahead; several figures appear on the coast.
Arlong took a deep breath and said loudly: "This is the territory of our fishmen, and it is protected by Jinbe, who's also one of the seven warlords of the sea!"
Although he was once a member of the Sun Pirates and hated the fish-men Jinbe, who compromised with the World Government and was willing to become the World Government's lackey, he had to admit that the identity of Warlord was indeed very useful.
In the beginning, when the Arlong Pirates came to East Blue, they occupied this sea area by force and ruled the large and small villages on the nearby island; they are still safe and sound to this day.
In addition to their direct collusion with Captain Nezumi, the base commander of the nearby Marine branch 16, the main reason is that the Marine regards them as men under Jinbe's command.
With the status of Warlord, as long as the trouble doesn't go too far, Marines from other branches will usually turn a blind eye.
"Hmm, more than a hundred fishmen?"
Looking at the open-air swimming pools ahead and the fishmen gathering on land, Luke chuckled: "It's not as bad as zombie material!"
"Is this the fish-men?"
They looked at these strange and ugly fishmen in front of him.
Robin, Reiju, Perona, Desire, Hogback, Bartolomeo, and others were all full of surprises.
This was their first time seeing a fish man.
"Hehe~hehe~hehe~..."
Then, a Negative Ghost appeared on Perona's hands.
Looking at these ugly fishmen, her face was full of disgust, and she said directly to Luke: "These ugly guys, let me deal with them, Luke-sama!
"No need; if you take action, it will be too slow… and these guys will run away!"
Luke shook his head.
His Observation Haki instantly locked onto the fishmen present.
Even the fishmen hiding under the water were not missed.
"Swipe...swipe..."
Then he turned his palm upward; thin shadow string, almost invisible to the naked eye, kept pouring out.
Then, it submerged quietly into the bottom of the sea and on the land on the other side.
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, Luke's figure seemed to have teleported.
He suddenly crossed a distance of hundreds of meters and appeared in front of Arlong.
Then he stared at these fishmen indifferently.
"What?"
Looking at the figure that suddenly appeared.
Arlong and those fishmen all couldn't help but shrink back.
They all broke into a cold sweat and subconsciously took a few steps back, becoming somewhat vigilant.
"Your Excellency, who are you?"
Arlong gritted his teeth and wanted to say something.
Suddenly, the hairs on my body stood up, and his pupils shrank sharply.
The fishmen everywhere suddenly screamed, and as if out of control, they all waved their swords to strike Arlong hard.