Chapter 283: The Queen's Dying Wish! A Tearful Speech and a Fired-Up Captain
Facing the remaining 50,000 New Fish-Man Pirates army in the plaza.
The Straw Hat Pirates unreservedly displayed the shocking results of their two years of hellish training to the entire world.
The heavily armored troops in the enemy's front row attempted to block the assault with a formation of thick steel shields, but Zoro let out a disdainful sneer.
He crossed his two swords, biting his Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, and charged into the enemy formation like a Shura.
"Three Sword Style: Black Rope: Great Dragon Twister!" The sharp sword energy instantly erupted, effortlessly slicing through the sturdy steel shields as if they were tofu.
Not only that, the sword energy also triggered a continuously raging black sword energy tornado, sweeping hundreds of Fishmen screaming into the sky, unable to fall for a long time.
Mid-air, Sanji performed
Like precisely guided flaming meteors, he weaved through the enemy formation, bombing everything in his path, leaving behind boiling seawater and scorched earth filled with wails.
Franky transformed into a steel beast, rampaging through the enemy crowd, unleashing various heavy armaments without restraint.
Usopp pulled back his giant slingshot, firing peculiar plants like
Chopper unhesitatingly ate a Rumble Ball, transforming into his massive Fur Reinforcement monster form.
A powerful push of his palm sent dozens of Fishmen flying like fallen leaves.
Nami stood in a safe zone behind the battlefield, a smile playing on her lips.
She pulled out a lightning ball filled with high-voltage electricity from her bodice and fed it directly to the already drooling Futo beside her.
After a full meal, Futo's body instantly swelled several times, his entire body flashing with dazzling and violent purple lightning.
With a sudden pointing of Nami's Weather Stick, Futo let out a roar.
A deafening
A terrifying, thick lightning net wove into a deadly lightning pool, instantly clearing out a large area of enemies.
Robin stood elegantly, her hands crossed in front of her chest.
As flower petals fluttered,
Two giant legs instantly condensed in mid-air, mercilessly trampling through the dense crowd of Fishmen, erupting with roars.
On the other side of the battlefield, Princess Shirahoshi also followed everyone to the plaza.
Although faced with such a bloody and tragic scene, she was still trembling with fear.
But she took a deep breath, forcing down the fear in her heart.
She swayed her pink fish tail, her massive body slowly moving, and actually took the initiative to approach the Den Den Mushi that was globally broadcasting to the entire island.
Through the broadcast screen, the common people of Fish-Man Island saw the legendary cowardly princess, who had been imprisoned in Hard-Shell Tower for ten years, now appearing alone in the brutal center of the battlefield, and they all let out incredible gasps of surprise.
However, when truly facing the camera and the gaze of countless eyes, Shirahoshi's hard-won courage instantly deflated.
She opened her mouth, stammered for a long time, her mind blank, completely unable to utter a complete sentence.
A strong sense of frustration welled up in her heart.
Finally, she annoyedly and shamefully covered her flushed face with her huge hands, tears uncontrollably dripping down.
"Wuwuwu! I just got carried away and came over!"
"I don't even know what to say! Wuwuwu!"
"Shirahoshi!!"
Just at this heartbreaking moment, three blood-soaked figures, supporting each other, stumbled to her side.
It was the three princes who had just been rescued—Prince Fukaboshi, Prince Ryuboshi, and Prince Manboshi.
"Be brave, Shirahoshi!"
Prince Fukaboshi spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes incredibly bright.
"You can do it, we're all here with you!"
Prince Ryuboshi and Prince Manboshi also offered words of encouragement.
"Brothers..." Seeing her severely injured brothers still smiling and encouraging her, Shirahoshi's heart trembled.
With her brothers' encouragement, Shirahoshi's eyes gradually shed their timidity, becoming unprecedentedly firm.
She remembered her mother, who had sacrificed her life for peace, and her aging father.
She absolutely could not disappoint her father, mother, and brothers, and even more so, she could not disappoint Lord Tatsuya, who had given her courage.
She lowered her hands, though tears still streamed uncontrollably from her eyes.
But her clear voice, amplified by the sound equipment, spread clearly and powerfully to every corner of Fish-Man Island:
"Everyone...please listen to me!"
"I've always been a useless coward..."
"For the past ten years, even though I was the princess of Fish-Man Island, I only dared to hide in Hard-Shell Tower and cry, pretending not to see the suffering of everyone..."
"I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry!"
"But...but my mother, Queen Otohime, once taught me not to hate! To bravely embrace the true sun!"
"I didn't understand before, and I was always afraid...until today, when the Straw Hat Pirates broke my cage..."
"Even though they are humans, even though they have no blood relation to us, they are willing to fight here to protect us!"
Shirahoshi clutched the clothes on her chest, using all her might, her voice piercing through the entire Fish-Man Island:
"They are not terrifying enemies! They are friends who bring hope!
"This is our home too!
"Even humans are fighting for the future of Fish-Man Island, how can we just hide behind and watch them?"
"Please, everyone, step forward!"
"Don't let hatred blind your eyes anymore, join this battle to protect our homeland!
"This is absolutely not just the business of a few Straw Hat members, this is Fish-Man Island for all of us!!!"
This speech, filled with tears yet utterly sincere, was like a warm ray of sunshine, instantly shattering the long-standing fear and estrangement towards humans in the hearts of Fish-Man Island's common people.
Outside the plaza, countless common people had tears in their eyes, their blood boiling in their chests.
They all picked up their crude household weapons, their roars merging into a single chorus:
"Her Royal Highness is right! We must defend Fish-Man Island!"
"Let's fight these damn rebels!"
"Fish-Man Island will be protected by us!"
The crowd roared, surging towards the battlefield in the plaza like a bursting tide, without hesitation.
Luffy, who was enthusiastically throwing punches in the center of the battlefield, keenly heard Shirahoshi's speech.
He pressed his Straw Hat down, a smile of extreme excitement slowly forming on his lips.
Luffy felt his entire body's blood screaming:
"Hehehe!"
"Ah! I'm all fired up!!"
Meanwhile, in Ryugu Palace, King Neptune watched his daughter on the screen, no longer weak, bravely rallying the entire island.
Tears streamed down his aged cheeks like a waterfall:
"Shirahoshi...my brave daughter!
"Wuwuwu..."
"Otohime...do you see this...?"
At this moment, the old king seemed to see the magnificent shadow of Queen Otohime, who had traveled everywhere for peace, shining brightly, on Shirahoshi's massive body.
In stark contrast was Hody Jones.
Seeing his brutal rule, which he had meticulously built for years and tried to maintain through fear, completely dismantled by Shirahoshi's few short words.
Hody completely descended into hysterical madness.
"Don't get too carried away!! You troublesome woman!
"I will utterly tear apart Otohime's hypocritical peace!"
Hody, his bloodshot eyes red, secretly blew a specially made whistle, controlling over a dozen massive, ferocious deep-sea sea beasts.
These terrifying giant beasts let out deafening roars, madly charging towards the thousand sunny, Princess Shirahoshi, and the three heavily injured princes!
Facing this group of giant beasts rushing towards them like Mount Tai, Tatsuya, standing in front, had a detached look in his eyes.
A terrifying gravitational force, capable of distorting space, instantly erupted from his palm.
"Almighty Push: Crushing Kill."
Accompanying Tatsuya's cold whisper, the dozen massive giant sea beasts instantly froze in mid-air.
Immediately after, they seemed to be firmly grasped by invisible giant hands of a god.
Amidst the sound of bones shattering, these sea beasts were instantly crushed into mangled, bloody spheres.
They were then casually thrown into the nearby ruins by Tatsuya, as if discarding trash.
This brutal and visually impactful scene terrified the surrounding Fishman thugs who were trying to sneak attack in the chaos, sending them scrambling away in fear.
The three princes, meanwhile, looked at the black figure with faces full of gratitude.
"Lord Tatsuya!"
Shirahoshi clasped her hands together, her eyes filled with adoration as she looked at the figure in front, like a guardian deity.
Watching his proud army of 100,000 quickly disintegrate like chickens and dogs before a mere ten humans.
Now, even his strongest sea beasts were instantly killed by the opponent, Hody Jones's fragile psychological defense completely collapsed.
Driven by despair and madness, he desperately pulled out all the remaining
The violent drug effect, dozens of times beyond his body's tolerance limit, instantly triggered the most severe side effects.
Hody let out a spine-chilling, mournful scream, looking up at the sky.
Under everyone's gaze, his entire head of black hair instantly faded, turning a lifeless snowy white.
His muscles began to swell uncontrollably and wildly, bulging to a grotesque extent that threatened to burst his skin.
In just a few seconds, Hody completely transformed into a white-haired monster who had lost all reason, with only the most primitive killing instinct and extreme hatred remaining in his mind.
White-haired Hody's speed and strength increased hundreds of times.
His blood-red eyes spun wildly in their sockets, finally locking onto Shirahoshi.
He focused all his resentment on this princess, who represented Queen Otohime's ideals of peace.
Only one thought remained in his twisted subconscious:
As long as he killed her, Fish-Man Island's damned hope for peace would be completely severed!
Hody suddenly grabbed a large mass of heavy seawater with one hand, using the terrifying grip strength generated by his grotesquely swollen arm to furiously compress the seawater.
"Shark Dart!"
The water bullet, compressed to its extreme, tore open a bloody path through the crowd like a heavy armor-piercing cannon.
With a harsh, piercing sonic boom, the water bullet, at a speed difficult for the naked eye to catch, shot directly towards Princess Shirahoshi, who was behind Tatsuya.
Just as Tatsuya was about to intercept, Luffy, from a distance on the battlefield, suddenly shouted:
"Tatsuya! That guy is my prey!"
Before his words even finished, Luffy instantly activated Gear Second.
His entire skin turned red due to the accelerated blood flow, and hot white steam rose from his body.
Luffy stomped hard on the ground, which instantly collapsed, and he crossed half the wide plaza as if teleporting, directly blocking between Hody and Shirahoshi.
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol!"
Luffy's right arm was instantly covered in pitch-black advanced Armament Haki, and he punched out, unyielding, against the incredibly powerful water bullet!
Fist met water, and Luffy forcibly blasted Hody's deadly water bullet directly in mid-air!
The violent air currents mixed with water vapor swept outwards, directly overturning all surrounding obstacles.
Luffy, steaming hot, straightened his body.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes hidden in the shadow of his Straw Hat, sharp as blades, locking onto the completely monstrous, white-haired Hody before him.
The Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates versus the Leader of the New Fish-Man Pirates.
The final battle, concerning the fate of Fish-Man Island, between two Captains representing different beliefs and paths.
At this moment, it officially erupted!
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