Chapter 424 Expectations

"Mermaid, fishman? Really a mermaid?"

"Belmeber, what's wrong with you? Can we pass?"

"We can pass." Hearing Luffy's words, Belmeber, who was in deep thought, came back to his senses and said, "When I was paying the fee at the gate just now, I heard that the mermaid tribe appeared over there in the safe channel. It was quite lively over there, and everyone was talking about mermaids!"

"Mermaid?!" X3

After hearing Belmeber's words, not only Luffy, but also Zoro and Usopp beside him came over curiously.

"Mermaids, I really want to see them! Where? Where?"

"Mermaids? Are they the same as the fishmen?"

"What are those guys doing in the East China Sea Navy? I heard that the Konomi Islands were once hurt by these guys!"

"The fishmen in the Konomi Islands are different from mermaids. Oh, by the way, the Arlong Pirates, that Red Romance was once the base of the Arlong Pirates. After being defeated by the East China Sea Navy, it was transformed into Red Romance." Belmeber looked at Zoro who was frowning and said, "Don't worry, I have inquired a little. It seems that the group of fishmen came to visit the East China Sea Navy, and they are led by people from the East China Sea Navy."

"That's right, Zoro, do you need to worry about that?" Usopp on the side complained angrily, "To be honest, I always feel that your senior brother has deceived you. He must have become the world's number one swordsman!"

"That's right, Xia Che is very strong!"

"Who, who is worried, I just Just curious!" Zoro snorted coldly, touched the knife on his waist, his eyes flashed slightly, and said, "I don't know how strong the so-called fish-men and mermaids are?"

"Belmeber, where are the mermaids? I would have gone with you if I had known." Usopp also looked around curiously, "I heard that mermaids are very beautiful."

"I didn't see it either. Someone met one in the safe channel!" Belmeber shrugged and said, "To be honest, I'm also very curious, but I guess they have already gone to the Konomimi Islands."

As he said, he seemed to remember something, and Belmeber looked at the side in confusion. When he saw Sanji who was still playing with the armored Den Den Mushi and seemed to be uninterested in mermaids, he suddenly said in surprise, "Huh? Sanji, aren't you curious? That's the legendary mermaid!"

You know, this guy will get excited as soon as he hears the word beauty, why is he so quiet today?

"Hehehe!" Hearing Belmeber's words, Sanji didn't even raise his head, and said with a disdainful tone, "A bunch of ignorant guys!"

Then he raised his head proudly, holding up the armored Den Den Mushi in his hand, as if he was a winner in life, "Mermaid? I've been talking about it for a long time, I'm not like you ignorant guys!"

"?!" X4

This immediately made the four people on the side curiously lean over and look up with a shocked look.

"Sanji, do you know a mermaid?"

"This avatar is really a mermaid!"

"She is really beautiful, Sanji, how do you know her?"

"It's probably a photo scam. I heard there are a lot of scammers like this out there. How could this pervert with circle eyebrows know a mermaid?"

"What are you talking about, you green-haired guy?" Hearing Zoro's words, Sanji raised his circle eyebrows, stubbornly looked at Zoro, and looked at him, "You are jealous of me!"

"Who would be jealous of a guy like you!"

"It's you, you green-haired guy!"

"Okay!" Looking at the two people who were about to quarrel again, Belmeber said helplessly, and then looked at Sanji curiously, "Sanji, you haven't told me how you know a mermaid yet ? And Zoro is right, don't be fooled. "

"Don't worry, how could I be fooled? Miss Kokoro admitted that she is a mermaid!" Sanji held the armored Den Den Mushi in his hand with an infatuated look, "Our acquaintance can only be said to be a fate. That day, I was in a bad mood for various reasons, and I shook my hand and met this intimate mermaid sister!"

As he said this, he seemed to notice the overlapping heads, looking at him and the four of them curiously, and flicked the cigarette in his hand again, humming, "Really, why do I say this to you unreliable guys? Why don't you hurry up and enter the Grand Line? After hearing that I went out to sea, she personally invited me to her house!"

Blow out a puff of smoke ring.

"She is in the Grand Line, in the waters near the Seven Water Cities. I will take you to see real mermaids. Don't embarrass me!"

"Grand Line? Seven Water Cities? Aren't mermaids said to live on the seabed?"

"Hey, you know this?" Sanji looked at Bellmeber in surprise, and then said with emotion, "Miss Kokoro is a mermaid living on land, a brave mermaid!"

"Land? Sanji, to be honest, is this really reliable?"

"What are you talking about? Miss Kokoro will not lie to me!" Sanji stubbornly looked at Belmeber with dissatisfaction. Belmeber, "I will take you with me when the time comes. No matter what, you are my partners now!"

"In that case." Luffy looked at Belmeber with a happy smile and said, "Belmeber, can we set off?"

"Okay, let's go! Anyway, I have learned the functions that I should know in the past few days." Looking at Luffy who was looking at him expectantly, Belmeber nodded helplessly, his eyes slightly showing a hint of expectation, and said with a smile, "I have to say that this ship is really full of functions. I didn't expect that the shipbuilding technology of the East China Sea Navy has reached this level."

"Then it's decided, let's go! Attack Rogge Town!" After hearing Belmeber's words, Luffy raised his hands and said with a smile, "Enter the Grand Channel, let's go see the mermaids together!"

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other side.

Xia Che, who still didn't know that the Straw Hat Workers Group had officially set off to conquer Rogge Town, still warmly entertained the Fish-Man Island group.

After enjoying the delicious food, the group also came to the formal reception room.

Prince Shark Star, who had been impatient for a long time, did not continue to delay, and went directly to the topic. He looked at the leader of the East China Sea Navy and said with a serious face, "Thank you, Chief Xia Che, for the hospitality." There was a slight pause, "Listen to Jinbe... The East China Sea Navy hopes to recruit fishmen? "

"I have this idea." Xia Che did not hide it, nodded with a smile, and said directly, "After all, it is more convenient for fishmen to work under the sea!"

"That's it." Hearing Xia Che's answer, Shark Xing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Although Fish-Man Island welcomes the East China Sea Navy, it is not that simple for humans to recruit fish-men."

Having said this, he showed another wry smile.

"To be honest, since the victory of the East China Sea Navy in that battle..." As if thinking of the legend, Shark Star stopped hiding it, sighed and said, "The situation on Fish-Man Island is not very good!"

"Is Whitebeard no longer able to protect Fish-Man Island? Is Whitebeard still alive, and someone dares to take action in front of him?" Xia Che touched his chin, frowned, and said, "Still talking... Hody ·What about Jones and Vanderdyken IX?”

"?!"X2

Shark Star and Huang Xing suddenly looked at Xia Che with shock on their faces, as if they did not expect that far away in the East China Sea, the East China Sea Navy Navy actually knew about the Fish-Man Island.

"I didn't expect that the East China Sea Navy's intelligence capabilities are so powerful! It's really shocking!" Shark Star nodded with a wry smile and said, "It's true. Since that battle, the number of pirates entering Fish-Man Island has increased. , at the same time, Hody Jones and Vanderdeken IX no longer concealed their ambitions, causing a lot of trouble to Fish-Man Island, but..."

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "If Leader Xia Che really wants to recruit fishmen, I and my father will definitely do our best to help the East China Sea Navy recruit successfully, but..."

He paused slightly and looked at Xia Che, "I have a question. I hope that Leader Xia Che will not deceive me!"

"Please tell me!"

"Leader Xia Che, do you know..." Shark Star stared at Xia Che closely, "Joyboy!"

"Joyboy? Got it!"

"?!"X2

Sure enough!

Sure enough he knew!

Or maybe he is...

Shark Star and Huang Xing beside him suddenly became excited, but they were about to ask him excitedly if he was right.

"Joyboy!" Xia Che touched his chin and said, "If we count the time, he should be about to enter the Great Channel!"

"???"