Inside the Crystal Hall of the Dragon Palace.

At the same time as seeing Queen Otohime, the feeling of being seen through by the other party at once made Zoren's unnaturally tense body, his eyes flashed with vigilance, and he suddenly stopped moving forward, and Papagu, who was following closely behind, couldn't stop hitting his head on his feet.

As if sensing the strong resistance and resistance in Zoren's heart, Otohime showed a surprised look on his face, and then explained in an apologetic and gentle voice, "Don't be nervous, I was born with the ability to see and hear, I can read people's hearts, and the casual temptation just now is not malicious." ”

"That's good, I don't like people prying at me." Zoren said indifferently, his tense body slowed down slightly, but his vigilance did not dissipate.

The seemingly mild and soft mermaid in front of me has the innate ability to see through her heart, which is incredible. If it weren't for Zoren's own extraordinary physique just now, he had noticed this in advance, and I am afraid that all the inner secrets would have been revealed until now.

For this ability, Zoren is very unimpressed, and even a little disgusted and disgusted.

"Ahem...... King Neptune, Queen Otohime, good afternoon. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Papagu cleared his throat, hurriedly stepped forward, and greeted first, "I'm Muxiu Papagu, the designer and president of the island's popular clothing brand 'Prisoner Brand'. ”

"Mr. Mushu Papagu, why did you come into the Dragon Palace with Mr. Zorren?" Otohime asked curiously.

Papagu lifted his sunglasses and said with a natural grin, "Because I'm now the number one brother of Boss Zorren." ”

"Ho ho Hearing this, King Neptune, who had always been silent and serious, suddenly burst into a unique laugh, squinted at Zoren and said, "You are Monchi-Zorren, who is praised by Jinping, right?" It's really yours, even the famous Papagu of my Fish-Man Island has been regained as a little brother, and I have a little bit of style as a knight on the sea. ”

"It's okay." Zoren's face remained calm, but secretly he couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth, this mermaid king seemed to be a little different from what he imagined, and the difference was a little big.

"You've basically told me about it, and you, as Tiger's human friend in the outside world, should have come to Fish-Man Island as our honored guest with a feast." King Neptune laughed.

His words, Zoren did not say anything, and used the identity of the friend of the mermaid Tiger who had never met him, at least to avoid the trouble of his own identity and situation.

"Unfortunately, I don't have any news about Tiger right now, and maybe he ventured into a new world." Zoren replied cautiously as he shirked, "As for the banquet, there is no need, I still have something to do outside, so I am going to leave Fish-Man Island in the afternoon." ”

King Neptune sighed regretfully, "Is that so?" That's a pity, the banquet in the Dragon Palace is very grand and rich. ”

"The king sent two princes to Mermaid Street to invite me to the Dragon Palace, it shouldn't just be for a banquet, right?" Zorren asked straight to the point.

"That's right." King Neptune nodded, looked at Queen Otohime beside him, and grinned, "Otohime and I heard about you and offered to see you. Because she is pregnant now, it is not easy to leave the Dragon Palace, so let the Shark Star specially invite you into the palace. ”

"Empress Otohime wants to see me?" Zoren looked at Otohime in surprise, if you pay attention, you can see that the long skirt can't hide the semi-circular arc of her lower abdomen, which is obviously close to the stage of labor.

In this situation, Otohime also proposed to meet the guests, which made him a little confused about his intentions.

"Mr. Zorren." Otohime spoke politely, not slacking off because of Zoren's youth, and said softly, "Jinping said that you are an adventurer who has traveled all over the world, so you must have seen and heard a lot of humanistic customs and deeds. I have one thing that I have been thinking about for a long time, and I hope to get some inspiration from you. ”

"Please." Zoren Road.

Otohime asked, "What do you think of the current situation on Fish-Man Island?" ”

"Is the situation on Fish-Man Island......

Zoren pondered for a moment, and before he could answer, Otohime reminded him gently, "There's no need to be overburdened, just say it." ”

"Then I'll say it." Zoren shrugged his shoulders and said dryly, "With all due respect, the situation on your Fish-Man Island right now can only be described as 'walking on thin ice'. ”

"Walking on thin ice?"

Otohime was at a loss for this idiom from another world, and Papagu muttered even more suspiciously: "There is not ice under Fish-Man Island, but rocks under the seabed. ”

"Yes. It's a word from my hometown. It means that like a person walking on thin ice, the ice is easy to break, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss below. Zorren explained softly, "Fish-Man Island, located at the junction of the first half of the Great Passage and the second half of the New World, has been attacked by humans from the outside world, especially pirates, in recent decades, and you should be very clear about this. ”

"It's been more than six years since One Piece Roger was publicly executed. Now is the seventh year of the era of pirates, and the deterrence and binding force of the world government and navy on the pirates is getting weaker and weaker. Of course, your Fish-Man Island is the first to bear the brunt, isn't this walking on thin ice? ”

"Coupled with the fish-man and mermaid races, the relationship with humans has been difficult to get along with for a long time. Although Fish-Man Island is one of the member countries of the world government, it seems to have forgotten your Fish-Man Kingdom over the years, and has not put forward the slightest willingness to cooperate and communicate, which is also to leave the problem of racial discrimination to the disadvantaged you to deal with, so that now it has entered a vicious circle. Isn't this walking on thin ice?! ”

Zorn repeated a few calm words, like a bayonet, dissecting the facts bloodily, and also made King Neptune and Queen Otohime completely speechless.

After being silent for a while, Otohime stroked his stomach and said with a pale face, "You're right, Fish-Man Island's current situation is walking on thin ice. ”

Immediately afterwards, she shook her hand vigorously: "So, my plan must be implemented in advance, otherwise it will be too late in the future." ”

"Otohime, are you still not dead set on that plan?" King Neptune sighed.

"In order to eliminate racial discrimination against each other and to get closer to and understand humanity, I must push the residents of Fish-Man Island to move to the mainland to sign the agreement, and try to submit it at the next world conference." ”

Having understood what she wanted to do in a short moment, Zoren shook his head and spoke, "To get to this point, you still have a crucial premise that you don't have. ”