King Neptune floated out of the palace, hesitated for a moment, and headed in the direction of the Hard-Shell Tower.

I can't hide it from her.

But Neptune's heart was broken at the thought of how sad his daughter would be to learn that her two brothers had been killed.

But why wasn't he himself grief-stricken?

Before King Neptune reached the Hardshell Tower, the Seahorse Right Minister, chased after him, looking hurried.

"What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty the King, Hodi, the new Fish-Man Pirates, is gathering the people in the square to ......"

The right minister of Seahorse reported the news from his subordinates to King Neptune in 1510.

King Neptune's brow furrowed, and a hint of bad premonition rose.

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing." The right minister of the seahorse is quite optimistic, "It's rare that Hody and their idle Fish-Man Street hooligans are willing to do something practical for Fish-Man Island." Your Majesty, are we going to send troops to help? ”

King Neptune did not answer, and still floated in the direction of the hard-shell tower, sitting on the bubble.

The right minister of the seahorse noticed the strangeness, and after thinking about it, he reacted: "Your Majesty, do you think something is wrong?" ”

"Hmm." King Neptune bowed, "What a coincidence. As soon as the Davy Jones Pirates arrived near Fish-Man Island, three of my children were assassinated on the way to investigate, and two of them were killed......"

"This ......"

"Actually, we don't have any evidence that David Jones did it, everything is conjecture, but I don't know why, the whole Fish-Man Island now seems to believe that he did it, isn't it ridiculous?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean ......"

"Even if the Davy Jones Pirates really want to attack Fish-Man Island and the Dragon Palace Kingdom, is it too fast?"

"Why did they attack my children before they even had time to stand on their feet, to provoke a dispute between us at once? How did they infiltrate and assassinate my child in public? ”

"Perhaps...... Maybe it's a Devil Fruit Ability? ”

King Neptune nodded, then shook his head again: "There is another possibility......"

The right minister of the seahorse widened his eyes.

King Neptune and the Seahorse Lord finally reached the bottom of the hard-shell tower, and saw a spear dropped in front of the closed door, and there were still signs of piercing in the door.

Two guards saluted them, their spears drawn.

"Vander Dyken, that bastard......" Seeing this, the right minister of the seahorse gritted his teeth.

King Neptune calmly reached out and picked up the spear and tossed it aside.

"No matter what the possibility is, we can't completely eliminate them with our strength, and Jinping is not on Fish-Man Island, so we can only ask 'Whitebeard' for help."

"But, Your Majesty, Whitebeard is now too busy to take care of himself."

Neptune sighed, "yes...... The feeling that the authority that governs the life and death of Fish-Man Island has fallen into the hands of others is really uncomfortable. ”

He couldn't help but wonder, did the previous kings of Fish-Man Island rule here like him?

"His Majesty ...... King"

"Needless to say, I'm going to ...... to Shirahoshi Make it clear to her that the situation of her two brothers ......"

"Please mourn."

At this time, a low, tactful girl's voice came from inside the gate: "Yes...... Is it my father? ”

"It's me, Shirahoshi."

Neptune answered, pushed the door open, and saw Princess Shirahoshi's massive ship-like mermaid body sitting cross-legged on a large bed.

The right minister of the seahorse did not go in for the first time, but stood outside the door and waited.

It wasn't until a moment later that the cry of Princess Shirahoshi could be heard inside, and it was like a mountain shaking, shaking the hard-shell tower.

That's when he walked in.

Neptune was still comforting Princess Shirahoshi, who suddenly learned of the obituaries of her two brothers.

Bai Xing, the mermaid princess with long pink curly hair like a cloud, has an almost transcendent beauty, and at this moment she is crying pear blossoms with rain, which is even more moving.

Her pet shark, Mecaro, came to her side and gently arched her slender waist to try to make her not so sad, but it backfired.

King Neptune was also quite uncomfortable at the moment.

But as a king, as a father, no matter what his status, he has to be strong in front of Shirahoshi.

"Shirahoshi, I promise you that I will punish the murderer severely." King Neptune said, "Whoever they are, I will make them pay!" ”

Princess Shirahoshi was still crying, but at this time, she slowly raised her head, choked a few times, stabilized her emotions, and said, "But...... But didn't my mother say that you can't pass on your resentment? ”

King Neptune swallowed.

Yes, Otohime did say so before he died, and he also went to the camp of the Lord and the faction for Otohime's last wish.

However, first Otohime, then the Imperial Star, and the Overturned Star......

Again and again, again and again, is it true that my Neptune doesn't exist?

Or do you think that no matter how far I do, I won't resist?

In fact, King Neptune is more afraid that if this development continues, if someone makes a move against Princess Shirahoshi one day......

Having a Vander Dyken who stares at his daughter day and night is enough of a headache.

If there are some more ill-intentioned people, what happens......

King Neptune could not have imagined what a crazy monster he would become at that moment.

"Your mother is right, you shouldn't perpetuate your resentment." King Neptune changed his words again, "But they deserve to be punished severely, and only this means can stop them from committing more murders and stop the spread of resentment once and for all." ”

Is that the case? Is that how you understand your mother's words?

Princess Shirahoshi was stunned, her expression was flustered, and her face turned pale.

"What's wrong? White Star? ”

"Father...... Father......"

King Neptune seemed to see something on Princess Shirahoshi's face, and couldn't help but show a look of disbelief and gasp.

Could it be ...... What does she know?

How so? She has been in the hard shell tower, how can she know who the real murderer of her two brothers is?

However, what Shirahoshi is talking about is not what is in front of him.

With tears in her eyes, Princess Shirahoshi pointed to the shark Mercaro and said, "Father, mother...... That day, Mecaro was nearby, and it saw the real culprit and told me. I kept my mother's words in mind and didn't say them. ”

That day?

The day Otohime was killed?

Isn't it human? Not a "Draconian"? Not a "world government"?

King Neptune asked with a chill in his back, "Yes...... Shirahoshi, don't be afraid...... Tell me, who is it? ”

"I ...... I didn't know him at the time, but I later learned that his name was Hoddy......" Princess Shirahoshi winced and hugged the bewildered shark Mercaro, "He was our guard at the time. ”

King Neptune and the right minister of Seahorse fell almost to the icy ground together.

Their faces changed several times, and they finally managed to hold back in front of Princess Shirahoshi.

"Father...... I...... Am I doing it wrong all along? ”

King Neptune forced a smile and said, "You're not wrong, you just kept your promise with your mother, and you didn't perpetuate your resentment. ”

Princess Shirahoshi nodded lowly.

Emerging from the hard-shell tower, King Neptune's face was gloomy and his breathing was rapid.

The resentment continued, but he had always hated the wrong object before, and it made the real murderer even more daring.

However, King Neptune could not say this in front of the innocent Princess Shirahoshi, he could only endure all his anger and grief.

Can he blame Princess Shirahoshi?

Since eight years ago, Princess Shirahoshi has been locked up in a hard-shell tower by him, hiding from attacks from Vander Dyken.

She shrunk in this small place, her body growing bigger and bigger, but her knowledge did not grow with it.

It's no problem to say that she is still the little girl who witnessed the death of her biological mother eight years ago.

If you had talked about it earlier......

King Neptune covered his face, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Your Majesty." The right minister of the seahorse knew that King Neptune was in turmoil right now, but the situation was urgent, so he could only speak up.

"Hody and the new Fish-Man Pirates have ill intentions, they coerce the people and provoke disputes, they want to take advantage of the situation to become the hero of Fish-Man Island, and they will definitely take action against you, the Shark Star Prince, and the White Star Princess in the future, they want to replace you."

"I know. If they win, they are the heroes of Fish-Man Island, and their prestige is even stronger. ”

Neptune sighed.

"But if they lose, will we benefit? The Davy Jones Pirates will replace the new Fish-Man Pirates and become a cancer here. The fate of Fish-Man Island is long out of our hands. ”

The right minister of Seahorse looked at King Neptune and saw that he seemed to be aged much in the blink of an eye.

The haze pressed down on their shoulders and backs, making them almost breathless.

(End of chapter)