Chapter 434: Blocked! How Can There Be Such a Disgusting Pokémon!

As Dodo Sea Dragon dove into the deep sea, Xie Wen and the others once again returned to Fish-Man Island with practiced ease.

Just like last time, King Neptune and the three princes were waiting early at the entrance of Fish-Man Island, and this time Jinbe was there as well.

When they saw Bai Xing disembark from the Dodo ship with everything normal, Xie Wen could clearly feel King Neptune and Shark Star secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

Tsk! It's just that everyone feels repeating a prank they've already pulled isn't interesting anymore.

Xie Wen curled his lips and soon displayed a smile anticipating a good show.

Because...

Weren't there other "good news" waiting for King Neptune? Without Xie Wen needing to guide them specifically, after returning to Ryugu Palace with King Neptune and the others, Bai Xing immediately took the initiative to push Dellinger before her father and brothers, and talked incessantly about introducing this new good friend she had made.

Even though Xie Wen did nothing, the expressions on King Neptune and the others' faces instantly changed from gratified smiles to wary looks.

Moreover, how could Blue Star, who originally wanted to watch the fun, not get involved?

Thus, Xie Wen seized an appropriate moment and lightly added a remark—

"That's right, that's right; this kid barely pays attention to our cute cat-cat, only liking to stay with Bai Xing."

As soon as these words were spoken, not only King Neptune and the three Neptune Brothers, but even Jinbe standing nearby and the Left and Right Ministers instantly changed color.

The kind and lovely Bai Xing was someone they had watched grow up; to these high officials of the Ryugu Kingdom, she was no different from their own daughters.

The three Neptune Brothers immediately surrounded Dellinger with "enthusiasm," subtly separating him from Bai Xing.

"Are you a half-fish-man stranded outside? This is quite rare, after all, most humans are not very friendly to us fish-men... You must have had a very hard time out there, right?"

Although they really disliked this guy coveting their little sister, the Neptune family was simply too kind, so Xie Wen did not see the scene he had expected.

Shark Star even concernedly asked about Dellinger's past circumstances and actively comforted him, saying, "Once you reach Fish-Man Island, you can rest assured; here, no one will discriminate against your identity as a half-fish-man."

The concern shown by the three princes was not feigned; Dellinger, who had already undergone some transformation under Bai Xing's influence, was naturally moved upon feeling this.

However, his emotion of gratitude did not last long before he heard Shark Star say again, "Speaking of which, you probably don't understand Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Jujutsu; this won't do. For the next period of time, we three brothers will teach you our fish-men clan's own fighting methods!"

After speaking, the three Neptune Brothers carried off Dellinger, who hadn't yet reacted to what was happening, and quickly left the place.

"Father, did I just say something wrong? Why do you all seem a bit angry?"

Bai Xing, who similarly didn't understand the situation, looked completely bewildered and was still here earnestly adding fuel to the fire for Dellinger, saying, "Dellinger has really started to become better, and his age is the same as mine; actually, he hasn't followed Donquixote Doflamingo to do too many wrong things."

"The three princes haven't taught many people before; I'll go help out too, and that kid was a pirate before, so he should have quite a bit in common with Aladine and the others."

Jinbe said seriously to King Neptune, then chased after the three Neptune Brothers.

"Eh? Eh? Eh?!"

Bai Xing's head became even more confused; why was everyone not calming down but instead getting angrier? It was Moxi sitting on top of her head who couldn't bear to watch any longer; the little blue cat patted Bai Xing's head with its paw and helplessly interrupted the mermaid princess who still wanted to say something.

"Just shut your mouth; if you keep talking, that idiot Dellinger will really be killed by you, meow."

(ω) "How could it be like this..."

Bai Xing was not an idiot either; although she hadn't figured out the specific reasons, she could still see the general cause and effect, so she could only pout aggrievedly and then look resentfully at her father, who didn't know what illness he was suffering from. As a qualified daughter-obsessed father, King Neptune immediately panicked, disregarding hosting guests like Xie Wen and the others, and quickly darted in front of Bai Xing to coax her gently.

Although it was slightly different from what Xie Wen expected, watching this family comedy was quite amusing, so he naturally had no objections, leisurely petting the cat-cat, eating the food prepared by the fish-men, and continuing to watch the show.

With some time remaining before the start of the World Conference, Xie Wen and the cats, besides wandering around Fish-Man Island, also occasionally ran off to Sabaody Archipelago to play.

In reality, the people of Sabaody Archipelago were not very welcoming of Xie Wen's arrival, because every time he came, business on the island would be affected.

Not only would some cautious pirates choose to leave as soon as possible, but those industries related to slaves suffered huge losses as well.

Although Joker had already been taken down by him, on the very day the news spread, others immediately stepped in to fill the gap, continuing to maintain these underground slave trades; not to mention that the Human Auctioning House here on Sabaody Archipelago had the support of the World Nobles, so the slave business here was hardly affected by Donquixote Doflamingo's death at all.

But Xie Wen's arrival was completely different; although he temporarily did not want to clash with the World Government and thus hesitated to act against the auction house, he would not show mercy to that group of slave traders, and the World Nobles certainly wouldn't care about their life or death.

And the slave traders who knew this naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to stay here and wait for death; upon learning that Xie Wen was heading this way, just like last time, they all ran outside to hide.

If Xie Wen wanted to deal with them, he could only look for opportunities in the future to launch a surprise attack using Dodo Comet Dragon, but without solving the root cause, the effect of doing so would actually be no different from the current situation; anyway, as soon as he killed them, someone else would immediately fill in.

So upon learning that those slave traders had left again, Xie Wen's mood remained very calm.

Besides that group of slave traders, Rayleigh was still not on the island this time either; no one knew if he truly hadn't returned at all as Shakky said, or if he was intentionally avoiding Xie Wen...

Hmm, thinking about Rayleigh's personality, the first possibility is likely higher.

Maybe he even ran off to find Ace.

Over on Fish-Man Island, although Dellinger was taken away by the three sister-obsessed fish-men for rotating "instruction," it did not affect his speed of integration.

After all, they were the Wang Zu of the Ryugu Kingdom; they were really not very good at being "bad guys," and their so-called strict teaching felt very "gentle" in Dellinger's eyes.

One must know that this kid's previous instructors were guys like Lao G and Gladius, who would beat you to death over the slightest mistake; after undergoing the cruel training of the Donquixote Family, could this level of cultivation by the fish-men clan not seem gentle in his eyes?

The only thing that made Dellinger not very happy was probably the drastic reduction in the number of times he could meet Bai Xing, and after meeting, before they could chat for two sentences, those three sister-obsessed brothers would find various excuses to drag him away.

Besides this, Jinbe also took Robin to see a piece of the Poneglyph containing historical information that he had recently found.

According to his account, he found it in the "town" where those sea beasts lived while resolving a dispute involving sea beasts.

Xie Wen carefully recalled; there was indeed such an incident in the manga's cover stories, where in the manga, he should have handed over this Poneglyph to Big Mom, who later protected Fish-Man Island.

Just like that, time quickly arrived at the day to attend the World Conference, and the Navy responsible for guiding the way had also arrived early at Fish-Man Island.

And the Navy member guiding the way was also an old acquaintance of Xie Wen.

"Iron Fist" Garp, and...

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku?"

(End of Chapter)