Chapter 206: Truth and Reason

Arriving on the deck, Lin Yu saw Madam Shyarly and the others chatting happily with Nami and Robin’s group.

It seemed Nami and Robin had successfully convinced Madam Shyarly, Ishilly, and Camie of his character.

“Shyarly, come with me.”

Arriving at the door of the captain’s quarters, Lin Yu called out to Madam Shyarly.

“O-okay...”

Madam Shyarly thought of her interactions with Lin Yu earlier that day, and her face couldn’t help but flush red again as she walked toward the captain’s quarters amidst the teasing voices of the other women.

Lin Yu sat at the captain’s desk, looked at Shyarly as she entered, and said directly:

“You are Arlong’s sister, right?”

Hearing that there was actual business, Shyarly felt an inexplicable sense of relief and nodded.

Although she and Arlong were half-siblings, they were over a decade apart in age and had no real bond.

Lin Yu then took out a deck of tarot cards and looked at Madam Shyarly with a smile:

“Have you figured out your Devil Fruit ability yet?”

Madam Shyarly nodded upon hearing this: “I’ve figured out a little bit.”

Ever since she ate the Devil Fruit, some strange knowledge had appeared in her mind, and she also knew what basic abilities the fruit Lin Yu had fed her possessed.

And one of those Devil Fruit abilities was divination!

Lin Yu handed the tarot cards to Madam Shyarly and said: “Then divine the probability of Hody Jones rebelling.”

“Hody Jones rebelling?” Madam Shyarly was stunned.

Lin Yu looked at Madam Shyarly’s pretty face and smiled:

“Actually, Hody Jones is the one who killed Queen Otohime. He harbors an inexplicable hatred for humans and despises King Neptune and the other royals, always wanting to get rid of them.”

“The Devil Fruit you ate can greatly enhance your divination abilities. You can try to divine it.”

Only by letting Madam Shyarly divine Hody Jones’s rebellion herself would she believe his words and be willing to cooperate.

“Hody Jones is actually the one who killed Queen Otohime...”

Madam Shyarly was shocked beyond measure upon hearing Lin Yu’s words, then hurriedly took the tarot cards from his hand to perform a divination.

Although she was best at crystal ball divination, she was also skilled with tarot.

As the divination progressed, Madam Shyarly’s face turned pale.

She didn’t divine Hody Jones’s rebellion; instead, she directly divined whether Lin Yu was lying. The former was too troublesome and less accurate, while the latter was simpler and more precise.

However, the result of the divination told her that Lin Yu was not lying. Even after she divined it four or five times, the result remained the same.

This meant that what Lin Yu said was indeed true: Hody Jones really was the murderer of Queen Otohime, and he had even framed humans for it, causing the people of Fish-Man Island to hate them.

Shocked by the truth of Queen Otohime’s death, Madam Shyarly looked at Lin Yu and asked:

“You know the truth about Queen Otohime’s murder?”

“Of course.” Lin Yu nodded affirmatively and recounted in detail how Hody Jones had killed Queen Otohime, as well as how he was secretly recruiting soldiers in Fish-Man Street in preparation for a rebellion.

To prove that the truth about Queen Otohime’s murder was a fact, Lin Yu even brought up Princess Shirahoshi.

Upon hearing the end, Madam Shyarly asked in shock:

“You said Princess Shirahoshi knows about this?”

Lin Yu nodded affirmatively: “Princess Shirahoshi does indeed know, but because of Queen Otohime’s request, she hasn’t revealed it to anyone, not even King Neptune.”

Lin Yu could actually understand Queen Otohime’s request for Shirahoshi not to hate the killer.

Shirahoshi was the Ancient Weapon Poseidon, possessing the terrifying power to destroy the world. If her kind and pure heart were polluted by hatred, it would certainly not be a good thing for the world.

When one holds a hammer that can conquer anything, everything looks like a nail.

Once Princess Shirahoshi fell into hatred and wanted to use the power of Poseidon for revenge, she would also choose to use that power when facing the conflict between fish-men and humans.

At that point, humans and fish-men would truly be locked in an endless cycle of death.

Therefore, in Lin Yu’s view:

Princess Shirahoshi was a pitiful child, having kept the secret of her mother’s death for so many years because of Queen Otohime’s request, and being trapped in the Hard-Shell Tower because of that disgusting bug who never washed his hands.

He must save her and lead her out of her misery.

Hearing Lin Yu be so certain, Madam Shyarly frowned and looked at him, curious about how he knew such secret information.

Subsequently, Madam Shyarly looked at Lin Yu and asked: “Then what do you intend to do?”

Madam Shyarly now completely believed Lin Yu’s words, because it would be very simple for her to verify them; there was no need for him to lie to her.

Moreover, her own divination had told her that Lin Yu was not lying.

Lin Yu smiled upon hearing this: “I want you to use your identity as Arlong’s sister to infiltrate Fish-Man Street...”

Hearing that Lin Yu wanted her to sneak into Fish-Man Street and persuade Hody Jones to rebel so he could take the opportunity to eliminate this dangerous threat for Fish-Man Island, Madam Shyarly looked at him with a strange expression again.

Although Madam Shyarly had just learned from Nami and Robin that Lin Yu was not as rumored, she still couldn’t help but be shocked to hear that he was actually preparing to save Fish-Man Island.

A moment ago she had been trembling with fear that Lin Yu would slaughter Fish-Man Island, and now he was discussing ways to clear away the dangers for the island with her.

The stark contrast between the two left Madam Shyarly unable to accept it for a moment.

Thus, Madam Shyarly frowned and asked:

“Why are you helping Fish-Man Island?”