Chapter 391: Fish-Man Island

The Sky Island is ten thousand meters above the sky, while Fish-Man Island lies ten thousand meters beneath the sea.

Any vessel wishing to head to the New World must coat its hull at the Sabaody Archipelago, then dive into the underwater cavern where Fish-Man Island is located, before surfacing on the other side of the Red Line.

This process is extremely difficult; a single misstep could result in the ship being destroyed and everyone perishing in the sea, or being targeted by Sea Kings and becoming their meal.

Yet the Shenlu, where Lin Yu was aboard, had barely begun its descent when it was targeted by a colossal Sea King more than ten times larger than the Shenlu itself.

Gazing at the Sea King eyeing the Shenlu, Lin Yu frowned slightly.

According to the records in the original story, once Princess Shirahoshi awakens the power of Poseidon, the Sea King, she will be able to command all Sea Kings beneath the sea, wielding immense power capable of saving or destroying the world.

In other words, this colossal Sea King appearing before Lin Yu would, once Shirahoshi awakens, be nothing more than one of her minor soldiers.

And Sea Kings even larger than this one are countless throughout the ocean, and they will all become Shirahoshi's subordinates.

Thinking this, Lin Yu looked at the colossal Sea King before him and spoke coldly:

"Get lost!"

Instantly, a massive aura erupted from Lin Yu, rippling through the seabed.

The colossal Sea King's huge eyes revealed fear, and it turned and fled immediately.

For Nami, Robin, and the others, such a situation was nothing new; they were long accustomed to it.

Afterwards, under Nami's control, the Shenlu continued its descent. Several hours passed before Lin Yu and the others suddenly spotted a glimmer of light in the depths.

Not long after, the light ahead grew brighter and brighter, and a massive island appeared before Lin Yu and the others.

This was Fish-Man Island, Sanji's dream destination.

Gazing at the giant light source radiating above Fish-Man Island, Lin Yu squinted; he knew it was emitted by the Sun God Tree Eve.

The Sun God Tree Eve grows in the Holy Land Mary Geoise atop the Red Line; its roots pierce through the Red Line and extend all the way to the seabed ten thousand meters deep, bringing sunlight to Fish-Man Island and granting it day and night.

When the Shenlu arrived at the entrance to Fish-Man Island, the Fish-Man Island army began to inspect it; only vessels that passed their inspection were permitted entry.

Seeing the Fish-Man soldiers approaching to inspect, Lin Yu casually said:

"Let Sister Tina handle it."

Sister Tina was a Marine, making her perfectly suited to deal with the Fish-Man Island soldiers.

After Sister Tina displayed her Marine Rear Admiral credentials, the Fish-Man Island soldiers quickly granted passage, allowing them to enter Fish-Man Island.

After the Summit War, Sister Tina was promoted to Rear Admiral by Fleet Admiral Sengoku; all her file information was top secret, accessible only to the Fleet Admiral.

However, to facilitate Sister Tina's operations, Sengoku still issued her relevant credentials, though not under the name Tina, but rather Christina.

After docking the Shenlu in the bay and leaving Smiley and Runt to guard it, Lin Yu led the others toward the Mermaid Cafe.

Upon arriving at Mermaid Cove, Lin Yu and the others heard a commotion.

"Stop him! He just kidnapped a child! Stop him!"

On the main street of Mermaid Cove, where the merfolk lived, a ferocious-looking human was clutching a sack and fleeing in all directions, while a group of Fish-Man soldiers chased after him.

Hearing this, Sister Tina instantly leaped out, kicked the human pirate away with a single blow, and snatched the sack from his hand.

Seeing the mermaid girl trapped inside the sack, the veins on Sister Tina's forehead bulged; she instantly appeared beside the human she had kicked to the ground and stomped his head until it exploded.

Since following Lin Yu, Sister Tina no longer held back against pirates; basically, once a crime was confirmed, she would immediately sentence them to death.

Lin Yu looked at the mermaid girl inside the sack and sighed helplessly.

Young and beautiful female merfolk on Fish-Man Island were deeply favored by the World Nobles, fetching extremely high prices at the auction house, usually at least several hundred million Belly.

With such exorbitant prices, not only pirates, but even some corrupt Marines would try to capture merfolk to present to the World Nobles.

Even after Fish-Man Island joined the World Government and became a member nation, this situation could not prevent merfolk from frequently being abducted.

Ultimately, Fish-Man Island only managed to alleviate this situation under the protection of Bai Huzi, which was the main reason why Jinbe remained so utterly loyal to the Bai Huzi Pirates.

Now that Bai Huzi had been killed by Lin Yu, his deterrent power greatly diminished; some human pirates began to target merfolk again, and the person just killed by Sister Tina had disguised himself as an ordinary merchant to lie in wait and capture merfolk.

Seeing the human corpse at Sister Tina's feet, the Fish-Man soldiers stared at her in shock; they never expected her to be so ruthless toward humans.

"I'm sorry; I scared you."

Sister Tina approached the captured mermaid girl and forced a gentle smile.

Afterwards, she rummaged through her pockets, hoping to find a small toy or snack to give the girl, but only managed to pull out a pack of cigarettes.

Seeing this, Lin Yu took a plush toy belonging to Perona from his dimensional storage box and handed it to Sister Tina.

Sister Tina took it and immediately gave it to the girl.

Seeing the plush toy in Sister Tina's hand, the mermaid girl's eyes clearly lit up.

For Fish-Man Island, human toys were rare treasures.

"My name is Nami."

The girl mustered her courage, spoke to Sister Tina, and then accepted the plush toy.

Sister Tina smiled happily, pointed at herself, and said:

"Tina."

Afterwards, Nami also approached the girl and smiled, saying, "My name is Nami too, you know."

In response, the little mermaid Nami glanced at her, then immediately ran away.

"Hey, hey, why are you running..." Seeing the little mermaid Nami run off, Nami was left speechless.

Seeing Nami at a loss, Lin Yu chuckled and said:

"Sister Tina, go ask those Fish-Man soldiers about the situation; we'll wait for you at the Mermaid Cafe."

Having finished speaking, Lin Yu led the others toward the location of the Mermaid Cafe.

Meanwhile, Sister Tina stayed behind to learn the situation from the Fish-Man soldiers.

The Mermaid Cafe was a luxurious cafe established by Lady Xia Li, featuring very beautiful merfolk serving as waitresses; it was one of Lin Yu's primary destinations besides Bai Xing.

The special crew members he could recruit needed not only to have names in the plot but also to have a certain amount of screen time, so Lin Yu wanted to see if any of the merfolk in the Mermaid Cafe could be recruited onto the ship.

After asking several passersby, Lin Yu and the others finally found the location of the cafe.

Because of Lin Yu and his companions' human identities, their mere entry into the Mermaid Cafe drew the attention of everyone inside; some timid merfolk and merpeople even hid directly or slipped away quietly.

Among that group of mermaid waitresses, Lin Yu spotted Kemi.

"Hello, what would you like to drink?"

As Lin Yu and the others took their seats, a beautiful mermaid waitress boldly handed them the menu.

Glancing at the mermaid waitress before him, Lin Yu casually passed the menu to Nami beside him and sighed inwardly.

This one won't do!

Just then, two figures walked into the cafe: one human, one merman.

It was Kaya and Hak.