Chapter 403: The Truth and the Reason

Arriving on the deck, Lin Yu saw Lady Xia Li and the other two chatting happily with Nami and Luo Bin's group.

It seemed Nami, Luo Bin, and the others had successfully convinced Lady Xia Li, Icil, and Kemi of his character.

"Xia Li, come with me for a moment."

Standing before the door to the Chuanzhangshi Sect, Lin Yu called out to Lady Xia Li.

"O-okay..."

Recalling her interactions with Lin Yu today, Lady Xia Li's face flushed again, and amidst the teasing voices of the other women, she walked toward the Chuanzhangshi Sect.

Lin Yu sat before the captain's desk and, seeing Xia Li enter, spoke directly:

"You are Arlong the Fish-Man's sister, correct."

Hearing that he had business with her, Lady Xia Li inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

Although she and Arlong the Fish-Man were half-siblings sharing the same father, they were over ten years apart in age and shared no real bond.

Next, Lin Yu took out a deck of tarot cards and smiled at Lady Xia Li:

"Have you figured out your Devil Fruit ability yet?"

Upon hearing this, Lady Xia Li nodded and said, "I've figured out a little."

Since eating the Devil Fruit, some inexplicable knowledge had appeared in her mind, and she now knew what basic abilities the Devil Fruit Lin Yu had fed her possessed.

One of these Devil Fruit abilities was divination!

Lin Yu handed the tarot cards in his hand to Lady Xia Li and said, "Then divine the probability of Hody Jones's rebellion."

"Hody Jones's rebellion?" Lady Xia Li was instantly stunned.

Looking at Lady Xia Li's pretty face, Lin Yu smiled:

"Actually, Hody Jones is the one who killed Wang Fei Otohime. He harbors an inexplicable hatred for humans, despises the current royal family members like Neptune, and has always wanted to eliminate them."

"The Devil Fruit you just consumed can greatly strengthen your divination ability; you can divine it yourself."

Only if Lady Xia Li personally divined Hody Jones's rebellion would he believe her words and be willing to cooperate.

"Hody Jones is actually the one who killed Wang Fei Otohime..."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Lady Xia Li was utterly shocked, then hurriedly took the tarot cards from Lin Yu's hand, preparing to divine and see.

Although crystal ball divination was her specialty, she was also skilled at tarot divination.

As the divination progressed, Lady Xia Li's face turned pale.

She did not divine whether Hody Jones would rebel; instead, she directly divined whether Lin Yu was lying. The former was too troublesome and not very accurate, while the latter was simpler and more accurate.

However, the result of the divination told her that Lin Yu was not lying; even after divining four or five times, the result was the same.

This meant that what Lin Yu said was indeed true: Hody Jones was truly the one who killed Wang Fei Otohime, and he had framed humans for it, causing the people of Fish-Man Island to hate humans.

Shocked by the truth of Wang Fei Otohime's death, Lady Xia Li looked at Lin Yu and asked:

"Do you know the truth behind Wang Fei Otohime's murder?"

"Of course." Lin Yu nodded affirmatively and detailed to Lady Xia Li how Hody Jones had killed Wang Fei Otohime, as well as the fact that he was currently secretly recruiting soldiers in Fish-Man Street, preparing to rebel.

To prove that the truth about Wang Fei Otohime's murder he spoke of was factual, Lin Yu even brought up Wang Fei Shirahoshi.

Hearing the end, Lady Xia Li asked in shock:

"You say Wang Fei Shirahoshi knows about this?"

Lin Yu nodded affirmatively: "Wang Fei Shirahoshi indeed knows about this, but due to Wang Fei Otohime's request, she has not revealed it to anyone, not even King Neptune."

Regarding Wang Fei Otohime's request for Shirahoshi not to hate the murderer, Lin Yu could actually understand it very well.

Shirahoshi is the Sea God Poseidon, possessing terrifying power capable of destroying the world. Once her kind and pure heart is polluted by hatred, it would absolutely be no good thing for the world.

When one holds a hammer that never fails, everything looks like a nail.

Once Wang Fei Shirahoshi fell into hatred and wanted to use the Sea God's power for revenge, she would also choose to use the Sea God's power when facing the conflict between the Fish-Man race and humans.

At that time, humans and the Fish-Man race would truly be locked in a fight to the death.

So, in Lin Yu's view.

Wang Fei Shirahoshi, bound by Wang Fei Otohime's request, has kept the secret of her mother's death for so many years, and because of that disgusting bug who never washes his hands, is trapped in the Shell Tower; she is truly a pitiful child.

I must go and rescue her properly, to free her from this sea of bitterness.

Hearing Lin Yu's certainty, Lady Xia Li frowned and looked at him, curious about how he knew these secret pieces of information.

Afterwards, Lady Xia Li looked at Lin Yu and asked, "Then what do you plan to do?"

Lady Xia Li now completely believed Lin Yu's words, because verifying them was a very simple matter; he had absolutely no need to lie to her.

Moreover, Lady Xia Li's divination had also told her that Lin Yu was not lying.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu smiled: "I want you to use your identity as Arlong's sister to infiltrate Fish-Man Street..."

Hearing that Lin Yu actually wanted her to infiltrate Fish-Man Street, persuade Hody Jones to rebel, so he could take the opportunity to eliminate this dangerous hidden threat for Fish-Man Island, Lady Xia Li looked at him strangely once more.

Although Lady Xia Li had just learned from Nami, Luo Bin, and others that Lin Yu was not as rumored, hearing that he actually intended to save Fish-Man Island, she could not help but be shocked.

Previously, she had been trembling with fear that Lin Yu would slaughter Fish-Man Island, but now he was already discussing with her ways to help Fish-Man Island eliminate dangers.

Such a huge contrast between before and after left Lady Xia Li unable to accept it for a moment.

Thus, Lady Xia Li frowned and asked:

"Why do you want to help Fish-Man Island?"