Chapter 666: Prisoner! (Two in One)
Fishman Island is in chaos, which is a good opportunity for the Straw Hat Pirates to escape.
But Luffy is also a person who likes excitement. Looking at the current state of Fishman Street, Luffy actually wants to follow Sabo to take a look and see what happened on Fishman Island.
But reason finally suppressed his curiosity.
He was not the only one on the ship at this time, and he was responsible for the safety of his companions.
If they rashly get involved, they may miss this window of opportunity. When Fishman Island returns to stability, it will not be easy for these pirates to leave Fishman Island again.
Although Luffy is full of confidence in his own strength, he is not afraid even if he faces the pursuit of the new navy.
But Luffy is also very clear that if they meet the new navy led by Jinbei in the sea, they will definitely not be able to escape safely.
When the crew heard Luffy say to set sail, they returned to their posts after a brief surprise.
Those who collected anchors collected anchors, and those who transported fuel transported fuel.
This Sunny is almost the most advanced shipbuilding technology of the Seven Water Cities. Franky is Tom's disciple. Except for the technology related to Pluto, they have taught this disciple everything else.
Therefore, this ship is not the most popular sailing ship on this sea. Even in the land like the Fishman Forest, they have a way to get the ship back to the sea.
The preparations before sailing were very quick. With the sound of violent suction, a layer of transparent bubbles quickly wrapped around the hull of the Sunny.
Under the effect of the foam, the Sunny slowly floated from the ground, and after a few meters off the ground, it slowly floated towards the sky.
It was not only the Straw Hat Pirates who noticed the opportunity. In the water grass forest of the Fishman Forest, the pirates who also realized that the opportunity to leave had come were also preparing to escape.
One pirate ship after another floated up from the forest and drifted towards the open sea.
"Franky, use the wind cannon, let's get out of here as quickly as possible!"
Luffy also noticed other pirate ships around him. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Luffy wanted to speed up and get away from other pirates.
They didn't know what happened on Fishman Island, how many troops the new navy would deploy in the face of such chaos, and whether there were still new navy officers monitoring the entire Fishman Island in the open sea to guard against pirates escaping from the island.
For safety reasons, Luffy thought it would be better to hurry up.
It is good to separate from the escaping "large force". Even if the new navy intends to attack the pirates, they will consider catching as many pirates as possible.
With this mentality, if Luffy and his pirate ship travel alone, they may encounter slightly less resistance.
The new navy should invest more energy in the large force behind them.
Although Luffy is young and unwilling to think most of the time, he is a person who has received formal education from the Navy Headquarters. Now he has more or less engraved some of the Navy's action logic in his behavior.
Under the guidance and influence of the Navy Headquarters, Luffy's actions have finally become more organized.
"Okay!"
"Hold on, I'm going to start!"
Franky didn't hesitate at all when he heard Luffy's order. Although he didn't understand why Luffy made such a decision, Franky didn't mean to ask more questions. Although Luffy sometimes behaved a little nonsensically, the crew had absolute trust in him.
"Boom!!!"
A few seconds later, the wind cannon of the Sunny was activated, and the ship suddenly accelerated. In just a blink of an eye, it surpassed all other pirate ships in the same group and shot directly into the sky.
The distance between the Sunny and other pirate ships was instantly opened by a thousand meters, becoming the first pirate ship to enter the ocean.
However, Luffy's caution did not play any role.
The new navy that he was guarding against had no time to care about these pirates. Because of the appearance of the World Government, the new navy was also busy at this moment and had no time to care about him.
Before Tsugikoku Yoshiichi and Zephyr arrived, Jinbei was actually unwilling to have a direct conflict with the World Government.
He had a clear understanding of his own strength, and he would definitely not be able to stop the Navy Admirals and the Five Elders when he was seriously injured.
However, the World Government's massacre of the New Navy's family members angered all the New Navy. Even Jinbei, a general with both strength and prestige, could not contain his subordinates' anger.
Many subordinates ignored the order and rushed back to Fishman Island to fight with the World Government.
As the commander, Jinbei could not sit back and watch his subordinates being killed by the World Government's trap at this time.
Helplessly, he could only lead the remaining New Navy back to Fishman Island.
Jinbei's joining also brought some changes to this war. The one-sided massacre was successfully stabilized after Jinbei joined.
However, when Admiral Magellan, Galin Sheng and other Celestial Dragons walked out of Ryugu City and joined the battlefield, the balance of victory in this war completely tilted to the World Government.
The war between the new navy and the world government did not last too long. It was over in just half a day.
The guards of Ryugu Castle appeared on the streets and tried to maintain law and order on the island. Although the light from the sun tree gradually extinguished, Fishman Island also fell into darkness.
But this night will be a sleepless night for most people on Fishman Island.
The coup on Fishman Island has a very wide range, and the people of Fishman Island do not know where the island will go after this shocking change.
The originally peaceful life was broken, and the future is full of unknowns.
"Mrs. Shirley, what will Fishman Island become?"
"What should we do?"
In a coral house in Mermaid Bay, a group of mermaids from the Mermaid Cafe gathered together.
Because of the Straw Hat Pirates, the Mermaid Cafe was completely destroyed and is now being rebuilt. And during the day, there was another riot on Fishman Island, which made the mermaids, whose homes were destroyed, even more uneasy.
In order to seek comfort, the mermaids found the famous fortune teller on the island, Shirley.
The mermaids wanted to get guidance from this prophet to calm their anxious hearts.
More than a dozen mermaids gathered in the room, and they all looked at Xia Li, who was sitting at the table with a serious face.
On the table in front of Xia Li, there was a transparent crystal ball.
In the eyes of others, this crystal ball was ordinary and there was nothing unusual, but in Xia Li's eyes, pictures of the future were flashing on the surface of the crystal ball.
Predicting the future
This is Xia Li's innate ability. Since she awakened this ability at the age of 4, her predictions have never been wrong.
Flashing out of the crystal ball are pictures of Fishman Island.
However, no matter how the pictures flash, all you can see with your naked eyes is a sea of fire and ruins on the ground.
Fishman Island. Destroyed
A few minutes later, the picture on the crystal ball disappeared, and Xia Li also walked out of the "prophecy" state with sweat all over her head. Her face was full of fear, which also made the mermaids around her nervous.
"What happened? Sister Xia Li?"
"What should we do next? What will Fishman Island look like next?"
The mermaids asked one after another, their voices full of hope and concern.
"Fishman Island is destroyed"
"There are fires everywhere, and damaged houses everywhere"
"Fishman Island is finished!!!"
Xia Li had not yet recovered from the shock of seeing the prophecy, and almost subconsciously answered the mermaids' questions without any concealment.
"!!!!"
"Ah?!"
Hearing the prophecy of the destruction of Fishman Island, there was a sudden cry of surprise in the room, and panic spread.
Ryugu Castle, dungeon.
"Ka--"
In the meantime, Jinbei, who was wrapped in bandages, finally regained consciousness. He moved his body subconsciously, and the chains that bound him collided with each other, making a series of noises.
He failed
"Where am I?!"
Jinbei opened his eyes and saw a dark scene. He looked around and realized that he was in a cell. He looked down at the huge chain that bound him, and a bitter smile appeared on his face:
"Heh, didn't you kill me?"
The last memory left in Jinbei's mind was the scene of charging towards Magellan, Galin and others to support his companions.
In front of the admirals and the Five Elders, Jinbei was ultimately unable to compete with them and was defeated. In his heart, he was actually ready to die, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't kill him, but instead captured him and locked him up in this prison.
The walls of the prison were covered with moss, a kind of moss that only exists in the deep sea. Jinbei understood that he should still be on Fishman Island and had not been taken away.
"Tap tap."
Perhaps someone heard the movement of Jinbei waking up. Not long after Jinbei woke up, footsteps were heard on the corridor in front of the prison door.
Not long after, Magellan appeared in front of the prison gate and looked at Jinbei:
"Are you awake? Jinbei!"
Magellan greeted him in a deep voice, and after taking a quick look at Jinbei's condition, his mood became a little heavy.
Jinbei had several fatal injuries, but fortunately, he survived and did not die.
The living Jinbei was very troublesome for their Navy Headquarters.
"Why didn't you kill me?"
The New Navy and the Navy Headquarters were also openly hostile to each other. The moment he was defeated, Jinbei had already made plans to die.
But the other party did spare his life, and Jinbei felt puzzled.
"I want to kill you, but I want to let you live."
"It's the order of the Five Elders. Your life is valuable to them."
"On the one hand, they want to extract intelligence about the New Navy from you; on the other hand, they also hope to shock the New Navy through public execution."
"Jinbei, do you think that if the Ten Thousand Nations learned that you were captured, would they send strong men to rescue you?"
Magellan didn't know what his purpose was, and he didn't hide anything when facing Jinbei's question.
Hearing Magellan's words, Jinbei couldn't help but change his face. His face, which had turned aqua blue due to weakness, turned pale at this moment.
"You want to."
Jinbei already had a guess in his mind and was greatly shocked.
"Just what you thought, you became the Celestial Dragon's bait."
"If the New Navy doesn't save you, what they will lose is the majesty of their 'emperor' power; if they choose to save you, they will face me and the Five Old Stars."
"This is the World Government's plan to weaken your new navy."
"I don't know if you are lucky or unlucky that you can still survive after being seriously injured like that."
Magellan's tone was full of emotion, and after speaking, he turned to one side and planned to leave. It seemed that he came here just to confirm whether Jinbei was still alive and to say something like this to Jinbei.
At this time, Jinbei was also anxious because of learning such shocking news, and he was thinking hard about how to get out of the current predicament.
Magellan noticed Jinbei's dazed look, and after walking a few steps he couldn't help but stop: "If I were you, I wouldn't choose to continue living, Jinbei."
After saying that, Magellan's figure disappeared in front of the door, and his footsteps became farther and farther away until they disappeared completely.
The words Magellan said before leaving were also deeply engraved in Jinbei's heart.
He didn't know what Magellan's purpose was, but after carefully analyzing the predicament at hand, Jinbei suddenly discovered that the "method" given by Magellan was the most beneficial to the new navy.
As long as he dies, the New Navy will have no reason to send troops to rescue him.
Because of his death, the conflict between the navy and the world government may be back on the table, but if it fights head-on, the new navy may not necessarily suffer.
What Jinbe is afraid of is that in order to save him, the strong men of the New Navy will fall into the trap of the World Government.
"Is death the best choice for me right now?"
Such thoughts flashed through Jinbei's mind, but the next moment his brain came to his senses.
"No I won't die!"
"I'm afraid the World Government didn't even think that before they planned to use me to set up a trap, the nations had already taken action."
"If it were him, the so-called trap would not be established at all!"
His brain returned to clarity, and Jinbei's eyes showed hope.
Who would want to die if he could live?
Jinbei knew that he still had a glimmer of hope.
Even if he dies, he must die under Jiguo Enichi's perception. Only in this way can we completely prevent the New Navy from falling into the trap of the World Government.
Otherwise, even if there is only one corpse left, the other party may pretend to advertise that he is still alive, and then seduce other strong men of the new navy to come.
Magellan left the dungeon and when he walked to the door, he met Garin Sei who was about to check on Jinbei's condition.
The two passed by each other and simply said hello, and then there was no more unnecessary communication.
It wasn't until Magellan left that Saint Galin looked back at Magellan's back with some suspicion.
"What is this guy doing?!"
Magellan, who left the dungeon, was walking on the path of Ryugu Castle. His face was heavy at this time. Because of Jinbei's arrest, their navy headquarters was in huge trouble.
He wanted to avoid fighting with the New Navy, but he didn't know if Jinbei was willing to sacrifice himself for the overall situation.
After thinking for a long time, Magellan finally sighed and forced himself to stop thinking about these things.
Things have already happened. There may be another fierce battle between their navy headquarters and the new navy.
