Chapter 192
Rorschach used a sheet of paper to make a rubbing of the Poneglyph before leading everyone away from the Sea Forest. The place was beautiful, but they had already achieved what they ca for, so there was no reason to linger any longer.
The group boarded the ocean current channel leading back to Fish-Man Island. The Sea Train slowly departed from the Sea Forest.
Shirahoshi looked back at the Sea Forest gradually shrinking in the distance, a gentle smile appearing on her face. From now on, she no longer had to stay trapped inside the Hard Shell Tower. She could co to the Sea Forest anyti she wanted to visit her mother.
All of this was thanks to Rorschach. Otherwise, she had no idea how much longer she would have been forced to remain locked away.
After returning to Fish-Man Island, the area felt noticeably quieter. Because the ocean current channel to the Sea Forest was quite far from the main residential areas, there were almost no people around.
In the morning, Shirahoshi’s appearance had caused a huge commotion across the entire island. Many civilians had flooded the streets searching for her, wanting to catch even a single glimpse of the princess they hadn’t seen in eight years.
So of the younger children had never seen the princess before, while the adults only rembered what she looked like when she was six years old. Even back then, it was clear she would grow up to be a beauty. Now at fourteen, she had likely beco even more beautiful.
According to the descriptions passed down by the palace soldiers, she was said to possess beauty that could rival that of the "Pirate Empress."
However, what stood out the most to Rorschach was her sheer size. Her figure was far more developed than what a fourteen-year-old girl should normally have.
"It suddenly got a lot quieter. Does Fish-Man Island always have so few people in the afternoon?" Nami asked curiously as they walked across the coral ground near the edge of the island.
In the morning, the streets had been completely packed. Now it felt almost deserted.
"No," Jinbe replied seriously, his gaze lifting toward the sky. "Many civilians also live underwater here. But for so reason, it seems like sothing has happened..."
At that mont, a large number of soldiers began appearing from the passage connecting to Ryugu Palace above. They flew off in various directions across the island. Even the sea beasts and vehicles carrying the three princes could be seen moving through the sky.
"What in the world is going on? Even the princes have been deployed," Camie said in surprise as she looked up at the massive sea beasts flying overhead.
"Rebellion?" Nami muttered in shock after a mont.
"Rebellion?!"
Everyone reacted with surprise, especially Camie and the other rmaid girls. As residents of Fish-Man Island, they knew better than anyone how things worked here. King Neptune was considered a wise and responsible ruler. Who would suddenly rebel against him?
Rorschach was also surprised, though the first person that ca to his mind was Hody Jones. This was supposed to be an event that happened two years later in the original tiline. It seed his presence had caused the tiline to shift.
He released his Observation Haki. Combined with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s abilities, his range was massive. He could clearly hear the voices of the people across the island.
Just as he suspected, the rebellion was indeed being led by Hody Jones and his group.
"Forgive , Rorschach," Jinbe said with a heavy expression. "You had to witness such an unsightly situation on Fish-Man Island. I need to leave for a while to deal with this ss."
Rorschach placed a hand on Jinbe’s shoulder and smiled. "Don’t be so formal, Jinbe. Let’s go together. You know our strength. Suppressing a rebellion like this is nothing to us."
Jinbe hesitated. This was an internal matter of Fish-Man Island, yet he would be dragging outsiders into it.
Rorschach continued casually, "It’s fine. We’re bored anyway. Consider it entertainnt. Don’t worry, I won’t kill them. You can deal with your own people yourselves."
"...Alright."
Seeing that Rorschach had already made up his mind, Jinbe could only agree.
Rorschach lightly waved his hand. The piece of coral ground they were standing on instantly broke off and floated into the air under the power of the Float-Float Fruit. It then flew toward the direction his Observation Haki had detected.
"We’re... flying?!"
Camie and the rmaid girls stared in shock at the ground beneath their feet.
"It’s the Float-Float Fruit," Jinbe remarked. "What a convenient ability."
"Rorschach-kun, how did you do that? Can you teach us too?" the rmaid girls surrounded him with sparkling eyes, clearly excited.
For rmaids under thirty years old, moving on land was extrely inconvenient. They usually had to rely on coral bubbles. They had no idea this floating ability ca from a Devil Fruit, so they assud it was so kind of technique Rorschach could teach them.
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