New World, Raff Drew.
"Wait a minute, you mean..."
In front of the huge and solemn stone monument, Luffy raised his head in astonishment and looked at the stone monument.
To be precise, I looked at the white star inside.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."
"Ah, trouble!"
Rubbing his hair in distress, Luffy looked back at the others who looked curious and said, "Shirahoshi doesn't know how to get out."
"Nani?!"
A group of people stayed in place.
What is this word
Even the person involved doesn’t know how to get out? !
"Then does she still remember how she was imprisoned? Luffy."
Jinbe asked slightly sadly.
The fact was as Ron had speculated. Although he could vaguely detect Shirahoshi's aura, he was unable to communicate directly with Luffy.
"Wait a minute and I'll ask..."
After saying that, Luffy turned around and repeated the question.
At the same time, he raised his chin, transformed into Sherlock Holmes, and nodded from time to time, looking very reliable.
"Hmm... Well, that's it..."
"Is it really okay?"
Sanji asked worriedly, his curly eyebrows knitted together.
He understands the truth. After all, the only person who can communicate with Shirahoshi now is Luffy... But that is Luffy after all!
90% of the time it's pure idiot mode!
Is it really no problem
"We have no choice but to believe him."
Nami sighed, not wanting to discuss the topic.
Speaking of this, suddenly, a terrible sense of oppression burst out from Luffy's body.
That is the domineering aura that belongs to the king!
Ron had forced him out long before he went to sea in 1519. Now a few years have passed, and as Luffy's strength has increased, this domineering power has become more and more frightening.
"That's it... I understand."
Luffy replied calmly, but those who knew him well heard a different emotion in his tone.
"how?"
Jinbe couldn't help but ask.
"I… "
After moving his mouth, Luffy hesitated for a moment and looked at him: "After Shirahoshi was brought here, Orric stabbed her heart with a knife."
"Then she lost consciousness and when she woke up, she was already locked inside."
Noticing the anger and sadness on Jinbei's face, Luffy lowered the brim of his hat: "She said... before she passed out, she felt like her body was flying up. There was a power in the stone tablet that pulled her over."
The feeling of your body flying
Isn’t that just an out-of-body experience
This statement is so obvious that even Luffy, who is in pure idiot mode 90% of the time, can understand it.
The way to rescue Bai Xing is very simple, trade your life for your life!
If a person dies near the stone monument, their souls will swap and go to "jail" instead of Bai Xing.
Uh-huh!
After listening to the words, everyone was relatively silent.
Death is so far away yet within reach.
None of them were prepared to die.
But soon, Jinbei raised his head and pulled down his upper body bathrobe to the left and right sides, revealing his blue skin.
"I come!"
Everyone looked at him in shock. Jinbei took a step forward and came to Luffy's side, sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"If you can end this nightmare with my life, why not die?"
Then he looked at Sauron.
"Please, Swordsman-san!"
"Is this really the only way?"
Zoro grabbed Wado Yimonji with his left hand and stepped forward.
Although they had known each other for a short time, he had great admiration for Jinbei's character. He was a man worthy of the name "Sea Man", regardless of race, he was a man of pure spiritual level.
Even though he had been influenced by a lot of samurai spirit in Wano Country, Zoro was still a little unable to take action.
"Wait a minute, these are just Princess Bai Xing's speculations, and there is no evidence to confirm them."
Nami stopped Zoro in a panic and turned around to ask Luffy: "And if we exchange lives for lives, can't we just go find the current Sea King..."
"By the way, isn't our ultimate goal Neptune? Even if we send Jinbei in, we won't be able to solve the problem!"
This sentence hit the point, and a group of people became energetic.
Yes, even if Jinbe is sent in to rescue Shirahoshi now, they still have to face Neptune.
Zoro breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Jinbe with a smile.
"It seems that you can't die."
However…
"No, I think you'd better not have that naive idea."
A familiar voice sounded from behind everyone. The group of people turned around in shock, their pupils suddenly constricted.
"navy?!"
Clang!
Sauron drew his weapon, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
"I remember you, Navy Ghost Sword, Quindonte!"
Wearing a wide cloak of justice that shielded his body from the scorching desert sun, Dongte lazily pressed his left elbow on the hilt of his astonishingly long sword and stood in front of the fully armed members of the assassination force.
"Three-sword swordsman, Lorolloa Zoro..."
Dongte read out the name calmly, then looked past him and looked at Luffy: "There are many ways to kill people. Do you know why Orric chose a knife?"
Sauron was ignored: "... I'll kill you!"
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"Why?"
Luffy asked, looking up.
"If the trauma to the body is too great, even if Bai Xing is rescued, he will still end up waiting for death."
"Indeed, we can't just consider soul exchange, but also consider whether we can survive after the exchange."
Chopper glanced at Jinbei and said: "So we must ensure that while killing the opponent, we can also ensure the subtlety of healing the opponent."
This is not contradictory in medicine, and many patients whose brain waves have stopped can also be saved.
"Not only that, but the target must be a mermaid or a fishman."
Dongte had no intention of taking action, so he found a big rock and sat down: "Princess White Star's body can control the Neptunes. Do you know why? How were the Neptunes born? What is the connection between them?"
This question involves the Straw Hats' knowledge blind spot, and Dongte didn't expect them to answer. He explained: "Actually, the Neptunes are just a group of biological weapons that were deliberately created... Well, this is nonsense."
After all, ancient weapons are famous far and wide.
"Many, many years ago, some people used superb medical technology to assemble and sew together the body tissues of different creatures to form various monsters."
"They were not that big at the time. It's just that as time went by, through the continuous impregnation of sea floor stones, the genes were changed to amplify the size and form inheritance, and this group of things called sea kings were born."
Looking at the confused Straw Hats, Dongte decided to keep the story short.
It would take three days and three nights to explain to them why Hailou Stone causes living things to grow larger.
Dongte couldn't help but shudder when he remembered that he was also curious about the reason behind Ron's sudden increase in height, so he looked through the information and ended up having a headache for three days.
"And as I said, they are a group of biological weapons. Once the weapons are manufactured, there naturally needs to be a switch to control them."
"This switch... is you, mermaids and fishmen."
Pointing at Jinbei, Dongte continued.
"The reason why the Neptune royal family has always been a royal family is because the ability to control sea kings will only be passed down in their family's bloodline... Every few hundred years, when the power in this bloodline reaches a certain level, it will A mermaid princess who can control Neptune will be born.”
Speaking of this, Dong Te grinned.
"Yes, just as you thought."
"Mermaids, fishmen, and Neptunes are also the product of a biological experiment. They were deliberately placed on Fishman Island to monitor Shanzu's every move for some big shots and prevent him from going wild."
"Fishman Island, its original name should be called a monitoring station and a military base."
"Now back to the question just now... think about it, why is the Sea King outside now able to exchange souls with Princess White Star?"
boom!
The information revealed in Dongte's words made the Straw Hats dizzy, but they understood a little bit.
Robin covered his mouth in surprise and said: "Because just like the birth process of Neptune, fish people and mermaids... also need a biological sample!"
Just in the ruined desert of Ravdru, Robin discovered many damaged reliefs.
The pattern depicted above is a scene of ancient ancestors performing some kind of worship and sacrifice, and the protagonist is a huge mermaid woman with a body and a fish tail!
Not surprisingly, excluding inhumane biological experiments, the mermaid and fishman are clearly the direct descendants of that god!