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Chapter 59 - Chapter 59: Defeated Neptune

The moment the word "Poseidon" was spoken, Neptune's hand tightened on his trident. He had a look of confusion washed over his face. "I don't understand what you mean. Besides... Fish-Man Island is now Whitebeard's territory. If you want to cause trouble, I suggest you think carefully."

"Whitebeard?" Before Rodin could speak, Dove burst out laughing. "Hee hee hee, are you still dreaming, old man? Now that we're here, are we afraid of Whitebeard?"

At this, the left and right ministers couldn't hold back. "Ma'am, please show some respect to King Neptune... And Whitebeard is a Yonko!" one of them said. "He is the man who holds the title of the world's strongest."

Meanwhile, the merman soldiers began to whisper among themselves.

"After repelling the Marines, are they so arrogant?"

"A few females are even more arrogant than men. That's a rare sight."

"Whitebeard has sixteen captains, and forty-three affiliated pirate groups," the right minister, who resembled a seahorse, stated bluntly. "That's a massive force..."

"You don't need to introduce him," Akainu said, walking up to Rodin. Her sleeves fluttered, and her right hand turned into a torrent of hot lava. The palpable heat caused the mermen's expressions to change, even from a distance.

"Let's do it. Then, we'll go straight to the Shell Tower where Princess Shirahoshi is," Rodin said, turning away. He walked through the open-air hall and sat on his throne at the main seat of the flying boat.

"What are you going to do to Shirahoshi?!" Neptune, failing to get a direct answer, brandished his golden trident. "The peace of Fish-Man Island will not be broken by you!"

"Merman Army, let's go!" The armored merman captain shouted, gesturing to the soldiers behind him.

But instead of a response, a cold halberd pierced his body. Blood spread. The captain's eyes widened in disbelief, realizing it was one of his own men who had stabbed him.

"Captain, I can't control myself!" the merman soldier cried out in terror as he pulled his trident out and stabbed again.

His actions sparked chaos. The other merman soldiers began attacking each other. Even King Neptune couldn't control himself. He picked up his trident and roared, striking at his left and right ministers. His golden, fluffy beard fluttered up and down, and despite the pain from his waist, he wielded the trident with great power.

Neptune's face changed drastically. After picking up the left minister, he desperately shouted to the surroundings, "You guys... leave quickly! Don't come near me!"

"Hoo la la!" A sound of metal clashing and blood splattering answered him.

The merman people below, who had just been alienated, now panicked.

"What... is the great King doing?"

"My God, why is he slaughtering his own soldiers?!"

"Why is the great King being so cruel? He's always been so kind."

"Something is wrong, the soldiers are killing each other too."

"Could it be that the soldiers have all defected to Rodin?"

"This is too cruel. He is not worthy to be our king!"

Neptune listened to the discussion below as he continued to fight, his heart sinking. A pleading look quickly appeared on his face. "Your Excellency, I know it's you! Please help me! These are my people!" he cried out, heartbroken. The big shark beneath him also made a cry.

"Chachacha! The weak should be ready to be dominated at any time." Doflamingo chuckled, her ten fingers flying back and forth as if playing a beautiful song. She never claimed to be a good person; once she had made her move, it was too late to plead.

Akainu's magma subsided. There was no need for her to intervene. Soon, under the baffled and terrified gazes of the merman people, only a panting Neptune remained. He was then tied to the flying boat and dragged toward the hard-shelled tower.

In the time it took for Rodin to settle into his seat and prepare a cup of tea, a majestic king, with bloodstains on his cheeks, was escorted in an embarrassing state to the front of his golden palace.

"Rodin... Captain, why didn't you stop Ms. Dove earlier?" Tashigi, standing beside Rodin like a little secretary, looked on with a sense of unbearable distress. She felt Dove's methods were too cruel.

"The vitality of the mermen is very strong," Rodin said, glancing at her before saying no more. There was nothing to explain. Were they just supposed to stand still and let themselves be tied up?

Below the steps, Neptune's eyes were bloodshot. "You... you are a cruel devil!"

"Idiot, watch your mouth." Baki, on one side, pressed a Konpira against his chin.

"King Neptune, what you should be doing is..." Rodin took a sip of his tea. "taking us to your daughter's place."

"You thugs, what are you going to do to my daughter?! I told you, you're too small to fit!" Neptune gritted his teeth, still refusing to admit the truth. "Besides... she is not a weapon as you said! If you act recklessly, you will be punished by Whitebeard..."

"Boom!" Baki directly knocked him unconscious. "How dare you say the captain is small? If the captain hadn't said you were useful, he would have dealt with you a long time ago!"

A dark-blue cocoon on the other side seemed to move slightly as if it had heard something.

"What, you stupid crocodile, are you unconvinced?" Baki whispered, leaning closer.

"Baki," Rodin said, with a look of exasperation. Baki and Crocodile were truly the two clowns on board.

"Captain, I was wrong," Baki said, shrinking back and putting his hands behind his back. Her girlish face and big, watery eyes made her look extremely innocent. If you didn't know her, you'd be easily deceived.

At that moment, Dove stepped onto the red carpet, a newspaper in her hand. "Lord Rodin, this is today's news. It contains the news about the Straw Hat Boys, as you ordered."

"Just throw it over."

Dove nodded. With a flick of her fingertips, a thin thread dragged the newspaper to Rodin's hand. Rodin quickly scanned the pages, keeping track of the Straw Hats to get a general idea of the timeline. On the front page was the Battle of Water 7, but pressed beneath it was information about the Straw Hat Crew destroying Enies Lobby. The two events were very close together in time. Without Rodin's campaign at Water 7, the news about Enies Lobby would have been the headline.

"They still managed to ruin Enies Lobby even with my intervention?" Rodin put down his water glass. CP9 had almost been wiped out by him. Had other CP agents tried to snatch the blueprint from Iceburg, only to be foiled by the Straw Hat Crew? What a coincidence.

In the original plot, the Enies Lobby incident was followed by Ace's fierce battle with Blackbeard, which became the fuse for the Summit War.

"The Summit War." Rodin's heart burned with anticipation. This battle gathered many of the strongest individuals in the sea. He had been looking forward to it for a long time. With his involvement, the event would be even more spectacular.

In addition, it would kill two birds with one stone. Even under his influence, the World Government still hadn't abolished the Warlord system. Once the Summit War started, would the remaining Warlords be summoned? If they came to help, Rodin could take them all out in one fell swoop. That would be so much easier.

"Before that, let's get rid of the 'Yaksha'." Rodin calmed down. He calculated that there were nearly eight days left until the next summon. Before that, he should try to summon another four-star character to strengthen his forces.

With this thought in mind, the flying boat, arrived at the Shell Tower, where Princess Shirahoshi's bedchamber was located. Baki, who had gotten her answer, couldn't wait to go to the treasury to search for treasure. Since the cocoon hadn't broken yet, Mihoko was left on board to guard it.

Rodin and his party entered first. Shirahoshi rarely showed herself, so Dove and Akainu were also curious to see what the Ancient Weapon looked like.

Neptune, tangled in threads, was dragged along. As they approached the gate, a thick spear suddenly flew from the sky.

"Zi!" Before it could get close, it was stopped in mid-air by a transparent thread.

"I can't sense who threw it with my Observation Haki," Doflamingo said, frowning slightly. It wasn't a surprise attack; there were more weapons by the door.

"It's not that you can't sense it," Rodin said, shaking his head. "It's that your Haki doesn't extend that far." He stretched his wrists into the air, and a thick bolt of lightning shot straight into the sky.

"Eighty million volts Sanction!"

The clouds surged and shifted, turning into a rolling thundercloud.

"Boom!"

An explosion of lightning. Rodin felt the breath of life dissipate. As if it were a trivial matter, he opened the door and walked into the bedroom. He was greeted by a room decorated in pink, filled with a faint fragrance. The room had long drapes, a huge bed with nightstands and lamps, and a finely carved chandelier. It was very gorgeous.

On the giant bed was a woman with long, pink curly hair and a full bust. Her lower body was a beautiful pink fishtail. Her figure was huge, and her face was…

Wait!

Rodin froze, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

"Famous for her beauty, the mermaid princess is a little different from what I imagined?"

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