The visit to the great ship Noah ended quickly.
Honestly, the ship itself didn't hide many secrets—it was simply an absurdly large ark capable of carrying all Fish-Man Island's residents for migration.
Yamato enthusiastically explored for just a short while before losing interest once the novelty wore off.
"Let's go."
Kai suggested timely: "Let's check out Coral Hill. I heard there's a mermaid cafe there where the proprietress Shyarly's fortune-telling is particularly accurate."
Mermaid Shyarly could be said to be one of the people he most wanted to meet during this Fish-Man Island trip.
That was one hundred percent accurate prophetic ability.
At age three, she prophesied Sea Kings awaiting the mermaid princess's birth; at four, she prophesied the Great Pirate Era's arrival; in the future, she would prophesy the Marineford War and Whitebeard's death.
Oh right, she had also done fortune telling for Roger when she was little—that same mermaid princess birth prophecy.
"Fortune telling?" Yamato's eyes immediately brightened: "Let's go, let's go!"
They didn't delay, quickly reaching Coral Hill.
Located southeast of Fish-Man Island, this was Dragon Palace Kingdom's bustling port town with numerous shops and flowing crowds.
Kai and Yamato didn't immediately head straight to the Mermaid Cafe, but leisurely toured several famous attractions along Neptune's recommended route.
The most beautiful scenery along the way was definitely Mermaid Cove.
As the name suggested, this was where many mermaids lived, with beautiful, graceful mermaid ladies everywhere. Therefore, Mermaid Cove had beautiful scenery and even more beautiful people.
Unfortunately, Yamato seemed unwilling to let Kai have too much contact with those enthusiastically welcoming "common beauties," quickly dragging him from his "scenery appreciation" state.
During their journey, even battle-loving Yamato couldn't escape women's powerful shopping instincts.
Along the way, she was attracted by various novel seabed specialties, glowing pearls, and exquisite shell crafts, entering "buy buy buy" mode.
By the time Kai arrived at the Mermaid Cafe entrance carrying bags in both hands, the sky had already darkened.
Unexpectedly, Kai encountered Kozuki Hiyori's group of four here. They also had many shopping bags at their feet.
Upon inquiry, they had also come for fortune telling, with dining being incidental.
The Mermaid Cafe staff were already accustomed to this. Eight or nine out of ten customers came for the proprietress's incredibly accurate fortune telling, with the rest basically coming to admire their beautiful, cute mermaid girls.
Pure dining customers were extremely rare.
"Kai-sama, Yamato-sama, what would you like to eat?"
A beautiful white-fish mermaid waitress smiled as she handed over menus.
After a night of word-of-mouth, Kai's group was already household names on Fish-Man Island—these mermaid waitresses weren't strangers to them.
Kai took the menu, ordering some specialty cakes, several rare seabed fruits, and delicious shellfish dishes.
Since this was a mermaid-run cafe, they didn't serve fish or meat dishes.
"Bring three portions of each, three portions per person."
"Huh?"
The mermaid waitress was stunned—she had never seen customers order like this.
But since customers were royalty, she obediently went to arrange it in the kitchen.
Soon, Kai and Yamato's appetites completely shocked all the mermaid waitresses.
They had never seen humans who could eat so much—food entering their stomachs seemed to enter another dimension.
The mermaid girls had to run back and forth between the kitchen and the restaurant, exhausted and breathless, barely satisfying these two distinguished guests' appetites.
"Delicious!"
Yamato heartily set down the last empty plate, contentedly patting her stomach.
Kai elegantly wiped his mouth with a napkin, asking a nearby waitress: "Is Miss Shyarly available now?"
"Customer, are you looking for me?"
The respondent was a great blue shark mermaid, slightly larger than ordinary mermaids.
She held a smoking pipe, wearing a deep purple hooded top, but the hood and black short hair covering her right face didn't affect her charming appearance. Her pale skin gave an unapproachable feeling.
"I think I'm not old enough to be called 'madam.'"
Miss Shyarly had a somewhat cold attitude. She showed no flattery despite Kai's reputation.
"Sorry, my mistake, Miss Shyarly." Kai graciously corrected himself with an awkward smile.
He hadn't expected to step on a landmine with titles.
Thinking about it, 22-year-old Shyarly indeed shouldn't be called "madam."
Seeing Kai's straightforward apology, Shyarly softened slightly. So reasonable?
Her expression eased as she proactively offered: "Here for fortune telling?"
Though repeatedly seeing unfortunate futures had made her hate this ability, customer was different from customer.
No matter how nice Kai's attitude was, it couldn't change the fact that he was a notoriously fierce great pirate.
"Then I'll trouble Miss Shyarly." Kai smiled warmly.
That sunshine-bright smile instantly caused suppressed low exclamations from surrounding mermaid waitresses.
Even cold-natured Shyarly couldn't help blushing slightly at that devastatingly handsome smile.
Good looks really could do anything.
Shyarly turned around, retrieving a crystal ball from under the counter, then a dark velvet cushion to place beneath it.
"This is the prophecy ball?"
Yamato leaned forward, looking left and right with curious eyes.
No matter how she looked, it seemed like just an ordinary crystal ball.
As if confirming Yamato's guess, Shyarly explained flatly: "This is just an ordinary crystal ball you could buy at any street shop for 3,000 berries. If you like it, I can give it to you after the fortune telling."
Fortune telling relied on talent. She just needed a crystal ball as medium to see future scenes.
Hearing this, Yamato immediately lost interest, saying "oh" and no longer paying attention to the ball.
After handling curious Yamato, Shyarly took a deep breath, her expression becoming extremely focused.
She suspended her hands above the crystal ball, moving them irregularly.
Then.
"Ah!"
Shyarly suddenly released a sharp exclamation as if seeing something terrible, her cold, beautiful eyes unconsciously trembling violently.
She abruptly raised her head, looking at Kai with disbelief as if seeing this man for the first time.
"What did you see?"
Kai asked with interest. Seemed like quite a remarkable future.
Shyarly remained silent briefly, slowly digesting the world-collapse-level disaster scenes she had just witnessed.
Because the prophecy subject was Kai, other powerful figures' images were fragmented flashes, unable to form coherent systems.
But even so, the caliber of appearing characters still exceeded Shyarly's imagination.
Emperors, Marine Admirals, plus several terrifying monsters like moving mountains—
What level of war would require so many top-tier powerhouses appearing simultaneously?
"War—flames of war consuming everything, many unimaginable powerhouses fighting in ruin-like battlefields—"
Shyarly's voice was somewhat hoarse: "And you're fighting someone whose body is shrouded in black robes."
"Who's all fighting?"
Kai's curiosity was piqued.
That black-robed person was probably Im—not hard to guess. He was more interested in those participating powerhouses.
"I saw Kaido, Shanks, Akainu, plus some monsters."
Shyarly briefly described the fragmentary scenes she had witnessed.
Then immediately added: "But they only flashed by in the picture's edges, only proving their presence—everything else has no reference value."
That worked. At least he would be present during the final battle.
Kai nodded lightly.
"Anything else?"
"Mm." Shyarly recalled, continuing: "I saw you become incredibly massive, your body almost covering the entire sky, and there seemed to be a huge 'diamond' above your head?"
She paused, adding: "Oh right, your beast form also changed—similar to but not exactly like what you showed in Fish-Man Street. The most notable feature was 'dragon whiskers,' like light ribbons emanating sacred radiance floating on both sides of your head."
Fearing her description wasn't clear enough, Shyarly picked up nearby paper and pen, quickly sketching from memory before handing the rough drawing to Kai.
Kai looked and immediately fell silent.
Seeing this answer filled Kai's heart with incomparable, solid reassurance.
Without even mastering advanced transformations, he could already wrestle with Emperors—if he collected all his potential abilities, he really couldn't think of any reason for Im to win.
Yamato impatiently squeezed past Kai, excitedly approaching Shyarly.
"My turn, my turn! Help me too!"
Shyarly didn't refuse—one sheep was herding, two sheep was also herding, so she rubbed the crystal ball again.
This time, there were finally no terrible futures she didn't want to see.
"Congratulations."
Shyarly raised her head, looking between Yamato and Kai with an uncontrollable knowing, slightly mischievous smile.
Kai smiled knowingly.
"What?!"
Yamato blinked her large eyes blankly, looking between Shyarly and Kai, completely not understanding their silent communication.
"What are you talking about?"
Kai could only helplessly lean down, whispering explanations in her ear.
Unexpectedly, after listening, Yamato showed no shyness or surprise, instead wearing an "isn't this obvious" expression.
She said without reservation: "Of course, we'll definitely get married in the future."
Kai helplessly covered his face, wanting to immediately cover Yamato's mouth.
You troublemaker, do you have to say this in public?
"Hehe—"
Watching innocent, naive Yamato, the surrounding eavesdropping mermaid waitresses couldn't help covering their mouths and giggling.
What a perfect couple.
Human joys and sorrows weren't universal.
Sitting not far away, Violet, Kozuki Hiyori, Reiju, and Robin's expressions instantly darkened.
They exchanged glances, then stood up in unison, approaching the counter together.
Kozuki Hiyori spoke first, trying to keep her tone calm: "Miss Shyarly, please divine for me too."
Shyarly nodded, once again suspending her hands above the crystal ball.
This fortune-telling was quick. After raising her head, her expression became extremely strange, her gaze wandering between Kai and Kozuki Hiyori as if seeing some incredible scene.
After a long silence, she struggled to utter: "Also—congratulations?"
Hearing this, Kozuki Hiyori's tense shoulders immediately relaxed as she sighed softly with relief.
Good, in the future, Kai-sama wouldn't abandon her.
Next was Violet.
When Shyarly saw the current crystal ball scene, she doubted her fortune-telling ability for the first time.
Was she doing too much fortune telling today and getting blurry vision? How was the male protagonist always the same person?
She looked between Violet and seemingly innocent Kai with complex expressions, finally giving the exact same answer as before.
Then Reiju and Robin took turns.
After identical "congratulations" responses, the women, though having mixed feelings, seemed somewhat satisfied.
Though not knowing what the future held, at least knowing Kai would give them an "explanation." That was enough.
After all, Kai had never hidden his "broad love," and they had, to some extent, accepted this status quo.
After finishing the last fortune telling, Shyarly quietly took out a clean handkerchief, carefully wiping the crystal ball as if it were contaminated.
Her gaze toward Kai changed from awe to disdain.
Pure playboy.
Kai could only helplessly shrug internally.
Though he was a playboy, his feelings toward each girl were absolutely sincere and genuine!
Three days later.
Fish-Man Island harbor.
Neptune's family came to see them off.
"Goodbye, Brother Kai, and everyone—"
At the moment of parting, Shirahoshi couldn't completely hold back, large tears rolling down like crystalline pearls.
Though they had only spent a few short days together, they had formed deep friendships with Neptune's family.
"Don't be sad. Didn't we exchange Den Den Mushi numbers? You can call anytime you miss us."
Kai gently patted Shirahoshi's large bright red fish tail, warmly comforting her.
"Definitely!"
Shirahoshi nodded hard, trying to stop her tears as she extended her little finger.
"Of course." Kai smiled, also extending his little finger, lightly touching her fingertip.
After Shirahoshi bid farewell to everyone, King Neptune stepped forward: "Kai-san, please take good care of my people."
"Don't worry."
Kai patted his chest: "They're my people now, so naturally I'll be responsible for them."
After bidding farewell to Neptune's family, Kai's group finally departed, preparing to return home.
Fish-Man Island currently held nothing worth their lingering.