One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

The moment he saw the photo, Neptune felt as if thunder had exploded in his ears. His mind suddenly became a mess and he didn't know what to say.

"King Neptune, as the king of Fishman Island, you must lead by example. How can you be in league with these pirates?"

"Pirate Roger, a great pirate with a bounty of 4 billion berries, one of the top pirate groups in the New World."

"Let me do the math. Based on the average price, Roger's own bounty, not counting the rest of the Roger Pirates, is enough to buy more than ten fish-man slaves."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

After that, Carsent even calculated Roger's price for Neptune out of mischief, but the unit of measurement was a bit strange.

"That...this..."

At this moment, under Carsent's gaze, Neptune seemed to feel an invisible pressure coming from Carsent, making him feel as if he were being pricked by needles all over and making him restless.

"This... is because Roger is so powerful. He asked me to drink. For the sake of the hundreds of thousands of residents of Fishman Island, I had to drink."

"Ah, yes, yes, that's it!"

Finally, Neptune's brain was working rapidly and he came up with a reasonable explanation and quickly put it forward.

"I see. King Neptune, who loves his people like his own children, must inform the Navy Headquarters in time if you encounter these pirate groups again."

Seeing Neptune's nervous look, Carsent didn't delve into it too much. After saying a few words, he let the matter go.

After all, Fishman Island is essentially a neutral area between pirates and the navy. Although it is nominally named after the country, the geographical role of Fishman Island is far greater than its political role.

In the eyes of the Five Elders, if there was not the possibility of an unknown Sea King, then whether Fish-Man Island was occupied by Fish-Men was not so important.

In other words, as long as Fishman Island exists and can serve as a buffer zone between the New World and the Sabaody Archipelago, it doesn't matter who the indigenous people here are.

If the fish-men go too far, then one day in the future a vicious pirate group may massacre the entire Fish-man Island. Then, the World Government, in appreciation of the long-term contributions of Fish-man Island, will specially set up this day as "Thanksgiving Day" to thank the fish-men for their outstanding contributions.

"General Xuanming is right. I will pay attention to this in the future."

Seeing that Carsent had no intention of pursuing the matter, Princess Otohime simply took over the conversation and responded with a smile.

"Is it really impossible for humans and fishmen to coexist peacefully?"

Otohime continued to speak, a hint of hope in her mournful voice.

"I……"

Hearing this hopeful question, Carsent felt a little helpless. He thought that everything he had said before would change Princess Otohime's mind, but he didn't expect Otohime to say this again.

"The two tribes, mermaids and mermen, have always coexisted peacefully. The human leaders have been quite restrained towards the mermen. This matter cannot be resolved between the leaders of the two tribes."

Carsen knew that although this matter was in the interests of the fish traders, it was essentially a matter of far more than just these interests.

Fishman Island has countless economic benefits, including rare shells, pearls and delicious sea fish. These things are enough to be sold at sky-high prices on the sea, hundreds of times the profit from the fishman's sales.

After all, although merman is expensive, the probability of catching one successfully is too low, with only twenty to thirty fish a year, and an average of thousands of people die every year.

But the problem is that on the one hand, the fishmen themselves have become the "favorites" of the human high-level officials and even the Celestial Dragons, which has gone beyond simple economic interests. The slave trade is not just for economic benefits. Human experiments, miners' slaves, and even a series of shameful things are covered up by the slave trade.

On the other hand, greed is limitless, and in the face of rising greed, blindly compromising is of no use.

"Peace is possible, but coexistence is impossible. Coexistence means checks and balances between the two sides. Now the fishmen can only rely on the human race to exist, and pursue the balance that can be achieved in the cracks."

Carsent spoke up and analyzed the interests involved for Princess Otohime.

We have talked for such a long time, using threats, inducements and in-depth explanations, all for this moment, but there are some things that I cannot say myself, and I have to let Neptune bring them up actively.

Thinking of this, Carsent continued to use words to induce.

"If you want peace on Fishman Island, the most effective way is to follow a powerful and influential person, and use the power of this powerful person to interfere with the decisions of the World Government and other greedy people."

"For example, the King's close friend, the great pirate Roger, seems to be a good choice."

Carsent's tone rose slightly, and after saying this he paused for a moment and did not speak again.

"Ah, no, no, no, Fishman Island has nothing to do with Roger. We will not surrender to the pirates."

Hearing the name Roger again, Neptune, who was a little stressed, subconsciously shook his head to refuse.

"Then this... can we choose to rely on General Sengoku?"

Neptune continued to make his point.

"Sure, then you can wait until General Sengoku comes to Fishman Island and talk to him in person."

Seeing that Neptune even brought up the Warring States, Carsente forced himself to suppress his laughter.

As the power in the Marine Headquarters slowly changed, Sengoku was basically bound to the Marine Headquarters. Kyousuke Sora's intentional decentralization and the favor of the Five Elders meant that Sengoku left the Marine Headquarters only a few times.

What's more, if Sengoku wants to go to the New World, he can use the waterways of the Red Earth Continent and there is no need to cross the deep sea and pass through Fishman Island.

It can be said that if nothing unexpected happened, Sengoku would never be able to reach Fishman Island in his lifetime.

"Then, I wonder if Vice Admiral Xuanming can lend a hand and help Fishman Island get out of its current predicament."

After thinking for a long time, Neptune looked up and saw Carsent sitting opposite him, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

Originally, Neptune had been considering the officials of the World Government and the Admirals of the Navy, because these people were the ones who truly stood at the top of power.

However, since there was no way to get in touch with these people, Neptune unconsciously fell into a vicious circle.

It was not until he looked up that Neptune suddenly realized that Carsent was an excellent candidate for refuge.

He is already a candidate for admiral at such a young age, and it is a foregone conclusion that he will become an admiral or even a naval marshal in the future. So instead of trying hard to make friends with high-ranking officials thousands of miles away, it would be better to take this opportunity to establish a good relationship with Carson. Isn't it the same logic?