Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

"It looks like we have hope."

"Yeah, the Straw Hat crew is awesome."

Just as the inhabitants of Fishman Island were cheering, they realized that it seemed to be getting dark. When they looked up, they, including the just-rescued King Neptune, were all stunned.

"How is this possible? How could Noah's Ark be here?!"

"What is that?" Torregia asked Shirahoshi.

Looking at the enormous black shadow, Bai Xing exclaimed in shock, "That was Noah's Ark, built by our ancestors with enormous manpower, resources, and wealth, capable of carrying all the inhabitants."

"All the residents?" Torregia was also somewhat surprised upon hearing this. How big would a ship be to carry an entire country?

"But Noah's Ark has long been abandoned. And no one can move such a large ship."

"What? How does this thing..."

"Could it be!" Bai Xing's eyes suddenly widened as he thought of someone.

The Straw Hat crew was also shocked at this moment.

"What is this thing?" Belial asked Jinbe, looking at Noah's Ark. "Does Fishman Island have something this big?"

At this moment, Jinbe, and Hody, who had been barely awakened by the deadly drug ES, looked at Noah's Ark and realized who it was.

“Vander Decken,” Jinbe said, “that bastard who has the Target-Target Fruit and is trying to get Princess Shirahoshi and Hody to join forces with him.”

"Target Fruit?"

Jinbe then told them about Vander Decken's abilities.

"So, that thing was thrown here from the sunken ship?"

Suddenly, the voice of Vanderdeken came from Noah's Ark.

“My dearest Princess Shirahoshi, I have loved you for ten whole years.”

"Why, why? Why won't you accept me?"

Belial used his sensory abilities to see Vander Decken's appearance and said speechlessly, "Why won't you accept me? Don't you know what you are? With that ugly face, you still have the nerve to confess to Shirahoshi? Who gave you that confidence?"

"In that case, accept my love and join him in destroying Fishman Island."

As he spoke, Vanderdeken's voice became frantic.

Upon seeing Noah's Ark approaching, the residents of Fishman Island seemed to flee.

Just then, the sea god Kokoro on Vander Decken's ship suddenly fell off the ark. He cried out to Vander Decken for help, but Vander Decken ignored him completely.

“Hey! Belial,” Zoro said.

"what happened?"

"Could you go and take care of that guy?"

“Of course.” Belial said, and then took off.

"Wait!" Robin suddenly stopped Belial.

"what happened?"

"If we kill Vander Decken, the Devil Fruit power will be nullified, and the ship will still crash."

"What should I do?"

“That guy named Vander Decken’s Devil Fruit ability is to throw anything at the person he touches, right?” Tregear said.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"If his target is Fishman Island, will the ship leave as well?"

"Yes, what... wait, you don't mean to..." Jinbe was shocked after hearing this.

Torregia looked at Shirahoshi and said, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

"No way!" Jinbe exclaimed. "She's a princess!"

At this moment, Torregia's voice suddenly turned stern: "Isn't this her responsibility! Isn't fulfilling her duty what she should be doing?"

"What kind of royalty are we if we only run away?

Toregia's roar surprised everyone present; they had never seen Toregia act this way before.

Only Belial seemed lost in thought; he remembered that Tregear had previously recounted his experiences.

He betrayed his former vows, broke ties with his friends, and embarked on a path that contradicted his own beliefs. He abandoned his former responsibilities.

“You little brat,” Belial thought, “you’re more scolding yourself than yelling at Jinbe.”

Hearing Tregear's words, Shirahoshi stopped crying and looked firmly at Noah's Ark in the sky.

"I understand, Lord Tregear." With that, Shirahoshi flew into the sky, encased in a bubble.

"Princess Shirahoshi, you..."

"Boss Jinbe, this is my responsibility." With that, Shirahoshi flew into the sky.

Watching Shirahoshi's departing figure, Jinbe silently nodded, agreeing with Shirahoshi's decision.

“Wait, isn’t that Hody?” Beria pointed to a black dot on one of the chains of Noah’s Ark.

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized it was indeed Hody.

“How is that possible? Wasn’t he already…” Usopp asked in surprise.

At that moment, Torregia held up a deadly drug, ES, that appeared out of nowhere. After examining it for a while, he said, "It was this pill's power that quickly restored Hody's physical condition."

"What is that guy trying to do?" Sanji asked.

“Destroy Fishman Island,” Torregia said.

"what?"

“I sensed the killing intent emanating from him. His goal should be to kill Vander Decken, cause Noah to fall, and destroy Fishman Island.”

Everyone was startled upon hearing Torregia's words.

"Has Hody gone mad?" Jinbe roared.

"What's next?"

“Stop Hody and get Noah’s Ark out. That’s the primary objective,” Tregear said. “However, the operation will be difficult if we don’t deal with these fishman pirate crews.”

“Easy, I’ll handle these guys,” Belial said. “Luffy, you go deal with Hody.”

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Luffy said confidently.

“No need, Belial-senpai,” Tregear said. “You take Mr. Luffy with you, we’ll take care of them.”

"What? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I believe you have the ability to change the direction of Noah's Ark to accelerate it as much as possible."

After listening to Tregear's words, Belial thought about it and realized it made sense, saying, "Alright, let's go, Luffy."

"Take this and go." Nami took out a bubble. "This will allow Luffy to fight underwater."

"Okay." Luffy took the bubble. "Let's go."

"Alright, hold on tight." With that, Belial took off with Luffy.