Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

After about a minute, the Thousand Sunny gradually came to a stop in the deep sea.

Usopp looked around and at the protective shield on the Sunny, and asked, "Are we safe now?"

“Yes. We’re safe now.” Robin looked at the protective shield. “Belial saved us.”

"Where is he?" Nami asked.

"I don't know, it might have been swept away by ocean currents."

Just then, Usopp looked around with his binoculars. "There really doesn't seem to be anything around... Hey, what's that?"

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a white figure flying toward them with three orbs of light and one large orb.

"That's Brother Belial." Belial charged towards them. They boarded the Thousand Sunny.

“Brother Belial, what’s going on?” Usopp asked.

"Let's go find them," Belial said, pointing to the three orbs of light. Everyone looked and saw that Luffy and his two companions were inside the orbs.

"Hey! They're still alive! That's great!"

“Wait a minute,” Nami suddenly said, “So, after you protected the Thousand Sunny, you went to the deep sea to find them.”

"correct."

"Wow!" Usopp and Chopper immediately stood up and cheered, "Belial is amazing!"

"Thank you so much, Belial," Robin said with a smile.

“It’s alright,” Belial said, “but speaking of which,” Belial changed the subject, “it’s really not easy for you to have survived this long while you’ve been with these three guys.”

"Uh, hehehe..." Everyone wore an awkward yet polite smile after hearing this.

After a while, Luffy and his two companions groggily woke up. Luffy squinted and asked, "Are we... back?" Before he could finish speaking, Nami delivered a heavy blow to Luffy's head. "You have the nerve to ask that! If it weren't for Belial's help, you'd all be dead by now!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately sat up. "Thank you, Belial."

Beria didn't react after hearing this, and said, "It's alright."

"By the way, Beria."

"what happened?"

Where did the little squid go?

"Little Squid, you mean that Kraken sea monster?"

"Yes, yes."

“It’s under the ship,” Belial said, walking to the side of the ship and pointing downwards. The others came over to look and discovered a huge sphere of light inside—the Kraken.

Belial snapped his fingers, deactivating the orb of light.

"Hey! Little Squid!" Luffy shouted as soon as he saw Kraken, and Kraken greeted Luffy in return.

"By the way, isn't this supposed to be an octopus?" "Yeah, I just think 'Little Squid' sounds better."

"Alright, now that everyone's alright, let's get going," Nami said.

“Oh, right,” Belial said, “I forgot to ask you, where are you headed?” “Fishman Island,” Luffy replied with a smile. “Our destination is Fishman Island.”

"Alright, Franky, let's go."

"Received, leave it to me, Super."

Subsequently, with Kraken moving and Franky piloting it, the Thousand Sunny headed towards Fishman Island.

After an unknown amount of time, Belial looked ahead and said, "We should be there soon." "How do you know?" "There's a point of light ahead."

After hearing this, Usopp looked through his binoculars and exclaimed, "It really is! We should be there soon!"

"Alright, full speed ahead, little squid!"

With Luffy's command, the Kraken accelerated forward. Soon, everyone saw a point of light magnify in their vision; it was a giant bubble, filled with vibrant colors and all sorts of things, just like the world on land.

“This should be Fishman Island,” Nami said, looking at the Log Pose. “Alright, let’s go in…” Before Luffy could finish, Belial interrupted, “Something’s coming.” Belial stared at the side of the ship; several small dots were approaching them in the distance.

“Those are sea monsters!” Usopp said through his binoculars, noting that they were several large sea monsters. “And that’s not all; there are people riding on them,” Belial added.

"Really, those look like... fishmen!" As the sea beasts drew closer, the group realized they were fishmen riding them. Belial looked at the fishmen and thought, "That's it? They're not even as good-looking as Tegon."

Just then, the fishmen approached, and the leader said, "Are you the Straw Hat Pirates?"

"You are……"

"I am Hammond, an officer of the New Fishman Pirates."

"Do you have any question?"

Hammond laughed after hearing this, "Originally, we intended to kill you, but when we heard that you beat up a Celestial Dragon for Hachi, a former member of our Fishman Pirates, we thought you were qualified to talk to us."

"Now, we're giving you a chance to join us."

"No way," Luffy refused without even thinking.

"What did you say?"

"I said, I refuse."

At this point, Belial asked, "What's this thing chattering about?"

After listening for a moment, Robin smiled and said, "They want us to submit to them, including you."

"What!" Belial looked at Robin with disbelief. "Submit?" Belial looked at the fish-men outside the ship, a feeling of extreme displeasure welling up in his heart.

He then transformed into Ultraman and burst out of the bubble membrane.

At this moment, Usopp looked at Robin and asked, "Robin, what do you mean by this?" The others also looked at Robin.

Robin replied, "From what I've seen of Belial's fighting style, demeanor, and tone of voice, I think he's an extremely arrogant, rebellious, and unruly person. Someone like him would definitely explode if he heard someone asking him to submit."

As she spoke, she looked at Belial, and the others also noticed that Belial charged directly at the fish-man group.