Chapter 458. The Internal Contradictions of Fishman Island
Kazan, von Clay and Jinbe were soon invited to the large rectangular dining table.
Jinbei took care of himself and chose a comfortable seat to sit down. He looked very skillful. He must have come to Ryugu Castle often to eat and drink.
On the rectangular square table, the main seat in the middle was moved away, and Neptune and Kazan sat opposite each other on both sides of the long table.
Although Neptune is the king of Fishman Island, he is willing to lower his status to be equal to Kazan, which is rare.
Even if Kazan's strength is partly affected, it is enough to show that Neptune is a wise king.
You must know that the kings of most of the countries that join the World Government in this world clearly have poor defensive strength, but they are so arrogant because they are a 'noble'. No matter how strong the other party is, as long as they are not a 'world noble', then
Don't put it in your eyes at all.
Next to Neptune are his three sons, the three princes of Dragon Palace City.
The eldest prince, Shark Star, was still sitting neatly beside him, waiting for Neptune and Kazan to eat first.
The Emperor Star and the Overturned Star were more active. Because they discovered that Kazan had no airs, they slowly began to let go of their nervousness and guarding, and revealed their own nature.
Feng Clay and Minister Zuo sat on Kazan's side, and the two exchanged information they knew about each other.
Feng Clay mainly understood the internal affairs of Fish-Man Island, while Minister Zuo was more concerned about the situation of the Shampoo Islands above them.
Jinbei and the right minister took care of themselves and chose a seat far away, drinking wine while croaking loudly.
"Please use it, Mr. Kazan. These are specialties from the waters near Fish-Man Island. They should be relatively rare on the sea."
Neptune pointed to the meat and seafood on the dining table, which were served on smaller plates.
Both Neptune and the three princes are mermaids. They do not eat fish in the sea. These meat dishes should be prepared for Kazan and Funkley.
You can also tell it by looking at the size of the dinner plate.
The four Neptunes are all considered huge in physique, with the youngest Dolly Star being more than three meters tall. The sea plants they use are all carried on larger dinner plates.
"Well, it tastes very good. Also, just call me Kazan. I have a sister who is very good at cooking. If you don't mind, I would like her to come in and learn how your palace chefs use seafood.
Cooking techniques.”
Kazan doesn't like to eat seafood. There is no other reason than that most seafood has either thorns or shells, and he is too lazy to pick and peel them.
But the most abundant ingredient in this sea is seafood, and in order to take care of the preferences and balanced nutrition of the little brothers and sisters, every meal of the monster family must have some seafood dishes.
However, Monet also saw that Kazan did not like to eat seafood, so he never paid much attention to cooking seafood dishes and was relatively unskilled in handling seafood.
If Monet is willing, he can let the little girl come to the palace to learn.
"Oh, of course no problem."
Neptune smiled and nodded. Kazan's willingness to send his sister to Dragon Palace City was enough to show that Kazan still trusted them in Dragon Palace City, which made Nipton feel relieved.
I also feel a little more confident about what I want to discuss next.
"King Neptune, if you want to see me for anything, just tell me directly. After that, I have some things to deal with."
While Kazan was eating the food on his hand, he looked at Neptune, who was sitting opposite, and spoke.
He doesn't like his mother-in-law.
"Kazan-kun, it's like this, have you heard about what happened on Fish-Man Island three years ago?"
Neptune anticipated Kazan's decisiveness and spoke in a prepared tone. His tone was slightly low, as if he was unwilling to talk about this matter.
"Ah, I know."
The major events in Fish-Man Island three years ago seemed to be nothing other than the murder of Queen Otohime of Fish-Man Island.
Hearing Neptune say this, everyone present put down the tableware in their hands.
The originally cheerful faces of the two younger princes, Huang Xing and Kuai Xing, suddenly dropped, and they sat on their chairs with their heads down in frustration.
Even Shark Xing, who has good physical and mental qualities, seems to be unable to sit still.
In the distance, Jinbei and the right minister stopped drinking and talking loudly.
Neptune raised his arm, waved his hand, and evacuated all the army guards and mermaid maids, leaving only the people at the table.
If you are willing to inform the 'outsiders' of the Monster Family about this 'family scandal' within Fish-Man Island, it seems that you are really in trouble.
Feng Clay stared at Neptune silently, and thought for a moment about what he and Minister Zuo had learned just now.
While chatting with Minister Zuo just now, Feng Clay discovered that the atmosphere on Fishman Island was not as harmonious as it seemed.
Today's factional disputes on Fish-Man Island have intensified because of what happened three years ago. Many fish-people and mermaids have endured and are working silently on Fish-Man Island, preparing to deal with the civil war that may break out in Fish-Man Island next.
Most of the fish and mermaids are Draco slaves or their descendants who were rescued by Tiger from Marijoa.
It is precisely because during this critical period, these people who should have jumped out to welcome the arrival of the monster family did not come out.
"Do you think it was human hands?"
Neptune looked down at the food on his plate, closed his eyes tightly, clenched his hands into fists, and looked a little struggling.
"Maybe so."
"..."
After hearing this answer, everyone except Feng Clay and Jinbe fell silent.
They thought that Kazan, who was also a human being, would excuse himself from his own race.
"Yes, maybe, but maybe not. The real murderer has not been caught yet, but Fishman Island is in dire straits because of the incident three years ago. Because of the saying 'Otohime was killed by humans'
If you say that, the whole fish-man island and the mermaids who hate humans will be unable to sit still. They often wander in the waters around the fish-man island and hunt down all the human boats that try to enter the fish-man island."
"Isn't this good? This way we can prevent any more fishmen or mermaids from being captured by human traffickers and slave hunting groups."
"However, this has also caused the development of Fish-Man Island to enter an extremely slow pace. Fish-Man Island is losing touch with the world. We are beginning to know nothing about the events in the outside world and rely solely on our compatriots who are still wandering outside to pass on the news.
Reply to the message."
"Well, it seems you still have some sense."
Kazan is quite clear about the consequences of working behind closed doors.
"However, there are not only such a group of 'hawks' on Fishman Island, but also a group of 'doves'. They are loyal supporters of Otohime. Even if Otohime dies, they still agree with Otohime.
Concept, even if you don't seek peaceful coexistence with humans, don't be overly exclusive. After all, the leaders of this world are still humans.
Nowadays, the conflict between the two factions is becoming more and more serious, and sometimes vicious incidents of compatriots killing each other occur. Even if Jinbei and the troops of Ryugu Castle take action together, sometimes they may not be able to stop it in time.
If this continues, a larger-scale war will definitely occur to completely decide which faction Fish-Man Island listens to."
谷/span “So, you think I can solve this problem?”
This was Kazan's first time to participate in such a big event between countries. It felt a bit novel, but he didn't know how to deal with it. He was the wrong person to approach for this kind of matter.
"You can." x3
The voices of Neptune, Von Clay and Jinbe sounded at the same time, making Kazan's head pop up with a '?'.
"I solve it? How do I solve it?"
Kazan really couldn't understand it. His mind was blank at the moment and he couldn't think of how to solve it.
"It's very simple. You can express your attitude personally and do some symbolic actions to solve the problem."
Funkley picked up the drink on the table, took a sip, and glanced at Kazan.
Jinbei and Neptune both nodded.
"I probably understand a little bit."
Kazan felt that he could understand a little bit of the meaning, but when he thought deeply, he came up blank and couldn't understand.
"Kazan, I told you before, your status on Fish-Man Island...especially your status on the 'Eagle Faction' is almost second only to Dad and Brother Tiger. The two of them are now You can't even return to Fish-Man Island. The only one who can make the 'Hawks' listen at this juncture is you."
As the current leader of Fishman Street, Jinbei was a big brother of the original 'Hawk Faction', and is now the senior of countless fishmen in the 'Hawk Faction'. He is very aware of Kazan's influence among the 'Hawk Faction'.
Who are the human beings that the racists among the hawks value?
That would just be Edward Newgate and Kazan.
There is no third person.
Even with the Whitebeard Pirates and other members of the Monster Family, they may not necessarily have a favorable impression, at most they are not so repulsive.
"Even if I come forward, it will probably only make them feel safe for a while, and I want to meddle in other people's business too much."
"Please! Mr. Kazan! Please help us!"
Swish.
Bang!
Kazan had just finished speaking and before he could take a breath, Prince Shark, who was sitting next to Neptune, suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Kazan, even knocking his head directly on the dining table.
"Hey! You..."
"Please! I will never forgive the person who made my mother's efforts in vain! I will never let go of the person who used the death of my mother to create the current situation! I can't even forgive the bastard who made Shirahoshi cry."
Although Kazan couldn't see Shark Star's face, he could probably guess that Shark Star's face at this moment must be very ferocious.
"Please help us, Brother Kazan~ (Red Rollover)!"
Next to them, Emperor Xing and Kai Xing also imitated their elder brother and bowed deeply to Kazan.
Kazan sat on his seat with a grimace on his face. Unexpectedly, he began to hesitate a little.
In fact, when Shark Star was angry about his mother and sister, Kazan was very willing to agree to it.
But this incident is different from the past.
Although this time has little to do with their monster family, it does involve the entire Fish-Man Island.
Perhaps because of one of his actions, something irreversible happened on Fish-Man Island, causing the death of many innocent creatures.
If someone in the Sun Pirates or Dragon Pirates lost his life because of this incident, then he would definitely blame himself.
Neptune looked at his three sons, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and finally decided to speak: "Emperor Hoshi and Kuai Hoshi didn't originally talk like this, but Shirahoshi often cried because of Otohime's death.
In order to stop Shirahoshi from crying, they often add funny tones and actions to make Shirahoshi happy, and now they have even formed a habit and cannot go back."
"I...I want to think about it."
Neptune's words were like the last straw that broke the boat, and Kazan was moved by it.
This detailed act of making changes for his little sister moved his brother the most. At this moment, he even wanted to hug Huang Xing and Fuxing and encourage them to be 'good brothers'.
Not only Kazan, but even sanity such as von Klay was slightly affected.
But besides being moved, he also glanced at Jinbei.
He had a clear view of Neptune's actions just now. It seemed that Neptune had long known that saying something like this could impress Kazan and influence his decision.
If you don't know Kazan to a certain extent, it's impossible to know this. Now on Fish-Man Island, only Jinbei is likely to tell Neptune about this.
It seems that Jinbei also hopes that Kazan will come forward to help Fishman Island...
Feng Clay withdrew his eyes, lowered his head and began to think. He would unconditionally support Kazan in whatever decision he made.
What he is thinking about now is how to help Kazan solve this matter smoothly.
Everyone in Dragon Palace City breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Kazan said. They understood that Kazan had basically agreed to it.
"Thank you! Mr. Kazan, thank you very much!"
"However, apart from delaying the conflict for a while, I don't seem to be of much use."
"That's enough... We have found clues. What we lack now is this little time. In less than a month, we will catch the murderer."
Shark Star stood up straight, clenched his fists, his face was dark, and his eyes had a sinister aura that was not for his age, somewhat similar to Bellamy in his youth.
"This matter cannot be solved by finding the murderer. If the final murderer is a human, then the conflict will still not be resolved and will even become more intense. If it is a member of your race... although the conflict may be greatly reduced to insufficient
With the outbreak of war, the hearts of you fish-man island creatures must be at least half cold, and can you accept this answer?"
Feng Clay shook his head. He felt that the mermaids and fishmen on Fish-Man Island were still too naive and did not consider the consequences of this matter at all.
"This...what should we do?"
Neptune and the three princes were silent. They only realized this problem after hearing Fon Clay's words.