"A... a mermaid, such a huge mermaid!"
"So beautiful! Such a big, beautiful mermaid! I've never seen one in my life!"
"They're all beauties. Who are they?"
"..."
"Tsk tsk... to dare to stroll around a place like the Sabaody Archipelago with a mermaid of this level, are they here for the first time, or do they have some backing?"
"I have a feeling something big is about to happen!"
"Look, that pack of hyenas is starting to move."
"There's a good show to watch now. I wonder how these few women will deal with this trouble."
"..."
Sabaody Archipelago, Grove 30, shopping street.
Nami and the girls were walking with Shirahoshi on the crowded street.
Having returned to the island with a bubble culture, Nami directly used her Float-Float Fruit ability to create a giant, swim-ring-like bubble for Shirahoshi, allowing her to float in the air and follow behind them.
A giant sillago mermaid over ten meters tall, with beauty and temperament among the top three in the world, plus the bonus of the legendary mermaid halo.
Shirahoshi's appearance, much like an outing by Boa Hancock, instantly caused a huge sensation on the shopping street.
Due to Nami's changes over the past half-year, and the fact that Karl's group had kept a low profile for nearly two years.
The fools in the first half of the Grand Line did not immediately recognize Nami and Robin, two major figures with bounties as high as 300 million and 200 million Berries.
Seeing a mermaid of peerless beauty appear, the eyes of those hyenas on the street who were looking for prey or acting as lookouts instantly burst with a dazzling golden light.
A legendary mermaid, so big, so beautiful, if she were to be auctioned, wouldn't she fetch a sky-high price that would set one up for life?
If these people knew that the mermaid before them was the legendary Mermaid Princess, they would surely go even crazier.
And so...
Some lookouts for bounty hunter groups hurriedly contacted their bosses.
Some hyenas couldn't resist and were about to capture Shirahoshi right on the street.
"Rumble rumble..."
Just as these fools were having malicious thoughts.
A clap of thunder suddenly sounded above the shopping street.
The sudden thunderbolt on a clear day immediately attracted countless gazes.
When they looked up at the sky, they found it was clear, with no gathering dark clouds.
But the next second, a blue-white light appeared out of thin air.
Then, streaks of blue-white lightning poured down like a torrential rain.
These lightning bolts, as if equipped with a tracking system, landed with pinpoint accuracy on everyone who had malicious intent towards Shirahoshi.
Every lightning bolt that struck would cover that person's entire body in a layer of electricity.
After the current dissipated, the person's whole body would become charred black, their eyes would roll back, and they would faint on the ground with white smoke coming from their mouth.
If it weren't for Karl not wanting Shirahoshi to see an even crueler scene.
These lightning bolts would have turned these fools into charcoal.
Seeing this scene, Shirahoshi not only did not feel fear or pity, but instead, her heart was filled with a sense of security.
Lord Karl... is indeed watching over me.
In Gran Tesoro, there were a total of three "Master Educators": Karl, Carina, and Robin.
Even a problem child like Yamato had her personality corrected by Karl and Carina over the course of half a year.
Shirahoshi, who was only 12 last year and like a blank slate, was naturally even easier to handle.
Except for when they had just reached the world above the sea, where Karl didn't kill those hyenas, in the following two months, Karl would slowly control the force of his attacks, dealing with those hyenas who didn't recognize them but coveted Shirahoshi.
Then, using the art of language, he changed Shirahoshi's kindness of not even being willing to reveal the identity of her enemy.
Slowly...
Shirahoshi went from initial pity to being filled with a sense of security.
Because she knew that Karl was doing this to protect her, and he wouldn't kill those people.
After Karl left to train, Nami and Yamato also protected Shirahoshi in Karl's way for half a year.
After spending eight months with them, Shirahoshi was no longer so timid, nor was she so naive.
"Wh... what happened?!"
"Why did it suddenly thunder? They were all struck by lightning?"
"Hey, hey... are you okay?!"
"This strange lightning, could it be..."
Watching the rain of lightning fall from the clear sky, the civilians and pirates on the shopping street all had their faces change in shock.
Some were terrified and at a loss, some didn't understand what was happening, and some had looks of utter horror.
Before long, the gazes of those with some knowledge changed as they looked at Nami and the girls...
Quickly, they all recognized Nami and Robin's identities.
After confirming the owner of the lightning, some pirates who had originally wanted to watch the show hurriedly left without looking back.
They were afraid that if they were a step too slow, they would be seen as an enemy by that great figure, and then suffer a strike from the strongest Logia.
"Buru buru... I've booked out the amusement park. After you're done shopping, you can take Shirahoshi to play."
"I'm going to find someone to coat the ship next. Have fun."
"Roger!"
After Nami and the girls had been shopping undisturbed for a while.
The Den Den Mushi on Nami's wrist suddenly rang.
After answering the call, the Den Den Mushi simulated Karl's appearance and spoke as such.
Nami made an OK gesture to the Den Den Mushi.
After hanging up, Nami and the girls bought some more Sabaody Archipelago specialties, then headed towards the amusement park.
Perhaps it was a coincidence.
Or perhaps... the family of Saint Rosward was fated to have this calamity.
As Nami and the girls were preparing to cross Grove 31 to head to Grove 33 where the amusement park was.
Walking on a street, the crowd ahead suddenly split into two rows and knelt on the side of the road.
The pirates standing in the crowd took the opportunity to hide in some shops.
A short while later, only two groups of people were left standing on the street.
One group was Nami and the girls. The other group appeared opposite them, riding on a slave, taking their subordinates for a stroll in the back garden, preparing to find a new concubine, or buy a slave to play with at home.
Because of the deaths of his father and sister, the World Noble who had to inherit the position of family head at a young age—Saint Charlos.
"A mermaid... what a huge mermaid!!"
Because the pedestrians knelt, Saint Charlos's field of view suddenly became very wide, and he spotted Shirahoshi at a glance.
Saint Charlos, with his fat face and runny nose, who had always wanted to raise a mermaid, instantly changed from his previous seemingly expressionless and aloof, but actually dazed and autistic-like appearance, to looking excitedly at the large mermaid of peerless beauty.
"Rumble rumble..."
Just as Saint Charlos was preparing to order his subordinates to go and capture that mermaid.
A deafening clap of thunder suddenly sounded overhead.
He subconsciously looked up, and what immediately entered Saint Charlos's vision was a rapidly enlarging blue-white light..
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