"Look at the wounds on , all of them were made by that damn rfolk slave trader. I still rember the way he looked at , like I was trash."
Damon sneered coldly. Seeing Otohi's gradually collapsing expression, he added fuel to the fire again, "You think he only sold fish-n? No, he sold even more female rfolks. The rfolks he sold were all orphaned rfolks from the Fish-Man District. As soon as they grew up a bit, he sold them off."
"Oh, right! When it cos to protecting rfolks, you're not even as good as ."
Damon scoffed, "Back then, Big Brother Tiger had just left for his world travels. The mont he left, that beast ca to the Fish-Man District to snatch people. It'd be one thing if he went after soone else, but he even wanted to take Shyarly. If I hadn't protected her, she'd have been taken by now."
"But I was unlucky too, I got caught by that man and barely escaped with my life."
After listening to Damon's words, Otohi's eyes remained vacant as she processed the shock she had received from him.
She had known that Fish-Man Island wasn't all sunshine and roses, but she had never imagined it had deteriorated to this extent.
Rosse also glanced at Damon, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He hadn't expected that among the hundreds of thousands of fish-n in the Fish-Man District, Damon would actually know Shyarly and the others.
Since he knew Shyarly, he should also know Arlong and Jinbe.
No wonder Damon referred to Fisher Tiger as "Big Brother Tiger." It seed he held so respect and influence in the Fish-Man District.
Rosse had only known that Damon had a Fish-Man Gang. He hadn't looked deeper.
Still, Damon's past wasn't a bad thing for Rosse. It would actually have an even stronger impact on Otohi.
At this point, things were finally moving in a good direction.
Rosse lowered his gaze, and the barely detectable Conqueror's Haki suppression suddenly dissipated.
"Alright, my mouth's dry from all this talking. Ti to drink so blood to quench my thirst," With a vicious grin on his face, Damon stepped toward Rosse, as if sensing that so kind of danger had disappeared.
"It's ti for you to make a decision. Or do you want to use your life to atone for the actions of other rfolks?", Rosse's calm voice, spoken only to Otohi, made her body tremble involuntarily.
Otohi knew clearly, it was ti to make a decision.
Damon had made it obvious that he intended to kill Rosse and sell her as a slave.
And from the looks of him, words were no longer effective.
'I'm really useless…'
Otohi sighed lightly, sowhat dejected, "Saint Rosse, please make your move. Injure them all."
"Just injure them? Well, as you wish," Rosse chuckled softly, without criticizing Otohi's kindness.
Today's lesson had nothing to do with kindness.
In fact, Otohi's kindness might even bring her greater pain.
"Hm?", Damon saw Rosse suddenly lift his head and felt a flicker of caution.
But before he could even shout, a vast, mountain-crushing Conqueror's Haki surged from Rosse's body.
In an instant, the entire manor was frozen like soone had pressed pause.
BOOM!
Except for Damon, every fish-man in the manor, including the old man who had co with them, was crushed to the ground by the overwhelming pressure.
Looking closely, blood was trickling from the corners of everyone's mouths.
Clearly, in just a single mont, they had all sustained significant injuries.
In the entire place, only Damon remained standing, but he was also under the greatest pressure.
The only reason he hadn't fallen was that Rosse had allowed him to remain standing.
At this mont, Damon couldn't even speak a word, he couldn't even move a finger.
"Every ti I see Saint Rosse take action, it's always so pleasing to the eyes," Otohi looked around the scene, showering praise without hesitation.
Seeing everyone collapsed on the ground, a slight blush even appeared on her delicate face.
She had always tried to use words and understanding to reach consensus with others. This was the first ti she had witnessed suppression through sheer force.
'So this is what it's like. In front of power, others are so fragile?'
They couldn't speak, couldn't even move, every one of them radiating fear from the bottom of their hearts, none dared say a word of defiance.
At that mont, Otohi's special ability seed to work again. Rosse had opened a backdoor for her, allowing her to clearly sense the emotions of those around her at this mont.
Feeling the raw fear, and the desperation to do anything just to survive, Otohi pressed her lips together.
'My previous ideas… perhaps they really were too naive.'
'Maybe brute force isn't an ideal thod, but the outco achieved this way isn't all that bad either.'
'At least everyone is only injured. People will fear power and not dare to act out.'
'Compared to simply trying to understand each other… this might be far better.'
With a hint of lancholy on her face, Otohi subconsciously glanced at Rosse, but quickly looked away when he t her gaze.
She didn't dare et Rosse's eyes at all.
'The old … was really laughably naive.'
She didn't understand anything, yet she dared talk about rfolk coexistence.
But now it wasn't even about rfolk coexistence anymore, fish-n and rfolks couldn't even coexist.
This matter… she had to seriously consider how to resolve it perfectly.
But before that, she had to finish dealing with this situation.
Otohi slightly raised her head, her eyes burning as she looked at Damon, "Tell , who was that rfolk?"
In just an instant, the binding pressure on Damon's face was released. Rosse loosened the Conqueror's Haki that was holding him down.
Having wielded Conqueror's Haki for so long, Rosse had mastered it to an art. Achieving whatever effect he wanted was effortless.
"Ptu! You still want to sell to him? Keep dreaming," Damon spat, his face full of defiance.
Death was death. He was ready for it.
"Tell , and I'll avenge you," Otohi's voice was gentle, yet carried an undeniable command.
This was her special Observation Haki ability, she wasn't just so useless, foolish princess.
She admitted that she had failed the Sabaody mission this ti.
But since Rosse had removed the suppression on her powers, she would definitely get to the bottom of this.
"It was Holp. The current Minister of the Left of the Ryugu Kingdom. He's much older than Neptune. I'd like to see how you plan to avenge ."
Damon seed fully confident that Otohi would seek revenge for him. Without hesitation, he spoke the na, not the slightest reluctance, totally different from his earlier self.
Rosse glanced at Otohi, then at Damon.
This was what he appreciated most about Otohi.
Her special Observation Haki ability was just too overpowering. It was practically no different from brainwashing.
Though it couldn't brainwash the strong, every strong person had monts of weakness. If you caught them early, when they were young, and repeated it over and over, then aside from "Fate's Chosen" types like Luffy, there probably wasn't anyone you couldn't win over.
"Holp, huh…"
A flicker of surprise flashed through Otohi's eyes, she hadn't expected it to be soone so familiar.
Holp was the Minister of the Left of the Ryugu Kingdom, a figure second only to her and Neptune in status, a high-ranking official overseeing all of Fish-Man Island.
Moreover, he had held that position for a full 30 years.
In a few more years, Holp would pass away from old age, and his son would take over.
Otohi really couldn't imagine that the respectful Holp who always greeted her politely… would secretly be a rfolk-selling scum.
Whenever he was near her, Holp never gave off any hint of malice.
But Otohi was no longer the sa naive girl from a few days ago.
She clearly understood, this didn't an Holp wasn't suspicious.
Holp was one of the few who knew about her ability. If what Damon said was true, then it only ant Holp had hidden himself extrely well.
'Fish-Man Island… Ryugu Kingdom…'
'Turns out even I… don't truly understand them.'
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