Those who have not witnessed the Ark of Passion up close will never be able to appreciate the majesty that makes people worship it.
——Pierre von Lescaut {puel·von·lescaut}
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In the sea area at the front entrance of Fish-Man Island, a huge ark even larger than Fish-Man Island was slowly approaching on the current.
Just the ocean currents caused by the voyage had already caused the Border Guard's watchtower to collapse. The team members were horrified to find that the indestructible ancient walls in the watchtower made a dull creaking sound, and the sea beasts that were raised around them had already dispersed.
"Captain...what the hell is that..." Even the long-dormant Noah's Ark was only 1/3 of the size of this mysterious ark. The members of the Border Guard were so frightened that they couldn't even hold the trident in their hands.
Stable.
"No matter what it is... if it is allowed to approach Fish-Man Island again, Fish-Man Island will be really dangerous! Sound the alarm! Team 2 goes to inform Dragon Palace City. Everyone else, follow me to attack!"
The captain of the Border Guard is a tiger-headed shark named "Marvel". He made a prompt decision and sent a second team composed of the fastest mermaids back to Ryugu City to report the news, while he and the remaining team members prepared to fight to the death.
This [Monster] must not be allowed to approach Fish-Man Island!!
At the harbor at the entrance to Fish-Man Island, people were warmly welcoming Princess Otohime who had returned safely. Neptune, the king of the sea, also arrived with the prince and princess, and the family was reunited happily.
But the piercing siren broke this happy atmosphere.
The right minister looked to the sky in shock and anger: "The Border Guard will only sound the [Nautilus] when it encounters a major crisis! What happened!?"
The sharp and piercing sirens kept echoing over Fish-Man Island, and the people's originally happy mood suddenly turned into panic and panic. The last time [Nautilus] sounded was more than ten years ago, when large-scale pirates invaded Fish-Man Island.
They captured mermaids as slaves on a large scale, and the entire Fish-Man Island was on the verge of destruction. Fortunately, the Whitebeard Pirates arrived in time and protected the Fish-Man Island with the power of the strongest man in the world.
Will the tragedy of that day be repeated again today?
Suddenly, someone pointed to the ‘sky’ in the distance and shouted in horror: “Look!! What is that, what is that!!??”
Everyone looked up and saw that in the distance outside the bubble of Fish-Man Island, a ship-shaped black shadow was slowly approaching Fish-Man Island. Its size was even larger than that of Fish-Man Island. In the event of a collision, Fish-Man Island would inevitably be destroyed.
Total destruction.
"What is that?" Sea King Neptune's face was extremely ugly. No matter how powerful his personal power was, it would not be of any use in front of such a huge battleship, right?
Princess Otohime, who was hugging the princes and princesses, turned pale with fright, but suddenly thought of something and exclaimed: "That's...that's a vicious chain!!"
"Mother, what is the evil chain?" the eldest prince Shark Star raised his head in confusion and asked.
"Ah, the queen mother made a mistake. The evil chain is a person, not a ship." Otohime calmed down for a moment, and then explained to everyone who was looking at her: "If I remember correctly, that huge ark should be the new [King]
[Shichichibukai] The car of Mafia Victor, the 'Vicious Chain' - [The Ark of Passion]! A few days ago I was... I saw that ship on land, and it was undergoing coating modification in the waters of the Shampoo Islands.
.I didn’t expect it to complete the coating transformation so quickly and come to Fish-Man Island.”
"Ah! It's Brother Victor!" At this time, 'Sea Hero' Jinbei, who came after hearing the siren, also saw the huge ark in the distance, and recognized the logo on the sail of the Ark of Passion at a glance.
"Jinbei, is this 'Vicious Chain' Victor an enemy or a friend?" Neptune, the King of the Sea, saw an understanding person coming and asked quickly.
Jinbe laughed heartily: "Don't worry, Your Majesty Neptune. Brother Victor is very friendly to our fishmen, and Master Goyuki is also under his command!"
"Goyuki? Great, great..." After hearing Goyuki's name, Neptune immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If you were to ask the strongest person in active fish-man karate, the world might say it is 'Kai Xia' Jinbe.
.But Neptune knows that the real fishman karate is the strongest, and it must be Haoxue.
The crowd let out another exclamation, and Neptune and Jinbe hurriedly turned their heads to look. They saw the Ark of Passion in the distance gradually slowing down, and the mechanisms on both sides of the bow were turned on, releasing huge anchors.
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The sea area at the front entrance of Fishman Island.
"Decompression chamber No. 4 is open!! The anchor's descent speed is 3.6/3.2! Team No. 1 slows down the descent speed of the right anchor to be consistent with Team No. 2!!"
"The No. 1 mainsail containment progress is 100% completed!"
"The containment progress of Sail No. 2 is 100% completed!"
"The No. 3 sail chain power system is safe! The sail containment progress is 80%...82%...85%..."
"Captain Giger has instructions! Team 3 immediately sends a light signal to Fish-Man Island with the content [No hostility, requesting conversation]!"
"Team No. 4 reports! There is no abnormality in any area inside the Ark! There is no abnormality in the coating!"
For a huge island ship like the Ark of Passion, even a simple stop requires the cooperation of everyone. Fortunately, the shipbuilding team of the 'Coral' is second to none even on the Grand Line, and the power system that Franky single-handedly handled is very complete.
. Even so, the three shipwright captains, Bingshan, Jig, and Franky, were closely monitoring all aspects of the Ark's data and did not dare to make any negligence.
At the bow [viewing area], Perona was complaining depressedly to Haoxue: "Old man, where is the 10,000 meters under the sea? At least it is almost 20,000 meters!"
Haoxue laughed loudly: "Ha! Ha! Ha! [Ten Thousand Meters Under the Sea] is a general term used to describe the unfathomable depth of the sea. Otherwise, our Passion Ark would have been knocked down by standing on its head.
Is it the end? Generally speaking, the location of the "Dark Street" on the seabed is between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, and the submarine volcano is around 8,000 meters. Below that is the bottomless trench, which leads straight to the bottom.
The location of Fishman Island."
"But this is very dangerous!" Wu Hongji stuck out her tongue: "I almost got stuck in the huge hole under the red earth continent. The eruption of the submarine volcano is also very scary!"
"Hehehe~ It almost turned into a [Fiery Ark] where everyone was charred~" Robin stroked his face and said the terrible words with a smile.
"Sister Robin! Are your thoughts too dark?" Perona and Matthew screamed in fright.
Victor smiled slightly: "Haoxue, Robin, Perona, Wu Hongji, Luo, Matthew, you guys will follow me on the 'Beagle' to Fish-Man Island."