The dock.
"Kakalakalakal! Captain, who exactly angered you? We could feel it from afar."
Indygo and the others had just returned and before they could ask Gu Yina, Kong Tai's figure appeared silently.
"It's nothing, just a bunch of arrogant fools seeking death."
Kong Tai said to Indygo with a smile, then turned to look at Jinbei, who was watching him nervously, "Jinbei, we're leaving then. I know Fish-Man Island doesn't welcome us, don't worry, I'll only kill those who stole my ship, everyone else will be fine."
"Whew~"
Jinbei breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't seen the actual fight, but from the enormous roar, he knew Hody Jones and the others were likely not going to fare well.
As for the ordinary fish-men, it wasn't that he didn't trust Kong Tai.
At Kong Tai's level, every action had immense power. He believed that since Kong Tai had promised not to harm ordinary fish-men, he would certainly not.
However, the aftermath of the battle was something beyond human control.
Fortunately, besides the roar, no other sounds were heard.
And Kong Tai appeared so quickly, letting him know the battle should have ended soon.
As for the fate of Hody Jones and the others, to be honest, although he cared a little, he didn't care much. What he cared about from beginning to end were only the ordinary fish-men in Fish-Man District.
"Yes! I believe you," Jinbei raised his head, looking at Kong Tai, "As for Hody Jones and them..."
"Dead."
Kong Tai directly interrupted Jinbei, then frowned slightly, "What? What do you want to do?"
"No."
Jinbei quickly waved his hands.
It was clear that Kong Tai seemed to have misunderstood him.
"I was just asking casually. As for Hody Jones and them, they brought it upon themselves. It's fine if they're dead!"
"Hmm!" Kong Tai nodded, "That's good."
Then he withdrew his gaze, looked at the water ahead, took a step forward, took out the spatial sphere containing the Freedom from his pocket, and waved it forward.
To Jinbei and Ace's astonished eyes, the spatial sphere rapidly enlarged, and your Freedom also grew larger.
Finally, it returned to its original size, the spatial sphere shattered, falling onto the water, splashing water and waves.
"This..."
Jinbei and Ace, looking at the Freedom that appeared, were filled with astonishment.
"What is this?"
If they weren't mistaken, they seemed to have seen Kong Tai take this thing out of his pocket, right?
A medium-sized sailing ship, forty meters long, fitting into an ordinary pocket??
They withdrew their gazes and both stared at Kong Tai's pocket as if they could see through it.
Kong Tai ignored Jinbei and Ace's astonished gazes and beckoned his companions to board the ship.
Since they had decided to leave, they would leave immediately.
He was not one to be indecisive.
After all, living on an island full of malice always made one uncomfortable.
Although it was as beautiful as Skypiea, it lacked Skypiea's relaxed atmosphere. He didn't want to stay long.
Standing at the bow of the ship, Kong Tai looked down again at Jinbei and Ace standing on the shore. There was nothing he needed to say. Strictly speaking, they weren't even friends.
Although he had been showing his goodwill all along, others didn't seem to appreciate it.
What caused this situation?
Was it his identity?
After all, he was currently a powerful pirate, ranked fifth in the world by bounty. Once he went to the New World, even if not one hundred percent, there was over a ninety percent chance he would clash with the Four Emperors of the New World.
He had thought that the New World was already carved up by the Four Emperors, and the Navy only occupied a small area. For a newcomer like him, one who had defeated Garp, to dive headfirst into the New World, into this seemingly calm sea, no one knew what would happen.
It was no wonder Jinbei and Ace were wary of him.
After all, both of them were members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
And the Whitebeard Pirates were one of the Four Emperors of the New World.
Shaking his head, Kong Tai withdrew his gaze and looked up at the sky.
The exit was closed, and the two lobster guards were nowhere to be seen. He didn't know if they were killed by Hody Jones or imprisoned, but he didn't find them in the New Fish-Man Pirates' stronghold.
Since he couldn't go out the main gate, he had to fly out.
It was all the same anyway.
Having made up his mind, Kong Tai stomped his right foot on the deck.
Thud—!
Space made a sound like a drum skin, a sound only he could hear.
Then, an invisible transparent space instantly enveloped the Freedom.
And under Kong Tai's control, the Freedom's head tilted upwards, slowly lifting off the ground.
"Leaving already?"
His companions stood by the ship, looking at the dreamlike Fish-Man Island with no reluctance in their eyes, very calm.
When they arrived, they were filled with longing for Fish-Man Island, as everything here was legendary.
But after arriving, they weren't particularly happy.
Although the scenery here was breathtaking and made them linger, the people on this island did not welcome them.
They only received warmth from the shopkeepers in the commercial street, and felt no other welcome.
It was as if this island inherently didn't welcome humans, didn't welcome them.
Therefore, even their shopping felt oppressive.
They hadn't felt this suffocating feeling on human islands, even though they were pirates in the eyes of others.
Others might fear them, but they wouldn't harbor deep malice.
But this place was different. This malice seemed to have permeated the island, making them increasingly uncomfortable the more they browsed.
Naturally, they had no lingering feelings for this place.
In fact, this malice wasn't primarily directed at them, but at the human race.
The harm humans had inflicted on Fish-Man Island made the people here resent all humans.
To eliminate this malice, it was actually simple.
The first was to completely abolish slavery, so that the people of Fish-Man Island would no longer fear going out to sea.
The second was to let time take its course.
After all, racial hatred couldn't be resolved with a few words or in a short period.
"It's flying."
Ace and Jinbei looked up, gazing at the Freedom in astonishment, then a red glow appeared in their eyes.
"Is this the strange space you were talking about?"
Jinbei looked at the Freedom, as if seeing it encased in a transparent sphere, like a large bubble.
"Yes!" Ace nodded and asked doubtfully, "I don't know what kind of ability that silver-haired guy has. According to his companions, that guy can do anything in this space, and old man Garp was at a disadvantage after he used this strange space."
"Amazing!"
Jinbei's eyes were full of admiration.
At the bow.
Kong Tai controlled the spatial domain, making it oval, and then the Freedom, under his control, shot upwards like a sharp sword, piercing towards the shield above.
Without any hesitation, the Freedom entered as if a bubble piercing another bubble. Other than rippling waves, nothing else happened.
Kong Tai knew that even if the shield above was pierced, it would instantly repair itself, even the outermost shield.
So he had no reservations.
In a short while, the Freedom disappeared directly from Fish-Man Island, plunged into the dark depths of the sea, and vanished from Jinbei and Ace's sight.