Some Heatmor and the invasive ants formed a new biological balance, while outside Wano Country, Mareanie, under the lead of Toxapex, were cleaning the newly grown coral.
Some coral with beautiful shapes were left behind by them, serving as unique ornaments. In this sea, home to enormous Sea Kings, coral reefs were countless, so coral products rarely sell for a high price.
There’s not much difference between them and ordinary handicrafts.
As the Mareanie clung to the rocky seabed, a whale swam over from the distant sea current, with Manaphy leisurely sunbathing on its back.
Among the many Mythical Pokémon, Manaphy’s missions often keep it away for longer durations.
Zeraora relies on his speed to act as a first responder to any problem. Though he usually stays on Onigashima, he can quickly reach any destination when needed. Darkrai travels around, while numerous Genesect are stationed across various islands.
Diancie and Shaymin are homebodies and rarely venture out. Manaphy, on the other hand, is often stationed at the mining company, though this time, he returned home for a break.
He could choose to swim or take a ship back, but in the end, he opted for the most comfortable method.
“Alright, big guy, stay in this sea area and don’t wander around. And you all—don’t bully it!”
Whales, rulers of the ocean in other worlds, rarely encounter opponents due to their massive size. However, in the perilous New World, the threats posed by sea beasts and Sea Kings are far greater than that of a whale.
This is why Manaphy instructed it not to roam and also warned the nearby Gyarados.
As for why he chose to ride the whale back, it was simply because the whale’s back was more comfortable to sit on.
With the whale’s cry echoing, Manaphy returned to Wano Country through the waterfall.
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“My lord, long time no see. This is the gift I brought.”
Manaphy took out a strange-looking bunch of grapes. Although he is responsible for the mining company, he also works part-time in deep-sea salvage. In this Great Pirate Era, aside from countless new pirates setting out to sea every day, there were also countless ships sinking into the sea.
The treasures left on these ships are also one of their targets, and this grape-like Devil Fruit was one of them.
Although Devil Fruits are unpalatable, they have one unique trait: they don’t rot and don’t attract mosquitos. Otherwise, the world might have been overrun by countless flies that have eaten Human-Human Fruits.
Their bad taste is a conceptual kind of bad taste. To any living being, Devil Fruits would be the most unpalatable thing, even for flies.
“Is everything on Fishman Island taken care of?”
“All done. Recently, no new mines have been discovered, so Tesoro decided to give the mining company the year-end break. Since there wasn’t much to do, I came back.”
“Then take a good rest and have Diancie show you around. A lot has changed here.”
But just at that moment, a problem arose in the waters of New Fishman Island—they encountered an attacker who absolutely shouldn’t have been there.
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In front of the Fish-Men stood an unimaginably gigantic Giant. Even with part of his body underwater, the portion visible above the surface was still as large as a small mountain.
He was slowly approaching New Fishman Island, and given his size, he would undoubtedly cause irreversible damage to it.
The Fish-Men attacked his body which was underwater, but the size difference was too great. Even in the water, the Fish-Men were unable to inflict any effective damage, while his every movement caused them considerable trouble.
“Attack! Don’t let this guy get closer!
Damn it, how can there be such a huge Giant?!”
“How did he even get this close?! Are the people outside blind? How could they let him approach this close?!”
New Fishman Island’s outskirts had their own sentries to prevent enemy invasions. Normally, not even a small boat could escape their surveillance. But today, this Giant had managed to approach silently.
Moreover, he had just attacked a Fishman Island transport ship. If not for the fact that the crew were all Fish-Men, quick to flee in the sea, they and their cargo would have likely been eaten by him.
Now, drooling from the corners of his mouth and staring blankly ahead, he continued advancing. They couldn’t let this guy get anywhere near Fishman Island.
“Who the hell is this guy? Judging by his clothes, he must be a prisoner, right? Never heard of someone like this before!”
“Doesn’t matter who he is. What matters now is stopping him!”
“Boss Jinbe, you’re finally here!”
Seeing Jinbe appear, the panicked Fish-Men finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally found their pillar of strength.
Accompanying Jinbe was a squad of Flygon, which were now soaring high above, bombarding the giant below.
However, the attacks were largely ineffective. The giant’s defense was extraordinary, and combined with the size difference, the Flygon’s attacks were no more than firecrackers to him.
Although Pokémon have the ability to Dynamax, these Flygon didn’t possess that capability, so they could only try to hinder him in their own way.
“Boss Jinbe, what do we do? At this rate, he’ll reach New Fishman Island in three minutes at most.”
“What else can we do? We’ll stop him with our lives if we have to. The people on the island can’t evacuate that quickly. I’ve called for reinforcements; they should be here soon.”
Jinbe didn’t know where this giant came from, but the root of all this was the World Government. This giant was a notorious criminal they had tried to erase from history—Sanjuan Wolf.
Adult giants are typically over twelve meters tall, but Sanjuan Wolf stood an astonishing 180 meters tall, earning him the nickname “Colossal Battleship.” His destructive power alone rivaled that of a massive fleet.
He was originally one of the legendary criminals imprisoned on Level 6 of Impel Down, sentenced to life imprisonment by the World Government. His crimes were so atrocious that his existence had to be erased from history.
The reason he was outside was that the World Government wanted to conduct some special experiments and had brought him out from Impel Down.
They believed that the failures of some experiments were due to the subjects not being strong enough, so they sought to use Sanjuan Wolf for these tests.
However, through a moment of carelessness, he managed to escape.
This kind of incident should have been immediately reported, and personnel dispatched to recapture him. But to preserve their dignity and avoid unnecessary panic, the World Government didn’t make this matter public at all.
Aside from a select few, no one knew that Sanjuan Wolf had escaped, let alone any details about him.
Chapter 867 The Escaped Test Subject – Colossal Battleship · Sanjuan Wolf
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