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OPI Chapter 19: Shock and surprise at Fish-Man Island!
🕑 Added 2023-10-16 17:13:25 +0000 UTCAt this time, inside and outside the banquet hall, there were already a large number of Ammo Knights and they were in charge of maintaining law and order. The Ammo Knights serve as royal guards for the Neptune Family on Fishman Island. They wear large striped spiral shells as helmets and shoulder pads. His eyes are covered by a kind of black mask. The helmets have a spike protruding from the front, similar to that of a unicorn. Additionally, they carry tridents with them.
And the most elite of the Ammo Knights are specially placed every three meters on both sides of the red carpet leading directly to the hallway.
Three members from the World Government walked into the hall, led by the Minister of the Right in front of them.
This Minister of the Right is a seahorse merman, having ridges along his back and the sides of his face, as well as a curly orange tail like a seahorse rather than a standard merman's fishtail. His mouth also protrudes forwards like a seahorse's.
He wears a jacket with two circles and a band on each sleeve. His jacket's sleeves are very large on the end. He carries a katana on his left hip and a trishula-like trident in his right hand.
Soon, the four of them came to the center of the hall.
The Minister of the Right stopped and reported in a deep voice to King Neptune who was sitting on the throne: "Your Majesty, the officials of the World Government have been brought here!"
At the same time, Queen Otohime, who was sitting on the side of the throne, looked at the three men in black in the audience, and a sense of expectation arose in her heart.
“Thank you for your hard work, return to your position.” King Neptune nodded.
Upon hearing the order, the Minister of the Right stood on the opposite side of the Minister of the Left.
"Dear King Neptune, I am the Senior Director of the World Government's Administration Department, Coulson." The leading official in black took the lead in introducing himself.
His expression looked very gentle and his tone was full of respect, which made the Ministers of the Right and Left very satisfied.
"Okay, what about these two?"
King Neptune looked at the other two men in black, because one of them was carrying a black leather suitcase, which caught his attention.
Colson smiled and said: "They are members of CP7 and are responsible for security work."
"I see."
King Neptune understood this and stopped paying attention to them. He said, "Then tell me, I am very curious about the purpose of your visit to Fish-Man Island this time."
“This time I am here on behalf of the World Government for three main things. The first thing is about the Levely that will be held in June of this year.”
After saying that, Coulson turned around, took the black suitcase handed over by the CP7 member, and then entered the triple eight-digit password to open it.
Then he took out a white scroll with the World Government logo from it, and finally handed it to Minister of the Left beside him and said: "Please give the scroll to His Majesty the King for reading."
Minister of the Left first glanced at King Neptune and saw the latter nodding in agreement. He took the heavy scroll with both hands and turned and walked up the steps.
“Your Majesty!”
“Okay, good work.”
King Neptune picked up the scroll with one hand, untied the golden ribbon under everyone's gaze, and then slowly opened the scroll and read it.
This process was a bit long, and the hall was silent for a while, with everyone waiting quietly.
Queen Otohime noticed that King Neptune's expression was gradually becoming serious, and his eyes seemed to show disbelief and shock.
This made her even more curious about the contents of the scroll.
In fact, there is not much content in the scroll, but King Neptune read it three times in a row, which made it seem like the content was a bit long.
He raised his head and looked at Coulson standing below, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
“Your Majesty, can I have a look?”
At this time, Queen Otohime asked softly, and King Neptune hesitated for a moment before handing the scroll over and said, "Let's take a look."
While Queen Otohime was reading the scroll, Coulson asked with a smile: "Your Majesty the King, on behalf of the World Government, I would like to ask your opinion, are you willing to support the agenda of this session?"
“Well, this is a good thing. No, it should be said to be a great good thing. Of course, I am willing to support it. After all, if this issue is really passed and the World Government is really willing to fully promote it, it will also be of great benefit to our Fish-Man Island.”
King Neptune answered Coulson carefully.
"But the question is whether the World Government is really willing to go ahead with all its might, because I remember that this matter was prohibited by law a long time ago, but now it is basically just a law in name."
“To be honest, just passing the issue without heavy-handed control doesn’t make much sense.”
On the other side, the face of Queen Otohime sitting next to her was already full of shock and surprise. However, after hearing what King Neptune said, she also felt that it made sense, so she turned her beautiful eyes to Coulson in the audience, sincerely hope that the other party's next answer will satisfy her.
“You want to ask how sincere and determined the World Government is this time, right?” Coulson smiled.
“That’s right!”
King Neptune no longer concealed himself and looked at the other party solemnly.
"The Five Elders have already prepared to answer your questions, please wait a moment."
Coulson looked prepared and confident. He once again turned towards the black suitcase lifted by the CP7 members and quickly pressed down the complex password.
This scene made the fishmen and mermaids in the hall feel confused. In the end, the straightforward Minister of the Right couldn't help but asked: "Why didn't you take it out together just now?"
Coulson opened the box and took out a second scroll with gold thread and white background, and replied: "This is the rule of our department." After saying that, he asked the Minister of the Right to help pass it up.
But this time, he did not wait for King Neptune to finish reading, but started to introduce it, because the World Government needed to let all fish people know about it.
"The scroll you are looking at now is the 'Communique on the Establishment of Equal and Friendly Relations between Humans and the Merfolk and the Fish-Men' written by the Five Elders himself."
"What?!"
Queen Otohime, the Minister of the Left, the Minister of the Right, and all the Ammo Knights present were stunned.
Coulson smiled slightly at this and continued to introduce the general content.
“Mainly the following points.”
"1. From the day the two parties sign the communique, they will be severely punished for buying, selling and enslaving the Merfolk and the Fishmen. The nobles of the world from all member countries of the World Government will free the Merfolk and "Fishmen who have been held against their will also be paid a certain amount of compensation. This does not include Merfolk and Fish-men who were imprisoned for crimes."
“2. Establish the Sabaody Archipelago as a safe zone. Merfolk and Fish-men can freely live and wander on the island, and all treatments are the same as humans. At the same time, Fishman Island allows humans to enter, live, and wander freely.”
"3. Allow the Fishman Island to station troops in the Sabaody Archipelago to be responsible for matters related to the Merfolk and the Fish-men. At the same time, the Fishman Island allows the World Government to establish a naval branch in its territory to be responsible for matters related to humans, pirates, etc.”
“4. Allow the Merfolk and Fish-men to serve normally in the World Government, navy, and various departments, and work together for a friendly future for Humans, Merfolk, and Fish-men.”
After he finished speaking such a long paragraph, King Neptune also read the contents of the scroll. It was roughly the same, and he actually saw the five names signed below with the surnames of the world's nobles.
To be honest, His Majesty the King began to suspect that he was living in a dream, and Queen Otohime next to him even burst into tears with excitement.
“The next thing is the third thing.”
Senior Director Coulson looked at Queen Otohime, who had already stood up and was shaking, her eyes red, and smiled gently.
“The World Government hopes to invite Queen Otohime to attend this year’s Levely and deliver an important speech in support of this issue. Are you willing?”
Queen Otohime almost passed out with happiness. She first looked at King Neptune. After receiving the latter's supportive and encouraging eyes, she looked at Coulson very seriously and answered.
“Of course, this will be the most glorious moment in my life, thank you very much to the World Government!”
