One Piece: God Killer

Chapter 155 Otohime’s philosophy

Profic and others also heard about the "Migration to Land Signature Campaign" on Fishman Island, which was a major event promoted by Princess Otohime. However, judging from the information obtained from Fishman Street, although Princess Otohime has a very good reputation, most residents, including Jinbei and Tiger, seem not to be interested in this activity.

It's no wonder that fishmen and mermaids have been living on Fishman Island since ancient times. Although they are curious and yearning for life on land, they are also indispensable for doubts and fears. Moving to land means having to interact more with humans, which greatly deepens the resistance of the residents of Fish-Man Island.

In fact, in the original work, the holding of this event has not been smooth. It wasn't until Princess Otohime "spoke the truth while drunk" and gained the support of the world's nobles that some progress was made.

Unfortunately, this little progress disappeared with the death of Princess Otohime.

Unlike Neptune, who only drank and celebrated, and seemed very casual, Princess Otohime was very enthusiastic at the banquet, but she showed her own ideas from time to time, and often asked questions about humans' attitudes towards fishmen.

She has always hoped to change the relationship between Fishman Island and humans in a peaceful way, so that the mermaids and fishmen can freely live on land.

At the same time, Otohime has never hesitated to pass on this concept to the people around her.

Even though she had just hit a wall with Tiger, facing Profik, Otohime still showed great enthusiasm.

"Human beings are completely different from us in skin color and body shape... We cannot wait for the day when humans understand fish-men! Instead, we should take the initiative to contact humans, get close to humans, and understand humans..."

"The day will come when we can understand each other as human beings, and we will be able to live under the sun one day!"

Princess Otohime felt that the rescue of Fisher Tiger by Profik and others was a good opportunity to change the residents of Fishman Island's view of human beings. Therefore, she especially wants to win the support of Profik and others.

Princess Otohime even wanted to invite Profik and others to stand for her when collecting signatures for her next speech.

"I am very grateful to you for saving Tiger... This is an opportunity for Fishman Island. Break the ice with humans and build a bridge called 'trust' and 'friendship'..." Otohime The princess's words were very sincere, and at the same time her innate domineering power of knowledge was also at work, "Are you willing to help me..."

Of course Otohime's aspirations are beautiful, and her ability to work hard for her ideals is truly admirable. However, the problem is that Otohime is too idealistic, and her beautiful ideals have no basis in reality to support her.

Profik's attitude towards Otohime is contradictory. On the one hand, he admires Otohime as an idealist, but on the other hand, Profik can't say he is optimistic about or likes Otohime's actions.

Should fishmen, mermaids and humans be equal? Should they get along with each other? Do the two races of mermaids and fishmen have the right to live under the sun? There is no doubt about the answer.

But in such a world, can fishmen and mermaids live in harmony and treat each other as equals with humans? Can fishmen and mermaids really live freely, happily and safely under the sun?

Unfortunately, the answer is also unquestionable - no!

Does the key to this lie with the fishmen? No, the key lies with the Celestial Dragons and the nobles who treat fish people and mermaids as slaves.

As long as the slave trade is not banned, there will be no peace on Fish-Man Island. Under such circumstances, leaving the Fishman Island to live on land would be like letting a sheep enter a tiger's mouth and be slaughtered by others.

Moreover, the attitude of the Five Old Stars is also a big problem. The existence of Neptune and the agreement between Joyboy and the Fishman Princess may be a secret to ordinary people, but there is absolutely no way that the Five Old Stars and Lord Im don't know these things. So, if there was a chance to annihilate the fish-men or turn them all into slaves of the dragons, would they let it go?

It is impossible for Princess Otohime not to know these things, but under such circumstances, she actually wants the entire family to move to the mainland. It can only be said that Princess Otohime is a qualified idealist, but not a qualified leader.

Profik has always admired idealists. But the "price" required for Otohime's ideal is too heavy, and the risks she faces are too huge. What is most unacceptable to Profik is that the price of Otohime's ideals must be borne by all the residents of Fish-Man Island.

Otohime's innate sense of perception can sense the emotions of the people sitting across from her. Morana's shock, Matifa's admiration, and Danjuma's confusion... are all invisible to her perception.

But it was only Profic's attitude that confused her. She felt that Profic admired, regretted, disdained, and opposed her ideas...

This attitude made Otohime very confused: "Mr. Profic, do you have any different opinions on my thoughts?"

All eyes turned to Profik, who pondered for a while and then decided to speak out his thoughts.

"Do you know how many berries a mermaid can fetch at the auction house in the Chambord Islands?"

As soon as Profik said this, all the mermaids and fishmen became extremely angry. Neptune clenched his fists, and Otohime trembled all over.

Not only because Profik mentions the slave trade, but also because he uses the insulting word "strip" when describing the number of merfolk.

Now, it was the person with the mind fruit ability's turn to sense Princess Otohime's emotions.

He was "satisfied" with Princess Otohime's reaction. For a confused person like Tiger, what Profik needs is correct guidance. For someone like Otohime who has firm beliefs and her own ideas, what Profik needs first is to shake her original belief. .

As for whether there will be bad results after the wavering, Profik is not worried. Anyway, in the original timeline, Otohime's belief ultimately failed. What's more, as a time traveler, Profic is confident that as long as Otohime wavers, he has many ways to lead the Fish-Man Island to the path he set.

Now that he had spoken, Profik continued speaking regardless:

"It seems that our Royal Highness the Princess is not deaf to human affairs!"

Profik took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket. It was the starting price guide for the Chambord Islands auction house - it read "The starting price for a female fishman is 60 million Beli."

“The starting price is 60 million, and the transaction can often exceed 300 million!