Whether it was Shinra, Robin, or Carina, they were quite surprised by the size of the princess Shirahoshi, but when they thought of Neptune, they felt that it was okay.
The only problem was the queen of the Ryugu Kingdom, Otohime, who was about the size of a normal person.
Inwardly, they wondered how such a petite woman could give birth to such a giant.
Yet, regardless, the scene before them made them feel uncomfortable and even a little angry since they could tell that Shirahoshi was still young, yet she was completely frightened with her large door being destroyed, and she hid in the corner of the room, seemingly in horror as the others tried to comfort her.
"What happened?"
"Ah, it's..."
While the minister hesitated, he couldn't fight Shinra, and as Shinra had seen everything, in the end, he told everything, especially about Vander Decken IX, the fish-man pirate, who had sent those axes, swords, and all other dangerous weapons to Shirahoshi, and threatened her that if she didn't marry him, then she would kill her!
"Has it happened so long?" Shinra asked curiously.
"It had almost been a decade."
"That cursed Vander Decken!"
"He is evil!"
"...." Shinra, Robin, and Carina.
"I am just curious..." Shinra looked at Shirahoshi, who was crying in fear, and asked softly, "How old is she?"
"Er... 13."
"..." 3x
"How old is Vander Decken?"
"33."
"Scum!"
"Trash!"
The moment the age of Vander Decken was heard, whether it was Robin or Carina, all of them were enraged, thinking that this pirate was scum worse than trash!
Yet, Shinra also agreed that since this world was a place where everyone could get what they wanted by force, he felt a certain bottom line was needed.
Still, while Vander Decken was wrong, was the Ryugu Kingdom so powerless that they couldn't do anything against Vander Decken?
"Have you asked Jimbei's help or given a hundred million bounty to Vander Dacken, whether it is the Whitebeard Pirates or strong people in your kingdom? If you do so, then this trash will vanish, you know?"
"Ah..." The minister, but Neptune was the most dumbfounded. "Can I do that?"
"...is a hundred million bounty more precious than your daughter's life?"
"Of course not!" Neptune quickly made an order. "Make an order! Quickly, those who can kill or catch Vander Decken IX will be rewarded with a bounty of hundreds of millions!"
"Add to that reason, too, that so many people will hate him."
"Add that too!"
Watching all of this, Shinra wondered whether the reason why Vander Decken IX wasn't caught till now despite staying near the Fish-Man Island was all due to the plot, so that way, Luffy, the MC and the savior of this world, could make a connection with the Fish-Man Island.
If Neptune asked Jimbei or the Whitebeard Pirates to do this, would they do it?
'Or are they really his children?'
"Shinra, do you think they are all the king's children?"
When Carina asked softly, Robin and Shinra, who understood the thoughtfulness, were speechless and just quiet. Still, as Carina asked, Shinra could only say, "Their bodies are different from ours, and their appearance might come from their grandparents or ancestors."
"I see..." Robin nodded. "That might be the case."
"...." Shinra.
Children usually resemble the appearance of their parents, as they inherit the DNA of their parents. Naturally, they could be different as well, since children might inherit their ancestors' DNA or have a specific mutation.
Still, as the appearance of Neptune's children was too different from Neptune himself, especially the three princes, whose appearance was so weird, a certain wild thought emerged on the minds of Shinra, Robin, and Carina, but at this moment, similar to Shinra and Robin, Carina's mouth wasn't as naught as before, which was quite a relief.
"Say, can you just catch this Vander Decken IX, Shinra?" Carina asked.
"Hmm... It's hard since I don't know where he is."
Yes, Shinra might have become so powerful that he could defeat most of the people in this world and even destroy the kingdom with ease, but the ocean was vast, and he wasn't even sure where the Vander Decken IX was.
"You can get the bounty, by the way."
"Then again, this ability is quite interesting, isn't it?" Robin suddenly said as she looked at Shinra.
"...I can't use this power forever, you know?"
Once again, unless Shinra had evolved his Mangekyou Sharingan, his Eye of Usurp wasn't invincible and could be used forever. Instead, there was a limited amount, but as he had gained the Kaiju's abilities, his regeneration was better, so this regeneration helped him a lot to recover his eyes.
"Father, who is this?"
When Shirahoshi, who was comforted, saw the three of them, she was quite curious since, despite being small, Shinra's appearance was better than what she had seen in her life. She might be young, but everyone, whether they were young or old, had always been attracted to a good appearance.
On the Fish-Man Island, where most people had a strange appearance, without a doubt, Shinra was like sunshine during the darkest moment.
"They are small and cute."
"..." Shinra, Robin, Carina, Neptune, Jimbei, and everyone else.
"I-I am sorry!"
If it were anyone else, Neptune wouldn't say this, but facing Shinra, he quickly bowed down, including the others.
"...small and cute?"
Shinra took a deep breath and then used the ability of Bane Bane no Mi to expand his body, making him bigger like a giant.
Shirahoshi was huge, inherited the giant-like body of Neptune, and if Shinra wasn't wrong, she was about 16 meters in size, but Shinra could grow much bigger!
"Now, am I still small and cute?"
Shinra, who had grown to 18 meters, looked down at Shirahoshi and asked.
"....." Carina and Robin.
The two were speechless, but their eyes quickly narrowed as they drew closer to Shinra's nether region. If he were this size, they were sure that they would be broken by him.
Meanwhile, Neptune and the others weren't much better, and they were even more nervous, thinking that Shirahoshi had angered Shinra!
"Wow, amazing! Please teach me how to become small, too!"
Yet, instead of feeling afraid, Shirahoshi quickly approached Shinra and begged him to make herself smaller. Being large meant that she felt lonely, especially when everyone around her was so different. Neptune and other princes might be her family, but she couldn't be excited and felt even closer when Shinra could become a giant.
Watching his handsome face so close, Shirahoshi wanted to become even closer!
"...."
Shinra quickly transformed back to his tiny size, and it was better to stay in this small size when he was with Shirahoshi, unless she was of a legal age.
Yes, Shirahoshi was beautiful, but as a human being, there was one thing that one could do and couldn't do.
"Ah, you have become small again."
"....." Shinra.
Still, as Shinra thought to leave the Fish-Man Island, a silvery, sharp item moved from a distance, revolving, and shot toward the direction of Shirahoshi!
"Watch out!"
Everyone quickly took notice of this sword. Jimbei wanted to move, but as he was hurt so much, he couldn't do anything!
Still, when everyone was panicking, Shinra just took his gun and shot the sword.
Bang!
Crack!
The sword was destroyed by the bullet, shattered into several pieces, and fell to the ground.
"..."
When did he take out his gun?
As everyone was dumbfounded by Shinra's gunmanship skill, Shinra fell into a deep thought and asked, "Neptune, do you want to work together?"
"Ah?"
"Wait here, and prepare a bounty for me."
As he thought so, Shinra then jumped toward the sea, under the dumbfounded eyes of everyone, but instead of sinking to the ocean, dying as he was the Devil Fruit user, he swam skillfully like a mermaid.
"This...."
It was unbelievable, yet on their minds, a certain thought emerged.
Was he a mermaid?
As for the Fish-Man, no one thought so since Shinra wasn't ugly.
Yet, regardless of his ability, his treatment had become different in the eyes of many.