Free Web NovelChapter 176: Chapter 176
Chapter 176
"Welcome!"
At the Mermaid Cafe, the cute-looking mermaid ladies showed sweet smiles and greeted them.
"Ara, isn’t this Camie?"
After seeing who had arrived, the waitress also showed a surprised expression.
Camie and Ishilly were also employees at the Mermaid Cafe. Normally, they wouldn’t react like this.
But this time, they brought a large group of humans, and every single one was a beautiful girl who was not inferior to them — no, even more beautiful than them.
This was what caused their surprise.
"Maggy!" Camie responded enthusiastically.
"Are these your friends?"
Maggy turned her head and looked at Rorschach and the others behind her with a puzzled expression.
Ishilly and the others were also employees at the Mermaid Cafe, but it was currently their rest time.
Even the Mermaid Cafe had a shift system, rotating every few days. When there weren’t many customers, it was very quiet.
If a capitalist came to this cafe, they would probably want these mermaid ladies to work 996 shifts.
"Mmm! These are friends we just met today. Because they wanted to look around Fish-Man Island, I suggested coming to the cafe to sit for a while." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
"Oh right! Big Brother Jinbe came with us too."
Camie said happily, then as if remembering something, she added.
"Eh? Big Brother Jinbe is coming to the Mermaid Cafe too? That’s rare."
Upon hearing this, Maggy also showed a surprised expression, then continued:
"There aren’t many customers today anyway. I’ll go call Madam Shyarly out. Camie, I’ll leave serving the guests to you."
"Mmm! Leave it to me."
After their conversation, everyone poured into the Mermaid Cafe. Because of his large size, Jinbe was the last one to enter.
Inside the store, just as Maggy said, business looked slow. Except for the mermaid ladies chatting, there wasn’t a single customer.
The mermaid ladies perked up when they saw people entering the store, but after seeing it was Camie, they slumped back lazily.
When there was no business, they really felt quite bored.
Camie smiled and greeted each of them one by one, then led Rorschach and the others to a relatively spacious spot, since there were so many people.
"Speaking of which, how did you get to know Camie and the others so quickly, Nami?"
After sitting down, Rorschach, with nothing to do, started a topic.
He was a bit curious. Nami had managed to meet important characters from the Fish-Man Island arc so quickly and even become close with them.
"Well, at first we were just walking around aimlessly. Suddenly we saw Camie and the others playing, so we went to ask for directions."
"But later, when they found out it was our first time on Fish-Man Island, under their warm invitation, we became good friends just like that."
Nami lightly touched her lips in a reminiscing manner and said.
"That’s right, that’s right! Because Nami-chan and the others are really too cute. It’s very rare. It was the first time seeing so many human beautiful girls, so we were a bit worried about you."
Camie jumped in energetically, raising her hand as she spoke.
Even her art style seemed to change a bit, with a few yellow stars popping up behind her.
"A bit worried?"
"Hahahahahaha."
"Nami and the others are so strong..."
Upon hearing this, Rorschach first laughed loudly, but before he could finish, he was interrupted.
Nami gave him a knuckle to the head, with a few "#" symbols popping up on his forehead.
"Shut up! Who describes girls like that? We are beautiful girls, beautiful girls, you understand?"
Nami pouted angrily and said with dissatisfaction.
"Hm?"
A few question marks popped up above Camie and the others’ heads. They didn’t understand why Nami suddenly became like this.
"Speaking of which, why is business in the store so slow? I remember the Mermaid Cafe has always been very popular."
Jinbe looked around and asked with a somewhat puzzled expression.
"I heard a big shot came to the island. After those pirates heard the name of the person who arrived, they all got scared and fled Fish-Man Island. It made my business a lot slower."
Suddenly, a mature big-sister voice sounded from the passage leading inside the cafe.
"He really is a big shot!"
When the person came out, her true appearance was revealed.
A huge figure with short black hair covering the right side of her face, cold and beautiful blue eyes, pale skin, and a very ample upper body. She had a massive fish tail with a crescent-shaped fin. She wore a deep purple hooded top with only one button fastened, revealing her cleavage and stomach.
"Haa..."
Shyarly took a puff from her pipe and slowly exhaled.
Rorschach’s eyes lit up. Shyarly seemed to have hit his XP system. He stared at her with bright, shining eyes.
"Madam Shyarly."
The mermaid ladies smiled and greeted Shyarly. She nodded in response.
"Ara, is there something strange on my face? Lord ’Golden Lion II’ Rorschach."
Seeing Rorschach staring at her, Shyarly asked with some curiosity.
"It’s my first time seeing a mermaid as beautiful as Madam Shyarly. I got a bit lost in admiration for a moment."
"I wonder if Madam Shyarly would be interested in joining my ship? The cafe staff can come along too."
Rorschach’s gaze was still fixed on Shyarly as he spoke casually.
After he finished, the entire place fell into dead silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"Eh???"
Then the mermaid ladies and Jinbe let out surprised cries. Their expressions were full of shock, their eyes wide open.
"Lord Rorschach, are you serious?"
Jinbe’s shocked expression didn’t fade. He slapped the table and stood up, asking loudly.
What did Rorschach’s pirate crew represent?
It was one of the overlords of the second half of the Grand Line, and currently in the limelight. Some people were already comparing him to Whitebeard.
And Whitebeard was currently the protector of their Fish-Man Island — the guardian deity of Fish-Man Island.
Whitebeard was King Neptune’s close friend. He protected Fish-Man Island with his own power and improved the chaotic situation here.
Now a overlord-level figure was saying he wanted to invite mermaids who had no combat power to join his crew. What did this mean?
It was very likely that Fish-Man Island would have another overlord-level powerhouse watching over it.
This was much faster than Neptune holding a banquet to curry favor with Rorschach.
But Jinbe wouldn’t force the mermaid ladies to join Rorschach. It all depended on their personal wishes.
If Shyarly and the mermaid ladies didn’t want to, and Rorschach still tried to force them to join, he would still step in to stop it, even though he couldn’t beat him with his strength.
Jinbe’s gaze turned to the silent Shyarly, waiting to see what she would choose.
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